Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️⚧️ (She/They)
@gothgreenwitch.bsky.social
Writer, poet, editor, reviewer. @anathemamagazine.bsky.social co-founder. Publisher at @huldrahouse.bsky.social. Trans. (She/They)
https://kayaskovdatter.wordpress.com/
https://mathesonfreelancing.com/
https://www.huldrahouse.com
https://kayaskovdatter.wordpress.com/
https://mathesonfreelancing.com/
https://www.huldrahouse.com
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A Deal with the Devil is finally out!
5.4k of WLW lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers glacially cold revenge fic: how far will Eresh go to destroy Hulngal, the woman who murdered her wife?
Subscribers already have it. Yours for $1 at:
www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/a-dea...
huldrahouse.itch.io/a-deal-with-...
5.4k of WLW lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers glacially cold revenge fic: how far will Eresh go to destroy Hulngal, the woman who murdered her wife?
Subscribers already have it. Yours for $1 at:
www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/a-dea...
huldrahouse.itch.io/a-deal-with-...
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I adore miniminuteman and his efforts as a science/history communicator, fighting the tide of bullshit out there. But he left one important note out of his vid on the "mystery" out the Roanoke colony.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
America's Atlantis: The "Lost" Colony of Roanoke
YouTube video by Miniminuteman
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I adore miniminuteman and his efforts as a science/history communicator, fighting the tide of bullshit out there. But he left one important note out of his vid on the "mystery" out the Roanoke colony.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
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this poem. this feeling.
November 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
this poem. this feeling.
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A bit behind time, but Bound by Blood and Bone is now live!
In which Aoife wanders lost, subject to the whims of a sinister forest's mistress. And a traitor's work bears pernicious fruit.
WLW horrorotica for just $1 USD from:
www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/bound...
huldrahouse.itch.io/bound-by-blo...
In which Aoife wanders lost, subject to the whims of a sinister forest's mistress. And a traitor's work bears pernicious fruit.
WLW horrorotica for just $1 USD from:
www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/bound...
huldrahouse.itch.io/bound-by-blo...
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A bit behind time, but Bound by Blood and Bone is now live!
In which Aoife wanders lost, subject to the whims of a sinister forest's mistress. And a traitor's work bears pernicious fruit.
WLW horrorotica for just $1 USD from:
www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/bound...
huldrahouse.itch.io/bound-by-blo...
In which Aoife wanders lost, subject to the whims of a sinister forest's mistress. And a traitor's work bears pernicious fruit.
WLW horrorotica for just $1 USD from:
www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/bound...
huldrahouse.itch.io/bound-by-blo...
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Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
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Huge thanks to @diabolicalplots.com for looking at drafts of these contracts, too, and helping us tweak some language to better serve authors. David does so much for this community, and it’s never a bad time to toss a coin to your Grinder 🙂
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/Home/Donate
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/Home/Donate
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Huge thanks to @diabolicalplots.com for looking at drafts of these contracts, too, and helping us tweak some language to better serve authors. David does so much for this community, and it’s never a bad time to toss a coin to your Grinder 🙂
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/Home/Donate
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/Home/Donate
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Ooh ooh SONGS NEVER SUNG is live at @3lobedmag.com ! 🥰
It's... it's sort of about birds? (It sort of is not.)
www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...
It's... it's sort of about birds? (It sort of is not.)
www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...
3LBE Magazine - Songs Never Sung by Premee Mohamed
It only ever spoke to me once and that was to say Do not sleep too deeply. Said upon departure, an aside tossed over its shoulder like salt. I paid little attention; I was staring at the thing it had ...
www.3lobedmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ooh ooh SONGS NEVER SUNG is live at @3lobedmag.com ! 🥰
It's... it's sort of about birds? (It sort of is not.)
www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...
It's... it's sort of about birds? (It sort of is not.)
www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...
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BTW: Keep this bookmarked to show to newer authors just getting into short fiction about what they should be expecting and to negotiate accordingly otherwise.
Transparency is a core value for us at OTHERSIDE... and with that in mind, we now have sample contracts available on our website! We believe in supporting and protecting authors: no AI, no rights grabs, quick payment. Let us know if you have questions!
othersidespec.com/sample-contr...
othersidespec.com/sample-contr...
Sample Contracts - OTHERSIDE
Sample contracts for OTHERSIDE, including the language for nonfiction, reprints, original fiction and poetry.
othersidespec.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
BTW: Keep this bookmarked to show to newer authors just getting into short fiction about what they should be expecting and to negotiate accordingly otherwise.
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A friend is one of the editors of this project and they take previously published work too!
🌱 WE BUILD A HOME: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
We're looking for existing or new illustrations and short comics (max 3 pages) for a digital fundraiser zine to support East African LGBTQIA+ refugees build a home in South Sudan.
More about the project here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We're looking for existing or new illustrations and short comics (max 3 pages) for a digital fundraiser zine to support East African LGBTQIA+ refugees build a home in South Sudan.
More about the project here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We Build a Home - call for submissions
We Build a Home - call for submissions Call for submissions for illustrations and short comics of max. 3 pages* about stories of what a home might mean to someone in the context of being queer. > SU...
docs.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A friend is one of the editors of this project and they take previously published work too!
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a new thing with some thoughts.
Let's Talk About "The List"
*sigh* I had a whole thing written out about a different topic, but fine, let's go.
thesuiway.beehiiv.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
a new thing with some thoughts.
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This is fantastic!
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is fantastic!
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I'm sure many people have mentioned this, but I think it needs to be mentioned again: women do not have yearbooks. Children do. Because yearbooks contain photos of high school students. Or younger.
This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I'm sure many people have mentioned this, but I think it needs to be mentioned again: women do not have yearbooks. Children do. Because yearbooks contain photos of high school students. Or younger.
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Trans youth who are hurting in Alberta right now, please know SO many of us see you, care about you, and know you deserve to be protected.
We’ve got your back and will do everything we can to keep you safe in the face of attacks from craven, pathetic politicians ❤️
We’ve got your back and will do everything we can to keep you safe in the face of attacks from craven, pathetic politicians ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Trans youth who are hurting in Alberta right now, please know SO many of us see you, care about you, and know you deserve to be protected.
We’ve got your back and will do everything we can to keep you safe in the face of attacks from craven, pathetic politicians ❤️
We’ve got your back and will do everything we can to keep you safe in the face of attacks from craven, pathetic politicians ❤️
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I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.
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Hey SFF community! The amazing @lpkindred.bsky.social needs our help to finish school! Please donate if you can and share widely!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
Donate to Keep LP in School Spring 2026, organized by LP Kindred
Hey y'all,
I'm LP Kindred, a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer/editor/teaching artist/culture work… LP Kindred needs your support for Keep LP in School Spring 2026
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hey SFF community! The amazing @lpkindred.bsky.social needs our help to finish school! Please donate if you can and share widely!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-lp-in...
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Hey.
Hey.
This is the GOOD advice.
Read and learn.
And remember;
Shut the fuck up.
Hey.
This is the GOOD advice.
Read and learn.
And remember;
Shut the fuck up.
SINCE THIS HAS COME UP AGAIN...
WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THE TARGET OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THE TARGET OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
two men in suits and ties with a fbi badge on their jacket
Alt: you should be so lucky to meet Agents Winchester and Winchester
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hey.
Hey.
This is the GOOD advice.
Read and learn.
And remember;
Shut the fuck up.
Hey.
This is the GOOD advice.
Read and learn.
And remember;
Shut the fuck up.
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I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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Looking for Ontario-based publishers that do it all? From fiction, to non-fiction, to poetry, to drama, we've got you covered! 📚🇨🇦
Part 4 of 4!
➡️ Featuring: @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, Plumleaf Press, The Porcupine's Quill, Brucedale Press, and @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
Part 4 of 4!
➡️ Featuring: @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, Plumleaf Press, The Porcupine's Quill, Brucedale Press, and @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Looking for Ontario-based publishers that do it all? From fiction, to non-fiction, to poetry, to drama, we've got you covered! 📚🇨🇦
Part 4 of 4!
➡️ Featuring: @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, Plumleaf Press, The Porcupine's Quill, Brucedale Press, and @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
Part 4 of 4!
➡️ Featuring: @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, Plumleaf Press, The Porcupine's Quill, Brucedale Press, and @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
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"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
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Reminder to editors and publishers that I'm accepting epubs of mags, collections, and anthos that have original 2025 short fiction for consideration in Best Weird Fiction of the Year 2. Writers — you'll have an opportunity to submit in the new year.
Editor/Publisher friends (only): I'm happy to receive ePubs of your 2025 short fiction projects for the 2026 volume. DM for deets. Or send direct to: bestspecfic (at) gmail(dot)com
Writer friends (only): Subs will open next year. (You can let your editor know I can receive their projects now.)
Writer friends (only): Subs will open next year. (You can let your editor know I can receive their projects now.)
I am thrilled to announce the following authors will be appearing in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year.
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Reminder to editors and publishers that I'm accepting epubs of mags, collections, and anthos that have original 2025 short fiction for consideration in Best Weird Fiction of the Year 2. Writers — you'll have an opportunity to submit in the new year.
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Evil party being evil may seem like an obvious thing to say, but part of how this evil works is to wear you down so you can’t even be surprised any more.
You still need to be angry, though. This is how teachers were forced back to work, and this is how Alberta UCPs will continue to harm queerfolk.
You still need to be angry, though. This is how teachers were forced back to work, and this is how Alberta UCPs will continue to harm queerfolk.
If you're outside Alberta, talking about this issue will help. This article explains what's happening and also gives further context with how the UCP also used the notwithstanding clause to legislate striking teachers back to work, taking rights away from them
globalnews.ca/news/1153187...
globalnews.ca/news/1153187...
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause to stop court challenges of transgender laws | Globalnews.ca
The clause relates to laws that put restrictions on student pronoun changes at school, on girls' sports, and on medical therapies for young people looking to transition.
globalnews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Evil party being evil may seem like an obvious thing to say, but part of how this evil works is to wear you down so you can’t even be surprised any more.
You still need to be angry, though. This is how teachers were forced back to work, and this is how Alberta UCPs will continue to harm queerfolk.
You still need to be angry, though. This is how teachers were forced back to work, and this is how Alberta UCPs will continue to harm queerfolk.
A bit behind time, but Bound by Blood and Bone is now live!
In which Aoife wanders lost, subject to the whims of a sinister forest's mistress. And a traitor's work bears pernicious fruit.
WLW horrorotica for just $1 USD from:
www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/bound...
huldrahouse.itch.io/bound-by-blo...
In which Aoife wanders lost, subject to the whims of a sinister forest's mistress. And a traitor's work bears pernicious fruit.
WLW horrorotica for just $1 USD from:
www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/bound...
huldrahouse.itch.io/bound-by-blo...
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A bit behind time, but Bound by Blood and Bone is now live!
In which Aoife wanders lost, subject to the whims of a sinister forest's mistress. And a traitor's work bears pernicious fruit.
WLW horrorotica for just $1 USD from:
www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/bound...
huldrahouse.itch.io/bound-by-blo...
In which Aoife wanders lost, subject to the whims of a sinister forest's mistress. And a traitor's work bears pernicious fruit.
WLW horrorotica for just $1 USD from:
www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/bound...
huldrahouse.itch.io/bound-by-blo...
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If you don't stand up for the right to make, buy, and sell (legal, adult) porn, you stand to lose free speech rights far above and beyond the pornographic.
(But even if this was not true, it's still worth fighting for the right to porn.)
bsky.app/profile/acva...
(But even if this was not true, it's still worth fighting for the right to porn.)
bsky.app/profile/acva...
The truth is, way too many journalists & content creators sat there and said nothing when SESTA-FOSTA passed, when OSA passed, when OF nearly lost porn due to paypros, even during this summer’s Collective Shout situation. A slow apocalypse for the free and open internet has been unfolding for years
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
If you don't stand up for the right to make, buy, and sell (legal, adult) porn, you stand to lose free speech rights far above and beyond the pornographic.
(But even if this was not true, it's still worth fighting for the right to porn.)
bsky.app/profile/acva...
(But even if this was not true, it's still worth fighting for the right to porn.)
bsky.app/profile/acva...
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So I did the thing after some encouragement to update the goal. Not fussed if we don't hit it, but that cushion would make the next 3 -4 months much easier since job hunting is... demoralizing at best.
Hopefully no one sees this as greedy, or milking folks who want to help out. gofund.me/68950306a
Hopefully no one sees this as greedy, or milking folks who want to help out. gofund.me/68950306a
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
So I did the thing after some encouragement to update the goal. Not fussed if we don't hit it, but that cushion would make the next 3 -4 months much easier since job hunting is... demoralizing at best.
Hopefully no one sees this as greedy, or milking folks who want to help out. gofund.me/68950306a
Hopefully no one sees this as greedy, or milking folks who want to help out. gofund.me/68950306a
I do. Family history of interactions and what have you.
I don't talk about many of those stories (mine or family's) much, but I shared some a ways back: bsky.app/profile/goth...
I don't talk about many of those stories (mine or family's) much, but I shared some a ways back: bsky.app/profile/goth...
do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I do. Family history of interactions and what have you.
I don't talk about many of those stories (mine or family's) much, but I shared some a ways back: bsky.app/profile/goth...
I don't talk about many of those stories (mine or family's) much, but I shared some a ways back: bsky.app/profile/goth...
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Alberta just introduced Bill 9, which exists for one and only one purpose: deleting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it pertains to trans kids, denying them the right to life and stripping their healthcare away.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Alberta just introduced Bill 9, which exists for one and only one purpose: deleting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it pertains to trans kids, denying them the right to life and stripping their healthcare away.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.