'Nathan Burgoine
@nathanburgoine.bsky.social
#Queer #Canadian author; Most Recent: DOGS DON’T BREAK HEARTS (queer hi/lo ya), UPON THE MIDNIGHT QUEER (queer holiday collection), TRIAD MAGIC (queer contemp fantasy); He/him 🏳️🌈; Prepare for #Husky photos; 🦖 T-Rex says "Trans Rights or I Bites"
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Pinned skeet time.
Hi! I’m a tall queer guy who writes (mostly) shorter queer things, though novels keep happening somehow. Mostly I tell tales that exist somewhere in the Venn of spec-fic, romance, and YA, but always queer.
I’m a huge fan of chosen families and insistent queer history.
Hi! I’m a tall queer guy who writes (mostly) shorter queer things, though novels keep happening somehow. Mostly I tell tales that exist somewhere in the Venn of spec-fic, romance, and YA, but always queer.
I’m a huge fan of chosen families and insistent queer history.
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Just makes you want to scream and burn things down.
One of the wealthiest countries in the world can solve this if we try.
One of the wealthiest countries in the world can solve this if we try.
30 years under longest boil-water advisory in Canada, Neskantaga First Nation pushes for new treatment plant. Ottawa's spent $30M on upgrades to treatment plant, but chief says clean water not getting to homes.
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'It's been traumatic,' says chief of First Nation now 30 years into longest boil-water advisory in Canada | CBC News
Neskantaga First Nation in northwestern Ontario is marking the 30th anniversary of being under a boil-water advisory — the longest in Canada — by renewing calls to fix the crisis once and for all. As ...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Just makes you want to scream and burn things down.
One of the wealthiest countries in the world can solve this if we try.
One of the wealthiest countries in the world can solve this if we try.
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In this new multi-adventure PDF for the Fantasy AGE RPG, Green Ronin Publishing returns to the "Highfalls Swale" setting of the first edition of the game.
A Return to Highfalls Swale
When we published the second edition of the Fantasy AGE RPG, one question we heard was “What about the Highfalls Swale, the sample setting that was
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November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In this new multi-adventure PDF for the Fantasy AGE RPG, Green Ronin Publishing returns to the "Highfalls Swale" setting of the first edition of the game.
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So the “Octopus Helm” magic item has magically animated tentacles that bat aside incoming attacks and also attack foes on their own, I think. Maybe some underwater properties?
Part 9 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Samurai helmet (kabuko) shaped like an octopus. 1700s
Samurai helmet (kabuko) shaped like an octopus. 1700s
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
So the “Octopus Helm” magic item has magically animated tentacles that bat aside incoming attacks and also attack foes on their own, I think. Maybe some underwater properties?
This is atrocious from step one, and OMG no to the nth, but what I couldn’t help but notice is how it ends with her *not explaining* to her mother *what* she’s doing, really, and...
Yeah. As always, LLMs skipping that whole consent thing.
Yeah. As always, LLMs skipping that whole consent thing.
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is atrocious from step one, and OMG no to the nth, but what I couldn’t help but notice is how it ends with her *not explaining* to her mother *what* she’s doing, really, and...
Yeah. As always, LLMs skipping that whole consent thing.
Yeah. As always, LLMs skipping that whole consent thing.
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Get four heart-warming holiday stories on one great collection, including a battle of teacups and kitty cats in “Tinsel and Teacups", and two sleuths who track down missing evergreens in “The Christmas Tree Caper.”
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#ChristmasRomance #HolidayRomance #SweetRomance
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#ChristmasRomance #HolidayRomance #SweetRomance
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Get four heart-warming holiday stories on one great collection, including a battle of teacups and kitty cats in “Tinsel and Teacups", and two sleuths who track down missing evergreens in “The Christmas Tree Caper.”
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#ChristmasRomance #HolidayRomance #SweetRomance
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#ChristmasRomance #HolidayRomance #SweetRomance
What’s your unpopular Star Trek opinion?
Mine: This isn’t huge, but while I love Voyager, there needed to be way more recurring guest star crew, ongoing adjustments to Voyager itself. Continuance/arcs: like the photon torpedo count, losing crew, picking up *new* crew, etc. It was too episodic.
Mine: This isn’t huge, but while I love Voyager, there needed to be way more recurring guest star crew, ongoing adjustments to Voyager itself. Continuance/arcs: like the photon torpedo count, losing crew, picking up *new* crew, etc. It was too episodic.
What's your unpopular Star Trek opinion?
Mine: Dr. Marr did nothing wrong.
Mine: Dr. Marr did nothing wrong.
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
What’s your unpopular Star Trek opinion?
Mine: This isn’t huge, but while I love Voyager, there needed to be way more recurring guest star crew, ongoing adjustments to Voyager itself. Continuance/arcs: like the photon torpedo count, losing crew, picking up *new* crew, etc. It was too episodic.
Mine: This isn’t huge, but while I love Voyager, there needed to be way more recurring guest star crew, ongoing adjustments to Voyager itself. Continuance/arcs: like the photon torpedo count, losing crew, picking up *new* crew, etc. It was too episodic.
Big ol’ headache overnight; am functioning now thanks to tea.
Every now and them I’m reminded of how a dentist or a doctor has said, "you could cut down on tea" and I didn’t say, "and you could set yourself on fire" and I think I deserve a medal.
Every now and them I’m reminded of how a dentist or a doctor has said, "you could cut down on tea" and I didn’t say, "and you could set yourself on fire" and I think I deserve a medal.
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Big ol’ headache overnight; am functioning now thanks to tea.
Every now and them I’m reminded of how a dentist or a doctor has said, "you could cut down on tea" and I didn’t say, "and you could set yourself on fire" and I think I deserve a medal.
Every now and them I’m reminded of how a dentist or a doctor has said, "you could cut down on tea" and I didn’t say, "and you could set yourself on fire" and I think I deserve a medal.
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I know it's really about control, but the way these evil monsters talk about banning books to save the children out of one side of their mouths, and downplay an actual pedophile out of the other is rage inducing
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I know it's really about control, but the way these evil monsters talk about banning books to save the children out of one side of their mouths, and downplay an actual pedophile out of the other is rage inducing
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Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.
Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych
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October 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.
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The elves have 3 days to find Mrs. Claus a new man!
Check out A MAN FOR MRS. CLAUS! A perfect year-round read!
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#booksky #blacksky #romancelandia
Check out A MAN FOR MRS. CLAUS! A perfect year-round read!
🎄ebook: payhip.com/BacklistB...
♥️ print: www.therippedbodice....
🎄 am: https://amzn.to/40R3UAB
#booksky #blacksky #romancelandia
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The elves have 3 days to find Mrs. Claus a new man!
Check out A MAN FOR MRS. CLAUS! A perfect year-round read!
🎄ebook: payhip.com/BacklistB...
♥️ print: www.therippedbodice....
🎄 am: https://amzn.to/40R3UAB
#booksky #blacksky #romancelandia
Check out A MAN FOR MRS. CLAUS! A perfect year-round read!
🎄ebook: payhip.com/BacklistB...
♥️ print: www.therippedbodice....
🎄 am: https://amzn.to/40R3UAB
#booksky #blacksky #romancelandia
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Blessings on these wily mystery artists.
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Blessings on these wily mystery artists.
The comments on my Voyager fanfic routinely make me smile, but this one made me laugh out loud.
I have a recurring thread involving Relativity, meaning Ducane and the rest, that started in my version of "Flashback" but the order in which Relativity is experiencing it vs. Voyager is… well.
I have a recurring thread involving Relativity, meaning Ducane and the rest, that started in my version of "Flashback" but the order in which Relativity is experiencing it vs. Voyager is… well.
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The comments on my Voyager fanfic routinely make me smile, but this one made me laugh out loud.
I have a recurring thread involving Relativity, meaning Ducane and the rest, that started in my version of "Flashback" but the order in which Relativity is experiencing it vs. Voyager is… well.
I have a recurring thread involving Relativity, meaning Ducane and the rest, that started in my version of "Flashback" but the order in which Relativity is experiencing it vs. Voyager is… well.
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Nice to see my June 2026 novel for pre-order at Marcus Books, one of the oldest Black-owned bookstores.
Love Is A Contact Sport
A Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social out 6/16/26
www.marcusbooks.com/book/9781636...
#BlackBookSky #Romancelandia
Love Is A Contact Sport
A Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social out 6/16/26
www.marcusbooks.com/book/9781636...
#BlackBookSky #Romancelandia
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Nice to see my June 2026 novel for pre-order at Marcus Books, one of the oldest Black-owned bookstores.
Love Is A Contact Sport
A Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social out 6/16/26
www.marcusbooks.com/book/9781636...
#BlackBookSky #Romancelandia
Love Is A Contact Sport
A Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social out 6/16/26
www.marcusbooks.com/book/9781636...
#BlackBookSky #Romancelandia
Oh *now* he has a health scare? AFTER the vote? Not before, when it could have made a difference if he wasn’t there?
People wonder why I don’t believe in higher powers who give a crap about us.
People wonder why I don’t believe in higher powers who give a crap about us.
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Oh *now* he has a health scare? AFTER the vote? Not before, when it could have made a difference if he wasn’t there?
People wonder why I don’t believe in higher powers who give a crap about us.
People wonder why I don’t believe in higher powers who give a crap about us.
Started working on what might be this year’s holiday retelling. I don’t know if it’ll be the one, but it flowed and I enjoyed writing the banter and that’s always a great feeling when it happens.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Started working on what might be this year’s holiday retelling. I don’t know if it’ll be the one, but it flowed and I enjoyed writing the banter and that’s always a great feeling when it happens.
A while back at a dinner someone there was all, "It’s so cheap to go to the US right now, so we’re doing that," and I was aghast—literally the easiest thing to do right now to show solidarity (y’know, against the fascism) is *not* go there if you usually do—but I'm glad to see they were outliers.
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A while back at a dinner someone there was all, "It’s so cheap to go to the US right now, so we’re doing that," and I was aghast—literally the easiest thing to do right now to show solidarity (y’know, against the fascism) is *not* go there if you usually do—but I'm glad to see they were outliers.
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The culture around hockey in Canada is a radioactive swamp, despite the weird platform we put it on.
(Ok that image didn't work but)
Perhaps one day we'll do something about it.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
(Ok that image didn't work but)
Perhaps one day we'll do something about it.
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Hamilton boys hockey team culture was ‘cesspool’ of bullying and sexual misconduct: adjudicator | CBC News
A Hockey Canada investigation found youth hockey players in Hamilton filmed bullying and harassment of teammates. One victim’s family complained. Nearly two years later, they can talk about what happe...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The culture around hockey in Canada is a radioactive swamp, despite the weird platform we put it on.
(Ok that image didn't work but)
Perhaps one day we'll do something about it.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
(Ok that image didn't work but)
Perhaps one day we'll do something about it.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Don’t cross picket lines.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Don’t cross picket lines.
Have so many new books, but keep wanting to re-read because then I *know* what’s going to happen.
This mood resurfaces every year around this time, and I used to think it was because of retail heading into Christmas, having zero mental energy left every day, but maybe it’s just because dark?
This mood resurfaces every year around this time, and I used to think it was because of retail heading into Christmas, having zero mental energy left every day, but maybe it’s just because dark?
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Have so many new books, but keep wanting to re-read because then I *know* what’s going to happen.
This mood resurfaces every year around this time, and I used to think it was because of retail heading into Christmas, having zero mental energy left every day, but maybe it’s just because dark?
This mood resurfaces every year around this time, and I used to think it was because of retail heading into Christmas, having zero mental energy left every day, but maybe it’s just because dark?
Wow. Just… wow.
Yeah, not even going to *try* with that nonsense.
Yeah, not even going to *try* with that nonsense.
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Wow. Just… wow.
Yeah, not even going to *try* with that nonsense.
Yeah, not even going to *try* with that nonsense.
Just *once* I’d love if Steam suggested a new game to me that, y’know, I could actually play.
It’s *so good* at telling me to try games... that only run on Windows.
It’s *so good* at telling me to try games... that only run on Windows.
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Just *once* I’d love if Steam suggested a new game to me that, y’know, I could actually play.
It’s *so good* at telling me to try games... that only run on Windows.
It’s *so good* at telling me to try games... that only run on Windows.
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Just cuz I suspect it's gonna be relevant: "underage women" is a contradiction in terms. There are adults and there are minors, who are children. Ditto "nonconsensual sex." That's rape. The only reason to play semantic games is because you benefit from obscuring the simplicity of these terms.
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Just cuz I suspect it's gonna be relevant: "underage women" is a contradiction in terms. There are adults and there are minors, who are children. Ditto "nonconsensual sex." That's rape. The only reason to play semantic games is because you benefit from obscuring the simplicity of these terms.
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BlueSky: where hyperbole is taken as threat while racist & anti-trans hate speech get a pass
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
BlueSky: where hyperbole is taken as threat while racist & anti-trans hate speech get a pass
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Y'ALL !!! Full lineup is out!!
I am so, so very excited for this anthology, and for my story in it!
I am so, so very excited for this anthology, and for my story in it!
BEING ARO lineup announcement! This YA cross genre aromantic anthology is coming your way May 2026 from Page Street!
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November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Y'ALL !!! Full lineup is out!!
I am so, so very excited for this anthology, and for my story in it!
I am so, so very excited for this anthology, and for my story in it!
November isn’t too early to start talking about queer holiday romance, is it? Fifteen-holidays, chosen-family, will-they-won’t-they novella, complete with hunky mermaid ornaments?
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(You should be able to request the #audiobook at your local library!) #BooksSky
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(You should be able to request the #audiobook at your local library!) #BooksSky
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM