'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"
Also these two definitely temporal their anomalies, if you know what I mean.
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Also these two definitely temporal their anomalies, if you know what I mean.
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.
From EXIT PLANS FOR TEENAGE FREAKS, which I think has the most "pardon?" first line of anything I’ve written (and is a novel, unlike most of the things I’ve written.)
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
From EXIT PLANS FOR TEENAGE FREAKS, which I think has the most "pardon?" first line of anything I’ve written (and is a novel, unlike most of the things I’ve written.)
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
Anyway. A funny wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey gay romance about a dying dude who gets the strangest of second chances with the one that got away. (And OMG that cover.)
Link: books2read.com/u/4DW0kQ
Link: books2read.com/u/4DW0kQ
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Anyway. A funny wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey gay romance about a dying dude who gets the strangest of second chances with the one that got away. (And OMG that cover.)
Link: books2read.com/u/4DW0kQ
Link: books2read.com/u/4DW0kQ
In that case, Max is definitely not that dog.
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In that case, Max is definitely not that dog.
Hawkeye could just be there. No explanations, just… "Where’s Hawkeye?" and then Kate strolls in. "Here."
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Hawkeye could just be there. No explanations, just… "Where’s Hawkeye?" and then Kate strolls in. "Here."
Share a Film, or TV Character Who Deserved More Screentime.
With zero shade to the actor or character of Tabor introduced in "Nothing Human," they could have brought back the Bajoran we already saw struggle with Starfleet.
(I could do this a dozen times over with Voyager, but.)
With zero shade to the actor or character of Tabor introduced in "Nothing Human," they could have brought back the Bajoran we already saw struggle with Starfleet.
(I could do this a dozen times over with Voyager, but.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Share a Film, or TV Character Who Deserved More Screentime.
With zero shade to the actor or character of Tabor introduced in "Nothing Human," they could have brought back the Bajoran we already saw struggle with Starfleet.
(I could do this a dozen times over with Voyager, but.)
With zero shade to the actor or character of Tabor introduced in "Nothing Human," they could have brought back the Bajoran we already saw struggle with Starfleet.
(I could do this a dozen times over with Voyager, but.)
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?
Books2Read: books2read.com/u/3GAwpa
(You should be able to request the #audiobook at your local library!) #BooksSky
Books2Read: books2read.com/u/3GAwpa
(You should be able to request the #audiobook at your local library!) #BooksSky
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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?
Books2Read: books2read.com/u/3GAwpa
(You should be able to request the #audiobook at your local library!) #BooksSky
Books2Read: books2read.com/u/3GAwpa
(You should be able to request the #audiobook at your local library!) #BooksSky
OMG, I still have the pin. Also it wasn’t “Genius” it was “Galileo” and wow. “Improve, Innovate, Invent” is so very cringey when I think of how we were, uh, “rewarded.”
November 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
OMG, I still have the pin. Also it wasn’t “Genius” it was “Galileo” and wow. “Improve, Innovate, Invent” is so very cringey when I think of how we were, uh, “rewarded.”
While I’m being "Things I Learned as a Bookseller": Bookmarks can be decision support. They can sell a copy of your book. If a person buying your book gets a bookmark, ideally the bookmark will be trying to sell them a different book, not the one they just bought.
But! Bookmarks have two sides!
But! Bookmarks have two sides!
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
While I’m being "Things I Learned as a Bookseller": Bookmarks can be decision support. They can sell a copy of your book. If a person buying your book gets a bookmark, ideally the bookmark will be trying to sell them a different book, not the one they just bought.
But! Bookmarks have two sides!
But! Bookmarks have two sides!
Bluesky ate one of the photos. Boo. I put the cue-cards in at the top of the books.
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Bluesky ate one of the photos. Boo. I put the cue-cards in at the top of the books.
Like this. Spines are more visually interesting, it raises the cue-cards for reading, and there are obviously “you can touch these” in front of the stack.
November 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Like this. Spines are more visually interesting, it raises the cue-cards for reading, and there are obviously “you can touch these” in front of the stack.
So, one thing I can tell you has always worked for me is the cue-card précis on the books. This sort of thing is from my days in the bookstore, but it translated right to Con/Pride tables.
Great for the quiet folk who don’t want to talk/get a sales tactic, and can also save your voice a little.
Great for the quiet folk who don’t want to talk/get a sales tactic, and can also save your voice a little.
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
So, one thing I can tell you has always worked for me is the cue-card précis on the books. This sort of thing is from my days in the bookstore, but it translated right to Con/Pride tables.
Great for the quiet folk who don’t want to talk/get a sales tactic, and can also save your voice a little.
Great for the quiet folk who don’t want to talk/get a sales tactic, and can also save your voice a little.
Wanna see the SpaceX frozen plume thing? We didn’t know what we were seeing.
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Wanna see the SpaceX frozen plume thing? We didn’t know what we were seeing.
Spotted this morning on the dogwalk, with utter surprise on my part.
November 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Spotted this morning on the dogwalk, with utter surprise on my part.
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Cracking my file reveals I have previously recorded thoughts on a few options.
Hm.
Hm.
November 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Cracking my file reveals I have previously recorded thoughts on a few options.
Hm.
Hm.
Today I rolled up a character for a Humblewood game and...
"Do you need a berry? I have a berry."
"Do you need a berry? I have a berry."
October 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Today I rolled up a character for a Humblewood game and...
"Do you need a berry? I have a berry."
"Do you need a berry? I have a berry."
Also, someday this will make me smile instead of clenching my stomach in anxiety, but today was not that day.
October 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Also, someday this will make me smile instead of clenching my stomach in anxiety, but today was not that day.
When the trees bring their A game for autumn.
October 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
When the trees bring their A game for autumn.
Curzon is attempting to deliver a soon-to-be-king to Renavi (who survived an assassination attempt) and the Klingons just showed up, and everything is just fine.
(Everything is not just fine.)
Also, Chief Kellen gave relationship advice.
(Everything is not just fine.)
Also, Chief Kellen gave relationship advice.
October 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Curzon is attempting to deliver a soon-to-be-king to Renavi (who survived an assassination attempt) and the Klingons just showed up, and everything is just fine.
(Everything is not just fine.)
Also, Chief Kellen gave relationship advice.
(Everything is not just fine.)
Also, Chief Kellen gave relationship advice.
Some snaps from this morning’s pre-dawn dogwalk, including a heron friend Max wanted to… uh, let’s say "meet."
October 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Some snaps from this morning’s pre-dawn dogwalk, including a heron friend Max wanted to… uh, let’s say "meet."
I don’t think he bought it.
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I don’t think he bought it.
I got some feedback from the Captain’s Log thingie I did for @canconsffh.bsky.social. Would love more, for anyone who took part.
This statement feels like something I can’t answer for myself.
Perhaps my players should/could answer it. I feel we laugh a lot. Is that strange? #StarTrekAdventures
This statement feels like something I can’t answer for myself.
Perhaps my players should/could answer it. I feel we laugh a lot. Is that strange? #StarTrekAdventures
October 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I got some feedback from the Captain’s Log thingie I did for @canconsffh.bsky.social. Would love more, for anyone who took part.
This statement feels like something I can’t answer for myself.
Perhaps my players should/could answer it. I feel we laugh a lot. Is that strange? #StarTrekAdventures
This statement feels like something I can’t answer for myself.
Perhaps my players should/could answer it. I feel we laugh a lot. Is that strange? #StarTrekAdventures