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queercrossroads.bsky.social
Aether
@queercrossroads.bsky.social
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Gothic and Fantasy fiction enthusiast | Writer at queercrossroads.co.uk | Queer Creative / Witch / D&D Forever DM
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I'm not trans so maybe I can call JKR what she is without getting suspended like trans poster seem to be... *Ahem*

She's a fascist. ✨
August 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
queercrossroads.bsky.social
Wrote a teeny blog post, inspired by some queer joy found within the animal kingdom, through the conduit of drag king, Bi Curious George.

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If they can be Queer, why can’t we?
It’s at times like these that I want to remind us that we are all just flesh sacks propelled forward by dreams and chemicals.
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April 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
queercrossroads.bsky.social
People sell second hand books like "Great condition, slight damage as shown" and it literally looks like it's been dipped in a river.
April 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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🥀 Gothic Affirmation 05 🥀

I am unique, I am worthy of love;
I am the best of so many people;
My heart hums with electricity;
My father is proud I’m alive;
Folks from town want to meet me;
Fire is bad.
March 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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what even is the female gothic all gothic is for the girls
March 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
queercrossroads.bsky.social
Facebook users are making me so mad right now. This caveat is pretty easily readable as a marketing joke but has been misread so much. With comments: "ugh why would they feel the need to put that on there" or "ugh other people are so dumb they have to put that on there" - ITS A JOKE! ARGH
A sign advertising a cinnamon bun says "not actual size" next to the giant oversized image. A caption "Well no shit" had been added.
March 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Quite a big fan of these 'Tales of the Weird anthologies'; exploring #Gothic fiction by theme is a very different way of approaching the genre.
March 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Someone just pronounced romantasy as Roman-tussey in front of me, and now I've got horrible Caesar based imagery.
February 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Angela Carter on Vampires = BIG Carmilla energy. 🩸🩸

#booktok #photos #bookpost #thebloodychamber #shortstories #shortstoryanthology #quotes #bookquotes #gothic #gothicbooks #shortstory #angelacarter #vampires #dracula #carmilla
Image Description: A red, white and black background showing two stylised hands, with the words "Angela Carter Quote if the Day." Image Description: An Angela Carter quote is pasted over a red, white and black background showing two stylised hands. The quote reads: "She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening."
February 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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I really enjoyed writing this one! A look at the rise of 'fated mates' #romantasy books and why this might be appealing.

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Mated to a Monster: The Rise of Pair-bonding Stories in Romantasy
So I’ve been told A Court of Thorns and Roses is a gateway to other more monstrous ‘fated mate’ stories…
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February 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Went to see The Importance of Being Earnest tonight and it was absolutely beautiful ❤️ Ncuti was captivating (as always) and I loved every camp and colourful minute 💕 #nationaltheatre
February 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Watching James and the Giant Peach 🍑 an excellent childhood rewatch. Miss Spider is a goth queen and I want to be her. #unrealisticbodystandards

Side note: I never appreciated the Earthworm's pessimism jokes until adulthood. Now he's my favourite.
A still from James and the Giant Peach, Miss Spider smiles before the vast ocean on their way to New York.
February 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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George Eliot & Middlemarch came up 3 times today on 3 separate occasions. Once on my pals Insta story, again on a historic tour in my hometown, and then again when another friend booked us to go for a meal without me knowing, at Middlemarch Farm (named for the book)

A sign from the universe, I say!
A board about George Eliot and Coventry and her story Middlemarch and the play of the same name
February 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Resharing my latest #Gothic academic piece around the use of Blood/Red on white fabric during the transitional moment from 'pure woman' to 'monstrous vampire'.

Queer Crossroads is my latest venture exploring the Gothic and #Queer fictions. 🌈📚

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Corrupt and Monstrous Sensuality: Blood-Red on Women’s White Clothing in Vampire Novels
Red wine, scarlet roses, crimson lipstick, blood stains. There’s so much that connects the colour red with the danger, passion and seduction of the vampire.
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February 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Spending my Saturday watching a marathon of Gothic lectures with #RomancingtheGothic from the comfort of my bed.
A screen showing Folklore and the Landscape Gothic writing workshop
February 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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My girlfriend ran the 'D8 night' D&D campaign for me for #ValentinesDay and when I say I ugly cried I mean, I was sobbing. She's so perfect. She dressed as an elf and we had mead and danced to La Vie En Rose. She's the love of my life and I want to marry her one day. #romance #queerlove
February 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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And because I couldn't choose, another novel with a strange love, based on the vampire classic, Carmilla.
Celebrating all kinds of love this Valentine's day.

#queerlove #queerstories

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From Gothic to Dark Academia: An Education in Malice Analytical Review
Upon reading the fiction, An Education in Malice (Gibson, 2024), I was inspired to seek out the material that helped inspire this sapphic, dark academia novel and make a comparison.
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February 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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On this Valentine's Day, sharing a post about a series of unlikely loves in A Botanical Daughter. Another love-note to a great modern Gothic/horror. 🌈📚 #queerstories #queerlove #valentinesgay

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A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock – An analytical review
A modern Gothic novel in which two queer Victorian men conceal their relationship in a remote greenhouse, where the two create themselves a daughter from flesh and fungi. Let’s explore what m…
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February 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
queercrossroads.bsky.social
Is anyone else terrified that a guy can just, on a whim, decide to just change the name of something historic because he doesn't like it. He is playing with lives and with history. He's installed himself into arts and education - the places that he knows will be most effective. #trump #gulfofamerica
February 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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#DungeonsandDragons question - with the new 2024 rules, is anyone else finding that it is making some of the races a bit more OP? Players have random abilities that seem to make their characters ridiculously beefy. For example, inspiration on a long rest just for being human? #dnd #D&D
February 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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I took this picture a few days ago, visiting a #NationalTrust site (UK), the way the vacant chair looked against the green colour was so striking. It really took me back to a time when the house might have been inhabited.
An old fashioned chair sits on a tiled floor, framed by a doorway. A small towel hangs on the side of the chair, as if used recently, despite the age of the building.
February 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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writing is hard because you flip back and forth between "I am a literal fraud and this book will never be completed" and "I am a literary sex goddess and this book will earn me the affections of seven comely lasses"

or maybe that's just me idk
February 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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February 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
queercrossroads.bsky.social
Reposting this as it's LGBTQ+ History Month, and Section 28, or the 'Don't say gay' bill, was such an important part of our recent history and is still affecting LGBTQ+ people (like me) to this day.

#lgbthistory 🌈📚 #queeressays #queercreator

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After the Act: A Glittering Trojan Horse of Spectacle and A Must-See Musical
I didn’t truly understand the impact of Section 28 on queer/LGBT+ people in the UK until I saw After the Act: A Section 28 Musical – I have some thoughts…
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February 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Last post for the night - a short essay/love-letter to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. ☺️

#lgbtfiction #lgbt #goldenage #hollywood 🌈📚

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Important Evelyn Hugo: Untold Stories of LGBTQ+ Women in Hollywood
Upon reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo I felt so compelled to write more about the themes and just how impactful this book was for me. I am so glad it’ll be a movie soon. Note: For th…
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February 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM