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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 13h

We're not officially open to non-fiction submissions at the moment, but if you want to send us a message with whatever samples or pitches you'd like to include via the form on the Bona Books website, we'll have a look.

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 14h

We are hoping to begin with 1 essay on queerness intersecting with science, science fiction, fantasy, fandom, or similar. And relevant explorations of queer history/culture. Also reviews and interviews, but we will probably handle those two in-house initially as we get used to FANTABULOSA!

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 15h

Something new please! We're still editing WRATH MONTH and will welcome the variety!

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 15h

Yes!

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 15h

Folks aren't going to know what hit 'em 😈

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 16h

Submissions are open until 30 November, with an extended window to 15 December for trans and BIPOC writers.

This subs window is for issues #1 & #2 (Spring & Summer 2026). #writersky 🌈📚💙

Full guidelines on our website:

Submissions — Bona Books

www.bona-books.com

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 16h

Follow us to hear all the news, and - if you know any queer writers - please share this FAR and WIDE.

We're ravenously seeking:

QUEER FICTION, up to 6,000 words, in science fiction, fantasy or speculative horror ($0.08 /word)

QUEER SPECULATIVE POETRY ($50 /poem)

No reprints. #writersky 🌈📚💙

Bona Books Presents

A new queer literary magazine

FANTABULOSA!

Tales of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical, from radical and unapologetic queer voices.

Science fiction, fantasy and horror
Short fiction & poetry

Submissions open now

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 16h

ANNOUNCEMENT🎺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:

FANTABULOSA!

Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.

& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 1d

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Wrath Month - Stories of Queer Rage

The punk anthology where queer rage kicks down the doors of fantasy, science-fiction and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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SJ Groenewegen @sjgroenewegen.co.uk · 2d

I have 2 short stories out soon: 1 in Wrath Month @bonabooks.bsky.social & 1 in HAVOC Files 6 Candy Jar Books www.freewebstore.org/candy-jar-st...

The Disinformation War is still relevant & available: mitpress.mit.edu/978191338080...

#AmWriting
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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone intended to pre-order Wrath Month and hadn't got round to it yet, we're currently £8 away from a cool £40,000 and it...

is...

driving...

us...

a close up of a woman with curly hair and a hair clip in her hair making a funny face .

ALT: a close up of a woman with curly hair and a hair clip in her hair making a funny face .

media.tenor.com

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Trip Galey @trip.bsky.social · 3d

Not all mothers love their children; not all rulers deserve their crown.

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF VALENZIAGA

Coming in 2026

(Yes, it’s hella gay 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️)

#booksky #fantasy #sciencefantasy #amreading #lgbtq

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...

Coming soon: The Fall of the House of Valenziaga

A queer, science fantasy novel featuring a city beyond the edge of time and space, drag magic, and world-shaking family drama! LGBTQ+

www.kickstarter.com

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Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 3d

Gay gasps abound on our episode about The Witches (1990) with @robwillb.bsky.social when discussing other actresses potentially considered for the role of the Grand High Witch, so memorably played by Anjelica Huston.

Listen: linktr.ee/onceuponavhs

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 4d

Our very own @robwillb.bsky.social discusses one of his specialist subjects (Jim Henson) on a podcast "on a queer and neverending quest through the fantasy films of the '80s and '90s", and one of whose hosts, @hrfmichael.bsky.social just happens to be making their Bona Books debut in WRATH MONTH!

Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 5d

New episode - The Witches (1990) with @robwillb.bsky.social of @bonabooks.bsky.social

linktr.ee/onceuponavhs

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 12d

We know a lot of you out there love queer short SFF, so check out the fundraiser for a new magazine dedicated to exactly that!

OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!

A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

www.kickstarter.com

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · Sep 12

Want a bit of a tease for what we have in store for you with our upcoming anthology? Listen to our copy editorial director @robwillb.bsky.social chatting Wrath Month, Oz, queerness in fantasy, and more on the fabulous @alisonbaker01.bsky.social's Fantasy Book Swap podcast!

Ep. 49: When magic isn't a metaphor with Robert Berg

open.spotify.com

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Ali Baker @alisonbaker01.bsky.social · Sep 11

Come and meet the Fab Four who make up @bonabooks.bsky.social at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social in Brighton! Check out more about Wrath Month in Bona Books’ bio.

Ali Baker @alisonbaker01.bsky.social · Sep 11

New Fantasy Book Swap episode with @robwillb.bsky.social from the amazing @bonabooks.bsky.social! We discuss Oz, queer fandom and when magic isn't a metaphor for queerness! alibaker68.podbean.com/e/ep-49-when...

Ep. 49: When magic isn't a metaphor with Robert Berg | Fantasy Book Swap

Robert's choice: The Marvellous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum Ali's choice: Wynd book 1: The Flight of the Prince by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialnyas Robert is 1/4 of wonderful Bona Books! The Wrath...

alibaker68.podbean.com

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Robgoblin 🎃👻👺🧙‍♀️🧹💀 @robwillb.bsky.social · Sep 11

I had such a blast chatting about Oz, its queer connections, L Frank Baum, theatricality, possibly giving a bit of a tease for @bonabooks.bsky.social's WRATH MONTH, and much more! Listen wherever you get your podcasts! 😁

Ali Baker @alisonbaker01.bsky.social · Sep 11

New Fantasy Book Swap episode with @robwillb.bsky.social from the amazing @bonabooks.bsky.social! We discuss Oz, queer fandom and when magic isn't a metaphor for queerness! alibaker68.podbean.com/e/ep-49-when...

Ep. 49: When magic isn't a metaphor with Robert Berg | Fantasy Book Swap

Robert's choice: The Marvellous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum Ali's choice: Wynd book 1: The Flight of the Prince by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialnyas Robert is 1/4 of wonderful Bona Books! The Wrath...

alibaker68.podbean.com

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Ali Baker @alisonbaker01.bsky.social · Sep 11

New Fantasy Book Swap episode with @robwillb.bsky.social from the amazing @bonabooks.bsky.social! We discuss Oz, queer fandom and when magic isn't a metaphor for queerness! alibaker68.podbean.com/e/ep-49-when...

Ep. 49: When magic isn't a metaphor with Robert Berg | Fantasy Book Swap

Robert's choice: The Marvellous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum Ali's choice: Wynd book 1: The Flight of the Prince by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialnyas Robert is 1/4 of wonderful Bona Books! The Wrath...

alibaker68.podbean.com

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · Sep 8

A slightly diminished book:

I Want That Twink Inconvenienced @bonabooks.bsky.social

Dr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book.

The Earl Of The Rings

Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book

The Mediocre Gatsby

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Robgoblin 🎃👻👺🧙‍♀️🧹💀 @robwillb.bsky.social · Aug 19

So on this watch, I noticed something I never have before. I think there's Polari in PSYCHO! At one point when "Mother" is berating Norman, she says, "This is my room and no one's going to drag me out of it, least of all my big bold son." Bold is a strange word to use in the English sense. (1/4)

Robgoblin 🎃👻👺🧙‍♀️🧹💀 @robwillb.bsky.social · Aug 19

I did this meme a week ago, but as I sit here watching PSYCHO for the 500th time, I realise, yeah, PSYCHO is also very much a comfort watch for me.

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · Aug 18

Fellow Ozians, our very own copy editorial director @robwillb.bsky.social appeared on an Oz podcast today to discuss Wicked!

Relatedly, WRATH MONTH happens to have a Wicked-adjacent dystopian Oz story by @hrfmichael.bsky.social!

Our excitement is un-li-mi-ted!

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · Aug 11

Yes 👀

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · Aug 10

We'll include all the categories that the Polari Prize are too afraid/assimilationist to use.

Bona Chicken (first book award)
Bona Trade Paperback (erotica award)
Bona Fantabulosa (spec fic award)
Bona Lavs (poetry award)
Bona Eke (best cover design)
Most Innovative Use of a Twink

X626 @x626.bsky.social · Aug 10

@bonabooks.bsky.social awards when????

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Brent C. Lambert @brentclambert.bsky.social · Aug 6

I would end hypothetical season with YOUR WORLD AGAINST MINE by @theadamsass.bsky.social

In my head, I see this having a sillier animation style to throw the audience off to the actual deeper messages of the story until you finally rip the band-aid off and boom!

www.bona-books.com/shop/p/produ...

I Want That Twink Obliterated! - Paperback — Bona Books

The twinks are among us. Loving, lying, sashaying, betraying. Storming the tower of Belzarian, wandering the eldritch streets of Shoggothtown, and seizing power on Bavarrón Eleven. Since the dawn of t...

www.bona-books.com

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