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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They)

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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

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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 8d

The Huldra House Samhain Sale continues!

3 FREE horrorotica stories!
50% off all subscriptions! ($9 USD for 24 stories, plus the collected edition, w/extras once out.)

Sub sales go toward me yeeting my deadname! Now at 4/15 toward goal!

www.huldrahouse.com/shop/samhain...
itch.io/s/160941/the...

A sale banner with a dark background, centred on a red-hooded figure holding a long axe with its blade pointed toward the ground. They stand in an open doorway, and moths flutter around them. In the foreground is matte white text that reads: The Huldra House Samhain Sale is on now, through October 31st!

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E. L. Chen @elainechen.com · 11h

If you're coming to @canconsffh.bsky.social next weekend, I hope you like stickers! I'll be leaving some on the freebies table and will have them on me to give out too. Really happy with how these turned out.

A glossy sticker showing an illustration of a hand with red-painted nails, holding a bloody kitchen knife. A red ribbon beneath it reads, "SOCIETY OF FINAL GIRLS", and the slogan "THE HORRORS PERSIST BUT SO DO WE" sits around the hand in a circle.

A glossy sticker of an illustrated key with a red old-school diamond-shaped motel tag. The tag reads, "LOCK YOUR DOOR" and is spattered with blood.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2h

Hey, Sydette needs help. She is one of the people who makes the world brighter and better simply by existing. If you have the capacity, please consider dropping her what you can.

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah I really need help with this . I’m gonna go hyperventilate into a bag but this has gone bad quickly

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · Apr 10

Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share

gofund.me/a5ee0064

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 6h

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She has a "where to start" list!

If you like atmospheric horror, Taiga Ridge for sure tho.

Mystery? Oh Waverly lol

Skyla Dawn Cameron

Writer of horror, thrillers, mysteries, and urban fantasy. Fifth-generation crazy cat lady. Lover of coarse language. Proud supporter of Unlikable Female Characters™. My characters kill people so I do...

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 11h

Translunar Travelers Lounge welcomes submissions of speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Full details are at the link.https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 3h

And today's contract is signed, so I can announce that my poem "The Weight of Winter" will be reprinted in an upcoming issue of The Future Fire. Estimates on publication are early in 2026.

Looking forward to having this one online again. Very fond of it.

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 1d

hey canadian friends you can tell the govt what you think about AI (🚮)! survey closes at the end of the month. it's a tad long but worth it. #CanPoli
ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en...

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8h

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 4h

And ... you have my attention.

BOOM! Studios @boom-studios.com · 5h

JUST ANNOUNCED AT #NYCC: Erica Slaughter's heading to the Louisiana swamps in 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗠𝗣 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦 𝗞𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗡!

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Arley Sorg @arleysorg.bsky.social · 4h

it's the weekend! writers - rejection *does not mean* you are a bad writer!

keep writing!❤️‍🔥

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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 4h

This is the pettiest of complaints, but I’m sick of websites and apps removing “no” as an option. It’s been replaced by “maybe later” or “ask again later.”

I swear there is a direct line between anger about women’s consent and this and it WILL be what drives me to villainy.

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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 4h

Good email means a poetry reprint announcement as soon as the contract is signed! I'll be very happy to have this one findable in the world again. Vanished into the aether when Ideomancer's archives went offline ... must be at least six, seven years ago now? A few years after they closed, anyway.

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 6h

Buy Skyla's books. Her cat is unnecessarily expensive.

Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 6h

Ordered him the expensive prescription food the vet wants him on permanently and he’ll need more meds on hand for future episodes. I’d had optimistic thoughts of getting a new rug and bedding at IKEA but now Christmas is cancelled, everyone’s gift this year is Shawn’s bladder NOT full of blood. 😭

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Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 9h

Imagine this: a US politician celebrating a trans woman who fought for LGBTQ rights.

I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a US politician mention a trans woman by name in a positive light.

(Yes, Sylvia’s identity was complex but the point stands)

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 7h

I think the main refreshing thing about Mamdani, for me, is that he actually likes New York City and wants to see it thrive for everyone.

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 7h

This is a massive deal. But it’s not a done deal. Workers have been barred from their offices, but there is still time to protect their jobs. Only your Reps can do it though. Don’t let up!

Daniel Westreich @epidbydesign.bsky.social · 7h

RIFs at CDC.

Destroying the Epidemic Intelligence Service, NCIRD, NCIPC & a dozen other areas/divisions/branches will cause enormous harm and suffering to America, and indeed to the whole world.

Call your Reps about it.

Then call them again.

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 1d

This means if you're in the UK and haven't signed this yet, please do. At 100k signatures they have to discuss it again.

Literally the least you can do!!

GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 1d

UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 7h

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 6h

Year of the Mer is firmly adult and I will screech obscenities directly into your face if you place it somewhere else, mentally or otherwise

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 1d

I kinda want to play "Is this YA" but I already know that 95% of the books people will ask about will not be YA.

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 7h

People, a few teachers have assumed Countess is YA. One was an elementary teacher I had met. He wanted a copy of the book for his class and I said no. It's an adult book.

He seemed very confused that I would write an adult book. I recently explained to a librarian that no it's an adult book.

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 1d

I kinda want to play "Is this YA" but I already know that 95% of the books people will ask about will not be YA.

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Neal-o-lantern 🎃 @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 7h

Y’all there’s SO MANY struggling artists right now. Please please help if you are in the position to do so. Do some early holiday shopping. Treat yourself to something special. Donate just to keep seeing people create. And don’t forget sharing always helps so much. We are just trying to survive.

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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you! :)

Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you! :D

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Kristie Choi @kristiechoi.bsky.social · 2d

S&S has launched a romance-forward New Adult imprint, and I am one of the many editors across the S&S Children’s division who is now also acquiring for Scarlett Press! In addition to my kids/teen list, I’m seeking high stakes NA romantasy & thrillers with plenty of spice, yearning, and tension.

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alyson “october” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 12h

put trans women in your fiction. don’t be a fucking coward.

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Willow Nichols-Capra 🤎 @novellamenagerie.com · 1d

Contract signed, so now I can share the wonderful news!!! One of my short stories will be appearing in Cosmic Horror Monthly!!! 🎉🎉 I am absolutely over the moon, as this is my first semi-pro sale!

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