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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc

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Author KA Silva: UF, romantasy, horror comedy. Fiction editor. Enby transmasc, he/they, occasional frog. Strange love celebrated, weirdness vindicated. Avatar by Sally Jackson, WENDIGOGO. https://www.graythornpub.com

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · Feb 9

All my books have some form of social justice: payback for racists who harass Cassie for Farming While Black in STRAW MAN. Indigenous legends take on a greedy oil company in WENDIGOGO. Transmasc Scarecrow & lots of queer pride in STRAW SONG and STRAW SOUL. Signed books & ebooks at graythornpub.com!

Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · Jul 15

Since intros are going around: indie, enby transmasc author here (as KA Silva) writing romantic UF, romantasy, & horror comedy! WIP: sequel to WENDIGOGO. Queer & marginalized characters, weird romance, body horror! #booksky @gpub.bsky.social www.graythornpub.com or www.amazon.com/author/kasilva

Image: cover of STRAW MAN by K. A. Silva, illustration by Talhi Briones. Cassie, a Black woman in a flowing cardigan and skirt, looks over her shoulder at Jack, a white man in a suit and tie. Glowing magic vines swirl from Cassie's fingers to curl around Jack. Straw sticks out of his sleeves as he adjusts a cufflink. They stand back to back in a pumpkin patch under a blue sky.

Cover for WENDIGOGO by K.A. Silva, art by Sally Jackson: Morty, a white man in blue sweater and jeans, looks suspiciously over his shoulder at the monster looming behind him. It has an elk skull with glowing red eyes and dripping fangs, exposed ribs under dirty fur, and long arms ending in wicked claws. They stand in front of a swirling blizzard of snow at night.

image: cover of STRAW SONG by K.A. Silva, illustration by Sandra Chang-Adair. Modern witch Theo, a young white woman with short orange hair wearing a tight bodice, ruffled skirt, and Wiccan jewelry, wields a glowing magic needle and thread. The Scarecrow of Oz stands beside her looking worried, wearing a formal green coat and peaked hat, hefting a shovel as a weapon. They face unseen enemies at dusk in a cornfield.

image: cover for STRAW SOUL by K.A. Silva, illustration by Sandra Chang-Adair. The Scarecrow of Oz, in a formal blue coat open to reveal his stitched burlap chest, tugs a handful of straw from his own body, looking determined. Witch Theo, a young white woman with shrt orange hair, wearing a hoodie printed with a pentagram, stands beside him. She clutches a basket of treats protectively and brandishes a broken bottle as a weapon. Spears ring them in, wielded by unseen opponents. They stand ready to defend themselves in a heated cavern far underground, surrounded by stalactites and stalagmites.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 9h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 10h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 6h

Eh, can always skip that douche.

Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 6h

YES. Every single Dem pol should be doing the same.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

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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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 8h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 6h

Ah! Haven't read that yet. Thanks, I'll track it down.

Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 6h

Shadows of the Emerald City, I assume? Fantastic collection.

Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 6h

If you haven't seen this ridiculous flick yet, fix that immediately.

Boo London @cmdrsue.bsky.social · 11h

If you ask me, "Why would I watch Knights of Badassdom?" I would just respond, "Why wouldn't you?" and then wave the cast pictures at you.

Promo illustration that includes Peter Dinklage, Summer Glau, Danny Pudi, Steve Zahn, Jimmi Simpson, and Ryan Kwanten.

Peter Dinklage in chain mail, red tabbard, holding two swords up, and giving strong 'come at me bro' vibes.

Steve Zahn dressed as a wizard and carrying a staff.

Summer Glau in a warrior outfit that includes a studded skirt while carrying a sword.

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 6h

Don't cross 'em.

Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 6h

Fairuza rocks.

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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7h

If the Cubs won the World Series again would it shift us back into the real universe or shunt us off to some new and even worse somehow third timeline?

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 7h

Sold a few books today. Exhausted, head hurts, but I am now full of steak & bakey tater & gonna crash hard.

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 7h

There are def 2 schools of new Oz stories: the ones (usually smut) which pay lip service only to Baum's books, & the canon-compliant ones which are nearly devoid of adult themes. Very few in between, though I do know a couple authors writing good canon tales.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

I googled “patron saint of frogs” for a bit and then immediately abandoned the bit because I would so much rather actually talk about St. Ulphia the 8th century hermit who cursed her local frogs for keeping her up at night and making her sleep through church

Her hermitage was located in a marshy wetland, inhabited by frogs whose loud croaking kept her up all night. One day, she was so tired that she slept through when Domitius knocked at her door, and he, thinking she had already gone on ahead, left without her. Legend states that Ulphia placed the frogs in the area around her under interdict as a result of their loud croaking, which kept her awake at nights.
A 19th century hagiographer noted that the frogs in the area around the oratory of Saint Ulphia were, indeed, very quiet. However, if these frogs were taken elsewhere, they became boisterous once again.
At the end of her life, she formed and directed a community of religious women at Amiens.
In iconography, she is depicted as a young nun seated in prayer on a rock with a frog in the pool near her.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 1d

Goblin Mode
Kobolde Style
Bugbear Gestalt
Githyanki Modus Operandi
Ogre It ys A Whooooole Deal
Hill Troll Grande Scheme of Thinges

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 1d

If you're in NYC next Tuesday, I've got a free event at the library, and it's free! They do want you to register, though. It's going to be fun: www.nypl.org/events/progr...

7 Stories Up | Book Buzz: Halloween Edition

Join us at SNFL to hear the "buzz" directly from authors and publishing industry professionals about new and upcoming titles in Mystery and Horror. Free and advance copies available while supplies las...

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

This is true and they are super endangered by poachers who shovel them up by the hundreds and sell them at flea markets and shit. You should not buy the plants and if you happen to kick the poacher in the shins on accident, no one will hear about it from me.

mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 1d

still amazing to me the number of movies, games, etc. which have Venus Flytrap-based creatures in some form compared to the actual native range of Venus Flytrap, which is like, the great untamed jungles of a few wet pine savannas in North Carolina

map illustrating the native range of Venus Flytrap plants, just a little half circle around coastal North and South Carolina in USA

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Hannah Comstock @hannahorca.bsky.social · 1d

I have a Totally Normal Frogs sticker sheet now available for pre-order to celebrate Frog Con 🐸

www.hannahcomstock.com

Illustration mockup of a sticker sheet. It has six Totally Normal Frogs on it: Buffrog lifting weights, Vision looking grumpy, Eugene giving a peace sign, Crystal leaping with a rainbow, Frorn in a popcorn bucket, and Roswell abducting a bug in his UFO

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 2d

“A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Elliot 🥕 @nameoftheyear.bsky.social · 1d

LOSING MY MIND AT THE PHONE NUMBER ON THIS BUS IN FRONT OF ME

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 1d

Ooo-waa-aa-aa-aa!

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 1d

Niche but true

Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 1d

Ther ys one four note sequence wher "Lucretia, My Reflection" and "Come On Eileen" sounde exactlye the same, and THAT passage, isolatid, ys stuck yn my heade.

Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like Floyd & Bean had a kid!

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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