Leslie Allen
@cozywitch.bsky.social
Author of SAILS OF BLACK AND BLOOD: THE REVENGE OF CAPTAIN VESSIA, out NOW!
Punk witch of a trans lady. Librarian. Autistic. I write murder gays on boats.
Unceded Mi'kma'ki. She/her |🍁| Fuck off with your A/I
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Punk witch of a trans lady. Librarian. Autistic. I write murder gays on boats.
Unceded Mi'kma'ki. She/her |🍁| Fuck off with your A/I
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Leslie Allen
@cozywitch.bsky.social
· Oct 17
ITS RELEASE DAY!!!
Revenge of Captain Vessia has officially landed!
If you're after trans lesbian vampire pirates, (vampirates?) get your copy today!!!
Revenge of Captain Vessia has officially landed!
If you're after trans lesbian vampire pirates, (vampirates?) get your copy today!!!
I have just realized that while I was sick with covid, I missed my book's first birthday, and how my world has changed with it.
Revenge of Captain Vessia, my darling Vampirate revenge story, is an award finalist. I've been to two conventions, and on my way to Hal-con in Nov. (1/5)
Revenge of Captain Vessia, my darling Vampirate revenge story, is an award finalist. I've been to two conventions, and on my way to Hal-con in Nov. (1/5)
Video game: When you're ready-
Me: Right, do this thing absolutely last and come back later only after I'm absurdly overleveled and explored every nook and crany of the world before this thing you're about to suggest, obviously that's what you mean right
Me: Right, do this thing absolutely last and come back later only after I'm absurdly overleveled and explored every nook and crany of the world before this thing you're about to suggest, obviously that's what you mean right
February 17, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Video game: When you're ready-
Me: Right, do this thing absolutely last and come back later only after I'm absurdly overleveled and explored every nook and crany of the world before this thing you're about to suggest, obviously that's what you mean right
Me: Right, do this thing absolutely last and come back later only after I'm absurdly overleveled and explored every nook and crany of the world before this thing you're about to suggest, obviously that's what you mean right
When I was first starting out back in the 2000s, the logic of living while trans was to lie or never bring it up in the first place. Whether it was lying to the pych about lived experience for HRT or being stealth to get employed. If you didn't lie, you didn't *live*
February 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
When I was first starting out back in the 2000s, the logic of living while trans was to lie or never bring it up in the first place. Whether it was lying to the pych about lived experience for HRT or being stealth to get employed. If you didn't lie, you didn't *live*
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Eat or be eaten- happy Valentine’s Day 👀
February 14, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Eat or be eaten- happy Valentine’s Day 👀
Your email finds me screaming in terror. How did you track me down. I was sure I covered my tracks, no, you stay away from me. No, get away, no no, NOOOO
February 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Your email finds me screaming in terror. How did you track me down. I was sure I covered my tracks, no, you stay away from me. No, get away, no no, NOOOO
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“Right now the focus should be on supporting the community in mourning, not weaponizing this event as hate against a vulnerable group at large.”
I hate profoundly that articles like this need to be written when, like Mel says, the focus should be on community. But thank you Mel for writing ❤️
I hate profoundly that articles like this need to be written when, like Mel says, the focus should be on community. But thank you Mel for writing ❤️
NEW from me today:
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine
Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence
xtramagazine.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:36 PM
“Right now the focus should be on supporting the community in mourning, not weaponizing this event as hate against a vulnerable group at large.”
I hate profoundly that articles like this need to be written when, like Mel says, the focus should be on community. But thank you Mel for writing ❤️
I hate profoundly that articles like this need to be written when, like Mel says, the focus should be on community. But thank you Mel for writing ❤️
No one knew my grandfather's actual name until we found one of his old report cards from grade school in the attic after he died
All names are made up
All names are made up
Baffled by transphobes insisting that the name on your birth certificate is Your True Name Forever when it was common in my grandparents' generation to just...pick a name you like and use that, nbd. I literally found out both of my grandma's birth certificate first names FROM THEIR OBITUARIES.
February 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
No one knew my grandfather's actual name until we found one of his old report cards from grade school in the attic after he died
All names are made up
All names are made up
Just the fact that they come to my rinky dink village in the middle of nowhere, like fuck yeah
Thank the Gods for mobile health clinics, thanks to them my head is now the most fuzzy and filled up on latest vaccs
February 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Just the fact that they come to my rinky dink village in the middle of nowhere, like fuck yeah
Thank the Gods for mobile health clinics, thanks to them my head is now the most fuzzy and filled up on latest vaccs
February 8, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Thank the Gods for mobile health clinics, thanks to them my head is now the most fuzzy and filled up on latest vaccs
Best book I've read in recent times, so criminally underrated.
If I had a nickel for every time the MCs said they'd die for the other, and then actually nearly accomplish doing just that, I'd have too many nickels
Delicious book, you should all read it, and I can't wait for what Aubrey does next!
If I had a nickel for every time the MCs said they'd die for the other, and then actually nearly accomplish doing just that, I'd have too many nickels
Delicious book, you should all read it, and I can't wait for what Aubrey does next!
🌸✨GIVEAWAY✨🌸
Name Her Holy's 1st anniversary is coming up on the 13th??
So I thought I'd do a signed hardcover giveaway (with a little front page sketch for fun). I will literally ship this anywhere so international friends feel free to join!
Like, repost, and comment to enter!
Name Her Holy's 1st anniversary is coming up on the 13th??
So I thought I'd do a signed hardcover giveaway (with a little front page sketch for fun). I will literally ship this anywhere so international friends feel free to join!
Like, repost, and comment to enter!
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Best book I've read in recent times, so criminally underrated.
If I had a nickel for every time the MCs said they'd die for the other, and then actually nearly accomplish doing just that, I'd have too many nickels
Delicious book, you should all read it, and I can't wait for what Aubrey does next!
If I had a nickel for every time the MCs said they'd die for the other, and then actually nearly accomplish doing just that, I'd have too many nickels
Delicious book, you should all read it, and I can't wait for what Aubrey does next!
Phillip here touching on something I struggled with coming into being an indie NS author, which was the capacity for Canadian book reviews was so barebones that I could barely find anyone to forward my book to for discussion and reviews. Even less so because my work is purely SFF.
Today's Morning File. Unrelated: The Catherine O'Hara news is terrible.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
How the (near) death of criticism hurts artists and audiences - Halifax Examiner
I really don't want to look at any more Goodreads reviews.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
January 31, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Phillip here touching on something I struggled with coming into being an indie NS author, which was the capacity for Canadian book reviews was so barebones that I could barely find anyone to forward my book to for discussion and reviews. Even less so because my work is purely SFF.
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a drawing to calm my nerves. can't go wrong with sad werewolf lady
#tsubelleart #ocsky #artsky #oc #werewolf
#tsubelleart #ocsky #artsky #oc #werewolf
April 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
a drawing to calm my nerves. can't go wrong with sad werewolf lady
#tsubelleart #ocsky #artsky #oc #werewolf
#tsubelleart #ocsky #artsky #oc #werewolf
I had a random thought while grocery shopping tonight, and once I got home, I counted all my wordcounts from all my projects since I started writing.
2.8 *million* words.
My only published work has about 118,000
The amount of work that goes unseen when folks read our stories sure is something lol
2.8 *million* words.
My only published work has about 118,000
The amount of work that goes unseen when folks read our stories sure is something lol
January 24, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I had a random thought while grocery shopping tonight, and once I got home, I counted all my wordcounts from all my projects since I started writing.
2.8 *million* words.
My only published work has about 118,000
The amount of work that goes unseen when folks read our stories sure is something lol
2.8 *million* words.
My only published work has about 118,000
The amount of work that goes unseen when folks read our stories sure is something lol
It sucks to question the kindness of the world, because like, I value being kind so much. But everyday the world gets harder to be kind to.
But then I'll have one patron who's so delighted that I got him more silly books that he says "wahoo!" In the library, and my week is made
But then I'll have one patron who's so delighted that I got him more silly books that he says "wahoo!" In the library, and my week is made
January 23, 2026 at 4:15 PM
It sucks to question the kindness of the world, because like, I value being kind so much. But everyday the world gets harder to be kind to.
But then I'll have one patron who's so delighted that I got him more silly books that he says "wahoo!" In the library, and my week is made
But then I'll have one patron who's so delighted that I got him more silly books that he says "wahoo!" In the library, and my week is made
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Everybody shut the fuck up and pay attention to the most important thing happening at this moment.
January 22, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Everybody shut the fuck up and pay attention to the most important thing happening at this moment.
There was a closeted little girl in 1998 who felt whole for the first time when she wore women's clothes. When her stepdad found out he threatened to kill her.
It takes her 14 more years to come out. It shouldn't take so long
It takes her 14 more years to come out. It shouldn't take so long
There was a closeted little girl in 1989 who felt happy when she'd secretly try on women's clothes or makeup, but who got in trouble when her rural Texas family found out.
When her body changed years later she felt wrong and sad
It took her 30 more years to come out. It shouldn't take so long.
When her body changed years later she felt wrong and sad
It took her 30 more years to come out. It shouldn't take so long.
there was a closeted little girl in 1986 praying every single night to wake up in the right body, the only prayer she really meant. she instinctively knew it wasn’t safe to tell her parents; she’d be forced to see a priest and confess
it took her 38 more years to come out
it shouldn’t take so long
it took her 38 more years to come out
it shouldn’t take so long
January 22, 2026 at 7:39 PM
There was a closeted little girl in 1998 who felt whole for the first time when she wore women's clothes. When her stepdad found out he threatened to kill her.
It takes her 14 more years to come out. It shouldn't take so long
It takes her 14 more years to come out. It shouldn't take so long
*It's time*
Be on the look out for lots of posts about Sails of Black and Blood: The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen over the coming days! A BBNYA 2025 finalist!! @bbnya.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 PM
*It's time*
Story ideas are not allowed to smack me in the back of the head right now, I have too much to do and the world is on fire
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Story ideas are not allowed to smack me in the back of the head right now, I have too much to do and the world is on fire
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Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
If I have to see "breaking news" anymore this week, I may in fact scream
January 9, 2026 at 12:56 PM
If I have to see "breaking news" anymore this week, I may in fact scream
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Also probably no practical difference in consequences because no one will stand up for anyone. I don't think collective security against the US is a thing. They can literally pick us off one by one if they choose. Which is the whole reason behind the concept of collective security, but here we are.
There's no legal difference between kidnapping Maduro and kidnapping Mark Carney.
January 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Also probably no practical difference in consequences because no one will stand up for anyone. I don't think collective security against the US is a thing. They can literally pick us off one by one if they choose. Which is the whole reason behind the concept of collective security, but here we are.
What terrifies me most about today is that I think theyre either going to say 'mission accomplished' and let Venzuela pick up the pieces and become justifably hostile or theyre going to plop in a puppet regime and set up another Afghanistan.
Either way, the US has blood on it's hands.
As always.
Either way, the US has blood on it's hands.
As always.
January 3, 2026 at 1:53 PM
What terrifies me most about today is that I think theyre either going to say 'mission accomplished' and let Venzuela pick up the pieces and become justifably hostile or theyre going to plop in a puppet regime and set up another Afghanistan.
Either way, the US has blood on it's hands.
As always.
Either way, the US has blood on it's hands.
As always.
It's the first day back at work at the library, and I would like to nap please
The heaters haven't been on all break so currently sitting in 12'c at my desk waiting for them to warm the place up
The heaters haven't been on all break so currently sitting in 12'c at my desk waiting for them to warm the place up
January 2, 2026 at 2:32 PM
It's the first day back at work at the library, and I would like to nap please
The heaters haven't been on all break so currently sitting in 12'c at my desk waiting for them to warm the place up
The heaters haven't been on all break so currently sitting in 12'c at my desk waiting for them to warm the place up