Disco Barrington 🏳️⚧️📚🏳️🌈✍️ (he/they)
@discobooks.bsky.social
Queer dystopian horror author
THIS IS HOW THE WORLDS ENDS (autumn ‘26)
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He/they | British-Trinidadian🇬🇧🇹🇹
Queer, transmasc 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️| Chronically ill
Also on TikTok | No Gen AI 🚫
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THIS IS HOW THE WORLDS ENDS (autumn ‘26)
Diverse book recs
He/they | British-Trinidadian🇬🇧🇹🇹
Queer, transmasc 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️| Chronically ill
Also on TikTok | No Gen AI 🚫
[email protected]
Newsletter ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/discobooks
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I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve signed with @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social, and my debut novella THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS will be published this autumn!
It’s a queer dystopian story about the end of humanity and what comes after. I can’t wait for it to be out in the world.📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🏳️⚧️ #writingsky
It’s a queer dystopian story about the end of humanity and what comes after. I can’t wait for it to be out in the world.📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🏳️⚧️ #writingsky
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February 5, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Loved this creepy, spicy, scary horror romance novella by @azaleacrowley.bsky.social!
An Asian American woman goes on a first date, but things take an unexpected turn…
Azalea Crowley is one of my very favourite authors, and this is the goriest horror of theirs I’ve read. I had tons of fun! 📚💙
An Asian American woman goes on a first date, but things take an unexpected turn…
Azalea Crowley is one of my very favourite authors, and this is the goriest horror of theirs I’ve read. I had tons of fun! 📚💙
February 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Loved this creepy, spicy, scary horror romance novella by @azaleacrowley.bsky.social!
An Asian American woman goes on a first date, but things take an unexpected turn…
Azalea Crowley is one of my very favourite authors, and this is the goriest horror of theirs I’ve read. I had tons of fun! 📚💙
An Asian American woman goes on a first date, but things take an unexpected turn…
Azalea Crowley is one of my very favourite authors, and this is the goriest horror of theirs I’ve read. I had tons of fun! 📚💙
Obsessed with the Haiti Winter Olympic uniforms
February 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Obsessed with the Haiti Winter Olympic uniforms
This made me cry.
Sir Ian McKellan is a national treasure, and this monologue about refugees and intolerance is perfection.
I’ve never seen him in a play, but I saw him at an LOTR convention and his every word held gravitas. Love him. And I’m sad these words are so relevant now.
Sir Ian McKellan is a national treasure, and this monologue about refugees and intolerance is perfection.
I’ve never seen him in a play, but I saw him at an LOTR convention and his every word held gravitas. Love him. And I’m sad these words are so relevant now.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
This made me cry.
Sir Ian McKellan is a national treasure, and this monologue about refugees and intolerance is perfection.
I’ve never seen him in a play, but I saw him at an LOTR convention and his every word held gravitas. Love him. And I’m sad these words are so relevant now.
Sir Ian McKellan is a national treasure, and this monologue about refugees and intolerance is perfection.
I’ve never seen him in a play, but I saw him at an LOTR convention and his every word held gravitas. Love him. And I’m sad these words are so relevant now.
My partner is 6ft3. He took a picture of what I look like looking up at him. I look like the bug from A Bug’s Life. Then I showed him my view of his nostrils. This is also unfairly absent from fics.
As someone who is over six feet tall, I can say that y'all aren't doing enough with the height difference fics. Talls use the top shelf to hide the snacks we don't want to share. Our feet hang off the edge of most beds. If we hug you and you go high, we have to suppress the urge to hoist you.
February 5, 2026 at 12:18 AM
My partner is 6ft3. He took a picture of what I look like looking up at him. I look like the bug from A Bug’s Life. Then I showed him my view of his nostrils. This is also unfairly absent from fics.
I’m going to see XLov on Sunday!
They’re a “genderless concept” Kpop group. I can’t wait.
Judging by social media, the rest of the crowd will be 16 years old though 😹 not an issue, just funny that I got into this music in my 30s, after decades of metal concerts.
They’re a “genderless concept” Kpop group. I can’t wait.
Judging by social media, the rest of the crowd will be 16 years old though 😹 not an issue, just funny that I got into this music in my 30s, after decades of metal concerts.
February 4, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I’m going to see XLov on Sunday!
They’re a “genderless concept” Kpop group. I can’t wait.
Judging by social media, the rest of the crowd will be 16 years old though 😹 not an issue, just funny that I got into this music in my 30s, after decades of metal concerts.
They’re a “genderless concept” Kpop group. I can’t wait.
Judging by social media, the rest of the crowd will be 16 years old though 😹 not an issue, just funny that I got into this music in my 30s, after decades of metal concerts.
Went to this exhibition that The Guardian called ‘revolting visual soup’ and laughed when I saw a Space Invader in a Damien Hirst tank
Admittedly, kinda soup-like.
I don’t know what they expected from a Hirst / Invader collab though. It was never gonna be intellectual. Enjoy the silly, I say. #art
Admittedly, kinda soup-like.
I don’t know what they expected from a Hirst / Invader collab though. It was never gonna be intellectual. Enjoy the silly, I say. #art
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Went to this exhibition that The Guardian called ‘revolting visual soup’ and laughed when I saw a Space Invader in a Damien Hirst tank
Admittedly, kinda soup-like.
I don’t know what they expected from a Hirst / Invader collab though. It was never gonna be intellectual. Enjoy the silly, I say. #art
Admittedly, kinda soup-like.
I don’t know what they expected from a Hirst / Invader collab though. It was never gonna be intellectual. Enjoy the silly, I say. #art
Read this brilliant queer horror collection by @tcparker.bsky.social last night.
Loved it. I really shouldn’t have read it at night just before I went to sleep, it was that terrifying!
I especially loved the subtle commentary on British social inequality and intolerance. 📚💙 📚🏳️🌈
Loved it. I really shouldn’t have read it at night just before I went to sleep, it was that terrifying!
I especially loved the subtle commentary on British social inequality and intolerance. 📚💙 📚🏳️🌈
February 3, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Read this brilliant queer horror collection by @tcparker.bsky.social last night.
Loved it. I really shouldn’t have read it at night just before I went to sleep, it was that terrifying!
I especially loved the subtle commentary on British social inequality and intolerance. 📚💙 📚🏳️🌈
Loved it. I really shouldn’t have read it at night just before I went to sleep, it was that terrifying!
I especially loved the subtle commentary on British social inequality and intolerance. 📚💙 📚🏳️🌈
Reposted by Disco Barrington 🏳️⚧️📚🏳️🌈✍️ (he/they)
Happy Black History Month!
P.S. We should be reading books by Black authors year round, not just in February
#booksky #blackbooksky #bluesky
go.bsky.app/UF7S8ef
P.S. We should be reading books by Black authors year round, not just in February
#booksky #blackbooksky #bluesky
go.bsky.app/UF7S8ef
February 3, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Happy Black History Month!
P.S. We should be reading books by Black authors year round, not just in February
#booksky #blackbooksky #bluesky
go.bsky.app/UF7S8ef
P.S. We should be reading books by Black authors year round, not just in February
#booksky #blackbooksky #bluesky
go.bsky.app/UF7S8ef
Wait… qntm, the author of the below book, is on BlueSky, and has both a regular account ( @qntm.org ), and an account which is just a series of two word horror concepts ( @twowordhorror.bsky.social ).
Incredible. Now I’m even more obsessed.
Incredible. Now I’m even more obsessed.
I have not shut up about this book since I finished it.
A mind-bending conceptual sci fi thriller about an organisation dealing with unknown entities that manipulate and wipe memories.
One of the best sci fi books I have EVER read. 📚💙
A mind-bending conceptual sci fi thriller about an organisation dealing with unknown entities that manipulate and wipe memories.
One of the best sci fi books I have EVER read. 📚💙
February 2, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Wait… qntm, the author of the below book, is on BlueSky, and has both a regular account ( @qntm.org ), and an account which is just a series of two word horror concepts ( @twowordhorror.bsky.social ).
Incredible. Now I’m even more obsessed.
Incredible. Now I’m even more obsessed.
Benedict you absolute KNOBHEAD.
#bridgerton
#bridgerton
February 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Benedict you absolute KNOBHEAD.
#bridgerton
#bridgerton
This is a fantastic short story by @sunyidean.com.
It’s told entirely in second person and the format works so well. As for the plot… well, the title says it all. It’s extremely satisfying and very *now*. And look at that cover!!
EAT THE RICH. 📚💙
It’s told entirely in second person and the format works so well. As for the plot… well, the title says it all. It’s extremely satisfying and very *now*. And look at that cover!!
EAT THE RICH. 📚💙
February 2, 2026 at 8:10 PM
This is a fantastic short story by @sunyidean.com.
It’s told entirely in second person and the format works so well. As for the plot… well, the title says it all. It’s extremely satisfying and very *now*. And look at that cover!!
EAT THE RICH. 📚💙
It’s told entirely in second person and the format works so well. As for the plot… well, the title says it all. It’s extremely satisfying and very *now*. And look at that cover!!
EAT THE RICH. 📚💙
Lady Gaga performing Abracadabra with a walking stick while playing the keyboard and giving full metal opera at the Grammys made me emotional. I don’t have fibromyalgia but I do have a chronic illness. Seeing her perform with a mobility aid, making it ART.. love it.
Also everyone saying fuck ICE.
Also everyone saying fuck ICE.
February 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Lady Gaga performing Abracadabra with a walking stick while playing the keyboard and giving full metal opera at the Grammys made me emotional. I don’t have fibromyalgia but I do have a chronic illness. Seeing her perform with a mobility aid, making it ART.. love it.
Also everyone saying fuck ICE.
Also everyone saying fuck ICE.
Pandora jewellery has a Bridgerton campaign and at first I was like YAY LESBIANS and then realised nope, these are sisters in the show.
But the whole campaign is the two of them floating around and embracing with faces very close together and I’m very confused. Tell me you see it too?
But the whole campaign is the two of them floating around and embracing with faces very close together and I’m very confused. Tell me you see it too?
February 2, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Pandora jewellery has a Bridgerton campaign and at first I was like YAY LESBIANS and then realised nope, these are sisters in the show.
But the whole campaign is the two of them floating around and embracing with faces very close together and I’m very confused. Tell me you see it too?
But the whole campaign is the two of them floating around and embracing with faces very close together and I’m very confused. Tell me you see it too?
Bridgerton remains as silly a diversion as ever.
But I am happy to see deaf/HoH representation, and I thiiink I glimpsed a gender non-conforming person. Of colour. And that makes me happy.
But I am happy to see deaf/HoH representation, and I thiiink I glimpsed a gender non-conforming person. Of colour. And that makes me happy.
February 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Bridgerton remains as silly a diversion as ever.
But I am happy to see deaf/HoH representation, and I thiiink I glimpsed a gender non-conforming person. Of colour. And that makes me happy.
But I am happy to see deaf/HoH representation, and I thiiink I glimpsed a gender non-conforming person. Of colour. And that makes me happy.
Reposted by Disco Barrington 🏳️⚧️📚🏳️🌈✍️ (he/they)
Happy (UK) LGBT+ History Month, everyone! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
With @anna-orridge.bsky.social, @tcparker.bsky.social, @drewhuff.bsky.social, @shaunamceleney.bsky.social & @discobooks.bsky.social on the roster - we have a wealth of queer reads for you this February
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With @anna-orridge.bsky.social, @tcparker.bsky.social, @drewhuff.bsky.social, @shaunamceleney.bsky.social & @discobooks.bsky.social on the roster - we have a wealth of queer reads for you this February
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February 1, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Happy (UK) LGBT+ History Month, everyone! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
With @anna-orridge.bsky.social, @tcparker.bsky.social, @drewhuff.bsky.social, @shaunamceleney.bsky.social & @discobooks.bsky.social on the roster - we have a wealth of queer reads for you this February
payhip.com/NefariousBat...
(Email us about ARCs!)
With @anna-orridge.bsky.social, @tcparker.bsky.social, @drewhuff.bsky.social, @shaunamceleney.bsky.social & @discobooks.bsky.social on the roster - we have a wealth of queer reads for you this February
payhip.com/NefariousBat...
(Email us about ARCs!)
I have not shut up about this book since I finished it.
A mind-bending conceptual sci fi thriller about an organisation dealing with unknown entities that manipulate and wipe memories.
One of the best sci fi books I have EVER read. 📚💙
A mind-bending conceptual sci fi thriller about an organisation dealing with unknown entities that manipulate and wipe memories.
One of the best sci fi books I have EVER read. 📚💙
January 31, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I have not shut up about this book since I finished it.
A mind-bending conceptual sci fi thriller about an organisation dealing with unknown entities that manipulate and wipe memories.
One of the best sci fi books I have EVER read. 📚💙
A mind-bending conceptual sci fi thriller about an organisation dealing with unknown entities that manipulate and wipe memories.
One of the best sci fi books I have EVER read. 📚💙
Watching The Great for the first time.
How on earth have I not watched this before? Both leads are fantastic.
How on earth have I not watched this before? Both leads are fantastic.
January 31, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Watching The Great for the first time.
How on earth have I not watched this before? Both leads are fantastic.
How on earth have I not watched this before? Both leads are fantastic.
I have ordered a wrist brace because my wrist is in agony after a solid month of work typing.
And now that I’ve finished the work I want to do even more typing. The good kind. Cannibal regency romance typing.
I feel like a real writer.
And now that I’ve finished the work I want to do even more typing. The good kind. Cannibal regency romance typing.
I feel like a real writer.
January 31, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I have ordered a wrist brace because my wrist is in agony after a solid month of work typing.
And now that I’ve finished the work I want to do even more typing. The good kind. Cannibal regency romance typing.
I feel like a real writer.
And now that I’ve finished the work I want to do even more typing. The good kind. Cannibal regency romance typing.
I feel like a real writer.
Reposted by Disco Barrington 🏳️⚧️📚🏳️🌈✍️ (he/they)
I have spent fifty years rolling my eyes at conspiracy theories where all the elite rich people are in a secret evil gang, and thrillers where everyone remotely important has the same Dark Secret, and now sodding look.
January 31, 2026 at 8:21 AM
I have spent fifty years rolling my eyes at conspiracy theories where all the elite rich people are in a secret evil gang, and thrillers where everyone remotely important has the same Dark Secret, and now sodding look.
Just been reminded that Savage Garden exist.
I was obsessed with them as a lil queer kid. Everyone dismissed it as silly pop, meanwhile I was belting out songs about financial insecurity and non-monogamy. I learned a lot from them. Especially this song:
I was obsessed with them as a lil queer kid. Everyone dismissed it as silly pop, meanwhile I was belting out songs about financial insecurity and non-monogamy. I learned a lot from them. Especially this song:
January 31, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Just been reminded that Savage Garden exist.
I was obsessed with them as a lil queer kid. Everyone dismissed it as silly pop, meanwhile I was belting out songs about financial insecurity and non-monogamy. I learned a lot from them. Especially this song:
I was obsessed with them as a lil queer kid. Everyone dismissed it as silly pop, meanwhile I was belting out songs about financial insecurity and non-monogamy. I learned a lot from them. Especially this song:
Reposted by Disco Barrington 🏳️⚧️📚🏳️🌈✍️ (he/they)
It's been a slow start, but here's our first article of 2026!
Looking for your next read? In the second half of 2025, transfemme authors published more than 75 new titles spanning every genre and medium 📚🏳️⚧️
If there's a book that should be on here, please let me know and I'll add it to the list! 🩷
Looking for your next read? In the second half of 2025, transfemme authors published more than 75 new titles spanning every genre and medium 📚🏳️⚧️
If there's a book that should be on here, please let me know and I'll add it to the list! 🩷
75 New Transfeminine Releases from the Second Half of 2025
Every book published by a transfeminine author in Q3 and Q4 of 2025. Read a book you’ve never heard of!
thetransfemininereview.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:42 PM
It's been a slow start, but here's our first article of 2026!
Looking for your next read? In the second half of 2025, transfemme authors published more than 75 new titles spanning every genre and medium 📚🏳️⚧️
If there's a book that should be on here, please let me know and I'll add it to the list! 🩷
Looking for your next read? In the second half of 2025, transfemme authors published more than 75 new titles spanning every genre and medium 📚🏳️⚧️
If there's a book that should be on here, please let me know and I'll add it to the list! 🩷
Rest in Peace Catherine O’Hara.
From Beetlejuice to Schitt’s Creek, a true, fabulous icon.
From Beetlejuice to Schitt’s Creek, a true, fabulous icon.
January 30, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Rest in Peace Catherine O’Hara.
From Beetlejuice to Schitt’s Creek, a true, fabulous icon.
From Beetlejuice to Schitt’s Creek, a true, fabulous icon.
Finished my massive project and immediately fell ill. Which is unsurprising.
I was supposed to go to a book launch tonight dressed as a winter prince, but I can wear that outfit to something else.
I’m just relieved the project is over and I get to watch Kdramas and read sci fi books again!
I was supposed to go to a book launch tonight dressed as a winter prince, but I can wear that outfit to something else.
I’m just relieved the project is over and I get to watch Kdramas and read sci fi books again!
January 30, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Finished my massive project and immediately fell ill. Which is unsurprising.
I was supposed to go to a book launch tonight dressed as a winter prince, but I can wear that outfit to something else.
I’m just relieved the project is over and I get to watch Kdramas and read sci fi books again!
I was supposed to go to a book launch tonight dressed as a winter prince, but I can wear that outfit to something else.
I’m just relieved the project is over and I get to watch Kdramas and read sci fi books again!
Folks the Heated Rivalry guys carried the Olympic Torch 😭😭
I haven’t even watched it yet and I’m all emotional. What a win for the gays.
I haven’t even watched it yet and I’m all emotional. What a win for the gays.
January 28, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Folks the Heated Rivalry guys carried the Olympic Torch 😭😭
I haven’t even watched it yet and I’m all emotional. What a win for the gays.
I haven’t even watched it yet and I’m all emotional. What a win for the gays.