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Felicia Davin
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I write romance & scifi/fantasy about bisexuals of various genders + a newsletter about words & books called Word Suitcase. PhD in French literature, non-practicing intellectual. Bi, she/they, www.feliciadavin.com
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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · Sep 17
Here's an updated guide to my books, including the one that comes out in November 2024. Fantasy and sci-fi romance with bisexual main characters 💖 www.feliciadavin.com/ for more info

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White text on a blue-purple gradient background: a guide to Felicia Davin’s books. There are three book covers: a red one labelled Thornfruit, a blue one labelled Nightvine, and a purple one labelled Shadebloom, each with illustrated floral imagery on them, all by Felicia Davin. The Gardener’s Hand (2018). Queer fantasy. Quasi-feral mindreader discovers her mom is evil, enlists the help of a sensible farmgirl and a slutty linguist. They fall in love. Smart Bitches, Trashy Books said the characters were “phenomenal.” White text on a blue-purple gradient background: a guide to Felicia Davin’s books. There are three book covers. The first book cover shows a figure in silhouette with his back to the viewer. His silhouette is transparent and the bluish starry void of space is visible through it. The text on the cover says "Edge of Nowhere," and below that, "Felicia Davin." The other two covers are similar but the background colors are orange (for Out of Nowhere) and green (for Nowhere Else). The Nowhere (2018-21). A trio of m/m romances set in a world where some people can teleport. Space, evil trillionaires, sex pollen, falling in love, etc. Edge of Nowhere was a 2018 finalist at the Bisexual Book Awards. A judge called it “a gripping, highly readable mystery” with “a compelling romantic plot.” White text on a blue-purple gradient background: a guide to Felicia Davin’s books. There are three book covers in a line, each with an illustration of two women (one tall and white and butch, the other short and brown and femme) posed together. An arrow with “all 3 of these in one book” pointing to a fourth book cover that shows the two women embracing. There is an autumnal landscape behind them. Errant (2022). Five sapphic fantasy novellas co-authored with KR Collins and Valentine Wheeler as LK Fleet. A stoic swordswoman and a cheerful pickpocket actress wander the world causing trouble. White text on a blue-purple gradient background: a guide to Felicia Davin’s books. There are three book covers. The first book cover is THE SCANDALOUS LETTERS OF V AND J, with an oil painting of a white hand holding a quill and writing a letter, and the title text on ripped pieces of paper scattered over the painting. The second book cover is THE MISCHIEVOUS LETTERS OF THE MARQUISE DE Q, with an oil painting of a white hand holding a book and the title text on ripped pieces of paper scattered over the painting. The third book cover is THE ANONYMOUS LETTERS OF C FORESTIER, with an oil painting of a white hand holding a quill and writing a letter, and the title text on ripped pieces of paper scattered over the painting. French Letters (2023-). Set in a magic version of 1820s Paris, told in letters, unclassifiably queer. People write a lot of horny diary entries and do some revenge murders. The New York Times called V and J “exquisite” and said it had “the thirstiest sex imaginable
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sjhfletcher.bsky.social
I read this yesterday (think it was another @feliciadavin.com newsletter rec) and LOVED the characters.

I felt a sense of Jennifer Crusie (my favourite!!): the combo of noir + screwball; the protags remaking themselves together + separately; the pop culture throughline that adds depth and levity.
January 11, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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"is that standard British English or is the audiobook narrator just doing their own thing," a game I play regularly
feliciadavin.com Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 18h
actually, just having checked the OED, the audiobook narrator is doing NEITHER of their two listed pronunciations, so I guess it's 100% "life is a rich tapestry" on this word
January 10, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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gwensnyder.bsky.social
Word to the wise: even if you aren't in a city under direct attack yet, you want to be developing these sorts of relationships NOW with sympathetic folks at local institutions.

You want to have those numbers in your phone ready for when you have to send exactly these sorts of texts.
normcharlatan.bsky.social Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 20h
Absolutely insane that my life has become texting with local church pastors to try and find a safe place to hold an emergency meeting for parents at my kid’s’ preschool to figure out how to respond to the federal government kidnapping neighbors.
January 10, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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skyekilaen.bsky.social
This newspaper piece is *glorious*. 🤣
transferdinand.gay Anatoly @transferdinand.gay · 1d
Lmao apparently people near me are freaking out about a non binary teacher

And I am watching the entire community come together to dunk on the much smaller group of transphobic dipshits and it is DELICIOUS

The local newspaper even snarkily wrote about them and I am CRYING
- A group of fully grown adults collapsed into emotional rubble this week after encountering a teacher title that did not personally receive their approval. The incident triggered mass Facebook posts, legal threats, and a community-wide reminder that the people screaming "kids are too soft" cannot emotionally survive one new word. Parents immediately announced they were pulling children from music class, threatening lawsuits, and demanding firings, all because children accepted something calmly, politely, and without a meltdown. This response enraged adults, who had worked very hard to be upset. Children processed the situation in under 30 seconds. Adults have now entered day three of spiral posting. Several parents described the issue as "dangerous" and "immoral," words they apparently reserve for situations involving tambourines and basic respect. One adult warned that children might ask questions, confirming the real horror is not gender, but curiosity. The fragility on display has been remarkable. These are the same adults who mock participation trophies, complain about snowflakes, and brag about "how we were raised." That upbringing, it turns out, produced people who short-circuit when reality fails to match their Facebook comfort zone. Experts note that not one child reported confusion, distress, or identity crisis. However, dozens of adults reported being personally wounded, spiritually attacked, and victimized by the existence of a teacher who did not cater to their feelings. At press time, children remained fine. Music class remained fine. The school remained fine. Only the adults were broken, trembling before the terrifying idea that the world does not freeze until they approve it. Community Note: If you would like to counter the noise, the district needs supportive messages reminding them that calm, inclusive adults still exist and that children do not need to be rescued from basic human respect. The encourages these parents to locate the nearest mirror and ask themselves why a second grader has more emotional stability than they do.
January 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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so I really rely on Airtable—I keep a database of hundreds of book reviews, which newsletters they're in, etc—but I'm bummed about how much they're pushing AI features

are there Airtable alternatives that don't have this bullshit?
January 10, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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ellsey.bsky.social
stop what you're doing and let Amber Glenn take you to church #USPrevagenChamps #figureskating
January 8, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
as someone who has personally benefited from Tal’s m/m romance curation and has also derived a lot of joy and comfort and emotional catharsis from books about queer people in love during a bleak and grueling year, this is a wonderful read about why romance matters
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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jenreadsromance.bsky.social
This is lovely, doesn’t matter if you’ve been reading romance for decades or since you discovered Heated Rivalry. It’s a genre that is delighted by your feelings, and happy to make you feel more of them.
January 9, 2026 at 11:15 PM
feliciadavin.com
a pick-me-up! just beaming at my screen the whole time. (actual song starts around 2 minutes)
Chris Thile at Brown County Music Center, 10/3/21, “Toxic”
YouTube video by MyTallTripod
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January 10, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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I really need to read this
dreddieclark.bsky.social Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1d
Isaac Fellman - Notes From A Regicide.

I didn't rank books in this list, but honestly decent chance this'd be up the top if I did. Speculative humanities is a thing more people should do if this book is an example of how powerful it can be.
Unsurprising from Fellman, but god this is good. Incisive, distinctive, beautiful writing on a sentence level. Ultimately a story about character and family, with all 3 lead characters quite annoying people at times, and yet this does nothing to get in the way of how moving, affective, and effective the portrait of them is. Massively queer, as well. And all this could be done in simply naturalistic fiction; the book is even set in New York, but a New York of several centuries and several feet of sea level rise in the future. What the SFnal element does - and I think it's indispensible - is the opposite of what SF apologetics usually claims is the utility of SFnal narratives - i.e. make it easier explore real world themes in a nonthreateningly unreal fantasy land or projected future. Fellman, on the other hand, takes these vividly drawn, proudly trans characters out of time and out of contemporary mores as a method of insulating the superb character work from the demands of having to make A Point about the burgeoning anti-queer climate of the current moments. This is particularly true of the almost dreamlike fictional state the chronologically earliest part of the narrative is set in - erehwon as actually nowhere, rather than allegory - but holds across the future setting in general as well. Instead, the story is free to be that of Griffon, Zaffre, and Etoine and how they experience the world and each other. A spectacularly successful, moving book.
January 9, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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realized I still had an Emily Oster book on my shelf, bought when I didn't know she was evil, and the good news is there's a little more shelf space now
January 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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josie.zone
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:

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First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family. This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind, In fact, kindness radiated out of her. Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn't wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine, Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it Where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole. Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles, What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy: And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever. We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns. Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way. We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee's legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love. E
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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mcdonalds.help
this visual presentation really drives home that their movement is all about the inversion of all values for the sake of contrariness and spite, rather than the creation of a stable order that can stand stably on its own merits
kendrawrites.com Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d
I will not be following this new food pyramid because I would like to live. I like not having high cholesterol. I like not having gout.
a new food pyramid putting meat and veggies at the top, starchy veggies in the middle then fruit below it and whole grains on the bottom
January 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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started Judith Ivory’s SLEEPING BEAUTY and her prose is stunning as always, but I don’t think I can handle a histrom where the 19th-c English hero was an “African explorer”
January 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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alixeharrow.bsky.social
i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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golikehellmachine.com
removal from app store + google play probably fatally wounds the entire global right wing movement and significantly hinders musk’s own ability to get involved with elections both here and abroad
papapishu.bsky.social Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 2d
Honestly think that if you pulled twitter from the App Store and shut it down it would fuck up the entire right wing ecosystem at that point. Like the entire media apparatus would fall apart.
January 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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gwensnyder.bsky.social
Oster is one of the most evil people in public health discursive space, she has consistently done harm very much including all the way back unwise advice on drinking during pregnancy in her first book, and I hate her with every fiber of my being
gavinyamey.bsky.social Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 2d
Read this whole thread

Money quote:

"emily oster is one of the main conduits mainstreaming rfk jr.’s fake science. she’s laundering it for wealthy white liberals. unfortunately a lot of them like it, including the times, which has a contract with her"

Oster's recent takes on vaccines: appalling
publichealthguy1.bsky.social public health is anti-war. guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 3d
the writer of this — emily oster — works with bari weiss and has a show with The Free Press, and that’s all you need to know
January 8, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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did not expect anyone on bsky to chide me for laughing at the idea of donating to George Conway! but here we are
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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tylerfromtheinternet.com
We can't do a lot, but we can help.
January 8, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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jodiegriffin.bsky.social
A moment of peace if you need one .... the morning moon setting. A #photography thread.
75% waning gibbous moon between some bare branches, in a blue sky
January 8, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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socialistboat.dad
playing tetris can also help get you through bad brain times. this website is pretty good www.goodoldtetris.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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heartbroken today but proud to be part of this org ❤️
gravelinfluencer.bsky.social Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 3d
"DHS has shown that harm is not a mistake; it is how the system works."

This entire statement from LUCE in Massachusetts is fantastic.

Now, more than ever, we all need to step up to keep our communities safe. Considering joining this work: www.lucemass.org
LUCE IMMIGRANT JUSTICE NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS The LUCE Immigrant Justice Network is devastated by the murder of a Minnesota resident in a shooting that should never have happened. Our hearts are with Renee Nicole Good's family and with everyone grieving this profound loss. This tragedy underscores why community protection is not optional, but necessary. Time and again, systems that claim to keep people safe fail to do so. In the context of federal immigration enforcement, violence is not an exception - it is embedded in daily practice. @LUCE_hotline lucemass.org DHS has shown that harm is not a mistake; it is how the system works. In 2025 alone, 32 people lost their lives in ICE detention, the deadliest year on record. Families have had car windows smashed, children ripped from their caregivers, and loved ones locked in inhumane conditions without adequate food or medical care. This violence is not new or accidental. It is built into immigration enforcement and is being intensified under this administration. This reality does not make collective protection wrong -- it makes it urgent. When institutions fail, we must rely on one another by organizing, staying connected, and building networks rooted in care and accountability. @LUCE_hotline lucemass.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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danifinnwrites.bsky.social
Jaguar 🖤

Pic taken in Xcaret park Mexico🇲🇽
Huge black jaguar laying on a rock
January 8, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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George Conway of the Lincoln Project texting me for a donation? lol. lmao
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM