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Sam(hain)
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nonbinary lesbian (tme) | they/them, dey/dem (auf deutsch) | horror & sci-fi fan | book reviewer | enjoyer of trans, weird, disabled and mad literature | https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/horrorbutch | https://podcastlesbian.itch.io/
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Sam(hain) @horrorbutch.bsky.social · Nov 15
Hi, I'm Sam. I'm mainly here to reblog cool stuff, but I will also be posting links to some of my book reviews & hype up trans/weird/disabled/mad lit over here!
Please always feel free to send me book recs. I read a lot, but there's always great stuff I just haven't found yet!
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Benjanun Sriduangkaew @benjanun.bsky.social · 2h
Anyone has recs matching this? F/F fantasy romance with protagonists of color?
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Galdracori @galdracori.bsky.social · 4h
That topic is quite the Pandora's box 😱 I don't read romance usually and I guess I now have to start bc f/f authors w/ non-white prot need some nice reviews & a fucking break. Holy shit. Do you have a list of recommendations somewhere? I'm into stuff like "The Witcher". Fantasy w/o LOTR's innocence.
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Ellie Lieberman @ellielieberman.bsky.social · 1d
Most recent indie reads! Highly recommend!

Baker Thief @clh2oars.bsky.social
Taken @katkinneywrites.bsky.social
Artifice & Access @ellatholmes.bsky.social
Dirt You Shall Become @karenlykkebo.com
Moonshadow's Guardian @diannalgunn.bsky.social
The Wisdom of Cerridwen @tristahendren.bsky.social
Collage of six indie book covers from top left to bottom right... Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault Taken by Kat Kinney Access and Artifice organized by Ella T. Holmes Dirt You Shall Become by Karen Lykkebo Moonshadow's Guardian by Dianna Gunn The Wisdom of Cerridwen by Girl God Books
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 1d
Totally get it. This is meant to provoke. Don’t give in. Find your local community and bond together. It’s what they fear most. And make it local. What works in Chicago, what works in Portland, what works in wherever next … make it yours. They don’t understand community. They only understand self.
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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 1d
Kristi Noem compared antifa to MS-13, Hamas, Hezbollah & the Islamic State, calling the loosely affiliated network of antifascist street activists “just as dangerous” as designated terrorist organizations.

WTF? This is making me lose my cool...
Kristi Noem compares antifa to MS-13, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Islamic State
Homeland security secretary calls loosely affiliated network of anti-fascist street activists ‘just as dangerous’
www.theguardian.com
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Conjured.Ink @conjured.ink · 10h
Conjured Ink is now accepting both one time and recurring donations!

Head to this link to learn more about our finances, or pledge your support:

opencollective.com/c...
The Conjured Ink magic inkwell logo is above a pastel rainbow background, along with text that reads as following: At Conjured Ink, we're working hard to build a more stable future for artists of all stripes. Does our mission appeal to you? Visit this link to learn more about our funding needs, and help us see this project through to fruition: opencollective.com/conjured-ink
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Sable, Public Universal Momfriend 🏳️‍⚧️ @ghostlysable.bsky.social · 18h
As a top, I'm extremely protective of my territory: exactly 13 inches on the far left edge of the mattress
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Countess Sappho @countess-sappho.bsky.social · 19h
For ONE(1) dollar you can have one of my favs from 2025! here are the hyper specific boxes it checks for me:

✔️If you wanted to love Locked Tomb but couldn't with the writing

✔️If you enjoyed Dune but wanted it to be gayer

✔️If you are super into shieldmaidens

✔️If you love spooky bitches with PTSD
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Aubrey 💖🏳️‍🌈 @clericofthevoid.bsky.social · 1d
My sapphic space fantasy is still on sale for ✨🌸$1 on my kofi🌸✨

Come get your cosmic lesbians holding hands while the horrors persist 🫶🏻

ko-fi.com/s/748ece637a
Cover of the book Name Her Holy on an eReader. Tropes called out are- Trans fem Valkyrie Found family A dead god rising from the grave, nbd Chronically ill chosen one Oath swearing as a lesbian love language Slowest of slowburns Cover art: Book cover art for Name Her Holy by Aubrey Ennis. The cover has two women standing against a starry twilight background with a pale sun. At the forefront Kye stands facing forward, one hand held up with a cold flame and billowing black smoke. She is wearing dark purple robes with a high color and gold accents. She has dark wavy brown hair that comes to her chin, tan skin covered in light scars, and pale gray eyes. Behind her Jude stands in profile, a head taller than Kye. She is in leather armor stamped with meadow floral designs, holding a golden sword etched with light oak leaves. Jude is white, has long auburn hair in a braid with an undercut at the sides. She has a long scar across her nose and freckles on her cheeks. The sun rises behind her. A border of flowers and stars creates an arch above them with a deep purple background.
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Jennifer Crispin || Dancing Star Press @greeniezona.bsky.social · 2d
I didn't even know I somehow got my copy early! Sign up if you want slightly pulpy very trans hiveminds and fungal intelligence and neurospiciness and space opera noir-ish and Diaspora feels and righteous crankiness and competitive community art and I WANNA EAT THE THING
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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 3d
REVIEWERS: I have e-ARC copies of SONG OF SPORES, my weird trans, intersex space opera book coming Nov 4 from Broken Eye Books!

You can request a copy here:

forms.gle/XZamWpmBUGwH...

I will be offline soon for Sukkot, so tell your friends in the meanwhile & I'll respond on Wed night (G-d willing)
Get an e-ARC of SONG OF SPORES!
This is for reviewers to request a copy (epub, pdf) of the weird trans, intersex space opera book Song of Spores by Bogi Takács, Broken Eye Books (upcoming Nov 4 2025). Please do not self-reject :) I ...
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Denice (Dee), the Red Witch @deetheredwitch.bsky.social · 20h
And sadly, still a thing, just now I'm racking up late fees too.
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Denice (Dee), the Red Witch @deetheredwitch.bsky.social · 6d
Heya, Łink, and everyone else. Just an artist and writer trying desperately to make rent at this point with about 1350 left to go. I'll gladly take donations here: paypal.me/tormentedart...

If folks want to get awesome stuff in return, all my work can get found here: tormentedartifacts.com
Get your very own PayPal.Me link
Post it. Text it. Tag it. Share it. Shout it. And let your friends pay you back in a tap or two. Grab your PayPal.Me link today.
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Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social · 22h
Interview Mag x Herculine x Rayne Fisher-Quann

www.interviewmagazine.com/literature/i...
Inside "Herculine," the Trans Horror Novel You've Been Waiting For
To mark the publication of her debut novel, the author Grace Byron joined Substack princess Rayne Fisher-Quann to talk faith, jealousy, suffering, and demons.
www.interviewmagazine.com
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d
It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case
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Stadt Wien-Büchereien @buechereienwien.bsky.social · 1d
Die Uni Wien sucht für eine Studie Personen, die gern Hörbücher (Belletristik) hören.
Termine: Oktober - November 2025
Alter: über 18 Jahre
Dauer: max. 135 Minuten
Ort Kolingasse 14-16, 1090 Wien
Aufwandsentschädigung: 35€
Bei Interesse an [email protected] schreiben
Logo der Uni Wien Text: Teilnehmende für eine wissenschaftliche Studie gesucht Für eine Studie der Universität Wien suchen wir Personen, die gelegentlich Romane/Erzählungen als Hörbücher hören. Kontakt: lesestudie.germanistik@univie.ac.at +43-1-4277-42180 Aufwandsentschädigung: 35€ Termine: Okt-Nov 2025 Alter: über 18 Jahre Dauer: max. 135 Minuten Ort: Kolingasse 14-16, 1090 Wien
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BBS @blindleben.bsky.social · 1d
Teilhabe beginnt im Kleinen: mit einem am besten selbst geschriebenen Alttext für dein Bild.
#SelbstVerfassteAltTexte
#gemeinsamSindWirStark
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InViennaVeritas @yousitonmyspot.bsky.social · 1d
SPÖ lässt grüßen. Das S können sie sich künftig sonstwohin stecken.

ooe.orf.at/stories/3324...
Weniger Geld für Menschen mit Behinderung
Für fast 10.000 Österreicherinnen und Österreicher mit Behinderung soll der Mobilitätszuschuss halbiert werden – das hat das Sozialministerium bestätigt. Für die Betroffenen bedeutet diese Kürzung ein...
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Callisto Khan @callistokhan.bsky.social · 1d
It's international lesbian day, and to celebrate I'm running a little sale. For just today, you can grab my lesbian sci fi epic for just a dollar! itch.io/s/161561/hap...
The Zeus Constant | Happy Birthday lesbians by Callisto Khan
A sale by Callisto Khan, 75% off The Zeus Constant
itch.io
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Lily🥀 Read Bloodbound @alilyflower.bsky.social · 1d
Apparently its lesbian day? I love lesbians, they're amazing. I kinda am one (gender and sexuality are complicated, anyway). Want to read about some lesbian vampires? Catch up on Bloodbound before part four comes out!

linktr.ee/lilyflowerbo...
Bloodbound (All Published Parts) by ALilyFlower
All published parts of a serial story about queer vampires, power, and autonomy
alilyflower.itch.io
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ElaGORE🪓 @deathandaxes.bsky.social · Oct 24
sometimes to get to t4t you need to crack a few trains
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Sev Wildfang @souls-foreclosed.com · 1d
lesbian dyke comic with a butch/femme leading duo? you want this? for Lesbian Day? i have for you. i have comic, for to reading, by you:
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Sev Wildfang @souls-foreclosed.com · Oct 24
read my webcomic btw its about trans demons fighting an evil church run by vampires, and about T4T love

souls-foreclosed.com

(also available in print!)
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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 1d
Ready to discover your next hidden gem? Check out this amazing bundle of indies titles that don't yet have a lot of ratings on Zon or GR.

63 books for $38!!
🪐📚🩸📚
itch.io/b/3305/under...
Graphic that reads "Itch.io Under-Rated Bundle, Oct 9th-13th, Bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of." Text is brown on an off-white background with five yellow stars bordering it above and below. Around the text box are the following book covers: Predators by H.S. Kallinger, Zinmages by M.C. Burnell, The Spider's Friend by M.C. Burnell, Disappearance and Other Short Stories by PD Loupee, Memories of Sorcery and Sand by Joanna Maciejewska, Kranlian Rendezvous by Simon Wolfe, The Shadow of Arcadia by Alan K. Dell, Devil Deal by Janina Franck, The God Sun by Alan K. Dell, Water's Edge by Ellie Lieberman, The Third People by Lee Burton, The Crimson Knight by Zeta K. Pierce, The Lion by Lee Burton, Adventures In GameWorld : Game Start by Robert Rumery, All Through the House and Other Tales from a Random Place by Joachim Heijndermans, Soft Reboot by Joachim Heijndermans, Blue by Niranjan, Wizard's Debt by Niranjan, Ambushed by Natasha O'Connor, At First Belonging by Rob MacWolf, and Demon Hunters Inc : The Infestation by Robert Rumery.
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kienn nguyen | he/they | queer horror @kiennwrites.bsky.social · 1d
if anyone wants to jump onto anti prime day with bookshop . org

my queer lobotomy horror book released today... 🩸📚🌈

bookshop.org/lists/kienn-...
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Solomon Skalozub🌻🔱🍁 @sollizyy.bsky.social · 1d
solomonskalozub.blogspot.com/2025/10/stop... Alright, I had the writing muse, I wrote something on it
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V @visceralhit.bsky.social · 1d
Happy International Lesbian Day. I've got a scifi-horror novel for you about language, taxonomy, and bodily autonomy for people looking to rip open what it means to be human and explore every sharp edge of ambition.

payhip.com/b/p9YWj
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A promo graphic for Beyond Bringers with Molly drawn in bright yellows and greens. Her arm has been replaced with a twisted gnarl of organic shapes, growing from her shoulder. The text reads:"That's going into me, right?" Molly asks, an intense look aimed at the long needle waiting on the workstation. Her eagerness makes her look like she's boiling, tiny bubbles of desire bouncing around so vigorously inside her she can't even sit still. Nieve's hand pauses over the syringe. "If you have any objections, speak now."
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Aubrey 💖🏳️‍🌈 @clericofthevoid.bsky.social · 1d
My sapphic space fantasy is still on sale for ✨🌸$1 on my kofi🌸✨

Come get your cosmic lesbians holding hands while the horrors persist 🫶🏻

ko-fi.com/s/748ece637a
Cover of the book Name Her Holy on an eReader. Tropes called out are- Trans fem Valkyrie Found family A dead god rising from the grave, nbd Chronically ill chosen one Oath swearing as a lesbian love language Slowest of slowburns Cover art: Book cover art for Name Her Holy by Aubrey Ennis. The cover has two women standing against a starry twilight background with a pale sun. At the forefront Kye stands facing forward, one hand held up with a cold flame and billowing black smoke. She is wearing dark purple robes with a high color and gold accents. She has dark wavy brown hair that comes to her chin, tan skin covered in light scars, and pale gray eyes. Behind her Jude stands in profile, a head taller than Kye. She is in leather armor stamped with meadow floral designs, holding a golden sword etched with light oak leaves. Jude is white, has long auburn hair in a braid with an undercut at the sides. She has a long scar across her nose and freckles on her cheeks. The sun rises behind her. A border of flowers and stars creates an arch above them with a deep purple background.
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Willa @willawillnot.bsky.social · 1d
people don't comprehend how shitty people are to anyone with a limb difference. positive-ish portrayals in film/tv (usually from abled actors btw) make us think it's not a common form of bigotry, but it is.

this is why ironic slurs are bad! people immediately graft them onto existing real bigotry!
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Fae’rynn (Phantom Futch) @faerynnistired.itch.io · 1d
whenever i see “anti-semitism” i die a little inside. get rid of that fucking hyphen. yes it matters
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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 1d
*SUBMISSION WINDOW NOW OPEN 5 DAYS ONLY*

We're open to unagented subs from 6-12 Oct. For this submission period we are looking for novellas only (35K-50K). We're specifically looking for novellas that play w horror, mystery, weird & the unusual.

More info 🐐
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/pop-up-...
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