Jes Battis
@jesbattis.bsky.social
Writer/Prof/Other. They/Them. Fantasy, queer medievalism, 18thc shenanigans, YA lit, disability and neurodiversity. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸
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Jes Battis
@jesbattis.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Osi
Buy books online and find book series such as Osi written by Jes Battis from PenguinRandomHouse.com
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Fiction I’ve published:
The Winter Knight (Queer Arthurian Mystery): ecwpress.com/products/the...
Occult Special Investigator (Buffy meets CSI): www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/BL4/o...
Parallel Parks (Grad school + Ancient Roman RPG): www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/BKX/a...
The Winter Knight (Queer Arthurian Mystery): ecwpress.com/products/the...
Occult Special Investigator (Buffy meets CSI): www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/BL4/o...
Parallel Parks (Grad school + Ancient Roman RPG): www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/BKX/a...
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
oh neat we have an AI Minister who says that universities are definitely part of this hellish technoscape and we should all feel fine
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
oh neat we have an AI Minister who says that universities are definitely part of this hellish technoscape and we should all feel fine
Universities: we are working closely with humanities departments to deal with AI plagiarism--we understand how AI can be antithetical to creativity and critical thinking
Also universities: enter our AI writing contest and win prizes!
Also universities: enter our AI writing contest and win prizes!
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Universities: we are working closely with humanities departments to deal with AI plagiarism--we understand how AI can be antithetical to creativity and critical thinking
Also universities: enter our AI writing contest and win prizes!
Also universities: enter our AI writing contest and win prizes!
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Undertale (Mac/Windows, 2015)
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Undertale (Mac/Windows, 2015)
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"Welcome to what I call the Great Unfuckening—that point in midlife when your capacity to pretend, perform, and please others starts shorting out like an electrical system that’s finally had enough."
Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore
Your brain's middle finger to people-pleasing
www.blog.lifebranches.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Welcome to what I call the Great Unfuckening—that point in midlife when your capacity to pretend, perform, and please others starts shorting out like an electrical system that’s finally had enough."
Do folks have recs for book on 1920s scientific developments?
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Do folks have recs for book on 1920s scientific developments?
TT job in Indigenous Studies and distance learning, Athabasca U: universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
TT job in Indigenous Studies and distance learning, Athabasca U: universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
ecwpress.com/products/its...
My book on Labyrinth with @ecwpress.bsky.social is available for pre-order! Hit me up if you want to do a podcast chat for the film's 40th anniversary.
#labyrinth #80s
My book on Labyrinth with @ecwpress.bsky.social is available for pre-order! Hit me up if you want to do a podcast chat for the film's 40th anniversary.
#labyrinth #80s
It’s Only Forever: Labyrinth
Labyrinth has captivated audiences for nearly 40 years. From David Bowie’s iconic goblin king to groundbreaking puppetry and music, it evolved from a box office flop to a beloved cult classic. In It’s...
ecwpress.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
ecwpress.com/products/its...
My book on Labyrinth with @ecwpress.bsky.social is available for pre-order! Hit me up if you want to do a podcast chat for the film's 40th anniversary.
#labyrinth #80s
My book on Labyrinth with @ecwpress.bsky.social is available for pre-order! Hit me up if you want to do a podcast chat for the film's 40th anniversary.
#labyrinth #80s
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Truer words, etc.
This is why you have to love the work. When publishing and fortune kick you in the face, the page will still be there for you. When all you get are nos, the story will be your yes. You can't count on sales or marketing money, but you can count on the feeling of flow, of creation, the joy of art.
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Truer words, etc.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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A colleague keeps getting pride stickers ripped from their office door, in case you're wondering how provincial transphobia is affecting the perception of students. We order them in bulk now. Also seeing more Christian pamphlets left on our floor. Glad that English has kept its heathen status.
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
A colleague keeps getting pride stickers ripped from their office door, in case you're wondering how provincial transphobia is affecting the perception of students. We order them in bulk now. Also seeing more Christian pamphlets left on our floor. Glad that English has kept its heathen status.
Look, right now I'm feeling dispirited. Alberta is using the same legal bullsh*t against trans kids as Saskatchewan (while the previous case goes to the supreme court). Our students are using AI for every assignment. My city had a Grey Cup parade, but we can't sustain a bookstore. It's tiring.
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Look, right now I'm feeling dispirited. Alberta is using the same legal bullsh*t against trans kids as Saskatchewan (while the previous case goes to the supreme court). Our students are using AI for every assignment. My city had a Grey Cup parade, but we can't sustain a bookstore. It's tiring.
Overheard a male student say: "If it was my body, I'd be pro-choice. But if it's someone else, I'm pro-life." It was like staring into the soul of a young conservative. They never grow up. They're still the same chaotic selfish **holes they were as teenagers. Just choosing power where they find it.
November 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Overheard a male student say: "If it was my body, I'd be pro-choice. But if it's someone else, I'm pro-life." It was like staring into the soul of a young conservative. They never grow up. They're still the same chaotic selfish **holes they were as teenagers. Just choosing power where they find it.
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On Alberta, trans youth, and the Danielle Smith’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th Charter rights override in a month:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Alberta's notwithstanding clause triple play on trans youth rights | CBC News
The Alberta premier's second, third and fourth uses of the constitution's nuclear option come after she repeatedly said trans policy bills struck balance on rights. Then it became clear the courts mig...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
On Alberta, trans youth, and the Danielle Smith’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th Charter rights override in a month:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ICYMI: Me on Alberta's Bill 9, which invokes the notwithstanding clause to force through three pieces of anti-trans legislation.
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The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
xtramagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
ICYMI: Me on Alberta's Bill 9, which invokes the notwithstanding clause to force through three pieces of anti-trans legislation.
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
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The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
Looking for queer imagery in Scots Gaelic--poetry, oral storytelling, and other forms. What are the queerest poems, stories, and folktales?
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Looking for queer imagery in Scots Gaelic--poetry, oral storytelling, and other forms. What are the queerest poems, stories, and folktales?
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My award eligibility post this year is very short and bitter. The Dragon, my second horror story, combines the folklore of my family’s village and the Nakba story of what happened to my family. It is available in Palestine -1: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba. commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
Palestine - 1 - Stories from the eve of the Nakba | Comma Press
£11.99 (Paperback / Anthology) - Mazen Maarouf, Selma Dabbagh, Ahmad Jaber, Anwar Hamed, Mahmoud Shukair and others
commapress.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
My award eligibility post this year is very short and bitter. The Dragon, my second horror story, combines the folklore of my family’s village and the Nakba story of what happened to my family. It is available in Palestine -1: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba. commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
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BEEP BEEP BEEP WE HAVE A COVER
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
BEEP BEEP BEEP WE HAVE A COVER
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🚨 NEW - The Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction
🔑 features:
- Over 200 years of literature
- Multi-traditional; Afrofuturism/Feminist SF/Indigenous Futurism
- Comic strips, images, speculative poetry included
& more!
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#NewAtBroadview
🔑 features:
- Over 200 years of literature
- Multi-traditional; Afrofuturism/Feminist SF/Indigenous Futurism
- Comic strips, images, speculative poetry included
& more!
👉 buff.ly/Bm5pDCg
#NewAtBroadview
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🚨 NEW - The Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction
🔑 features:
- Over 200 years of literature
- Multi-traditional; Afrofuturism/Feminist SF/Indigenous Futurism
- Comic strips, images, speculative poetry included
& more!
👉 buff.ly/Bm5pDCg
#NewAtBroadview
🔑 features:
- Over 200 years of literature
- Multi-traditional; Afrofuturism/Feminist SF/Indigenous Futurism
- Comic strips, images, speculative poetry included
& more!
👉 buff.ly/Bm5pDCg
#NewAtBroadview
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November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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impossible to express how humiliating it is to actually take this to court as the border patrol agent who got hit with a sandwich IN his bullet-proof vest. oh i'm sorry, it wasn't a sandwich-proof vest?
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
impossible to express how humiliating it is to actually take this to court as the border patrol agent who got hit with a sandwich IN his bullet-proof vest. oh i'm sorry, it wasn't a sandwich-proof vest?