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mererain.bsky.social
mere rain
@mererain.bsky.social
Author of speculative fiction of all genres
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I've never had one of these #1 orange banners before!
(and I'm sure it isn't because of me personally, but it's still exciting).
Thanks for supporting SantaCan!
My grandma (also not a hat scientist) said the same
while continuing to not wear a hat herself.
You lose 40% of your body heat through your head* and cold ears suck. A warm hat from Debbie fixes both issues. They are also ridiculously inexpensive like 'why buy one anywhere else?' inexpensive.

*my mom used to say. She is a reliable information source but not a hat scientist or whatever
Still have a lot of hats & more coming soon-Double Thick Beanie Machine Knit Winter Hat Choice of Color Warm and Stretchy debbiecrochets.etsy.com/listing/4364...
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and more in my shop debbiecrochets.etsy.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Also romance with goths.

More of both, please!
Gothic Romance exists.
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Michael Boulerice called it "absolutely fuckin bonkers, bro."

For real this easily lands in the top three books I've read over the last ten years. Get it by any means necessary
The Night Ship is fishing up some happy netgalley reviews. Someone called it fun, and Publisher's Weekly called it an "unsettling and immersive sci-fi thriller", and that is everything I wanted.

It's still on the 'galley, but if that's not your jam let me know!

www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
The Night Ship
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
February submission date
To allow time and breathing room for all things (and to preserve my sanity), I've pushed the zine call back to February. Same prompts, same pay, same rad zines--just gotta wait a little longer to submit! See submission guidelines here:
cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
Submission Calls
OPEN Zine call (February 1st through 7th) Zine PromptsFor this zine bundle, I’m looking for written pieces about these five prompts: -Cunty Horrors (cunty horror microfiction and mini-essays …
cursedmorsels.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Hi, just a friendly reminder that Freydis Moon just released an audiobook last week and that you should not buy purchase that book at all because Freydis a brownfishing white person who likes to bully their fellow trans and queer authors.
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Etsy is having their Cyber Week Sale. In celebration of relaunching my Etsy shop, there's going to be a 25% off discount for every creepy artwork in my Etsy Shop! Use code CYBER25 to get 25% off your order and this sale runs until 12/03!
www.etsy.com/shop/CreepyW...
💠 #etsy 💠 #cyberweek 💠 #etsyshop
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.

This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
In addition to supporting charity SantaCan, this anthology is is also quite long (mine is over 17k!) so if you're planning to spend Thanksgiving avoiding conversations you will not run out of reading material with this antho that releases on the 27th.
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Last week to apply to be Teen Poet Laureate of California!
capoetlaureate.org/teen
California Teen Poet Laureate — CA Poet Laureate
California is naming a Teen Poet Laureate for the very first time. Is that you?
capoetlaureate.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Not a ton of time for self-promo lately, but . . . here are my books! Two of them! Whole books with themes and characters and shit--they even have beginnings, middles, and ends!
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Some of the supplementary material we designed in house w/@goresorcerer.bsky.social for her book CROM CRUACH, released in 2022.
Sharing for no reason other than I was thinking about it today. Burning paper edges in the name of art🖤☠️

Incredible cover art by @lamantia.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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I think I'm getting better at these silly graphics! This anthology deserves more love: castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/in-t...
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Is it an awards eligibility post? Is it a retrospective? I dunno, but here it is. I published some words this year. Check it out. (If there is anything you'd like to read and can't find, let me know and I'll get it to ya!) 🫀
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I hope there's a fold-out version of this cover that goes down and down and
We are really excited for this issue! Subscribe now to get all the goodness on December 1st! Magazine.Trollbreath.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The town of American Canyon should sue.
Or change its name.
Both.
why did i log back in. WHY DID I LOG BACK IN. www.telos.news/p/part-2-she...
November 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Oh look, it's me!
Lots of fantasy/pnr stories this year, yay!
Here’s the fantastic lineup for this year’s @jms-books.com Top Ten Gay Romance short story anthology! With my “Hexes of Bronze,” if you’d like some queer #swordandsorcery #fantasy ⚔️🏳️‍🌈📖 #romance #lgbtq #medievalism #BookSky
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
One week till this holiday pnr anthology releases!
Proceeds go to charity SantaCan to provide gifts for kids in care.
readerlinks.com/L/4995814
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
And then re-check your settings tomorrow because mine switched Gemini back on in an "update".
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Edit: there's also some romance, if you scroll down.
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Buncha free queer spec fic here:
prismreads.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
Prism Reads – Multi-Genre LBGTQIA+ Free Book Blast
prismreads.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Canadian authors--
Canadian author friends: If you did not get the email update last week about the AI class action suit against Anthropic here in Canada, you may want to contact the firm that's running it to get future updates. (See next post! 🚨)
#CanLit #CanKidLit

➡️ www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Access to AO3 keeps cutting in and out.
Lost it, had access again, and lost it again.

Cloudflare is having issues. If you have access to AO3, recommend downloading fic you want to read while it is still up.
#ao3 #fanfic #sitestatus
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Join us at The Linen Hall Library for this discussion, with readings from Susanna Galbraith & Eilish Martin.

Friday, 21st November 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Tickets:

linenhall.com/event/macha-...

#ACNISupported #NationalLottery #ThanksToYou and @LottoGoodCauses.
Macha Press: Poets and Editors in Conversation - The Linen Hall, Belfast
Macha Press was founded in 2024 by seven poets, each with manifold areas of practice. Macha publishes poetry that is experimental, formally hybrid and/or interdisciplinary. Join editors Natasha Cuddin...
linenhall.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Ana decided to call out payment processors and their unilateral response was attempting to fuck up her life and that should be bigger news than it is as of now
The full count as of today:

YouTube suspended
Twitch banned 3x
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Patreon 3x audio flags (one false posi)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Vice reporting censored
Pornhub censored 3x times
Fansly censored 1x
Is it really a conspiracy to say Ana is being explicitly flagged by finance bros when she's now been banned (or censored) from Twitch, Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, Ko-Fi, and *PornHub*??
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM