M Zakharuk @ IMAGO OUT NOW
@mzakharuk.bsky.social
She/her. Writer of sad & mad dyke fiction, cover designer. Nonbinary lesbian, monster lover, amateur woman. 🔞, 🌻🍉
🔗 for books & design comms at mzakharuk.com
I write transfeminism on detrans issues here: @dolphindiaries.bsky.social
🔗 for books & design comms at mzakharuk.com
I write transfeminism on detrans issues here: @dolphindiaries.bsky.social
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Here's what you can expect from me in this bundle:
IMAGO: A DYSTOPIAN GOTHIC, a fantasy-horror dark academia novel about lesbian monsterfuckers and terrorism in dystopia
APPETITE [preorder], a vampire thriller novella about an ex that won't stay dead, TBR later this year
IMAGO: A DYSTOPIAN GOTHIC, a fantasy-horror dark academia novel about lesbian monsterfuckers and terrorism in dystopia
APPETITE [preorder], a vampire thriller novella about an ex that won't stay dead, TBR later this year
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October 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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The global south is bearing the brunt of climate change right now
www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/floods-...
www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/floods-...
Unusual alignment of two climate forces behind record-breaking rain, floods in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is enduring one of its wettest seasons in recent memory, with record floods, consecutive typhoons and widespread displacement testing the region's capacity to adapt.
www.channelnewsasia.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The global south is bearing the brunt of climate change right now
www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/floods-...
www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/floods-...
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Thomas the Tank Engine is ableist, Critical Role is ableist AnCap dreck, Cuban films are ableist, magical realism is generally ableist, ahegao is ableist. Masscult under anarcho-communism is inherently ableist. Sorry to spoil your 'fun'.
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Thomas the Tank Engine is ableist, Critical Role is ableist AnCap dreck, Cuban films are ableist, magical realism is generally ableist, ahegao is ableist. Masscult under anarcho-communism is inherently ableist. Sorry to spoil your 'fun'.
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"But just like Olya, the past doesn’t always stay dead. One evening, she wakes up to a fledgling threatening her with a silver knife—apparently, Olya’s pet butcher found a new victim in the fledgling’s partner."
Appetite by @mzakharuk.bsky.social
Appetite by @mzakharuk.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"But just like Olya, the past doesn’t always stay dead. One evening, she wakes up to a fledgling threatening her with a silver knife—apparently, Olya’s pet butcher found a new victim in the fledgling’s partner."
Appetite by @mzakharuk.bsky.social
Appetite by @mzakharuk.bsky.social
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I made a very short and very incomplete but still valuable list of indie books with transfem POV characters if you’re looking for your next read! 🏳️⚧️ 📚
An incomplete list of indie books with transfem leads I've enjoyed (1 per author to keep it short):
Alyson Greaves: Kimmy
Vyria Durav: Catnip
Maria Ying: The Grace of Sorcerers
Selene Tang: Gorgon series
J Ursula Topaz: A Rotten Girl
Fae'Rynn: Sundered Moon
Kay Atkinson: A Quiet Universe
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Alyson Greaves: Kimmy
Vyria Durav: Catnip
Maria Ying: The Grace of Sorcerers
Selene Tang: Gorgon series
J Ursula Topaz: A Rotten Girl
Fae'Rynn: Sundered Moon
Kay Atkinson: A Quiet Universe
1/
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I made a very short and very incomplete but still valuable list of indie books with transfem POV characters if you’re looking for your next read! 🏳️⚧️ 📚
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Everyone wants bespoke tailored algorithmically curated personal slopfests and has forgotten how to engage with art---or, more likely, never actually learned in the first place. Modern reaction is the banal fascism of the Disney adult and HP dark romance shipper.
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Everyone wants bespoke tailored algorithmically curated personal slopfests and has forgotten how to engage with art---or, more likely, never actually learned in the first place. Modern reaction is the banal fascism of the Disney adult and HP dark romance shipper.
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I think the slipping standards of literacy and education in the US in particular is having a really deleterious effect on culture, because the global tastemakers and cultural gatekeepers come from a nation that made phonics education controversial and turned consumer brands into religions.
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I think the slipping standards of literacy and education in the US in particular is having a really deleterious effect on culture, because the global tastemakers and cultural gatekeepers come from a nation that made phonics education controversial and turned consumer brands into religions.
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"I DNF first-person books if I can't relate to the protagonist" is a kind of illiteracy.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"I DNF first-person books if I can't relate to the protagonist" is a kind of illiteracy.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
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The released chapters are also available as a free 'demo' on the pre-order page!
taliabhatt.itch.io/estro-junkies
taliabhatt.itch.io/estro-junkies
Estro Junkies by Talia Bhatt
Based on the hit web serial 'RCBG'
taliabhatt.itch.io
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The released chapters are also available as a free 'demo' on the pre-order page!
taliabhatt.itch.io/estro-junkies
taliabhatt.itch.io/estro-junkies
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As a reward for hitting our goal, Chapter Two of Estro Junkies has been released FOR FREE!
Nicky learns more about the competition, Katherine attempts to prevent her from signing up, and we get our first look at the reigning champ: Laura, effortlessly weathering a tribunal attempt!
Nicky learns more about the competition, Katherine attempts to prevent her from signing up, and we get our first look at the reigning champ: Laura, effortlessly weathering a tribunal attempt!
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
As a reward for hitting our goal, Chapter Two of Estro Junkies has been released FOR FREE!
Nicky learns more about the competition, Katherine attempts to prevent her from signing up, and we get our first look at the reigning champ: Laura, effortlessly weathering a tribunal attempt!
Nicky learns more about the competition, Katherine attempts to prevent her from signing up, and we get our first look at the reigning champ: Laura, effortlessly weathering a tribunal attempt!
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Buy from a lesbian artist this coming holiday season! @renfroodles.bsky.social has preorders of Persephone posters and many more things. ko-fi.com/renfroodles/...
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Buy from a lesbian artist this coming holiday season! @renfroodles.bsky.social has preorders of Persephone posters and many more things. ko-fi.com/renfroodles/...
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i finished Imago by @mzakharuk.bsky.social and ohhhh myyyyy godddddd IT'S SO GOOD! one of my favourite works i've read this year! gripping, thrilling, visceral, powerful, i am in love with Ada and Nikola!! it was a struggle to pace myself so i didn't binge it and instead had time to fully enjoy it
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
i finished Imago by @mzakharuk.bsky.social and ohhhh myyyyy godddddd IT'S SO GOOD! one of my favourite works i've read this year! gripping, thrilling, visceral, powerful, i am in love with Ada and Nikola!! it was a struggle to pace myself so i didn't binge it and instead had time to fully enjoy it
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This is your sign btw that you should call Mastercard
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is your sign btw that you should call Mastercard
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Rent is coming due soon, and I'm about 500 short. I haven't had any donations in a bit now, and my family and I really need the help. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE share & give if you can.
www.paypal.me/devyntheauthor
cash.app/$devyntheaut...
www.paypal.me/devyntheauthor
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Pay Devyn Kennedy using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/devyntheauthor and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Rent is coming due soon, and I'm about 500 short. I haven't had any donations in a bit now, and my family and I really need the help. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE share & give if you can.
www.paypal.me/devyntheauthor
cash.app/$devyntheaut...
www.paypal.me/devyntheauthor
cash.app/$devyntheaut...
any donation is appreciated 🙏
Due to being a refugee, I only get invited to interviews for menial and service jobs. Because of my disability, I can't work those. I live on modest and sporadic freelance earnings and can't afford surgical expenses. Please help if you can 🙏
#HelpSky #MutualAid
gofund.me/25003d6e4
#HelpSky #MutualAid
gofund.me/25003d6e4
Donate to Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery, organized by Em Zakharuk
UPD: Thanks to your generosity, I've been able to book a surgery date. Please help … Em Zakharuk needs your support for Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery
gofund.me
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
any donation is appreciated 🙏
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This bundle is available for 5 more days!!
Here is the first thread of my favorite quotes of the items in this bundle.
Here is the first thread of my favorite quotes of the items in this bundle.
Welcome to Toxic Yuri November! That's not a thing, you say? Well, now it is. Our new bundle is just $15 for TWENTY-FOUR titles, all united by everyone's favorite theme: terrible, no-good, dangerous lesbians.
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This bundle is available for 5 more days!!
Here is the first thread of my favorite quotes of the items in this bundle.
Here is the first thread of my favorite quotes of the items in this bundle.
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"When she passes the carriage with coffin boxes, she notices the scraping has stopped altogether. The ululation’s gone quiet too. But there is now a pressure. A strange aura of heat, spilling over Karolina…"
Imago by @mzakharuk.bsky.social
Imago by @mzakharuk.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"When she passes the carriage with coffin boxes, she notices the scraping has stopped altogether. The ululation’s gone quiet too. But there is now a pressure. A strange aura of heat, spilling over Karolina…"
Imago by @mzakharuk.bsky.social
Imago by @mzakharuk.bsky.social
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A sword is a hard thing to love 🗡
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
A sword is a hard thing to love 🗡
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Okay, a week to go for our bundle (itch.io/b/3364/poiso...) and it's time to talk about something important:
Integers.
Look at our total? .59! Please get this to a sensible .00 ASAP.
And don't get me started on the goal! .69? Do you want toxic yuri fans to faint? Please put us well past the goal.
Integers.
Look at our total? .59! Please get this to a sensible .00 ASAP.
And don't get me started on the goal! .69? Do you want toxic yuri fans to faint? Please put us well past the goal.
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Okay, a week to go for our bundle (itch.io/b/3364/poiso...) and it's time to talk about something important:
Integers.
Look at our total? .59! Please get this to a sensible .00 ASAP.
And don't get me started on the goal! .69? Do you want toxic yuri fans to faint? Please put us well past the goal.
Integers.
Look at our total? .59! Please get this to a sensible .00 ASAP.
And don't get me started on the goal! .69? Do you want toxic yuri fans to faint? Please put us well past the goal.
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Once again proving that tradepub sadly does not mean quality, and small press doesn't mean a lack of quality either.
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Once again proving that tradepub sadly does not mean quality, and small press doesn't mean a lack of quality either.
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New at Lesbians With Teeth: capsule reviews of two horror titles, one very bad, and one very good.
lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/c...
lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/c...
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New at Lesbians With Teeth: capsule reviews of two horror titles, one very bad, and one very good.
lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/c...
lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/c...
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please help emma out
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
please help emma out
I like that most websites are now unusable on mobile due to the sheer number of ads
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I like that most websites are now unusable on mobile due to the sheer number of ads
Willow is a nice and considerate reviewer, and she doesn't have the platform to significantly impact the author's sales. The book in question is a coloniser slave romance with torture porn, adapted from a Dramione fanfic
Romance hetleresses are currently trying to cancel a trans woman booktuber, Willow Heath, because she said romantasy hetslop was kind of dumb and tradwifey or something. A selection of comments:
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Willow is a nice and considerate reviewer, and she doesn't have the platform to significantly impact the author's sales. The book in question is a coloniser slave romance with torture porn, adapted from a Dramione fanfic