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Rien Gray
@riengray.bsky.social
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Agender Intersex Butch | Author of F/F and F/NBi romance, fantasy, & horror | They/Them | 2025: LESSER HUNGERS | #sapphicromance #lesfic

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Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · Oct 11
🧷Hello! I'm an agender intersex butch writer of F/F and F/X trans fiction, both romance and speculative.

I currently work on a sapphic Arthuriana series named Out of True, but I also have a finished noir series starring a nonbinary assassin. #BookSky

riengray.itch.io
www.amazon.com/stores/Rien-...
There is white text on black rockers surrounding a circle version of the Progress Pride flag. The white text says "Guide to Pride" and "Rien Gray's Books". Eight of Rien Gray's books are overlaid on stripes of the agender and genderfluid flags. The title of the image is "Nonbinary MCs". The book titles in order are Love Kills Twice, Love Bleeds Deep, Love Burns Bright, A Love So Dark, Valerin the Fair, A Strip of Velvet, Double Exposure, and Seure the Tempered. Four of Rien Gray's books are overlaid over a stripe with lesbian flag colors. The title of the image is "Lesbian MCs". There are arrows underneath pointing to three of the books and a caption that says "they're butch, too". The books listed in order are Valerin the Fair, The Scales of Seduction, Her Wolf in the Wild, and Martis the Brazen. Six of Rien Gray's books are overlaid on stripes the color of the bisexual flag. The title of the image is "Bisexual MCs". The books listed in order are Love Kills Twice, Love Bleeds Deep, Love Burns Bright, A Love So Dark, A Strip of Velvet, and Double Exposure.
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rcolesworthy.bsky.social
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
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azureskysm.bsky.social
The writers very obvious very cool and awesome fetishes
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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tendermiasma.com
Mastercard is bleeding, get in there. Make some calls. Get some cool family members in on it over thanksgiving
acvalens.com Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.com · 1d
The lines are getting clogged from calls and Mastercard is feeling very pressured, they're looking into how to act in response. They're collecting information on callers to have a better understanding of who is calling in re the censorship issue
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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acekatana.bsky.social
People really need to learn the value of saying “I was wrong”
tbone.malware-virus.biz timothy faust @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 21h
The blog post is generally correct (poverty line is an outdated measurement that doesn't adequately capture actual cost of sustenance) but I'm charmed that this economist is discovering that long-standing left observations are true... and being precious about it www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
And so now, let’s tug on that loose thread… I’m sure many of my left-leaning readers will say, “This is obvious, we have been talking about it for YEARS!” Yes, many of you have; but you were using language of emotion (“Pay a living wage!”) rather than showing the math. My bad for not paying closer attention; your bad for not showing your work or coming up with workable solutions. Let’s rectify it rather than cast blame.
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 AM
riengray.bsky.social
I saw a post the other day that said “I can’t believe genAI has me extolling the dignity of toil like some kind of Protestant” and I keep thinking about it

friction can be good! effort is good! do not pre-chew or sand down processes and experiences for me!
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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sparklemarkers.bsky.social
this is how you lose the dish war
A set of dish scrubbers shaped like a cardinal and a bluebird
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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anyhoozlebee.bsky.social
Comment from Tumblr user Selavy, dated 9/14/2022: Capitalism punishes eroticism it hasn't captured
August 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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countess-sappho.bsky.social
@riengray.bsky.social 's Lesser Hungers
Cover for the book Lesser Hungers by Rien Gray. A palette of purples, blues, pinks and reds are used to accent an illustration of a distorted human face in the middle. It has a gaping hole in its forehead, an enlarged eye on one side and an unnaturally narrow eye on the other. The nose is cut away, and the mouth is open with too many sharp teeth and dark gums
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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edteachsbadknee.bsky.social
cursed medieval andalite stede @ghostalservice.bsky.social
(walters museum MS w.88 folio 115v)
A medieval illustration of a blue feathery or scaly deer thing with an unimpressed human face in its chest like a christmas play costume or something
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
riengray.bsky.social
autocorrect keeps trying to turn “Rien” into “Riven” so I guess I have a shadow self out there somewhere
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
riengray.bsky.social
When somebody asks for a new photo of me I send this:
Rien Gray standing in a steel knight’s helm, blue cloak, and a fake fur drape against a park background.
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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verybadllama.bsky.social
I do not like your AI slop
I do not want this worthless glop
I do not read its overviews
I don't care what Grok says is true
I do not like it here nor there
I'm tired of it everywhere
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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valwrites.ca
Btw every artist, editor, and writer (me) who has worked on this is either a lesbian, trans, or otherwise queer. I have attempted to work with lesbians in every single capacity i can. I have paid more to work with them. Supporting this book means greater financial security for dykes.

Back now
valwrites.ca Valiant 🏳️‍⚧️ | Follow BOOM Goes the Bride on Backerkit! @valwrites.ca · 8d
Made a short little fake netflix trailer for the book cos i can't stop, won't stop, hammertime.

Anyhoo if you think this is moderately funny the book is funnier & better, i swear. Go buy it. $5k in 5 days can't be wrong! Let's do $6k in 6!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...

#boombride #tbb2025
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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rincewind.run
this man has blood on his hands and everyone who supported him and excused him has blood on their hands and I do not want to hear a single fucking Democrat with any position other than "impeach and remove him immediately"

he and his MAHA movement are child killers
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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ardenpowell.bsky.social
It's my giveaway day! Share your favourite book by a trans author or featuring a trans character on the original post below and win an ebook copy of my queer fantasy short story collection THE CARNELIAN KING. Open internationally, winner chosen randomly. Rec some indie trans books! 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 🌈📚
Giveaway banner image. This shows the book dragon and the ghost cat as well as the book cover for The Carnelian King and Other Stories by Arden Powell.
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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foxglovefiction.com
I have a large car repair and an expensive cat vet visit to pay for in very short order. It would mean a lot if you would consider buying something.
foxglovefiction.com Candace Harper @foxglovefiction.com · 22d
HEY YOU!

Looking to start your holiday shopping for the reader in your life? You're in luck! I've got queer books, bookish stickers AND awesome crocheted book sleeves and bookmarks!

All made, designed or written by me and available to ship to you for a reasonable price!

shop.foxglovefiction.com
Foxglove Fiction
Candace Harper and Ceillie Simkiss are one person writing under two pen names. She is a queer, neurodivergent woman living with her family and furballs in the South.She’s known for being the overly en...
shop.foxglovefiction.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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satansmasque.bsky.social
Only 10 days left 👀

Check them out if you're interested in some cool dnd adventures! :D

www.kickstarter.com/projects/one...
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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coricatchthorne.bsky.social
@riengray.bsky.social (who just released their horror debut Lesser Hungers!) crafts stunning prose & unforgettable characters (PETRA 😭) So does @stevewestenra.bsky.social 👀 whose Erstwhile Tyler Kyle drove me to screaming fits. @thornyfilth.bsky.social's Vice+Virtue is GLORIOUSLY perverse. #SFFChat
sffchat.bsky.social SFFChat @sffchat.bsky.social · 5d
#SFFChat Q3: Shout out a trans writer or artist whose work you admire (or a trans character from a trans author's work!).
A pixelated image of a knight and a cat astronaut fighting a billionaire who's floating on a pile of coins and a cloud propped up by jars of more coins (as though he's a video game boss)!
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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queermedieval.bsky.social
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
a medieval style digital drawing of an androgynous brown-skinned knight on horseback on a hill, stabbing a long gold spear into a blue dragon on the ground. the knight has a gold halo behind their head and wears a suit of silver armor with a nonbinary flag striped tunic and a trans flag as a cape. their horse is white, with blue tack with trans pride trim. there is black gothic text at the top and bottom of the image reading “A world without trans people has never existed and never will.” there’s an ornate pale blue border around the image, filled with pink and blue scrollwork, gold hearts filled with colorful flowers, a smiley bat, two smiley moles, and two smiling frogs holding up trans flags.
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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blackamazon.bsky.social
You’re not a good person til you do good things and just being angry isn’t good
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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troynovaunt.bsky.social
“Are the fae open source” is the kind of deranged sentence that keeps me addicted to microblogging. Beautiful poison Rappaccini flower.
lethalityjane.bsky.social ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 6d
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
Post from Threads user "missjenbeck" Romantasy question: are the fae open source? I had only known them from SJM books, but didn't expect to see them in Quicksilver!
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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f1nn5ter.com
my secret transgender project… @annehealthcare.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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tape.bsky.social
muscle relaxer? yeah seeing muscles does relax me u got me there
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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shimmeringecho.bsky.social
I'm rereading Valerin the Fair and READ THEIR BOOKS! READ THEIR BOOKS!
riengray.bsky.social Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 6d
It's Trans Awareness Week AND Novella-ember, and I have trans novellas of all stripes available: noir, horror, paranormal, contemporary, fantasy...

You can get them from my direct shop or AMZ 💙 If you want a rec to match your tastes, let me know!

riengray.shop

www.amazon.com/stores/Rien-...
All of Rien Gray's novellas lined up in an image under the caption 'trans novellas across the spectrum'.
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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merriam-webster.com
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM