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Stephen Graham King
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Toronto based. Queer space opera writer, black and white street photographer, disabled cancer survivor. Aspiring mensch. Aro. He/They. Pew pew pew. I can words! Dum spero spiro (While I live, I hope)
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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · Nov 17
Known for my Maverick Heart books (Killjoys meets Firefly only queer). 20+ year survivor of metastatic synovial sarcoma (mortality rate 90-95% at the time so all this is dessert) Leg disabled. And I take pictures, mostly B&W, mostly street, but lately I want to branch out and shoot ALL THE THINGS
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Yonge Bloor Station. November, 2025
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On the platform. At left, a subway train stretches to the centre vanishing point. Just right of centre, are three young women. The two on the left are in conversation, leaning casually against a ridged metal pillar. The one closest to centre looks toward the camera from within the snug hood of her coat. The woman closest to centre is not part of their group and walks away from the camera. Above their heads, at left, is a sign pointing to the eastbound and westbound platform of line 2.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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So unfair.
MF FairyProncessAmoo wrote: HR says I'm no longer allowed to answer the phone with "for fuck sake, what now"
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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@stephengrahamking.com, Toronto, 2009 08. I've said many things about these photos but what strikes me today is how unusual it is to see pictures of someone just eating. Pictures of food, many. Pictures of nudity or sex, plenty. But eating, not so much.
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Four colour photos, all more or less head shots, all shirtless, plain light background. Afternoon raked window light. In each he is in the process of eating a pastry. Again he is fully focussed on what he's doing. His hands and fingers make graceful, interesting gestures that one probably couldn't reproduce deliberately, but are simply part of this everyday act. Four colour photos, all more or less head shots, all shirtless, plain light background. Afternoon raked window light. In each he is in the process of eating a pastry. Again he is fully focussed on what he's doing. His hands and fingers make graceful, interesting gestures that one probably couldn't reproduce deliberately, but are simply part of this everyday act. Four colour photos, all more or less head shots, all shirtless, plain light background. Afternoon raked window light. In each he is in the process of eating a pastry. Again he is fully focussed on what he's doing. His hands and fingers make graceful, interesting gestures that one probably couldn't reproduce deliberately, but are simply part of this everyday act. Four colour photos, all more or less head shots, all shirtless, plain light background. Afternoon raked window light. In each he is in the process of eating a pastry. Again he is fully focussed on what he's doing. His hands and fingers make graceful, interesting gestures that one probably couldn't reproduce deliberately, but are simply part of this everyday act.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Broadview Station. November, 2025
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Night. Looking south on Broadview toward Danforth. At left are the lights of the subway station. At right a bus drives toward the camera, its lights flaring. Between them, two people walk toward the camera on the sidewalk with the lights of the busy street corner in the background.
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
The Ghost from Star Wars Rebels Moya from Farscape The USS Protostar from Star Trek: Prodigy A Runabout from Deep Space Nine
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Is anyone else struggling extra hard with the change of seasons this year? I don't know if it's the cold, snow, and lack of light on top of the world spiralling every harder, but yeesh. Putting my full spectrum lamp through its paces, that's for sure.
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Dundas West Station. October, 2025
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The outdoor streetcar platform of the station. At extreme left, a utility pole runs from top to bottom of the image. Just right of centre, a single woman stands in front of a bench, waiting for the 505 Dundas car. In the background, beyond the chain link fence that boundaries the station, are murals painted on the buildgings beyond.
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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@stephengrahamking.com & honey, Toronto, 2009 08. I was in my second year of managing diabetes and was massively craving sweet things. Stephen agreed to a bit of cathexis :)
It's a real joy to work with someone who fully commits to a project.
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Four colour photos, all more or less head shots, all shirtless, plain light background. Afternoon raked window light. In each he has dripped some honey on his hands and is licking it off in various different positions as it runs down his arm. It's very sensual, and his expressions are utterly concentrated on what he's doing. Four colour photos, all more or less head shots, all shirtless, plain light background. Afternoon raked window light. In each he has dripped some honey on his hands and is licking it off in various different positions as it runs down his arm. It's very sensual, and his expressions are utterly concentrated on what he's doing. Four colour photos, all more or less head shots, all shirtless, plain light background. Afternoon raked window light. In each he has dripped some honey on his hands and is licking it off in various different positions as it runs down his arm. It's very sensual, and his expressions are utterly concentrated on what he's doing. Four colour photos, all more or less head shots, all shirtless, plain light background. Afternoon raked window light. In each he has dripped some honey on his hands and is licking it off in various different positions as it runs down his arm. It's very sensual, and his expressions are utterly concentrated on what he's doing.
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
A screenshot of a Facebook post where a person named Andy ask the Well now “What the hell is transgender?” The Royal Canadian Air Force account response with “That’s a pretty big question asked in a pretty small way, Andy. ‘Transgender’ putting describes someone whose gender – who they know themselves to be – doesn’t match the sex they were assigned at birth. It’s not new, and it’s certainly not a fad. People have lived this experience for as long as people have existed; we’re just finally talking about it openly. You don’t have to fully understand it right away, most learning takes time, but we can always start from a place of respect. That’s how decent folks handle things they’re still getting used to.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Howard Park Avenue. October, 2025
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In a corner coffee shop. There are two windows in the background, lit by early twilight. The one on the right shows the convenience store across the street. In the lower corner of the image, on the ledge of the left window, a man in a turban sits, talking on his phone. A car passes behind him.
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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I need to start forcing myself to speak in my lower register. Just so people stop calling me ma'am on the phone.
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I saw a meme about someone who lives alone realizing they haven't spoken all the while they've been by themselves. Does that happen?? I live alone and I talk to the TV, I talk to myself, I talk to inanimate objects. The will to speak is far too strong.
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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And rightly so. Because it's a crime the way Prodigy was ignored and dumped. It was fantastic and deserved so much better.
‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ And Kate Mulgrew Nominated For Emmys
The series may have ended, but the accolades continue.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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They make some good points. A little zhoozh to the format couldn't hurt.
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Roncesvalles Avenue. October, 2025
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Night outside The Local pub. People mill around on the street outside, maybe smoking. Next door, there’s a women’s wear store with a brightly lit window and a person is framed in the lights. Along the street, the recycling bins are out awaiting pickup in the morning.
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Broadview Avenue. November, 2025
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At left, against a background of dramatic, light limned clouds is an electrical pole with three transformers and wires leading out of the top and right edge of the frame
November 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Happy Book Birthday to me! The Infinite Heist is one year old.
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The 5 Days of Maverick Heart: Day 5. My pandemic book that mocked me on and off for months until it finally all fell into place. The one that asks, "What if you could steal the most valuable thing in the universe, from every universe?" #MyBooks #BookSky 💙📚
Book cover: The Infinite Heist by Stephen Graham King When one of their closest allies disappears, without a trace and in impossible circumstances, the Maverick Heart crew is soon on the trail. But they’re already at a disadvantage, for one of their own has gone missing too, leaving them with only the merest of clues to unravel the mystery. The race is on to solve the baffling disappearances, running from the loneliest, coldest corners of space into the heart of human civilization. And beyond. Now it’s up to Vrick and the crew to find out who’s pulling the strings and bring the lost home safely. If they can. For their investigation soon reveals that they and their vanished friends are merely pawns in a vast and diabolical plot that threatens to tear through worlds across the Pan Galactum and across the walls of reality itself.
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The Bloor Line. November, 2025
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A crowded subway car. The seats are full. Standing by one of the doors is a young couple with a stroller. Twining between them all are the handrails and poles of the car’s interior.
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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King Street West. September, 2025
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A wide shot of the corner of King and University, looking east. Just right of centre, a small group of brightly lit pedestrians dressed in light summer clothes wait for the light to change. Above their heads are traffic lights, the street sign for University Avenue, and various traffic signs. Left of centre is a streetcar in the background travelling away from the camera.
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Alt text: An illustration playing off Garth Williams’s work in Charlotte’s Web. A b&w pen & ink style sketch of a pig from the back staring at a spider’s web between two posts, with the words FUCK ICE woven into the web’s center. A politically engaged spider dangles down from the web.
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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November 16, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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I love her books. They take me places I'd never imagined, allowing me to see the world's she's created through a cultural lens far removed from my own. And this one is no exception. Highly recommended. #WhatImReading #BookSky 💙📚
Book cover: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor.
November 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Rainy afternoon viewing: Twinless, written and directed by and starring James Sweeney. Also starring Dylan O'Brien and Lauren Graham. Highly recommended. Manages to be both bleak and funny. Complicated, but beautiful. And gorgeously shot and acted by all involved.
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Broadview Subway Station Parkette. November, 2025
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A small park at night, the sign visible in mid frame. The far background is the lights of the subway station itself, the left of frame obscured by the trees in the mid ground, the right side glowing with internal light. Silhouetted against these lights, a man stands in the park smoking a cigarette.
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM