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Straith🍉
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D.A. Straith (they/them) - Toronto-adjacent fiction person and friend of kaiju - nonbinary trans & queer settler - work in Augur, Fusion Fragment, On Spec - Clarion West Novel Workshop '25 - straith.carrd.co
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Straith🍉 @straith.ca · Nov 15
It's Straith's awards eligibility post for 2025!!

I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
November 15, 2025: Straith's 2025 eligibility post "Once Upon the Crossing of Mars", in Fusion Fragment (Issue 26, October 27, 2025), www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26. Short story, dreamlike SF, Mars, vibes-forward, ultrarunning, transmasc athlete protagonist. Screenshot of Bluesky post by Straith: "hey Bluesky I hear you like sports / I have a science fiction sports story for you / it only contains a MODERATE amount of sports-induced hallucination" "The Fishwife Who Killed Death", in On Spec (Vol. 35, No. 2, June 2025), weightlessbooks.com/on-spec-magazine-132-vol-35-no-2/. Short story, dreamlike folkloric fantasy, grandmother on a revenge quest against Death itself, gender-neutral child protag. "My memere was the one who showed me the trick of spotting Death." If in fact you elect to nominate one of these stories for an award (THANKS...) and you are eligible to nominate for the Auroras, please nominate my stuff for the Aurora Award for short fiction since both these stories have a specific CanSpec flavour to them and (as a bonus) were pubbed in Canadian mags! Or nominate elsewhere I'm not your dad haha!!
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(me, looking up squinting from the book on horses I’m reading) AI? what, you mean artificial insemination?
January 15, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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I told myself I would obtain no new plants in 2026 HOWEVER I am wondering whether that might in fact make plants a good incentive

specifically I only get new (less expensive) plants when I complete projects or hit major milestones

I’m gonna WORK for those rewards!!!
January 14, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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Wednesday is TRANSPHOBES ARE TRASH DAY!

Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day.

Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.
January 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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some of yall need a journal to put your inside thoughts in and it shows (not a subpost, just me reflecting on my urge to post hither and thither about things)
January 14, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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Thank you to @mattzilla85.bsky.social for drawing this picture, but also for giving me permission to colorize it. I used Godzilla 1999 as the base color, and a Cybertruck panel for the ICE Mecha.
Coloring this really took me out of my comfort zone.
#Godzilla
January 14, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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The work at Spark Space is ongoing & urgent: internet and electricity are a vital lifeline for families to connect to remote jobs and earn income...to EAT and secure other survival essentials as aid remains at a critical low.

Keep the lights on: chuffed.org/project/spar...
🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers!
In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and remote workers face daily struggles—power outages, broken…
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January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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serving brunt
Brunt, a ferengi from Star Trek deep space nine smiling and waving
January 13, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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good morning
An open journal in a green cover. The printed page shows the date as January 14. Black brush lettering at the top of the journal page, otherwise blank, says “try again”.
January 14, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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GREY GARDENS in space, a novella:

A documentarian gets overly entangled with two deposed Imperials in exile on a once-opulent space station.

He must choose: launch his career as a truth-teller, or protect these people from the judgment of a hostile audience.

#bluepit📖 #A #SF #LGBT #TR #novella
square 9-image moodboard with green border evoking the design of the poster for GREY GARDENS. top row of images, L-R: a gallery wall exclusively of paintings of eyes; a toroidal space station above a planet; a cyborg-like feminine figure with gaze askance against a backdrop of cables. middle row, L-R: two feet on a white floor smeared with dirty confetti; a masculine figure carrying a camera rig in one hand; the shambles left behind by a party on a low stage, framed by pink curtains. bottom row, L-R: a masculine, crown-wearing figure in partial silhouette with one hand open toward the sky; a porthole looking onto a starry landscape; a gridded Brutalist ceiling framed by stained concrete.
January 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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listen sometimes when your partner has a serious cancer situation it behooves you both to watch all of Breaking Bad to cope
January 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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2 donations in 6 days. Please help Mithqal's family survive Israel's genocide in Gaza:
January 13, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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'The cold is killing us... 🥶💔
The cold is killing us... 🥶💔
The cold is killing us... 🥶💔
Heavy rain, no warmth, bodies shifted, hearts exhausted.🙏
We need € 250 for a tent and warm clothes for my family.💔🥶
Please share and donate, even a little
Verified:
@mommunism.bsky.social '
January 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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*slaps cover of EVERY YEAR THE SUMMER* this one's got everything:

💞MFM triad romance
😢sad wet bi trans man MC
⛈️climate change=horror
😶‍🌫️the fae are invisible & unknowable
🦌weird AF deer
🌌hallucinatory time loop bullshit

GREEN KNIGHT x THE EVERLASTING, querying Feb 2026.

#bluepit📖 #A #F #W #TR #LGBT
a brightly coloured collage of medieval figures cut out from various public domain illustrations, overlaid on a black and white background photo showing "Gallos", a statue at Tintagel, with an obscured face. the overlaid figures, clockwise from top left: a mysterious hooded figure holding a hand to its mouth, in yellow; a beheaded knight astride a horse, holding aloft his own head - but as a bundle of greenery; a sorceress in a leaf-patterned shawl with her face obscured, in red; a man with obscured face in a tunic and breeches (in green) astride a sun-themed horse (in pink). in the middle there is a woman brushing her long dark hair, in blue, above the words "Sir Gawain the Son of XXX, King of XXX", where the Xs represent inkblots.
January 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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GROUNDHOG DAY x THE GREEN KNIGHT x THE EVERLASTING

“You insist on tragedy even in the midst of your greatest season of joy. The mark of a certain kind of hero. Fortunately for you, my husband & I both seem to like that kind of thing in a man. It’s an absolute disease.”

#bluepit📖 #A #F #W #TR #LGBT
a brightly coloured collage of medieval figures cut out from various public domain illustrations, overlaid on a black and white background photo showing "Gallos", a statue at Tintagel, with an obscured face. the overlaid figures, clockwise from top left: a mysterious hooded figure holding a hand to its mouth, in yellow; a beheaded knight astride a horse, holding aloft his own head - but as a bundle of greenery; a sorceress in a leaf-patterned shawl with her face obscured, in red; a man with obscured face in a tunic and breeches (in green) astride a sun-themed horse (in pink). in the middle there is a woman brushing her long dark hair, in blue, above the words "Sir Gawain the Son of XXX, King of XXX", where the Xs represent inkblots.
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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THE GREEN KNIGHT x THE EVERLASTING

Sir Gavin, a listless knight locked in a time loop by his oath to Camelot’s immortal court, has to break from his calcified morality—or witness the collapse of reality itself.

How? By being as bi as possible 🏳️‍🌈✨

Querying Feb 2026!

#bluepit📖 #A #F #W #TR #LGBT
a brightly coloured collage of medieval figures cut out from various public domain illustrations, overlaid on a black and white background photo showing "Gallos", a statue at Tintagel, with an obscured face. the overlaid figures, clockwise from top left: a mysterious hooded figure holding a hand to its mouth, in yellow; a beheaded knight astride a horse, holding aloft his own head - but as a bundle of greenery; a sorceress in a leaf-patterned shawl with her face obscured, in red; a man with obscured face in a tunic and breeches (in green) astride a sun-themed horse (in pink). in the middle there is a woman brushing her long dark hair, in blue, above the words "Sir Gawain the Son of XXX, King of XXX", where the Xs represent inkblots.
January 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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agents please pick up my sad depressed DAMP sir gawain. he is turning into a sludge and someone needs to put him in a bucket :(
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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back at it. I understand why we do this exercise but it really does feel like running a marathon in order to travel 100m
straith.ca Straith🍉 @straith.ca · 6d
you know I'm getting REAL close to having a finished manuscript because I'm procrastinating by writing a synopsis
January 13, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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LOKI x IN THE DREAM HOUSE

Reeling from a bad relationship, Rorey tries some new-age weirdness only to learn a.) they're really time traveling, b.) which is illegal, because c.) they resemble a temporal dictator. Can they (& 2 other selves) save the timeline & heal all at once?

#BluePit📖 #A #SF #W
A mood board containing images of pocket watches, knives, portals, large glass structures, a pair of detectives staring sternly at the viewer, a man looking into a mirror, kaleidoscopes, and a caterpillar. One section has the following text: "You’re behaving as if you deserved what happened to you. As if it were inevitable. But you know it’s not - you being here proves it isn’t. You can be someone new. Someone without this pain to hold on to." Another section has the following text: “Yeah. Sure. You say that like what you’ve done here isn’t holding on to it, too.”
January 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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America’s sweetheart joins a queer dating show to save his career—then falls for the sharp-tongued “villain” producers kept for chaos.
Fake chemistry, real feelings, and one kiss that blows the edit apart.

[ALT: two men holding hands in a Polaroid-style collage]

#bluepit📖 #A #R #Q #OV #lgbt
January 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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What do you do when the fling you ghosted shows up at training camp with the power to destroy your career?

Heated Rivary x Ted Lasso meets rugby and messy feelings

🌈 bi & demi discovery
🥺 yearning
🎤 mm athlete x journalist
🏉 forced to work with your crush

#BluePit📖 #lgbt #A #R #W
Moodboard for Sage Owen’s rugby romance novel WIP (tentatively titled The Re-Try). It features 7 images including anonymous men playing rugby, a tidy blond man in a collared dress shirt, Belfast at sunset, two cocktails on a moodily lit bar, and two men’s hands entwined on white hotel sheets.
January 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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JADE CITY x SIX OF CROWS

When her mentor goes missing, Gemna joins forces with fellow mage, Ren, to unravel the connection between the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages are not just outlawed…but wiped from existence.

#Bluepit #Bluepit📖 #A #F
moody, foggy mountain backdrop with a person in martial arts type clothing visible on a stone platform. text reads CONDUCT OF MAGES, adult fantasy, complete at 100K, now represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary THE PITCH on a moody green mountain backdrop: When her mentor goes missing, Gemna joins forces with fellow mage, Ren, to unravel the connection between the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages are not just outlawed…but wiped from existence. THE VIBES on a moody green mountain backdrop: energy magic heists & scheming found family research subplot sloooow burn female role models SE Asian setting THE COMPS on a moody green mountain backdrop: Blood Over Bright Haven Jade City Heartless Hunter
January 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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CONAN x LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS

VAYAL THE HUNTER is a sword and sorcery novella about a guy who hunts a demonic shapeshifter.

🐸genderless communist frog-people
🌳trees the size of mountains
⚔️plenty of battles/monsters
🐛giant centipedes
🪦grief
👬power of friendship
👑ambitious protag

#BluePit📖
#A #W #F
A desolate swamp with mountains and trees in the background Image credit Роман Ромиртес I a giant centipede with bladed limbs Image Credit Gong Nochote A lone figure with a sword wanders through a jungle, their legs are up to the knee in water and they hold a sword and shield Image Credit: Jared Shear Two figures stand still in the foreground, surrounded by tall trees. In the background a monstrous, bipedal figure walks by with a giant sword in hand Image credit Kanki Chávez
January 13, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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Third of the way through draft of new Scottish folk horror novel, with reluctant forced return to small town, forest shenanigans, religious horrors, strange insects, dark folklore, sleep terrors, family secrets, a charismatic minister, and something is *really off* about his congregation...👀🐝
Collage of images, a mossy mound, a church, a swarm of midges, maggots, a shadow in the forest, stone cairns, a skull of an animal, an isolated house, a stag standing in the woods.
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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ERIC LAROCCA x GIRL INTERRUPTED

Ash doesn't believe in curses--not really--but when she recklessly casts one, people who have hurt her start ending up dead. If she can't find the countercurse, it will strike down everyone she loves--and she may never recover from her depression.

#BluePit #A #H #ND
fake texts over a picture of a witch doing a ritual. they read: witchcraft gone wrong. found friends and family. depression and self-harm. grad student stuck at home with parents. murders most foul. a supernatural killer, perhaps?
January 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM