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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 18h

Welcome to my fantastical world of universal health care and affordable gender-affirming care.

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 18h

The real fantasy in my fiction is that the trans guys can afford top surgery while working as a barista.

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah, I agree. I would actually love MORE immigrant horror. Definitely more queer horror. How many mainstream queer horror movies are there in recent years? I think zero, other than maybe the Hellblazer remake which had a trans woman as Pinhead. There's a few indies but that's it.

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 19h

There's an argument to be made that some horror is performative in its message (the Black Christmas remake comes to mind) but y'all.... saying there are too many immigrant stories in horror movies... are you fucking hearing yourself right now?

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 19h

Just saw a moot on tumblr reblog a post about how horror is too "woke" and not scary enough in the current era and let me stop you right there fellow white person saying immigrant and queer stories are a overdone in horror.

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going to the post office to mail out zines tomorrow, so now is a great time to pick up a copy of the zine edition of Sacrifice Theory to get it asap! US only. Sacrifice Theory is a MM vampire romance novelette about a trans sex worker in a bad situation and the vampire who helps him get revenge.

Sacrifice Theory (Zine Edition)

"I want to make him hurt... I want to be the one who does it."Anders is a drifter and a vampire. When he rolls into a new town, he meets Jason, a young trans man who works for a sadistic vampire coven...

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sea shanty stan account ⛵️ @anarchoshanties.bsky.social · Aug 26

gender affirming vampiric fangs

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 2d

This was SO GOOD. Fucked up (positive).

nyoz @nozmo.bsky.social · 7d

syringe is out through @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social today... pick it up if you want to see a comic about... guys being guys? sorry that's a lie. pick it up if you want to see someone torn to pieces. WAIT!! no i swear i didn't mean that... honestly...
🐰 www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

Fun little "promotional graphic" for my comic, SYRINGE, full of whimsy and snapshots of Pinkie and Dr. J being normal and NOT on the verge of LOSING IT!!!!!!!!!!!...
Pinkie: Gee Dr. J, what do you want to do tonight?
Dr. J: Same thing we do every fucking night, Pinkie

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 3d

Did you know you can also get Sacrifice Theory as a zine if you want to directly support a trans pervert and enjoy some physical media?

Sacrifice Theory (Zine Edition)

"I want to make him hurt... I want to be the one who does it."Anders is a drifter and a vampire. When he rolls into a new town, he meets Jason, a young trans man who works for a sadistic vampire coven...

payhip.com

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 3d

Hello! I'm a gay and trans short fiction writer of spicy and unrepentant queer smut!
My favorite stories: GOOD BOY, a kink short about a trans dom and his cis sub! akivaleewrites.com/good-boy/
SACRIFICE THEORY, a dark vampire romance novelette! akivaleewrites.com/sacrifice-th...

Cover of Good Boy, featuring a dog collar graphic.

Cover of Sacrifice Theory, featuring a title treatment in the style of old pulp horror novels, designed by Brian Yaksha.

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 3d

Did you know you can also get Sacrifice Theory as a zine if you want to directly support a trans pervert and enjoy some physical media?

Sacrifice Theory (Zine Edition)

"I want to make him hurt... I want to be the one who does it."Anders is a drifter and a vampire. When he rolls into a new town, he meets Jason, a young trans man who works for a sadistic vampire coven...

payhip.com

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✨ achilles king | denouement won't make you sad @hellostarshine.bsky.social · 3d

happy banned books week. did you know that one way you can support "bannable" books is by buying them? well, most of my books are banned from library apps for being erotica.

so, i've put them on sale for banned books week! find out where to grab your copy hellostarshine.carrd.co

Banned Book Week. Oct 4-10, 2025. Sleeping Beauty 20% off, The King's Mushroom 25-30% off, LIMINAL 20% off, Sorry I Kissed Your Dad 20-30% off

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AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 4d

Oh yeah, I'm a horrible queer, and I've got queer books!

Inheritance: Disaster queers, found family, Welsh mythology, Arthurian legend!

Charlie Hart: What if Kingsman was sapphic and the bad guy was Elon Musk?

Tooth & Claw: Blind vampire meets shy werewolf, boning ensues!

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Ravensword Press

The queer books your parents warned you about welcome to ravensword press Out Now Sword of Avalon Inheritance // Book ElevenYes, that Arthur.Laurence's soul is bound to a dead warlock's, his familiar ...

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 3d

Hello! I'm a gay and trans short fiction writer of spicy and unrepentant queer smut!
My favorite stories: GOOD BOY, a kink short about a trans dom and his cis sub! akivaleewrites.com/good-boy/
SACRIFICE THEORY, a dark vampire romance novelette! akivaleewrites.com/sacrifice-th...

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Koren/K. M. Enright @kmenright.bsky.social · 4d

Okay so we've had trans rights but what about TRANS WRONGS???

Murder! Blood magic! Kissing! Monsters!

Cover for Mistress of Lies by K. M. Enright, The Sunday Times bestseller. Black cover, with a scowling long-haired woman in a Gothic style red and gold headdress and brocade sleeves like wings against a background of red and white roses. Her hands are tipped in gold claws and she holds a long dagger. Blurbs from Melissa Caruso — “Dark, dangerous, and entrancing” — and Sara Hashem — “A decadent story that won’t let you go.”

Cover for LORD OF RUIN by K. M. Enright. Black cover, with a dark haired Filipino man in a Gothic style embodied suit jacket in shades of blue and gold. Black wings with a similar gold embroidered design stretch behind him against a background of blue with white flowers. His hands are tipped in black talons and he holds a bright red anatomical heart. Blurb from Thea Guanzon — ”K. M. Enright is definitely one to watch.”

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✨️Zombie✨️ ~drawing comics~ @zombieisok.gay · 4d

4 new pages today! Just under halfway done with this comic now. (20/44!!)🥴💦
www.patreon.com/ZombieisOk

#nsfwart #yaoi

crop of a black and white comic page showing my ocs, Jules and August, in a sexual situation. August is looking sweaty and vaguely overwhelmed.

crop of a black and white comic page showing my oc, August, in an extreme angle. He looks sweaty and vaguely overwhelmed.

crop of a black and white comic page showing my oc, August, flushed and panting. He is asking for more.

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Alexis Royce @alexisroyce.ink · 23d

My newest transmasc visual novel "Demon by Night" is now available!

A summoner makes a deal with an incubus. Will the twisting loopholes of their contract leave enough room to wriggle free? Or will one find himself bound and subjugated for the rest of eternity?

alexisroyce.itch.io/servant-by-d...

Text: Demon by Night

A collage of various hentai style images, rendered in ink wash and watercolor, as a twink, bratty demon transgender man and an older man with glasses fuck.

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 4d

Finished the blood-drinking scene I'd been working on in this vampire romance novelette. 9k words in and still no fucking. Who am I and what have I done with Akiva.

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 5d

It's October, so why not read a vampire romance? SACRIFICE THEORY is an trans!M/cis!M romance about a sex worker in a bad situation, and the vampire who helps him find revenge. Contains lots of violence and smut. 🩸

Online (FREE): akivaleewrites.com/sacrifice-th...
Zine edition: payhip.com/b/w36hM

Sacrifice Theory (Zine Edition)

"I want to make him hurt... I want to be the one who does it."Anders is a drifter and a vampire. When he rolls into a new town, he meets Jason, a young trans man who works for a sadistic vampire coven...

payhip.com

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 5d

It's October, so why not read a vampire romance? SACRIFICE THEORY is an trans!M/cis!M romance about a sex worker in a bad situation, and the vampire who helps him find revenge. Contains lots of violence and smut. 🩸

Online (FREE): akivaleewrites.com/sacrifice-th...
Zine edition: payhip.com/b/w36hM

Sacrifice Theory (Zine Edition)

"I want to make him hurt... I want to be the one who does it."Anders is a drifter and a vampire. When he rolls into a new town, he meets Jason, a young trans man who works for a sadistic vampire coven...

payhip.com

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 6d

This is now available!

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 6d

This is now available!

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 6d

Still got more work to do but all I wanna do is brainstorm on how I can make this upcoming blood-drinking scene even hornier 🩸

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BáiYù 🏳️‍⚧️ he/they @baiyu.tofu.rocks · 6d

BIG NEWS: MY TOP SURGERY HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2025.

My #TransMutualAid #GoFundMe goal is now USD$10,000 to cover the surgery estimate and associated food, travel, and lodging costs during the first week of recovery. Thank you all for your support!

www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-dis...

BIG NEWS EVERYONE! TOP SURGERY HAS BEEN APPROVED AND I'M SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2025.

I've been in a bit of an energy slump during the past week because I got a flat tire last Monday, but I just finished a call from the surgery office and got confirmation that the billing codes were accepted! The receptionist and I confirmed dates and numbers, and the total estimate I need to pay upfront is $3,161.01 by November 4, 2025. I'm not sure if this estimate took into consideration the costs associated with the total hysterectomy, but it's nice to know the surgery itself won't be as extravagantly expensive as it could be.

Still, all the costs combined are not something I can afford on my own, so your support is still vital.

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Akiva Lee, zine fiend @akivaleewrites.bsky.social · 7d

Very real danger.

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