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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 14h

Hey! It’s our day! 🧡🤍🩷

Have the gayest day possible! (Double-meaning intended.) 🧡🤍🩷

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 15h

Isn’t she lovely? 🌖

Photo of large, bright moon behind clouds from below trees.

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 4d

You can find more sapphic wartime stories on the I Heart SapphFic website.

iheartsapphfic.com/2025/09/29/2...

Wartime

We have so many sapphic books to recommend for the reading challenge this week. Find lots of books on sale, too!

iheartsapphfic.com

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 4d

The Reign of Darkness (Creatures of Darkness: Book 4) is featured in this week’s I Heart SapphFic Reading Challenge category: Wartime! 🖤

Or, in this case, supernatural world war-time (a.k.a. - the reason Rose and Kara chop a Nazi’s arm off).

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 12d

💔

This one’s for the #lesficfri theme, “hurt.”

Excerpt on blood-red, smoky background with a dragon separating the text:

“It was so dehumanizing—to feel beholden to someone who’d hurt her the way her mother had.”

—
from GODDESS OF THE SEA,
LESBIANS, PIRATES, & DRAGONS: BOOK 2,
by Britney Jackson.

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 12d

If you need a ticket, I think you can get them on The Lesbian Review’s website or use the QR code.

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 12d

So excited to be part of Niche Genres, Big Stories event tomorrow! 💙

I’ll be a panelist for “A Glimpse Behind the Curtain,” along with K. Aten, Cathy Pegau, and Edale Lane. 💙 We’ll be talking about how sapphic fantasy, science fiction, and mystery stories are born.

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The Lesbian Review @thelesbianreview.com · 17d

Ever wonder what sparks an author’s imagination? K Aten, Cathy Pegau, Britney Jackson & Edale Lane share the hidden stories behind their stories. Find out at Niche Genres, Big Stories.

thelesbianreview.com/nice-genres-...

@cathypegau.bsky.social
@edalelane.bsky.social
@katenauthor.bsky.social

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 19d

Just a head. No big deal.

For the #lesficfri theme, “remember.” 🖤

Snippet on cave and forest background with a green dragon separating the text:

Another drop of blood splashed against Emilia’s leg, and she pleaded with her exhausted muscles to move. “I don’t remember inviting him.”

Maria followed her gaze to the disembodied head. “Oh.”

—
from GODDESS OF THE SEA,
LESBIANS, PIRATES, & DRAGONS: BOOK 2,
by Britney Jackson.

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 19d

I think that’s all, but if I missed anything, feel free to let me know. 🖤

Happy reading!

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#sapphicbooks

Image: Sapphic September bingo card on rainbow background with the covers of The Tomb of Blood (Creatures of Darkness: Book 2), The Assassins of Light (Creatures of Darkness: Book 3), and The Reign of Darkness (Creatures of Darkness: Book 4) by Britney Jackson.

Text: Creatures of Darkness.
• 40+ Main Character (technically)
• Indie or Small Press Author
• Disabled Sapphics

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 19d

Creatures of Darkness:

🖤 Indie or Small Press Author (Definitely)
🩸 40+ Main Character (I think? Kara is over fourteen hundred, after all.)
🖤 Choose Your Own Prompt
🩸 New-to-You Author (Possibly)
🖤 Book from Physical TBR (Possibly)
🩸 Disabled Sapphics (Yes)

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 19d

Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons:

🐉 Disabled Sapphics (Definitely)
🏴‍☠️ Indie or Small Press Author (Definitely)
🐉 2025 Release (Possibly? If you’re reading the audiobook version of Goddess of the Sea.)
🏴‍☠️ Choose Your Own Prompt
🐉 New-to-You Author (Possibly)
🏴‍☠️ Book from Physical TBR (Possibly)

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 19d

I finally got around to making these for Sapphic September (halfway through the month 😅). Honestly, though, where did the month go? Did the stress eat it?

If you’re participating in Sapphic September, you can use my books for the following categories. 🖤

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Image: Sapphic September bingo card on rainbow background with the covers of Pirates of Aletharia (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 1) and Goddess of the Sea (Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons: Book 2) by Britney Jackson.

Text: Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons.
• Disabled Sapphics
• Indie or Small Press Author

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · 26d

A snippet from Book 1 this week. 🖤

For the #lesficfri theme, “beauty.”

Excerpt on sword background with swords separating the text:

It was cruel—for a dangerous woman to be that beautiful.

How was Emilia supposed to make rational decisions when the woman who might kill her looked like that?

—
from PIRATES OF ALETHARIA,
LESBIANS, PIRATES, & DRAGONS: BOOK 1,
by Britney Jackson.

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · Sep 6

I wish I could say this was unusual for me, but…it’s not.

Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · Sep 6

This song fits a particular chapter of The Dragon Child (LP&D: Book 3) really well, and I’ve been working on that particular chapter for like four weeks now.

Which means I’ve listened to this song on repeat for four weeks.

Which MEANS…I’ve listened to it approximately thirteen trillion times. 😅

Music player with the song “Brother Run Fast” by Kaleo—on a mountain background with mirrored dragons on either side. The name of the music playlist and the book series it’s made for is “Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons.”

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · Aug 30

Always thinking like a pirate.

For the #lesficfri theme, “tongue.”

Excerpt on colorful cave background with a dragon separating the text:

It clearly meant a lot to Em—to hear her own tongue so long after watching her people perish—and Maria loved that for her.

She just . . . hoped these creatures weren't cruel enough to use it against Em.

—
from GODDESS OF THE SEA,
LESBIANS, PIRATES, & DRAGONS: BOOK 2,
by Britney Jackson.

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · Aug 24

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Sapphic Support Fundraiser for Aya's Family

Silent auction 'Sapphic Support Fundraiser for Aya's Family' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · Aug 24

Today is the final day of the fundraiser for Aya and her family from Gaza.

I’ve donated a signed edition of Goddess of the Sea and an audiobook. So, you can bid on those or plenty of other sapphic books and bookish things. 💙

You can find the link to the auction below. It ends at 5 ET.

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · Aug 20

You can find a whole list of books with nerdy sapphics on the IHS website. 🖤

iheartsapphfic.com/2025/08/11/2...

#sapphicbooks

Nerdy / Geeky

We have so many sapphic books to recommend for the reading challenge this week. Find lots of books on sale, too!

iheartsapphfic.com

Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · Aug 20

The nerdiest of vampires, Rose Foster, was in the spotlight this past week (despite her efforts to avoid those).

This last week was Nerdy/Geeky Week on I Heart SapphFic, and The Assassins of Light was one of the featured books. 🖤

Image: Rainbow flag and rainbow background with books, tea, and butterflies, and the cover of The Assassins of Light (Creatures of Darkness: Book 3) by Britney Jackson.

Text: The Assassins of Light. Nerdy/Geeky. I HEART SapphFIC 2025 SAPPHIC READING CHALLENGE.

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I Heart SapphFic @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social · Aug 12

It's Nerdy /Geeky Week on IHS!
Check out our recommendations for week #32 of the reading challenge, including 10 books on sale, right here: shorturl.at/IUcQE

And enter to win this week's giveaway by going here: shorturl.at/ny74t

#sapphic #lesfic #booksonsale #sapphicbooks #sapphicbookstagram

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · Aug 16

PTSD and psychically-linked dragons aren’t always the best combination. 🐉

For the #lesficfri theme, “sleep.”

I’m still not at my best (and might still get sent to the hospital later), BUT…I managed to do our Friday snippet. I’m taking that as a good sign. 🖤

Excerpt on purple dragon scale background with a purple dragon separating the text:

“I am needed.”

Nymeth’s sudden, thundering voice startled Emilia so much that she nearly tumbled right off the side of her cot.

If the ancient dragon had phrased that like a question, Emilia might’ve had some hope of falling back to sleep before sunrise, but she hadn't.

Nymeth had phrased it like an observation.

That she was *already* acting upon.

—
from GODDESS OF THE SEA,
LESBIANS, PIRATES, & DRAGONS: BOOK 2,
by Britney Jackson.

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · Jul 27

I wish homophobia no longer bothered me. I wish it wasn’t so easy for certain people to make me feel like this.

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Britney Jackson 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🏴‍☠️ @britneyjackson.com · Jul 21

Safe travels to all of the GCLS folks. Thank you for an incredible week! I’m missing y’all already. 💙

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