C.L. McCartney
@chrismccartney.bsky.social
(he/him) Writes things and edits things. Mostly SFF, mostly queer. Managing Director and Co-Founder of @BonaBooks.bsky.social
Queer, nerd, lefty. Views my own.
Queer, nerd, lefty. Views my own.
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I Want That Twink Obliterated! - Paperback (Pre-Order late 2024) — Bona Books
The twinks are among us. Loving, lying, sashaying, betraying. Storming the tower of Belzarian, wandering the eldritch streets of Shoggothtown, and seizing power on Bavarrón Eleven. Since the dawn of t...
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Well hello there, new followers 👀
For my intro and shameless plug: I'm a gay writer, editor and publisher, and my recent anthology of outrageously queer, pulp, science fiction and fantasy is now officially on its second printing! 🥰🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.bona-books.com/shop/p/produ...
For my intro and shameless plug: I'm a gay writer, editor and publisher, and my recent anthology of outrageously queer, pulp, science fiction and fantasy is now officially on its second printing! 🥰🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.bona-books.com/shop/p/produ...
Must try harder.
@chrismccartney.bsky.social has swears! They've used 45 profanities in their last 422 posts.
🥇 "fucking" (9 times)
🥈 "fuck" (7 times)
🥉 "hell" (5 times)
🥇 "fucking" (9 times)
🥈 "fuck" (7 times)
🥉 "hell" (5 times)
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Must try harder.
December 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Not a certain author headlining a lit fest in Dubai. Because obviously she really needs the exposure at this point in her career. 🙄
December 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Not a certain author headlining a lit fest in Dubai. Because obviously she really needs the exposure at this point in her career. 🙄
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Heyo! If you have already sub'd to Fantabulosa! and have not hears back, we are working on slush. Its just taking us a bit longer than planned to get our magazine slush process up and running on the new magazine with the new software.
Thank you for bearing with us! 💙
Thank you for bearing with us! 💙
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Heyo! If you have already sub'd to Fantabulosa! and have not hears back, we are working on slush. Its just taking us a bit longer than planned to get our magazine slush process up and running on the new magazine with the new software.
Thank you for bearing with us! 💙
Thank you for bearing with us! 💙
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Three days left on the general submision window for the debut issue of FANTABULOSA! A new magazine of queer scifi and fantasy!
(Trans and BIPOC authors have until 15 Dec!)
Send us your queerest SFF! 🧙♂️🚀🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️👽🔮
6000 word limit
$0.08/word USD
More details: www.bona-books.com/submissions
(Trans and BIPOC authors have until 15 Dec!)
Send us your queerest SFF! 🧙♂️🚀🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️👽🔮
6000 word limit
$0.08/word USD
More details: www.bona-books.com/submissions
Submissions — Bona Books
www.bona-books.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Three days left on the general submision window for the debut issue of FANTABULOSA! A new magazine of queer scifi and fantasy!
(Trans and BIPOC authors have until 15 Dec!)
Send us your queerest SFF! 🧙♂️🚀🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️👽🔮
6000 word limit
$0.08/word USD
More details: www.bona-books.com/submissions
(Trans and BIPOC authors have until 15 Dec!)
Send us your queerest SFF! 🧙♂️🚀🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️👽🔮
6000 word limit
$0.08/word USD
More details: www.bona-books.com/submissions
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I love Grant Morrison
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I love Grant Morrison
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Replies have a GREAT list of recommendations that I *imagine* people following me might be interested in and/or be able to contribute to.
I am on a book hunt for
well written sex scenes between two men
written by a man
but I am coming up with the same 5 books I've already read, and tomb dust. how is this possible. (and no, I don't need a romance, I need devastating smut)
well written sex scenes between two men
written by a man
but I am coming up with the same 5 books I've already read, and tomb dust. how is this possible. (and no, I don't need a romance, I need devastating smut)
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Replies have a GREAT list of recommendations that I *imagine* people following me might be interested in and/or be able to contribute to.
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part 1 of please please don't ask me that of analysing themes of disability and disabled identity in gregory house in our very own hate crimes MD
house md essay! it's here! it's long! it's literally just one episode! wuh-oh!
johannestevans.co.uk/2025/11/20/g...
house md essay! it's here! it's long! it's literally just one episode! wuh-oh!
johannestevans.co.uk/2025/11/20/g...
Gregory House, Disabled Bastard, in House MD Season 1
Starting with E1: Everybody Lies. Analysing House MD S1’s approach to disability and ableism within its narrative. House MD is one of the most shows ever made, and I love it, I think it’s great, I…
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November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
part 1 of please please don't ask me that of analysing themes of disability and disabled identity in gregory house in our very own hate crimes MD
house md essay! it's here! it's long! it's literally just one episode! wuh-oh!
johannestevans.co.uk/2025/11/20/g...
house md essay! it's here! it's long! it's literally just one episode! wuh-oh!
johannestevans.co.uk/2025/11/20/g...
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Twink obliteration - pairs brilliantly with coffee, a crisp sauvignon blanc, or schadenfreude.
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Twink obliteration - pairs brilliantly with coffee, a crisp sauvignon blanc, or schadenfreude.
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👇 🧱 🤘
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
👇 🧱 🤘
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THIS SATURDAY.
The Cymera Writers' Conference is a fucking brilliant event, and the writer folks amongst you should absolutely consider going, even if it's not to listen to Chris & Trip.
...although you SHOULD listen to Chris & Trip. Cause they're great. 💙
The Cymera Writers' Conference is a fucking brilliant event, and the writer folks amongst you should absolutely consider going, even if it's not to listen to Chris & Trip.
...although you SHOULD listen to Chris & Trip. Cause they're great. 💙
We'll be chatting with indie publisher Bona Books about their journey from reader/writer to setting up a publishing house.
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
THIS SATURDAY.
The Cymera Writers' Conference is a fucking brilliant event, and the writer folks amongst you should absolutely consider going, even if it's not to listen to Chris & Trip.
...although you SHOULD listen to Chris & Trip. Cause they're great. 💙
The Cymera Writers' Conference is a fucking brilliant event, and the writer folks amongst you should absolutely consider going, even if it's not to listen to Chris & Trip.
...although you SHOULD listen to Chris & Trip. Cause they're great. 💙
Ok, someone gimme a post-collapse coming-of-age story about a young train nerd who realises his time has come.
Love interest/rival works on a canal.
Love interest/rival works on a canal.
I mean, we also have electrified railways (40%), and over 800 preserved steam locomotives that run on coal, and an army of people who'd be happy to put them into service again! 😅
I mean, we're trying to get to this "apocalyptic" post-oil future anyway, aren't we? No Mad Max here...
I mean, we're trying to get to this "apocalyptic" post-oil future anyway, aren't we? No Mad Max here...
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Ok, someone gimme a post-collapse coming-of-age story about a young train nerd who realises his time has come.
Love interest/rival works on a canal.
Love interest/rival works on a canal.
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When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
There's a live action omegaverse Thai BL series.
Oh lord. 🤣🤣🤣
Oh lord. 🤣🤣🤣
a man wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket is talking about scientists .
ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket is talking about scientists .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
There's a live action omegaverse Thai BL series.
Oh lord. 🤣🤣🤣
Oh lord. 🤣🤣🤣
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First: queer books.
Next: 100 YEARS OF QUEER HEGEMONY!
Next: 100 YEARS OF QUEER HEGEMONY!
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
First: queer books.
Next: 100 YEARS OF QUEER HEGEMONY!
Next: 100 YEARS OF QUEER HEGEMONY!
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And yet the current government seems to see economic salvation lies in LLM-based so-called AI (statistical best-guess vending machines) whose main selling point is enabling companies to do away with the entry level posts where employees used to learn how a business works and the skills to progress.
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
And yet the current government seems to see economic salvation lies in LLM-based so-called AI (statistical best-guess vending machines) whose main selling point is enabling companies to do away with the entry level posts where employees used to learn how a business works and the skills to progress.
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fellas is it maximum alpha to be crammed into a wooden horse with fifty other sweaty guys at 1.25x speed
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
fellas is it maximum alpha to be crammed into a wooden horse with fifty other sweaty guys at 1.25x speed
Ooh, @trip.bsky.social and I will be talking to Cymera's Writers' Conference about Bona Books and accidentally becoming award-nominated publishers.
We're aiming for thoughtful reflection and insight. Actual contents may vary.
We're aiming for thoughtful reflection and insight. Actual contents may vary.
We'll be chatting with indie publisher Bona Books about their journey from reader/writer to setting up a publishing house.
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Ooh, @trip.bsky.social and I will be talking to Cymera's Writers' Conference about Bona Books and accidentally becoming award-nominated publishers.
We're aiming for thoughtful reflection and insight. Actual contents may vary.
We're aiming for thoughtful reflection and insight. Actual contents may vary.
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We'll be chatting with indie publisher Bona Books about their journey from reader/writer to setting up a publishing house.
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Happy Walking Circulatory System Day to all who celebrate!
On this day, Dr. Manhatten first reappears after his atomized destruction in a lab accident. Happy November 10th to all who observe.
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Happy Walking Circulatory System Day to all who celebrate!
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In addition, it is extremely libertarian to confuse values for rules.
So first off someone update these people about what "punk" means in this context, but second I beg you to understand that people doing these things around old school punks would quickly experience what can only be called a very sharp reminder of the fragility of the human occipital bone
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
In addition, it is extremely libertarian to confuse values for rules.
What's that? I'm sitting down with a cup of tea, a story draft and a stack of feedback I received at @milfordsff.bsky.social last year? 🥰
(Yes, slow - I blame running a small press, lol.)
(Yes, slow - I blame running a small press, lol.)
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
What's that? I'm sitting down with a cup of tea, a story draft and a stack of feedback I received at @milfordsff.bsky.social last year? 🥰
(Yes, slow - I blame running a small press, lol.)
(Yes, slow - I blame running a small press, lol.)
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A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY is getting a LIMITED EDITION *beautifully* blinged-out HARDCOVER print run!
Only 1000 will be sold! £35 PreOrders LIVE
So if queer boys fighting systemic oppression with fey magic and contractual loopholes is your thing, check out...
litpinsandco.com/products/a-m...
Only 1000 will be sold! £35 PreOrders LIVE
So if queer boys fighting systemic oppression with fey magic and contractual loopholes is your thing, check out...
litpinsandco.com/products/a-m...
A Market of Dreams and Destiny Signed Special Edition - PREORDER
The Untermarkt is calling you, now join Deri and his adventure in LitPins&Co's special edition of A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey!
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November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY is getting a LIMITED EDITION *beautifully* blinged-out HARDCOVER print run!
Only 1000 will be sold! £35 PreOrders LIVE
So if queer boys fighting systemic oppression with fey magic and contractual loopholes is your thing, check out...
litpinsandco.com/products/a-m...
Only 1000 will be sold! £35 PreOrders LIVE
So if queer boys fighting systemic oppression with fey magic and contractual loopholes is your thing, check out...
litpinsandco.com/products/a-m...