Jeffrey Ricker (he/him)
@jeffreyricker.bsky.social
#Queer writer of #YA and speculative fiction. Expect lots of Star Trek references. Failing to meet the demands of capitalism since 1969. Can I pet your dog? https://linktr.ee/rickerje and https://ko-fi.com/jeffreyricker
If you’re not familiar with @nathanburgoine.bsky.social’s writing, this novella is a great place to start. Found family, queer joy, and romance. You really can’t go wrong. #BookSky
Hey #BookSky — if you’re looking for some novellas for your end-of-year goal, and you’re also feeling the mood now the snow is flying (if you’re somewhere like me, anyway), my indie stories are all available in #KoboPlus, which includes "Handmade Holidays" (gay romance holiday novella).
Handmade Holidays ebook by 'Nathan Burgoine - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Handmade Holidays" by 'Nathan Burgoine available from Rakuten Kobo. At nineteen, Nick is alone for the holidays and facing reality: this is how it will be from now on. Refusing to give up ...
www.kobo.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
If you’re not familiar with @nathanburgoine.bsky.social’s writing, this novella is a great place to start. Found family, queer joy, and romance. You really can’t go wrong. #BookSky
Beyond supporting an author’s work (and yes, it absolutely helps with that), a review can also provide—speaking for myself here—a much needed encouragement to keep doing what I'm doing.
Okay, because I need to try and re-spark some writing community joy after… *gestures at everything* how about a revisit on a way you can absolutely support authors you love for zero dollars: by dropping a low-stress, three-sentence review somewhere.
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Beyond supporting an author’s work (and yes, it absolutely helps with that), a review can also provide—speaking for myself here—a much needed encouragement to keep doing what I'm doing.
Why are you so weird, boy?
Charlie, are you queer, boy?
When I make a play, you’re pushing me away
Charlie, are you queer?
Charlie, are you queer, boy?
When I make a play, you’re pushing me away
Charlie, are you queer?
And after you kissed me, Charlie Brown, I always used to wipe my mouth
Dump her in Red Hook, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Why are you so weird, boy?
Charlie, are you queer, boy?
When I make a play, you’re pushing me away
Charlie, are you queer?
Charlie, are you queer, boy?
When I make a play, you’re pushing me away
Charlie, are you queer?
New queer holiday romances! Tell us about ’em.
Officially asking now for author folks (and reader folks) to tell me about the new queer holiday romances coming out this year—I don’t know why I’m having trouble finding them this year, but I am.
Drop 'em here, please.
(Bonus if low-angst; also happy for sapphic—this is not just a dude zone).
Drop 'em here, please.
(Bonus if low-angst; also happy for sapphic—this is not just a dude zone).
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New queer holiday romances! Tell us about ’em.
Power has been restored.
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Power has been restored.
Some difficult truths about how hard it is to create and publish in this day and age. If you have the ability, consider supporting @psychopomp.com's Patreon. If not, spread the word and help keep The Deadlands going.
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
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thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Some difficult truths about how hard it is to create and publish in this day and age. If you have the ability, consider supporting @psychopomp.com's Patreon. If not, spread the word and help keep The Deadlands going.
“Honey, we need to move to Canada.”
Is anyone thirsty?💦 Here’s a sneak peek from the season premiere of #HeatedRivalry. Don’t miss the two-episode premiere Nov 28 on Crave. 🇨🇦: @cravecanada 🇺🇸: @HBO Max 🇦🇺: @HBO Max Australia 🇳🇿:...
TikTok video by Heated Rivalry Crave
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November 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“Honey, we need to move to Canada.”
Reposted by Jeffrey Ricker (he/him)
PLEASE tell every author you know about this!
Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
Predatory Opt-Out Scheme ClaimsHero Targets Anthropic Settlement Participants: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
In recent weeks, a third-party law firm, ClaimsHero, has launched an aggressive online campaign urging authors to opt out of the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement. ClaimsHero—which has no litiga...
authorsguild.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
PLEASE tell every author you know about this!
If you like a multiverse love story, have I got a recommendation for you.
New SFF story by @dracopoullos.bsky.social !!
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but..."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/love...
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but..."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/love...
Love Story in Colored Glass - Uncharted
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but all she can focus on is the spike of ten...
www.unchartedmag.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
If you like a multiverse love story, have I got a recommendation for you.
Wait, what?
a woman wearing a blue sweater and a necklace with the name jen on it
Alt: Rachel Berry, I have no idea what’s going on either. (Animated GIF shows Lea Michele from Glee looking very perplexed.)
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Wait, what?
Reposted by Jeffrey Ricker (he/him)
Yeah, this week's It's Storytime, Swarm X1048 - Ethological Field Report: Canis Lupus Familiaris, '6'" by F.E. Choe, is a beautiful story that sneaks up, quietly slips its hand around your heart, and squeezes it until you think it's going to break.
I love that so many listeners love it, too.
I love that so many listeners love it, too.
Breaking: 50-something man an emotional wreck on a Friday morning due to @wilwheaton.net’s latest Storytime - wilwheaton.net/podcast/
(But seriously, Wil, thank you!!!)
(But seriously, Wil, thank you!!!)
It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton
You may recognize Wil Wheaton’s name from his acting work in television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, or 1985’s timeless classic, Stand B…
wilwheaton.net
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yeah, this week's It's Storytime, Swarm X1048 - Ethological Field Report: Canis Lupus Familiaris, '6'" by F.E. Choe, is a beautiful story that sneaks up, quietly slips its hand around your heart, and squeezes it until you think it's going to break.
I love that so many listeners love it, too.
I love that so many listeners love it, too.
Reposted by Jeffrey Ricker (he/him)
Bad news: I retired the Mount Rose Teen Princess® Perfume Annal™.
Good news: I converted the Google Sheet into a website. scentedatlas.com
Support independent and artisan perfumers as you smell the entire world. #perfumesky
Good news: I converted the Google Sheet into a website. scentedatlas.com
Support independent and artisan perfumers as you smell the entire world. #perfumesky
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Bad news: I retired the Mount Rose Teen Princess® Perfume Annal™.
Good news: I converted the Google Sheet into a website. scentedatlas.com
Support independent and artisan perfumers as you smell the entire world. #perfumesky
Good news: I converted the Google Sheet into a website. scentedatlas.com
Support independent and artisan perfumers as you smell the entire world. #perfumesky
A Room with A View
Say Anything
Moonstruck
Star Trek IV: The One with the Whales
Wow, this was difficult. I almost forgot Moonstruck was an ’80s film. Also, I debated between Star Trek II or IV. And it pained me to leave out The Empire Strikes Back, Working Girl, many others. (Steel Magnolias!)
Say Anything
Moonstruck
Star Trek IV: The One with the Whales
Wow, this was difficult. I almost forgot Moonstruck was an ’80s film. Also, I debated between Star Trek II or IV. And it pained me to leave out The Empire Strikes Back, Working Girl, many others. (Steel Magnolias!)
Name your top 4 80s films.
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A Room with A View
Say Anything
Moonstruck
Star Trek IV: The One with the Whales
Wow, this was difficult. I almost forgot Moonstruck was an ’80s film. Also, I debated between Star Trek II or IV. And it pained me to leave out The Empire Strikes Back, Working Girl, many others. (Steel Magnolias!)
Say Anything
Moonstruck
Star Trek IV: The One with the Whales
Wow, this was difficult. I almost forgot Moonstruck was an ’80s film. Also, I debated between Star Trek II or IV. And it pained me to leave out The Empire Strikes Back, Working Girl, many others. (Steel Magnolias!)
I missed last night’s #WeeknightWriters chat for not-fun reasons I won’t go into, but the topic, writer’s block, is one that’s near and dear* to me. @nathanburgoine.bsky.social's thread in response offers a number of good insights.
*By which I mean “I fucking hate it.”
*By which I mean “I fucking hate it.”
The thread from quite a while back, and—again—I totally believe it’s well meaning. I do. Still really, really makes me twitch every time.
#WeeknightWriters
#WeeknightWriters
Every time I hear someone—most of the time a well-meaning someone—say, "I don’t believe in writer’s block," I lean hard into the "well-meaning" part, but as someone who does, absolutely, run into what most of us mean by "writer’s block" on the regular, it can be hard not to just flip the bird.
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I missed last night’s #WeeknightWriters chat for not-fun reasons I won’t go into, but the topic, writer’s block, is one that’s near and dear* to me. @nathanburgoine.bsky.social's thread in response offers a number of good insights.
*By which I mean “I fucking hate it.”
*By which I mean “I fucking hate it.”
I haven’t really felt like myself lately, because *flaps hands* reasons. Where Holly Golightly had Tiffany’s to deal with the mean reds, I have books. Specifically, this charming Christmas novella by @nathanburgoine.bsky.social. It was time for a reread. #BookSky
books2read.com/u/3RzMMj
books2read.com/u/3RzMMj
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I haven’t really felt like myself lately, because *flaps hands* reasons. Where Holly Golightly had Tiffany’s to deal with the mean reds, I have books. Specifically, this charming Christmas novella by @nathanburgoine.bsky.social. It was time for a reread. #BookSky
books2read.com/u/3RzMMj
books2read.com/u/3RzMMj
Congratulations, Admiral!
I am honored that our show, Star Trek: Prodigy, is nominated for @theemmys.tv for both Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Multiple Role Voice Performer. I love Janeway and portraying her is a delight, in all her forms.
(1/3)
(1/3)
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Congratulations, Admiral!
This was awesome! And I believe the replay will be available, so please check it out; it was a wonderful conversation.
Two weeks from today, the ASU Worldbuilding Initiative will host "Resistance in Speculative Fiction and Beyond," our final workshop of 2025, with speakers @jennahanchey.bsky.social and Tanvir Akhtar Ahmed! Free and open to the public. Join us in-person in Tempe or on ASU Live!
Resistance in Speculative Fiction and Beyond | ASU Events
In this workshop, our speakers will use speculative thinking, literary criticism, and fiction writing to explore what resistance looks like in both our real world and in the imagined worlds that refle...
asuevents.asu.edu
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This was awesome! And I believe the replay will be available, so please check it out; it was a wonderful conversation.
Reposted by Jeffrey Ricker (he/him)
If you've spent any time in San Francisco's queer arts, poetry, comedy or spoken word scenes, you've DEFINITELY been rocked by Baruch Porras-Hernandez. He also rocked the NY Fringe recently. He is an utterly brilliant performer and curator.
And now he has a Patreon:
www.patreon.com/cw/BaruchPor...
And now he has a Patreon:
www.patreon.com/cw/BaruchPor...
Baruch Porras Hernandez | Patreon
Poetry, Comedy, Illustrations, Performance, Short Stories, Novel
www.patreon.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
If you've spent any time in San Francisco's queer arts, poetry, comedy or spoken word scenes, you've DEFINITELY been rocked by Baruch Porras-Hernandez. He also rocked the NY Fringe recently. He is an utterly brilliant performer and curator.
And now he has a Patreon:
www.patreon.com/cw/BaruchPor...
And now he has a Patreon:
www.patreon.com/cw/BaruchPor...
Reposted by Jeffrey Ricker (he/him)
This is tonight! Please join the ASU Worldbuilding Initiative online or in-person for "Resistance in Speculative Fiction and Beyond"!
Two weeks from today, the ASU Worldbuilding Initiative will host "Resistance in Speculative Fiction and Beyond," our final workshop of 2025, with speakers @jennahanchey.bsky.social and Tanvir Akhtar Ahmed! Free and open to the public. Join us in-person in Tempe or on ASU Live!
Resistance in Speculative Fiction and Beyond | ASU Events
In this workshop, our speakers will use speculative thinking, literary criticism, and fiction writing to explore what resistance looks like in both our real world and in the imagined worlds that refle...
asuevents.asu.edu
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is tonight! Please join the ASU Worldbuilding Initiative online or in-person for "Resistance in Speculative Fiction and Beyond"!
“Tea” was originally published in Foolish Hearts: New Gay Fiction. You can read the rest of it in the free e-book of stories you get when you sign up for my newsletter: jeffrey-ricker.kit.com
You like free, right? Of course you do.
#1LineWed
You like free, right? Of course you do.
#1LineWed
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“Tea” was originally published in Foolish Hearts: New Gay Fiction. You can read the rest of it in the free e-book of stories you get when you sign up for my newsletter: jeffrey-ricker.kit.com
You like free, right? Of course you do.
#1LineWed
You like free, right? Of course you do.
#1LineWed
Reposted by Jeffrey Ricker (he/him)
Hey, since apparently we’re getting ice rain here in #Ottawa today maybe (boo) how about a queer romance where ice rain features prominently in helping two dudes connect (yay)?
Link: books2read.com/u/3RzMMj #BookSky 🏳️🌈📚
Link: books2read.com/u/3RzMMj #BookSky 🏳️🌈📚
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Hey, since apparently we’re getting ice rain here in #Ottawa today maybe (boo) how about a queer romance where ice rain features prominently in helping two dudes connect (yay)?
Link: books2read.com/u/3RzMMj #BookSky 🏳️🌈📚
Link: books2read.com/u/3RzMMj #BookSky 🏳️🌈📚
Following up from my last Star Trek–related skeet, this is from my favorite episode in all of Star Trek.
This is still perhaps my favorite acting moment in all of Star Trek.
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Following up from my last Star Trek–related skeet, this is from my favorite episode in all of Star Trek.
What’s your unpopular Star Trek opinion?
Mine: Best Starfleet captain, right here.
Mine: Best Starfleet captain, right here.
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
What’s your unpopular Star Trek opinion?
Mine: Best Starfleet captain, right here.
Mine: Best Starfleet captain, right here.
Reposted by Jeffrey Ricker (he/him)
One thing’s no joke: funding for the arts across the US has taken a massive hit. That’s why we have partnered with Bay Area queer and trans comedians for a night of laughter and community, all in support of publishing bold queer and trans literature. Get your tickets now! 🔗 tinyurl.com/queer-comedy
November 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
One thing’s no joke: funding for the arts across the US has taken a massive hit. That’s why we have partnered with Bay Area queer and trans comedians for a night of laughter and community, all in support of publishing bold queer and trans literature. Get your tickets now! 🔗 tinyurl.com/queer-comedy