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Lizzie Blackwood

@lizzieblackwood.bsky.social

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SFFH/Romance writer, occasional artsy craftsy person, and certified bog witch. Queerer every year. She/her. Website: lizzieblackwood.com Mastodon: https://wandering.shop/@lizzie_blackwood Profile pic by @roricomics.bsky.social Banner photo by me

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · Dec 5

For any new folks:

Hello! I'm Lizzie Blackwood, writer of queer romantic speculative fiction, mother of cats, cultivator of native plants. I support trans rights. AI users get blocked.

Current WIP in edits is a slow burn alien/human romance. Fellow demisexual monsterlovers, I've got you covered! 💕

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 3h

So cute! 😍🧣🐝

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 13h

get a COIN

get some PRINT MAGS

JOIN THE DEAD

okay not that last but you get a COIN 😇

The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 13h

things you can do to help a skeleton crew out:

support our fundraiser: psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

join our patreon: www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...

spread the word 🖤💀🙏🙏🙏

Coins for the Ferryman: Fundraiser For 2026 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Another October has arrived, crispy around the edges with a coolness that sinks into your bones. One season folds into another we rarely see, the ground

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 10h

This sounds DELIGHTFUL, best of luck! 🤞💜

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 12h

We’ve yelled about our Kickstarter a lot, so we wanted to take a breath and say thank you.

You funded Year 1 in 4 hours, Year 2 in 4 days. The emotions our team is feeling are SO strong. We’ve cried several times—and it’s only week 2! Thank you 💜

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!

A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

www.kickstarter.com

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 11h

THIS STORY IS SO HECKIN' COOL, it NEEDS to get repped and published! 🤩

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Anita Harris Satkunananthan @mythopoetica.bsky.social · 12h

Oh hey, it's #WorldOctopusDay? 😉 🐙

This is what I call my nearly-hard desi SF meets cephalopod-love short story. It got an honorable mention in Gardner Dozois's last Year's Best anthology.

CW for somewhat spicy and norty scenes; bigotry and prejudice.

clarkesworldmagazine.com/harris_08_17

Reversion by Nin Harris

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Kelly Turnbull @coelasquid.bsky.social · Aug 31

Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑

Frustrated little dude gripping a pencil saying “how do I pack this down into something I can actually share?” While swirling rainbows labeled “INFINITE POTENTIAL” float around them.

Little dude frowns at a tiny grey box, exclaiming “all that work for THIS?!”

Little dude shoves the grey box into another little guy’s hands; Frowning, stomping off, and saying “Here you go, I made this, it sucks.”

Second little dude cracks open the box, swirling rainbows project out onto their face.

Second little dude stares in awe at all the swirling rainbows now floating around them.

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 14h

Submissions are open for one more week. Speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Please read the guidelines! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Submissions

Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

translunartravelerslounge.com

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 13h

I'm so excited for this, it sounds so good!

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 1d

hades gals 💀🌸

fanart of Melinoe from Hades 2, wearing a modern outfit (dark jeans, orange top), she has a big tattoo on her right arm, and is about to tie her hair with a hair band (is this how it's called in english ?)
her eyes are closed, she has nice arm muscles and looks extremely lesbian

fanart of Nemesis from Hades 2, wearing a modern outfit (red jeans, black crop top with the Hades sigil as a pattern on it), moon shaped necklace, tattoos on her left arm and pecs, as she's about to tie her hair using a green hairband, her eyes closed
(green light on her right side cause she's standing next to Melinoe's glowing arm, off camera)

fanart of Eris, from Hades 2, she's sitting, right leg with her knee bent, in front of her
right hand on her right foot, left hand on her face, framing her left eye between two fingers
she's wearing big sneakers, micro shorts, some sort of sweater with stripes showing her shoulders
she has apple tree branch tattoos on her thigh and left shoulder

fanart of Medea from Hades 2, but wearing modern clothes (tiny leather shorts with double belt, red/purple leather crop top), a nose ring, necklaces, also big tattoo covering the entire left arm (a snake, a moon crescent, flowers and leaves)
She's sitting, resting on her left hand, her right hand next to her face, conjuring some plague magic that bathes her in green light

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 13h

I can vouch that if you're looking for hard sci-fi that's ideologically complex and thoughtfully rendered, you've come to the right place! This book abounds with fascinating tech and philosophical quandaries with a tense and compelling plot.

Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 13h

If you're a fan of well-researched and evocatively rendered historical fiction with sensual prose laced with emotion, you need this book!

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 1d

Happy book birthday to A Mouthful of Dust, standalone novella in the Singing Hlls Cycle, out today!

This time, Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant the hoopoe memory spirit are investigating the town of Baolin, famous for its pork recipe and its famine.

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

A Mouthful of Dust

Hunger makes monsters in this dark new tale in Nghi Vo's Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle."Nghi Vo is so good."―NPR on The Brides of High HillWanderi...

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 13h

Remember, if you're supporting folks today for DVpit, DO NOT like or repost. Comment or quote repost instead (like this!)

Good luck to everyone pitching today!

#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 15h

#DVpit 2025 has officially begun!
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co

#DVPit Rules
-#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors
-Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025
between 8AM ET - 8PM ET
-Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project)
-Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio.
-Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag)
-A like from an agent = a query request
-A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent
-A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions
-Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or
quote-reposting their pitches
-Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 1d

Ohohoho free shipping (free?!!) from @bookshop.org on Oct 7 and 8! Two very fine days to pick up, perhaps, books written by a huge bug?

bookshop.org/shop/premeem...

Premee Mohamed Bookshop

Premee Mohamed is a Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award-winning Indo-Caribbean scientist and speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta. She has also been a finalist for the Hug...

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 1d

The new blog post is here.

And we're talking about my new favorite sci-fi trope: Gay Robot Romances!

Seriously, if you have any more recs, PLEASE let me know.

#bookblog #booksky

Gay Robots in Love

Fictional creatures have always been used as allegories for queer romance. It’s long been speculated that original tale of “The Little Mermaid” was inspired by the depression it&#…

margaretadelle.wordpress.com

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! My lease starts Nov. 1st, though the move process is going to take a few weeks.

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 1d

It's in the bylaws and everything! :)

Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 2d

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

AABB Author Sign-Up Form

Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 2d

As always, today is a good day to support artists, writers, creators. If you have the means, maybe consider signing up for a Patreon. Buy a book, a game, a painting. Commission a new piece. Tell a creator what they mean to you. Signal boost their work.

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 2d

it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser 💀

buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us

we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon!

please like + RT this to help spread the word

psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

behold!

Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.”

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! It's the biggest move I'll have ever made, so it's daunting, but fingers crossed...

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 1d

Big robot fights! 🤩

Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 1d

It's a great time to reconnect with nature. Hopefully it helps you get that momentary reprieve from the existential rage. 🧡🍂

Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 1d

Good luck! I hope the new approach works out well for you. 🤞

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 2d

I keep forgetting you make cool jewelry! I'm really excited to see how the site comes together. Good luck with everything!

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