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Megaera Lorenz

@megaeralwrites.bsky.social

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Egyptologist and author. She/they. Authors Against Book Bans Illinois Chapter Leader. Debut novel THE SHABTI (2024) available now wherever books are sold.

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Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · Nov 18

Sooo many new folks, I guess it’s time to share this again. Hello!

Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · Sep 12

Hi, new skootuals! I’m an Egyptologist by training, writer by vocation. I probably talk about my debut novel too much. Giant nerd about Egyptology, 1930s American pop culture, & the history of spiritualism. Will happily talk your ear off about PG Wodehouse, Cab Calloway, or Gef the Talking Mongoose.

Picture of me sitting at a table in a B&N with some copies of The Shabti in front of me.

Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 12h

Yoooo free shipping today on Bookshop.org! If you’ve been waiting for your sign to get the paperback of The Shabti, this is it!

The Shabti

Check out The Shabti - Can you flimflam a ghost? It’s 1934. Former medium Dashiel Quicke travels the country debunking spiritualism and false mediums while struggling to stay ahead of...

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Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 12h

We’ve all been asking why the media isn’t covering more of what’s happening in Chicago. It didn’t occur to me that a lot of them just plain *don’t know*.

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Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 13h

I got my first book deal because I participated in a pitching contest on the website formerly known as Twitter.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 15h

...oops?

All Of Us Murderers flyer with book cover. tex says: Readers Say, followed by quotes: All Of Us Murderers is why I am sleep deprived at work today.

Kept me up until 2am on a
work night!

I read this in one sitting and stayed up until 3am because
I couldn't put it down.

I was only going to read a chapter before bed and then I blinked and it was 8am.

end tagline reads: Out Now. sorry about that.

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Merlina Garance @merlinagarance.bsky.social · 18h

A grimy bookshop is no place for love. Niall is here for a deep cleaning job, so he represses his attraction for the broody owner. His life is complicated enough. However, forgetting a cute guy when Kris opens up and won't stop cooking for him, is easier said than done.

#Dvpit #LGBT #A #OWN #CR

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MariEsposeets @mariesposeets.bsky.social · 2d

Summon more wizard frogs! Armies of wizard frogs! Any excuse to draw more wizard frogs.

First pic: watercolor and pen illustration of three wizard frogs: an Argentine horned frog, a desert rain frog, and a toad, armed with their wizard staffs. Desert rain frog wizard: Back! Back to the shadows, foul creatures!

Second pic: rl Portland wizard frog standing up to cowardly ice creeps.

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 1d

I'm not saying I've got Lists of Queer Adult SFF for Bookshop's free shipping days, but
bookshop.org/shop/queerad...

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Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Check out more of Beelz’s art here: beelzeebub.tumblr.com

Commissions open!

Beelz, they/them, 18+

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Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 1d

EEEEE look at this art of Hermann and Horatio (plus a hint of supernatural menace) that I commissioned from Beelzeebub/beelzafterdark on Instagram 🤩🤩🤩 Could he look any more quintessentially Hermannish? (Also, this is ostensibly a “sketch” with a “simple background” but the detail? The linework?!!!)

Black and white line drawing of Hermann Goschalk from The Shabti by Beelzeebub, aka Beelzafterdark. Hermann stands in his office holding some sheets of paper, looking worriedly at a shadowy, menacing ghostly entity floating into the room at top left. Hermann’s cat Horatio sits behind him on a desk, also looking up at the ghost. There’s a bookcase behind Hermann and several Egyptian artifacts, including some shabti figurines and a false door. There’s a briefcase on the floor by his feet. Hermann is a short, slightly plump man in his 50s, dressed in 1930s attire, with thick, wavy hair and small eyeglasses.

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Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 1d

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 1d

Today's queer indie Skeletal Season rec is The Shabti, by @megaeralwrites.bsky.social. M/M historical fantasy/horror. The horror is light enough that I think even people who don't typically like horror can read this and be fine, but of course your mileage may vary.

Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 2d

a cartoon monkey in a pirate hat is playing drums and a guitar .

Alt: Gif of a deeply put-upon claymation monkey in a pirate hat doing a rimshot.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 2d

I know I share this a lot, but I keep having to remind myself of this, even though I drew this very comic.

Art might not save the world, but it'll certainly make it a more pleasant place to live.

John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · Nov 8

create

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bonus comics:
patreon.com/nhoj

4 panel comic

P1: a right hand draws a wavy stroke on a sketchbook page. A caption box up top reads "draw"

P2: the word "CREATE" dominates a panel with a black background, forming in the negative space. Various small shapes surround it.

P3: a lone simplified humanoid figure is on the bottom right of a another panel with a black background. A thought bubble forms above their head, the words "if not for others, then at least for yourself" within.

P4: The Earth dominates the bottom of the panel, with a sliver of space above it. Clouds swirl and boil across the Earth, which is the only element on the entire page coloured a pink-red. A caption box above reads "now, more than ever"

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 2d

like!!! we KNOW that it is a small number of weirdos with outsized influence who want to ban books, but it's always nice to get a confirmation

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Not a religious person, but I pray to whatever beings are listening that this judge stays safe and kicks this administration right in the posse comititties

Ashley Renee (@ash.renee411) on Threads

🚨 BREAKING: Federal Judge Sara L. Ellis has scheduled an emergency hearing for 2:30 p.m. CT today on a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) in Chicago Headline Club v. Noem et al., a sweepin...

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Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Here is my (I think) final Banned Books Week guide post for today! Women & Children First is presenting a reading of Ban the Bans tonight in partnership with @writersforda.bsky.social. Stop by and stay for a Q&A w/the readers! RSVP @ womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/2025-1... @authorsabb.bsky.social

Graphic for a Banned Books Week event: "Authors Against Book Illinois Banned Books Week Event Guide! Event name: Ban the Bans (play reading). Location: Women & Children First Bookstore. This event will be held on: 6th October, 2025, 6:15-7pmpm. Address: 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60640"

Event details: "We're excited to welcome our friends at Writers for Democratic Action for a reading of "Ban the Bans," a new one act play that dramatizes the American refusal to accept state forbidden expression and thought.

Our featured readers for the evening will be:

Rachel DeWoskin

Frances de Pontes Peebles

Gabrielle Lyon

Zayd Dohrn

This event will include a brief (20-minute) reading followed by an audience Q&A. Join us!" Free event. Please RSVP.

Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Gurnee's Warren-Newport Public Library has several Banned Books Week events, but they're kicking off with today's blackout poetry take 'n' make activity. Materials available all day at the Information Desk. @authorsabb.bsky.social

Graphic for a Banned Books Week event: "Authors Against Book Illinois Banned Books Week Event Guide! Event name: Banned Books Blackout Poetry. Location: Warren-Newport Public Library. This event will be held on: 6th October, 2025, All Day. Address: Information Desk, 224 O'Plaine Rd., Gurnee, IL 60031."

Event details: "Stop by the Information Desk to pick up your own Banned Books Blackout Poetry kit. Create your own unique poems using existing text on pages taken from various banned or challenged books!" Free event. No registration required.

Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Here's another Chicago event that's happening pretty much now--a performance by @citylittheater.bsky.social featuring excerpts from banned books. There will be multiple performances this week. See a full schedule + reading list here: www.citylit.org/books-on-the... @authorsabb.bsky.social

Graphic for a Banned Books Week event: "Authors Against Book Illinois Banned Books Week Event Guide! Event name: Books on the Chopping Block. Location: DePaul Theatre School. This event will be held on: 6th October, 2025, 11:30am-1:30pm. Address: DePaul Theatre School Lobby, 2350 N. Racine Ave., Chicago, IL 60614"

Event details: "Books on the Chopping Block is our annual 60-minute performance of dramatic readings of short excerpts taken from [banned] books. City Lit has teamed up with the ALA in celebration of Banned Books Week since 2006, performing at special events, libraries and bookstores in and around Chicago... and virtually this year." Free event. No registration required.

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Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 2d

I'm back with more Banned Books Week events! This one is happening TODAY at Woodson Regional Library in Chicago. Stop by from 4-5pm for a teen-friendly evening of freedom-to-read-themed crafts. @authorsabb.bsky.social

Graphic for a Banned Books Week event: "Authors Against Book Illinois Banned Books Week Event Guide! Event name: Banned Books Week: Makers Choice. Location: Woodson Regional Library. This event will be held on: 6th October, 2025, 4-5pm. Address: YOUmedia Room, 9525 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60628."

Event details: "You've got to fight for your right to read! Join us as we celebrate Banned Books Week by creating vision boards, bookmarks, buttons and paint, all in the name of fighting censorship." Event for teens. No registration required.

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Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think they have an active account over here, but I figured this would be a good place to boost the signal. Beelzeebub, of Goncharov fame, is facing hard times. They are currently open for emergency commissions!

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💬 0 🔁 22 ❤️ 15 · EMERGENCY SKETCH COMMISSIONS - I got kicked out of my apartment ☹️ · Hi everyone! I hate to post this, but I just got kicked out of my apartment and need to cover short-term acco…

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Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Aaaa I hope you enjoy it!

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Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you! 😊

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

It's a lovely morning on the internet and you are a horrible queer!

Drop your links to queer books! Yours, someone else's, tradpub, indie, share ALL THE QUEER BOOKS to make a fash shit themselves.

Go!!!

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Megaera Lorenz @megaeralwrites.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote The Shabti, a spooky supernatural thriller/historical fantasy about a cynical phony medium and a sweet Egyptologist falling in love while they solve the mystery of a haunted artifact! If you crave tender middle-aged MM romance set in Depression-era America w/angry ghosts, check it out:

Goodreads

Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.

www.goodreads.com

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 4d

The Reanimator Mysteries is a 4 book series featuring an autistic necromancer and his undead crush (who he accidentally reanimated, sorry not sorry) solving crimes in 1890s NYC
If you like Pushing Daisies and Sleepy Hollow but wish they were queer, then this series is for you
Books2read.com/trm1

The Reanimator's heart available in ebook, audio, and paperback, nm romance, food tour of 1890s NYC, forced proximity, a lavender marriage, murder magic and mysteries, everybody's queer, an autistic necromancer, unbury your gays

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deeg 🤍 @deegoo.bsky.social · 5d

Pyaari is so decent 🥺

Two drawings and two small photos of the cat, Pyaari. The drawing on the left is wearing a blue dupatta. The drawing on the right is in a gold sari with a dupatta on the head.

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