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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 4d

If you can't make the whole weekend at #Gaylaxicon2025, day rates are still available for Saturday and Sunday at gaylaxiconmn.org

Illustration of a cityscape frames the text “DAY RATES AVAILABLE. Saturday, October 4: $50. Sunday, October 5: $25.”

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 5d

There are only a few banquet tickets remaining. 7 pm this evening, dine with and get to know Gaylaxicon's guests of honor!

ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 10d

Dine and mingle with #Gaylaxicon2025 Guests of Honor at our Friday Banquet (October 3). Tickets are $40 for convention members and enter you for a chance to win door prizes. Register at gaylaxiconmn.org

Menu for the Friday Banquet. Starters are Anti-pasta salad: vegan and gluten free; Mixed green salad: vegan and gluten free. Entrées are Butternut squash ravioli: vegetarian; Broiled walleye: gluten free; Wild rice stuffed chicken. Sides are Roasted seasonal vegetables and Yukon gold mashed potatoes: all sides are vegetarian and gluten free. Dessert is the Chef’s selection.

ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 5d

Amanda Meuwissen is the author of the LGBT Fantasy #1 Best Seller, Coming Up for Air. She is a queer author who primarily writes gay fiction and romance.

You can find Amanda in the dealers room and on the panels: Queering the Classics, Advice for Queer Authors, and Universal Studio Monsters.

Amanda Meuwissen @amandameuwissen.bsky.social · 5d

Today marks the first day of the return of Gaylaxicon to the Twin Cities! @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social

Besides some great queer authors, there promises to be great vendors, an awesome game room, fantastic programming and just a grand ol' time.

Who's coming?! I have copies of Zel on hand!

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 5d

#Gaylaxicon2025 starts TODAY! We’re kicking things off at 1 pm. Visit gaylaxiconmn.org for the full program and to register if you haven’t already! Hope to see you all there!

#BoldlyInclusive

Gaylaxicon 2025: October 3-5, 2025 Crowne Plaza Suites, Minneapolis/MOA. Guests of Honor: Nghi Vo, Emma Törzs, Jim Johnson, K.D. Edwards, and Greg Ketter. Celebrate LGBTQ+ stories in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror with guests, panels, gaming, and community fun.

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 5d

We had a wonderful evening with the #Gaylaxicon2025 guests of honor at DreamHaven Books! Thanks to all who attended and made the evening special.

The convention is less than a day away and there are just a few hours left to save $5 on a full membership. Be sure to register at gaylaxiconmn.org

Nghi Vo, K.D. Edwards, Emma Törzs, Greg Ketter, and Jim Johnson inside DreamHaven books.

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 6d

I'm in town for Gaylaxicon, but before we kick off, I'm at DreamHaven Books at 6:30PM tonight!

You want to get a copy of the standalone Singing Hills novella A Mouthful of Dust early? This is where ya do it!

dreamhavenbooks.com/event/pre-ga...

Pre-Gaylaxicon Signing Event - DreamHaven

When: 2025.10.02 @ 18:30 Join us for a signing with Gaylaxicon Guests of Honor Nghi Vo, Emma Törzs and K.D. Edwards (and Greg Ketter) the night before the convention! They will be here at 6:30 pm, ...

dreamhavenbooks.com

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 6d

This evening at DreamHaven - an early release of Nghi Vo’s A Mouthful of Dust and rapid readings with Gaylaxicon’s guests of honor!

ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 13d

#Gaylaxicon2025 is kicking off with a free event open to the public, featuring our guests of honor! Join us for the early release of Nghi Vo's A Mouthful of Dust, plus rapid-fire readings with Emma Törzs, K.D. Edwards, and Jim Johnson.

🗓️ Thursday, October 2 at 7 pm
📍 DreamHaven Books & Comics

“EARLY BOOK RELEASE” banner above a photo of Nghi Vo and a book cover for her latest novella in the Singing Hills Cycle, A Mouthful of Dust. Event details are included: “7 pm Thursday, Oct 2 at DreamHaven Books, 2301 E 38th St, Minneapolis, MN 55406. With guests of honor: Nghi Vo, Emma Törzs, K.D. Edwards, Jim Johnson, Greg Ketter”

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The Blue Opaque @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 7d

Twin Cities, my next event is here at home! I'm an invited guest at Gaylaxicon (@ncgaylaxians.bsky.social) from Friday October 3 to Sunday October 5. Check out my panels and signing times here:
www.bluedelliquanti.com/posts/find-m...
And the Gaylaxicon site here:
www.gaylaxiconmn.org

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 8d

Our annual Chocolate Symposium is this Saturday, Oct. 4 at 3 pm! Gaylaxicon will supply an array of chocolates. Stop by the ConSuite and bring your favorite chocolates to share!

Find our full programming for #Gaylaxicon2025 at www.gaylaxiconmn.org#preview

“Chocolate Symposium” with illustrations of chocolate bars and cocoa plants.

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 10d

Dine and mingle with #Gaylaxicon2025 Guests of Honor at our Friday Banquet (October 3). Tickets are $40 for convention members and enter you for a chance to win door prizes. Register at gaylaxiconmn.org

ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 11d

Can’t make the whole convention? Day rates are now available for #Gaylaxicon2025! Register for the full convention or by day at gaylaxiconmn.org

Illustration of a cityscape frames the text “DAY RATES AVAILABLE. Friday, October 3: $40. Saturday, October 4: $50. Sunday, October 5: $25.”

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 12d

GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: E.M. Hamill is a writer of #queer #scifi & #urbanfantasy. Their novel Peacemaker was a finalist in the BookLife Prize for Fiction. Whiskey and Warfare was runner-up in the LesFic Bard Awards & a top-four finalist in the Self-Published Science Fiction Competition.

#Gaylaxicon2025

Photo of Elisabeth Hamill on a multicolor space background. Book covers for the award-winning Whiskey and Warfare; the Dalí Tamareia Missions series, including Dalí, Peacemaker, and Third Front; Nectar and Ambrosia; and Impact.

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Lyda Morehouse 🏳️‍🌈 @lydamorehouse.bsky.social · 12d

@ncgaylaxians.bsky.social made the Twin Cities Gay Scene as the Gayest SF Convention in Town! www.twincitiesgayscene.com/editorial/sc...

Scene Stories!

www.twincitiesgayscene.com

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C. M. Alongi @cmalongi.bsky.social · 14d

This week's CaFae Convo: I sat down with DnD content creator @diceandautism.bsky.social to talk RPGs, writing pet peeves, and crazy adventures.

youtu.be/dqwWEl4kxco

CaFae Convo: Dice & Autism

YouTube video by C. M. Alongi

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Jim Johnson @ineti.bsky.social · 13d

The latest project I managed as, uh…project manager, is now available for pre-order! The Fallout 2d20 supplement Royal Flush!

A long time in the works, I am happy to have played a small role in getting it to the finish line. Big team effort from Jesse Heinig, Ben Maunder, and so many others.

Modiphius @modiphius.bsky.social · 14d

Ring-a-Ding-Ding!

Preorders are now available for Fallout: The Roleplaying Game: Royal Flush!

😉👍 A brand-new quest book for levels 1-20 set in the Mojave! Will you accelerate or defuse the war?

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#Fallout

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 13d

#Gaylaxicon2025 is kicking off with a free event open to the public, featuring our guests of honor! Join us for the early release of Nghi Vo's A Mouthful of Dust, plus rapid-fire readings with Emma Törzs, K.D. Edwards, and Jim Johnson.

🗓️ Thursday, October 2 at 7 pm
📍 DreamHaven Books & Comics

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 13d

GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Dax Schwartz is the author of the novels Superpowers, a Nebula finalist, & Gooseberry Bluff Community College of Magic. They also write short stories & nonfiction and are currently writing a #mystery novel with an #autistic, #nonbinary detective in Minneapolis.

#Gaylaxicon2025

Photo of Dax Schwartz on a rainbow space background. Book covers for the novels Superpowers and Gooseberry Bluff Community College of Magic. Additional covers for Uncanny Magazine, Glitter & Mayhem, and Interfictions 2: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing.

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 13d

GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Lee Brontide is an artist, author, and therapist from St Paul. After a decade in indie comics, they now write novels about family, disability, trauma, and queerness. Their #YA #sci-fi series includes the novels Secondhand Origin Stories and Names in Their Blood.

#Gaylaxicon2025

Photo of Lee Brontide on a space background. Book covers for Secondhand Origin Stories and Names in Their Blood alongside the text “The first two books in the series Second Sentinels”. Additional covers for the comic anthologies The Sleep of Reason and Oath.

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 14d

GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Haddayr Copley-Woods is a #Minneapolis writer, radio commentator & essayist. Her stories have been published in Apex, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Uncanny Magazine, & Best American Erotica. She writes #darkfantasy & #horror short stories on #disability & queerness.

#Gaylaxicon2025

Photo of Haddayr Copley-Woods on a blue and gold space background. Covers for Uncanny Magazine, Best New Romantic Fantasy, Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Apex Magazine.

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 15d

GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Joe, aka J.M. Lee, is a #Minneapolis writer best known for his television, novels & comics within the world of Jim Henson's #TheDarkCrystal. He teaches on world building, magic systems, and constructed languages. His most recent novel is The Nightland Express.

#Gaylaxicon2025

Photo of Joe on an orange and purple space background alongside book covers for The Nightland Express and several books within The Dark Crystal universe, including: Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal Author Quest, Songs of the Seven Gelfling Clans, and Books 1 through 4 of The Dark Crystal Series that is “Also a Netflix Original series”.

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 17d

GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Stephanie Burt is the Donald and Katherine Loker Professor of English at Harvard, where she teaches classes on sci-fi, comic books, #poetry, being #queer & trans, and Taylor Swift. Her most recent books are Super Gay Poems and We Are Mermaids.

#Gaylaxicon2025 #comicbooks #scifi

Photo of Stephanie Burt on a blue and violet space background. Book covers for We Are Mermaids, For All Mutants, Don’t Read Poetry, Super Gay Poems, and Taylor’s Version.

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 17d

GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Watt started making small watercolor zines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their tabletop RPG writing creates a venue to explore existential anxiety, body horror, climate change, and connect with friends.

Register at gaylaxiconmn.org

#Gaylaxicon2025 #TTRPG #zines

Photo of Watt and Cloud Empress book covers, including the Rulebook, Last Voyage of the Bean Barge, Land of Cicadas, and a collection of five additional RPG books.

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 18d

GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Rachel Gold is the author of multiple award-winning #queer & #trans YA novels. Their debut novel, Being Emily, was the first #YA novel to tell the story of a transgender girl from her perspective. Rachel is a nonbinary lesbian, all-around geek and avid gamer.

#Gaylaxicon2025

Photo of Rachel Gold on a red, orange, and violet space background. Book covers for Just Girls and its sequel Nico & Tucker, My Year Zero, and Being Emily next to the text: “Winner of the Golden Crown Literary and Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. Lambda Literary Award finalist.”

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 19d

GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Kelly Barnhill received the Newbery Medal in 2017 for her novel The Girl Who Drank the Moon. She has made the NY Times Best Seller list & the Indie Bestseller list. She is the author of When Women Were Dragons, The Witch’s Boy, and Iron Hearted Violet.

#Gaylaxicon2025 #SFFH #YA

Photo of Kelly Barnhill on a magenta and green space background. Book covers for The Girl Who Drank the Moon and When Women Were Dragons alongside the text: “Winner of the Newbery Medal. World Fantasy Award winner and New York Times Best Seller list”. Additional book covers for Iron Hearted Violet, The Witch’s Boy and The Mostly True Story of Jack.

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ncgaylaxians.bsky.social @ncgaylaxians.bsky.social · 21d

GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Eleanor Arnason is a #Minnesota author whose work often depicts cultural conflict & change, and characters who seldom live by their societies' rules. Her novel A Woman of the Iron People won the 1992 Mythopoeic Award and the very first Otherwise Award in 1991.

#Gaylaxicon2025

Photo of Eleanor Arnason on a purple and blue space background. Book covers for A Woman of the Iron People, Ring of Swords, and Hwarhath Stories alongside text that reads: “Winner of the Otherwise, Mythopoeic, and Minnesota Book Awards. Galactic Spectrum and HOMer Award winners. Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award nominees.”

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