Rain Shadow
@rainshadow6.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 They/Them 🇨🇦
Sometimes reader, sometimes writer, sometimes artist. :)
This account will mostly be to follow my favourite authors and artists.
Sometimes reader, sometimes writer, sometimes artist. :)
This account will mostly be to follow my favourite authors and artists.
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This is a really powerful piece from @thatsabrina.bsky.social that also makes me really want to read her new novel: lithub.com/the-power-of...
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
The Power of Giving Your Disabled Characters a Happily-Ever-After
The day I limped into a seven-month chronic pain rehab program, the first thing they told me was: we don’t talk about pain here. We were not allowed to exhibit “pain behaviors” either, which were p…
lithub.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:18 PM
This is a really powerful piece from @thatsabrina.bsky.social that also makes me really want to read her new novel: lithub.com/the-power-of...
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
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"An entire community is mourning a horrific loss in Tumbler Ridge this week ... And the dangerous links being made to trans people at large will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come," writes @melwoods.me
The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine
Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence
xtramagazine.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
"An entire community is mourning a horrific loss in Tumbler Ridge this week ... And the dangerous links being made to trans people at large will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come," writes @melwoods.me
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I've been lucky enough to have my writing in here a couple of times. It's a great project.
Calling all queer writers! ALOCASIA seeks creative writing about plants, nature, & horticulture from emerging & established writers. View their current garden & consider submitting your traditional & weird works. Open year-round. Paying market!
#writers #callforsubmissions @alocasiamag.bsky.social
#writers #callforsubmissions @alocasiamag.bsky.social
Read ALOCASIA: A Journal of Queer Planty Writing!
ALOCASIA publishes queer creative writing about plants, nature, and horticulture. Submit your work or explore their garden of fierce, celebratory voices.
www.newpages.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I've been lucky enough to have my writing in here a couple of times. It's a great project.
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Hey would now be a good time to mention that between now and Valentine's Day
My aromantic bigender baker rescues his twin from a corporate conspiracy to turn magic users into a power source
is ~free~ on Kobo?
www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
My aromantic bigender baker rescues his twin from a corporate conspiracy to turn magic users into a power source
is ~free~ on Kobo?
www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
Baker Thief ebook by Claudie Arseneault - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Baker Thief" by Claudie Arseneault available from Rakuten Kobo. Adèle has only one goal: catch the purple-haired thief who broke into her home and stole her exocore, thus proving herse...
www.kobo.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Hey would now be a good time to mention that between now and Valentine's Day
My aromantic bigender baker rescues his twin from a corporate conspiracy to turn magic users into a power source
is ~free~ on Kobo?
www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
My aromantic bigender baker rescues his twin from a corporate conspiracy to turn magic users into a power source
is ~free~ on Kobo?
www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
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The book club scam has taken an exciting new leap forward. I got one today from a "curated literary platform and newsletter" that, unusually, offered a link to its website. I'm in edits, so obviously I took the opportunity to procrastinate. /1
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 AM
The book club scam has taken an exciting new leap forward. I got one today from a "curated literary platform and newsletter" that, unusually, offered a link to its website. I'm in edits, so obviously I took the opportunity to procrastinate. /1
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Here’s the second novelette I have out in Feb. This one‘s a stand-alone book. Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl meet at Rocket Ray’s diner in an alternate, retro-futuristic Toronto. Mayhem ensues from there. Find out more and order yours by clicking the link.
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl – Stars and Sabers
Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl by award-winning author P.A. Cornell is a sci-fi romance novelette set in a retrofuturistic Toronto, publishing February 3, 2026 via Stars and Sabers Publishing.
www.starsandsabers.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Here’s the second novelette I have out in Feb. This one‘s a stand-alone book. Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl meet at Rocket Ray’s diner in an alternate, retro-futuristic Toronto. Mayhem ensues from there. Find out more and order yours by clicking the link.
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
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Baffled by transphobes insisting that the name on your birth certificate is Your True Name Forever when it was common in my grandparents' generation to just...pick a name you like and use that, nbd. I literally found out both of my grandma's birth certificate first names FROM THEIR OBITUARIES.
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Baffled by transphobes insisting that the name on your birth certificate is Your True Name Forever when it was common in my grandparents' generation to just...pick a name you like and use that, nbd. I literally found out both of my grandma's birth certificate first names FROM THEIR OBITUARIES.
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the bundle is up for two more days, if you want to get a joyful queer fantasy adventure to fill your evenings <3
The Chronicles of Nerezia are a series of queer fantasy novellas that follow a small group of friends as they travel a world haunted by deadly shards to reach the magical forest that haunts one of theirs' dreams.
I have a bundle for you to grab the others:
itch.io/s/178663/los...
I have a bundle for you to grab the others:
itch.io/s/178663/los...
Lost Traditions Release Bundle! by Claudie Arseneault
A bundle by Claudie Arseneault, $12.00 for 6 games
itch.io
February 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
the bundle is up for two more days, if you want to get a joyful queer fantasy adventure to fill your evenings <3
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I'd like to share with you this perfect moss ball 🌿✨
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 AM
I'd like to share with you this perfect moss ball 🌿✨
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I used to admin a huge Facebook page for children's librarians. I went viral for advocating that libraries support BLM. I published an oped that often gets taught in library school about how libraries aren't neutral. I published it because I saw so many kids libs+ admin carrying water for fascism.
February 10, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I used to admin a huge Facebook page for children's librarians. I went viral for advocating that libraries support BLM. I published an oped that often gets taught in library school about how libraries aren't neutral. I published it because I saw so many kids libs+ admin carrying water for fascism.
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🍇 LOST TRADITIONS is out!
The Chronicles of Nerezia continue as the Wagon Crew traverses a haunted marsh and find a ruined monastery.
It's a "TFW your bestie gets possessed by the remnants of a martial arts master, and they're a rude motherfucker to boot"
Buy it: buy.bookfunnel.com/pw9lfydyyw
The Chronicles of Nerezia continue as the Wagon Crew traverses a haunted marsh and find a ruined monastery.
It's a "TFW your bestie gets possessed by the remnants of a martial arts master, and they're a rude motherfucker to boot"
Buy it: buy.bookfunnel.com/pw9lfydyyw
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
🍇 LOST TRADITIONS is out!
The Chronicles of Nerezia continue as the Wagon Crew traverses a haunted marsh and find a ruined monastery.
It's a "TFW your bestie gets possessed by the remnants of a martial arts master, and they're a rude motherfucker to boot"
Buy it: buy.bookfunnel.com/pw9lfydyyw
The Chronicles of Nerezia continue as the Wagon Crew traverses a haunted marsh and find a ruined monastery.
It's a "TFW your bestie gets possessed by the remnants of a martial arts master, and they're a rude motherfucker to boot"
Buy it: buy.bookfunnel.com/pw9lfydyyw
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If you haven’t already, delete your TikTok
"TikTok’s Terms of Service now explicitly include tracking of location and citizenship status (among other identity markers, such as sex)." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE
In just one week, the company has gone from being Gen Z’s preferred social media platform to a tool for spying on Americans and the suppression of information.
newrepublic.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
If you haven’t already, delete your TikTok
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The reality is America is a huge multicultural multilingual country, not a white ethnostate, and venomous white supremacist MAGA crybabies lose it whenever that reality becomes unignorable. We should always seek to increase, not decrease, their discomfort. www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-g...
Hating the Game
The cooperation game, the murder game, and acting in good faith with people you know are acting in bad faith.
www.the-reframe.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:03 PM
The reality is America is a huge multicultural multilingual country, not a white ethnostate, and venomous white supremacist MAGA crybabies lose it whenever that reality becomes unignorable. We should always seek to increase, not decrease, their discomfort. www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-g...
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The rumours are TRUE!
There is a Romance x Horror bookstore PopUp in Union station running from now until May 31st. This great little space, shared between us and Hopeless Romantic Books, is the pink/black bookstore of your dreams.
Come by say hi on your next commute!
🖤📚👻💕
There is a Romance x Horror bookstore PopUp in Union station running from now until May 31st. This great little space, shared between us and Hopeless Romantic Books, is the pink/black bookstore of your dreams.
Come by say hi on your next commute!
🖤📚👻💕
February 8, 2026 at 3:27 AM
The rumours are TRUE!
There is a Romance x Horror bookstore PopUp in Union station running from now until May 31st. This great little space, shared between us and Hopeless Romantic Books, is the pink/black bookstore of your dreams.
Come by say hi on your next commute!
🖤📚👻💕
There is a Romance x Horror bookstore PopUp in Union station running from now until May 31st. This great little space, shared between us and Hopeless Romantic Books, is the pink/black bookstore of your dreams.
Come by say hi on your next commute!
🖤📚👻💕
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Tomorrow!!!
It's almost my girl's time in the spotlight!
LOST TRADITIONS comes out on February 9, and is "Keza's Episode" -- you get to be in her head! For not at all dramatic and suspicious reasons, I promise 😇
Preorder: buy.bookfunnel.com/pw9lfydyyw
Series bundle: itch.io/s/178663/los...
LOST TRADITIONS comes out on February 9, and is "Keza's Episode" -- you get to be in her head! For not at all dramatic and suspicious reasons, I promise 😇
Preorder: buy.bookfunnel.com/pw9lfydyyw
Series bundle: itch.io/s/178663/los...
February 8, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Tomorrow!!!
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Is craftivism performative? Yes. That's the point. Resistance includes a public demonstration of opposition at accessible events with a low barrier to entry.
The red resistance hat pattern has raised $300k for the people of Minnesota. That's not effective?
The red resistance hat pattern has raised $300k for the people of Minnesota. That's not effective?
Angela, the pussy hats weren't very effective. Knitting is cool, especially if you put resistance messages in it, but it's not resistance. It's performative. It's only actually effective if you're a spy and putting messages in or something. Otherwise it's a hobby, and the pussy hats were just silly.
February 8, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Is craftivism performative? Yes. That's the point. Resistance includes a public demonstration of opposition at accessible events with a low barrier to entry.
The red resistance hat pattern has raised $300k for the people of Minnesota. That's not effective?
The red resistance hat pattern has raised $300k for the people of Minnesota. That's not effective?
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Distraught, enraged, and tired. An author cc’d @fiyahlitmag on an email to The Writing Atlas, a site dedicated to “cataloging short stories.” There are 130 FIYAH stories listed with (presumably) AI summaries. Some have LINKS to a Dropbox folder. Our issues aren’t publicly available for scraping.
February 7, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Distraught, enraged, and tired. An author cc’d @fiyahlitmag on an email to The Writing Atlas, a site dedicated to “cataloging short stories.” There are 130 FIYAH stories listed with (presumably) AI summaries. Some have LINKS to a Dropbox folder. Our issues aren’t publicly available for scraping.
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Every time I walk past this bit of fallen tree I can't help imagining it scuttling around, crablike, after sundown, and getting up to no good.
February 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Every time I walk past this bit of fallen tree I can't help imagining it scuttling around, crablike, after sundown, and getting up to no good.
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This is how I find out beloved author Andy Weir uses the eco-disaster slop plagiarism box.
February 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
This is how I find out beloved author Andy Weir uses the eco-disaster slop plagiarism box.
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YES. It drives me nuts when people tell me I'm talented, they've discounted all the hard work I did to get to this point. 5% a knack and 95% having no life
This quote I recently read in James Clear's newsletter sums it up: "The real talent is being obsessed with the thing."
This quote I recently read in James Clear's newsletter sums it up: "The real talent is being obsessed with the thing."
February 7, 2026 at 12:54 PM
YES. It drives me nuts when people tell me I'm talented, they've discounted all the hard work I did to get to this point. 5% a knack and 95% having no life
This quote I recently read in James Clear's newsletter sums it up: "The real talent is being obsessed with the thing."
This quote I recently read in James Clear's newsletter sums it up: "The real talent is being obsessed with the thing."
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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
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frankly, it seems like an oversight that there's not yet an F/F handywoman x interior designer romance called Stud Finder
February 7, 2026 at 4:43 AM
frankly, it seems like an oversight that there's not yet an F/F handywoman x interior designer romance called Stud Finder