- Atheism is frowned upon, but everyone is free to worship the deities they like.
- Many gods means many, many festivals and holidays days. How many of these you’re granted depends on your work. (4/4)
- Also means that changing genders is a sacred ritual that happens in temples. It’s extremely tedious.
- Marriage is sacred. Celibate people are shit out of luck.
- There’s a NB god for NB people, but they’re new and NB people are seen as the weak, unrealible category. (3/4)
- The main deity was a mother creating life, a father taking life, a mother destroying life. Women are considered as leaders and men as takecarers, and feminine urges means “desire to destroy everything in their path.” (2/4)
#AprilWorldbuilders Human culture (mostly) in an alternative world where monotheism never really took. The pantheism changes a lot of things about gender roles, let’s see: (1/4)
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Text reads: 20 books with lesbian characters to read this lesbian visibility week
20 queer book covers for books with lesbian characters at the centre: ▪️ The Devil She Knows by Alexandira Bellefleur ▪️ The Relationship Mechanic by Karmen Lee ▪️ Voice Like a Hyacinth by Mallory Pearson ▪️ Zipper Mouth by Laura Weeks ▪️ Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O’Connell ▪️ Thank You For Calling The Lesbian Line by Elizabeth Lovatt ▪️ An Education In Malice by ST Gibson ▪️ The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri ▪️ Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer ▪️ Bone Horn by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain ▪️ Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin ▪️ Unsuitable: A History Of Lesbian Fashion by Eleanor Medhurst ▪️ In At The Deep End by Kate Davies ▪️ A Game In Yellow by Hailey Piper ▪️ Where Shadows Bloom by Patrice Caldwell ▪️ The Girl From The Sea by Lee Knox Ostertag ▪️ Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto ▪️ Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir ▪️ Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray ▪️ Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfireld
Book cover for Voice Like A Hyacinth by Mallory Pearson - STAFF PICK
#LesbianVisibilityWeek runs from 20th to 26th of April this year - the perfect time to pick up a few books and add them to your reading list!
From lesbian history to erotic romance, epic fantasy and queer horror, here are 20 queer stories with lesbian characters at the centre:
#LVW26 #booksky
And would you look at that, my friends, it is ANOTHER great morning to support my vampire anthology on Kickstarter :)
Congrats, happy birthday!
Cover reveal: The Howling Dark by Brittany M Willows. November 9, 2026. thehowlingdark.carrd.co. Cover illustration for "The Howling Dark" by Brittany M. Willows (designed and drawn by the author), featuring the book’s protagonist front and center, facing the viewer with a neutral expression. He is crouching amidst leafless, snow-covered branches, a birch spear in his right hand. He wears a green parka and a brown, ribbed, turtleneck sweater. He is fair-skinned and has long wavy half-black half
A promotional graphic for “The Howling Dark” by Brittany M. Willows with the book’s cover (designed and drawn by the author), surrounded by various tropes/themes and details about the book, including: Standalone, post-nuclear earth-like setting, were-caracal bounty hunter, fugitive werewolf brothers, a dash of m.m spice and romance, corrupt space government, brother bear x wolf’s rain, doomed siblings, ragtag rebels, botanical body horror.
Super excited to help reveal the cover of THE HOWLING DARK by @bmwillows.bsky.social !!
This is a standalone SFF novel which follows fugitive werewolf brothers Sylvain and Illia on their tumultuous journey home across a post-apocalyptic landscape.
Preorder: https://thehowlingdark.carrd.co
Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.
my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
I think the greatest trick for getting good at creative work i know is - finish making as many mediocre things as possible. Just finish stuff, again and again. Share it or don’t, but put a bow on it, put it aside, make the next thing, repeat.
#queerprompts
Let’s see, among the seven main characters:
- 1 unhinged bi lady who’s the most powerful person in the world. That’s a problem.
- some lesbians, from sweetheart to Problematic™ .
- 1 very tired and hyper-competent T woman
There are probably others, it’s a large cast.
#AprilWorldbuilders
The town has many gods, and the one who created life has come from the cosmic egg at the same time than the universe. There are egg motives anywhere in the architecture as a symbol of power. Their tombs are funeral eggs to symbolize the passage to another universe/life.
About the author and their books: (There is a portrait of me with anime blush lines, a happy yellow sun) My name is Rebecca E. Reyes and I am an author, artist, parent, and I have a great sense of humor, especially in regards to my autism in my mid 30's. This portrait doesn't set the tone in my books, but it does reflect me when I feel cute (2 years ago). Right now I have my acne from when I was 15... All four of my books in both my book series with descriptions. --- The Sarcophagus of Lamia The Sarcophagus of Lamia Book 1 has a blonde woman in a red velvet lined escape pod, with a silver implant in her hair. The Sarcophagus of Lamia Book 2: Soul Survivor, has a red power core (a glowing orb) surrounded by filigree. The series description is: Deep space cyberpunk thriller novelettes with beautiful adaptations of famous monsters in a bleak, caste ruled setting. We follow the skeleton crew of the lab ship, Magpie, as they hit hard times and brush with corporate oligarchies' law enforcement. They take odd jobs and survive gruesome encounters, but they do it together! --- Sigils Sigils of Malice's cover has a magical blue beetle walking on a machine powered by a sparking crystal. Sigils of Blight's cover is of a lantern with a blue fire in the jungle. The series description is: Science fantasy thriller novels within a gilded theocrasy, wearing 1910's pseudo-cyberpunk glitz. "Those are words." - My Husband Thalia Clayton, an uncouth crossdressing showgirl, without magic, tries to protect her family from powers above her head. Unfortunately, everyone she loves is mixed in with conspiracies. After many reluctant partnerships and tested loyalties, it's a good thing she knows many necromancers and priests. Getting out alive may not be an option.
Everything you need to know about me and what I do here!
ko-fi.com/rebeccaevita
#SFF #Scifi #ThrillerBooks #Fantasy #WritingCommunity #Booksky💙📚
Crop of a larger artwork, showing a light-skinned merperson adjusting her hair and waving toward a fisherwoman in the foreground, who has darker skin and black hair pulled back with a bandana.
We'll be launching the crowdfunding campaign for our next anthology WILD AND FULL OF MARVELS: QUEER FANWORKS INSPIRED BY FOLKLORE AND FAIRY TALES in May!
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Poster bordered by text: SciFi Fantasy. Monster Containment. Queer & neurodivergent AF. Let your guard down. Trust your team. Learn magic. Date themby? Revolution is on the horizon. Countering the Hands of Crime. Sythe Series Book 2. out May 17th. Image: Countering the Hands of Crime cover art. Amon holds long range gun, Rarkin a hand gun, Miona and Rinth wear protective gloves as all stand in a row and green baggy Monster Containment uniforms. Cover by Lawrence Mann.
As he heals, Rarkin learns to let people in & trust them. While monsters turn up where they shouldn't, a powerful vigilante rises & crime bosses mobilise. Not the best time to aro-ace, autistically navigate feelings for a teammate.
♠️🌈📚🧠🪐 elisecarlson.com/sythe-series/
#PosterPit #PosterPitP #SF #F
#QueerWritersChat Personal knickknacks and clutter that reveal the personality of the occupant, sometimes linked to a precise memory. The physical state of the home, the number of its occupants, the quality of food and bedding are also precious indications to the vibe I want to give.
#LoreOutLoud Writing only in the mornings and the evenings. It's a struggle. Practicing other artistic hobbies help too.
#LoreOutLoud Recently I ditched the word count goals because I realized it made my writing bloated. For now it works! It allows me to focus on what really matters: how the story goes and what direction I want to take. Sometimes deleting unnecessary sentences is progress too.
Time travel makes me sick so that’s a no for me, but love and support for those who use it.
#HorrorWritersChat I like to read testimonials and anything about daily life first: food, clothes, jobs...Then comes the higher scale: social hierarchy, moral/religious beliefs, economy...Geography and climate are also really important. The land shapes minds and societies.
Now I know what the rock with googly eyes meant ! Very satisfying.
#HorrorWritersChat Urban fantasy which mixes a bit of everything, and parodies. Horror allows me to show my characters as the most vulnerable – when everything is taken from you (sanity, memories, people, life) what is left? It also makes me work on suspense and pacing, which is useful anytime.
Yeah they're so close to each other, and I love a bit of genre fusion. You can do basically anything you want with fairy tales and they have still that tremendous poser to our subconscious.
That movie is so good and I'm so glad it exists!
Hello #HorrorWritersChat! I’m Ell and I write ace horror.
Q1: This week I started reading Frankenstein’s Monster by J.S. Barnes, and Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer!
Again, if this going to be the runaway post of the day...
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#HorrorWritersChat Look at me answering in time. I do psychological horror/horror with a fairy tale vibe/ horror-comedy. Finally saw Everything everywhere at once and it’s just as good as people said, rereading The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy.
A dead flapper, a liquor saboteur, secret codes, secret tunnels, and a swearing parrot?! Cmon, now.
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The cover of Together is a Distant Star, a new, about-to-be-released SFF anthology of stories themed around belonging. The cover is in yellow, orange, and red colors depicting starry sky, hills made of cracked earth wih a skull sticking out, a tree, mountains and sky in the background with a beautiful, flowing style. In the foreground, two arms holding halves of a white star are reaching towards each other. Participating authors are: A. J. Calvin V. Carvajal Leiva Nancy Foster Andrea Marie Johnson Natalie Kelda C. B. Lansdell Karen Lykkebo Erika McCorkle Branwen OShea Alyse Steves Delilah Waan Isabelle Wagner
I am honored to help out with the cover reveal of Together Is a Distant Star, an indie SFF anthology released on 19 May 2026.
12 stories exploring the theme of belonging, from female, queer, and marginalized authors. The cover is created by @cblansdell.bsky.social! 💙📚🪐
More info below!⬇️
So hey I just had to pay a bunch of self-employed indie author taxes and uhhhh if you're looking to buy some widely-enjoyed books about super gay magical girls having adventures in Portland, and suggest to your friends to do the same, it would help me out a bunch 😅😅😅😅😅 magicariot.com/buy
