This collection by @spicycloaca.bsky.social delivers on the gore, the poetry, and perhaps most importantly, a wondrous matrimony of the two unlike anything I’ve ever seen before.
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Gore Poetics is officially here! 🥩💖 can't articulate how unreal it feels to see all this made tangible. endless thanks to everyone who's supported me through many, many edits, reviews, blurbs, and kindness - this wouldn't exist without y'all
RELEASE DAY! Perfect short story collection for fans of: Strange, erotic, transgressive horror with literary prose Messy queer characters Intimacy and annihilation Intense, unflinching, distinctly uncozy storytelling https://www.cursedmorselspress.com
HAPPY GORE POETICS RELEASE DAY! @spicycloaca.bsky.social's collection is about to unsettle your world.
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NEW kithbooks.com The Death Of The Cult Classic by K. Blair Multimorbid by Rebecca Wood future history by Unity Akashvani Devices of Body by Joachim Li Transmasc Marvel Girl by sterling-elizabeth arcadia << glitch >> by Paris Rosemont The Holy Ghost Lives in Her Laugh by Darius Phelps kithbooks.com
Exciting things are happening in the kith shop
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Pre-orders are live! It's been such a privilege to work with kith to put this pamphlet out into the world, I'm so excited for everyone to read these poems 🫀🎥🎞️🔪
still cant believe i have a story in this!!
Our general submissions for Issue 2 are NOW OPEN until April 21st!
If you are a 2SLGBTQIA+ writer, send us your work! You can submit one story and up to three poems. Wondering what we like? Issue 1 is free to read on our site! But please don't self-reject—we can't wait to read your work 🗡️🪐🌈
You can now snag your print copy of Issue 1 from even more retailers!
Print subscriptions via Patreon: www.patreon.com/OthersideSpe...
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...and more coming soon!
including poems by @angelaliu.bsky.social @ianli.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @esichr.bsky.social @deborahldavitt.com @jackyucheng.bsky.social
"A Mermaid Falls in Love with Icarus" is a characteristic Elena Sichrovsky poem - unapologetically raw and grotesque with a sprinkle of beautiful imagery.
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ITS HERE THE T4T MULTIVERSE LOVE STORY IS HEREEEEE 🌌 ONE OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS EVER CREATED
@esichr.bsky.social's "This is Not Your Extinction Event" is the best kind of multiverse love story.
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EEEEE THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
My poem about forcefemming chatGPT
is now free to read at @othersidespec.bsky.social !!!
so please,
IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS
AND INJECT ESTROGEN
Omg I love this!!
The contents page of Issue 1. Around the list of poems and stories are little creatures in blue and peach.
The interior of Issue 1 has the best little guys, all wonderfully created by @demonography.bsky.social! Please enjoy this peek ✨
We were able to add interior art due to generous Kickstarter support—thank you 🪐🗡️
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trans rights readathon March 17-31, 2026 About: The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual call to action to readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st. How to Participate: Read and uplift books by and/or featuring trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender-nonconforming authors and characters. Donate and fundraise for trans aid organizations in your community. Join Us: @transrightsreadathon transreadathon@gmail.com transrightsreadathon.carrd.com official sign up, book and charity recommendations, and more! all kith eBooks are free during the readathon. it's time to get planning.... kithbooks.com
it's almost time for our fave time of year!!!
join us from March 17th-31st as we shout out authors and readers that show up for trans lit and trans people, each & every day. we need you more than ever.
for the duration, kith eBooks are FREE
start planning...
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Issue 1 cover on the left, with our Wanderer in pastel blue looking down at a spacescape from a crumbling coliseum seat. Text to the right says ISSUE 1: nine stories, five poems, one essay, original ary by queer creators - available now for subscribers! www.othersidespec.com
We've waited so long to yell this: IF YOU'RE A SUBSCRIBER OR KICKSTARTER BACKER, ISSUE 1 IS IN YOUR INBOX! 🪐🗡️
Issue 1 will be free to read online March 15th, but if you can't wait, get your hands on it RIGHT NOW!
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Patreon Shop: www.patreon.com/othersidespe...
With Issue 1 out soon, a reminder that we have community copies available if you can't afford to subscribe right now, donated by lovely Kickstarter backers.
Please don't stress or feel you have to justify yourself—we don't ask questions! Simply use our contact form to request a community copy 🪐🗡️
fun fact: i wrote this story about cosmic diplomacy & generational apocalypses after being obsessed with the Augsburg Book of Miracles for years ☄️💘 thrilled to be in Seize the Press again & thrilled that this is out!
We're hype for Issue 1 coming out SO SOON—March 1 for paid subscribers, March 15 for everyone else!
So... reply to this post with a number between 1-110 and we'll give you a spoiler-free line from that page of the issue 👀 And join us on Patreon if you want to be one of the first to read!
The cover of Monarch 2026. A photo of a person lying on their back in a field of tall grass with their left arm covering their face. Text reads Monarch 2026, a queer literary awards anthology published by fifth wheel press.
Awardees. Michael Agunbiade, Maddox Emory Arnold, J. L. Bermúdez, C. Ray Borck, Finnian Burnett, Connor, a.d., Gion Davis, Erin Dorney, Dante Fuoco, Ranudi Gunawardena, Katy Haas, Annalisa Hansford, K.M. Hanslik, KT Herr, Jennessa Hester, Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey, Jules Kennedy, Ani King, Kyrico, Tara Labovich, Olivia Lehman, Jackson D. Moorman, Chi Pham, William Roberds-King, Cristina Sanchez, Steven Sanchez, January Santoso, Elena Sichrovsky, Mark Spero, Ashley Steineger, Liam Strong, Gordon Taylor, Holly Lyn Walrath, Cela Xié.
Finalists. Hayden Berry, Alex Bortell, Isabella Boyd, Jordan Byrum, J. J. Carey, James Diaz, Emily Franklin, Isaiah Gardner, Michael Getty, Finnley Greet, Kimberly Hall, Calvin Jones, E.G.N. Lafleur, Angel Leal, Parker Logan, Abby E. Murray, Karol Olesiak, Bleah Patterson, Rowan Procter, Eli V. Rahm, Luke Rudman, Mk Smith Despres, Meghan Sterling, Liam Strong, Wendy Vardaman, Alicia Wright, Steven C Wright.
We are elated to announce the awardees and finalists for MONARCH 2026. Thank you to all of the organizations who nominated work for making our first anthology so stunning 🦋 and a special shoutout to @esichr.bsky.social and @bleatingthing.bsky.social for the beautiful cover photograph!
By the way: we’ll be sending out review copies of Issue 1 later this month!
So if you’re a reviewer looking at this incredible TOC thinking “um, I absolutely want to read this” … please let us know, and we’ll add you to our list! 👀
if you'd like to read & review this nasty bundle of stories early, now's your chance! 🥩✨️ it'll make you one of the first people to see all of the artwork & one of the first to read a collection-exclusive original story, which i think is cool
Yesss!
so excited and honored to be in this issue with a story i often doubted would ever sell and it couldn't have found a better home here!!
if i had a nickel for every time i got a story published that was written while obsessively listened to the annihilation (2019) soundtrack i'd have 2 nickels which isn't a lot but I love that it happened twice - "this is not your extinction event" coming soon with @othersidespec.bsky.social
YEAH IT GOT HACKED 😭😭😭
surprise: it's pre-order time! 🥩✨️ seeing this collection emerge into the world makes me feel so loved. a lot of passion & effort from multiple people went into creating this. i hope that you're all as excited for it as i am
Yes let me check with the editor when it will be online!