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D.A. Straith (they/them) - fiction person - nonbinary trans & queer settler in Dish With One Spoon lands - work in FFO, Augur, On Spec, Inner Worlds - Clarion West Novel Workshop '25 - www.straith.ca
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💀"The Fishwife Who Killed Death"🌩️ - an intrepid kid main character whose middle name is trouble - the grandmother they inherited that middle name from tbh - an island with old traditions - Death the boatman wearing a friendly face My latest story is out in On Spec! Go read: ko-fi.com/s/ad25118618

Queer witchy novella out Monday

Please share & give to help teacher Traji's family, including little Aya, escape Israel's genocide in Gaza. They're being starved, attacked, & displaced, & donations are slow:

Just *5* days left to grab discounted subscriptions (all 50% off) with the Huldra House Monsterfucking Pride Month Sale! Selling subs keeps us afloat, so if you want to keep a new press going (and growing) and get some super queer books in the bargain? 👇 www.huldrahouse.com/shop/the-mon...

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Alright, who's gonna get The Funny Number? www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Proud to be the 8th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Sometime Lofty Towers! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

the "rise" of AI is simply a shinier, more profitable way for people to burn books

my pet theory is that shoving AI crap into everything is deliberate. the eradication of literacy skills/ critical thinking? deliberate. a populace can't effectively fight back against a regime if they can't articulate their position, their arguments, and their ethics.

one day I'm gonna do something about the amount of gender euphoria being called "he" by strangers does to me

Thrilled to announce my first publication (w/ co-author @anoteinpink.bsky.social ) in @neonhemlock.bsky.social 's SHATTER THE SUN anthology! An aging warrior, whose patron goddess has at last called in her debt, sets out for one final battle w/ her fiercest opponent yet: her younger self.

this would be a lot easier if I weren't absolutely rocket-fuelled with ideas for new spider-cultist stories

hello hello I will have a story in SHATTER THE SUN: QUEER TALES OF UNTOLD ADVENTURE by @neonhemlock.bsky.social, coming out next year!!! an ex-gladiatrix is cursed to spend every night dreaming about a princess locked in a tower at the end of the world - until she sets out to rescue her herself

I gotta freakin write this BOOK, man. goal is to get the first draft in the can by Labour Day

crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants

I Want That Twink… Nominated?! 🤯 We’re over the moon (and beyond) that IWTTO! is a finalist at the BFAs.

More *immediately* because I just got the green light! I have a story coming in SHATTER THE SUN: QUEER TALES OF UNTOLD ADVENTURE from @neonhemlock.bsky.social! I can’t wait for y’all to meet Phasian, Paragon of the Seven Veils, called by some the Peacock Wizard 🦚

in early 2026 one trans spider cultist with a sword and a lot of silk rope must return to his hometown to face his past and say “fuck it. eat the rich” “The Spider-God’s Boon” will appear in SHATTER THE SUN: QUEER TALES OF UNTOLD ADVENTURE coming out from @neonhemlock.bsky.social! 🕷️🕸️

Will be offering a generative writing class in late July. Learn more and sign up here: forms.gle/PTskNxQxqBDm...

Where to send a queer gunslinger poem structured around rituals of violence in a liminal afterlife?

💀"The Fishwife Who Killed Death"🌩️ - an intrepid kid main character whose middle name is trouble - the grandmother they inherited that middle name from tbh - an island with old traditions - Death the boatman wearing a friendly face My latest story is out in On Spec! Go read: ko-fi.com/s/ad25118618

HAPPY PRIDE MONSTERFUCKERS!!!!!🌈🌈🌈

Since @torbooks.bsky.social isn't here to do it themselves... I just want to say that the cover for Cameron Sullivan's debut THE RED WINTER looks rad and it's gay and it's one of my most anticipated books of the year for 2026! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Elon saying he’s going to reprogram his chatbot’s view of history is a perfect example of why these kinds of AI products aren’t the neutral “tools” people always defend them as. They’re little political projects reflecting the ideologies of their creators

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

this has uhhh started to break containment but don’t worry. if you made the mistake of following my account you will be guaranteed many shitposts about the inexplicably hot submariners in the new mission: impossible