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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 1d

To celebrate 200 total patrons, we're giving away a 6-month Patreon subscription, including Discord access & Issue 1 of OTHERSIDE in 2026!

Winner will be drawn on Monday! (We'll choose a bonus winner from free patrons, so be sure to sign up.) To enter, repost & reply with a favorite queer read.

Get more from OTHERSIDE on Patreon

a magazine of the queer fantastic.

patreon.com

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ash vale @ashvalewrites.bsky.social · 2d

YESSSSSS

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 2d

hell yeah

Cover of the classic children's book Frog And Toad Are Friends.

Drawing of Toad, a brown toad, sitting on a bench, dressed in a green jacket and slacks. He is reading a book to his friend Frog, a green frog dressed in a brown jacket and slacks. They are surrounded by green plants and mushrooms. There is a silver Caldecott Medal in the corner.

Text has been altered from original. It reads
Fiftieth Anniversary
Frog and Toad Are Antifa
by Arnold Lobel

Commemorative Edition

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zeobun @zeobun.bsky.social · Mar 30

There is a brave knight within u ⚔️

A brave mole knight is standing on a molehill, sword and shield in hand. He is framed by a gothic stone frame and in the back, you can see a landscape reminiscent of the rennessance portraits. Underneath, on a piece of paper it says, "There is a brave knight within you", with a painting of a small sword below.

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 2d

As a thank you for smashing SO many stretch goals, if we get to 300 backers @mruthrobinson.bsky.social will play Alien: Isolation on stream while Ash and Val tag along and laugh.

Think of it as our silly final backer goal as a treat—for you, not for MR.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Info for our Backer Goals! 50, 100, 150, 200, AND 250 Backers are unlocked! All backer goals are in rainbow with an open lock over a blurred version of OTHERSIDE banner art in purple, with a blurred floating fantastical head on the right. Now at the bottom there is a FINAL GOAL: 300 backers - MR plays Alien: Isolation. Instead of a lock there is a face hugger from the Alien franchise.

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Scream Kings Podcast @screamkings.bsky.social · 2d

Pssspspspsspssp

when the cat won't cuddle with me

Scene from Hereditary: I am your mother!

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ash vale @ashvalewrites.bsky.social · 12d

Happy release day!!!!

My story in Choices, "Fireweed, Ferns, and Moss", is a depiction of Alberta devastated by wildfires that decimate the birthrate and lead to government control of reproduction

Two midwives deliver a baby in secret, hoping for one last shot to take it all down

Available now!!

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 13d

IT'S #CHOICESANTHOLOGY RELEASE DAY!!! To celebrate, I'm hosting an AMA here ALL DAY

Ask your questions about the anthology itself, reproductive rights, and writing/editing generally & I'll pop in every 30 minutes to share answers

And be sure to grab the book! books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q

Red paint background with the cover for Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror on the left. The cover lists the editor, Dianna Gunn, the author of the foreward, Alex Woodroe, and the names of the authors: R Haven, Ondine Mayor, Enoli Lee, Ash Vale, Justine White, Kelli Etheridge, Ava Victoria Black, Allay Rei, Soyam Siddha, Sam Rosewilde, A.H. Davison, Meg Calendaria, KT Wagner, Anne Wilkins, Bogi Takacs, Amanda Cecelia Lang, Elise Scott, Mia Dalia, Raluca Balasa.

The right side says: “As the horrors close in around us, we turn to story to process our fears, our desires, and our futures. In Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror, nineteen writers whose reproductive rights are under threat explore the stories of those who, like them, have had their choices stolen from them.
These stories serve as a reminder of the power of choice and the importance of fighting for every human’s right to choose their own future.”

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ash vale @ashvalewrites.bsky.social · 3d

My go to for this is buying jar icing and putting it on oreos 🤠

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♿️ Eva Roslin (They/She) is going to Can*Con! 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 4d

Hi everyone! I've been accepted to the once-in-a-lifetime writing workshop Under the Volcano, in January, in Mexico! I'm raising funds to help cover tuition, lodging, and airfare. If you are able to donate or boost the signal, thank you! www.gofundme.com/f/53fw2-help...

Donate to Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!, organized by Eva Roslin

Hey everyone! I'm Eva Roslin (she/they), a queer, disabled horror and da… Eva Roslin needs your support for Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!

www.gofundme.com

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Beren's Reverie @berensreverie.bsky.social · Nov 11

The Hunter's Funeral Procession

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Chris H. 🍄🌛 @sutexii.bsky.social · 4d

#6 - Harvest

✦ #art #oc #entheos #zineoween

Procerus plucks a ripe homunculus from the vine.

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ash vale @ashvalewrites.bsky.social · 4d

I was sweating remembering all those names but it was still a great read even at that stage!

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ash vale @ashvalewrites.bsky.social · 4d

I've read a draft of this and can confirm it SLAPS

val - V.M. Ayala 🏳️‍🌈 @spacevalkyries.bsky.social · 4d

DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN x PACIFIC RIM

A disabled mecha dragonrider struggles in an ableist society. When a hivemind of corrupted dragons threatens her people's very existence, she must team up with 3 riders—her lying would-be lover included—to save the solar system.

#DVpit #A #SF #DIS #LGBT #Latine

A moodboard with 9 tiles. The first row has purple spacescape streaks of light like hyperspace, a dragon egg, and a Latina staring at the egg. The second row has purple crystals and middle text that has crossed out "star-scarred, dragonrider, etli's claw, wave rider" then, underlined "me", followed by a person underwater. The third and final row has a closeup of a snake's eye to represent a dragon's eye, a solar system, and scale pattern to represent mecha dragon scales.

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ash vale @ashvalewrites.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah there's definitely an art to tricking my brain to do it lol!

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 7d

wake up, hosers

new petition just dropped

e-6818 is calling to strengthen the Canada Health Act to stop provinces from privatizing health care and to force provinces to account for how and where they used health transfer money

Sign this Petition - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 6d

We're just $36 away from our goal for the year!! Thank you so much!!!

beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 7d

beestung is hoping to raise just $136 more to keep us going for another year 🖤💛

beestung @beestung.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy non-binary day and week!

We're a small mag publishing non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers.

If you'd like to help us out, we're currently working towards our goal for paying writers for this and next year.

Shares are very much appreciated, too!

www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...

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Defakator (Officiel) 🧆 @defakator.bsky.social · 7d

Haddock : Quelle semaine, hein ?
Tintin : Capitaine, on est lundi, il est 10h

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ash vale @ashvalewrites.bsky.social · 7d

I have fucked up so bad on library holds this week, pray for me

A stack of library books that includes: Fat Talk, The Spear Cuts through Water, The Anxious Generation, I Who Have Never Known Men, My Best Friend's Honeymoon, and He Who Drowned the World

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ash vale @ashvalewrites.bsky.social · 7d

This is exactly what I say!

ash vale @ashvalewrites.bsky.social · 8d

haha the weed number

OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 8d

Make that $69 away from reprints, which is very very NICE! AND we're nearing our final backer goal—we're six backers away from a bonus sticker added to all sticker purchases!!

Help us get to reprints AND extra stickers? We're so close!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 8d

We're $301 from our reprints stretch goal! If we hit that, every issue will include a reprint of a queer story no longer available online. Help us archive queer stories and support queer creators in a time of censorship!

Learn more about our plans here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 8d

We're $301 from our reprints stretch goal! If we hit that, every issue will include a reprint of a queer story no longer available online. Help us archive queer stories and support queer creators in a time of censorship!

Learn more about our plans here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!

A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

www.kickstarter.com

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ash vale @ashvalewrites.bsky.social · 8d

that's meeeeee

Die Laughing Magazine @dielaughingmag.bsky.social · 8d

“It Is My Circus; They Are My Monkeys; But I Have Limited Influence on the Monkeys” by @romiesays.bsky.social

“Davy is Floating” by Glenn Dungan

“Results of groundwater formaldehyde reduction using M4501 strain of pleurotus ostreatus” by @ashvalewrites.bsky.social

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 9d

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

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ash vale @ashvalewrites.bsky.social · 10d

Oh David I'm so incredibly sorry 💜 I'll be thinking of Mabel today

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ash vale @ashvalewrites.bsky.social · 10d

omg I can't believe this terrible joke is what pushed us over I'M SORRY

ash vale @ashvalewrites.bsky.social · 10d

it's just a 4th stretch goal Michael, how much could it cost? 13 dollars?

(it does in fact cost 13 dollars now)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

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