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Matt Ivy
@mattrauthor.bsky.social
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LGBTQ+ SFF Author & Editor | 25 | Queer | They/He
Based in Naarm
Works found in Apparition Lit, Baffling Mag, AUSTRAL 2024 & more
Freelance line/copy editor (SLOTS OPEN)


https://mattivyrichardson.com
https://linktr.ee/mattrauthor
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Matt Ivy @mattrauthor.bsky.social · Aug 15
If you're a queer and/or nd author looking for some line/copy editing on your specfic novella, novel or short fiction anthology I have some slots open at the moment!!

Rates are fairly flexible depending on financial needs

Rates and other info can be found here: mattivyrichardson.com/services
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erininthemorning.com
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.

It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.

Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
mattrauthor.bsky.social
Finished The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune last night and it immediately became one of my all time favourites and definutely my favourite Klune book so far, absolutely adored it
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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nooskadraws.bsky.social
✨BUST COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN!✨

to help me pay for extra expenses in preparation for top surgery in jan, i've decided to open up bust commissions! 🏳️‍⚧️

send me your beloved tavs, durges, dnd ocs, rooks, inquisitors, ocs, and more to: 🌿[email protected]🌿(pls don't dm me on here!) (rts = 💖🙏😭)
nooska's bust commissions are OPEN! 1 character: £45 / $59 (USD) 2 characters: £90 / $118 (USD) contact: alex_dingley@hotmail.co.uk payment through paypal invoices Bust commission examples. Left: A digital illustration of Sir Radzig Kobyla from Kingdom Come Deliverance (and also history). He has short cropped brown hair, a brush moustache and goatee. He wears his grey-beige hood lined with red, embroidered with plants and the Skalitz crest. He is surrounded by iris flowers. Right: A digital illustration of Sir Hanush from Kingdom Come Deliverance (and also history). He has short cropped brown hair and a full dark beard. He has hazel eyes. He wears a breastplate adorned with gold metal details. He wears a blue and gold robe. He is surrounded by yellow gladiolus flowers. Digital illustration of two character busts. One is a teal green skinned man with a pink curly moustache and red wavy hair. His eyes are black with blue irises. He grins in a wide smile at the person next to him. The other person is a pink skinned tiefling with white horns. She has light pink long hair, pink eyes and dark purple lipstick. She wears a crown inset with a purple gemstone, and small silver hooped earrings.
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
mattrauthor.bsky.social
one of my weirdest editing notes for my own work is always to go back and put mentions of scents in. I've never had much of a sense of smell and genuinely forget that like, my characters would actually be smelling things all the time
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Just realised I submitted a short story to a mag a couple of months back with a comment for my critique group still in it, because I am both professional and a moron
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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othersidespec.bsky.social
This is a scheduled post for anyone awake at midnight ET (very likely not our co-founders) to check our submissions guidelines. Perhaps a certain Moksha link at the bottom is now active, and perhaps certain Moksha forms are now open to submissions 👀

othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
mattrauthor.bsky.social
shout out to the harry du bois cosplayer at the hollow knight/silksong museum night I was at last night, genuinely the most confused looking man I've ever seen
November 1, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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mattrauthor.bsky.social
Happy to announce that my second anthology with Meridian Australis, AUSTRAL 2025, has been published!! The anthology features nine science fiction and fantasy short stories from emerging and established Australian authors.

You can buy it for yourself here: meridianaustralis.au/product/aust...
A hand holding a copy of AUSTRAL 2025 in front of a bookshelf. The words 'AUSTRAL A SPECULATIVE FICTION ANTHOLOGY' sit at the top of the book cover. Below it is a blue geometric artwork. At the bottom is the words 'EDITED BY MATT RICHARDSON, MICHAELA T HARDEN, CIAR FHEARCHIAR'
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 AM
mattrauthor.bsky.social
Happy to announce that my second anthology with Meridian Australis, AUSTRAL 2025, has been published!! The anthology features nine science fiction and fantasy short stories from emerging and established Australian authors.

You can buy it for yourself here: meridianaustralis.au/product/aust...
A hand holding a copy of AUSTRAL 2025 in front of a bookshelf. The words 'AUSTRAL A SPECULATIVE FICTION ANTHOLOGY' sit at the top of the book cover. Below it is a blue geometric artwork. At the bottom is the words 'EDITED BY MATT RICHARDSON, MICHAELA T HARDEN, CIAR FHEARCHIAR'
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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barssuk.bsky.social
A free bird 🪶
October 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
mattrauthor.bsky.social
first round edits of my queer post-apocalyptic fantasy are done at 37.5k words. time for a little break and then it's time for round two!!
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
mattrauthor.bsky.social
finally playing witcher 3 for the first time, got into a fight, geralt turned around at 2 fps and then got kicked to death by a horse. I think I have gotten everything I need from this game lmao
October 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
mattrauthor.bsky.social
editing the second last chapter of this novella and oh my god I hate past matt why did he rush this so bad holy fuck
October 17, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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bonabooks.bsky.social
ANNOUNCEMENT🎺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:

FANTABULOSA!

Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.

& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘
Bona Books Presents A new queer literary magazine FANTABULOSA! Tales of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical, from radical and unapologetic queer voices. Science fiction, fantasy and horror Short fiction & poetry Submissions open now
October 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
mattrauthor.bsky.social
guess I'm not getting any editing done today
a calico cat sitting on an open notebook in front of a pc monitor, which has a word document open on it. The cat looks very pleased with herself
October 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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danliimatta.bsky.social
#daily 33: dual topics – spirits | skeletal knight
Skeletal knight before a wall of spirits
October 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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translunartl.bsky.social
Translunar Travelers Lounge is open to speculative fiction stories 5000 words and under. Please read the guidelines before submitting! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
Submissions
Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]
translunartravelerslounge.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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queerenigma.com
~FRACTURED MAGIC GIVEAWAY~

I have a few left over after the Kickstarter, so I'm giving away TWO copies of Fractured Magic!!

To enter:
-Follow
-Like
-Repost

Fractured Magic is an M/M gothic fantasy about a pair of estranged friends, a corrupt government, and some dangerous magic.

More info ⬇️
A hand holding up a book in front of a bookshelf. The book is called Fractured Magic and the cover illustration is of two figures: one is small and in the foreground holding a lantern aloft, one is larger and in the background and is surrounded by moody green smoke. A trope map for Fractured Magic that includes: Victorian setting (but with dragons and elves), second chance romance (ex-friends-to-lovers), secret identities, the wronged hero wants revenge, staying kind when the world wants you cold, descents into madness/becoming the monster, spies and assassins, "I thought you were dead"
September 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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othersidespec.bsky.social
WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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spryoldlorax.bsky.social
Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.
I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting. The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The "known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson. So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself." 1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium. Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten a new job at a higher salary. Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further. It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that, but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the U.S.
September 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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elk64.bsky.social
errant
September 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
mattrauthor.bsky.social
FUCK YEAH
Hades 2 menu screen
September 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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eliseswritings.bsky.social
22 years since I sought closure for friends long since lost touch with, envisioning a fictional escape from family violence for them, full of action, friendship, adventure and monsters; Walking the Knife's Edge is out today!

Direct: payhip.com/b/IcyAG
All 🔗 elisecarlson.com/sythe-series/
♠️🌈📚🪐📚💙
Walking the Knife's Edge
It's hard to focus on your studies when you’re from the wrong side of town, your dad’s an abusive prick and classmates are intimidated by your skills at hand to hand combat. But for Rarkin, getting in...
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September 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
mattrauthor.bsky.social
got a new short story on the go, finally going back to my roots of weird povs and writing styles. I'm switching character povs every couple of paragraphs and the challenge is definitely going to be making it flow
September 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
mattrauthor.bsky.social
jesus fucking christ I did it, that was some of the hardest stuff I've ever had to deal with in a game
September 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM