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Rick Hollon
@mimulus.bsky.social
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Genderqueer SFF writer & poet. They/them. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Author of TIME TRAVEL IS EASY (2025).
Words in F&SF, Strange Horizons, Analog, OTHERSIDE, Kaleidotrope, ALOCASIA, Trollbreath. Loves dinosaurs, wildflowers, photography, human rights. ACAB.

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Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · Jan 14
Time Travel Is Easy, my full length collection of Deep Time poetry, processing queer embodiment in the Late Anthropocene (with dinosaurs), is now available on Itch! dinoholler.itch.io/time-travel-...
Time Travel Is Easy by Rick Hollon
Poems of Deep Time, queer embodiment, and life in the late Anthropocene.
dinoholler.itch.io
mimulus.bsky.social
It’s crowdfunding time for another mighty year of @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social! Did you know that if you repost the original post below, you can unlock new sword & sorcery poems from Bryn Hammond, Oliver Brackenbury, and me?
A breakdown of how many shares unlocks new content for this year's issues. 150 gets a bonus story, 200 another bonus story, 250 a poem by Bryn Hammond, 300 a poem by Rick Hollon, and 350 a poem by Oliver Brackenbury.
February 17, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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alexisames.bsky.social
Today is the day! Pick up your copy of THE CHAMOS PROJECT from the retailer of your choice! books2read.com/u/mdBDo5. #WritingCommunity #SFF
White text set against a starry background that reads: Launch Day! Available on Amazon, Kobo, Smashwords, and more!
February 17, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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klpwrites.bsky.social
I took a break from asking for help. My husband got his second check on Sunday & paid the rent balance & it took everything. We have no money for car note, utilities, or food.

Sharing helps reach those who can help us. So, please do. Next month is coming. Thank you 💛

$78.45/$5500

$5,421.55 to go
klpwrites.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈 Kimberly L Piper Writes Queer Shit 🏳️‍🌈 @klpwrites.bsky.social · 15d
Good morning y’all. We had to delete our GoFundMe since PLAID would not connect to our account

This will hopefully get us through til April when supposedly his hours should increase. This will help us avoid eviction & repossession

PayPal @ KimberlySession

Venmo @ Kimberly-Piper-24

0/$5500
Hello, I am Kimberly and the cute fella in the pic is Logan and we are The Pipers! We cannot maintain basic needs with my husband 2 jobs anymore now that he has been cut on his part time job down to 8 hours week. I have been looking for work for so long that it almost feels hopeless. In order to keep a roof over our head and a car so he can get back and forth, we are going to need help. We are making choices between food and prescriptions for his diabetes, keep the utilities on and let the wifi go off for a week and so on and so on. I know y'all definitely understand the struggle. We aren't making it. Not that we were doing so much better before, but my goodness, it's gone from bad to worse and worse. Now his steady job is warning him about the company losing money and being in the red during meetings. This is increased his stress level as if he loses his full time gig, 8 hours a week at his other job will not cut. If you can, please help us. If not, sharing our fundraiser is a huge help and gets it to people who can donate. Thank you so much! Love y'all! Screenshot of my Venmo QR code. @ Kimberly-Piper-24
February 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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aijiang.bsky.social
🌬️🍃🌊A RIVER FROM THE SKY🌊🍃🌬️ now on @netgalley.bsky.social 👀✨🤍

forthcoming April 2026 with @titanbooks.bsky.social 💫

🔗 www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
A RIVER FROM THE SKY NetGalley graphic A RIVER FROM THE SKY WHIMSICAL FANTASY WITH STEAMPUNK + CLIFI & ECOPUNK ELEMENTS RENEWABLE & NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY AS MAGIC SYSTEM INNOVATION & IT’S CONSEQUENCES
February 16, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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prioryruins.bsky.social
ICYMI, i have a new story out!

"Elpis, Unerring" imagines a world where sappho had a lover who preserved all of her works, so that, one day, a girl in michigan can tell another girl exactly how she feels. even though it's scary. 🫀

www.sardinecancollective.com/blog/elpis-u...
Elpis, Unerring ~ Gwendolyn Maia Hicks — Sardine Can Collective
Wild orchids still grow on the hills of Lesbos. When Elpis first heard Sappho sing, it was beside a patch of red helleborine, just before dawn, when the day’s forthcoming threads glowed silken on the ...
www.sardinecancollective.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
mimulus.bsky.social
Marlo, a.k.a. Miss Beans, cuddles with @craftyrowan.bsky.social.
Photograph of a tabby cat resting on a colorful blanket on my partner R’s lap.
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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rebeccareyeswriting.com
A little help this Valentines day would be greatly appreciated. Aside from one store sale, it's been a dry month all around.

ko-fi.com/rebeccaevita...

#Books #Art #ScienceFiction #SFF #Booksky💙📚
Fun Ko-fi ad Support an indie author this Valentines Day! Books on my Ko-Fi page are signed, hardcovers come with art, come with free bookmarks, pay me better than retail royalties, cost the same as other online stores (plus shipping), and help me continue writing and drawing art. ko-fi/rebeccaevita/shop The picture is of Thalia from my sigils books in her knickers, smiling at the camera, and covering herself with a paper heart. She has animal tattoos and decent muscles.
February 14, 2026 at 6:14 AM
mimulus.bsky.social
The worst part of having my high schooler with me for the school year is that my body now seems to think 7:45 am counts as “sleeping in.”
February 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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It's my birthday, hurrah! For my birthday I'd really love as many shares on this post as we can make happen!

Hi, I'm AK, and I write exceedingly queer books! Feel free to ask me about them!

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Ravensword Press
The queer books your parents warned you about!
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February 14, 2026 at 7:57 AM
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bernie-jsyk.bsky.social
Happy Valentine's Day! have some very normal valentines inspired by House, Body, Bird 💗🪆💞 out soon from @psychopomp.com!
A vintage-style but super-saturated valentine's card with a background of pink roses and a foreground of a green woman whose face appears to be splitting open (no gore). The cursive text reads "I love it when you open up to me." A vintage-style but super-saturated valentine's card with a background of morning glories and cherry blossoms and a foreground of a line of green illustrated dolls. The cursive text reads "You're a doll, Valentine." A vintage-style but super-saturated valentine's card with a background of pink and purple asters and a foreground of a green house built into an anatomical heart illustration. The cursive text reads "you built a little house in my heart." A vintage-style but super-saturated valentine's card with a background of pink, purple, and aqua wildflowers and a foreground of a set of stairs leading into darkness with a pair of glowing eyes. The cursive text reads "you can visit my basement anytime."
February 14, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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arndtezra.bsky.social
And for my final response to #QueerWritersChat (thank you @amaralynn.bsky.social for hosting!)... If you're into dark/Gothic queer erotic fiction, feel free to check out my stuff on my carrd: ezraarndt.carrd.co or zip over to my Patreon for some cool upcoming rewards: www.patreon.com/cw/ezraarndt
February 14, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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elizmanderson.com
if you want to read a book where a guy who doesn't know he's gay meets a man who immediately knows he's gay, add THE LORD OF THE WOOD to your TBR!

#QueerWritersChat

www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
February 14, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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amaralynn.bsky.social
#QueerWritersChat 5:

My latest mothman x cryptid romance book is out in audio now and it's full of cuteness, weird spicyness, and will melt your heart with Glen's adorable West Virginia accent
www.audible.com/pd/Moth-Wood...
February 14, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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theeldervampire.bsky.social
#QueerWritersChat
If you like dark fantasy, necromancy, multiple queer MCs, & EGREGIOUSLY long slowburn, you may like my series, The Art of Malignance!
archiveofourown.org/series/4923589
You can also start reading The Witch of Eden Hollow, if you want a standalone❤️
archiveofourown.org/works/75724341
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
mimulus.bsky.social
I had a lovely time as always, #QueerWritersChat! I have a full-length poetry collection, TIME TRAVEL IS EASY, which uses Deep Time and dinosaurs to examine queer identity, childhood trauma, and life here in the late Anthropocene. It’s available on multiple platforms: mimulus.weebly.com/books.html
February 14, 2026 at 1:49 AM
mimulus.bsky.social
Hi #QueerWritersChat! Samuel is genderqueer (though he doesn’t know a word for that), and achillean. Russell is pan. Ada and Rocket are both sapphic. Justin is ace (but also doesn’t have a word for that).
amaralynn.bsky.social AmaraJLynn 🦹 scheming @amaralynn.bsky.social · 3d
#QueerWritersChat

Question Four:
What are the romantic orientations of your primary characters?

Last question at :45!

@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
#QueerWritersChat Question Four: What are the romantic orientations of your primary characters? Hosts: @amaralynn and @theodoresnapdragon Every Friday 8pm EST All LGBTQIAP writers and allies welcome Background: gray wood with multicolor art supplies around the border.
February 14, 2026 at 1:45 AM
mimulus.bsky.social
Hi #QueerWritersChat! My main difficulty is inexperience. I want the emotions to be heartfelt and expressed as movingly as I can, but I haven’t written much romance in my career.
amaralynn.bsky.social AmaraJLynn 🦹 scheming @amaralynn.bsky.social · 3d
#QueerWritersChat

Question Three:
What’s the hardest part of writing romance, or choosing not to?

Next question at :35!

@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
#QueerWritersChat Question Three: What’s the hardest part of writing romance, or choosing not to? Hosts: @amaralynn and @theodoresnapdragon Every Friday 8pm EST All LGBTQIAP writers and allies welcome Background: gray wood with multicolor art supplies around the border.
February 14, 2026 at 1:28 AM
mimulus.bsky.social
Hi #QueerWritersChat! My WIP has a dual timeline. First teenage crushes in 1993 evolve into middle age queer yearning in the present day.
amaralynn.bsky.social AmaraJLynn 🦹 scheming @amaralynn.bsky.social · 3d
#QueerWritersChat

Question Two:
Is romance a central theme in any of your work?

Next question at :25!

@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
#QueerWritersChat Question Two: Is romance a central theme in any of your work? Hosts: @amaralynn and @theodoresnapdragon Every Friday 8pm EST All LGBTQIAP writers and allies welcome Background: gray wood with multicolor art supplies around the border.
February 14, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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spacevalkyries.bsky.social
Hi yes, it would mean a lot if you considered nominating my queer cyberpunk short story "To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter", published by @lightspeedmagazine.com!

it's got sapphic yearning and destroying of corporations, what more can you ask for?

🌆 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a... 🌆
laworldcon.bsky.social Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 6d
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!

Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
Hugo Award nominations now open.
February 11, 2026 at 8:47 PM
mimulus.bsky.social
Hi #QueerWritersChat! I’m Rick, a genderqueer SFFH writer. I’m working on an adult sci-fi novel involving kids-on-bikes, dinosaurs, and (sadly relevant allegory) theocratic dystopia. Currently at 60k words, with maybe 20k more to go.
amaralynn.bsky.social AmaraJLynn 🦹 scheming @amaralynn.bsky.social · 3d
Welcome to #QueerWritersChat!

To start things off, introduce yourself and tell us what you're working on! No links, please!

Next question at :15!

@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
#QueerWritersChat Question One: Introduce yourself and your current project Hosts: @amaralynn and @theodoresnapdragon Every Friday 8pm EST All LGBTQIAP writers and allies welcome Background: gray wood with multicolor art supplies around the border.
February 14, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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My first story of 2026! It feels great to be writing and publishing again. I started out writing flash and micros, so having this piece in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social is particularly satisfying.

www.flashfictiononline.com/article/a-th...
A Thimbleful of Need
Need, I decided, tasted of honey and salt. I didn’t like it. Still, I knew to test the tincture before paying for it and so I touched a single drop to my lips. The cloying sweetness clung to my ton…
www.flashfictiononline.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:06 PM
mimulus.bsky.social
Went to the local no-frills theater to catch Iron Lung with my teenager (who grew up watching Markiplier). My first time going to the movies since March 2020. A Thursday matinee seemed like the time to try it. There were only two other people at the showing with us, so it worked out really nicely!
February 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
mimulus.bsky.social
The difference that packed down snow makes. 🩵 So much kinder than my previous outing.
Photograph of gray sky over a line of bare trees beyond a flat frozen wetland. Photograph of winter-bare trees silhouetted against gray sky. Photograph of a snowy path lined by bare trees. The path proceeds in a straight line to the vanishing point. Photograph of a tree gnawed halfway through my beavers.
February 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
⚔️THE CROWDFUND FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2026 IS LIVE⚔️

Three issues - our Timeworn Terra special - a New Jirel of Joiry story...

The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus content we'll add to this year's issues!

Go here to learn more and back the magazine👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Cropped art by Jimmy Makepeace of the Mongol nomad Goatskin standing at combat ready, a friend at her back, as the disembodied head of a statue spews violet light from its eyes. Overlaid are captions. Along the top reads "Just Launched on Backerkit. New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2026 is live" Along the bottom reads "Share this post to unlock bonus stories".
February 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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jackaharts.bsky.social
YAAAY! Just picked up a copy to enjoy this and other poems 👀 congrats, Rick!!
mimulus.bsky.social Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 5d
Delighted to share that my poem “Toward a Cladistic Analysis of Hauntings,” from my collection TIME TRAVEL IS EASY, has been nominated for the Rhysling Award long list! This is my first ever Rhysling nom. Best of luck to all nominees!
February 12, 2026 at 1:45 PM