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Noah Hawthorne (they/them)

@noahhawthorne.bsky.social

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fantasy punk and historical fiction author, a host on the Right Here Write Queer Podcast, and perpetual gremlin. 🧭 The Voice of Wild Places 🏳️‍⚧️ https://linktr.ee/neshamapublishing

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · Sep 1

🍁Witchtober Prep Time ! 🍁

@gagakumadraws.bsky.social is hosting this fun challenge next month, and I'm tagging along ! Instead of 31 days, we're doing 13. Burnout and all that.

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#13DaysOfWitchtober

A 13 Days of Witchtober graphic. There are 13 items listed.

Ethereal.
Devour.
Liminal.
Corrupt.
Paranormal.
Myth.
Midnight.
Poison.
Harvest.
Hex.
Hibernate.
Ancient.
Necromancer.

The background is of fall leaves with a hardback edition of Phantom and Rook by Aelina Isaacs, the color theme dark and moody.

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 1d

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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✦𝖕𝖊𝖏𝖓𝖙✦ @pejntboks.bsky.social · 1d

Hi again #PortfolioDay❤️‍🔥

I'm an illustrator specializing in queer themes, bold colors, intricate & ornate designs and pushing shapes. I'm looking to join more interesting projects in 2026!!

🫶available for private & commercial work
🎮exp in gamedev & TTRPGs
🎨 bit.ly/42btYYA
💌 [email protected]

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Lumen ⚔️ @lumenheine.bsky.social · 1d

Hi again #PortfolioDay! My names Lu and I'm a nb queer artist with a love for knights. You'll mostly see my knight OCs here, with a sprinkling of other characters.
🔗: churchofpossum.carrd.co
💌: [email protected]

A digital illustration of my knight OCs. Willow, in light armor, is laying on his back on a peach colored soft surface. Douglas, in dark armor, is leaning over him. They are both reaching for each other. There's blood on Willows armor.

An illustration of my knight OCs Douglas (in the dark armor) and Willow (in the light armor). They are shown from the side, Willow has his back pressed up against a tree and Douglas is in his space, leaning against the tree with one hand and cradling Willows helmet with the other. The background shows a small pond and trees in the last light of the day.

A monochromatic drawing of my knight OCs Douglas and Willow. Douglas has his hand laid on the side of Willows helmet while Willow has a bloodied dagger held to the back of Douglas' head.

An illustration of my Knight OCs Douglas (in the dark armor) and Willow(in the light armor). They are caught in an embrace but both holidng a dagger to the other mans back. The background is a dark nights sky with stars with a halo of stars around Douglas' head.

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 1d

who's ready for a book trailer and cover reveal 👀 cover art by Lucy Rose!

(if you're like please I hate videos! gimme a sec, I've got a static cover reveal too)

THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases from @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social in July 2026

preorder: gatheringvolumes.com/item/44euZQq...

#author

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Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 1d

I sent ARCs to like. 4 people before Mercy's release. One never replied, and two read through it, but then they loved it so much and talked it up enough that it had a pretty explosive start. It is SO important (shoutout Grapie and Zack fr)

Micah Nemerever @nemerevermore.bsky.social · 1d

by far the most effective marketing and publicity effort by my publisher was getting advance copies into the hands of the right early readers

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Hugh Ryan @hughryan.bsky.social · 1d

It's official: MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90S AND BEYOND has a cover! I love how the yellow feels like a run over hazard sign, and the mixtape is perhaps my personal 90s icon. As for those sexy statues? You'll have to read it to find out...

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

Feeling the need to remind myself of this Ursula K LeGuin quote today:

"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings."

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 22h

Just heard Drew Struzan passed away 😞 His incredible work has given me and countless others so much awe, joy and inspiration!

I had posters of his work as a teen, I began using color pencils because I thought he used them too. Always inspired by him. Just utterly heart broken.

RIP Drew Struzan.

Drew Struzan’s poster of Big Trouble in Little China

Drew Struzan’s poster of Pan’s Labyrinth

Drew Struzan’s poster of Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 22h

Just got off the phone with the moving company, and it's gonna be $2,000 to move our shit from Portland to Montréal. A five-hour drive away, and it's two grand for one of them pods. 😵‍💫

Anyway, great time recall I have a GFM: www.gofundme.com/f/help-autum...

And book bundle: itch.io/s/159177/the...

Donate to Help Autumn Wolff Move and Study in Quebec, organized by Autumn Wolff

Hi! I'm Autumn Wolff, a transfemme author working on going back to school in a… Autumn Wolff needs your support for Help Autumn Wolff Move and Study in Quebec

www.gofundme.com

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 22h

Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 19h

An Outstretched Hand: A Tarot Spread of Queer Stories is now available for ebook preorders!

Learn more about the anthology and the first story, The Star by @tesscarletta.bsky.social by listening to the RHWQ podcast. Stay tuned for more!

directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

An ebook cover of An Outstretched Hand: A Tarot Spread of Queer Stories, an anthology curated by RHWQ productions.

Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 21h

Yesterday was Indigenous People's Day, but Indigiqueer reads can be enjoyed all year long.

I have recommended quite a few queer books by Indigenous authors in the past, but this week's recs are fresh and full of good stories.

Indigiqueer reads. The Idea of an Entire Life by Billy-Ray Belcourt. A Body More Tolerable by Jaye Simpson. Thundersong by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe. Between the Pipes by Albert Mcleod. A Good Kind of Trouble by Brooke Blurton. Coexistence by Billy-Ray Belcourt.

Indigiqueer reads. To Ride a Rising Stom by Moniquill Blackgoose. The Sunforge by Sascha Stronach. Buffalo is the new Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel. We Can Never Leave by H.E. Edgmon. An Honored Vow by Melissa Blair. Weaving Us Together by Lay Maloney.

Indigiqueer reads. The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle by Kent Monkman and Gisele Gordon. Sovereign Erotics by Qwo-Li Driskill. To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage. Hammajang by Makana Yamamoto. The Mountain Crown by Karin Lowachee. Disintegrate/Dissociate by Arielle Twist.

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Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 1d

You can find @ninawolverina.bsky.social @sebastiannothwell.bsky.social @tesscarletta.bsky.social here, and everyone else on IG!

Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 1d

A hand reaching to you from the shadows. Six cards over-turned. Six enchanting queer tales inspired by the magic of tarot. An offering for you, if you accept the Outstretched Hand.

Explore the forest, meet the fae, pray to the gods, shepherd stars, or fight creatures of myth.

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A special announcement from Right Here Write Queer...

Contributors. R.K. Ashwick. Luna Daye. Tess Carletta. Carolina Cruz. Noah Hawthorne. Sebastian Nothwell. November 11th, 2025.

Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 1d

I am pleased to announce that I'm part of an anthology with the Right Here Write Queer podcast folks!

An Outstretched Hand: A Tarot Spread of Queer Stories is an anthology based on tarot cards that each of us pulled. With less than a month to go, stay tuned to hear more about this project. (1/2)

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 5d

Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 5d

Kara, why are so many people in the Paranormal Society queer?
Because witch trials and witch panics also focused a lot on homosexuality or people who were gender nonconforming, so magic and queerness go hand-in-hand.
And because I wanted to.

Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 7d

Maybe there is a rule and I'm breaking it 😆 I was using sap green watercolor in this mixture I think. Just watercolor is alright, but i wanted the glitter factor.

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elka 🌾 commissions open! @saintsbeware.bsky.social · 13d

❤️‍🔥Book Cover Request Form❤️‍🔥

for my indie authors out there, my new listing for book covers is officially live!!

If you need a cover for your ebook, itch listing, or a print-ready full cover spread, consider working with me! I'd love to help you! 🖤
#indieauthor #sff #artsky

vgen.co/saintsbeware

picture of a vgen listing for a Book Cover Request Form, 5 slots open starting at $200

photo of a book covers mockup featuring an illustration of a ranger sitting on a tree in the woods with the title A CONSORT FOR THE WOODEN GOD, Elka Marsden

an illustration of a book covers mockup featuring mock up featuring a man holding a knife to another man's throat with a decorated illuminated manuscript adjacent border with the title DO KNIGHT NOT YEARN, M.R. Santua

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Arden Powell 🍂🍁 @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 7d

bookshop.org has free shipping Oct 7-8 for their anti-prime sale! They have 10 of my paperbacks in stock so you can support indie authors and bookstores while collecting pretty books for your shelves at the same time ✨

A grid of 10 paperbacks by Arden Powell priced from 10.99 to 17.99 available on bookshop.org, including 6 Flos Magicae books.

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Talli 🦇SILVER BLOOD audiobook! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 7d

Anti-Prime Day + free shipping on Bookshop Dot Org? Heck yeah! Here's your reminder that the paperback and hardcover of SILVER BLOOD are both available on Bookshop and you should totally get them there and support indie bookstores!

bookshop.org/p/books/silv...

Silver Blood

Check out Silver Blood - Cyrus Beldon was born to kill vampires. Or so says his indomitable family legacy.</p></p>For generations, the Beldon hunters have kept the peace between humans and vampires, n...

bookshop.org

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Sadhbh Frost 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Now in Pumpkin Spice @sadhbhgirl.bsky.social · 7d

Just 6* more days!

* +/- a few depending on your dimensional time variance

Sadhbh Frost 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Now in Pumpkin Spice @sadhbhgirl.bsky.social · 11d

Trope map for The Wolf Bane, available for pre-order at sadhbhstories.itch.io/the-wolf-bane

Trope map for The Wolf Bane includes:
- lesbian
- family secret
- arcane magic
- trans 4 werewolf
- goofy gadgets
- forbidden library
- bloody revenge
- sh*t's f*ck*d
- mild spice, real thirst
- over 100 years of slang
- so many bodies

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Alex Larkspur 💛 Queer Fantasy @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 7d

It’s Anti-Prime day and my favorite online book retailer has free shipping on all orders! Bookshop.org does wonderful work supporting indie book stores!
If you’d like a sweet as honey, cozy adjacent, witchy MM Romance, you could buy Sweet & Wild in paperback!

bookshop.org/p/books/swee...

Sweet & Wild

Check out Sweet & Wild - <p>Micah Harlow has just moved to Roseyard, a small town on the edge of a mysterious forest. Filled with hope for a new start here, Micah ventures into the woods to forage and...

bookshop.org

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 8d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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