Finn McLellan
@saranadosfiction.com
Disabled transmasc butch fantasy writer in this world, stabby bastards of various stripes in sundry fictional ones.
Writing LGBTQ+ gaslamp fantasy (among other things) over at https://saranadosfiction.com/
@[email protected]
(they/he)
Writing LGBTQ+ gaslamp fantasy (among other things) over at https://saranadosfiction.com/
@[email protected]
(they/he)
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Finn McLellan
@saranadosfiction.com
· Sep 28
Argentum in Aqua: An Introduction
ARGENTUM IN AQUA (Blood on the Snow, Silver in the Ashes, Fire in the Sky) All student magician Jonathan Fest wants is to keep his head down and finish out his first year of university without fail…
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Welcome, new folk!
Things I post:
- stuff about my ongoing queer Gothic gaslamp fantasy serial, Argentum in Aqua ( saranadosfiction.com/2023/12/11/a... )
- random musings about writing, larp, video games, disability, being transmasc, or all of the above
- occasionally, unfortunately, UK politics
Things I post:
- stuff about my ongoing queer Gothic gaslamp fantasy serial, Argentum in Aqua ( saranadosfiction.com/2023/12/11/a... )
- random musings about writing, larp, video games, disability, being transmasc, or all of the above
- occasionally, unfortunately, UK politics
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I'm here at MCM Birmingham, hurrah!! Find me at WB-3, right next to the axe throwing in Hall 3 🪓
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I'm here at MCM Birmingham, hurrah!! Find me at WB-3, right next to the axe throwing in Hall 3 🪓
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Reading up on old Irish cats and really liking the names (from brehonacademy.org/purring-thro...)
Also like this bit "cats held a unique legal status that reflects their diverse roles in Irish life, including both practical and symbolic aspects."
Also like this bit "cats held a unique legal status that reflects their diverse roles in Irish life, including both practical and symbolic aspects."
November 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Reading up on old Irish cats and really liking the names (from brehonacademy.org/purring-thro...)
Also like this bit "cats held a unique legal status that reflects their diverse roles in Irish life, including both practical and symbolic aspects."
Also like this bit "cats held a unique legal status that reflects their diverse roles in Irish life, including both practical and symbolic aspects."
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Bonus blessings your way if...
- You repost this.
- You comment in general (to make it visible in people's lists for those that abandoned the following feed).
- You come back with art pieces that aren't in my collection so I can gaze upon pretty pictures all weekend, ✨S-Tier Blessing✨ for you.
- You repost this.
- You comment in general (to make it visible in people's lists for those that abandoned the following feed).
- You come back with art pieces that aren't in my collection so I can gaze upon pretty pictures all weekend, ✨S-Tier Blessing✨ for you.
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Bonus blessings your way if...
- You repost this.
- You comment in general (to make it visible in people's lists for those that abandoned the following feed).
- You come back with art pieces that aren't in my collection so I can gaze upon pretty pictures all weekend, ✨S-Tier Blessing✨ for you.
- You repost this.
- You comment in general (to make it visible in people's lists for those that abandoned the following feed).
- You come back with art pieces that aren't in my collection so I can gaze upon pretty pictures all weekend, ✨S-Tier Blessing✨ for you.
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🎂🎉it birthday weekend🎉🎂
SO. All I want is the following:
1. Go to my curated art purchases feed: Khonmissions!
2. Find a piece you like.*
3. Go to the original post, tell the artist why you like it. 🔁❤️
*If you don't like my blorbos, go be nice to another artist this weekend. Really. That's it.
SO. All I want is the following:
1. Go to my curated art purchases feed: Khonmissions!
2. Find a piece you like.*
3. Go to the original post, tell the artist why you like it. 🔁❤️
*If you don't like my blorbos, go be nice to another artist this weekend. Really. That's it.
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🎂🎉it birthday weekend🎉🎂
SO. All I want is the following:
1. Go to my curated art purchases feed: Khonmissions!
2. Find a piece you like.*
3. Go to the original post, tell the artist why you like it. 🔁❤️
*If you don't like my blorbos, go be nice to another artist this weekend. Really. That's it.
SO. All I want is the following:
1. Go to my curated art purchases feed: Khonmissions!
2. Find a piece you like.*
3. Go to the original post, tell the artist why you like it. 🔁❤️
*If you don't like my blorbos, go be nice to another artist this weekend. Really. That's it.
So aside from the fact that all the crew carry their belt-knives (because they're Sacaask), the main one here is probably the fact that Sabbat has a single gold earring pinned into the lining of his coat, in case it's needed to pay for his funeral.
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
What is something your character always carries with them?
In a purse, a bag, a secret pouch, a pocket?
Is there something they never travel without? Why?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
What is something your character always carries with them?
In a purse, a bag, a secret pouch, a pocket?
Is there something they never travel without? Why?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
So aside from the fact that all the crew carry their belt-knives (because they're Sacaask), the main one here is probably the fact that Sabbat has a single gold earring pinned into the lining of his coat, in case it's needed to pay for his funeral.
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As always when I post about being trans, a reminder: if you support me because I'm "normal" or "reasonable" or whatever because I dress like an old man & go to church, but you don't support all my trans siblings, then you don't actually support me at all, & I encourage you to do some soul searching.
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
As always when I post about being trans, a reminder: if you support me because I'm "normal" or "reasonable" or whatever because I dress like an old man & go to church, but you don't support all my trans siblings, then you don't actually support me at all, & I encourage you to do some soul searching.
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There is simply no medical reason to take a person, cold-turkey, off of a medication they've been stable on for almost a decade, with no offer of anything else - and when the lack of that medication causes irreversible lifelong issues up to and including death.
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
There is simply no medical reason to take a person, cold-turkey, off of a medication they've been stable on for almost a decade, with no offer of anything else - and when the lack of that medication causes irreversible lifelong issues up to and including death.
r.e. LRT, I spent multiple months last year - my 15th year on T - also trying to keep access to my prescription.
Thankfully got it sorted out (mostly by way of pointing out that the GIC had already seen and okayed it, so sending me back to them made no sense) but gods I did not need that.
Thankfully got it sorted out (mostly by way of pointing out that the GIC had already seen and okayed it, so sending me back to them made no sense) but gods I did not need that.
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
r.e. LRT, I spent multiple months last year - my 15th year on T - also trying to keep access to my prescription.
Thankfully got it sorted out (mostly by way of pointing out that the GIC had already seen and okayed it, so sending me back to them made no sense) but gods I did not need that.
Thankfully got it sorted out (mostly by way of pointing out that the GIC had already seen and okayed it, so sending me back to them made no sense) but gods I did not need that.
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If you think that the current state of trans healthcare in the UK is because of concern or caution, I'd encourage you to think again.
It's not medically informed, it's a reactionary response to transphobic bigotry whipped up into a frenzy over the past few years.
And it costs lives.
It's not medically informed, it's a reactionary response to transphobic bigotry whipped up into a frenzy over the past few years.
And it costs lives.
November 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If you think that the current state of trans healthcare in the UK is because of concern or caution, I'd encourage you to think again.
It's not medically informed, it's a reactionary response to transphobic bigotry whipped up into a frenzy over the past few years.
And it costs lives.
It's not medically informed, it's a reactionary response to transphobic bigotry whipped up into a frenzy over the past few years.
And it costs lives.
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I have been able to regain access to my necessary medication (and thankfully was able to avoid going without during my fight for it). But I know many people who are having the exact same fight right now. Including people who've been settled on hormones even longer than I.
November 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I have been able to regain access to my necessary medication (and thankfully was able to avoid going without during my fight for it). But I know many people who are having the exact same fight right now. Including people who've been settled on hormones even longer than I.
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Three weeks ago I marked nine years on Testosterone.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Three weeks ago I marked nine years on Testosterone.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
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Tonight - please spread the word and show us some love. Trans people are fighting back and caring for each other everywhere - don't ignore that, and paint us as perpetual victims
London people: this Friday, I'll be with Trans Voices holding an evening for trans communities and our loved ones - using sound bath, breathwork, meditation and musical performance to connect, care, and make space for catharsis.
outsavvy.com/event/31390/...
Free tickets - please share
outsavvy.com/event/31390/...
Free tickets - please share
Remembrance in Sound Tickets - London - OutSavvy
To mark Transgender Day of Remembrance, TRANS VOICES invite you to a special one-off vocal sound bath and live performance. REMEMBRANCE IN SOUNDHere's how the night will go:– 7pm – Delivering our sig...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Tonight - please spread the word and show us some love. Trans people are fighting back and caring for each other everywhere - don't ignore that, and paint us as perpetual victims
So this idea continues to chew on the AU-creating part of my brain, mostly because it's blending with the ideas I had off the back of the 'Big Smart Objects: Sentient starships in SF Fiction' panel at Worldcon (look, it's not my fault I love the pairing of an angry sweary ship and a calmer human :P)
You know a series/'verse has got into your head when you start daydreaming about how your characters would work in that universe.
This brought to you by the realisation that Sabbat as a mindship is a *terrifying* idea.
(Why yes, I am rereading @aliettedebodard.com's Xuya books, how'd you guess?)
This brought to you by the realisation that Sabbat as a mindship is a *terrifying* idea.
(Why yes, I am rereading @aliettedebodard.com's Xuya books, how'd you guess?)
November 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
So this idea continues to chew on the AU-creating part of my brain, mostly because it's blending with the ideas I had off the back of the 'Big Smart Objects: Sentient starships in SF Fiction' panel at Worldcon (look, it's not my fault I love the pairing of an angry sweary ship and a calmer human :P)
And, because I'm me, of course there's a worldbuilding post with more information: saranadosfiction.com/2021/04/09/s...
(Honestly, once I'm done with Fire in the Sky, I'm very tempted to collect all my worldbuilding posts up as a supplementary book)
(Honestly, once I'm done with Fire in the Sky, I'm very tempted to collect all my worldbuilding posts up as a supplementary book)
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
And, because I'm me, of course there's a worldbuilding post with more information: saranadosfiction.com/2021/04/09/s...
(Honestly, once I'm done with Fire in the Sky, I'm very tempted to collect all my worldbuilding posts up as a supplementary book)
(Honestly, once I'm done with Fire in the Sky, I'm very tempted to collect all my worldbuilding posts up as a supplementary book)
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Politics in this country makes a lot more sense once you realise everything is like this
"The BBC tried this after 'Final Final Version (2) - Do Not Edit (1)' failed."
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Politics in this country makes a lot more sense once you realise everything is like this
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What we’d love to see in our submissions box for our Ruins & Rituals issue (by 28 Feb):
- fantasy horror set in the ruins of civilisation
- forgotten rituals turned folklore
- tricksy protagonists
- swoony romance and queer HEAs
- nothing that isn’t fantasy!
- also cats
www.silversunbooks.com
- fantasy horror set in the ruins of civilisation
- forgotten rituals turned folklore
- tricksy protagonists
- swoony romance and queer HEAs
- nothing that isn’t fantasy!
- also cats
www.silversunbooks.com
Indie Bites | Indie Fantasy Magazine
A non-profit quarterly magazine of indie fantasy authors, bloggers and illustrators.
www.silversunbooks.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
What we’d love to see in our submissions box for our Ruins & Rituals issue (by 28 Feb):
- fantasy horror set in the ruins of civilisation
- forgotten rituals turned folklore
- tricksy protagonists
- swoony romance and queer HEAs
- nothing that isn’t fantasy!
- also cats
www.silversunbooks.com
- fantasy horror set in the ruins of civilisation
- forgotten rituals turned folklore
- tricksy protagonists
- swoony romance and queer HEAs
- nothing that isn’t fantasy!
- also cats
www.silversunbooks.com
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A question: I'm going to be on the radio talking about SFF. I want to recommend a fantastic romantasy in among the others I will talk about but I'm not confident I know what to rec on that front. Any ideas? Ideally for people for whom this will be their first genre/romantasy novel
#romantasy #SFF
#romantasy #SFF
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A question: I'm going to be on the radio talking about SFF. I want to recommend a fantastic romantasy in among the others I will talk about but I'm not confident I know what to rec on that front. Any ideas? Ideally for people for whom this will be their first genre/romantasy novel
#romantasy #SFF
#romantasy #SFF
#WIPSnips | zigzag
Again, not a word I have, so we're doing vibes/mood - this time, back in Blood on the Snow and Sabbat musing on the thieves' roads and rat-runs of Old Town
( saranadosfiction.com/2020/06/15/b... )
Again, not a word I have, so we're doing vibes/mood - this time, back in Blood on the Snow and Sabbat musing on the thieves' roads and rat-runs of Old Town
( saranadosfiction.com/2020/06/15/b... )
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
#WIPSnips | zigzag
Again, not a word I have, so we're doing vibes/mood - this time, back in Blood on the Snow and Sabbat musing on the thieves' roads and rat-runs of Old Town
( saranadosfiction.com/2020/06/15/b... )
Again, not a word I have, so we're doing vibes/mood - this time, back in Blood on the Snow and Sabbat musing on the thieves' roads and rat-runs of Old Town
( saranadosfiction.com/2020/06/15/b... )
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60 feet long. 38,000 dried flowers. 11 months in the making… This is the Cotehele Garland.
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
60 feet long. 38,000 dried flowers. 11 months in the making… This is the Cotehele Garland.
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Three days left on the general submision window for the debut issue of FANTABULOSA! A new magazine of queer scifi and fantasy!
(Trans and BIPOC authors have until 15 Dec!)
Send us your queerest SFF! 🧙♂️🚀🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️👽🔮
6000 word limit
$0.08/word USD
More details: www.bona-books.com/submissions
(Trans and BIPOC authors have until 15 Dec!)
Send us your queerest SFF! 🧙♂️🚀🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️👽🔮
6000 word limit
$0.08/word USD
More details: www.bona-books.com/submissions
Submissions — Bona Books
www.bona-books.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Three days left on the general submision window for the debut issue of FANTABULOSA! A new magazine of queer scifi and fantasy!
(Trans and BIPOC authors have until 15 Dec!)
Send us your queerest SFF! 🧙♂️🚀🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️👽🔮
6000 word limit
$0.08/word USD
More details: www.bona-books.com/submissions
(Trans and BIPOC authors have until 15 Dec!)
Send us your queerest SFF! 🧙♂️🚀🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️👽🔮
6000 word limit
$0.08/word USD
More details: www.bona-books.com/submissions
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Daily bunny no.3152 has lots of leftovers
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Daily bunny no.3152 has lots of leftovers
Oh hello, back braces that aren't in medical-beige or sports-equipment black?
(And as for favourite, I think it'd have to be the starfield)
(And as for favourite, I think it'd have to be the starfield)
My manufacturer is currently working on the back braces and sent me pics of the back braces currently in production. You can still order them. They ship out in February! They come in sizes XS to XXL!!
Which one is your fave?
Links below!!
Which one is your fave?
Links below!!
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Oh hello, back braces that aren't in medical-beige or sports-equipment black?
(And as for favourite, I think it'd have to be the starfield)
(And as for favourite, I think it'd have to be the starfield)
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I would like this woman to be my new best friend and mentor, please.
I heard a story about a female academic giving a paper at the IHR who, after receiving a long and aggressive question from a senior male professor, simply leaned back with her hands behind her head and replied “Oh, do fuck off.”
One of my colleagues went to a seminar at Berkeley and when someone asked a question Derrida brushed it off saying ‘what you ask may be important but it is not interesting’.
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I would like this woman to be my new best friend and mentor, please.
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Making my two #horror short stories free/pwyw on Kofi and Payhip again, and D2D soon if possible, because real life sucks right now. Stay safe out there.
payhip.com/ALittleBitof...
ko-fi.com/A0307Q3/shop
📚💙📚🤏📚🌈
payhip.com/ALittleBitof...
ko-fi.com/A0307Q3/shop
📚💙📚🤏📚🌈
November 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Making my two #horror short stories free/pwyw on Kofi and Payhip again, and D2D soon if possible, because real life sucks right now. Stay safe out there.
payhip.com/ALittleBitof...
ko-fi.com/A0307Q3/shop
📚💙📚🤏📚🌈
payhip.com/ALittleBitof...
ko-fi.com/A0307Q3/shop
📚💙📚🤏📚🌈
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I think we could all use a polar bear cuddle pile to brighten up our timeline. These two cubs are about 11 months old and will stay with mom until 2.5-3 years. #BearSeason2025 #Mammals 🌿
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I think we could all use a polar bear cuddle pile to brighten up our timeline. These two cubs are about 11 months old and will stay with mom until 2.5-3 years. #BearSeason2025 #Mammals 🌿