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Nelka
@cozyginger.bsky.social
They/Them/Femme | Horror•SFF•Queer Lit•Spec Fic
Unhinged Is My Flavor
Co-EiC of Hedone Books | Editor | Reviewer
🏳️‍🌈• AuDHD • Cozy Ginger Reviews
https://linktr.ee/cozyginger
My medications have unexpectedly increased, and this month I'm having a hard time affording them.
These are maintenance medications for my heart and nerve damage.
Any help would be appreciated! Can trade editorial services!
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April 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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We are feeling lucky today... Open now! Submissions capped at 200. Send us something cool! 😈💜
March 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Strange Horizons will have 3 FICTION SUBMISSION WINDOWS in 2025.

General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap

Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap

Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap

Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.
March 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
#indieauthors Im offering editing services (dev, copy, proofread, etc) on a PAY WHAT YOU CAN BUDGET! Fast turnaround, references can be provided upon request. Accessiblity 🤝🏻 happy book. No genre or subject matter off limits. Email me
[email protected]
- word count, deadline, synopsis
March 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Kindly, my pink-toed tarantula passed away today. I have arachnophobia and Kindly was my second tarantula over the years to help me see the beauty of spiders.
You’ll be missed little buddy, thank you for teaching me to be a little less afraid 🖤
March 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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#Writers! I’m taking on a few short pieces to edit (dev, line + copy edit included) and it’ll be PAY WHAT YOU CAN / tipping!
Referrals a bonus and have letters of recommendation 🖊️
🩷All genres, no triggers. Message me with your word count, synopsis, deadline and budget🩷
March 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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She's beauty and she's grace, she's here to eat your face.

Bone Knuckles & the Rose Scavenger releases May 15!
🥀What will you trade for the truth?

HERE IT IS FOLKS, the cover reveal for @gwendolynnix.bsky.social upcoming book BONE KNUCKLES AND THE ROSE SCAVENGER. This bone chilling yet equally gorgeous cover was created by Ross Nischler! 🥀

#hedonebooks #queerbooks #booksky #coverreveal
March 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Can't wait to update my substack with all my femme rage reads I've been binging. #booksky
March 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Mochi and Maple being precious. Pardon me while I scream myself into orbit.
February 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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I recently returned to Substack for my review posts, so here are some of the recent ones, plus a brand new one! Head to my bio to read about some amazing books!
February 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I’m a simple creature
#queer
February 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Opposing bills and submitting testimonies in my state has become a nightly thing for me. It's especially rewarding when we win. Winning so we don't set a dangerous precedent for the rest of the country. Fighting for my friends. Fighting for my found family. Fuck the musky orange and butthole lips.
February 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I’m feral and ready to edit. Just a little heads up!!
maybe a slight heads up...
February 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models.

In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
February 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Quality time with @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
CR: The Scourge Between Stars
By: Ness Brown
Sci-fi space horror for the femmes in STEM. 35% in and rlly enjoying this. Author is a literal bad ass. 🪐
January 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
😂 YOU’RE DOING GREAT SWEETIE! My edits play no favorites lmao. We’re doing the thing!
If anyone’s curious about how my work has been going lately, this just about sums it up 😭 I can’t thank @cozyginger.bsky.social enough for all of their hard work…. But also, MERCY I BEG OF YOU 😭😭😭

#indieauthor #horrorwriter #indiewriter #amwriting #authorsofbluesky
January 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The vibes I bring to the function:
January 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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5 star review of SUNBATHERS:

"oh my god?? genuinely one of the best queer dystopian books i've read in a while. mc is very morally grey but she still has qualities i love ... this book also tackles real queer issues and i really enjoyed. absolute peak"

ABSOLUTE PEAK, LADS, YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST
Sunbathers
Sin is hot but purity is blistering.Hordes of cannibali…
www.goodreads.com
January 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
On the eve of the release, I got sentimental editor goo all over @smhallow.bsky.social Proud of you 💙📚
Your Happy Ending Is Almost Here- A Letter From The Editor open.substack.com/pub/hedonebo...
Your Happy Ending Is Almost Here- A Letter From The Editor
'How To Survive This Fairytale' is releasing tomorrow
open.substack.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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I only need 8 more adds of THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET on Goodreads to reach 1000! 🌈💐
Who wants to help this queer, tender romance get there?
The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet
"After procuring several fervent assurances that his wi…
www.goodreads.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
‘How To Survive This Fairytale’ releases tomorrow + I will throw myself into the abyss if y’all don’t read it. It’s powerful and gentle, brutal and heartbreaking. I will cause a ruckus. @smhallow.bsky.social thank you for entrusting me with your work. It’s been an honor 🫂

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January 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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A Dark Fantasy Romance for fans of T. Kingfisher's THORNHEDGE and Tamsyn Muir's HARROW THE NINTH, comes a story crafted by S. M. Hallow. Twining together a dark fairy tale retelling w/ mental health and disability rep + queer normative world building splashed with a cozy horror game vibe.
January 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Waiting with bated breath for our next SILK AND FOXGLOVE author announcement? You should be! We’re so excited to announce that Cindy Phan will be joining Paula D. Ashe, Winifred Burton, and Simo Srinivas in this spicy anthology of eco-horror, edited by the amazing Z. K. Abraham 🪻😍🪻😍🪻
January 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM