Charles (Cy) Payseur
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Locus and Ignyte Award winning co-editor of We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction. Hugo and Ignyte Award finalist critic/fan writer. Destroyer of Science Fiction. Bisexual all day. He/Him They/Them
Locus and Ignyte Award winning co-editor of We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction. Hugo and Ignyte Award finalist critic/fan writer. Destroyer of Science Fiction. Bisexual all day. He/Him They/Them
Thank you!!! <3
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Thank you, Charles!! My sapphic fantasy story, “How Not to Swallow a Dragon” came out in the anthology BEHIND THE REVOLVING DOOR from @celestialechopress.bsky.social
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Behind the Revolving Door, an Anthology of Choices, Volume I|eBook
Within these pages are stories about choices made under ordinary and extraordinary circumstances. What happens when a chef decides to cook a vampire filet? Why does a mother desire and, at the same ti...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Thank you, Charles!! My sapphic fantasy story, “How Not to Swallow a Dragon” came out in the anthology BEHIND THE REVOLVING DOOR from @celestialechopress.bsky.social
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November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Thank you as always, Charles! My bi rep m/m fae romance “The Last and First Loves of Hayrum Bellmaker” was in Crow & Cross Keys: crowcrosskeys.com/2025/10/25/t...
The Last and First Loves of Hayrum Bellmaker—Rick Hollon
Certainly Hayrum Bellmaker had known love before he stepped into fairyland. Jassie had been a witty lass who was as deft with a tale as she was with her sheep-shears. Her hair was a lovely dark sto…
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November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Thank you as always, Charles! My bi rep m/m fae romance “The Last and First Loves of Hayrum Bellmaker” was in Crow & Cross Keys: crowcrosskeys.com/2025/10/25/t...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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"Among the Beginnings Scattered Across the Kitchen Floor" came out on the internets!
(Buuuut I can't remember if you already noted it when the @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social Vol 5 released earlier this year...)
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(Buuuut I can't remember if you already noted it when the @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social Vol 5 released earlier this year...)
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Among the Beginnings Scattered Across the Kitchen Floor — IfTheresAnyone
I have nowhere to put my beginnings. Ends are easy; rinds of tragedy and misfortune stink up the cupboard, waiting to be sunk into soups. Crusty edges of heartbreak line the countertop, salty as drie...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"Among the Beginnings Scattered Across the Kitchen Floor" came out on the internets!
(Buuuut I can't remember if you already noted it when the @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social Vol 5 released earlier this year...)
www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/stories/jenn...
(Buuuut I can't remember if you already noted it when the @iftheresanyoneleft.bsky.social Vol 5 released earlier this year...)
www.iftheresanyoneleft.com/stories/jenn...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Ima toss in "Matt’s Baby" by Toshiya Kamei. Not gonna meet everyone's definition of "queer" but it's pretty queer. hellitself.com/matts-baby/
Matt’s Baby – Hell Itself
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November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Ima toss in "Matt’s Baby" by Toshiya Kamei. Not gonna meet everyone's definition of "queer" but it's pretty queer. hellitself.com/matts-baby/
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November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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f/f mermaid ta(i)le of sorts for @thepinkhydra.com! www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/02022...
The Pink Hydra | The Grotto - Dee Holloway
The Grotto by Dee Holloway
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November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
f/f mermaid ta(i)le of sorts for @thepinkhydra.com! www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/02022...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Strange Horizons
A Magazine of Speculative Fiction
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November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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It's not an easy read but is incredible, finding revolution in pleasure and violence, magic and pain. It's not without its loss or tragedy, but it refuses to hide or erase the full spectrum of queer expression and passion and beauty. It's very much worth spending some time with! Go check it out!
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It's not an easy read but is incredible, finding revolution in pleasure and violence, magic and pain. It's not without its loss or tragedy, but it refuses to hide or erase the full spectrum of queer expression and passion and beauty. It's very much worth spending some time with! Go check it out!
In defiance, some people host very queer, very kinky sex parties knowing that the cops will show, and meet violence with violence, striving to kill their oppressors while also finding magic and connection in each other. The result is kinetic, powerful, and deeply unsettling, a train wreck in slow-mo
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In defiance, some people host very queer, very kinky sex parties knowing that the cops will show, and meet violence with violence, striving to kill their oppressors while also finding magic and connection in each other. The result is kinetic, powerful, and deeply unsettling, a train wreck in slow-mo
the month ends with the amazing "Bullet Time at the Kink Party" by miriam and oof. It's an intense story unfolding in a few seconds of confusion, violence, and community in a future where queerness is illegal and police have even more of a shoot first, don't ask questions attitude
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
the month ends with the amazing "Bullet Time at the Kink Party" by miriam and oof. It's an intense story unfolding in a few seconds of confusion, violence, and community in a future where queerness is illegal and police have even more of a shoot first, don't ask questions attitude
The more they insist, though, the more it's possible this HOA is just like all the others, a conservative institution more interested in conformity than in safety, and more invested in chilling perceived deviance than in solving problems. It's a great poem
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The more they insist, though, the more it's possible this HOA is just like all the others, a conservative institution more interested in conformity than in safety, and more invested in chilling perceived deviance than in solving problems. It's a great poem
I quite like Bree Wernicke's take on HOAs with "Welcome to the Horror Opposition Association!" which finds this different kind of HOA trying to warn new homeowners of the dangers of the horrors all around them. Don't look. Don't listen. If you want to survive you'll follow the advice of the HOA
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I quite like Bree Wernicke's take on HOAs with "Welcome to the Horror Opposition Association!" which finds this different kind of HOA trying to warn new homeowners of the dangers of the horrors all around them. Don't look. Don't listen. If you want to survive you'll follow the advice of the HOA
It starts strong with Rupkatha's "pigwitch" which is at turns magical and terrifying, as a narrator who has grown up around magical pigs who have maybe eaten a god, faces their relentless and inescapable nature. They seem to be a source of power and a promise of endings both, as they whisper dreams
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It starts strong with Rupkatha's "pigwitch" which is at turns magical and terrifying, as a narrator who has grown up around magical pigs who have maybe eaten a god, faces their relentless and inescapable nature. They seem to be a source of power and a promise of endings both, as they whisper dreams
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November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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The piece is strange and dreamlike, the gods ineffable beings who still tantalize and seem to feed off of humans in unsettling ways. The narrator is out to find a god, but just what they'll do when they find her is another matter. It's a weird but compelling read.
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The piece is strange and dreamlike, the gods ineffable beings who still tantalize and seem to feed off of humans in unsettling ways. The narrator is out to find a god, but just what they'll do when they find her is another matter. It's a weird but compelling read.
The narrator has gone from a heavy fruit eater to someone who abstains, thanks to their partner, who helped them see that the fruit didn't really help them and indeed made things harder for them. But still they both remain captivated by Lady Matilde. So the narrator goes to find her at her home
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The narrator has gone from a heavy fruit eater to someone who abstains, thanks to their partner, who helped them see that the fruit didn't really help them and indeed made things harder for them. But still they both remain captivated by Lady Matilde. So the narrator goes to find her at her home