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Jeffrey Ricker (he/him)
@jeffreyricker.bsky.social
#Queer writer of #YA and speculative fiction. Expect lots of Star Trek references. Failing to meet the demands of capitalism since 1969. Can I pet your dog? https://linktr.ee/rickerje and https://ko-fi.com/jeffreyricker
I reskeeted this earlier, but I would be remiss if I didn’t point out this means you can pick up my 📚 (including ebooks) for 15% off, which makes me what? Cheap AND easy! #BookSky 🏳️‍🌈
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
2022. My novella “Roadside Assistance” was the kickoff story in Three Left Turns to Nowhere. If I had to describe Hopewell, Ontario, I’d say “Star’s Hollow meets Big Eden.” If you know, you know. #tbt #QueerYA #BookSky boldstrokesbooks.com/books/three-...
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I just wrote a line of dialogue for one of my characters, and suddenly I have a title for my up-until-now–untitled queer holiday romcom. (No, I'm not telling you, yet. It may still change.) #WriterSky
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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We are so thankful for our readers, who support our authors and our stories and our independent queer press all year long.
This weekend, 15% all titles--ebook and paperback!!--in the webstore. www.boldstrokesbooks.com
(Please remember, paperbacks can only be shipped to the US and Canada.)
November 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Recently, I made a carousel on this very topic—getting stuck/falling out of love with a project—because, well, reasons. (I was sick of what I was writing, OK?) I needed to tell myself some things to keep going. These would be those things. (1/2) #FirstDraftFall #WriterSky
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
OH. MY. GOD. When is this book coming out, @jmredmann.bsky.social / @robbyrnes.bsky.social? I need this yesterday. #BookSky
So, I’m not on FB anymore so I missed this announcement but @jmredmann.bsky.social and @robbyrnes.bsky.social are co-writing a Micky Knight/Grant & Chase crossover called "A Streetcar Named Shenanigans" and I may enter orbit propelled by joy. #BookSky
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Poor Jamie’s having the crappiest day of his life—and that’s before the winged horse shows up in his backyard.

Find out how much worse his day gets in The Unwanted. It’s kinda like Percy Jackson, but make it gay.

No, *really* gay.

#1LineWed #queerYA books2read.com/theunwanted
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If you’re not familiar with @nathanburgoine.bsky.social’s writing, this novella is a great place to start. Found family, queer joy, and romance. You really can’t go wrong. #BookSky
Hey #BookSky — if you’re looking for some novellas for your end-of-year goal, and you’re also feeling the mood now the snow is flying (if you’re somewhere like me, anyway), my indie stories are all available in #KoboPlus, which includes "Handmade Holidays" (gay romance holiday novella).
Handmade Holidays ebook by 'Nathan Burgoine - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Handmade Holidays" by 'Nathan Burgoine available from Rakuten Kobo. At nineteen, Nick is alone for the holidays and facing reality: this is how it will be from now on. Refusing to give up ...
www.kobo.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Beyond supporting an author’s work (and yes, it absolutely helps with that), a review can also provide—speaking for myself here—a much needed encouragement to keep doing what I'm doing.
Okay, because I need to try and re-spark some writing community joy after… *gestures at everything* how about a revisit on a way you can absolutely support authors you love for zero dollars: by dropping a low-stress, three-sentence review somewhere.
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Why are you so weird, boy?
Charlie, are you queer, boy?
When I make a play, you’re pushing me away
Charlie, are you queer?
And after you kissed me, Charlie Brown, I always used to wipe my mouth
Dump her in Red Hook, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
New queer holiday romances! Tell us about ’em.
Officially asking now for author folks (and reader folks) to tell me about the new queer holiday romances coming out this year—I don’t know why I’m having trouble finding them this year, but I am.

Drop 'em here, please.

(Bonus if low-angst; also happy for sapphic—this is not just a dude zone).
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Power has been restored.
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Some difficult truths about how hard it is to create and publish in this day and age. If you have the ability, consider supporting @psychopomp.com's Patreon. If not, spread the word and help keep The Deadlands going.
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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PLEASE tell every author you know about this!
Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
Predatory Opt-Out Scheme ClaimsHero Targets Anthropic Settlement Participants: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
In recent weeks, a third-party law firm, ClaimsHero, has launched an aggressive online campaign urging authors to opt out of the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement. ClaimsHero—which has no litiga...
authorsguild.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If you like a multiverse love story, have I got a recommendation for you.
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Yeah, this week's It's Storytime, Swarm X1048 - Ethological Field Report: Canis Lupus Familiaris, '6'" by F.E. Choe, is a beautiful story that sneaks up, quietly slips its hand around your heart, and squeezes it until you think it's going to break.

I love that so many listeners love it, too.
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Bad news: I retired the Mount Rose Teen Princess® Perfume Annal™.

Good news: I converted the Google Sheet into a website. scentedatlas.com

Support independent and artisan perfumers as you smell the entire world. #perfumesky
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A Room with A View
Say Anything
Moonstruck
Star Trek IV: The One with the Whales

Wow, this was difficult. I almost forgot Moonstruck was an ’80s film. Also, I debated between Star Trek II or IV. And it pained me to leave out The Empire Strikes Back, Working Girl, many others. (Steel Magnolias!)
Name your top 4 80s films.
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I missed last night’s #WeeknightWriters chat for not-fun reasons I won’t go into, but the topic, writer’s block, is one that’s near and dear* to me. @nathanburgoine.bsky.social's thread in response offers a number of good insights.

*By which I mean “I fucking hate it.”
The thread from quite a while back, and—again—I totally believe it’s well meaning. I do. Still really, really makes me twitch every time.

#WeeknightWriters
Every time I hear someone—most of the time a well-meaning someone—say, "I don’t believe in writer’s block," I lean hard into the "well-meaning" part, but as someone who does, absolutely, run into what most of us mean by "writer’s block" on the regular, it can be hard not to just flip the bird.
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
March 4, 2022. In hindsight, I should have bought it. #tbt
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I haven’t really felt like myself lately, because *flaps hands* reasons. Where Holly Golightly had Tiffany’s to deal with the mean reds, I have books. Specifically, this charming Christmas novella by @nathanburgoine.bsky.social. It was time for a reread. #BookSky

books2read.com/u/3RzMMj
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Congratulations, Admiral!
I am honored that our show, Star Trek: Prodigy, is nominated for @theemmys.tv for both Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Multiple Role Voice Performer. I love Janeway and portraying her is a delight, in all her forms.

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November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This was awesome! And I believe the replay will be available, so please check it out; it was a wonderful conversation.
Two weeks from today, the ASU Worldbuilding Initiative will host "Resistance in Speculative Fiction and Beyond," our final workshop of 2025, with speakers @jennahanchey.bsky.social and Tanvir Akhtar Ahmed! Free and open to the public. Join us in-person in Tempe or on ASU Live!
Resistance in Speculative Fiction and Beyond | ASU Events
In this workshop, our speakers will use speculative thinking, literary criticism, and fiction writing to explore what resistance looks like in both our real world and in the imagined worlds that refle...
asuevents.asu.edu
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM