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K.S. Murphy (they/them)
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Bi.🏳️‍🌈 Femme Nonbinary🏳️‍⚧️. Writer🧑🏻‍💻. Reader📚. Married👰🏻‍♀️. Parent🧑🏻‍🍼. Disabled👩🏻‍🦽‍➡️. Oldie but goodie 🤭Find my queer romance books at murphybooks.com
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K.S. Murphy (they/them) @ksmurphy.bsky.social · Jul 4
Me: a queer author of LGBTQA+ romance in various genres. Books and words are my weapons. Married parent. 40+

What other topics to expect to find here:

❤️ Human rights
🧡 PRO choice/woman
💛 BLM/BIPOC rights
💚 LQBTQ+/Trans rights
💙 Pro Science
💜 Free Palestine 🇵🇸
🩷 Fuck antisemitism
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How can an author stray so far from their own story’s message?
August 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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A 1955 writer casually dropping a “Germans tended to go along with Nazis just like your all-American wife goes along with segregation” is both the answer and the question for “how we got here”
katz.theracket.news Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · Aug 27
Hell of a passage to read in twenty twenty five
to Chicago or vice versa, the locat and, by transference, the community, too. The German community-the rest of the seventy million Germans, apart from the million or so who operated the whole machinery of Nazism-had nothing to do except not to interfere. Absolutely nothing was expected of them except to go on as they had, paying their taxes, reading their local paper, and listening to the radio. Everybody attended local celebrations of national occasions-hadn't the schools and the stores always been closed for the Kaiser's birthday?—so you attended, too. Everybody contributed money and time to worthy purposes, so you did, too. In America your wife collects or distributes clothing, gives an afternoon a week to the Red Cross or the orphanage or the hospital; in Germany she did the same thing in the Nazi Frauenbund, and for the same reasons. The Frauen-bund, like the Red Cross, was patriotic and humanitarian; 57 The Lives Men Lead did your wife ask the Red Cross if "Negro" plasma was segregated from "white"? One minded one's own business in Germany, with or without a dictatorship. The random leisure which leads Americans into all sorts of afterhour byways, constructive, amusing, or ruinous, did not exist for most Germans. One didn't go out of one's way, on a day off, to "look for trouble" thoro loon ta
August 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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🌈📚 YEAR OF QUEER BOOK BLAST is here!
One day only Tuesday, August 26th!
✨ Over 300 queer stories All for 99¢ or FREE
🎉 I have TWO books in the mix!
Watch With Glittering Eyes & Trust With Glittering Eyes
— Both just 99¢ for the day!
Yearofqueerlit.com #writesky #queersky #booksky
Year of Queer Lit
Stuff Your Kindle Day!
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August 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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When you’re Lust incarnate it shouldn’t be this hard to seduce someone…unless it’s Chase: Chastity incarnate. This bet with his brother Greed is not going to be easy to win. #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky #queersky
August 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Holy goodness
ign.com IGN @ign.com · Aug 19
Good Boy is a horror movie from the perspective of a dog named Indy who must battle a malevolence intent on dragging his beloved owner into the afterlife.
Good Boy - Official Trailer (2025)
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August 23, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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My first choice was Steve Rogers but since he was named I’ll have to go with my other man, George Bailey
August 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Oh hell yes!!!
rjmartinwrites.com 🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · Aug 23
Yes please 😊

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rjmartinwrites.com 🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · Aug 22
Most women can't keep up with B—until K shows up. K is smart, sexy, dangerous, and came back even after B threw a grenade at her

The problem is K is trying to collect the price on her head

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#LesbianBooks #SciFiBooks #RomanceBooks #LGBTQBooks #QueerBooks #SapphFic #LesFic 🪐📚🌈📚🌶️📚💙
August 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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The fact that Americans are seeking asylum in other countries is mind blowing 🤯 great indeed. 😡
mimmymum.bsky.social Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · Aug 22
“Canada recognises LGBTQ+ identity as grounds for asylum, with applicants able to present evidence of discrimination, harassment, or denial of medical care.Canada's broader protections from gender recognition rights to public healthcare are seen as strong pull factors.”
Record Numbers of Americans Seek Asylum in Canada — Surge Driven by Trans Applicants
Canada is seeing a record surge in asylum claims from US citizens, with lawyers noting a marked increase in transgender applicants citing safety and discrimination concerns.
www.ibtimes.co.uk
August 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Whaaaat??? 😱😱😱
richardjmurphy.bsky.social Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 23
How fascists use black-and-white thinking to win youtu.be/Ggca48_uYN4?... Fascists and far-right politicians define an 'other' group in society and then blame them for all its problems. I explain why this tactic is so effective – and so dangerous.
How fascists use black-and-white thinking to win
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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August 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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August 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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☀️ Summer’s not over just yet — but this sale will be!
All my ebooks at JMS Books are 45% off now through August 25! Romance, magic, kink, and queer joy — all waiting for you. 💛

🛍️ Browse here: www.jms-books.com/ks-murphy-c-...

#Queersky #WritingCommunity #BookSale #booksky #Writersky #IndieAuthor
August 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Well THAT sounds fun!!
rebeccareyeswriting.com Rebecca E. Reyes @rebeccareyeswriting.com · Aug 20
Circus talents, muscles, and compassion are all Thalia needs to take on the empire. Even gods overlook cracks.

🗺️1910's inspired worldbuilding
🐉Strange creatures
😓Flawed protagonist
🗡️Tested Loyalties
⚔️Reluctant Partnerships

rebeccareyeswriting.com/work/book-series

#SFF #Scifi #Fantasy #Booksky💙📚
3D Renders of the books, Sigils of Malice and Sigils of Blight by Rebecca E. Reyes. Sigils of Malice's book cover has a magical, horned blue beetle with red eyes sprinkling glittering dust on magical technology lit by a blue gem. Sigils of Blight's book cover is of a six-sided lantern lit with a ghostly flame, in the jungle, in front of burning ruins. Art by Elora Ladd Books by Rebecca E Reyes
August 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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🖤🖤🖤💔
amybrown.xyz amy brown @amybrown.xyz · Aug 22
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
August 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Why is it controversial to want my tax dollars to go to feeding children? Yes, even children whose parents can afford it. Idc. No one, especially children, should ever go hungry. EVER.
stoneyboboney.bsky.social Laura “y’all’d’ve is grammatically correct” Stone @stoneyboboney.bsky.social · Aug 22
Whew, Teen Vogue has been that voice for a minute!
thetattooedjew.com Dom Kelly @thetattooedjew.com · Aug 22
For @teenvogue.com, I wrote about America’s favorite bipartisan pastime: starving people at home and abroad. As officials confirm what we already know, that there is a famine in Gaza, I hope we can all remember that none of this is unavoidable. It is a choice.
August 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Omg yessss!!! Fave!!! My babies return!!
runwithskizzers.bsky.social Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · Aug 21
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August 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Love this!
lousytshirt.bsky.social MeliSwenk Editing @lousytshirt.bsky.social · Aug 21
#WIPSnips from Monah's Bk. 2 -- Megh, co-owner of Fazekas Bistro in Piatra Invelis, tries to practice patience with a small group of the Sons of Faldor, but they are testing her.
#writesky #writingcommunity #queerwriters
August 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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It’s a great weekend!
spacemagiccon.bsky.social Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social · Aug 21
The BookTokker and two-time author is one of the genre’s most exciting up-and-coming voices, but she really couldn’t care less if you don’t take romance fiction seriously.

Don't forget to register for the RSM!
A Q&A With Romance BookTokker Tierney Page
The BookTokker and two-time author is one of the genre's most exciting up-and-coming voices. Here, she answers our questions.
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August 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Gothic meet-cute.
How could you not fall in love when a wild man shouts in your face the first time he lays eyes on you?

#wipsnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
I knock again, much louder this time. My fist freezes mid-air as the door violently swings open. A large man fills the doorway. Angry eyes burning in the shadows. “What?” he growls through gritted teeth. I take a step back to put some distance between our bodies. When I don’t answer immediately, he adds, “What do you want?” “I’m Bloom,” I say, startled, trying to keep my voice from shaking. “Why should it matter to me who you are?” he replies, eyes narrowing. His voice is quieter now, almost hoarse, but still seething with anger. “I… I’m here for the custodian position.” My heart is pounding so loudly my eardrums pulsate. The man’s chest expands as he takes a deep breath, before abruptly turning around and storming back inside. I feel smaller than a fly. Barely visible in the gloom of the foyer, he stops at the center and shouts. “How dare you trouble me with trifles like this.” I don’t dare move or say anything, trying to keep as still as possible on the threshold of this castle. Maybe this way, he’ll forget I’m here.
August 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Chase’s first time going to the Lower Coil with Lust is quite an experience. #WIPSnips #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #queersky
August 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Meet Lust, a headline in human form, and Chastity, restraint made warm. He was supposed to seduce them to win a bet. Instead, he’s laughing in mortal cafés, dancing on rooftops, and learning that one true thing can feel more dangerous than any kiss. #writesky #amwriting #queersky #booksky
“I happen to like my shape,” he said, falling into step next to them, fingers fanned over his heart as though suggesting otherwise would be outrageous and insulting. Chase didn’t break stride. They didn’t even spare him a side eye. “I know. You’ve designed the entire performance around it. The voice, the walk, the perfectly time glances. All curated to work when the audience participates.” “And you won’t?” Lust asked. “Is that it?” That did earn him a glance. Level. Unhurried. The kind of look that felt like a pause in the air. Not an offer, not a gift. Simply a person, solid and self-possessed, standing in a play of shadow and light. “No,” Chase said. “Because I don’t want what you’re offering.”
August 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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History is history is history. No matter how uncomfortable it might get, it doesn’t stop it from needing to be learned. That discomfort is your gut telling you it was wrong and should NEVER happen again. And that’s why history needs to be accurate. So we don’t repeat what makes us uncomfortable.
August 20, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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I will be there as a panelist for Writing About Trans Joy on October 5th at 6pm!
spacemagiccon.bsky.social Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social · Aug 20
Writing with resistance, Imagining a better future. Join us Oct 4 & 5 for the 6th annual Rainbow Space Magic. This free virtual con is for writers & readers of queer speculative fiction. Keynote speaker is Sam Maggs! Register at rainbowspacemagic.org.
#LGBT #writing #ScienceFiction #fantasy
a colorful space background. The RSM logo is in the upper right. There is a photo of a youngish white woman with glasses and curly brown hair, wearing a t-shirt that says 'DuJour'. Text reads, 'writing with resistance, imagining a better future. Keynote speaker: Sam Maggs. October 4 - 5, 2025.' and the URL
August 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Hmm…one of these is not like the other 😂😂😂 Yes, I am doing an #InfinitySaga rewatch 😊 #marvel #mcu #ironman #thor
August 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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He even used a racist phrase while saying it 🙄 that ship has sailed, bro.
stoneyboboney.bsky.social Laura “y’all’d’ve is grammatically correct” Stone @stoneyboboney.bsky.social · Aug 20
Bud. Pal. Hombre.

Those are the flames of hell licking at your heels and you deserve all that and more for the shit we know about, let alone all the filth that will come to light after your (joyously celebrated!) death.

Like, Kissinger level celebration.
pleasebegneiss.bsky.social slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · Aug 20
potentially the funniest thing he’s said yet
August 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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@elliethomas.bsky.social is a lovely author who writes lovely historical romances!!
jms-books.com JMS Books LLC @jms-books.com · Aug 20
This box set contains three best-selling MMM Regency series, where Clem, Abe, and Humphrey band together to defeat an enemy and find lasting romance.

Historical gay romance by Ellie Thomas now available from JMS Books!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0...
August 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM