Loren (L.M.) Guay
@nightgleaming.bsky.social
they/them fatale • poet & speculative fiction writer • phd student in english & education • adoptee (🇵🇾) • staff to 2 cats🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
LIVING FOSSILS out feb 2026 from Texas Review Press
lmguay.com
LIVING FOSSILS out feb 2026 from Texas Review Press
lmguay.com
Pinned
thrilled to announce that my debut poetry collection LIVING FOSSILS is now available for pre-order from TRP! tell your cats, tell your friends, support queer/trans literature and art [coelacanth emoji when]
www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...
www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...
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Conflicting info about whether Pretti was murdered by ICE or CBP makes it clear that ICE is not single "rogue agency"
ICE, CBP and ALL policing & borders must be abolished. This isn't just one agency; its an entire infrastructure of carceral control, illegalization & criminalization, and fascism.
ICE, CBP and ALL policing & borders must be abolished. This isn't just one agency; its an entire infrastructure of carceral control, illegalization & criminalization, and fascism.
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Conflicting info about whether Pretti was murdered by ICE or CBP makes it clear that ICE is not single "rogue agency"
ICE, CBP and ALL policing & borders must be abolished. This isn't just one agency; its an entire infrastructure of carceral control, illegalization & criminalization, and fascism.
ICE, CBP and ALL policing & borders must be abolished. This isn't just one agency; its an entire infrastructure of carceral control, illegalization & criminalization, and fascism.
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oh no, are publishers getting squeamish about buying queer books right now for some impossible-to-guess reason??
sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
oh no, are publishers getting squeamish about buying queer books right now for some impossible-to-guess reason??
sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
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And we said abolish ICE too. ICE is not inevitable, its existence is not settled —even as it fortifies the settler state. Historically speaking, that ain’t certain either.
January 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
And we said abolish ICE too. ICE is not inevitable, its existence is not settled —even as it fortifies the settler state. Historically speaking, that ain’t certain either.
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Today you should give Latin Americans the dignity of rage, and not expect people to feel grateful for your passive indignation
January 3, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Today you should give Latin Americans the dignity of rage, and not expect people to feel grateful for your passive indignation
2025 eligibility post: like many of us I was Eligible for having a nervous breakdown & yet I did not do that, wow! however I also did not publish any fiction. here are some books (& one play) by other people I enjoyed reading very much instead
December 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
2025 eligibility post: like many of us I was Eligible for having a nervous breakdown & yet I did not do that, wow! however I also did not publish any fiction. here are some books (& one play) by other people I enjoyed reading very much instead
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Dear bluskeeters!
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Dear bluskeeters!
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
I'm doing research with a friend.
If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection.
Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share
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Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
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UPDATE — For those who want to help, there’s now a way to donate directly to the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union to help with emergency relocation costs as residents “vacate in one of the snowiest winters in Chicago’s history.”
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Judge: residents must move out, ICE-raided South Shore building is uninhabitable • The TRiiBE
The tenants of the property at 7500 S. South Shore Drive are ordered to leave the property by Friday.
thetriibe.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
UPDATE — For those who want to help, there’s now a way to donate directly to the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union to help with emergency relocation costs as residents “vacate in one of the snowiest winters in Chicago’s history.”
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
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thrilled to announce that my debut poetry collection LIVING FOSSILS is now available for pre-order from TRP! tell your cats, tell your friends, support queer/trans literature and art [coelacanth emoji when]
www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...
www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
thrilled to announce that my debut poetry collection LIVING FOSSILS is now available for pre-order from TRP! tell your cats, tell your friends, support queer/trans literature and art [coelacanth emoji when]
www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...
www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...
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Huge congratulations and good luck to beestung's 2026 Best Microfiction nominees!
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Yufan Lu
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Yufan Lu
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Huge congratulations and good luck to beestung's 2026 Best Microfiction nominees!
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Yufan Lu
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Yufan Lu
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
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A new post on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies from @jsanofranchini.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social, and me: "A Year of Refusal"
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
A Year of Refusal
Maggie Fernandes, University of ArkansasMegan McIntyre, University of ArkansasJennifer Sano-Franchini, West Virginia University Photo by Francis Glenn Marciano on Pexels.com It’s been about a year …
refusinggenai.wordpress.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A new post on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies from @jsanofranchini.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social, and me: "A Year of Refusal"
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
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Thanks to Rex for spotting this one! Necropolis contains 5 stories about strange, decaying cities and is now available for purchase at Hexagon's patreon!
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Thanks to Rex for spotting this one! Necropolis contains 5 stories about strange, decaying cities and is now available for purchase at Hexagon's patreon!
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
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fact: transphobia is for losers
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
fact: transphobia is for losers
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workers at Detroit Institute of Arts are announcing a wall-to-wall union drive for all staff at the museum. DIA is an amazing museum with a ton of incredible exhibits.
if you could sign the petition, that may help motivate museum leadership to voluntarily recognize the union.
diaworkersunited.org
if you could sign the petition, that may help motivate museum leadership to voluntarily recognize the union.
diaworkersunited.org
Detroit Institute of Arts Cultural Workers United
diaworkersunited.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
workers at Detroit Institute of Arts are announcing a wall-to-wall union drive for all staff at the museum. DIA is an amazing museum with a ton of incredible exhibits.
if you could sign the petition, that may help motivate museum leadership to voluntarily recognize the union.
diaworkersunited.org
if you could sign the petition, that may help motivate museum leadership to voluntarily recognize the union.
diaworkersunited.org
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it should be illegal to move your cat off-camera during a Zoom meeting
November 13, 2024 at 1:08 AM
it should be illegal to move your cat off-camera during a Zoom meeting
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If you would like to support some of the families of people who have been abducted by ICE in my area during the recent federal attacks on our community that I've written about, local organizers have put together this trusted list of crowd funds.
Rogers Park Immigrant Families Need Your Support
Please give as you are able AND share this page! If you have friends and family asking how they can support Chicago in this difficult time, this is a way to directly support families. Go FundMe Link...
docs.google.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If you would like to support some of the families of people who have been abducted by ICE in my area during the recent federal attacks on our community that I've written about, local organizers have put together this trusted list of crowd funds.
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It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
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My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.
Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.
organizingmythoughts.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
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If you'd like to see beestung keep buzzing, please consider dropping a few bucks our way 🖤💛🖤💛
We're still trying to raise $246 this year to cover expenses, if you're feeling generous.
We'll never charge a submission fee, and we pay our writers.
Your help will also ensure that we can bring on a guest editor in the new year, to avoid that whole 'monolithic voice' business 💛🖤
Thank you. 🐝
We'll never charge a submission fee, and we pay our writers.
Your help will also ensure that we can bring on a guest editor in the new year, to avoid that whole 'monolithic voice' business 💛🖤
Thank you. 🐝
Happy non-binary day and week!
We're a small mag publishing non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers.
If you'd like to help us out, we're currently working towards our goal for paying writers for this and next year.
Shares are very much appreciated, too!
www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...
We're a small mag publishing non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers.
If you'd like to help us out, we're currently working towards our goal for paying writers for this and next year.
Shares are very much appreciated, too!
www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...
October 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
If you'd like to see beestung keep buzzing, please consider dropping a few bucks our way 🖤💛🖤💛
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Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
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strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…
strangehorizons.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
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WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
September 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
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As ICE continues to terrorize Chicagoland, protesters gathered this morning outside the Broadview detention center—throwing stuffed animals at DHS agents, playing music through tear gas assaults, and putting their bodies on the line to stop ICE vehicles. My latest.
Fighting for Our Stolen Neighbors: ICE, Tear Gas and a Guitar Blown Open
"Being out here to demand what is right is the only way to stay human," says Jessica Darrow.
organizingmythoughts.org
September 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
As ICE continues to terrorize Chicagoland, protesters gathered this morning outside the Broadview detention center—throwing stuffed animals at DHS agents, playing music through tear gas assaults, and putting their bodies on the line to stop ICE vehicles. My latest.
Thank you @clmporg.bsky.social for including my poem in @beestung.bsky.social in this list, alongside so many other fantastic reads!
Today is the first day of #HispanicHeritageMonth! Celebrate with us by picking your next reads from our reading list featuring indie presses and lit mags—and be sure to bookmark the list for year-round reading recommendations: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
A Reading List for Hispanic Heritage Month 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
For National Hispanic Heritage Month, observed annually from September 15 to October 15, we asked our members to share with us some of the literature they recommend reading in celebration. (Learn…
www.clmp.org
September 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thank you @clmporg.bsky.social for including my poem in @beestung.bsky.social in this list, alongside so many other fantastic reads!
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Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.