Renee (she/her)
@reneec.bsky.social
30s. Black queer writer. Words in: FIYAH Lit, Fireside, Anathema Spec from the Margins, Ecotone.
Cats, hot drinks, DND, board games, basically your cozy indoor bestie who needs to go on more walks.
Cats, hot drinks, DND, board games, basically your cozy indoor bestie who needs to go on more walks.
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If anyone has some $$ to spare, my friend, coworker, and soon-to-be business partner at Sword & Kettle Press Jude (Monica) Robinson is raising money to support her partner, whose brother was recently moidered (sorry, not trying to be crass, just trying to avoid any algo BS)
gofund.me/49b36c292
gofund.me/49b36c292
Donate to Support Cheyenne in Wake of Brother's Passing, organized by Monica Robinson
“As many of you may know, my brother Carl was recently murdered in a vio… Monica Robinson needs your support for Support Cheyenne in Wake of Brother's Passing
gofund.me
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If anyone has some $$ to spare, my friend, coworker, and soon-to-be business partner at Sword & Kettle Press Jude (Monica) Robinson is raising money to support her partner, whose brother was recently moidered (sorry, not trying to be crass, just trying to avoid any algo BS)
gofund.me/49b36c292
gofund.me/49b36c292
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A reminder that I'm currently jobless so if you'd like to interview me about this book I literally have all the time in the world. You will never receive an email reply so fast.
I know everything is trash but books are still good. My book is up for pre-order and id be grateful if you want to read it 🥺 will link to a few places in thread
October 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A reminder that I'm currently jobless so if you'd like to interview me about this book I literally have all the time in the world. You will never receive an email reply so fast.
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Honestly, I don't care what people seeking assistance at food banks do for a living, whether they work or not, what they drive, etc.
People are hungry. Give them food to eat. Plain and simple.
People are hungry. Give them food to eat. Plain and simple.
October 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Honestly, I don't care what people seeking assistance at food banks do for a living, whether they work or not, what they drive, etc.
People are hungry. Give them food to eat. Plain and simple.
People are hungry. Give them food to eat. Plain and simple.
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Ballad of the Bone Road comes out in 3 months and 1 day! I've already started gathering swag and I can't wait to welcome you all to the Peony Hotel!
October 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ballad of the Bone Road comes out in 3 months and 1 day! I've already started gathering swag and I can't wait to welcome you all to the Peony Hotel!
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Spreading awareness for a new magazine's Kickstarter - OTHERSIDE is a new queer-led magazine of speculative short fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!
A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.
www.kickstarter.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Spreading awareness for a new magazine's Kickstarter - OTHERSIDE is a new queer-led magazine of speculative short fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
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Here are 7 things you should know about Long COVID.
October 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Here are 7 things you should know about Long COVID.
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Would you like a first-chapter sample before you pre-order READ ME SLOW?
It's available on my website right now!
charishreid.com/read-me-slow/
-May/December romance
-Brother's best friend
-Romance author/Horror podcaster
-Recording booth tension
-So much voice-kink
Release date: October 28
It's available on my website right now!
charishreid.com/read-me-slow/
-May/December romance
-Brother's best friend
-Romance author/Horror podcaster
-Recording booth tension
-So much voice-kink
Release date: October 28
Read Me Slow
Preorder for: October 28, 2025 AMAZON B&N KOBO She writes fantasies. He turns fear into sound. Neither expected desire to be this loud. Maya Brooks writes romance for a living but she keeps her…
charishreid.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Would you like a first-chapter sample before you pre-order READ ME SLOW?
It's available on my website right now!
charishreid.com/read-me-slow/
-May/December romance
-Brother's best friend
-Romance author/Horror podcaster
-Recording booth tension
-So much voice-kink
Release date: October 28
It's available on my website right now!
charishreid.com/read-me-slow/
-May/December romance
-Brother's best friend
-Romance author/Horror podcaster
-Recording booth tension
-So much voice-kink
Release date: October 28
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reading romance novels to save my sanity
October 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
reading romance novels to save my sanity
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😍😍😍
2026 calendars are up for preorder till the end of October! Calendars ship in November! They're saddle-stitched with a hanging hole, 9 x 24 inches large! gdbee.store/products/vib...
October 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
😍😍😍
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QUEER VAMPIRE BOOKS
Queer Liberation Library has over 70 queer vampire books we’re highlighting this month: libbyapp.com/library/quee....
go on, sink your teeth in 🧛
Queer Liberation Library has over 70 queer vampire books we’re highlighting this month: libbyapp.com/library/quee....
go on, sink your teeth in 🧛
Libby
All over the world, local libraries offer millions of ebooks and audiobooks. You can borrow them — for free, instantly — with a library card and Libby: the award-winning, much-loved app for libraries.
libbyapp.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
QUEER VAMPIRE BOOKS
Queer Liberation Library has over 70 queer vampire books we’re highlighting this month: libbyapp.com/library/quee....
go on, sink your teeth in 🧛
Queer Liberation Library has over 70 queer vampire books we’re highlighting this month: libbyapp.com/library/quee....
go on, sink your teeth in 🧛
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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...
Donate to beestung: Years Six & Seven, organized by Sarah Clark
What is beestung:
beestung is a quarterly online micro-magazine for non-binary, genderquee… Sarah Clark needs your support for beestung: Years Six & Seven
www.gofundme.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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. 🐝
I wish I could rearrange my house using magic a la Casper Meets Wendy 🪄
September 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I wish I could rearrange my house using magic a la Casper Meets Wendy 🪄
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The more these tech bro weirdos try to jam AI into things, the more old fashioned I get. The only thing they're managing to convince me of is that I need *less* technology in my life.
September 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The more these tech bro weirdos try to jam AI into things, the more old fashioned I get. The only thing they're managing to convince me of is that I need *less* technology in my life.
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Speculative fiction writers! Build global community & hone your craft in Tepoztlán, Mexico! 🇲🇽 I'm Sheree Renée Thomas, leading "Writing the Imagination" at Under the Volcano
underthevolcano.org/sheree-renee...
Apply for the Imagination Unbound Fellowship!
underthevolcano.org/fellowship/t...
underthevolcano.org/sheree-renee...
Apply for the Imagination Unbound Fellowship!
underthevolcano.org/fellowship/t...
Sheree Renée Thomas - Under The Volcano
The award-winning speculative fiction writer and editor Sheree Renée Thomas will lead her popular master class covering science fiction, fantasy, and other expectation-defying works of the imagination...
underthevolcano.org
July 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Speculative fiction writers! Build global community & hone your craft in Tepoztlán, Mexico! 🇲🇽 I'm Sheree Renée Thomas, leading "Writing the Imagination" at Under the Volcano
underthevolcano.org/sheree-renee...
Apply for the Imagination Unbound Fellowship!
underthevolcano.org/fellowship/t...
underthevolcano.org/sheree-renee...
Apply for the Imagination Unbound Fellowship!
underthevolcano.org/fellowship/t...
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Please be aware that "physical inactivity" is a risk factor, if you have a sitting job, you can get a COVID vaccine in the US. (And it is in fact a risk factor)
Btw autism is a risk factor too, under "disabilities [...] for which there is evidence in pediatric patients"
Btw autism is a risk factor too, under "disabilities [...] for which there is evidence in pediatric patients"
FDA is authorizing anybody with a risk factor from this list to receive the vaccines, as well as anybody 65+.
August 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Please be aware that "physical inactivity" is a risk factor, if you have a sitting job, you can get a COVID vaccine in the US. (And it is in fact a risk factor)
Btw autism is a risk factor too, under "disabilities [...] for which there is evidence in pediatric patients"
Btw autism is a risk factor too, under "disabilities [...] for which there is evidence in pediatric patients"
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for the late night queers 🌝🌱
Our ALOCASIA has unfurled a new leaf! And we're so proud!
It's our first all-Indigenous issue! This is a showcase of the work of 20 writers from around the world, curated by our guest editors Yasmine Bolden, tripp j Crouse, and Sarah Clark. We hope you are as delighted by it as we are
ALOCASIA.org
It's our first all-Indigenous issue! This is a showcase of the work of 20 writers from around the world, curated by our guest editors Yasmine Bolden, tripp j Crouse, and Sarah Clark. We hope you are as delighted by it as we are
ALOCASIA.org
August 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
for the late night queers 🌝🌱
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ICYMI, PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! We can't wait to read your stories!!! buff.ly/xB0IZOX
August 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
ICYMI, PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! We can't wait to read your stories!!! buff.ly/xB0IZOX
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Thread. This ban was what eventually drove me off Tumblr entirely. My completely banal images were getting flagged, friends were leaving in droves, and I kept encountering porn in public bc it wasn't tagged.
'A NSFW ban won't negatively affect me, I don't draw or post porn!'
You sure? Here's how it went down when tumblr did it:
You sure? Here's how it went down when tumblr did it:
August 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Thread. This ban was what eventually drove me off Tumblr entirely. My completely banal images were getting flagged, friends were leaving in droves, and I kept encountering porn in public bc it wasn't tagged.
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America is no longer descending into fascism. We are seconds away from impact
Military occupation has come to DC. If and when military occupation comes to where you are, there are things that you can do. This article outlines some of them
Military occupation has come to DC. If and when military occupation comes to where you are, there are things that you can do. This article outlines some of them
How To Fight A Military Occupation
Friction. Obstruction. Demoralization.
www.bannedinyourstate.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
America is no longer descending into fascism. We are seconds away from impact
Military occupation has come to DC. If and when military occupation comes to where you are, there are things that you can do. This article outlines some of them
Military occupation has come to DC. If and when military occupation comes to where you are, there are things that you can do. This article outlines some of them
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Re: Meta chatbots soliciting minors - I can almost guarantee there were multiple people along the way who flagged this, pushed for it be addressed, and who were labeled difficult, or otherwise shoved out and slapped with an NDA.
a man in a suit is dancing on a stage in the dark .
ALT: a man in a suit is dancing on a stage in the dark .
media.tenor.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Re: Meta chatbots soliciting minors - I can almost guarantee there were multiple people along the way who flagged this, pushed for it be addressed, and who were labeled difficult, or otherwise shoved out and slapped with an NDA.
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"welcome to AI mode" fuck off
August 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
"welcome to AI mode" fuck off
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shit ain't been right ever since they said Pluto wasn't a planet.
August 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
shit ain't been right ever since they said Pluto wasn't a planet.
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🚨The Seventh Issue of Hammer & Hope is now live.
The decline of the United States into a more open form of authoritarianism continues. The damage here is connected to damage elsewhere. But cracks in the right-wing offensive are also starting to emerge. hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
The decline of the United States into a more open form of authoritarianism continues. The damage here is connected to damage elsewhere. But cracks in the right-wing offensive are also starting to emerge. hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
It Feels Like Hell on Earth, but Another World Is Possible
A magazine of Black politics and culture
hammerandhope.org
August 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🚨The Seventh Issue of Hammer & Hope is now live.
The decline of the United States into a more open form of authoritarianism continues. The damage here is connected to damage elsewhere. But cracks in the right-wing offensive are also starting to emerge. hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
The decline of the United States into a more open form of authoritarianism continues. The damage here is connected to damage elsewhere. But cracks in the right-wing offensive are also starting to emerge. hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
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Help a brother out if you can. This is legit, from a friend of mine.
August 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Help a brother out if you can. This is legit, from a friend of mine.