Author Stephen Coghlan
@wordsbysc.bsky.social
Multi-Genre, Small-Press-Published author from Ottawa, Canada.
Trying to be open-minded in a world occluded by fear.
He/Him, legal adult
http://scoghlan.com
Trying to be open-minded in a world occluded by fear.
He/Him, legal adult
http://scoghlan.com
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Author Stephen Coghlan
Welcome to My Worlds
scoghlan.com
I'm a father and a husband,
I'm a tradesperson and blue collar worker.
My family is diverse and mixed, so while I may identify one way, I accept that this world is beautiful when mixed.
I hope my works reflect that.
scoghlan.com
I'm a tradesperson and blue collar worker.
My family is diverse and mixed, so while I may identify one way, I accept that this world is beautiful when mixed.
I hope my works reflect that.
scoghlan.com
Writers, share the FINAL sentence of your current #wip first three chapters
1. “Plus ça change.”
2. "Pick up those bags and move it.” He ordered, and only when Florence nodded did Mulcair obey
3. Clenching his fists, he hurried after Florence, letting her lead the way.
#writingcommunity #writers
1. “Plus ça change.”
2. "Pick up those bags and move it.” He ordered, and only when Florence nodded did Mulcair obey
3. Clenching his fists, he hurried after Florence, letting her lead the way.
#writingcommunity #writers
Writers, share the final sentence of your current #wip first three chapters!
1. The sound echoed away down into the depths.
2. Then it’d be time for an early night.
3. “Find us.”
#writingcommunity #writers #author
1. The sound echoed away down into the depths.
2. Then it’d be time for an early night.
3. “Find us.”
#writingcommunity #writers #author
December 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Writers, share the FINAL sentence of your current #wip first three chapters
1. “Plus ça change.”
2. "Pick up those bags and move it.” He ordered, and only when Florence nodded did Mulcair obey
3. Clenching his fists, he hurried after Florence, letting her lead the way.
#writingcommunity #writers
1. “Plus ça change.”
2. "Pick up those bags and move it.” He ordered, and only when Florence nodded did Mulcair obey
3. Clenching his fists, he hurried after Florence, letting her lead the way.
#writingcommunity #writers
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Since becoming a parent I have not, in fact, understood the parents who say “if you were a parent you’d understand” about vaccine hesitancy. Being in charge of this fragile little miracle has me saying things like “give her all the vaccines. Turn this baby into a pincushion” to doctors
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Since becoming a parent I have not, in fact, understood the parents who say “if you were a parent you’d understand” about vaccine hesitancy. Being in charge of this fragile little miracle has me saying things like “give her all the vaccines. Turn this baby into a pincushion” to doctors
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🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈I dream of the day when the world can become a place where transgender people can live proudly and freely as themselves, and where they can love freely
As a mascot, I see human love as beautiful and wonderful.
I love you all today as well♡
As a mascot, I see human love as beautiful and wonderful.
I love you all today as well♡
December 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈I dream of the day when the world can become a place where transgender people can live proudly and freely as themselves, and where they can love freely
As a mascot, I see human love as beautiful and wonderful.
I love you all today as well♡
As a mascot, I see human love as beautiful and wonderful.
I love you all today as well♡
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Anyone want to throw me like $15 on Paypal for a sketchy drawing (at about this level of completion) in this style? I'm stressing today and just wanted to get some takeout. Comment to grab, I'll draw just about any critter/monster/furry/humanoid.
#commission
#commission
December 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Anyone want to throw me like $15 on Paypal for a sketchy drawing (at about this level of completion) in this style? I'm stressing today and just wanted to get some takeout. Comment to grab, I'll draw just about any critter/monster/furry/humanoid.
#commission
#commission
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My good friend @itsjessandart.bsky.social is going through tough things, right now. That's why I had decided last month to donate 10% of my sales for December to support Jess. Because that's what friends do, in my opinion.
These are the books and the link is in my bio.
These are the books and the link is in my bio.
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
My good friend @itsjessandart.bsky.social is going through tough things, right now. That's why I had decided last month to donate 10% of my sales for December to support Jess. Because that's what friends do, in my opinion.
These are the books and the link is in my bio.
These are the books and the link is in my bio.
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I’M TOTALLY SHAMELESS! Today, I want to promote the two multi-genre disability fiction anthologies I co-edited with @taliacjohnson.bsky.social! Nothing Without Us (Prix Aurora Award finalist) and Nothing Without Us Too (Prix Aurora Award winner)! See my pinned post for where to buy! #SpoonieAuthChat
Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), December 5, 2025:
ARE YOU FEELING SHAMELESS?
Because it's #ShamelessPromo Friday!
Share with us all the awesome things!
(Please quote-post and add
#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
ARE YOU FEELING SHAMELESS?
Because it's #ShamelessPromo Friday!
Share with us all the awesome things!
(Please quote-post and add
#SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I’M TOTALLY SHAMELESS! Today, I want to promote the two multi-genre disability fiction anthologies I co-edited with @taliacjohnson.bsky.social! Nothing Without Us (Prix Aurora Award finalist) and Nothing Without Us Too (Prix Aurora Award winner)! See my pinned post for where to buy! #SpoonieAuthChat
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Is anyone putting together indie fantasy bundles? I'd like to get Shadecursed in one!
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Is anyone putting together indie fantasy bundles? I'd like to get Shadecursed in one!
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This is like a priest selling absolution.
It's a fucking CULT, and they give themselves the right to rape,pillage,burn because GOD
It's a fucking CULT, and they give themselves the right to rape,pillage,burn because GOD
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is like a priest selling absolution.
It's a fucking CULT, and they give themselves the right to rape,pillage,burn because GOD
It's a fucking CULT, and they give themselves the right to rape,pillage,burn because GOD
Today's WIP research note
During WW1, China supplied laborers to the allies, but in order to ship the Chinese Labour Corp to the warzone of Europe, they had to be shipped secretly across Canada via trains because their was a $500 HEAD TAX on immigration from China.
During WW1, China supplied laborers to the allies, but in order to ship the Chinese Labour Corp to the warzone of Europe, they had to be shipped secretly across Canada via trains because their was a $500 HEAD TAX on immigration from China.
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Today's WIP research note
During WW1, China supplied laborers to the allies, but in order to ship the Chinese Labour Corp to the warzone of Europe, they had to be shipped secretly across Canada via trains because their was a $500 HEAD TAX on immigration from China.
During WW1, China supplied laborers to the allies, but in order to ship the Chinese Labour Corp to the warzone of Europe, they had to be shipped secretly across Canada via trains because their was a $500 HEAD TAX on immigration from China.
Reposted by Author Stephen Coghlan
One of the cruelest tricks society played on creative people was planting the idea that being proud of your work is somehow unseemly and egotistical.
You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!
You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
One of the cruelest tricks society played on creative people was planting the idea that being proud of your work is somehow unseemly and egotistical.
You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!
You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!
I tend to write niche genre books....
So let's say this latest wip is a subtly queer romance told in the trenches of an alternated-reality od WW1.
Yeah... this is gonna be a fun one to explain...
So let's say this latest wip is a subtly queer romance told in the trenches of an alternated-reality od WW1.
Yeah... this is gonna be a fun one to explain...
November 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I tend to write niche genre books....
So let's say this latest wip is a subtly queer romance told in the trenches of an alternated-reality od WW1.
Yeah... this is gonna be a fun one to explain...
So let's say this latest wip is a subtly queer romance told in the trenches of an alternated-reality od WW1.
Yeah... this is gonna be a fun one to explain...
Another fascinating Fact I learned today, thanks to my WIP.
In 1917, the U.S. War Industries Board asked women to stop buying corsets to free up metal for war production. There had already been a Crosby Bra, and the preservation of material evolved into the Fabric Bra of today.
In 1917, the U.S. War Industries Board asked women to stop buying corsets to free up metal for war production. There had already been a Crosby Bra, and the preservation of material evolved into the Fabric Bra of today.
Today's writing research... the WW1 German Canteen
This is so Fascinating, how such simple items progressed.
From aluminum covered in wool, to steel, wrapped in paper-yarn
Technology and scarcity drove change in so many subtle ways we don't notice outright.
This is so Fascinating, how such simple items progressed.
From aluminum covered in wool, to steel, wrapped in paper-yarn
Technology and scarcity drove change in so many subtle ways we don't notice outright.
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Another fascinating Fact I learned today, thanks to my WIP.
In 1917, the U.S. War Industries Board asked women to stop buying corsets to free up metal for war production. There had already been a Crosby Bra, and the preservation of material evolved into the Fabric Bra of today.
In 1917, the U.S. War Industries Board asked women to stop buying corsets to free up metal for war production. There had already been a Crosby Bra, and the preservation of material evolved into the Fabric Bra of today.
Holy Crap, I've GOT IT
I know where history diverged in my latest literary WIP
In my Work-In-Progress, the Invasion of Tanga, AKA The BATTLE OF THE BEES was viewed as sorcery by the British, who in kind recruited sorcerers of their own to give them an edge.
I know where history diverged in my latest literary WIP
In my Work-In-Progress, the Invasion of Tanga, AKA The BATTLE OF THE BEES was viewed as sorcery by the British, who in kind recruited sorcerers of their own to give them an edge.
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Holy Crap, I've GOT IT
I know where history diverged in my latest literary WIP
In my Work-In-Progress, the Invasion of Tanga, AKA The BATTLE OF THE BEES was viewed as sorcery by the British, who in kind recruited sorcerers of their own to give them an edge.
I know where history diverged in my latest literary WIP
In my Work-In-Progress, the Invasion of Tanga, AKA The BATTLE OF THE BEES was viewed as sorcery by the British, who in kind recruited sorcerers of their own to give them an edge.
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Visit Summer to Winter the Webcomic's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
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November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Reposted by Author Stephen Coghlan
UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
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Realistically? Build community networks. Research local charities. Learn low cost food recipes and make physical copies. See what services your library offers. Consider access to media, including physical. Find a rec center. Greet your neighbors, borrow things if you can. Learn local tenant laws.
if you were wondering how to prepare for a recession, the advice on the internet is “have a lot of liquid savings” and “don’t lose your job” 👍 very helpful, who could have predicted “having money saved” and “having income” would help a situation
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Realistically? Build community networks. Research local charities. Learn low cost food recipes and make physical copies. See what services your library offers. Consider access to media, including physical. Find a rec center. Greet your neighbors, borrow things if you can. Learn local tenant laws.
Today's writing research... the WW1 German Canteen
This is so Fascinating, how such simple items progressed.
From aluminum covered in wool, to steel, wrapped in paper-yarn
Technology and scarcity drove change in so many subtle ways we don't notice outright.
This is so Fascinating, how such simple items progressed.
From aluminum covered in wool, to steel, wrapped in paper-yarn
Technology and scarcity drove change in so many subtle ways we don't notice outright.
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Today's writing research... the WW1 German Canteen
This is so Fascinating, how such simple items progressed.
From aluminum covered in wool, to steel, wrapped in paper-yarn
Technology and scarcity drove change in so many subtle ways we don't notice outright.
This is so Fascinating, how such simple items progressed.
From aluminum covered in wool, to steel, wrapped in paper-yarn
Technology and scarcity drove change in so many subtle ways we don't notice outright.
Reposted by Author Stephen Coghlan
Hummingbirds in jewel-tones perfectly suited to low-G. Head size flowers in all the colors of the rainbow. Dragonflies like sequined darning needles above lily-pads gene-geneered to sparkle in the tiny artificial sun above. Everything is color, and movement, and brightness. Life among the Black.
When terraforming an asteroid, you have a blank slate to build a tiny new world. Later, low-income orbital housing will be built here, or community homes for interplanetary travel, but first you have control. What flora and fauna do you coax to life on this rock?
#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hummingbirds in jewel-tones perfectly suited to low-G. Head size flowers in all the colors of the rainbow. Dragonflies like sequined darning needles above lily-pads gene-geneered to sparkle in the tiny artificial sun above. Everything is color, and movement, and brightness. Life among the Black.
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I'm nonbinary, and just released my debut novel this week! It's about an adult woman who gets trapped in a video game with a sword who talks to her. It also has an entirely queer cast, and features at least one (1) big gay sword fight.
It's also completely free!
8pr.itch.io/mrrd
It's also completely free!
8pr.itch.io/mrrd
SUMMONED to ANOTHER WORLD, but ALL I'M SUPPOSED to DO is FARM MYTHIC-RARITY RAID DROPS by 80% Relatable
A light novel inspired by classic isekai and video game anime
8pr.itch.io
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm nonbinary, and just released my debut novel this week! It's about an adult woman who gets trapped in a video game with a sword who talks to her. It also has an entirely queer cast, and features at least one (1) big gay sword fight.
It's also completely free!
8pr.itch.io/mrrd
It's also completely free!
8pr.itch.io/mrrd
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November 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Reposted by Author Stephen Coghlan
Everybody recording and documenting ICE, DHS, and Police operations should have Press and Journalist patches whether or not they are official media. If these fake untrained government "agents" can wear patches, anyone can.
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Everybody recording and documenting ICE, DHS, and Police operations should have Press and Journalist patches whether or not they are official media. If these fake untrained government "agents" can wear patches, anyone can.
Reposted by Author Stephen Coghlan
Reposted by Author Stephen Coghlan
Thank you so much for putting this together!
Books about autism or with Autistic main characters, written by Autistic authors — published October 2025!
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#AutismBooks #AutisticAuthor #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #BookSky
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#AutismBooks #AutisticAuthor #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #BookSky
November 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Thank you so much for putting this together!