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NEW EPISODE OF DWDV, OUT NOW!! Some exciting stuff in this one - check it out on Webtoon!!

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Read BUTTERFLY FOOD in the trans anthology Bashing Skulls on itch.io, out now!

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info for my story: BUTTERFLY FOOD wordcount: 3,700+ genre: horromance, body horror, eco horror, dystopia, lighthearted vibe despite everything™ summary: In a near future, Ana falls in love with her coworker Paige — unfortunately. Her way of handling this danger has unexpected consequences for her body…

Thanks again to @dev-solovey and @aidenemesser for organizing this charity anthology! All profits go to Trans Lifeline 🏳️‍⚧️

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» Read it here!

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image credit: Karina Vorozheeva on unsplash

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Except from Butterfly Food by the talented @pcm-vandermeer - find it in the Bashing Skulls charity anthology on Itch! Profits will go to Trans Lifeline, with a goal of $500 donation!

Purchase it here to help save trans lives!

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Please share this link/donate to support the folks who were arrested at the anti-ICE protest in Tucson!! The bail was set for them at a whopping $7500 each because ICE are fascists

Link:

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BASHING SKULLS has now raised OVER $200 for Trans Lifeline!! Thank you SO MUCH for purchasing the anthology and donating to save trans lives!!

Two people dropped $50 donations on their purchases - whoever y'all are, you're LEGENDS!!

I'd love this momentum to keep going - let's see if we can get to $500!! PLEASE REBLOG, share with your friends and family, post it to social media - let's come together to save trans lives!!

Purchase it here

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Bashing Skulls: A Charity Anthology of Queer Horror is OUT NOW!!

With a theme of resistance, this queer charity anthology has it all - from heartbreaking stories of love and resilience to campy gore and indulgent revenge fantasies, Bashing Skulls offers every kind of horror you can imagine. It'll hit you in the face with a brick!

Available for purchase on Itch!

Featuring the works of the following amazingly talented queer indie authors:

Dev Solovey

Aiden Messer @aidenemesser

Chisto Healy

Phrique

Victor Bell @pythonmelon

Alice Scott @aliceauthorallegedly

Toshiya Kamei

Jude DeLuca

Willow Nichols-Capra

P.C.M. Vandermeer @pcm-vandermeer

Ash Rivera

Kay Hanifen

N.J. Gallegos

(apologies if I missed anyone's handles, couldn't find them all)

All profits from the sale of this anthology will go to Trans Lifeline, a peer support organization by and for queer people. Learn more about their charitable works on their website.

Please reblog to support a good cause!!

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Technically true.

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Bashing Skulls - a queer horror charity anthology, will be available on June 15th!

WE HAVE A PUBLICATION DATE!! The Bashing Skulls queer horror anthology debuts on June 15th! Thank you SO MUCH again to the authors who contributed, including:

Chisto Healy

Phrique

Ash Rivera

Aiden Messer @aidenemesser

Jude Deluca

N.J. Gallegos

Victor Bell @pythonmelon

Toshiya Kamei

Kay Hanifen

Willow Nichols

Alice Scott

P.C.M. Vandermeer @pcm-vandermeer

...and myself. Please share with your friends, family and fellow queers, and follow me or Aiden Messer for more updates!

All profits will go to Trans Lifeline.

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An excerpt from Stitches Like Kisses, Tongue like a Knife by the wonderful @aliceauthorallegedly!! This is one of my favorites from the Bashing Skulls charity anthology, and I can't wait for the world to see it. Available June 15th!!

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An excerpt from Stitches Like Kisses, Tongue like a Knife by the wonderful @aliceauthorallegedly!! This is one of my favorites from the Bashing Skulls charity anthology, and I can't wait for the world to see it. Available June 15th!!

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NEW EPISODE OF DWDV DROPPED - WE'RE STILL ON THE RUN!!

Read it on webtoon!!

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sometimes i wish i had facial hair

like sexy stubble or something that would be so cool

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I’ve been thinking today about how people react to signs of gender dysphoria in kids who were afab and like… the hyper-invisibility of trans men and transmascs kind of facilitates people effectively shoving kids back into the closet before they’ve even begun to discover themselves.

Take a child who says things like “I don’t like being a girl,” “I don’t want to be a woman,” or “I wish I was born a boy.” Trans men can tell what’s happening pretty quick. Cis people, however, either have no idea what gender dysphoria in a trans boy looks like or they actively hate trans people so whether they recognize it or not only determines how intensely they respond. So, their first thought ends up being that this is internalized misogyny and the kid just needs to be shown how great women are and how wonderful it is to be a woman. And they never ask any further about how this kid is feeling. Cause surely it’s internalized misogyny. Couldn’t be anything else. Nope.

Now, maybe this does help some cis girls out there thinking “I wish I was born a boy (cause the boys are getting to do things I’m not allowed to do, cause some people are being mean to me because I’m a girl, cause I never hear about girls doing anything great, whatever).” And in that case, good for that kid. I’d rather little girls not hate themselves for being girls.

But when you respond that way to a trans boy saying “I wish I was born a boy (cause my body is changing in ways I hate and the boys’ puberty is giving them changes I want, cause being called she/her feels bad for reasons I can’t explain, etc),” what you end up telling that kid is that he’s not allowed to feel the way he’s feeling. What he’s feeling is something bad that has to be pushed down and never spoken of again. That the only reason he could be feeling this way is cause he hates women and hates himself for being one. So the feeling doesn’t go away. It gets worse. He feels worse. It’s allowed to stay and fester like an infected wound. He’s miserable and has to justify why but can’t. Maybe there’s something wrong with him. Maybe this is how all women feel. It’s hard to know what’s true when you know no one is going to help you.

And I know some conservative fuckwit might read this and call me a child groomer, but fuck them. Childhood shouldn’t have to be painful for any kid. Even if he’s trans. I’m not the monster for saying you should talk to your kid without jumping to conclusions. I’m just a guy who doesn’t want anyone growing up feeling the way I did.

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TERRIBLE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU'RE ALONE IN THE DARK IS OUT NOW!!!

This galactic horror anthology was such a blast to work on. Not only did I get to write 3 stories, but I also got to edit the whole thing! Thank you again to Desiree Horton for organizing, and to EM Otero, Jerry Blaze, and Zach Ellenberger for contributing. If you want to read some great space horror, check it out here!!

Here are my personal favorites from each of the authors on here:

- No One Like Us by E.M. Otero - if you like Eldritch horrors and mechs then you'll love it (fans of NGE and Lovecraft, I'm talking to you)

- Stardust by Zach Ellenberger, bc the ending is like 5 different flavors of mindfuck

- Dark Inside by Desiree Horton bc the concept alone freaked me out - parasites TERRIFY me

- Sharp White Light by Jerry Blaze - few revenge fantasies are more satisfying than watching a horrible misogynist get punished by alien anal probing

- Chasing Dreams by ME!!! Bc I went balls to the wall with the imagery, and also I put in some of That Gay Shit (of a sapphic nature)

If you're a scifi horror enjoyer, you will have so much material to enjoy here - this anthology truly runs the gamut of every subgenre you can imagine. Available now on Kindle!!

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Bashing Skulls - a queer horror charity anthology, will be available on June 15th!

WE HAVE A PUBLICATION DATE!! The Bashing Skulls queer horror anthology debuts on June 15th! Thank you SO MUCH again to the authors who contributed, including:

Chisto Healy

Phrique

Ash Rivera

Aiden Messer @aidenemesser

Jude Deluca

N.J. Gallegos

Victor Bell @pythonmelon

Toshiya Kamei

Kay Hanifen

Willow Nichols

Alice Scott

P.C.M. Vandermeer @pcm-vandermeer

...and myself. Please share with your friends, family and fellow queers, and follow me or Aiden Messer for more updates!

All profits will go to Trans Lifeline.

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THE ESCAPE CONTINUES IN DWDV!! Time for some scheming... Read it here!!