ash vs the evil dead

it's here - my poem is now free to read in Nightmare (!!!) a dream come true for me, truly. consumed is a little bit of trans cannibalism, gender dysphoria, and bad feelings wrapped up in one small package. "I dwell on the consequences: what if after she eats the bad, there is nothing left?"

my poem in nightmare!! thank you for the kind words Nico!

my poem in nightmare!! thank you for the kind words Nico!

It's been weeks since I did any book promotion (but in my defence, I was defending my PhD) so please consider buying—or mentioning to your queer friends—my latest sapphic historical romance, THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY! 🍎🏳️‍🌈📚 It's fun, it's bitchily comedic, it's romantic as hell.

I know it’s sorta cheesy but someone posted this from Paris on Reddit and I felt this immediate rush of hope

at the end of the day, i still have this

you are a regular guy. you can write an email. you are a regular guy. you can do a phone call. you are a regular guy. you can ask a question and spend time finding the answer. you are a regular guy. you can experience discomfort

Dressmaker is a masterpiece.

yay, my story is free to read in this awesome issue of Adventitious! a bird-woman and her witch take in frightened children, at a cost. it's a dark, short little piece that's probably as close as I get to uplifting 🍂🦉🪶

when nobody else got my back, I know marketplace always got my back

yay, my story is free to read in this awesome issue of Adventitious! a bird-woman and her witch take in frightened children, at a cost. it's a dark, short little piece that's probably as close as I get to uplifting 🍂🦉🪶

"one of the most vivid, unapologetic pieces of trans body horror I’ve had the pleasure of devouring" damn @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social thank you for this review in Stardust & Verse 😭 if you'd like to read some trans body horror poetry, check out "consumed" at Nightmare magazine!

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

For sale: baby shoes. So fuckin worn. This baby ran everywhere fast as shit

It's September 18, which means that in exactly one month, my special call for @diabolicalplots.com, Diabolical Rot, will be opening for submissions! Check out the full details here: www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-general-s...

The person with the music written on their arse from Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights has pulled out of Ed Sheeran's tour

Vampires! Eldritch whales! Pathetic lesbians! Weird science! Vengeful trees! Sadness! As always, this issue has everything you crave

I'll be at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social this year, a very cool fully digital convention! Come find me two places on Sept 19: 😱 FOLK HORROR @ 9 AM mountain / 11 AM eastern 🪐⚔️ OTHERSIDE CHILL-N-CHAT @ 5 PM mountain / 7 PM eastern Register for Flights of Foundry here: flights-of-foundry.org/

I wrote about AI, our relationship to pain and to comfort, and about why writing should hurt johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/writing-sh...

I'll be at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social this year, a very cool fully digital convention! Come find me two places on Sept 19: 😱 FOLK HORROR @ 9 AM mountain / 11 AM eastern 🪐⚔️ OTHERSIDE CHILL-N-CHAT @ 5 PM mountain / 7 PM eastern Register for Flights of Foundry here: flights-of-foundry.org/

also...transformers are aliens? they're not American, they're...from space...

⊹₊˚COVER REVEAL FOR MY QUEER APPALACHIAN HORROR‧˚⊹ A Southern inheritance is always dark—whether it's a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked farm, or an ancient magic. Sierra spurns it all, but when her dad disappears, she must choose which monsters to slay, and which to become

I have a story in here that's originally from a print anthology- so excited to get more eyes on it!

Last chance to enter the lottery for the @othersidespec.bsky.social chill-and-chat at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social! Ash, Val, and I want to hang out with you—come yap with us about the first year of the magazine, queer SFFH generally, miscellaneous nonsense! flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/

PS: Today is a very fine day to donate to the Imagination Library. imaginationlibrary.com

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

this cover also got us asking important art questions like "are we allowed to publish a peen" (the answer is yes)

How it felt to be transmasc in your childhood

Day 5: "consumed" by Ash Vale in @nightmare-magazine.com . This one just gets a big ol' FUCK YEAH from me. #PoemADay www.nightmare-magazine.com/podcast/cons...

Ok folks, Sheila and her family need our help. You might know her as the editor of Asimov’s, but she's also a good friend and one of the best people in the field. If you can, please... www.gofundme.com/f/help-irene...

running a magazine is very fun and rewarding. it also means I have drastically less time to actually write (still striving to find a balance there) but I just sold a reprint to a cool place and that'll just have to do for now!

love under green light 💚

Me a queer historian: *Rubs filthy hands together* Knew it...

"Being trans is sad Being trans is horrid." Shut up. Being trans is great. Look. I've got inner peace and a fucking scythe.

the croc charms - is jibbitz plural? is just one a jibbit?

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - JUNE 2026🏳️‍🌈 I round up over 40 works by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @mdmcd.com @redscribe.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @rukman.bsky.social @ernerker.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social & MORE!!!! www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...

AI companies (preparing to start up the book-shredder 5000): why does everyone hate us

I've been pretty offline for a few weeks, but for a delightful reason: I had a baby! 👶 she made us a family of four at the end of June and I'm slowly crawling out of newborn bliss and sleep deprivation 💜

this is MY gay christmas

I hope Mexico beats England today as revenge for Mexico week on the Great British Bake-off

HAALAND YOU TALL MOTHERFUCKER YESSSSSS

🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ One milkshake to rule the boys, one milkshake to find them, one milkshake to bring the boys and in my yard to bind them 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

Happy Pride, everyone! 🏳️‍🌈 Given that I'm stuck at home working on my PhD instead of marching in the sun, please take pity on me and consider buying one of my fabulous, queer-as-hell books! (first here, second in the post below)