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Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Snakeskin Press presents the first volume in its Snakeskin Voices Collection: TRANS/FERAL: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRANS EROTICA, bringing you the work of 20+ trans* authors, all ownvoices, all steamy, all trans*. [1/3]

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Mockup of a book cover showing the torso of a person colored pink with light blue outlines of jewelry and top surgery scars, next to the sideways text in white with pink outline reading TRANS FERAL. Underneath is a light blue rectangle with white text: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRANS EROTICA. Underneath this is an obscured photo of a human backside with clouds on top and the white text with blue outline SNAKE SKIN VOICES. The background of the cover is light grey with blue, purple and pink textured elements.

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Under the book is a black transparency box with rounded corners and over it pink text reading 14 FEBRUARY 2027, a pink neon underline and white text with blue outline reading: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRANS EROTICA.

Under the box is another transparency box with a dotted outline in blue and pink and text on top reading TINYURL.COM/TRANSFERAL-BK. In the middle is the design of a sketched multicoloured snake with a monocle, holding a trans flag in its tail, and beside it is a pink QR Code with a glitch outline effect.

All of this is set over a transparency overlay with pale blue and pink colours over a textured background of blue and purple snake scales.

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Text reads: OFFICIAL COVER and DISCREET EDITION

Under OFFICIAL COVER: Mockup of a book cover showing the torso of a person colored pink with light blue outlines of jewelry and top surgery scars, next to the sideways text in white with pink outline reading TRANS FERAL. Underneath is a light blue rectangle with white text: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRANS EROTICA. Underneath this is an obscured photo of a human backside with clouds on top and the white text with blue outline SNAKE SKIN VOICES. The background of the cover is light grey with blue, purple and pink textured elements.There is a blue glow around the book.

Under DISCREET EDITION: Mockup of a book cover showing a blue room with a white cloud at the top, a door to the side, and balloons in various shades of blue, pink and purple on the floor. Title reads: TRANS FERAL: An Anthology by Snakeskin Press. There is a pink glow around the book.

Under the OFFICIAL COVER Mockup is a black transparency box with white text on top reading: FERAL STORIES FERAL DESIGN

Under the DISCREET COVER Mockup is a black transparency box with white text on top reading: SWEET EXTERIOR SPICY INTERIOR.

Under the boxes is a black transparency box with rounded corners and over it pink text reading 14 FEBRUARY 2027, a pink neon underline and white text with blue outline reading: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRANS EROTICA.

Under the box is another transparency box with a dotted outline in blue and pink and text on top reading TINYURL.COM/TRANSFERAL-BK. In the middle is the design of a sketched multicoloured snake with a monocle, holding a trans flag in its tail, and beside it is a pink QR Code with a glitch outline effect.

All of this is set over a transparency overlay with pale blue and pink colours over a textured background of blue and purple snake scales.

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We thought we’d do a fun user boxes trend… hyper-specific edition feat. the individual stories in PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY. Today, we have Neural Prison by Frederick A. Zaberisk. If this sounds like something you’d devour, you can sign up for an eARC or preorder Prometheus.

White text with pink outline reads THIS USER LIKES

Underneath is a translucent purple box with a gradient blue to purple outline and white text with pink outline inside reading: “short stories about morally complex surgeons, the underground, and the things we do for love”

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Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We thought we’d do a fun user boxes trend… hyper-specific edition featuring the individual stories in PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY. Today, we have Human-Made by C. L. Mari. If this sounds like something you’d devour, you can sign up for an eARC or preorder a copy of Prometheus.

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Fun user boxes trend…hyper-specific edition featuring the individual stories in PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY. Today, we have 207 Years by M. K. Nedjelkovic. If this sounds like something you’d devour, you can sign up for an eARC or preorder Prometheus. All 🔗 in our bio. 🐍🧐🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We thought we’d do a fun user boxes trend… hyper-specific edition featuring the individual stories in PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY. Today, we have Spider in the Web by Ivy Bookdragon. If this sounds like something you’d devour, you can sign up for an eARC or preorder Prometheus.

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Preston loves reviving trends, and we thought we’d do a fun user boxes trend… hyper-specific edition featuring the individual stories in PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY. Today, we have No Space for the Dead by Ash Bronte Roy.

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Preston loves reviving trends, and we thought we’d do a fun user boxes trend… hyper-specific edition featuring the individual stories in PROMETHEUS. Today, we have The Blessed Dark by S. Jean. If this sounds like something you’d devour, you can sign up for an eARC or preorder a copy of Prometheus.

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Preston loves reviving trends, and we thought we’d do a fun user boxes trend… hyper-specific edition featuring the individual stories in PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY. Today, we have Voluntary Suicide by I. C. Aruss. You can sign up for an eARC of Prometheus.

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We thought we’d do a fun user boxes trend… hyper-specific edition feat. the individual stories in PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY. Today, we have The 1 ½ Coming of the Ophians or People and Famine and the World by Leviathan A. Solivagant. You can sign up for an eARC of Prometheus.

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Preston loves reviving trends, and we thought we’d do a fun user boxes trend… hyper-specific edition featuring the individual stories in PROMETHEUS. Today, we have A Girl Called Adam by Ezra Wren. If this sounds like something you’d devour, you can sign up for an eARC or preorder a copy.

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Preston loves reviving trends, and we thought we’d do a fun user boxes trend… hyper-specific edition featuring the individual stories in PROMETHEUS. Today, we have Except for the Thorns by Nico Silver. If this sounds like something you’d devour, you can sign up for an eARC or preorder a copy.

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Preston loves reviving trends, and we thought we’d do a fun user boxes trend… hyper-specific edition featuring the individual stories in PROMETHEUS. Today, we have 2099 by Jake Vanguard. If this sounds like something you’d devour, you can sign up for an eARC or preorder a copy of Prometheus.

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Preston loves reviving trends, and we thought we’d do a fun user boxes trend… hyper-specific edition featuring the individual stories in PROMETHEUS. Today, we have A Fault to Heaven by Christopher Sehmi. If this sounds like something you’d devour, you can sign up for an eARC or preorder a copy.

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Preston loves reviving trends, and we thought we’d do a fun user boxes trend… hyper-specific edition featuring the individual stories in PROMETHEUS. Today, we have Teleop by Alisa Kowal. If this sounds like something you’d devour, you can sign up for an eARC or preorder a copy of Prometheus.

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Preston is absolutely feral for all things trans, so keep your eyes peeled: we’re turning up the steam dial in our next project and we can’t wait for you to see all the incredible stuff we’ve planned for you.

White text with pink outline reads TRANS FERAL and smaller all caps white text with blue outline reads AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRANS EROTICA in a dotted line box with black, pink and blue lines. Below the box, blue outline text reads: GET READY FOR IT underlined in pink neon. Under the line, text reads: PRESAVE THE BACKERKIT GOING LIVE 29 OCTOBER.

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Diagonally in a dotted line box, text reads: tinyurl.com/TransFeral-BK

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white text with blue outline over a pink background reads: CONFIRMED AUTHORS (SO FAR). In a dotted line box with pink, blue and black lines, two columns of names and one in the middle at the bottom in white text with blue outline read:

Column 1: Des DeVivo; Ezra Wren; J D Bath; M. Elliott; Jake Vanguard; Quinn Porter; Nico Silver; Jaydell

Column 2: Wren Archer; J. T. Adria; Jules Gillem; Kat Kraehen; Christopher Sehmi; Andy JN McRae; Marat Earendel; Ash Bronte Roy

Middle name: Leviathan A. Solivagant

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Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 4mo ago

PROMETHEUS HAS REACHED ITS SECOND STRETCH GOAL! 🎉🎉🎉 Preston is especially excited to announce that PROMETHEUS has reached its second stretch goal! With less than two days left of our crowdfunding campaign we are at 186% funding, and thanks to your support...

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Snakeskin Press is a queer press celebrating and uplifting queerness all year round, but to celebrate Pride Month, we’re highlighting the queer identities celebrated in the stories in our debut anthology PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY Today we’re shouting out our Aro and Ace rep!

Green, white and black gradient text reads AROMANTIC with a distressed texture effect.
Black, white and purple gradient text reads ASEXUAL with a distressed texture effect.

Mockup of book PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY, with an illustration of a figure dressed in black stranding before a spherical entity in teal and orange with light coming out of it. Text at the bottom of the cover reads: CURATED BY EZRA WREN & JAKE VANGUARD, SNAKESKIN TALES . Faint pink glow around the book.

White text reads:
SPIDER IN THE WEB - Ivy Bookdragon
KNOWING IS A HUNGRY THING - U.M. Agoawike

Multicoloured sketch of two snakes with a monocle holding an aromantic and asexual flag in each of their tails, respectively.

The background is a holographic rainbow, green, white and purple design showing scales

At the top, green, white and black gradient text reads AROMANTIC with a distressed texture effect.
At the bottom, black, white and purple gradient text reads ASEXUAL with a distressed texture effect.

A green, white and black transparency box sticks out from the side underneath ‘AROMANTIC’, white text reads:

KNOWING IS A HUNGRY THING - U. M. Agoawike

Text in black reads: Now the Librarian’s only companion is themself. Their reflections, many alternate paths in a cracked mirror. A river splits into shapes both un-and-familiar.

On the other side, a black, white and purple transparency box sticks out from the side, white text reads:

SPIDER IN THE WEB - Ivy Bookdragon

Text in black reads: Spider never understood physical attraction, the sensual movements and poses doing nothing for her. She understood that she was wired differently, that most people did not understand her either… them.

Multicoloured sketch of two snakes with a monocle holds an aromantic and an asexual flag in their tails, respectively (aromantic at the top of the slide, asexual at the bottom)

The background is a holographic rainbow, green, white and purple design showing scales

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Psssss… Preston is absolutely feral for this sticker pack. Who doesn’t love a good sticker? We’re offering FIVE. The full collection includes an official PROMETHEUS bookmark, which is double-sided, a set of stickers, a set of prints, an enamel pin, and limited edition handmade bookmarks.

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Snakeskin Press is a queer press celebrating and uplifting queerness all year round, but to celebrate Pride Month, we’re highlighting the queer identities celebrated in the stories in our debut anthology PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY Today we’re shouting out our Pansexual rep!

Pink to yellow to blue rainbow gradient text reads PANSEXUAL with a distressed texture effect.

Mockup of book PROMETHEUS; A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY, with an illustration of a figure dressed in black stranding before a spherical entity in teal and orange with light coming out of it. Text at the bottom of the cover reads: CURATED BY EZRA WREN & JAKE VANGUARD, SNAKESKIN TALES . Faint lime glow around the book.

White text reads:
A GIRL CALLED ADAM - Ezra Wren
EXCEPT FOR THE THORNS - Nico Silver
THE BLESSED DARK - S. Jean

Multicoloured sketch of a snake with a monocle holds a pansexual flag in its tail

The background is a holographic rainbow, pink, yellow and blue design showing scales

Pink, yellow and blue transparency boxes are stacked vertically sticking out from alternating sides of the slide:

The first one has white text that reads:

A GIRL CALLED ADAM
Ezra Wren
In black, a quotation reads: He tastes like salt and strawberries when he kisses me, his soft lips cushioning mine.

The second one has white text that reads:
EXCEPT FOR THE THORNS
Nico Silver
In black, a quotation reads: I still want to fight it, to find a better life somehow, to call him by the name he chose for himself, and to stop pretending we’re a straight couple so the authorities will leave us alone.

The third one has white text that reads:

THE BLESSED DARK
S. Jean
In black, a quotation reads: He was granted visitors. Two of them. A girl and boy his age that he’d liked fooling around with. Juliet and Mason.

Multicoloured sketch of a snake with a monocle holds a pansexual flag in its tail

The background is a holographic rainbow, pink, yellow and blue design showing scales

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A little over three weeks and Preston is absolutely floored by your support. PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY is 154% funded. Not only have you all shown up to make sure our publication and our authors get the very best, you have helped us surpass that first stretch goal, which'll...

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Snakeskin Press is a queer press celebrating and uplifting queerness all year round, but to celebrate Pride Month, we’re highlighting the queer identities celebrated in the stories in our debut anthology PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY Today we’re shouting out our Transgender rep!

Blue, white and pink gradient text reads TRANSGENDER with a distressed texture effect.

Mockup of book PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY, with an illustration of a figure dressed in black stranding before a spherical entity in teal and orange with light coming out of it. Text at the bottom of the cover reads: CURATED BY EZRA WREN & JAKE VANGUARD, SNAKESKIN TALES . Faint pink glow around the book.

White text reads:
NO SPACE FOR THE DEAD - Ash Bronte Roy
A FAULT TO HEAVEN - Christopher Sehmi
A GIRL CALLED ADAM - Ezra Wren
2099 - Jake Vanguard
EXCEPT FOR THE THORNS - Nico Silver

Multicoloured sketch of a snake with a monocle holds a trans flag in its tail

The background is a holographic rainbow, blue, pink and white design showing scales

Blue, white and pink gradient text reads TRANSMASC with a distressed texture effect.

Blue, white and pink transparency boxes are stacked vertically sticking out from alternating sides of the slide:

The first one has white text that reads:
NO SPACE FOR THE DEAD
Ash Bronte Roy
In black, a quotation reads: I was to woman, what robot was to human. Had all the right parts, and could do an eerily good impression.

The second one has white text that reads:
A FAULT TO HEAVEN
Christopher Sehmi
In black, a quotation reads: Scars. Just like his own, curved and arching under his nipples from his armpits to the centre of his chest.

The third one has white text that reads:
A GIRL CALLED ADAM
Ezra Wren
In black, a quotation reads: My rings clink as I work on his buttons, peeling the cheesecloth shirt off him, hands sliding over his freckled shoulders, eyes snagging on a zap of sizzling blue that flickers like a living thing beneath the hard skin of his chest.

The fourth one has white text that reads:
EXCEPT FOR THE THORNS
Nico Silver
In black, a quotation reads: “I wish I could change who I am,” he says, and I almost don’t catch the words. “You’re Hunter,” I say. “You’re the man I love.”

Multicoloured sketch of a snake with a monocle holds a transmasc flag in its tail

The background is a holographic rainbow, blue, white and pink design showing scales

Blue, white and pink gradient text reads TRANSFEM with a distressed texture effect.

Blue, white and pink transparency boxes are stacked vertically sticking out from alternating sides of the slide:

The first one has white text that reads:
A GIRL CALLED ADAM
Ezra Wren
In black, a quotation reads: In 207, the devil is a breasted woman with a penis. I am the devil.

The second one has white text that reads:
2099
Jake Vanguard
In black, a quotation reads: For the first time in my life, I’ll leave my home in a skirt. Visibly queer. No longer afraid of disappearing for being who I am.

Multicoloured sketch of a snake with a monocle holds a transfem flag in its tail

The background is a holographic rainbow, blue, white and pink design showing scales

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Preston wants to make sure you keep your place when you’re reading our fabulous anthology. That’s why we’re offering some very cool bookmarks! And there are other goodies too!

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Snakeskin Press is a queer press celebrating and uplifting queerness all year round, but to celebrate Pride Month, we’re highlighting the queer identities celebrated in the stories in our debut anthology PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY Today we’re shouting out our Nonbinary rep!

Yellow, white, purple and black gradient text reads NONBINARY with a distressed texture effect.

Mockup of book PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY, with an illustration of a figure dressed in black stranding before a spherical entity in teal and orange with light coming out of it. Text at the bottom of the cover reads: CURATED BY EZRA WREN & JAKE VANGUARD, SNAKESKIN TALES . Faint yellow glow around the book.

White text reads:
HUMAN-MADE - C. L. Mari
SPIDER IN THE WEB - Ivy Bookdragon
EXCEPT FOR THE THORNS - Nico Silver
TO BECOME SOMETHING LIVING - JAYDELL

Multicoloured sketch of a snake with a monocle holds a nonbinary flag in its tail

The background is a holographic rainbow, purple, yellow, white and black design showing scales

Yellow, white, purple and black transparency boxes are stacked vertically sticking out from alternating sides of the slide:

The first one has white text that reads:
HUMAN-MADE
C. L. Mari
In white, a quotation reads: The only conversation they had was about having a proper wedding or being a proper lady, which Axel definitely did not identify as.

The second one has white text that reads:
SPIDER IN THE WEB
Ivy Bookdragon
In white, a quotation reads: 5P1D3R looks down at their <connected> artificial body, finding it to be perfect. Long, slender limbs on a slender body no longer bound to gender or expectation.

The third one has white text that reads:
EXCEPT FOR THE THORNS
Nico Silver
In white, a quotation reads: I’m Winter Glazer, twenty-six if you feel like doing the math, gender marker X.

The fourth one has white text that reads:
TO BECOME SOMETHING LIVING
Jaydell
In white, a quotation reads: My name is Will. I am nonbinary. Which means I am not supposed to exist.

Multicoloured sketch of a snake with a monocle holds a nonbinary flag in its tail

The background is a holographic rainbow, Yellow, white, purple and black design showing scales

Snakeskin Press @snakeskin-press.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Preston wants to share some exciting news with her followers! PROMETHEUS has reached an incredible milestone. After being funded just over a week ago, the anthology has now reached and surpassed its first stretch goal!

thatwriterjess @thatwriterjess.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“You’re doomed whichever way you go the moment you touch a Petrov.” - Misha “Baba!” - Raiden “I know. My baba says so.” - Ezra Book 3 in Children of Lorcan. Books 1 & 2 Available Everywhere eARC open Character art by @kyuriart.bsky.social #fantasybooks #darkfantasy #vampires

thatwriterjess @thatwriterjess.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I’m so glad my book inspired this beautiful scarf!! 💖💖💖

M. K. Nedjelkovic (they/them)@nedjelkovic.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Took me a month but I finally finished the pride scarf I'd started because of @thatwriterjess.bsky.social book Knitting Needles. I think it turned out so pretty, and I'm mad that it's summer now and I can't wear it! #pride #booksky

Crochet scarf with diagonal rainbow strippes

thatwriterjess @thatwriterjess.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“What’s a pound of gold in the face of friendship and happiness and love? What’s a crown in the face of family?” Book 3 in Children of Lorcan. Books 1 & 2 Available Everywhere eARC open Character art by @kyuriart.bsky.social #fantasybooks #darkfantasy #vampires #politicalfantasy

thatwriterjess @thatwriterjess.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“I was a bit of a surprise. Stumbled into the world without much of a plan. True to character, I guess.” - Tigg “We can always try to gouge each other’s eyes out.” - Sofia Book 3 in Children of Lorcan. Books 1 & 2 Available Everywhere eARC open Character art by @kyuriart.bsky.social

thatwriterjess @thatwriterjess.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“It was quite difficult to concentrate […] although I was more concerned with keeping you alive than how hot you are, I must admit.” - Diana “Was I good?” - Leo Book 3 in Children of Lorcan. Books 1 & 2 Available Everywhere eARC open Character art by @kyuriart.bsky.social #darkfantasybooks

thatwriterjess @thatwriterjess.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“Brothers. He’s always detested the thought of brothers.” - Vladimir “He’s my best friend […] And I’ve made that my entire life’s meaning.” - Yakov Book 3 in Children of Lorcan. Books 1 & 2 Available Everywhere eARC open Character art by @kyuriart.bsky.social #fantasybooks #darkfantasy