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(they/them) book reviewer, gender studies scholar, educator. free palestine. i'd love to read + review your books! i only accept physical ARCs due to disabilities. email me here: haley.strassburger@gmail.com ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/spooniereads/goal?g=27

emerging from my bluesky slumber to say i'm offering 3(!) commission slots* for 20% off if you have characters who are: -POC -visually disabled/have visual differences -visibly trans -fat/plus-sized! *prioritizing commissions with characters that fit multiple of these categories and/or are queer!

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book friends! i'm putting together a list of own-voices disabled authors (and their books) for disability december, particularly sorting into genres: horror, romance, YA, sci-fi/fantasy, and nonfic/poetry. if you'd like to nominate yourself or suggest someone, reply to this! <3

If you need to flee your state, there are people organizing on your behalf. If you need financial support, there are people organizing on your behalf. If you want to take a stand against this vile administration, there are people organizing on your behalf. YOU CAN BE THAT PERSON TOO.

today is a day to tell trans people you love them AND other things. don’t tell us you love us and leave it at that. get in the streets and protest. call your electeds. help trans people in your life access docs, legal help, medical care, make their rent. do more, please.

PORTRAITS OF DECAY is out NOW! I couldn’t be prouder of this book—the short story is such a fundamental part of the horror genre, it feels especially exciting to see my work collected. To kick off PORTRAITS’ birth, I wanted to talk about some of the works that served as its inspiration. THREAD/

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In a year overshadowed by global protest and fascist threat, TFR is celebrating Pride Month by supporting transfemme authors in need 🩷 Please consider taking a moment to donate to a mutual aid campaign listed here or elsewhere. Our goal is to raise $5000, and we need your help! Details within ⬇️

TFR’s 2025 Mutual Aid Pride Drive

This Pride Month, please consider donating $50 or more directly to a transfemme author in need. TFR will be matching the first $500 in donations.

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My vision for ConCurrent was simple: one day of excellent programming; have it be free to attend; run it efficiently; and never use genAI/LLMs. Let me say that again. I and all involved in this convention rebuke genAI and guarantee no genAI usage in any part of this convention. 2/7

There’s no way to ease into this news, so here it is. Today, I am announcing ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon, scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle at 700 Union Street, across from the Sheraton. 1/7

The ConCurrent Seattle logo. A white flying saucer surrounded by white stars uses a rainbow tractor beam on a purple space unicorn with sparkles floating over the Seattle skyline; everything is on a purple background.