the blasphemies continue until morale improves.

Rebecca Beatrice, age 28, she/they. Artist, illustrator, designer, sequential storyteller, sadboy poet, and shambling machine of flesh awaiting your attention.

[bea-trician]

guess what.

i updated my Linktree.

beatrician | Instagram | Linktree

Artist, illustrator, and a few other things too.

now you know everywhere else you can find me.

[zineoftideandflesh]

The river rises!

Siblings! We have gathered here today to celebrate the finale of our most venerated Silt Verses; as the Trawlerman spoke through Jon & Muna so many years ago so he speaks through us today and orders us to deliver this gift to you: Rejoice! He asks, for we have appeased him with this offering.

(in a hushed voice he thanks everyone for their wonderful contributions. a meal this filling will last him for an entire year….. probably)

He invites you to share the table with him:

Will you take the offer?

https://zineoftideandflesh.itch.io/of-tide-and-flesh-2

[zineoftideandflesh]

The river rises!

Siblings! We have gathered here today to celebrate the finale of our most venerated Silt Verses; as the Trawlerman spoke through Jon & Muna so many years ago so he speaks through us today and orders us to deliver this gift to you: Rejoice! He asks, for we have appeased him with this offering.

(in a hushed voice he thanks everyone for their wonderful contributions. a meal this filling will last him for an entire year….. probably)

He invites you to share the table with him:

Will you take the offer?

https://zineoftideandflesh.itch.io/of-tide-and-flesh-2

[deathlessviolets]

Hello,

Deathless Violets editorial team here with a quick update on the zine! Originally, we’d expected to have our final selections made in time to send out acceptance emails this week - however, it’s looking like we’ll be sending those out a little closer to the end of the month.

To be honest with y’all, we’ve been absolutely blown away by the number (over 700!) and quality of submissions we received for this little project. Our small but devoted team has been reviewing and discussing your pitches and portfolios, and it’s become clear that we just need a bit more time to give all of your work the attention it deserves!

Currently, we’re hoping to have our final decisions locked in by the end of the month, and will send out those updates as soon as we can! The team is still ironing out what this means for the zine’s production schedule, and will be sure to send out an updated timeline as soon as it’s available. Please rest assured, we fully intend to give all creators the same amount of time to finish your work once you’re accepted.

Thank you for your patience, and thank you so much for your passion for sapphic art. We’re truly honored and excited to bring this project to life!

Love, Deathless Violets team

carrd

[bea-trician]

also, for all my followers who exist in close physical proximity to me.

this is happening.

[natalieironside]

You should read The Last Girl Scout

Did you know that I, award-winning speculative fiction author Natalie H. Ironside, have written like a real book that you can buy and hold physically in your hands?  Exciting!

The Last Girl Scout is a dystopian adventure story about queer hillbillies going on a big adventure in the irradiated ruins of Old America.  If you liked Fallout or S.T.A.L.K.E.R. or all things American Gothic then I got five bucks says you’ll like this.  Plus it’s got lesbians in it &and they are in love & they even hold hands.

The past lies like a nightmare over the world. Two hundred years after the War when atomic fire rained from the skies and burned the world to cinders, human civilization has had time to rebuild within the burned-out husk of Old America.  But the old terrors of the past still persist, and while some work to build a better world, others still dream of reclaiming the glory of the Old World. In southern Appalachia, political commissar Magnolia Blackadder is sent on a mission into the irradiated Exclusion Zone of Old DC, where an evil that humanity thought it had vanquished centuries ago is waking up and rebuilding its strength.  Along the way, she meets a strange woman with terrible secrets and an unspeakable past, and as they forge a bond and brave the terrors of the wasteland together, she learns that some demons are not so easily exorcised, and that some stones are better left unturned. In this her debut novel, award-winning author Natalie Ironside delivers a new vision of the post-apocalypse, a tale of adventure, terror, love, and that most basic and most powerful of all human desires:  Freedom. 

“But Natalie,” you say, “of course I want to support queer fiction and read this post-apocalyptic wasteland adventure transbian romance story, but how can I become a part of this true and amazing way?”  Well, I’ll tell you!

Buy on Amazon

Buy on Gumroad

Cashapp five bucks to $NatalieIronside and include an email address and preferred ebook file type

Subscribe to my Patreon for a download link (and that’s only $2; call that a bargain.  You’ll also get access to all sorts of other shit including my worldbuilding notes and the Christmas special)

Or message me an email address and your X number and I’ll send you an ebook for free; I call that Big Bill’s five-finger discount

***

If you wanna know what other people have said about this amazing and very good hit new novel, fantasy author Dan Shepherd penned this lovely review:

And here’s an interview where I sat down with Fellow Worker Bundnik from the IWW’s Upstate New York GMB to talk about my very cool book in particular and leftist speculative fiction in general:

https://upstatenyiww.wordpress.com/2021/02/21/interview-of-fw-natalie-ironside-regarding-her-recent-novel/

Come check it out!  & I hate to be that asshole who begs for reblogs but my blog got deleted recently and I lost all my followers the which is how I primarily promote my work the which is like 1/3 of our household income I need for such extravagances as “food” and “rent so if u could reblog this post that would be very cool and sexy of you

(Amazing and good cover art by fw @soul-hammer​, sneak preview of the lesbians by @neladoesart​)

[the-vagabond-tabby]

I just finished reading this & y'all it is SO GOOD

[natalieironside]

Shucks ❤

[shadowfellefox]

I’m about eight chapters in and I’m not entirely sure what I actually expected this book to be, but whatever that was, it’s better.

[natalieironside]

:3

[funnyihope]

Fun fact: I scored significantly lower on my trial exams than I could have because I couldn’t put down this book. No regrets.

[wafflelovingbatgirl]

I’m halfway done and really enjoying it! Zombies, vampires, transgender leads, Nazis getting shot. What more could you want from a book?

[natalieironside]

=D

[natalieironside]

You heard it here first, folks

[boffin-in-training-deactivated2]

FW Ironside is excellent at grappling with multiple complex ideas in a pretty didactic fashion and writing compelling pulpy action. The Book Fucks

[natalieironside]

:3

[killwizard]

Hey, anyone who follows me and likes good books, y’all should read this one I still haven’t finished it yet but in my humble opinion it’s fuckin excellent

[canatrix]

Y’all should read this book! It’s so good my unable-to-focus ass read it in one sitting!

[sparrowpharoh]

If there’s anyone following me who hasn’t read The Last Girl Scout and has any interest at all in post-apoc, political intrigue or queer fiction, I’d strongly recommend giving Natalie’s book a try. It’s a compelling character-driven adventure brought to life by it’s diverse and believable cast. Characters come from a wide range of backgrounds- ethnicities, religions, sexualities and genders, all written as natural and integrated parts of multi-faceted beings, neither token asides to check off diversity boxes nor flat caricatures defined by singular traits, but complete and realistic, reflecting the same type of diversity of experiences the real world has to offer. The transbian romance that makes the beating heart of the story is complex and layered, and the queer issues it discusses go beyond the simple “queer pain” narrative that dominates mainstream queer lit, showcasing a broad and diverse range of experiences. The political elements, while a tad heavy-handed at times, weave a brilliant and fleshed-out example of a functioning society where a broad range of leftist views and factions work together towards common goals. Leftists of all stripes might want to give this a read if solely to draw inspiration from the depiction of pan-left cooperation.

In both the personal and political, Natalie repeatedly echoes the theme that while the ghosts of the past may shape the present, they do not define the future- only our choices to move forward do. But those choices are not made in a vacuum, and ultimately moving forward to a future worth having can only come from acknowledging the past, owning up to your sins and making a conscious effort to make amends for the harm you’ve caused.

Also it has spooky draculas and if I haven’t at least mildly intrigued you by this point idk why you’re even following me lol

[natalieironside]

shucks ❤

[lady-feral]

I brought a copy with me to fight camp and read it on the flight. I’ll probably read it again before fight day. I fucking loved it.

[bloodygranuaile]

I finally read this and it’s a heartwarming tale of communists and anarchists working together to merc Nazis; I recommend it highly

[natalieironside]

Golly <3

[strictlyquadrilateral]

okay, like, listen. imagine if animals formed a support group for people who aren't human. and all the resources were like "for creatures with four legs" and the birds went "hey, we don't have four legs? can we be included please?" and the other animals went "oh my GOD stop making things about you. humans have two legs so you can't possibly be oppressed for having two legs." and also no one is even talking about insects or arachnids.

[the-real-seebs]

this is the most vivid analogy for the experience of being queer on tumblr that i have ever seen

[bea-trician]

the vessel of all the world’s rage and suffering.

(finally refined the details on this piece and put a dress on this beast.)

The Crocus Bride (or Paige Duplass) for @zineoftideandflesh . Strap in for the finished version when Issue 2 drops later this summer.

[bea-trician]

boosting because THE ZINE GOES LIVE TODAY. EVERYBODY FOLLOW @zineoftideandflesh AND GET YOUR DIGITAL COPY if you want to see the finished version of this piece. THE LAST WORD COMMANDS IT.

[ignitingthesky]

"What am I seeing?" cried her mother. "I do believe that I saw pearls and diamonds dropping out of your mouth? What have you been doing, my daughter?" (This was the first time she had ever called her her daughter.)

—Les Fées, Charles Perrault

Artwork submission for @zineoftideandflesh, comparing VAL's different selves through the two sisters in the fairytale Les Fées to explore speech, value, and her relationship with her mother.

Some details about the fairytale allusion:

The cursed daughter, who was supposedly favoured by her mother, had been forced to visit the fairy at the well in hopes of attaining the blessing of speaking in jewels, and was later abandoned for her curse. I cast her as VAL who is birthed of her former self's decision to join the military to become someone who would gain her mother's favour, and to highlight the abandonment she experienced during her transformation. Her speech comes to life in indiscriminate violence, lashing out as wild animals, ultimately robbing her own voice.

The mistreated daughter on the other hand was awarded with the 'blessing' of producing jewels — but within the fairytale, she was never able to use the ability for herself. Instead, her reward amounts to gaining the favour of others (her mother, the prince) through her ability to produce value for them, at great discomfort for herself, choking out sharp edged jewels whenever she tries to communicate. I cast her as the former self of VAL, as the daughter who yielded to her mother out of a desire for validation that never came, who signed away her body to create and become value, in various respects.

The false dichotomy of the blessing and the curse (which both rob them of speech), the favoured and mistreated daughter (both abandoned), the false competition that these characters are placed in as fairytale archetypes represent also VAL's divided, antagonising sense of self.

[new-hyperfixation-every-month]

everyone submit your zine pieces to please the high prophet

[cartoonrival]

fuckkkk i should draw and color a picture but all i have is this baseball bat that i hit myself in the head with over and over and over and over and over and over and over

[evilwizard]

just a heads up. im gonna do a big curse soon

[evilwizard]

okay so honestly i wasn’t expecting they’d be able to hide the body for this long

[evilwizard]

LINDSEY GRAHAM ?

[faithschaffer]

[dubiousdisco]

[bea-trician]

the vessel of all the world’s rage and suffering.

(finally refined the details on this piece and put a dress on this beast.)

The Crocus Bride (or Paige Duplass) for @zineoftideandflesh . Strap in for the finished version when Issue 2 drops later this summer.

[yorgen-sh]

The Chinese shoe manufacturer decided to demonstrate the indestructibility of their shoes

[scarlettohairdye]

And also the indestructibility of that woman's ankles

[teaboot]

This is Peak Yuri media and I hope my beautiful feral daughters love each other forever

[hungwy]

six thousand demons and devils. seven freaking thousand trolls and ogres.

[chaeronimos]

May join the queendom, court wizards will offer yassification at the gates. No cultural erasure just offering free makeovers to make sure no one feels left out.

[hungwy]

Docket changed for today turns out we are doing cultural erasure with the free makeovers