Sestra

The Amur Leopard and Clouded Leopard (which recently celebrated its 50th cub born at the zoo!)

The Sumatran Tiger

The Red Ruffed Lemur and Ring-Tailed Lemur

The Cotton-Top Tamarin and White-Cheeked Gibbon

The Colobus Monkey and De Brazza’s Monkey

And the Mexican Spider Monkey!

When Life Gives You Corpses is a brilliant YA about a cursed praying mantis who falls for a young witch. Yield Under Great Persuasion is a raunchy, but surprisingly sweet story about two men repairing their relationship. Fabulous Bodies is a horror story about a queer rockstar rising from the dead.

This is Where the Future Bleeds is a fantasy set in a vividly imagined land, where two women (who happen to kiss) are the key to healing the broken sky. You're No Better is a story about a teen struggling in the shadow of his murderous parent. Oil on Canvas is about a woman who finds disturbing paintings in the home of her dead mother.

Clothing company Patagonia is currently suing drag queen Pattie Gonia for "irreparable” harm to their brand.

To be clear; Pattie named herself after the region in South America.

So Pattie is asking people to politely ask Patagonia to drop the lawsuit.

I'm extending the invitation to all of you, because suing a drag queen for 'infringement' in the current political cultural landscape is vile. Especially a drag queen who has raised millions of dollars for non-profits, uses her platform to raise awareness for climate activism, and fully aligns with Patagonia's apparent climate-conscious mission statement.

They're claiming they're suing for $1. They're actually asking her to stop using her name, and pay over $1 million in legal fees. They're straight up harassing her.

In contrast, drag queen Jan Sport has a Jansport bag line. It's that easy to just... work with a queen.

Anyway. Be respectful(ish), but feel free to be annoying on Patagnoia's socials, asking them to 'DROP THE LAWSUIT'

that's right

Character-focused writing about:

dangerous competence

performance and identity

strange tenderness

memory, secrecy, and survival

emotionally disastrous young men

and the quiet horror of being deeply known

Mostly canon-divergent or canon-adjacent. Usually funny until suddenly not. Most stories can be entered independently.

(art by @j-intherain) ✦ START HERE

→ Softest

Night Owl (Greece, a hotel room, and Gilderoy Lockhart asleep on Quirrell’s chest, complaining about alchemy.) Attached (Lockhart shines, Quirrell makes it possible, as they prefer.)

→ Funniest

Recall (62-year-old Lockhart discovers AO3 and tells Quirrell about it) Gallivanting With Gorgons (Quirrell goes looking for the Gordons; Lockhart gets a book out of it anyway.) Dragon Wrestling (Quirrell calculates exactly how close Lockhart can stand to a sleeping dragon without dying.)

→ Romancecore