First! Galaxy Moth Podcast is now Prismata Press Podcast! In today's episode, Moth (they/them) and Soph (she/her) are joined by comic artist and writer Clover (she/her).

With a background in graphic design, Clover made a move into working as an independent artist creating book covers and other commissions. She is now releasing, in installments, a comic series called "Revenant Watch," that follows queer and trans monster hunters.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2142651?view=expanded

Webtoon: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/the-revenant-watch/list?title_no=1140706

Tapas: https://tapas.io/series/The-Revenant-Watch/info

Show music by Luke McQuillan: lukemcquillan.com

Trans lit, from shorts to novels to non-fiction, give us the power to explore the deep themes of what makes us human. In this episode, Moth (they/them) and Soph (she/her) discuss a variety of works by trans authors.

Discussed in this episode:

May Peterson's article: "I Did not Consent to My Body"

A Quiet Universe - Kay Atkinson

The Pink Diamond- Tris Husband

Keeping the Peace - Tris Husband

Machines of Consent - Sophia Turner

Wild Geese - Sola Emmanuel

Our Simulated Selves - Nikki Null

The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle - Steve Hugh Westenra

The Scales of Seduction - Rien Gray

User Not Found - Dani Finn

Hot Off the Press - Autumn Wolff

The Postman Becomes a Bunny Goddess- Autumn Wolff

Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12 - S. Morgan Burbank

Jade Evergreen and the Perils of Polybius - Kara Buchanan

Kitten - Olive Nuttall

A Rotten Girl - J. Ursula Topaz

Our Lives Our Words - A. Revathi

A Life in Trans Activism - A. Revathi

Us - Sara Soler

There Are Trans People Here - H. Melt

Werewolves, mermaids, bunny goddesses, vampires, and plenty of girl kissing...author Autumn Wolff has your magical reading needs covered with both cozy and spicy trans lesbian fiction. Autumn (she/her) joins Moth (they/them) and editor Aurora Foo (she/her) for a talk that runs the gamut from furries to making a living as a writer.

Autumn's Books: https://linktr.ee/autumnwolff

Autumn's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/autumnwolff

Art by Clover: https://bsky.app/profile/cloverpatchmouse.bsky.social

Arra's Music: https://demongrrl.com

Autumn Wolff is a Mainer, bub. And she’s a woman of few simple interests. When she’s not writing stories about girls kissing each other, Autumn is likely reading stories about girls kissing each other, playing Dungeons and Dragons, running, or watching a movie. She and her wife live near the ocean and consume more pizza than four turtles mutated by ooze. Autumn may not have the biggest living space, and it may never have enough bookshelves, but it’s home.

Music by Luke McQuillan

Authors Moth (they/them), Sophia Turner (she/her), and Jamie Garner sit down to chat all things editing, the power of queer community for writers, and finishing books.

Jamie Garner (she/her) is an author, editor, and all-around wordsmith. She writes novels in a variety of genres under a variety of pen names.

Find Jamie and her books at https://www.jbgarnerwrites.com

Intro music by Luke McQuillan.

Vivian (she/her) and Moth (they/them) talk writing series, trans lit, and how to develop characters you love enough that you ask, "What happens next?"

Vivian Moira Valentine is a rad trans woman who loves monsters. When she was a child, she found the Crestwood House Monster Series in her local library and it's all been downhill from there. Now everything she likes is horrible. Vivian is the author of The Amelia Temple Series, Shadows Over Ravenkirk, The Haunting of Pine Hills and other works.

Get Vivian's books: https://vivianmoiravalentine.itch.io

Follow Vivian's socials

https://bsky.app/profile/itsviviactually.bsky.social

https://www.instagram.com/itsviviactually/

Dani Finn (they/them) joins Moth (they/them) to usher in the second season of Galaxy Moth Queer books. The two authors discuss the power of de-othering the other, smut, music, writing as exploration, and the wider world of trans writing.

Dani Finn (they/them) is a nonbinary fantasy romance author who occasionally writes fantasy without romance as well.They favor high-steam love stories that crisscross the gender spectrum, from swords and sorcery to sword-free fantasy with meditation magic and everything in between.

Mentioned:

French singer Pomme

Get Dani's books

https://linktr.ee/danifinn

https://danifinn.itch.io

A rock band full of queer, magical girls? Let's go! Kara Buchanan (she/her) chats with Moth (they/them) about the inspiration behind Kara's Magica Riot series and the magical power of being free to be yourself.

Check out the series at https://magicariot.com

Magica Riot and the larger Maidensong Magica universe are the creation of author Kara Buchanan, a former city planning journalist and current musician turned fiction writer. After a dozen years writing about urban issues for various publications in her hometown, she moved to the Pacific Northwest and finally got to be her real self. Taking her love of magical girl anime, her life playing in bands, and her personal experiences dealing with gender issues, she created Magica Riot to bring a joyful, action-packed queer story of self-discovery and adventure to the world. She lives in a modest apartment with her wife and cats.

Show music by Luke McQuillan

Serena J. Bishop (she/her) and Moth (they/them) explore Serena's series "The Kari Chronicles" in a conversation that touches on sensitivity readers for writing cross-culturally, neurodivergence, character=driven outlining, and how writing can be like taking a roadtrip with your characters.

Serena's work is part of a sapphic sale on Amazon in November. Check out her author page.

Bio

Serena J. Bishop writes stories with humor, heart, and heroines. She is a daydreamer who comes from a long line of storytellers. When she’s not writing fiction she enjoys being a nerd, surprising others with her pop culture knowledge, or crafting a new beverage to enjoy (that's not coffee). She currently resides in Maryland with her lovely wife and chihuahua. You can sign up for her newsletter at www.serenajbishop.com or follow her on Facebook, Threads, Instagram, and Bluesky @SerenaJBishop.

Show music by Luke McQuillan https://www.lukemcquillan.com

What makes good queer fantasy? David Brandt (he/him) joins Moth (they/them) for a conversation on everything from queering beloved stories to how to write helpful content warnings,

Find Davi's books: https://dtbrandt.com/books/

D.T. Brandt (he/him) is a pansexual nonbinary author settling on the unceded territory of a Coast Salish nation (southwest BC). He grew up on the land of the Erie and Kaskaskia (suburbs of Cleveland, OH) and earned a BFA in Digital Art he only uses to format his books and color some lineart.

Writing was in his fingers from an early age, but whether or not it’s been worth it is up to you. Inspired by the video games and anime series of his youth and all the aspects of himself he was denied from his conservative Christian upbringing, D.T. is determined to now give his characters the joyous queer lives he (and many others) were (and are being, more by the day) denied.

What's it like to write in an open-source setting created by other authors? Tris Husband (she/her) joins Moth to talk about her new novel, open-source settings, queering intellectual property, and the power of trans lesbian voices.

Bio:

Tris Husband is a disabled transsexual lesbian who writes about utopia, space, gender and very large guns through the lens of queer women. When she isn’t writing, she can often be found covered in cats or lying in bed like a Victorian woman with a fainting disorder.

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About the book Keeping The Peace

Akakios, child of Diodotos, wasn’t the most reliable friend Isadora ever had. Xe tended to drop in unannounced, never really cared about what was going on in her life, and seemed to only ever want to drink at their favorite bar before disappearing again. So when xe showed up on her doorstep with a gun in xer hand, claiming that xer wife Pelagia had just been murdered, Isadora didn't really know what to do.

With Akakios now dead for a crime xe may not have committed, and everyone from the Archon of Elysium to ruthless gangsters to xer dead wife's family telling her to drop it, Isadora tried to just keep her head down, throwing herself into her work as a independent detective and entangling herself in the petty drama of one of Elysium's most exclusive communities.

Unfortunately, if what she wanted was to avoid confronting Akakios' dark past, the Valley was probably the last place in Elysium Isadora should have been.