ALTHello, writeblr! My name is Tyler Battaglia (he/iel/any, 30+), an author of horror, dark fantasy, and other speculative fiction. I have a number of short stories out–or coming soon–and I recently self-published a horror novel, PRAY FOR HIM (more below!). You can find more information on my author homepage, but the evergreen intro is here!
WHO?
I’m a disabled, queer, Canadian author specializing in horror and other dark fiction.
I’m also a big reader and I have a personal and professional interest in disabled and queer futurity!
WHAT?
I write mostly horror, dark fantasy, urban fantasy, and other speculative fiction. I especially enjoy writing about religious trauma, grief, and things-not-quite-right. You can find a lot of sad gays in my writing.
WHERE?
Social media
You can find me on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, or through my newsletter.
Writing
I have short fiction available to read for free online, as well as in a couple of anthologies! Consider checking out the full list on my site, where I have indicated which ones are free to read online. I marked on my site as well the genre and any relevant content warnings for each.
This list gets updated whenever there is something new!
WHEN?
I’ve got short fiction coming out somewhat regularly, so the list on my site is updated periodically with new releases.
PRAY FOR HIM was released on October 1, 2024.
–WAIT, PRAY FOR HIM?
My novel, PRAY FOR HIM, is a story about being gay and performing exorcisms. It’s about religion vs faith, being honest with yourself, the redemptive power of love (and not just romantic love)–oh, and demons. You can add it to Goodreads or order the book here!
You can find more information on it, including a tag of stuff I’ve reblogged that’s the vibe, on this WIP list page, which also includes hints of future projects!
WHY?
I just love horror and writing about grief and love and spooky nonsense. idk what else to say.
Would love to make more reader and writer friends and connections here on tumblr! Give me a follow if you’re interested in seeing more. 💖
✨ITS HERE, ITS QUEER & WAITING 4 U✨🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Age gap, one night stand turns into more
Yearning + angst
Foul mouthed trans top 🥵
Horny as fuckkkkk but poetic 😌
Grab it here:
Saturday Night
sitting outside
thinking of you.
Father Isaias Flores from Pray For Him is asexual!
Reminder to Request Queer Books from your Local Library
If you're panicking about the state of the world, one of the easiest ways to make a difference right now is engaging with your library.
There is a reason that libraries are targetted by fascists. They are sites of immesurable power. Both just on their own, and also because of their patrons. So first step is, if you haven't, sign up for a library card ASAP.
Next, find out how your library takes requests (almost all libraries do), and start filling out the forms. Make it a ritual, go through queer books that interest you (here is an affiliate link for 165 queer books to get you started), and request as many as you can. It also helps if you take queer books out. Both digitally and physically.
Many libraries have a system in place where they have to rebuy the rights to a digital copy of a book after a certain amount of borrows. This is not contingent on you reading every single book you check out. No one will know if you read it or not. Though, I will admit that reading the books is also a good strategy to keep you invested in this very important discussion.
Regardless of your personal reading habits, you have space to make real change in your community with just a small amount of effort. Borrowing and requesting queer books backs up the irrefutable fact that queer stories are worth telling, and it pays queer authors for their work. I will say it until my face is blue, request queer books, read queer books, and engage with your local library.
she res on my urrection till i come. (back. (from the dead))
How I feel working on the timelines of any writing project:
Turquoise Dreams by Axel Sauerwald
Super quick WIP update today even though I haven’t done an update in a few days, but my Hot Wet Queer Summer Jam project has now reached 6.2K!!
Not a bad start for the first ~week of the jam, and not unhappy with that I’ve written so far 😎 progress on this weird swampy (sub)urban fantasy continues
ALTPre-orders are now LIVE for HALLOWED BE HER FLESH (epub & PDF) over on itch 🧡✨
This is a cosmic horror romance set in 1570s Spain following a freshly excommunicated woman whose faith is challenged when she meets a horrifying yet beautiful celestial entity…
Out March 28th: https://emrynbird.itch.io/hallowed-be-her-flesh
And she is OUT!!! Check out this illustrated 56K novel where the ineffable horror of what lies beyond the stars meets Christian mysticism as an asexual woman discovers she is a...
✨🥰 MONSTERFUCKER 🥰✨
Links for all current and future listings can be found here!