QUEER • TRANSGRESSIVE • INDIE
A two-person collective rising from the ashes of censorship to publish works of transgressive media. Or maybe just weird kinks.
WHO WE ARE
just a couple of birds
aISLING
Aisling (she/her) is a big fat lesbian with an insatiable lust for blood n' guts, unhealthy relationships, and complicated characters. When she isn't writing, she's riding around on her Vespa with her army of baby spiders and quaker parrot named George.Some of her favorite books are Real Vampires Don't Sparkle by Amy Fecteau, Brethren by W.A. Hoffman, and The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht. These books have exactly one thing in common.
PIAMO
Piamo (they/them) is a small birb with a stuffy nose. Extreme shifts in tone and bizarre premises are their MO. They endeavor to make you feel things you are not allowed to feel.Someone once described their work as "stylemaxxing" and that checks out. Peep their Neocities for a list of their inspirations–and don't forget to sign the guestbook!
OUR BOOKS
get 'em while they're fresh
lovefeast
by Piamo
In the year 597, a monk is sent by Rome to Christianize the pagans of Britannia. What awaits him in Canterbury is a feast like no other."Whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is cake indeed, and my blood is the icing that goeth on top." (John 6:54-55)
CWs
cut your teeth
by Aisling Bird
When local roadkill collector Jamie drops by his favorite seedy bar, he doesn't expect anything but a quiet night, cheap beer, and, if he's lucky, good company. What he doesn't bet on is meeting Ira: big, foul-mouthed, and unmistakably dangerous. Jamie knows he has to have him.If only Ira didn't bite back.
rewild
by Piamo
Traveling across an ocean to an unfamiliar land, Iijs ("Ice") is on a mission to reunite with the only person he's ever received love from: his long-lost mother.There's just one small problem.Iijs is a harp seal from the Boston Aquarium. And the "mother" he's convinced he's found is a researcher who works at Canada's Cove Bay Marine Mammal Rescue and Release Hospital: the no-nonsense conservationist Weila Blackwood.But Iijs won't let the laws of nature stop him. Or any laws, really. He'll do anything to be with Dr. Blackwood, and that includes transforming into a human and leaving his life as a seal behind.Is Iijs a selkie? The better question to ask might be...Do these characters eat anything besides hot dogs?!
EXCORIATE
by Piamo
"It was the perfect texture. Soft, wet. Invasive."In the not-too-distant future, the melting of glaciers introduces a new threat into the world: xenopillars, carnivorous terrestrial worms the size of horses, armed with slime and hallucinogenic acid.Harrowing? Not nearly as harrowing as high school.It may be the apocalypse, but eighteen-year-old Hal Nieffer has bigger things to worry about—like bumping up his rank in Valorant and securing a date to prom. It's only when a freak encounter with a xenopillar at an abandoned convenience store leaves him disfigured that Hal discovers a dangerous method of self-soothing.And finds eroticism somewhere he really shouldn't.
HURT TO KILL
by Piamo
"You wish to change us. Change me first."An ambassador from Earth is sent to an alien planet to establish a trade union. Assimilation with their people means taking on the identity of a deceased individual he has never met.He inherits not just a name, but a web of past wrongs and present intimacies. Surrounded by transformations both literal and figurative, how far can he stray into this new world without losing his way home?There is no greater monster than memory.
negative resist
by Piamo
In a world where second genders can be surgically eliminated, Tiernan remains an Alpha by choice. After all, what could be more natural than giving in to one’s animal instincts every now and then?Unfortunately for him, he’s got zero choice when it comes to picking his own coworkers. One in particular has it out for him: Esser, the process engineer who’s made it his life’s mission to give Tiernan an earful for every honest mistake.Hormones are mighty persuasive, though.Certainly more persuasive than something as trivial as right and wrong.
TRIVIAL MEET-CUTE
by Piamo
During a night of bar trivia, a brush with death brings three men together. A morbid but lighthearted 8.8k word short story.
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