The Maenad's Bone Garden

 Most recent  published work - Alienation & Hue in Unstable , available from Querencia Press.   Two images from Unstable (2025 Querencia Press) Unstable (2025, Querencia Press) If you wish to support the artist  patreon ko.fi  itch.io pay pal  venmo also my most recent collection is still available, electronically and in print, from kith books Flying the Jolly Scarlet, Gambling with the Gods:  Depositions on Capitalism, Piracy, Death, Money, Sex, and Work Print e book My erotic liberation collection the Ishtar Cycle , published in 2021 by Lupercalia press is now available from our online stores patreon link   Ko Fi link Socials  BSky   Instagram    

  Gwendolyn Harper (She/They) sometimes writing as the Maenad is the author of The Ishtar Cycle (2021), and Flying the Jolly Scarlet Gambling with the Gods (2023) Their anthology work has appeared in Unstable!, True Grit, Bone Milk Vol 2 and Vulcanalia 21. Work has appeared at ZiN Daily, Writers Resist, 365 Tomorrows, the World History Encyclopedia, Beyond the Underground, and Cream Scene Carnival. She has also been published in the Fahmidan Journal, Corporeal, Troublemaker Firestarter, and Engendered. Best of the Net Nominee 2023. Columnist at Cream Scene Carnival. They have read for the Farside Review. Founder/publisher Dreaming Gynoid Studio, author of the Galaxy Black RPG Editor & Publisher of the Sub-ether zine since 2020 A queer, disabled, angry punk Goddess, Gwendolyn writes about trauma, sex, politics, pop culture, science fiction, history, space, and sex work. They have lived experience of homelessness, intimate partner violence, drug abuse and addiction as we...

  Magnificent cover image by  Embry Valentino The Ishtar cycle is a transgressive and provocative work of transgender identity, sexuality, experience, and liberation.   By turns, vulgar,   mythical, fearless and embarrassingly honest, this is a work of sacred sexuality, and manifesting the Goddess within.    A praxis of spirituality, ethics, activism, flesh, and a fierce call for the liberation of all, body and soul. The Ishtar Cycle will challenge your notions of sex, love, identity, fidelity, reality, and dare you to do what is right.   Imagining a world where trans bodies are sacred not sinful, to be cherished, elevated, and celebrated in all the ways humans have done since the dawn of time.   That trans voices have important things to say and that we should be listened to.    A demand to be acknowledged – and respected – challenging traditional notions of ethics.   A Divinely carnal path through poverty, oppression, and a pop...

 Darken the lamps and begin the howl, Bring the sacrifice, It is time to dance. The Ishtar Cycle is now available from Lupercalia press Magnificent cover image by Embry Valentino The limited print run of The Ishtar Cycle is available for pre-order until they run out