writer, editor, creative writing instructor | she/they | author of If I Were in a Cage I'd Reach Out for You (Nightwood, '16) & Renaissance Normcore (Nightwood '19) working on: cnf, fiction, poetryhttps://bsky.app/profile/adelebarclay.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/adelebarclay.bsky.social/post/3mlyltesex22dPhotobombing is an art16 May 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:dxhrbhbb2d2id5ljvum7il2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyltesex22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/adelebarclay.bsky.social/post/3ml7ea724n22pCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: @davidlywrites.bsky.social and I are looking for queer speculative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for the anthology Queer Little Daydreams @arsenalpulp.bsky.social. Deadline August 1. Start dreaming and writing, babes! ✨💭🔮 https://arsenalpulp.com/News/2026/Queer-Little-Daydreams-Call-for-Submissions-Deadline-August-1-202606 May 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:dxhrbhbb2d2id5ljvum7il2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7ea724n22phttps://bsky.app/profile/adelebarclay.bsky.social/post/3mh74zly4lc2jI’m looking for insight into the legality of memoir writing in Canada. Can the people in your life demand a review of your work legally?16 Mar 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:dxhrbhbb2d2id5ljvum7il2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh74zly4lc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/adelebarclay.bsky.social/post/3m7mfqqkurc2pStill haunted by the time there was a Secrets-themed reading and every single reader got up and was like “here’s my poem about discovering my dad’s secret family”10 Dec 2025 06:13 +0000at://did:plc:dxhrbhbb2d2id5ljvum7il2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7mfqqkurc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/adelebarclay.bsky.social/post/3m6zpmylfak26There’s a bully in my workplace and every few years people file complaints and the higher ups just shrug their shoulders and say “she bullies us too”02 Dec 2025 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:dxhrbhbb2d2id5ljvum7il2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zpmylfak26https://bsky.app/profile/adelebarclay.bsky.social/post/3m6nxiaqyd22hCan someone explain to me the phenomenon of straight men never posting photos of their wives28 Nov 2025 03:38 +0000at://did:plc:dxhrbhbb2d2id5ljvum7il2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6nxiaqyd22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/adelebarclay.bsky.social/post/3m6kwiem5ns2qthe university where I work axed their studio art program about a decade ago, which is sad for a number of reasons, chiefly there is now a severe lack of whimsy without random sculptural installations popping up around campus26 Nov 2025 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:dxhrbhbb2d2id5ljvum7il2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6kwiem5ns2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/adelebarclay.bsky.social/post/3m4jlz5ojj22cbluesky is twitter on benzos and substack is twitter on coke31 Oct 2025 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:dxhrbhbb2d2id5ljvum7il2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4jlz5ojj22chttps://bsky.app/profile/adelebarclay.bsky.social/post/3m36y7ctpy22yI am dipping my toes into the newsletter genre... join me for some stray threads https://adelebarclay.substack.com/p/welcome-to-lessons-in-ferality15 Oct 2025 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:dxhrbhbb2d2id5ljvum7il2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36y7ctpy22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/adelebarclay.bsky.social/post/3lzanknbpm22oWhenever a face wash is called “a milk” I’m like “ah yes, the milk of human kindness“20 Sep 2025 05:30 +0000at://did:plc:dxhrbhbb2d2id5ljvum7il2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzanknbpm22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/adelebarclay.bsky.social/post/3lwu7m5eq5c2tI bring a certain “we’re gonna watch each other die” to the friendship20 Aug 2025 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:dxhrbhbb2d2id5ljvum7il2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwu7m5eq5c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/adelebarclay.bsky.social/post/3lvymbygogs2sThe trick is to never have coffee so in the rare time you do you feel invincible even as the inevitable headache ensues09 Aug 2025 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:dxhrbhbb2d2id5ljvum7il2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvymbygogs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/adelebarclay.bsky.social/post/3ludvkk7ryk25Recently my ex accidentally sent me money and then later a sext and in both cases I politely let them know they had messed up… and now THEY have unfollowed ME19 Jul 2025 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:dxhrbhbb2d2id5ljvum7il2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ludvkk7ryk25https://bsky.app/profile/adelebarclay.bsky.social/post/3lsrnmkcuqs2oI’m so warbled by grief that when someone posts a sentimental photo with music and a long caption I’m like “oh no that person died” but then they’re just wishing a friend good luck on their move to Berlin29 Jun 2025 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:dxhrbhbb2d2id5ljvum7il2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsrnmkcuqs2o