Arachne 🏳️‍🌈

@cayemarsh

STATION IN THE SKY available now. Author of queer SFF living & writing in Aotearoa (she/her). SpecFicNZ and Te Pae Tawhiti Awards. Uplifting good books and authors. Cayemarsh.com #ToitūTeTiriti 🚫genAI, fascism, billionaires, guns🚫

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· 2d

First time in #Aotearoa we've seen Colby Jack cheese!!! The kids are very excited. 😁😁😁

A package that says Dairyworks Colby Jack natural slices.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· 24d

New author photo!! 😅 I was going to take a picture of the scenery and saw my shadow in the shot.

A rocky coastline looks out over a bay with deep blue water and a bright green cliff in the background. In the foreground, the picture-taker's shadow is cast on a rock.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Jul 10

Ha ha ha THIS 😍 (this is from Trung Le Nguyen's live-tweet thread as he reads and experiences Pride and Prejudice for the first time)

Screenshot of Trung Le Nguyen saying "honestly I love when heterosexuals fight" and Claire Willet replying "best summary of Jane Austen."

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Jun 30

Spotted in Courtenay Place! Whoever put these up 🥰🥰🥰 amazing work. Today is a great day to make your voice heard about "move on orders" which basically authorize police to harass homeless people for just existing. #NZpol www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

Two signs taped to a pole urging people to make a submission to Parliament about the move-on orders bill, which is due July 2nd. And informing people they can do it from Smart Newtown in the community center. There's a QR code link to follow.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Jun 26

This storm just keeps going!! Wind and rain and sleet and the house is SO COLD. I cannot wait to replace the cladding and add insulation. Here is our cat Twyla curled up on my feet trying to stay warm while I work.

A tabby and white cat curled in a tight circle on a blue blanket, with a laptop nearby.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Jun 23

I also did not like mayo but moving to AoNZ I have been won over by some of their great flavored mayo/aioli

A plastic squeeze bottle of Culley's Kitchen creamy Sriracha and lemon mayo

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Jun 21

Happy #Caturday!

A gray pen cup holds several pens and a chunky-knit gray chicken. Beside it is a palm sized black kitty beanbag with two pink ears, two yellow eyes, and some whiskers. It is just a black fuzzy ball with a kitty face, no limbs or other features.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Jun 19

Oh to read Pride and Prejudice again for the first time with fresh eyes!! I wish I could. 😍

A Bluesky post that reads: half of this book has me like, "Wow what an astute observation of human social dynamics, how lovely," and the other half is just me biting my thumb and internally screaming.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Jun 18

My pre-order has arrived! Excited to check this one out... @kaitlynabdou.com

An email receipt for the book A Prince Among Pirates by Katie Abdou.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Jun 16

Sunrise this morning over Matiu Island and Hutt valley. #Aotearoa is so beautiful.

An early sunrise, dark blue ocean, a black island, and black mountains behind that with a band of lights from a town at the bottom. The sunrise is steaks of orange and pink within dark clouds.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Jun 9

We didn't usually see each other's headers. Here's mine! It's a picture of a tide pool at Scorching Bay on Miramar in Aotearoa!

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· May 4

Not sure how I will write like this...

A gray tabby cat with white aggressively cuddling me and taking up my whole lap.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· May 4

Until just a moment ago, I had been sitting in that chair writing. The cats have been clustered around, hoping I would do something interesting for them to look at. #amwriting

An empty brown chair. There's a cat sitting on the footstool and one resting on the arm of the couch nearby. Both are obviously angled as to be watching the chair, though one has turned his head to look at the photographer.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Apr 28

Here goes nothing...

A yellow package labeled "Ottogi stir-fry cheese ramen." There's a little cartoon guy in a cheese hat looking at a bowl of noodles.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Apr 28

HELL YES! My pre-order has arrived! Honestly I don't need this distraction right now because I'm supposed to be finishing up my own MS but I am going to FIND THE TIME! 😁👍🧡 #amreading @kjcharleswriter.com

A screenshot of the pre-order delivery notice from Kobo for the book How To Fake It In Society by K.J. Charles.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Apr 26

Herbel teas on sail.

A kid's drawing showing a mug with a sign next to it. It's supposed to say "herbal tea on sale" but half the words are charmingly misspelled.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Apr 11

#caturday cat is a slug

A tabby and white cat laying on a bed with his legs tucked under him and his tail curled around. His neck is stretched out and his chin is resting on the mattress making him look very flat and long.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Apr 7

A cool praying mantis laying her ootheca on a cabbage tree in my yard!! I'm pretty sure this is the native species (Orthodera novazealandiae) though I cannot see her forearms to check for a blue eye-spot. #NZwildlife #Aotearoa

A green praying mantis with a flattened, leaf-like form clinging to bark, depositing a milky white unhardened egg case, or ootheca, from the end of her abdomen.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Apr 5

I was at Armageddon in Wellington and met some SpecFicNZ authors! Ghosts of the Catacombs by Janna Ruth @janna-ruth.com Tarquin the Honest by Gareth Ward And bonus The Sons Of Echidna by Athena M. Bliss @specficnz.bsky.social #pukapuka 📚🌈

The three books mentioned in the post being sniffed delicately by a cat.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Apr 3

Look what the underground trans Mafia got me!!

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Mar 25

NZ friends - my novella Peace In The Sky is on sale at Kobo right now for $4.99 NZD. A wasteland to traverse, with a thriving biodome at its heart. Will our heroes reach it? Will they be allowed inside their erstwhile home? #pukapuka 🌈📚 (Ace/NB rep)

A graphic from Kobo showing the cover of Peace In The Sky by Caye Marsh, with a truncated summary and the price in bold beside it.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Mar 16

Buying feijoa from the store like a chump because I don't know anyone with feijoa trees. BUT... they sure are good!! 😋

A feijoa cut in half, showing the pale grainy flesh inside. One half is hollowed out, already eaten, leaving the green outer shell.

Four uncut feijoa on the counter. They are a green, oblong fruit with textured skin.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Mar 3

Well well well. Happy Easter to MOMMY!

A package of Bailey's chocolate mini eggs, flavor salted caramel with a hint of Bailey's.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Mar 2

Oh crap.

The word is "out of pocket," and according to Merriam-Webster this will be my word of 2026.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Feb 17

I had to take our shy cat to the vet today, and the curious cat was SO DISAPPOINTED that he couldn't go. He tried valiantly to get into the cat carrier, and when he couldn't, he tried to hitch a ride on top.

A cat carrier with a small, nervous-looking cat huddled inside, and a larger cat lounging on top, looking hopeful.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Feb 11

Two kererū having an early morning perch, with the Remutaka in the distance.

Two kererū, large birds in the pigeon family, perched on telephone wires with misty blue mountains in the distance.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Feb 8

Today I started my eradication campaign against agapanthus in the yard. It will probably take years. #nzgardens

A small garden strip on top of a wall. All the green parts of the agapanthus plants have been removed, so it's just a tangled mass of pale, fleshy roots looking like a million grubs swarming the ground.

The same view of the wall as before, but also showing the stairs below absolutely covered with roots that have been pulled out by the handfuls.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Feb 4

This is a useful substitute for Rotel, if like me you moved from a place where you could get Rotel to a place where you couldn't. 😁

An orange can of La Morena homemade style red Mexican salsa.

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Feb 4

My second read of 2026. Wow. That was intense! The chapter from Jaime's perspective was so visceral and claustrophobic. AMAZING depiction of mental illness. And the way his friends learned to engage with him? Revolutionary. 🥰 5⭐ @keezyyoung.bsky.social 🌈📚

A photo of the book Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young

Arachne 🏳️‍🌈@cayemarsh· Feb 3

My first read of the year! 👍👍 I'm amazed by how much it says with such a simple (and heartwarming) story. A real treat, highly recommended. 🌈📚 @annaleen.bsky.social