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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll

@aliciagoranson.bsky.social
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Lambda Literary Finalist novelist, playwright, and Parsec award-winning audio drama writer/producer! She/her - Trans as heck! alicia-goranson.com blooddollpod.bsky.social blooddollpod.com brittletq.com themaskofinanna.com

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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We have a new fan(s?) for our audio drama. Watchlist or egg? Place your bets! #transgender #blooddoll #trans #audiodrama #audiofiction
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I see y'all supporting trans and non-cis creators of art/comics, books, music, & film AND Y'all should throw some love at trans and non-cis audio drama creators! Here's some of their shows: An Irish Goodbye Dining in the Void Goldenrod Lops & Quilly para/Normal #transgender #trans #LGBTQ
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I see y'all supporting trans and non-cis creators of art/comics, books, music, & film AND Y'all should throw some love at trans and non-cis audio drama creators! Here's some of their shows: An Irish Goodbye Dining in the Void Goldenrod Lops & Quilly para/Normal #transgender #trans #LGBTQ
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🧵 on why you should listen to VtM: Blood Doll!!!
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Season 2 has begun, my lovelies, and Cassandra's troubles have just begun! This show will release weekly throughout October and November! #audiodrama #audiofiction #transgender #someoneshowthistoLilyWachowski
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Season 2 has begun, my lovelies, and Cassandra's troubles have just begun! This show will release weekly throughout October and November! #audiodrama #audiofiction #transgender #someoneshowthistoLilyWachowski
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Goretrude Poisons ☄ @gertrudeprkns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Now's the best time to get caught up with BLOOD DOLL, in advance of season 2 beginning on Monday!
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ah, my first audio drama! Hopefully I've improved my writing quite a bit since the halcyon days of 2010... Glad to know my editing skills were solid even back then though. (My latest is blooddollpod.com - Second season starts Monday!) #audiodrama #audiobooks
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Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll Audio Drama – A Blood Doll radicalizes a coterie of Seattle Kindred vampires.
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thanks to @pmrpboston.bsky.social for reposting the first episode of my first audio drama, The Mask of Inanna, on their podcast feed! A definite blast from the past. pmrppodcast.buzzsprout.com/2245345/epis...
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Podcast S3 Ep 11 - The Mask of Inanna - The PMRP Podcast - Post-Meridian Radio Players
A flashback to the first PMRP podcast, the debut episode of the Mask of Inanna (available at https://www.themaskofinanna.com)
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Avian Invasion @avianinvasion.com · 30/09/2026
A small taste of what's happening this week… here's a chorus from my song "Kaleidoscope" from my new album "Into The Trees." Wanna see the whole video? Join us Thursday Oct 1 at 6pm Pacific at avianinvasion.com/ittvideo And you can check out the full album at avianinvasion.com/intothetrees
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is tomorrow! #trans #trangender #seattle #nerd #meetups
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"This statewide blanket ban to kick 5 - 10 trans girls off school teams will negatively impact all girls, leaving no room for case by case decisions." And you're going to protect those 5-10 trans girls too, right? Right? Full text: www.sos.wa.gov/sites/defaul...
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Initiative Measure IL26-638

Argument for

Vote yes to protect fairness in girls’ sports.
Female athletes deserve fair opportunities to build
confidence, develop skills, and pursue goals. Let’s protect
those opportunities and affirm the hard-fought rights
established through Title IX in 1972, which expanded athletic
access for women by recognizing the necessity of the female
category. Washington currently allows males to compete
against girls, undermining opportunities generations before
them fought to secure.
Approving IL26-638 would align Washington with world
sports policies.
Federal law, the Women’s Tennis Association, World
Athletics, and the International Olympic Committee have all
adopted policies to protect eligibility for the female category.
In March 2026, the IOC president stated, “It is absolutely
clear that it would not be fair for biological males to compete
in the female category.”
Voting yes gives all students the opportunity to
participate in interscholastic sports.
Medical clearance is already required to participate safely.
Students would compete in the category that aligns with
their sex, verified during routine, medically necessary primary
care recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
During a private, consented visit, a licensed medical
professional would verify sex based on the student’s birth
records, medical history and/or a standard, non-invasive
physical examination.
Washington can respect every student while recognizing
that sex-based athletic categories are necessary.
A female athlete should not lose a starting position, medal,
championship, or college recruiting opportunity because the
category created for her was not protected.

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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
At 09:35, from February 1st, 1980, tv host Phil Donahue interviews a transgender couple, asking the dumbest questions ("doing this for publicity?"), but it's our history. From the Wolfson Archives (PLG11131). mdc-wolfson-streaming.s3.amazonaws.com/streaming1/P... #transgender #trans #history
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@undeadinside.bsky.social is so generous about our show! Please give this 🧵 a read about this season of Blood Doll! #audiodrama #audiofiction #trans #blooddoll
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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 30/09/2026
It is maximally profitable right now to either sell panic *about* trans people, or sell panic *to* trans people. Both impulses feed the media consumer's desire to feel mastery over events. One is simple bigoted conspiracism, the other is a defensive crouch that offers a false sense of security.
Emily: I think about this as a journalist and a novelist: I cannot control how the reader takes what I write. Especially when reporting, I try to be as careful as I can, but somebody might read what I write and conclude, Well, we're all going to die. And there's such an incentive structure to walk right up to the edge of catastrophe or even stick a toe over the line, and even publications I think are terrific will get as close to that line as they can because they know that drives subscription dollars and clicks. That's not just true of trans media; it's true of the media writ large. How do you think about that incentive structure, especially as it relates to social media?

Me: There's two ways to generate clicks about trans issues. One is to sell panic about trans people; the other is to sell panic to trans people. The social media incentive structure there, as it is with so many issues, is the septic, perverted version of that old classic about local TV news: If it bleeds, it leads.

Selling people that sense of control is, as I noted, the same thing at the root of a lot of conspiracism: not to trust mainstream sources who tell you things aren't quite so bad or things could get better or don't panic. It's the cinematic logic of a disaster movie where the people who are saying, "Actually, you should panic!" are correct. Think about everything from the narrative structure of Independence Day or Mass Effect. The catastrophizer is actually correct against all the people saying, "I'll calm down. It won't be so bad." That story structure is very, very popular, and it gets you invested in the protagonist with a pleasing sense of dramatic irony for the audience. They know something many of the other characters don't or refuse to accept.

We are all reared on some version of this story, and it seeps into everyday life. There's an excellent piece from CBS News in 1967 by Eric Sevareid reporting on the findings of the Warren Commission [whi
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@undeadinside.bsky.social is so generous about our show! Please give this 🧵 a read about this season of Blood Doll! #audiodrama #audiofiction #trans #blooddoll
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Back in 2003, I'm finishing my first novel, Supervillainz, and I finally come up with a term for it. I'm still creating works under this banner to this day. I called it "activist fiction." It's entertaining media wrought from activism too deep in its bones to ever remove. Blockbusters with soul.
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Back in 2003, I'm finishing my first novel, Supervillainz, and I finally come up with a term for it. I'm still creating works under this banner to this day. I called it "activist fiction." It's entertaining media wrought from activism too deep in its bones to ever remove. Blockbusters with soul.
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What's happening, #seattle #trans & #non-cis #nerds? Our NEXT local Seattle Trans & Non-Cis Nerd Meet-up! Hooray! Come hang with us on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3rd @ 2-4:30 PM at: Chance Encounter Games (a quiet space!) (Near 64th & Roosevelt - south of the Roosevelt stop on the Link) Great to see you!
Hey Seattle Trans and Non-Cis Nerds!

Would you like to join us for a Seattle Trans Nerd Meet-up on Saturday, October 3rd, 2026 @ 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM?

We're inviting anyone who isn't cis and likes to share stuff they're enthusiastic about.
Bring games! Bring stories! Bring crafts! Bring your lovely selves! We don't gatekeep.

This is a very quiet space! Bring drinks if you want them!

We'll be meeting at:
Chance Encounter Games
(Near 64th & Roosevelt - south of the Roosevelt stop on the Link)
6317 1/2 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115
Saturday, October 3rd @ 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Come and meet other lovely nerds like yourselves!
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Season 1 recap is available for those of you who want a refresher on what happened in Season 1 of Blood Doll! #audiodrama #audiofiction #vtm #blooddoll #trans #transgender
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What's happening, #seattle #trans & #non-cis #nerds? Our NEXT local Seattle Trans & Non-Cis Nerd Meet-up! Hooray! Come hang with us on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3rd @ 2-4:30 PM at: Chance Encounter Games (a quiet space!) (Near 64th & Roosevelt - south of the Roosevelt stop on the Link) Great to see you!
Hey Seattle Trans and Non-Cis Nerds!

Would you like to join us for a Seattle Trans Nerd Meet-up on Saturday, October 3rd, 2026 @ 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM?

We're inviting anyone who isn't cis and likes to share stuff they're enthusiastic about.
Bring games! Bring stories! Bring crafts! Bring your lovely selves! We don't gatekeep.

This is a very quiet space! Bring drinks if you want them!

We'll be meeting at:
Chance Encounter Games
(Near 64th & Roosevelt - south of the Roosevelt stop on the Link)
6317 1/2 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115
Saturday, October 3rd @ 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Come and meet other lovely nerds like yourselves!
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Saw Screaming Butterflies Theatre's production of The Prince last night. Trans as fuck, exciting, with actors that oozed charisma, and the script had heartbreaking and exhilarating moments too. Sophie J. Sen and Marnie Wingett knocked it out of the park as leads, Marnie being totally unhinged. A++++
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Listen to the wisdom of Guitar Wolf. Love who you will.
Guitar Wolf, an awesome 90s punk rocker with sunglasses and a leather jacket, points to Ace, a young rocker slumped over on the floor of a small closet, and shouts, "Love has no borders, nationalities or genders."

This shot is from Wild Zero, a fever dream mixed with Dead Kennedys and speed. It's also one of the rare 1990s movies with a positive portrayal of a trans femme person.
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Our show's upcoming schedule! We're very excited to finally be able to release it! #vtm #trans #transgender #audiofiction #audiodrama
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nobody tell him
Zander (@mmsword) says: "Telecommunications as a whole, which also encompasses The Internet, is in a constant state of failure and just in time fixes and functionally all modern communication would collapse if about 50 people, most of which are furries, decided to turn their pager off for a day."

In response to "Myk Is Walking Backwards @mykola - Nov 24 2019" who said:
"Please quote this tweet with a thing that everyone in your field knows and nobody in your industry talks about because it would lead to general chaos."

Zander's post was from 12:22 PM November 28, 2019 and had 86 comments, 4.9k reposts, and 13k likes, and 1k bookmarks.
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Everyone has one good story in them" go to fucking hell. Everyone is filled with good stories. That's like saying every coder has one good program in them. Just because only one of your stories hits popular culture doesn't mean you're a one hit wonder. There's so much more in you than that.
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low res rodent @ratttz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hey @valvesoftware.com please make Steam a better place for developers of versus games like fighting, puzzle and many multiplayer action games: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl2d...
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RATTTZCON 2026 KEYNOTE - Improving User Engagement on Steam
YouTube video by Ratttz Nest
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Saw @miamoore.bsky.social 's Again Again in the theater tonight and fucking damn it this movie needs a wide release, an IMAX cut, and a dog or cat afterwards for you to hold so you can process all the feels holy shit www.imdb.com/title/tt2742...
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This retelling and mask design fuckin' SLAPS! Trans people and cis allies, get in here!
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Glass Darkly is a fantastic audio drama from another trans creator and you should absolutely listen and be creeped out by every second of it: glassdarklypod.net It definitely gets under your skin. Body horror and SCP-style mysteries! Highly recommended.
glassdarklypod.net
The Glass Darkly
The Glass Darkly is a mystery horror podcast created by Andrew Hains, starring Jun Sullivan as Jason Kaida and Kep Harper as Fasika Dawit.
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm not a vampire, I promise...
A white trans woman in a red coat with a chainmail necklace and long brown hair down the side of her face in front of a red background. She is smiling and growling with extended fangs in her mouth.A white trans woman in a red coat with a chainmail necklace and long brown hair down the side of her face in front of a red background. She has a pleasant smile with extended fangs in her mouth.
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Glass Darkly is a fantastic audio drama from another trans creator and you should absolutely listen and be creeped out by every second of it: glassdarklypod.net It definitely gets under your skin. Body horror and SCP-style mysteries! Highly recommended.
glassdarklypod.net
The Glass Darkly
The Glass Darkly is a mystery horror podcast created by Andrew Hains, starring Jun Sullivan as Jason Kaida and Kep Harper as Fasika Dawit.
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𓆩🩸Ruby Bloodthirst Rockatansky🩸​𓆪 @rubyrockatansky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
hey life sucks so quick reminder that I wrote a free 166k word novel about a trans vampire woman who falls for a human gal before going on a Nazi-hunting spree. it deals with a lot of real, heavy themes, but there is joy, levity, and many women kissing women rubyrockatansky.itch.io/undead-flowe...
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Undead Flowers: Blood on the Bay by Ruby Rockatansky
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🥥 is the Foley Emoji for obvious reasons. #audiodrama #audiofiction #foley
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Younger trans people, all trans information used to be gated as sexual fetish content. You could be arrested for wearing clothes of your actual gender. The people who grew up exposed to this shit, including probably your parents, don't understand why we're making such a big deal now for acceptance.
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This essay Provoked Thoughts that will be included in Season 3 of my show.
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Succubus sues to avoid exorcism on the grounds that it would be cruel to banish her to her home dimension without food for an extended period of time and that the guy she was with just wants her exorcised to avoid his guilt for enjoying his time with her.
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For a dinner party last night, I made mushroom risotto with morels I foraged from eastern Washington. #food #mushrooms #risotto
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Who is the fuck is either faction "protecting" - ah, right. "Kids" "Kids" spelled "P A T R I A R C H Y"
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I despise how the term "adult" has been co-opted to mean only shameful things.
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's coming next month! It's fucking queer and full of trans people! Support your local trans audio production company and be rewarded with some of the finest audio drama to ever find your ear holes!
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I have such a mighty need for queer audio drama #audiodrama #queer #gay #audiofiction #transgender
The gayest possible ice cream sandwich - two rainbow snickerdoodles with two massive scoops of purple ube ice cream between them - an ungodly amount of food that no human has the power to consume alone.
Includes the prayer:
"Lord, I have seen this ice cream sandwich and I want my audio dramas to be just as queer"
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Idea: Next Persona game should take place in 14th century Europe - teenagers summoning demons per usual.
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Fan: I love your work! Fan: [Waits, expecting me to smile and say "thank you"] Me: OMG it took SO MUCH WORK to make that! Let me tell you in EXTREME DETAIL how that sausage was made! Wait, where are you going?
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The lobster mushroom is a parasite fungus that grows on certain russula mushrooms. While the russula are edible, the lobster mushroom is fucking delicious. The lobster mushroom shown below is a little past its prime but it's an example of one I've found in the wild.
A dark orange mushroom being held up in a forest. It is the lobster mushroom and it is delicious.
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lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 04/09/2026
My first piece for @kotaku.com sees me document the rather surreal experience of demoing a game funded by a government that would have me executed for being trans. kotaku.com/the-1001-thr...
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The 1001 Threads Of Mizan Director Avoids Answering A Simple Question At Gamescom - Kotaku
'This is a really decentralized company. We completely decentralized'
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Denice (Dee), the Red Witch @deetheredwitch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A Cursed tarot. Trans protagonists. Abandoned towns full of frozen bodies. Independent women authors. Crumbling manors full of secrets and traps. Purpled prose. Hauntings that drag you to the edge of your chair. If you like these, YOU SHOULD BE READING MY BOOKS. www.amazon.com/stores/Dee-A...
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Dee Arbacauskas: books, biography, latest update
Follow Dee Arbacauskas and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Dee Arbacauskas Author Page.
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Left a note to myself earlier after we left the restaurant: "Don't forget trunk chicken." I did not forget it.
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Beauty deserves to exist in this world for its own sake, and beautiful things that do not make money must exist.
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Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I'm adorable, I've won awards for my writing, and I have the most generous fanbase in the world for my heretical, sexy, pro-trans audio drama Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll! Featuring 20+ trans actors! Season 1 is available now - Season 2 will start release on October 5th! blooddollpod.com
Slowly, two shadowy figures come into focus, one behind the other with their hand on the other's neck.

The Not Ready for Opsec Players present:

"I am the consecration and damnation in my veins. Drink me Motherfucker!"

Vampire: The Masquerade
Dark Pack
Blood Doll
https://blooddollpod.com
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