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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 10h

Who is whistling the Kill Bill tune outside my window at 10pm and should I preemptively pepperspray out into the darkness, just to be safe.

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Eric Klug @klugalters.bsky.social · 11h

Hand painted, gilded Balefire Dragon in the style of a medieval illuminated manuscript.

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 20h

Walking around in the bush with my head down again this morning. I’m absolutely in love with the gills on this mushroom. I think it might be a type of oysterling. 🍄🌿

Looking at the underside of a frilly oyster mushroom. The different lobes overlap, each other kind of like a nudibranch, it’s tan gills form, beautiful, ripping patterns.

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Nathan Makarios @paralogion.bsky.social · 14h

Shit man, this is actually what I need to integrate more into my work. So much of what I struggle with is my instinctive tendency to try to plaster weird over a bedrock of logistic realism and it just ends up diluting it.

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 18h

I have a new story coming this weekend! It's Part 2/2 of September's story WORKING DOGS, a queer spec fic historical western. An injured stranger arrives on a man's ranch and offers to replace his dead livestock guardian dog. Read Part 1 here: www.patreon.com/ArdenPowell/...

Working Dogs: a Patreon short story. Text over a black and white photo of an open-mouthed dog.

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 13h

I do read romance and this caught me in a ticked-off mood, because what gets me with brilliant human-crafted romance books is that we know the HEA is coming, but it's how each wonderful writer chooses to get there. Like, the very format removes tension, but the best of romance writers inject it.

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 06/05/2024

#RowndBear approves your choice.

Brown pencil drawing of an especially rotund bear, sitting with one paw placed on the ground between its hind legs, its head tilted, looking directly at the viewer with a plaintive, winsome expression.

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Aleksi Remes @aleksiremesart.bsky.social · 31/08/2023

My recent Vampire Hunter D illustrations 🩸

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Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 18h

Summer breathes, surrendering sweetly into fall. 1. Paper wasp on goldenrod. 2. Stereum. 3. Oak. 4. Bumblebee on white snakeroot.

Photograph of a paper wasp navigating the small yellow flowers of goldenrod.

Photograph of a dead standing tree limb overgrown with wavy sheets of stereum fungus.

Photograph of a large oak tree rising in a forest.

Photograph of a bumblebee on the small clustered flowers of white snakeroot.

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Jax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 15h

Spotted what I'm pretty sure is a queen on my lunchtime adventures. She was super chill and *big*. The biggest bumblebee I've seen. #invertebrates #beeposting #beesky

A big bumblebee sits on a red marigold.

By big, it must be emphasized that she is literally as big as the flower she's lying on.

Same bumblebee, from above instead of the side.

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 15h

'Let Sleeping Dragons Lie' - 2019 watercolour on board. Still available if you're interested (contact me if you are). #dragon #dragons #dragonhoard #snuggleofdragons #reddragon

a cosy pile of red dragons lying on top of their hoard of gold.

photo of my old desk with the painting of the dragons on it and various paints and brushes lying around.

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 17/02/2026

JCO is the only one who gets a free pass to stay on twitter because it's better for us, emotionally, if she's not here, but also it's worse for them, emotionally, if she's over there

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 15h

WE FUNDED!! AHH! Thank you, everyone!!! Now, with about 24 hours left, any additional monies means I CAN BUY MORE TIME LOOP STORIES. 👀⏳ (And subs will open in two weeks!) www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

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OPPORTUNITY WINDOW: An Anthology of Time Loop Stories

Deja vu doesn't begin to cover it... OPPORTUNITY WINDOW will bring you a book of brand new time loop stories (and maybe some you've seen before) from across the SFFH genres!

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 15h

As ever, my call to writers and to readers is MOVE WITH INTENTION. Do things on purpose, choose things with care. Make sure it matters.

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 15h

One could argue that as the most widely read genre, romance is most deserving of care and attention, a refusal to concede to bland extruded text from the Average Intelligence machine. The potential to reach the greatest number of readers with your art, with your intellect, can be through romance.

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 15h

There are mountains of formulaic cookie cutter romances. Some of it is in fact written by machines, and there are readers who don't care or notice. But the genre deserves BETTER, not to be consigned to the slop heap because romance can't possibly aspire to more skill or imagination or quality.

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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 16h

Everyone (coughJCOcough) is so quick to throw romance under the bus, but do you know how much skill it takes to make an interesting and compelling book when you already know the ending??? Infinite!!

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 15h

I had JCO blocked on the other place and I'd block her here too. For every cutting witticism people applaud her for, she spews some bullshit that makes me want to throw the computer I read it on out the window.

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 16h

Baking a peach cake to finish off the month. September hasn't been my best. Work has kept me busy, but my health has had me down and writing has been near nonexistant. Hopefully I'll have more energy and get more writing done in October 🍁🍂

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ande ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ @andewitt.bsky.social · 20h

Godspeed! The Coyote’s Plight

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𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍 𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖔𝖓 🔜 MCM London @sarahmason.art · 30/09/2026

--LUNAR-- (sharing some older but still much loved art!)

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 18h

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kiDChan @kidchan.bsky.social · 19h

cms for SmashAssassin! I had a lot of fun making this illustration, thank you so much for giving me an opportunity!! My cms are open, feel free to visit this link for more info : tinyurl.com/48xu8vk4

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Long_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social · 20h

Felt like painting some autumn leaves… Each are 6”x6” oil and are available on my website.

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Loish @loish.bsky.social · 19h

I’m experimenting more with layering my colored pencils. It’s so satisfying! But also easy to overdo it, which is an eternal struggle I face as a digital artist without an undo button.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 21h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Finn Longman is only here occasionally @finnlongman.com · 21h

Not sure if I'm supposed to wait for an official announcement on this one, but as it's available to order, I may as well share the link: goldsborobooks.com/products/the... Gender, trauma, toxic families, non-consensual shapeshifting ... and sprayed edges. What more could you want in a book

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The Animals We Became

You exist because of a crime, because of a curse, and because of a trick.Blodeuedd never asked to be made.Created from flowers of oak, broom, and meadowsweet to marry a man cursed never to have a huma...

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Altorina @altorina.bsky.social · 23h

COMMISSION ✨ Dust jacket reveal! ✨ So excited to share the cover illustration I created for the special edition of Potions & Prejudice by Tee Harlowe, commissioned by mondlichtbuecher 🧪🌿 ... #book #commission

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Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️📚✒️ @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lukewarm genre take: the desire for precision when tonally sorting or categorizing books has led to a trend in avoiding categorizing something as part of a broad genre (e.g. "fantasy"). Sometimes a book is best categorized as just "fantasy" vs. grimdark or cozy. I think a discomfort

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Camille Laurène @camillelaurene.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I forgot to post my latest one last week. Here's my little pegasus!

A gouache illustration of a blue pegasus with a pink background

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Driscoll's berries lawsuit confirms that my choice to avoid US food products is good for my sense of spite AND my health.

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Ksenia Kholomeva✨ @milirine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm slowly getting back into posting again so This is for my dear friend @mayfirepar.bsky.social made quite a while ago🥹 it would be great if any of you could help with the retweet, but any interaction is very appreciated 💛 ✦✶✧✶✦ #ArtistOnBluesky

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

Also this is the thread about the woman who told me about murdering her ex when I was pregnant with kid #1. Again, the women are unlikely to move the way you expect if the danger continues to grow.

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Ksenia Kholomeva✨ @milirine.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

#PortfolioDay🌟

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Julian Miholics @pansybeast.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The past week has been busy with some deadlines but finally got around to taking some photos of these star stag tote bags locally printed by the fantastic Resonance Printing! These are available via my online store ( miholics-shop.ca / link in bio )

An off white tote back featuring a black ink illustration featuring a bounding stag, the ends of its antlers taking on the shape of stars. Another star sits above its head, more stars surrounding the deer. Many simple little drawings in a rock art style with more star horned stags are by the upper left and bottom right of the animal. Floral motifs with the flowers taking on a heart shape surround them and the illustration is framed by simple patterned borders. Wild grape leaves frame the bag.

A close up of the rock art style star stags.

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.

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B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave @bzelkovich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is absolutely part of the literacy crisis and it requires active, critical reading to combat. I've made a goal this year of reading the book in front of me instead of wishing the author had done x or y differently, and it's been a wonderful return to form.

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Nambroth @nambroth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Airy Reminiscence” American Crows 12”x16”, oil painting on panel I love crows

An oil painting of an American crow sitting on a lichen-encrusted dead tree limb in the foreground. Behind, warm sunset light touches a cloudy sky, with two more crows flying by above hilly terrain. The artist watermark reads: Copyright 2026 Jennifer Miller "Nambroth", featherdust dot com

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Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think wanting precise outcomes and strict representation from a book is part of the literacy crisis. People are looking at representation and not the thesis of the book and how characters work within it.

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 29/09/2026

Florida? FLORIDA????

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Onagadori Rooster. Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, 85 × 132 mm, 2022.

Drawing in black ink, primarily in silhouette, of an Onagadori rooster with long flowing tail covert feathers on a plum blossom branch. The rooster's comb and wattle are the only spots of red. The piece is smaller than a postcard and is photographed with the traditional Chinese brush it was drawn with.

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Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪

A photograph of eight rectangular biscuits (cookies) arranged in two rows on a square white plate. The plate is framed on all sides by a trailing vine pattern in green with pops of red. The biscuits are mostly in shades of ivory, cream, yellow, and grey, with a burst of vivid red and blue in one corner of the arrangement. Moving across the top row of biscuits from left to right, the designs include: neat lines of handwritten names in an early modern parish register; a section of a hand-drawn map from 1561 featuring St Paul’s Cathedral, with street names like ‘Carter Lane’ visible in a tiny spiky font; an extract of text from a funerary monument printed in an early modern book, ending ‘So transitory is our glory’; a section of embroidery from a funeral pall featuring metallic silver armour, crossed gold keys, and two hands holding up a crown. The biscuit designs on the bottom row include: horses prancing past shopfronts on Cheapside in the mid-sixteenth century; a receipt written in early modern secretary hand, which is difficult to read; a portrait of a stern-looking women dressed in a ruff, pearls, and sober dark clothing; swirling calligraphy and dense secretary hand featuring on a will dating from 1638.

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Tom Larkin @tomlarkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We’ve spent many, many hours over the past few months searching the rock pools of Cornwall for a rainbow sea slug. Today, we finally found one! Absolutely worth all the time we’ve spent - it was truly breathtaking.