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#DVPit #A #LF CANTERBURY TALES x A WALK IN THE PARK Mae agrees to backpack the Sierra Nevadas with old college friends despite her fear of bears. As the mountain weather shifts, secrets are revealed, and the friends turn on each other, Mae realizes that bears aren't the worst things on the trail.

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Arendse @arend.se · 2h

#DVPit #A #LF CANTERBURY TALES x A WALK IN THE PARK When Mae sets out with friends on an arduous backpacking trip, inclement weather and disintegrating group dynamics threaten their ambitious goal of summiting Mt. Whitney. Injured and scared, Mae must stand up for herself—or leave the trail behind.

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Arendse @arend.se · 3h

#DVPit #A #LF CANTERBURY TALES x A WALK IN THE PARK Mae and her friends tell each other nightly campfire stories as they backpack through the perilous Sierra Nevadas. As the trail grows longer, and the stories more revealing, Mae's trust in her friends fractures. Can they still rely on each other?

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Arendse @arend.se · 4h

#DVPit #LitF CANTERBURY TALES x A WALK IN THE PARK Mae is afraid of bears and has no experience with the outdoors yet she impulsively decides to go on a backpacking trip with her old college friends. Turns out, they've changed. Dismissed and sidelined, she must learn to trust herself to survive.

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Arendse @arend.se · 5h

#DVPit #LitF CANTERBURY TALES x A WALK IN THE PARK Mae sets out on a backpacking trip with her old college friends and she is shocked to find that they aren't the people she remembers. As she struggles to like these versions of her friends, the trail turns perilous. Can they make it to the end?

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Arendse @arend.se · 6h

Thank you! It's a great way to get the characters to tell fantastical campfire stories to each other.

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Arendse @arend.se · 6h

#DVPit #LitF CANTERBURY TALES x A WALK IN THE PARK Mae, an easy-going geologist terrified of bears, impulsively agrees to a long-distance backpacking trip with old college friends. Through perilous weather and as her trust in her friends’ decisions falters, Mae must stand up for herself to survive.

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Arendse @arend.se · 29/09/2026

It would raise red flags for me and I wouldn't submit there.

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Arendse @arend.se · 29/09/2026

Just went ahead and booked for #WorldCon next year. Who else is planning on going?

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Author Simulator. My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Title: Author Simulator

Level 1: Get to desk and begin! (Platform video game-style image of an author jumping from a block onto a cloud with desk and computer) Result: success!

Level 2: Press on despite distractions! (Author typing as the desk/clod moves past a ghost and a spider) ) Result: success!

Level 3: Deliver manuscript to editor! (Author jumping over fire pit onto platform where editor waits) Result: success!

Level 4: Accept minor criticism! (Author lying ded in fronto of editors desk) Result: better luck next time!

Along the bottom are controls for:
Left right jump crouch read write nap coffee

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Arendse @arend.se · 25/09/2026

Happy Moon Festival! We had friends over to make moon cakes with us. It's easy to spot the one made by the Argentinian 🥟

Moon cakes (not Hong Kong style), half with sesame on top. Those have a date-walnut filling. The rest have red bean paste.

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Arendse @arend.se · 25/09/2026

Atarashii Gakko! were incredible. Full of energy, dancing all over the place, and their new album has a ton of yokai imagery, which I was unsurprisingly really into!

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Arendse @arend.se · 25/09/2026

Happy Moon Festival! We had friends over to make moon cakes with us. It's easy to spot the one made by the Argentinian 🥟

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Arendse @arend.se · 25/09/2026

I had a student once address an email to me with "Hell Arendse." The student was mortified. Incidentally, it was Halloween and I thought it was hysterical.

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Arendse @arend.se · 24/09/2026

Spotted this fun-gal on the streets of Warsaw

a sculpted head in clay-color with oyster mushrooms growing out of the hairline

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Arendse @arend.se · 23/09/2026

Everyone's making fun of this but I for one would love to see Beowulf wander through the movie, absolutely pointlessly. He could play the role of Mercutio.

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Arendse @arend.se · 22/09/2026

I'm always here for a TMNT joke but I am EVEN MORE ALWAYS here for a Pre-Raphaelite joke

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Arendse @arend.se · 21/09/2026

The cursed child of a Ferrero Rocher and an After Eight

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Arendse @arend.se · 08/09/2026

It's out! Congrats!

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Arendse @arend.se · 08/09/2026

More artworks stolen, and then dropped, as the thieves fled! Since they were in-and-out in under five minutes, I assume this was partially planned, but the dropped goods certainly implies they weren't prepared with how to carry the paintings away. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

theguardian.com

Artworks stolen from Renoir Museum on French Riviera in latest heist

Thieves took four artworks but it is thought they dropped two in museum garden as they fled

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Arendse @arend.se · 07/09/2026

Looking good, Seattle! Another great Bumbershoot for the books.

The Space Needle in front of a crimson sunset.

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Arendse @arend.se · 06/09/2026

A big thanks to @smarier.bsky.social for doing some serious heavy lifting with the film festival, and for @laworldcon.bsky.social for the space and enthusiasm. What do you say, @montrealworldcon27.bsky.social? Next year? ;)

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Arendse @arend.se · 06/09/2026

The best part of the Film Festival (other than you finally getting to see the films!) was how international the fest was. It was incredible to see how different film making traditions varied from place to place as filmmakers submitted 100+ films from 25+ countries. www.lacon.org/filmfestival/

lacon.org

LAcon V Film Festival – LAcon V

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Arendse @arend.se · 06/09/2026

In this post-WorldCon daze, I suddenly realized that another year of being a Film Festival Judge had come to an end! Thank you to everyone who came out, watched the films and supported all the artists. Over 150 people attended our opening selection and it was a great start to a great festival.

People are sitting in chairs waiting for the film "Howl if you love me" to start

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Arendse @arend.se · 04/09/2026

One of the lesser-known fantastical creatures I talked about last week at @laworldcon.bsky.social was the bonnacon. It appears in medieval bestiaries as a bull-like creature with horns curved back on themselves and therefore useless to protect itself. Instead, it expels flaming poop in defense.

A bull-like creature with curved horns expels excrement/flames at a shielded hunter who looks like he's regretting his choices. From Kongelige Bibliotek, GKS 1633 4°, f. 10r

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Arendse @arend.se · 04/09/2026

It's just doing what it has to do

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Arendse @arend.se · 04/09/2026

Oh, they have attitude!

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Arendse @arend.se · 04/09/2026

So obviously bonnacon are the best and probably best left alone. Nobody wants to be the recipient of butt flames or caustic poop.

The bonnacon sticks its tongue out at two people holding their noses. Serves them right for getting too close. From Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 3630 [Bestiary (Second Family)], folio 78r

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Arendse @arend.se · 04/09/2026

I know I said that you better bring a shield for protection but even the shield looks disgusted here.

Two people walking away from a bonnacon that is spraying both odor and feces. The armored individual is holding a shield with a face on it. From Universitätsbibliothek Augsburg, Cod.II.1.2° 109 [Augsberg Bestiary / De bestiis et aliis rebus], folio 133v

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Arendse @arend.se · 04/09/2026

They REALLY don't smell good.

Two people holding their noses as a bonnacon farts noxious green odors at them. The bonnacon looks pretty embarrassed. From Bibliothèque Municipale de Douai, Ms. 711 [De Natura animalium], folio 8r

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Arendse @arend.se · 04/09/2026

As you can imagine, they don't smell good either.

Two people running away in disgust from a very smelly red bonnacon. From Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Reg. lat. 1862, folio 4r

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Arendse @arend.se · 04/09/2026

If you're hunting a bonnacon, you better have a shield ready to protect yourself otherwise you're in big trouble.

A group of four people spear a bonnacon with curling horns as it flames from its bum. From Morgan Library, MS M.81, folio 37r

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Arendse @arend.se · 04/09/2026

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Arendse @arend.se · 03/09/2026

Oh no! That's so sad!

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Arendse @arend.se · 03/09/2026

Congratulations! I look forward to listening to it!

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Arendse @arend.se · 02/09/2026

Harvesting our first batch of potatoes in the new house and I'm just so excited by how purple they are

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Arendse @arend.se · 01/09/2026

I would say that she nailed it.

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Arendse @arend.se · 01/09/2026

Well that sounds particularly horrifying. I ventured off down the road for tacos one night, thought to myself that they were a little bit pricier than I was used to but it is the Anaheim area, ordered four...and each turned out to be as large as a burrito!

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Arendse @arend.se · 01/09/2026

Back to Seattle post WorldCon and the mountain was out to greet us. I'm all fired up about writing — and also in desperate need of sleep.

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Arendse @arend.se · 30/08/2026

I'm excited to chat about fairy tales in all their forms at WorldCon tonight with @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social, @jayhartlove.bsky.social, & @swingingstorm.bsky.social. At 6pm tonight, you can consider us a warm-up for the Hugo Awards ;)

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Arendse @arend.se · 30/08/2026

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Arendse @arend.se · 30/08/2026

Want to hear about some (maybe new to you) mythologies from across the world? I'm moderating a panel today where @cassmorriswrites.com, @swingingstorm.bsky.social, & @traceybaptiste.bsky.social will be chatting about exactly that. Come listen at WorldCon, 3pm today!

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Arendse @arend.se · 29/08/2026

Some fantastical creatures are much rarer to find in fiction. Come hear @clairedavon.bsky.social, @muteddragon.bsky.social, @meganhaskellauthor.bsky.social, @stephanniet.bsky.social & me chat about all those unusual creatures tonight, 6pm at WorldCon!

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Arendse @arend.se · 28/08/2026

Want to hear all about the silly, serious, and extremely dubious things going on in the margins of medieval manuscripts? Today's your chance! Come listen to our WorldCon panel at noon, moderated by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social

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Arendse @arend.se · 27/08/2026

Now that WorldCon has started, I have an excuse to hand out my new business cards! 🐉

Red text that says Arendse Lund, with a dragon peering in from the right hand corner (art by the incredibly talented Franklin Hu)

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Arendse @arend.se · 26/08/2026

Are you an early bird and want to jump right in to WorldCon tomorrow? Come take a walk around and have a casual chat with @ajhackwith.bsky.social, @matociquala.bsky.social, @maryrobinettekowal.com, @michaelbookcult.bsky.social & me at 9am!

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Arendse @arend.se · 26/08/2026

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Arendse @arend.se · 25/08/2026

I'm ready for WorldCon but holy moly is SoCal hot. Maybe I'll adjust by the time the panels start? Anyway, come hear me talk as I slowly melt!

Five places to meet me across four days at WorldCon, listed along with the times, dates, and a qr code for scanning to bring you to the schedule with all the information

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