iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Living in a sentient ship has its own unique set of disadvantages. HOW WE GOT HERE: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... HOW IT'S GOING: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... BUNDLE WITH ALL OF THE ABOVE: itch.io/s/195896/the...

screenshot from an advice thread about "Found Family Relationships" and "Sentient Starships"

The question being asked is: "My 29-year old (picture of Yana) keeps saying "she just wants privacy, and wants me to remove the camera in her room, what should I do? I am not removing the camera because she stays up late at night to work."

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 18h

September was a fantastic reading month for me! #sff #horror Enjoyed books by: @coyhall.bsky.social @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social @pemryjanes.com @kristalstittle.bsky.social @mererain.bsky.social @polenth.bsky.social Readers can check out my full reviews at: www.helenwhistberry.com/blog

Graphic of six book covers: Devilry in Godling Wood by Coy Hall showing a mounted figure with 3 faces and dagger on a strange horse pig hybrid rearing over a dragon like figure with long tail; The Stars Will Be Our Ocean by Lizzie Blackwood showing a humanoid figure and alien with shark like features floating or dancing in space; Unsaved by Pemry Janes showing a robot wearing a cowboy hat and long duster holding a gun and sitting on a fallen mech head in front of a red sky and white sun or moon. Kayak by Kristal Stittle showing a view from above of an orange kayak and paddler moving through blue water between green islands. Come Away Again by Mere Rain showing a person standing with back to viewer in a misty forest, surrounded by glittering lights. Wereconifer by Polenth Blake showing a hand-drawn pine tree with round colored lights.

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Barrows @barrows.itch.io · 14h

Like horror? Like queer horror? Love books, visual novels, and story-based games? Check out WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE DARKNESS, and get not only my own horror anthology, but a bunch of other people's fantastic work! itch.io/b/3876/we-ha...

We Have Always Been in the Darkness
itch.io bundle, 37 items for $10

Horror e-books, visual novels, and narrative games, either with queer character and themes, or by queer authors. Often both.

These stories are dark, we do not deny it. But darkness is familiar, to people like us. Those who told themselves they own the daylight may have done their best to deny we exist...
...but we have always been in the darkness.

Graphic and text by @amweald.com

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⚠️ eve g ⚠️ @evegwood.com · 16h

QRTing so this gets more eyes on it - want to join the SPS team and work to improve Scotland's small press scenes? We're hiring a new director!

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Flygohr 🎨🎲✒️ @flygohr.com · 18h

Hasia, ifrit sorcerer commission showcase #artcommission | #dndart | #dnd

A tall, tan skinned ifrit is leaning against a wall, one hand resting on his waist, the other holding a bright flame ball. He is wearing bright, pink, white, and gold short clothes and platform heels. His body is covered with glowing tattoos

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 30/09/2026

don't bother addressing a congregation unless you're in the baroque creature pulpit

Baroque pulpit ca. 1750, rebuilt 1856, Parish church in Dobroszów.

a fanciful scaled sculpture where the serpents open mouth serves as the pulpit

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Barrows @barrows.itch.io · 20h

#Conlangity Tellari-Universal is a language spoken by the Tellari species in my First Light series. It is constructed, simplified version of Tellari-Contextual, that cuts out all of the nonverbal components (pheromones and kinesics) and tries to patch up what's left with more vocalizations.

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Twiggies @twiggies-draws.bsky.social · 22h

oh my god wet puffball thing Photographer: Vikrant Deshpande

A photo of a splendid fairywren, a little blue bird, looking at the camera. It is absolutely soaked and is a dishevelled mess.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Chills, Thrills and Kills October Itchio book sale is live!!! Get this amazing deal of October-themed reads that'll last you until next year! 80+ books for just $69! Less than a dollar a book and all the jokes you can make about the price! itch.io/b/3904/chill...

Graphic 2 for the Chills, Thrills & Kills October Itchio Sale. 93 books for $69. A VERY BIG AND SPOOKY BUNDLE of creepy and cosy reads perfect for this year’s Hallowe’en Season! Hosted by Indie Book Spotlight.

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Barrows @barrows.itch.io · 22h

Oh boy I love how every month Bluesky expires all my muted words/tags so I have to go in and slowly renew them one by one (I have hundreds of them) Thanks Claude

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Barrows @barrows.itch.io · 22h

#LitHodgepodge Good morning all! My name is Dan, and my name is also Barrows. I write sci-fi and fantasy and, when the stars align, horror! Right now I'm focusing on commission work, while chipping away at my two WIPs: First Light 3 (sci-fi), and Shadow Puppets (swords and sorcery).

PAPERBACK – HARDCOVER (Paperback)
SERIES – STANDALONE (Standalone)
TEARS – LAUGHS (Tears)
COFFEE – TEA (Coffee)
HERO – VILLAIN (Hero)
CHARACTER-DRIVEN – PLOT-DRIVEN (Character-driven)
COMPUTER – PEN & PAPER (Computer)
SWEET – SALTY (Salty)
SILENCE – SOUNDTRACK (Silence)
BOOKMARK – DOG-EAR (Bookmark)
PLOTTER – PANTSER (Pantser)
LUSH – MINIMALIST (Lush)
VOMIT DRAFT – SLOW CRAFT (Slow craft)
MORNING – MIDNIGHT (morning)

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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i can feel the spookiness in the air

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ande ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ @andewitt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Godspeed! The Coyote’s Plight

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EmmyKtz 🐙 The Pink Hydra 🔞 @thepinkhydra.com · 30/09/2026

A GOSPEL OF STARS is out now for all lovers of platonic space whump! Come for the misadventure, stay for the social commentary. A space opera novella w/ aroace MC by E.J. LeRoy. thepinkhydra.com/books/gospel thepinkhydra.itch.io/a-gospel-of-stars www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKH247S9

Cover of A Gospel of Stars by E.J. LeRoy featuring graphic design of a Rosary enclosing a spaceship as it hurtles towards a distant planet

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Flygohr 🎨🎲✒️ @flygohr.com · 30/09/2026

Got a bunch of new followers since I posted this last year, time for a repost ;D Commission of Noxxal, a winged dragonborn paladin I had the pleasure to design for a client! Def the most intricate armor I had to draw to date #artcommission | #dndart | #ttrpg

Digital fantasy illustration featuring a tall, imposing, purple winged dragonborn resting his hands on a giant sword. He is wearing intricate full plate armor.

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anita@escrevendo gays 🌈 @anakidd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#SapphicSeptember is ending but there is still time to support a sapphic author! I write horror, fantasy and erotica with queer themes and characters, and you can find my short stories here 👉 anakidd.itch.io 📢📚 if you read and feel like it, drop a rating or a comment, we authors love those 🫶

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Graham Annable @grickle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The First Ever Graham Annable Doodle Collection is AVAILABLE once again! The previously SOLD OUT volume returns for a second printing! An excellent gift and a delight for folks who enjoy chameleons with mustaches! ONLY at: gricklemart.com/first-ever-g... #grickledoodle #cartoon #funny #book

A chameleon perched on a branch has adopted the owner's dark hair and mustache, prompting the wide-eyed man to stare in surprised recognition through the glass — a visual joke about the chameleon's perfect mimicry. Caption reads "The chameleon had gotten quite good."

The first ever GRAHAM-ANNABLE doodle collection — playful book cover with the title at the top and a cluster of wide-eyed green frogs at the bottom while a long-necked white goose peeks over them. Available from gricklemart.com

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Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

HELP I DREW V (for Vendetta) FROM MEMORY AND HE LOOKS LIKE A REDDITOR

MS Paint drawing of V from memory. Long hair, black hat.

Member Novmember?

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Julie March @juliemarchbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today's #BOSDaily post is a bit earlier than I planned because I'm on my way to my annual-ish pilgrimage to the setting of the book (Florida vacation)! No one rob me while I'm gone

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Barrows @barrows.itch.io · 30/09/2026

I LOVE NOVMEMEBER EVEN IF I CAN NEVER GET THE SPELLING RIGHT

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Argo 🍄 // coms open ♡ @argovelaart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bump for the day time crowd. I have ONE slot left I'd like to fill before taking a short break from coms ♡

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Khonri 🫜🎃 @khonri.com · 30/09/2026

Hello, pinned post time. I'm Khonri, a quality engineer and amateur writer of modern-ish critter companion adventuring glued to love stories, frequent art patron, and quarterly worldbuilding host. I like video games and hanging out wth my husband and our five cats. Have some Khonsonas too:

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Iosefka DV is in the query mines 🏳️‍⚧️ @seffydv.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🔥FIRE TO FLOWERS🪻 After betraying her late lover, a vampire hiding her curse goes on a journey of penance with a holy knight possessed by her ex’s spirit. 🌹Black-coded elves 🌹Colorful dark fantasy 🌹Explanation, not excuses 🌹Equal platonic & romantic relationships #QuestPit #Q #DF #H #A #POC #LGBT

$Moodboard for my novel Fire to Flowers, depicting a black woman covered in blood and roses, purple hyacinths, baroque architecture, fractal art, and a skinned dog monster. Text describes some of the story's tropes: dual timelines, cosmic fractal horror, healing after trauma, visceral vampires, demons + angels (kinda), annoyances to friends, lush fantasy setting, and glimmers of hope.$ Comp titles for Fire to Flowers.

I Am Made of Death by Kelly Andrew:
Vibrant color
Visceral horror
Fear of oneself
Combative MCs

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang:
Flawed characters
Political themes
Magic as science
Social status tensions

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett:
Strange setting
Lush world
Queer-normative
Analytical MC

Comp titles for Fire to Flowers.

I Am Made of Death by Kelly Andrew:
Vibrant color
Visceral horror
Fear of oneself
Combative MCs

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang:
Flawed characters
Political themes
Magic as science
Social status tensions

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett:
Strange setting
Lush world
Queer-normative
Analytical MC

Prose samples from Fire to Flowers:

She would claim what she was owed. She would make every loathsome soul see the wages of their disdain. She would rip open the throat of this wretched world and watch paradise drown in its own blood.
Perhaps that, at least, would be enough.

“Behold, the most important room of the palace,” Tiferet announces, the fabric of her dress sparkling as she twirls in place. “Nowhere in Flaundrys will you find such a locus of staggering innovation and breathtaking beauty! The woman who resides here must surely be the envy of all Tron Daurat!”
Casimir glances, briefly, across the study, then rolls his eyes. “And that woman is you,” he drones.
Her arms drop, but a smirk still plays across her lips. “Oh, don’t spoil the fun.”

The death of an elf, once such a rare thing, still brings with it a small token of beauty. Perhaps it is one last unconscious act of creation performed just before the end, or perhaps it is merely the effect of the Ohr leaving their body. Whatever the cause, if the surroundings allow for it (even, at times, when they should not), a patch of mismatched flowers blooms at the site of their death.
Snowflakes fell in the town’s flower-choked streets, stark against the dark hues of dried blood and mangled remains, and Tiferet’s heart hardly stirred. It was a tragedy, yes; just like all the other tragedies that made up the last thirteen years.

The dark treeline behind the inn vomits a wave of horrors.
No two demons are anything alike. Some are hulking masses, some smaller than an elf. They crawl on teeth like fingers. They fly on feathers of skin. A tongue ends in a head, whose tongue ends in a head, whose tongue ends in a head. A face pockmarked with vacant holes stares at nothing. The tail of one wears the visage of a sleeping child.
And each is a vulgar, shrieking paroxysm of color.

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Musical vibes for Fire to Flowers:

Witching Hour by In This Moment
Alraune - Whisperer of Dementia from Bayonetta 2
Keeping Secrets from Monaco 2
JFK by Azealia Banks
Drip by Nova Twins
The Dark Below by Tigercub
Born a Snake by P.O.S.
Way & Means by Snow Patrol
God Is a Circle by Yves Tumor
Art from Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

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Barrows @barrows.itch.io · 30/09/2026

Good Afternoon everyone, I have been traveling for the past few days and unable to keep up with #BOSDaily so I will be doing catch-up today, up to Chapter 4. What were whose blue tendrils? Is Louise going to be okay? Will Bolton's based taste in music at last be validated? Find out with me. 🧵

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CASSETTE BEASTS 2002 | Bytten Studio @byttenstudio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's the last day of September so its the last day you can say you've had Cassette Beasts 2002 wishlisted for 6 months before launch SO YOU SHOULD WISHLIST IT #wishlistwednesday

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Khonri 🫜🎃 @khonri.com · 30/09/2026

you've probably seen him around bluesky it's wally he does in fact shit in tubs if you leave the bathroom door open it could actually be way worse instead it's become humorous

A photo of a dark grey cat named Wally with pumpkin eyes standing on the arm of a light brown couch. In the foreground are numerous gothy squishmallows and in the background is an unstraightened lamp, a lacquered cabinet with Asian motifs, an unoccupied urn, and a photo of baby Khonri and her deceased grandmother who was pretty based except for being the passive kind of ignorantly racist person you'd expect of someone born in 1940.

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Barrows @barrows.itch.io · 30/09/2026

#Septopolis Today I will thank our host by listing some of the things that this Septy forced me to LEARN about this month: - How to repair/maintain steel (and bronze) - Seashell weight/durability - Beekeeping and its byproducts - Iron Age water supply/sewage systems - How the Mafia is organized

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Khonri 🫜🎃 @khonri.com · 30/09/2026

I am jingling this as a form of "hey, if it helped, I wouldn't mind a tip." However, I am NOT in any kind of critical need. I do have an upcoming dental work appointment for a senior cat I adopted thanks to bluesky and we're looking at anywhere from $2100-$2800 in total that this would help offset.

ko-fi.com

Buy Khonri a Coffee

Become a supporter of Khonri today!

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Steph ✨ @thesenesx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

the reluctant bride #oc

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TBSkyen @tbskyen.com · 29/09/2026

I don't really take anyone who INSISTS on the Japanese title of anime/manga seriously unless they'll also say 西遊記 instead of Journey to the West or Преступление и наказание instead of Crime and Punishment. Localizing the title of a piece of art is just NORMAL.

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Barrows @barrows.itch.io · 29/09/2026

Come join me for this! I will be yapping about Tellari-Universal, one of the two languages of the Tel species!

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Argo 🍄 // coms open ♡ @argovelaart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Bump! Last slot for this current batch before I take a small hiatus from coms <3

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Argo 🍄 // coms open ♡ @argovelaart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

✨I'd love to get this last slot sold (: ✨ I'll be taking a short break from commissions after this batch to refocus and draw for myself.

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Barrows @barrows.itch.io · 29/09/2026

Y'ALL YOU GOTTA KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THIS ONE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA FUCK AND ALSO AUD RULES AS A PERSON THAT'S UNRELATED TO THE MARKETING BUT I JUST HAD TO THROW IT OUT THERE

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 29/09/2026

THE POST THAT GOT THE BOOK BAZAAR SUSPENDED FROM BLUESKY (I don't have the ACTUAL post but I'm rewriting based on memory loosely) THE PROMO DOESN'T STOP, SORRY #BookBazaar26

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Barrows @barrows.itch.io · 29/09/2026

#Septopolis > sort by follower count: descending > pick the two top ones JOKING I'm joking!! I was going to tag @dimreaper.bsky.social as their Melipenati felt like they could make for an uneasy truce, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized nah, they'd be super enemies. 🧵

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CASSETTE BEASTS 2002 | Bytten Studio @byttenstudio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We're challenging you to Inktober, Cassette Beasts style! A prompt for every week of October and a bonus one too. We can't wait to see & share what you create 🎨 #Inktober

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H (エイチ) @therealhanamaru.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Finally the -tober prompt that I can follow to my heart's content

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Barrows @barrows.itch.io · 29/09/2026

Hello good morning! What if you, y'know... unless...?

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L Izet @solarisstory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reposting for the morning crowd.

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L Izet @solarisstory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Friends, you should REALLY commission @argovelaart.bsky.social How good does Fury look?

A muscular person with long red hair pulled back into a braid is wearing a white tank top and fitted brown trousers. She rests up against a brick wall, staring up at the sky. The lighting suggests it is night time.

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Pamela Jeong 🫜💙🧡 @pamelajeong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#LitHodgepodge starts on Thursday 💙📚 Looking forward to some fun conversations, great insights, and general shenanigans with y’all! #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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Eduardo Valdés-Hevia 👁️ @valdevia.art · 28/09/2026

In 1932, several sheep were found dead and exsanguinated in Arizona. Their blood was drained through three unexplained punctures. A photograph of the predator was taken by a park ranger. Officially explained as a mangy dog, some yet claim it is an image of the Chupacabras.

A dead bighorn sheep lying on dried grass. Hunched on top of it, an animal, appearing like a sort of flightless bat with doglike limbs, is drinking its blood.

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Argo 🍄 // coms open ♡ @argovelaart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Only 1/3 slots are left ♡

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Barrows @barrows.itch.io · 28/09/2026

Hello #Septopolis! I am writing this from my hotel room after an exhausting, but delightful, day out in Edinburgh, so forgive me for keeping things short. I haven't spent a lot of time thinking about other city-states other than Zagnat and Lariz, and honestly, but I can provide some general info: 🧵

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