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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Swooping back this very fine MLK Day with our first unthemed issue of 2026! Behold! Get yours! Tell a friend! fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...
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FIYAH # 37
FIYAH Issue 37 is available in downloadable PDF and EPUB formats. Buying for someone else? Hit up the Gift Issue for transferable download codes. See the description below for content details.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Happy New Year 🎉🍯☠️
I would never tell you
to forget your wounds
 
Stardust is many things
but it is not
un-wounded
we are not
storyless, challengeless, painless
 
We are stumbling miracles, and
lonely in
crowds, we are popular in
isolation
 
I cannot wish you a year
absent of suffering
i only wish you a year
where you pour poison-laced honey down the throats of your monsters
and reign over the monsters you cannot murder
 
happy new year
 
-          Beatrice Winifred Iker
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Reminder that I am also an essayist! "Horror Needs Hoodoo" is both my love letter and call to action for Black creatives ✨ Read/buy my Nightmare Magazine essay: www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...
Excerpt from "Horror Needs Hoodoo": My appeal is directed not at America as a whole, nor at horror writers specifically, but rather at my fellow Black Americans. No one is going to come to your house and give you permission to write. No one will monitor you to ensure that you are developing your voice and building your confidence while sharing your art with a judgment-free world. America will not plead with you to be your authentic self; if it is to be done, you must embrace that authenticity despite America.
If you’ve been waiting for a sign or push, here it is! Horror needs us. No one else can tell our stories like we can (though they keep trying for some God forsaken reason). Others cannot access the ancestral knowledge that you can weave into your narratives. They literally do not have the range.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Today’s the day! My very first Reddit AMA has begun on r/fantasy! I’m very excited to talk to discuss horror, Hoodoo, and my debut horror novel, I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU! Come ask questions and check my Instagram stories throughout the day for updates. AMA: www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...
Against a red and white background, "Ask Beatrice Winifred Iker anything! On r/fantasy on Thursday, November 20th."
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU is a published novel! My Gothic horror novel is a tribute to Black Appalachia, HBCUs, and Hoodoo, featuring a lesbian main character whose name and life mission are profoundly inspired by icon Zora Neale Hurston. Order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/beatr...
Beatrice sits in the woods holding the book, I'll Make a Spectacle of You. Against a red background with trees, "Set in Jonesborough, Tennessee, I'll Make a Spectacle of You is a queer, nonlinear Southern Gothic horror".
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU is a published novel! My Gothic horror novel is a tribute to Black Appalachia, HBCUs, and Hoodoo, featuring a lesbian main character whose name and life mission are profoundly inspired by icon Zora Neale Hurston. Order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/beatr...
Beatrice sits in the woods holding the book, I'll Make a Spectacle of You. Against a red background with trees, "Set in Jonesborough, Tennessee, I'll Make a Spectacle of You is a queer, nonlinear Southern Gothic horror".
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Two more days until my queer Southern Gothic horror novel, I'll Make a Spectacle of You, is out in the world!!! Here’s a short video about this book that I love. You can pre-order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/beatr... #blackbooksky #booksky #southerngothic #horror
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Two more days until my queer Southern Gothic horror novel, I'll Make a Spectacle of You, is out in the world!!! Here’s a short video about this book that I love. You can pre-order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/beatr... #blackbooksky #booksky #southerngothic #horror
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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
When I'm at conventions, I'm often asked: "What's the difference between dark fantasy & horror?" In this month's editorial, I talk a little about my thoughts. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...
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Editorial: November 2025 - Nightmare Magazine
I have lost count of the number of discussions I’ve had about what the difference between horror and dark fantasy might be. Plenty of people have very crisp definitions and think applying them helps t...
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
You can read an excerpt from I'll Make a Spectacle of You, my gothic horror debut with Hoodoo magic, now: www.hachettebookgroup.com/orbit-books/... You can pre-order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/beatr... If possible, please request it from your local library! #booksky #blackhorror
The cover for I'll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker has tangled roots that create a skull in the soil and lead up to a church in the woods.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Thank you, Becky Spratford and Library Journal, for this interview! I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU is my Southern Gothic HBCU horror novel with an all-Black and queer cast, out November 18, 2025. Read the full interview here: www.libraryjournal.com/story/LJ-Tal... #booksky #blackbooksky
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Rogue Star Magazine @roguestarmag.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Our website is up and running: roguestarmag.com
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Frontpage - Rogue Star Magazine
Rogue Star is an volunteer-run online magazine of science fiction and fantasy news, reviews, interviews, and commentaries.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Happy Hoodoo Heritage Month!! If you read last month's newsletter, then you know all about "Horror Needs Hoodoo", the essay I wrote for Nightmare Magazine's 13th anniversary edition! Read now: www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t... #booksky #hoodoo #essay #hoodooheritagemonth
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The H Word: Horror Needs Hoodoo - Nightmare Magazine
Raised in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, known for the uncanny woods one oughta avoid at night, I know fear. Growing up, fireside ghost stories (i.e., oral horror storytelling) felt too r...
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Charley's Honky-Tonk Mission: The Story of America's First Black Country Music Superstar is my debut picture book (in verse!). Available June 9, 2026! Gorgeously illustrated by Miguelina Milien -- look at this cover!! Published by PRH/Kokila Pre-order now 🎸🎶 bookshop.org/p/books/char... #booksky
Cover for Charley's Honky-Tonk Mission written by Beatrice Winifred Iker and illustrated by Miguelina Milien, in which Charley Pride is smiling while playing the guitar.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Charley's Honky-Tonk Mission: The Story of America's First Black Country Music Superstar is my debut picture book (in verse!). Available June 9, 2026! Gorgeously illustrated by Miguelina Milien -- look at this cover!! Published by PRH/Kokila Pre-order now 🎸🎶 bookshop.org/p/books/char... #booksky
Cover for Charley's Honky-Tonk Mission written by Beatrice Winifred Iker and illustrated by Miguelina Milien, in which Charley Pride is smiling while playing the guitar.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
"I Know How to Walk with Cats (I Promise)" Read here: beatrice-winifred-ikers-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/i-know-how... This month's newsletter has my first tarot card of the month, I discuss my nonfiction essay, "Horror Needs Hoodoo", and this month's fragrance combo is Moroccan tea and guava.
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I Know How to Walk With Cats (I Promise)
Tarot of the Month, Hoodoo Nonfiction, and Decaying Leaves
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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Behold! The cover and TOC for our latest, GODS & MONSTERS, coming at you this October: fiyahlitmag.com/2025/09/06/f...
FIYAH magazine cover art
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I love working with Wendy and the @nightmare-magazine.com team, and I'm thrilled for them to publish my first non-fiction essay--and it's about Hoodoo!
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
This month's newsletter highlights my ongoing struggle to be patient with myself, how TikTok convinced me to listen to Baroque music, and how I'm finally plotting a romance novel 🥀 beatrice-winifred-ikers-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/baroque-mu...
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Baroque Music and Milk Perfumes
Summer Will Continue to Summer, And So Will I
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Y'all ready?! ARCs for my Southern Gothic horror novel, I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU, set at an Appalachian HBCU, are now available to request for free on NetGalley! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... #BlackHorror #SouthernGothic #HorrorSky #BlackBookSky #2025Books
Screenshot of the NetGalley page for I'll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker.
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vicky 🌻 @crowwkui.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
summertime ☀︎
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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 01/07/2025
"The phrase dark academia evokes haunted halls on elite campuses, dusty libraries and dour dorms, and toxic type-A friend groups." TODAY!! Updating the Curriculum: 2025 SFFH Dark Academia Novels You Won’t Want to Miss by @courtney-floyd.com FEATURING (cont') psychopomp.com/2025-dark-ac...
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Updating the Curriculum: 2025 SFFH Dark Academia Novels You Won't Want to Miss - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
The phrase dark academia evokes haunted halls on elite campuses, dusty libraries and dour dorms, and toxic type-A friend groups. In fact, several of the books on this list contain one or more of those...
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🩸Announcing my Goodreads giveaway!🩸 Enter for a chance to be 1 of 100 to read my Southern Gothic horror novel "I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU" before it publishes on November 18, 2025! This ebook giveaway runs from June 16 to July 14, 2025. Enter the giveaway now: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
This is a screenshot of the Goodreads giveaway page for the novel I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU by Beatrice Winifred Iker detailing the release date, format, giveaway timeline, and country availability, which is the United States.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🩸Announcing my Goodreads giveaway!🩸 Enter for a chance to be 1 of 100 to read my Southern Gothic horror novel "I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU" before it publishes on November 18, 2025! This ebook giveaway runs from June 16 to July 14, 2025. Enter the giveaway now: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
This is a screenshot of the Goodreads giveaway page for the novel I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU by Beatrice Winifred Iker detailing the release date, format, giveaway timeline, and country availability, which is the United States.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Happy to see everyone loving Sinners! My book, I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU, is out November 18, 2025! It is - Southern Gothic horror - with a Hoodoo-based magic system - set at an Appalachian HBCU - full of religious horror - and features an all-Black + queer cast of characters Preorder now!
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I’ll Make A Spectacle of You
This heart-pounding Southern gothic horror debut from Beatrice Winifred Iker, takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the...
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I've been weaving poetry.
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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu @yvettel.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
THE ADVENTURES OF LION MAN brings one of America's first Black superheroes back to life! You can back the project here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
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The Adventures of Lion Man
THE ADVENTURES OF LION MAN brings one of America's first Black superheroes back to life! From the minds of Eisner Award winners John Jennings and Damian Duffy, Bill Campbell, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, and E...
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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Good morning! FIYAH Issue No. 34 is NOW LIVE! You don't want to miss this phenomenal collection of stories and poems. Download yours now 🔥🔥🔥 fiyahlitmag.com/issues/issue...
FIYAH Literary Magazine Issue No. 34, featuring a haunting, spectral image for the cover art.
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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The cover for my Southern Gothic novella PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is here! Predatory morticians, Gullah funeral traditions & a city where your family is defined by how they care for their dead. Art: Greg Ruth, design: Christine Foltzer Pre-order: torpublishinggroup.com/psychopomp-c... #booksky
A sepia-toned profile of a young Black woman against floral wallpaper, a gently smile on her face, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, and her coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder.An orange and sepia background with greige flowers. In the middle is the cover of PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE: A sepia-tone profile of a young Black woman against floral wallpaper, a gentle smile on her face, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, andher coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Cover reveal! Pre-order now!! "This heart-pounding Southern Gothic horror takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCUs in the nation. But as one student is about to find out, a long history comes with a legacy of secrets." www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ill-make-a...
The book I'll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker is displayed against a red, forested background. The book cover shows a skull made of roots leading up to a church in the woods against a bright red sky.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Cover reveal! Pre-order now!! "This heart-pounding Southern Gothic horror takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCUs in the nation. But as one student is about to find out, a long history comes with a legacy of secrets." www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ill-make-a...
The book I'll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker is displayed against a red, forested background. The book cover shows a skull made of roots leading up to a church in the woods against a bright red sky.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I love to look up the people they talk shit about on The Golden Girls.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Got my hydroponic garden set up! Fresh mint tea here I come 🌱
A picture of mint leaves sprouting from a hydroponic garden.
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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Presenting the cover and TOC for FIYAH Issue No. 34! Our second themed issue of the year 🔥 🔥🔥 Cover art courtesy of Raki Sy. fiyahlitmag.com/2025/03/05/i...
FIYAH Issue No. 34, cover art courtesy of Raki Sy. A mysterious figure in a pale garment levitates among a murky backdrop.
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Chelsea @chelseabigbang.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I'm here to tell you all that you need to go watch For the Win on Amazon Prime, a doc series about the NWSL, for many reasons but the most important one is that THEE @tamerra-griffin.bsky.social, all-star woso expert and one of my clients, is featured! Congratulations, Tamerra!
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I prolly built them pyramids.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Luckily, I am finding writing Black historical non-fiction incredibly cathartic right now.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
As a Pisces moon, I cried while explaining this last night. This is community. This is revolutionary. This is love.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
My first Substack post is about my three upcoming projects: a Southern Gothic horror novel, a picture book biography, and a cyberpunk-y poem. You can also find this post on my website’s blog in my bio. open.substack.com/pub/beatrice...
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Bea's Books | Substack
Updates on work by Beatrice Winifred Iker. Click to read Bea's Books, a Substack publication. Launched 35 minutes ago.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Announcement: I've discovered lactonic perfumes.
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Fantasy Magazine @fantasymagazine.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
hey! Fantasy Magazine is currently open to submissions from BIPOC writers (today through Jan 25th) send us your fantastic stories! full guidelines here (PLEASE read the full guidelines before submitting)
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Fantasy Magazine Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
updated January 22, 2025
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I still haven’t given up on this! I wanna go where everybody knows my name 😩
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Who is ready to get into letter writing?
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I hate that I can’t buy Netflix movies on DVD.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I used to SCREAM this song
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Update: I love writing cyberpunk.
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taylor crumpton @taylorcrumpton.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
“For the majority of Black households in the U.S, the tradition of eating a bowl of black-eyed peas on New Year's Eve to bring in good luck and prosperity is second nature.” me, writing about Hoodoo & New Year’s Eve, for Essence #Hoodoo #HoodooSky www.essence.com/culture/why-...
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Why Do We Eat Black-Eyed Peas On New Years? Hoodoo | Essence
For the majority of Black households, the tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Eve to bring in good luck and prosperity is second nature. Find out why.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
“Above the Hungriest Dead” is my adult queer body horror short story. It’s available now in the Death in the Mouth Volume 2 anthology. The link is in my bio.
Picture of the cover of Death in the Mouth Volume Two. The colorful book rests on a wooden trunk. Picture of the black and white heading of the short story "Above the Hungriest Dead" by Beatrice Winifred Iker with illustration by Eli Minaya. The book is resting on a wooden trunk.
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
This is deeply important to me 🎄
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Beatrice Winifred Iker @beatriceiker.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Update: yes, I do.
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