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Jennifer Hudak @jenniferhudak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My poem "Swimming the Witch," about how systems of power often create the very things they are attempting to quell, is now free to read at @trollbreathmag.bsky.social -- just in time for spooky season! I hope you enjoy! magazine.trollbreath.com/swimming-the...

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New word for me, too! Took a long time to get it today but it's always quite fun when it's a word I don't know.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 01/10/2026

It all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years.

Text in the center reads: 20 Years Oct. 2006 - Oct. 2026, clarkesworldmagazine.com

(right) Cover art for issue 241 by Marcel Deneuve is "Labyrinths of Azarax" and features a blue and white mechanical eye in a circular opening looking at a small, white, glowing humanoid figure standing on a large pipe in the tunnel. Many pipes line the walls, all heading out to the main room. Pipes are yellow and gray. Room beyond is blue.

(left) Cover art for issue 1 by Tomasz Pietrzyk is "The Town of the Towers" and features a surreal town of yellowy white distorted towers with reddish orange roofs that overhang the towers and rise to a point. Mishapen dark windows and doors are scattered about on the buildings. Orange sky gives the entire piece a warm tone.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Also, congratulations to all the winners. And a big thank you to @thedividedrama.bsky.social team for commissioning me for their podcast artwork.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As someone who illustrated one of those graphics, it was so thrilling to be sent photos from the event showing my artwork on a cushion and my artwork on a huge screen. Using AI would rob an artist of that surreal and exciting moment. Really glad to hear if was almost universally human-created art.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

An Endless River by Margaret Collins has launched this weekend. If you enjoy dragons or historical fantasy then this is definitely worth checking out. I had a lot of fun designing the cover for this one.

The silhouette of a dragon flies over a historic map of Boston, surrounded by an art nouveau border.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Time's almost up! Another week to go for my premade book cover sale. jonstubbington.com/book-covers/... #WritingCommunity

Out of Time, a thriller cover featuring a man in a suit checking his watch in the midst of a blur of moving people.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

First and last orchids of the season. Found only a few miles - but five months - apart.

An Autumn Ladies Tresses orchid flower spike in close-cropped grass against a blue sky.

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LK @lkcreations.art · 13/09/2026

Daily sketch 🌲🗻🥷🐈‍⬛️ Can you spot the Cat ? #artsky #ink #sketch

Photo of a sketch on a table with two pens on the side. The sketch depicts a minimalist landscape of a mountain view with pine trees and a red orb setting in the sky.
Brushed ink pens on a5+ paper.

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Zoe Badini @zoebadini.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Quote with your blue art

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Thank you. It is! It's a brilliant resource.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

In case you don't follow me on YouTube (and all but 12 of you don't!), I post these 1 minute shorts several times a week. They are timed, 5 minute practice sessions and for the latest one I used the brilliant timed pose app from @adorkastock.com

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Sygnin @sygnin.com · 06/09/2026

Quote with your blue art 💙 #pokemon

Art of evolved magikarp from
Pokemon. Blue dragon like fish with white fins and teal horns

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Melissa Reddraws Spandri @melissared.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Quote with your blue art 🩵

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Things are greening-up again now we've had some rain in Devon.

View across Devon hills with the fields turning a bit greener from their previous yellow-brown colour.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A reminder that I have a half price sale on at the moment on all my premade book covers. jonstubbington.com/book-covers/... #WritingCommunity

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HELLhyana🏳️‍🌈 -Commissions open 2/3- @elhyana.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I realised I've been posting very little art this year, so let's try to fix that! Will post one illustration from the first two chapters of my book everyday -Pastry stop before work meeting-

In the city of Noshtraad, Alyshia, a knight in shiny armor, is walking away from the bakery, her helmet full of pastries, and a big smile on her face

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 04/09/2026

It's coming 👀 Writers in the North of England are invited to send us weird and horrifying tales of existential dread for anthology 3: cosmic horror. Opening to submissions next month. Read the guidelines here: carnyxpress.co.uk/anthology-3-...

Submissions will be open 1st October to the 30th November. We’re seeking weird and literary tales of cosmic horror, from writers living in the North of England, for our third anthology.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 02/09/2026

An incredible review by Rowena! 😱 "The Chosen One Con is an entertaining thrill-ride with one hell of a body count, yet at the same time it is a compelling, brutal look at capitalism, marginalisation and the cruelty and horrors that dwell in the space between those two complicit bedfellows."

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

These covers are still moving too slowly for my liking so I have increased the discount. You can now get them at half price! Find these and more at jonstubbington.com/book-covers/... #WritingCommunity

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Really enjoying Don't Sleep, the latest from Gently Tender. youtube.com/watch?v=wRv_...

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Gently Tender - Don't Sleep

YouTube video by Gently Tender

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Dragons All the Way Down, published in issue 4 of Solstitia magazine.

Illustration of a man sat on a pile of writhing dragon bodies, the occasional eye or face visible through the scaly bodies.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 30/08/2026

With only days to go until The Chosen One Con releases, let's talk queer rep! The world of Aefenhold is queernormative. All three of our POV characters are queer, and we have a range of queer and trans side characters as well. Character art by the amazing @aowna.bsky.social 💙

A promotional image for The Chosen One Con showing the book cover and character art for the characters of Max Farrow, Lyle Miller, and Hope Farrow as designed by Aowna. The text says: The Chosen One Con releasing September 1. Queer rep in The Chosen One Con. Max Farrow: Bisexual sex worker and we don't shy from showing it all on page! Lyle Miller: Demisexual and Max's ex... Could there be a second chance? Hope Farrow: Teen trans girl with crushes on other girls... Plus more queer, trans, and non-binary characters!

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My website seems to be down. I'm working on fixing it...

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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

spot illos for R.F. Kuang's Babel - Illustrated edition these were all made at around 4" on the longest size and printed even smaller in the book, so they had to be clear and readable at a small size, while still retaining a good amount of detail spots are really fun to conceptualize and draw!

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's unbelievable. Those poor people.

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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry should also be remembered for featuring in the best between takes photo of an actor in recorded history.

Tim Curry in full clown make up holding an umbrella between takes during the filming of the tv miniseries of It

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Resharing this one from last year. It's the cover art for the Droid and Dragon Cantina podcast, an interview series talking to indie authors writing in the fantasy and sci-fi genres.

A robot hand holds a glass filled with blue liquid, in which swims a small dragon.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A recent personal piece. (Originally intended for a thing but that didn't work out, so now I just get to post it anyway.) #B&WArt

Two hands with bugs and insects crawling over them.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A recent personal piece. (Originally intended for a thing but that didn't work out, so now I just get to post it anyway.) #B&WArt

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Hampshire Open Studios starts today! My mum and dad are both exhibiting their work. Head to the seafront in Lee-on-the-Solent to find them 👇 Complementary teas and coffees, too! hampshireopenstudios.org.uk/artists/port...

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Hampshire Open Studios - TANIA WILKIE, BRON & RAY STUBBINGTON

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Some more of the premade book covers available at discounted prices. jonstubbington.com/book-covers/...

Song Bird, a cover featuring two song birds in a cluster of leaves.

End of the Road, an eco dystopian cover featuring a car abandoned in flood water.

Fair Warning, a thriller cover showing an ominous ferris wheel

First Light on a New Planet, a sci-fi cover featuring a close up of an astronaut's face seen through their visor.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Some more of the premade book covers available at discounted prices. jonstubbington.com/book-covers/...

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I don't think I've mentioned it here yet, but I'm having a sale on my premade book covers. jonstubbington.com/book-covers/... #WritingCommunity

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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Close up! Here's my art for THE SAINTS WE MAKE by @josiewrites.bsky.social coming soon from @neonhemlock.bsky.social ! wanted lots of textures and glowing particles and fire for this really cool book. Check it out! charcoal base drawing + digital colour

a sword and halo in front of a town on fire

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The Little Red Hen, walking back to the farm via Hambledon High Street, Hampshire 😊 Artist: Robert Lumley (1966)

The front cover of the book, the little red hen showing the hen carrying a cottage loaf in a net bag

Photo of the High Street in the village of Hambledon in Hampshire

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I'm not an expert in any of this, not by any means. But I have tried to read a wide range of sources in an attempt to wrangle my thoughts on the topic into some sort of coherent order.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Finding out there are plans to build Britain's largest data centre in the north Devon countryside has finally spurred me on to write down all my thoughts on how generative AI is linked with environmental issues. It's a long one. You have been warned! jonstubbington.com/2026/08/18/d...

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Data, Data, Every Where, Nor Any Drop to Drink - Jon Stubbington

Can we draw a line from the use of generative AI to the growth in the number of data centres and the environmental impacts they cause?

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

An old one from the archives. Painted for Phantom Canyon Tales, a collection of creepy short stories from brothers Martin and D.L. Brown.

Illustration of a man and woman firing Tommy guns at green, glowing men in suits and hats who are approaching them threateningly.

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Hampus Flink 🐷💢 @hampus.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Today's repost: The Formless Spawn, painted in CSP in May '22 using Wes Gardner's brushes. Now with alt-text, and bonus material in the replies! Get the print here: inprnt.com/gallery/flinkart/formless-spawn/ #art, #cthulhu, #lovecraft, #ttrpg, #horror

A digital painting of a 1920s investigator in a suit and hat encountering a formless spawn in some eldritch space with sickly green light. The spawn contains partially-digested human remains, which help inform its shape, two ribcages forming its teeth.

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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

There are only 5 days left on the Kickstarter campaign and there WILL be a matching edition of The Iliad (eventually) 👀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/wra...

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The Odyssey - Special Limited Edition

Homer's epic brought to you in an edition you can love forever.

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Tara Bush @tarabush.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Pencil, watercolour & ink. 👽 #xfiles #art

Artwork of a scene from the XFILES episode 'Milagro'. Mulder and Scully are looking at another character (off camera). Scully is mainly in shadow, and Mulder is more in the light. Graphite drawing, with washes of watercolour and ink. Black and white.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I know! I was so pleased with myself when I came up with that one. Too pleased, perhaps. I might have jinxed it.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I don't think I've mentioned it here yet, but I'm having a sale on my premade book covers. jonstubbington.com/book-covers/... #WritingCommunity

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

There is no good use of generative AI because the technology was built on theft of creative labor. If that position surprises you from an artist whose life's work was scraped and used without permission to train trillion dollar technology, educate yourself. www.michaelwhelan.com/faq/#digital...

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I also think that there’s something very simple Burnham could do which is empathise with the fear a lot of people are feeling - re. health concerns & immediate threats from wildfires, but also the deep unease many of us feel about summers becoming a thing to dread, and knowing far worse is to come

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