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@burkshelf.bsky.social
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Geeky writing couple. Authors of The Black Lily, A Single Spark, Original Sin, and Word Garbage, among other things. Eternally WIPing. Find all our stuff at burkshelf.com

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JMFenner @jmfenner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So it begins again! #Inktober Day 01: Apple
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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026
talent is a lie
a cartoon picture of a frog throwing a crooked looking clay vase with the words “talent is a lie, just do it anyway”
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Mr. Moo Sky @bricebowl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Disable gambling ads:
Discord Settings. "Sponsored Content" button is pressedSponsored Content settings. "Manage Sponsored Content" button is pressedManage Sponsored Content settings. "Real Money Gambling" radio switch is "off" (disables gambling content)
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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
FLCL tribute by Erica Wang. www.instagram.com/cd.rom
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Ben Paddon 🎃 @benpaddon.net · 13/09/2026
An AI flyer is a brown M&M test. If your event or business is cutting corners by using an AI flyer, where else are you cutting corners? What else are you cheating out on? Why should I be bothered to go somewhere you couldn't be bothered to promote with a little of your own personality?
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Muffin 🔞 it's kinky time @voyeuristicbeast.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A little reminder that enjoying yourself is never a waste of time. Hours into a videogame isn't a waste of time. Learning something for fun isn't a waste of time. I love learning new things, I have so many I learned once and never did again. Never a waste of time.
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JLMeyer @jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Maleficent enters the woods.
Inspired by Eyvind Earle for the Maleficent comic book
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Burkshelf @burkshelf.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It's finally happening! Almost a decade after the release of The Black Lily, volume two of The Arestea Chronicles, The Fugitive Prince, is releasing September 12, 2026. Ebook available for pre-order on Amazon. www.amazon.com/dp/B0HH7S2NX9/ #fantasyfiction #darkfantasy #newrelease #indieauthor
Cover of The Fugitive Prince by Mandy and G.D. Burkhead. Picture shows Lily, an assassin, and Adrian, a prince, with backs against a pillar hiding from pursuers. Lily is disguised as a priestess with black robes and skull makeup, while Adrian is disguised as her bodyguard, wearing leather armor and holding a sword.
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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 17/07/2026
ass out flower ate this is how i like pollinate
a bee with its fuzzy little butt covered in pollen, hanging over a leaf all assed out, face not visible, just bee butt
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✧𝔰𝔭𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔶 𝔪𝔲𝔡 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔭✧ @altaudge.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
i have received a very important message
pov holding a glass bottle on the beach that contains a hotdog
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🍓freziiiiiig🍉 commissions open💃🏻 @smolangrymartian.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🦅QRP with your winged art 🦅
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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I want companies to understand that when I see an AI flier, my brain instantly deletes it. I don't think, "Ooh, I should go to this event!" I rush past it like it's a pile of dog poop. Same for ads with AI models. I assume that if your marketing is cheap garbage, so is your product.
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The Rt Hon Jess Phillips MP @supermickychow.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A picture of a man on a beach looking very happy

There is red text which reads "Cringe is a lie made up by big normal to stop you having fun"
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Holy Void V・ω・V🎃🕯 @autodi.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Come on in...it`s perfectly safe --- #art #oc
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Est Florane @estflorane.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Guardian 🌿
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Eduardo Valdés-Hevia 👁️ @valdevia.art · 01/06/2026
This Pride Month, spare a thought for the hatemold as it keeps doing its valiant work <3
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JMFenner @jmfenner.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I'm SO excited to finally share these pieces I created for D&D Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. This project was such a huge honor to work on. I remember as a kid looking through the players manuals & doing little studies of the artwork in there, so this feels a bit full-circle.
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Julia R @jurimaart.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
me listening to any song ever made
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Sunkissed Peaks @sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
It’s really frightening.
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conor @coneg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
ross spent over a decade failing to get a cartoon idea funded until recently. and now that the pilot has aired on youtube, it’s gotten millions views and i’ve seen countless fanart of the cute cat girl the new ideas are always there; you cheap fuckers just wanna avoid paying for them
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WOLFSKULLJACK @wolfskulljack.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Heeey Brother! -2026 Another armour study
Digital art, my work. Realistic armour and linework skeleton
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Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
LISTEN THE NUMBER OF BOOKS I OWN IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF BOOKS I DON'T OWN, OKAY?
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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Stephanie’s writing tips: 1) Write. Write write write. Write ideas. Write notes. Write without notes and see where it goes. Write what you want as soon as you want to. If the words are in your head, let them out. 2) Take breaks from tip one when it feels too hard, then resume tip one.
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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · 17/04/2026
Gentlefish 🐟
Fish wearing a fancy suit, a hat and hook cane smoking a bubble pipe.
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Burkshelf @burkshelf.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
It's a good year for us if we can so much as break even with how expensive it is being an indie author. This we absolutely do not need. The publishing business is real good at snuffing out the joy of telling stories. I'd laugh if I weren't busy crying.
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JMFenner @jmfenner.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Simkaye 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Can’t legislate us out of existence 🏳️‍⚧️ prints now available!
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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Bringing bumblebear back!
a bear with bee stripes, antennas and wings
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JoCat @ Spokane Ren Faire @jocat.net · 23/03/2026
My woke opinion of the day is tying art to capital, and capital to survival, is fundamentally anti-art It inherently compromised the artists vision from the roots. its financial success is a factor that will always exist in the creators mind - informed or opposed Want pure art? Kill capitalism
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🌛Caio Santos Art🌜 @blacksalander.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Pirate Captain Commission work
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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Elmo and Bella from Twilight in a forest. Bella asks "how old are you?" Elmo replies "Elmo is three years old." Bella follows up, "how long have you been three?" Elmo replies "a while."
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CHANTZILLA @chantzilla.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
when i see u 🥰 #sapphic #lesbian #wlw #sapphicart #lesbianart #queerart
Two fairies in a patch of lily pads, one is sitting on a lily and looking down towards the other, who is standing on a lily.
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CROWFACED @krowfaced.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
╢Personal work and characters╟ Ashen lungs grew my hollow garden #art #ocartist #monster #monsteroc
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Burkshelf @burkshelf.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Dang, moon's haunted
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Burkshelf @burkshelf.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"Ghost Riders in the Sky" is just the Wild Hunt again but in a Western font Why am I only today years old when I realize this
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Aasa T 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @rosgakori.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Anyways.
kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it
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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
It is World Book Day. Buy a book from an indie press, leave a review for an author, or social media post to a beloved author and make their day.
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Alex Jade @castlehavven.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Omnipresence (2024) Oil on 16x20 canvas
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✺ 𝕸𝖔𝖙𝖍 ✺ @mothsprout.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
✷ DIE TRYING ✷
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Minerva is Blue @partydemoness.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Smiles :]
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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I’ve said it before, but I don’t feel threatened by AI. My writing shits all over anything “generated” by some useless hack, and I only write for clients who value good work over cheap anti-work. “You’ll get left behind!” Bitch, I left AI in the dust before it was even a thing.
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Alex!!⚡️[ Plane Dragon Enthusiast ✈️] @spearxwind.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
A little summer dive! ☀️🌊🐠 Super fun commission for @greatmar2.bsky.social !! :] [ #art #commission #dragon ]
A drawing of a dragon coming out of the water. The dragon  has long fins, and is bright yellow, white, and blue colored, with some dark blue accents. It's incredibly happy and surrounded by a shoal of fish, including cleaner wrasse which look similar to the dragon itself. It's sunny, the water is azure, and the tree lined shore can be seen in the background as well.
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taco, cultist bird/cat :verified420: :neocat_floof_devil: @fedi.birdcat.online · 31/01/2026
> Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art. > > She never expected to slay. stolen from wapo.st/4qIqlTl #NationalGalleryOfArt #GenZ #Slang #Art #Maiolica
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tams! @maezanilla.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
griddlehark totebag design for an upcoming convention 🦴✨
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Rin🩵🪽 @koyasgarden.myatproto.social · 28/01/2026
Two posts from Tumblr user awakefor48hours 

 "You should create for yourself" and "it's okay to feel discouraged when creating your own original projects if no one interacts with them" are two sentences that should be able to co-exist with each other 

 On the one hand, you should kill that capitalist in your head that tells you to make art only for the enjoyment of other people. On the other hand, it's totally fine to be disappointed that you spent hours or even days on something that only got 4 notes. You can feel both ways.
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JMFenner @jmfenner.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Mx. Moz @mleelunsford.com · 18/01/2026
Addamses #TheAddamsFamily
Gomez and Morticia Addams holding each other close, Gomez wields a rapier, Morticia wields a machete
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Mengxuan Li🍄画集予約受付中 @mengxuanli.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
🏖️
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🦇 aleikats @ Anime Expo '26 A-07🦇 @aleikats.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
🦋 #fanart
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