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katy bond

@carterhaugh.bsky.social
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they/she? sff writer, poet, little lad who likes berries and cream words in Strange Horizons, Kaleidotrope, manywor(l)ds, and elsewhere "stop! stop singing Child Ballad 216: Clyde Waters!" you cry. but i am singing too loudly and with too much pathos

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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
pictured: my friend praising my dinosaur story, and me, who didn't know she'd read my story but DID recently recommend her some vegan dinosaur nuggets from wegmans, jumping to the wrong conclusion
My friend texting me "Katy. Katy your dinosaurs." me texting back "explain." her texting me "it is so good. it is so excellent." me texting "wegmans." her texting "i love it i am obsessed" then adding "no. your other dinosaurs." all of these messages are in all-caps
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Dr ShinyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Get in the wine-dark sea, loser. We're many-turned and many-turning.
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
NEW PIECE in manywor(l)ds! so very excited this funky little story is finally out + grateful to cavar and joyce at @manyworlds.place manyworlds.place/issue-12/kat...
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Last Night in this Sweet and Lonely World by Katy Bond - manywor(l)ds :: place
Down-and-out lesbian dinosaurs hang out at the Chix Club. This is a loose pun on “Chicxulub,” a morbid reference to the meteorite impact that will one day cause a mass extinction event, obliterating t...
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I hope you’ll consider Kaleidotrope for this year’s H҉u҉g҉o҉, N҉e҉b҉u҉l҉a҉, o҉r҉ o҉t҉h҉e҉r҉ b҉e҉s҉t҉ o҉f҉ y҉e҉a҉r҉ l҉i҉s҉t҉s҉! This is my annual Awards Illegibility Post.
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Isobel Bess @echosequence.space · 11/02/2026
a sonnet
a watercolor sonnet
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
posting about anaïs mitchell like she's my kpop bias, adding SAW BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN 1x, SAW HADESTOWN 2x to my screen name
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
my finger pointing to Charles Payseur's review of my poem in Locus
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
i can feel it this story is going to be a nice safe publishable length it's happening this time *one novelette later* no no no no,
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
well i won't say the Single Thing. i think it is the Primary Thing
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
keen eyed viewers will notice i'm not using a broad nib to do that lettering and am instead using a flexible nib in a way that's both bad for the nib and unnecessarily laborious. that's cause it's what i have on hand and perfectionism is The Single thing that stops me from creating as much as i want
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
finished a zine for the first time in a long time - this isn't the addams family zine i teased before but it IS an addams family zine. and the other one is still happening. eventually. calling this $3? dm for my venmo or reply if my dms are accidentally closed again when u read this
cover of my zine. it says "se addams hiwscipe - fragments from the sonnenfeld MS, circa 1991." it features the cover of a medieval hymnal (i think?) on which i have replaced mary and jesus with morticia and wednesdayon the right, a drawing of Gomez Addams in my approximation of a medieval art style, with Thing next to him, looking like a manicule. on the left, the text reads "Scēawa hīe. For hiere ic wille sweltan. For hiere ic wille cwellan. Bām tha wegum bēon bliss." Because I am unsure how a screen reader will interpret those sounds, and it may be difficult to look the words up without seeing them, I will add that this is, to the best of my ability, an Old English translation of the words "Look at her. I would die for her. I would kill for her. Either way, what bliss."
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
i'm sick right now and this notification made my day/week/month/etc. wow!
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
“I opted for the praying mantis arms” by @carterhaugh.bsky.social (Summer ‘25) “really sells the voice of the nar­rator and their refusal to shape themself physically for anyone’s benefit but their own,” writes @cypayseur.bsky.social. “It’s fantastic.”
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Choose your corporate upgrades wisely. “I opted for the praying mantis arms” by @carterhaugh.bsky.social kaleidotrope.net/summer-2025/...
My coworkers took more strategic routes:
Melissa’s new eyes’ inbuilt dimmer feature

eliminates the need for sunglasses
and cuts down strain from artificial light.
The auto-zoom enhances tiny fonts
when reading corporate emails late at night.
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
*playing undertale after 10 years of being told undertale is good* how come nobody told me undertale is good
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
need to finish my zine about my favorite lesser-known addams family character
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I'M IN THIS 🪲🪲🪲
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
There's a new issue of Kaleidotrope today! kaleidotrope.net
Kaleidotrope header image (artwork by Katherine Souza)
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
OKAY MAYBE I'M REALLY BACK THIS TIME. last time was a false alarm. trying to keep my relationship with social media healthy, which is like tending to a sickly victorian child or pug
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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Here is a neurodivergence-informed guide to calling your political reps. Use it to demand that your reps oppose the Big "Beautiful" Bill that will take money away from vital services, to fund American secret police, billionaires, & privately owned prisons. autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/u...
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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 22/04/2025
Check out Lavender’s Nonspeaker Library — it is a collection of posts, writing, art, poetry, researcher, and more by and about nonspeaking people and people with communication disabilities. www.tumblr.com/nonspeakerli...
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@nonspeakerlibrary · Lavender’s Nonspeaker Library
Welcome! This is my collection of posts, writing, art, poetry, research and everything else by and about nonspeaking people, and others with communication disabilities. Because our work and our lives…
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
sorry it's been very hard to be a person in the world lately for mostly obvious reasons. currently responding to ppl i've been ghosting in the depths of despair
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
happy getting-back-up-and-spitting-out-the-blood-and-trying-again monday, everybody. happy one-must-imagine-sisyphus-happy monday to all who celebrate
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
new sweater COMPLETE AT LAST but my phone grip broke and it looks weird so i covered it with a ribbon seal
bathroom mirror selfie of me in a spiral sweater that i crocheted. i used green and brown yarn in various shades. as mentioned in the caption, there's an image of a ribbon seal covering part of my phone and hand.
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I'M ON A ROLL - TWO NEW ZINES PRINTED AT THE LIBRARY, EVERYBODY SAY THANK YOU LIBRARIES - bittersweet body positive zine / 3 very short weird stories based on the gregory berrycone post / name your price in my DMs, suggested price $1
cover of a zine showing a torn bit of a snack nutrition label in a decorative frame. the zine is titled "Price tag fragment, c. 21st century"cover of a zine titled "Pulling a Gregory Berrycone." the subtitle is "Three Short Works of Fan Fiction for a Meme," with "a meme" crossed out and replaced with "an unpublished masterpiece." The subtitle is written inside the silhouette of a head with a knob on the back.
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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Kishi Station in Wakayama has a cat stationmaster named Nitama (who I spotted taking a nap there today).
A calico cat stationmaster sign stands in front of a railway station.A calico cat sleeps on a blanket in a station.
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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
Izukyun is a sentient train car who's the mascot for the Izukyu train line.
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I LOVE ZINE MAKERS
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
the steadfast tin soldier was kind of emptyspaces
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
reposting for the friday afternoon crowd (and my dms are actually open now OTL)
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Fake George Julian @smhten.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
My kid lives in Siddall Hall and sent me these yesterday. First is what was put up by the school, second is the students’ alteration of the administrations’ cowardice.
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I FINISHED MY FIRST ZINE AND MADE COPIES AT THE LIBRARY dm me if you want one. these are $1 or if we're friends or you can't afford it or something you can just have one
front of my zine. it's photocopied on printer paper. it shows the title "Oulipo Ballads" and a block printed illustration of a bird-headed person in a dress interacting with a rabbit-headed person in a cape and a ruff collar.back of my zine. text is in Garamond. it reads "The ballads contained in this zine were transcribed from field recordings in the year 3429, having weathered centuries of music trends, remixes, ironic revivals, sincere necromancy, and linguistic drift. Unfortunately, the wax cylinders on which the songs were recorded melted, and my time machine was repossessed, so I've had to take some liberties with the transcription. Using the Oulipian n+7 method, I believe I have faithfully recreated the ballads of the 35th century.
Try this method yourself: replace each noun in a text of your choice with the 7th (or 2nd, or 10th, or 100th, etc.) noun following it in a dictionary of your choice. You may attempt this method with adjectives, verbs, or other parts of speech, but please wear protective clothing while doing so."
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
submitted to SIX OR SO magazines tonight please clap
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
might try they/them only for a bit and see how it feels
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
confirming that you should read this beautiful story if you haven't (relevant mammoth for scale)
me, shown from the nose up, balancing a large white plush mammoth on top of my head
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
it occurs to me this looks like i sweat an incredible amount but im just wearing a beige shirt under my white shirt. i promise. i promise
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
As You Know Bob i'm obsessed with Child ballad 216 Clyde Waters and have recreated this scene in several forms over the years including tattoo (well I sketched the tattoo, Lua at Crimson Tattoo in KC actually did it and made it look beautiful) and very amateur embroidery. next i think is puppetry
an embroidery hoop with a grey t-shirt in it. the embroidered image is a pale figure with light brown hair on a black horse riding over the stylized waves of a river. the figure has dropped his hat and is reaching backward to catch it. yellow stars are in the background. text embroidered in the sky and water reads "fare thee well, adieu"the same scene of a man reaching back to catch his dropped hat as he rides a horse through water. this time it's a tattoo in a much more detailed woodcut style. the waves are rolling, the shading is hatched, there are still stars in the sky.
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
jefferson ornithopter
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
i have like 30 stories written that have never seen the light of day bc after like 4 rejections i say "well guess nobody wants it" and stop trying to sell it i need some kind of surgery to rewire my brain to not do that
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seasters jones. @seastersjones.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
every time i'm reading and the author describes the whimsical tea blend a character is drinking it lodges itself in my mind forever and years down the line i still think to myself "i wish i were drinking that tea from that story"
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
fiction is a place where we can explore the possibilities of beverages
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Dreamboat Branny 🦢 @bransonreese.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Frasier Crane doing the cool Sonic pose. The background is sort of a boho beige which I thought fitting.
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Collide a trope.
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
i need to be posting more fiber stuff so i can find the knitters and crocheters of bluesky. look at this bunny i made
A crochet rabbit, made mostly of sparkly taupe brown yarn, with a white tail. The background has been blurred so the junk on my desk is less distinct
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katy bond @carterhaugh.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
this flatland (e. a. abbot, 1884) erasure is from 2021 but i still like it
An erasure poem. The text has been painted over, and now reads "My happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space: Imagine a vast sheet of power rising hard and luminous -- my country, Alas, my universe. In such a country, Nothing was visible, nor could be visible, to us, except the necessity of this: your eye -- exactly on the edge -- a straight line." Painted on top of the text in neon colors are stars, and two hands almost clasping. An original illustration from the book is also preserved, which shows a triangle rotating in space until it appears to be a line.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
We must all continue living, and not just living but thriving, for Sweet Potato
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