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Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

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GameBuddy, a crying and crying and crying “boy” @jeremybaker.actor · 12h

my favorite “modern classic” tumblr post

Tumblr post by pussyronin (a now deactivated account):

Me: my god.. i did it.. i killed him..!

Angel on my shoulder: we're extremely fortunate.
You shot him in the side of the head and you're wearing gloves. Place the gun in his hand and set the house ablaze. Officer Goger's tragic suicide will be the perfect cover story

Devil on my shoulder: Goger was always eating stuffing and spelt wheat and steel cut oats. Bet he'd taste reeeeal good on a spit with an apple in his mouth. Come on, i've seen the way you've looked at him..

My tulpa, a 6'9" DD smokeshow hottie PS1 graphics anthro leopard girl in a lab coat: you must put a baby in me Your Highness, quickly!

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Dominique Vassie @niqvassie.bsky.social · 21h

WIP of woodpigeons enjoying the fruit of a big hawthorn tree 🍒 #pastel #woodpigeon #neocolor2 #carandache

Photo of a colourful pastel drawing of six woodpigeons balancing on small branches eating bright red haw berries. Four of the birds are coloured and mostly finished while two are still sketches.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 15h

On behalf of everyone at Clarkesworld, we would like to thank all the subscribers who joined during our recent subscription drive. Because of you, we've been able to give all our staff and contributors a raise for our 20th anniversary.

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B A R S U K @barssuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

internal energy 🩸

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Frog @altidae.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Some Wolfwoods from last year.

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gina @ootheca.net · 14/10/2026

>elf makes fun of me because human narrative art takes place over a hilariously short span of time, from the perspective of their long-lived race >i read an elfish book >its just a normal book but every chapter starts with '100 years later'

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RCrisu | Commissions open @rcrisu.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Last day you can order @ofgunsandgraves.bsky.social zine!!!! I'm still so grateful that I got to be part of this project, it really meant a lot to me so here's some more of them. #trigun #vashthestampede #nicholaddwolfwood #vashwood #gothic

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Spike O. | COMMS OPEN @spikeostudio.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#VashtheStampede sold this past weekend, so it was time to draw a new one. #Trigun #Vash #SketchCardArt

Inked sketch card featuring a bust of Vash the Stampede in his later Trigun Maximum outfit, aiming his revolver at the viewer.

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

18 days left the Apex Magazine 2027 Kickstarter, and we're 45% of the way towards our goal! Just $1k more will get us to the halfway point, and then it's all downhill (uphill? Whichever metaphor sounds more relaxed and positive) from there! 💪 Donate below: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Apex Magazine 2027

An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

GLIDE (2026) Acrylic - 24” x 36” Few paintings come easy…and that was almost the case here. I saw the environment in a dream but awoke before getting a complete visualization. The art went through a number of essential transformations before settling into a form that felt right to me. #art

Soaring over a labyrinth of mossy ridges, a woman in white silky robes reaches out towards a transparent orb lit from within by a solitary flame. With her arms out wide, the silky fabric spreads to form a long triangle rippling as it tapers to a point well past her feet. Doves glide around her. From the top down POV, we can see the barest glimpse of water glistening in the recesses of the verdant maze.

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SourisWriter @souriswriter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Fan Artists that draw Wolfwood in a wedding dress but make him look butch as hell, thank you. One of my favorite things. Bonus points when Vash is dressed as the groom but in an ugly, ill-fitting suit and/or tux (+ bowtie) that makes him look like he's about to go to a junior high school dance.

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Abby @abbyohart.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Oh how I miss them #trigun

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Kura|| working on comms @cyviarvuk.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Lil doodles are open again! Info below

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Aria Winningson @aria.labeledrude.online · 14/10/2026

happy sickos day to all who celebrate

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Oddarette @oddarette.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Meowshmallows :D

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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Macintosh b&w art, random pick from my collection day 16

black and white bitmap art of a big macintosh "ruin" and vegetation is growing near it and over it. A cracked stone tablets has the usual graphic icons and is part of the ruins.

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Yooberz 🍤 @yooberz.postes.club · 13/10/2026

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 may all ai software follow in its footsteps

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Simkaye 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

ur either getting the midnight snack with me or against me

A black and white, traditionally inked, 2-panel comic with harsh, noir lighting.

Panel 1: a raccoon in the dark, illuminated by the light of the open refrigerator as it rummages through the shelves.

Panel 2: closeup of the raccoon with wide, reflective eyes in the dark, holding a slice of cold pizza in its mouth.

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indui @monstermonger.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#portfolioday :3 Heya I’m indui! I love creating fantasy art, especially in the theme of gardens/plants, dragons, kitties, and the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest.

a black cat stands in a brick alleyway overgrown with wildflowers. It looks up curiously.

A chubby orange cat carefully steps down a bright, peaceful garden path

a small white dragon lies beneath crumbling gray ruins and a dark pine forest. the moon shines between the pine needles.

a white serpent's body weaves through a manicured garden full of mysterious statues. his face is hidden on the other side of a hedge. A single feathered wing rises from behind as well.

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kanokoga.bsky.social @kanokoga.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Hello I’m focusing on making nsfw arts on my other account so updates here is less frequent. I will be back later.

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waya @wayairir.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

🍖と🐱

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

you walk past a terminal entry in an appliance showroom that says something like "Robco's new self-watering shower uses teleportation to provide the user with refreshing water from any direction!" and then they all have bits of mangled corpses in them

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

a tapas tale 🐙

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Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#PortfolioDay is back again!! If you don't know me yet, I'm Jay!! I'm an LGBTQ+ Wet'suwet'en freelance artist making both digital and physical painted artwork!! #formline #telekitneticart portfolio- www.jazzjosart.com online store- ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...

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Yowa @yowahoshihime.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I started on another hoop for SJ Geekfest! It's another Sailor Moon hoop this time. I'm thinking about doing all the flowers in color thread. I already talked myself down from buying new colored metallic thread for it though 😆 #embroidery_wip

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sakura christmas @prof-christmas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

An incredible essay on how the Indigenous knowledge of controlled burns transformed the pre-contact landscapes of Native North America and how it will change forest management in the years to come, evidence from fire scars in tree rings #envhist Archived link: archive.is/202610121154...

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Yaraka @trying0001.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Analog sketch from 2(?) years ago

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Nuka @pyromancey.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

yaaaa you knowwww

"Vash!"

A shudder runs down his spine. Before he can turn, there's a blur of dark hair and then Meryl is in his path, looking up at him with that particular expression — the one that means I have been looking for you for twelve entire minutes and I have questions. Her heels click sharply against the linoleum as she plants herself in his way.

"There you are." Her eyes narrow at him. "Where have you been?"

The corner of Vash's lip quirks. "Around."

"Around." She repeats, affect as flat as her stare. "You left the cool-down early, skipped the teammate wind-down—" she glances down at her tablet, which Vash suspects is just a fancy prop for how much she actually keeps in her head, "—which, fine, you do that. But, then you weren't in the corridor with the rest of the squad, you weren't doing your stretches which you know you have to now in your…" she looks him up and down, lips pursed, "advanced age—"

Vash squawks indignantly, but she just barrels on before he can get a word in edgewise.

"—Milly asked me where you were, and when I finally track you down you're coming from—" She pauses. Leans to the side to look behind him. Snaps her glare back onto him. "Were you in the away team's locker room?"

Busted. Vash feels his face flush, but the smile stays plastered on. "I was just saying hi to someone!"

"Hi." Meryl deadpans. "To—?" She makes a little gesture with her tablet, like she's scrolling through an imaginary list of people Vash could possibly need to say hi to in the away team's locker room. Vash does an admirable job of resisting the urge to fidget.

"Nobody important. Let's go, yeah?" He moves to step around her.

Meryl steps with him. "Vash."

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まこ @mako5021.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

くろねこ

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Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

(WIP) awesomesauce 🦴🩸

A photo of a wood cutting board with a formline stencil barely visible on the surface. The design is a symmetrical canine head appearing to split into three sections.

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glimsprout | ANIME PASADENA 11/7-8 @cosmicloak.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

crybaby doublefang 💧🏜️🐈‍⬛ St0re open till 10/23 cosmicloak.square.site [ #trigun #liviodoublefang #art #livio #cuteart #kuroneko #cat ]

Livio in various poses, playing with kuroneko in a vintage style, tan-colored sheriff outfit. Around them are little cactuses, thought bubbles and a yelling razlo. The material of the stickersheet is glossy with holographic sparkle.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 14/10/2026

Simba Kundizeza's statement on his Caine Prize-winning story "The Blue Fighter" is also worth reading—keep in mind, the evidence-free article slandering him was published in The Atlantic to a mass readership and his defense is a tweet to his eight hundred followers

Simba Kundizeza
@S_S_Kundizeza
Statement on The Atlantic article concerning “The Blue Fighter”

I would like to say at the outset that this statement is not in any way a proffer of an explanation or a defense against the allegations levelled against me in the article published by The Atlantic, because I don’t believe the article warrants either. I am however writing because of the level of public interest generated in its aftermath, and out of respect for the people who have supported and championed my writing, as well as my fellow shortlisted writers for the Caine Prize. I want to set the record straight.

For the avoidance of doubt, I wrote "The Blue Fighter." I did not use generative AI to write it. It is entirely my own work.

This story did not appear out of nowhere; it has a concrete, documented history. Its genesis was during my LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency in Ghana. While there‚ I read a poem by vangile gantsho titled “my father's hands․” I was inspired by this poem to write a story about my family's experiences in Zimbabwe‚ including my father leaving his accounting profession and the hardships my family faced as a result․ Other aspects of the story‚ including characters and the setting‚ are drawn from events in my own life․

There is also a clear chronology to the story's development. I sent the completed first draft of the story to vangile for feedback on May 15‚ 2025․ I then submitted the story to The Shallow Tales Review on May 27‚ 2025․ Fiction editor Nzube Nlebedim accepted the story on June 10‚ 2025‚ and it went through the standard editorial process. vangile then provided her feedback to me on June 25‚ 2025․ On the same day Nzube also provided editorial feedback to me․ In an email dated June 27‚ 2025‚ I sent the final draft and requested that the editor preserve the formatting of an epigraph in the story as originally submitted by vangile as a courtesy to her․ The story was published on June 30‚ 2025․

The Atlantic article seems to question the story's authorship by comparing its style to my other writing. As writers we develop recurring interests, but we don’t produce work from a single fixed template. My debut novel, “Freelance”, and the story titled "The Whistleblower" published in Transition Magazine in 2021 which is referenced by Ms. Vara, are thrillers dealing with political intrigue. "The Blue Fighter," however, is a deeply personal story about economic collapse and familial relationships. The voice shifts because the subject matter demands it. To suggest that a writer cannot write in different styles or genres, or improve his writing substantially after five or more years fundamentally misunderstands the craft of writing.

The motive for my supposedly using AI to generate the story is equally difficult to understand. I was under no obligation to write “The Blue Fighter”. I was not commissioned to produce it, nor was I paid a fee for its publication. The decision to submit the piece for consideration for the Caine Prize was made by the editor of The Shallow Tales Review months after its publication. I therefore didn’t write the story with any guarantee that it would be submitted, let alone win anything. The idea that I would have somehow written the story with the express intention of entering and winning the Caine Prize, despite the inherently competitive and uncertain nature of the prize, conjures up a motive that simply did not exist.

"The Blue Fighter" is my work, and I stand by it completely. I'm grateful to vangile for her inspiration, to The Shallow Tales Review for giving the story a home, and to the Caine Prize judges for recognizing the work on its merits. I’m also heartened by the numerous messages of solidarity from fellow writers and readers, and to Adrienne Ingrum and Regina Brooks at Serendipity Literary Agency for their support throughout.
I look forward to continuing to work with the Caine Prize team, and to celebrating this recognition with the people who helped bring this story into the world.

Most importantly, I will continue to write.

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juuni @juunipupu.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Love Bites [ #oc | #art ]

a vampire in knight's armour (oc Otto) is smiling wide showing his fangs while looking at another knight, Wreg - specifically his lifted arm. Wreg is shirtless and burly, and he looks mischievous as if knowing exactly what he's doing. Wreg has his other arm wrapped around Otto tenderly and he has a wreath made of rowan on his head. There are four pinkish scratches under his lifted arm, near his armpit.

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 14/10/2026

caught in the rain

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frank n furter @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

okay I've set up a clearance area of my shop because I really need to make some room in my little studio for new Xmas prints - have a look & see if anything catches your eye 👀 shop.frankduffy.co.uk/clearance-pi... very grateful for all shares as ever!