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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 5h

One of my all-time favorite movies. Highly recommended.

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Kit Silver 🔞 🔜 BLFC, Confuror @bigbyrat.com · 29/09/2026

Any furry graphic designers out there wanna send me a link to your portfolio? I'm building my rolodex for a couple of upcoming projects, particularly crowdfunding campaign graphics, reward graphics, social media assets, and promotional materials. No generative AI use. Thanks! #Furry

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tor: Croquembouche. Showy, sweet, but is still good to eat. Zas: Salmiakki licorice. No I will not elaborate. Evey: Lebkuchen. A classical treat made with modern love and care.

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am, perhaps against my better judgment, watching "Shadows over Chinatown," one of the Charlie Chan films. For those who don't know, Chan was an early 20th century fictional sleuth: he spoke with a horrible accent, was usually depicted by a white actor, but also was a push-back against --

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is a truly ridiculous (laudatory) book, even by Discworld standards. Part of it involves a plan to land an aircraft on a mountain by flinging it over the Rim of the Disc and slingshotting it around the elephants.

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Graham Stark @graham.loadingreadyrun.com · 27/09/2026

What I know from speaking to people in the building, this would not happen. BUT if you get this player survey you should still tell them Absolutely No!

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today is a great day for curling up on the couch with a good book and some hot coffee.

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Jörg Hillebrand @gaghyogi49.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Bill Wolkoff has kindly shared this image of the mask used for M'Ress in #StarTrekSNW's "Tomorrow's Enterprise" at Threads. So you can see it was a practical effect. 👌

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Topher Florence @topherflorence.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Somehow, a random background cameo by M'Ress from Star Trek the Animated Series

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Shiloh Skye @shilohskye.com · 26/09/2026

New book review of Illicit Alliance by @rukis.bsky.social! A thrilling, swashbuckling entry in Rukis's Red Lantern universe of standalone novels. #FurryLit #FurryWriting #Booksky

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Book Review: Illicit Alliance by Rukis

A thrilling, swashbuckling entry in Rukis's Red Lantern universe

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Idle writer thought I have had: do my books count as romances? Certainly they contain a focus on a romantic relationship, but if someone said their primary genre was romance, I'm not sure I'd push my books in their direction first.

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

New Patreon chapter up: "Blue Zenith" Ch 9: "Be Brave" Reeling from a revelation, Tor races across the Blue Zenith base to help Zas, but nothing will ever be the same again. www.patreon.com/u7280553/pos...

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"Blue Zenith" - Chapter 9: "Be Brave" | Dark End

Reeling from a revelation, Tor races across the Blue Zenith base to help Zas, but nothing will ever be the same again.

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hello, it's another #FurryFictionFriday. What's everyone reading tonight?

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Bring every question back to the secret beet lobby. They are trying to get me to eat their damn devil vegetables!

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So I don't talk about it all that often, but one of my biggest furry writing influences has been Nathan Cowan's Foxforce novels, which I heartily recommend with a BIG caveat: there is a looooot of non-con BDSM in them and if that's not your thing, do not go there.

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Brett White @brettwhite.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This took me so ... long ... But when a pun comes to you, you have to do it justice.

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Advice for my younger friends: if you want to encourage yourself to stay healthy and functional, to exercise and eat well... ...pick a couple of motherfuckers you really want to outlive.

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Kit Silver 🔞 🔜 BLFC, Confuror @bigbyrat.com · 24/09/2026

We've a couple exciting announcements coming soon from the @sofawolf.com team! Follow them for updates, and join their email* list to stay in the know. *Your backup plan for when your favorite social media site begins enshitification. pages.sofawolf.com/inuiU9 #FurryLit #BookSky #Publisher #Furry

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The Sofawolf Newsletter

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I don't know what the direct cause is, but in the circles I travel in, Nate Silver's prognostications have all but disappeared since the last election cycle. How much of that is the bluesky effect versus him showing his ass with his most recent book, I can't say.

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I should make a playlist of "Music to write kinky smut to"

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Okay, next Blue Zenith chapter is set to go live on Patreon on Friday. #amwriting

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Furry Writers' Guild 📚 @furrywritersguild.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Don't have a copy yet of Tales from the Guild: Blood and Water, the guild's latest anthology? You can get it now! 12 excellent stories about family of every kind. Physical: bewere.net/product.php?... PDF: bewere.net/product.php?... Bundle: bewere.net/product.php?...

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Bewere Market

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Plott Hound Magazine @plotthoundmag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Issue 6 has been unleashed into the wild! Our first issue where every protagonist in the original short and flash fiction is non-mammalian. 🦖🦗🐍🦅 plotthoundmag.com/issues/#issu...

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Also, since it was requested, here is the original list, and oh no, it is a decade old.

Strongly tempted to do a list of erotica cliches you should avoid in your Heat submission.
1. Someone bears a secret crush for the person who turns out to have a secret crush on them too.
2. Everyone in the universe is male.
3. Every guy in the universe is gay or bi.
4. Everyone in the universe is always interested in sex.
5. Everyone in the universe wants to be with the protagonist.
6. Any combination of 2, 3, 4, and 5.
7. I'm so plain and uninteresting but everyone wants to be with me.
8. I'm so sociable and successful but no one is interested in me.

9. Characters have sex for the first time. Somehow, despite no experience or practice, they are amazing at it.
10. No one has ever heard of condoms or lube.
11. Everyone of importance is in their 20s. Anyone older than 35 exists only to be a prude.
12. Protagonist shares species and name with writer's fursona. Story is just their sexual exploits.
13. We just had a (small) fight and (quickly) forgave each other. Let's have messy sex for the remaining 3/4s of the story.
14. Love interest is only described by species, eye color, and erection/breast size.
15. He's cheated multiple times and broken trust countless more, but his SO will forgive him instantly because he's sad and (maybe) sorry.

16. Protagonist personality: alpha. Nothing more than that. Just alpha.
17. Love interest is a high school football player.
18. Gay teacher/student romance. (For whatever reason, this is really popular in the Heat slushpile and rarely works well.)
19. Everyone of importance in the story is atheist/agnostic. Anyone religious exists only to be a prude.
20. Writer really wanted to show that a non-standard relationship is good, so wrote a story with no conflict to emphasize the goodness.
21. Everyone has this kink and will enjoy if I talk at length about it.
22. No one really has this kink so they'll laugh if I poke fun at it
23. One of the main characters writes erotica. Author uses this to preach about the best way to write erotica.
24. Character has critical life or death job, but completely ignores it when irresistibly sexy protagonist shows up.

25. Love interest has no needs and desires of their own and only exists to satisfy the needs and desires of the protagonist.
Since a number of people have asked: yes, I do see these being done every year (with the exception of 23, which I've only seen twice).

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LoadingReadyRun @loadingreadyrun.com · 20/09/2026

Let’s all just celebrate a very old, very goofy holiday, and all agree to ignore that this video now displays as “20y ago” on YouTube. Thank you. Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day. 🏴‍☠️ youtu.be/RzkQC0e91Nc

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How to Talk like a Pirate

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Many years ago--yeesh, has it been a decade now?--I wrote what has affectionately become known as "The List." Technically it is "A List of Erotica Clichés You Should Avoid in Your HEAT Submission" and was a litany of my complaints about cliches I kept seeing in the Heat slush pile.

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pj wolf @pyrostinger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Finally, my review of Greysmoke Rising: The Magician by @mabelgreysmoke.bsky.social! It was a really wonderful book and definitely worth your time icon cropped from the book's cover, which was made by the author! sofurry.com/s/eq5Oxobe & www.furaffinity.net/view/66419868/

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Red Eye Reviews - Graysmoke Rising: The Magician by pyrostinger - SoFurry

Worth your time. That's about as much as I can say without spoiling things.

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Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Probably shouldn’t have these next to each other because I nearly just made a nice hot morning drink of chicken boullion

Dried instant coffee next to dried instant chicken stock

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Kergiby ➡️ Fastest Furs Fall Fest @kergiby.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Okay, been a long time coming, but here's my reviews of @dark-end.bsky.social's novels, the Eternal Party, and Modern Pleasuremage in FA journal form. www.furaffinity.net/journal/1142...

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Eternal Party and Modern Pleasuremage Reviews -- kergiby's Journal

Eternal Party by Dark End. . Available for sale at Furplanet and Bad Dog Books: https://baddogbooks.com/product/the-eternal-party/. . So ...

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Anyway, it's #FurryFictionFriday. What has everyone been reading, and please tell me it's been better than this! #furrylit

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FurPlanet Productions @furplanet.com · 18/09/2026

Sorry to our customers. We’ve ruined your qualification for this pizza. 🍕 Thank you for reading! 📖

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Tirrel @tirrel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The 2011 TinTin movie is currently free on YouTube. I definitely recommend it. Felt more like an Indiana Jones movie than the last actual ones

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've never before read a book that I'm so sure was written right after the messiest of break-ups. #amreading

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I am adulting tonight and I don't like it.

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Eric W. Schwartz @ericwschwartz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

And here's the first #SabrinaOnline comic strip from September 15th, 1996, in all its crunchy hand-hewn glory.

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Doppelfoxx Publishing 📚🦊 @doppelfoxxpublishing.com · 16/09/2026

Finish a book recently? Consider leaving a rating or a review! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #FurryLit Reviews are a great way to support your favorite authors and help others find the next perfect fit for their library. What kind of reader will like this book? How did this story resonate with you? Let us know!

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I actually wanted to keep all those tabs open, computer...

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🦎 LIZARDBETH 🎨 @lizardbethart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I asked this question on my alt account @lizardafterdark.bsky.social, but I'm going to ask it again here: Does anyone know of a streaming platform that (1) I can lock access behind a password, (2) allows NSFW art, and (3) is NOT Picarto as new account creation seems to be dead there?

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As an off-and-on MtG enjoyer for decades now, Jace was always a character that I never understood, and never understood why he was seemingly the constant focus of the story. But damn if the Reality Fracture story didn't do a great job of making me care about his journey.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This post is making the rounds again for some reason and therefore I feel I must inform you that they’ve hired another one so there are now TWO forensic pathologists working in Iceland.

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FurPlanet Productions @furplanet.com · 15/09/2026

A new eBook! Indulge: A Fatfur Anthology edited by @buddygoodboy.com, cover by @bravoart.nerdywoof.com and stories by @saintajax33.bsky.social @whatsonsecond.bsky.social @indigorho.bsky.social @francestypes.bsky.social @beatlenumber9.bsky.social and more! baddogbooks.com/product/indu...

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm sorry, I have to go check the temperature in hell real quick.

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Ajax B. Coriander @saintajax33.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I am looking for someone to do an e-book layout for FurPlanet. This would be a very odd/technical/difficult layout, so I need someone with a lot of experience doing it. I am willing to compensate them fairly for this time. You can contact me here or via discord if you're interested.

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Well, this week started with an AAAAAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHHHHHOOOOOOHHHHOWOWOWOWOWOWOWITBURNSITBUUUUUUUUURNS. Anyway, how is everyone else doing?

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