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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Book release! My new #poem, "Some Shining Earth," is a #solarpunk sequel/retelling of Christina Rossetti's #Goblin Market, mashed up w/ The Green Children of Woolpit. Read it here first! --> www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKPPNT7X ed. @carinabissett.bsky.social #SFFH #fantasy #darkfantasy #SFWA #SFPA #poetry

Fractured Reveries. Blue, red, aqua and gold paint strokes with fingertips emerging from them.

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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Achievement unlocked! I've moved from Apprentice to Associate in the #SFWA. Thanks to @carinabissett.bsky.social, @angrygablepress.bsky.social, @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social & 3rd Estate Art for believing in my work + to my wonderful SFWA mentor, LJ Cohen. #fantasyfiction #SFFH @sfwa.bsky.social

Your SFWA membership application has been approved!

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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

Happy to announce my poem, "Where I'm From (after George Ella Lyon)," is now free to read in Issue #12 of EXIST OTHERWISE Literary Journal. EXIST OTHERWISE is modeled after artist Claude Cahun, whose gender-bending work defied social norms. Editor: Eric Jennings. existotherwise.cc/issue-12-sep...

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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 14/07/2024

I‘m more and more grateful for this character trait every day. In lots of people.

so much allistic analysis of autism is "difficulty understanding social cues" when it's often actually "refuses to accede to arbitrary social constraint without reason“

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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 10/07/2024

Is today make your mama cry on a Wednesday day? 🥹💗

Hello I was thinking about u randomly and wanted to remind u how cool and awesome u are ok bye.

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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

Just finished sending out my final critiques for the Quebec Writers' Federation masterclass with Su J. Sokol @cycling2asylum.bsky.social. Wonderful workshop. TYSM, Su, and many thanks to my workshop colleagues for critiques and feedback. Highly recommend. 🖋️📚 qwf.org/activities/p...

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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

First harvest: spring onions + bok choy. The tofu is also homemade. It's easy + delicious + cheaper than storebought. Bok choy is a great plant for beginners #growing #food. It's problem-free and FAST. About 40 days. (Raise beds if you have critters.) 🌱🥡🥢 #loblawsboycott

tofu, spring onions, and bok choy on a cutting board.

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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 08/05/2024

Ahaha, don't get me started. I #DJ in one window and write in the other. 😅 Current story in progress = 117 tracks. #horrorwriters #horrorwriterschat #SpecFic #goth #industrial #alternative #postpunk #amwriting

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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

Early #spring garden photos, featuring cabbage, broccoli, and #crocus the rabbits didn't eat. 🐰🌷🥬

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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

OMFG it's the sun. ☀️ Ontarians here like:

Margot from Ray Bradbury's All Summer in a Day

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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

Publication announcement! I'm beyond thrilled to have three poems about deeeeath and ghosts upcoming in WHISPERS FROM BEYOND from Crystal Lake Entertainment. @crystallake.bsky.social.

Cover of the Whispers From Beyond Anthology

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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Love reading these blurbs when I'm buying the item for my 19-year-old ... "This large towel with a hood can transform your newly bathed child into a live blue shark with both back and tail fins." I mean, that could work?

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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Oooo, excited to see this. I just read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall straight through yesterday + the day before. Anne is a deeply underrated Brontë. (Day something-or-other of Unstructured Time.) #gothic www.abacusmediarights.com/programme/42...

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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

Every single foster cat that comes through my house is a wonderful, special animal, and I try not to judge based on cuddliness and personality. But occasionally the thought goes like this: "Someone will be very lucky to adopt this cat." 💘😼

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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Pleased to announce my story TAKESHI'S CAT will appear online in Decapitate mag Dec 10. TAKESHI'S CAT is an absurd mash up of beloved fairy tale The White Cat, housing injustice, and a Japanese game show. Decapitate is an art + social justice project of Third Estate Art. www.thirdestateart.org

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Dianthe West @dianthewest.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

Ahhhh, a first thing in the morning story acceptance is the best story acceptance. LOVE the market this story is going to. Perfect perfect perfect. Deets when I can!

A photo of a cranky white Turkish Angora cat

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