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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 10h

DOUBLE TROUBLE. TWO NEW BOOKS OUT TODAY. The Waking of Witches series - middle-grade crossover horror with ghost cats, spiked black Crocs, and a house that wasn't there yesterday. Witch Labyrinth = NEW. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Witches for spooky season, middle-grade crossover. Remember being 12? It sucked in ways I couldn't handle even now as an adult. This is not one of those gentle "kids need to be protected" series. This is horror. I MADE TROPE CHARTS. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New episode of the Asshole Mitigation Plan up: Staying Grounded as a Self when everything goes to shit, a.k.a. the core of self-care. wonderlandpress.com/asshole-miti...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

New Episode of Herpetology up: ep 32, the FLOWER episode! Act 3 of Homestuck: Alice's White Queen plucked out of Wonderland, as an awkward tween. I figured out how to play a scale on her flute, and Ray went Full Victorian Flowers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp2r...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

DRIVE-IN B-MOVIE GORY VIOLENT FUNNY POPCORN FARE JUST FILM IT AND GIVE IT THE MST3K TREATMENT ALREADY A friend of mine, one of the most precise, laser-focused, "Is this early Stephen King? NO IT'S SHANNON LAWRENCE," friends has a new book out! Check it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Twelve is the cruelest age, hatching a teen out of a child's mind, mixing magic and horror, filling blank pages with wonder. Two crossover witch-dark fantasy books in hc/ppb/ebook, Book 3 live-written in October. Launch Oct 1, done at midnight on Halloween. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring. "I passed the test. I will diminish...and go into the West...and remain Marge."

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Marge Simpson The Simpsons

ALT: Marge Simpson The Simpsons

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Ron Collins @roncollins.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Dead Room was Ichabod’s answer to their fear, and intolerance, and hate. Read about “The Dead Room” (and hear from the author!), an astounding new story by @dknippling.bsky.social in HALLOWEEN HEARTS. Live on @kickstarter.com NOW! www.typosphere.com/2026/09/04/t...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old? (You can pick a different year if you're concerned about that kind of thing.)

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Coroca Angry Outburst

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Closing soon (2 days): Brigid Collins's All Hallows of Feyland, three fantasy novels set in Anthea Sharp's Feyland. VR games, fey mischief, queer no-spice romance. Cozy, dry humor that stays low-key...until the sudden bite. Check her out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bri...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New Kickstarter! The anthology HALLOWEEN HEARTS, a collection of love and romance in the eerie time of Halloween. I have a story in this, the tale of a museum filled with haunted objects and broken souls, collected by a man who refuses to change a single one. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ron...

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Kristine Kathryn Rusch @kristinerusch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Seavy County Kickstarter just went live. Everything Seavy County—that magical fictional place on the Oregon Coast. You'll find t3 dark fantasy novels, 4 short story collections (filled with science fiction, crime, & magic), & so much more. #booktok #booksky www.kickstarter.com/projects/a26...

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THREE FANTASY NOVELS From Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Three Fantasy Novels Set in Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Acclaimed Seavy County!

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

FINAL DAYS: Tami Veldura's first collection of Bone Witch stories on Kickstarter. Aro/Ace NO SPICE urban fantasy. Ebook/Audio/PPB/HC. Nariah makes memorial jewelry from bones for a living...but uses her witchcraft to solve problems in order to make a life. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tam...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Kickstarter forthcoming: The Waking of Witches series, middle-grade dark fantasy, wonderful and terrifying. 1: The Witch House (new HC). 2: The Witch Labyrinth (new release, E/PPB/HC). 3: The Witch Garden (LIVE WRITING starting Oct 1). Get notified here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

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Ron Collins @roncollins.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hot cosplay. A Halloween midnight double feature. What could go wrong? “Roll Credits” – a new short story by Stefon Mears in HALLOWEEN HEARTS. Launches on @kickstarter.com next week! Get notified now! (And get a free story!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/ron...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Two days left on the Fantasy Bundle of Bundles. 15 collections, a rainbow of indie fantasy flavors: goofy, dark, romantasy, faeries, street magic and more. My bundle is stories of a magical Colorado Front Range that hides just out of sight. storybundle.com/fantasy

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New Episode of Herpetology up! Ep 31: The end of Act 2 and checking in with act 1 and 2 overall. I got waaaaay too confused about TIME TRAVEL. Olaf Stapledon, Ozymandias, Tank Girl, and being able to pull STRANGELY APPROPRIATE elements out of your butt. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrxF...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New Episodes of Herpetology up! Ep 30: Of bunkers, dunce caps, and the Village people. Wandering Vagabond in a bunker in the middle of a desert, trying to master the nuances of setting latitude and longitude--and time. I caught an epic pun that Ray missed. UGH. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pvv...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

'Twas a dark and Halloween night... IN AUGUST, so there's time to get books shipped. Have bought anthology stories from both! Tami Veldura's Bone Witch (UF) stories: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tam... Brigid Collins's All Hallows of Feyland (VR+Fey) trilogy: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bri...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

HARLAN ELLISON ALERT: We babble thru "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream," THE GAME. Part 2 of prepping for Amazing Digital Circus. Did we REALLY know the story and/or game of IHNMAIMS as well as we remembered? Nope! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbAs...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

HARLAN ELLISON ALERT: We babble thru "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream." We're prepping to pull apart Amazing Digital Circus and how it riffs off of and delightfully away from IHNMAIMS...but did we REALLY know the story and/or game as well as we remembered? Nope! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM-P...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

if you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.

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ALT: L

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

New ep of the Asshole Mitigation Plan is live! Anchoring the self, that is, being a person outside of someone else's bullshit narratives, is vital. I'm using "hope" as a case study for how to achieve that, but there are other ways, too. wonderlandpress.com/asshole-miti...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Blind Date with Death, Ep 16. Erm, adults only, and the end of Book 1: Monday. Dan and Marina have spent the entire book whiplashing attraction versus panic. Wee ghosties, scarred tattoos, his favorite pants. Trick or treat! www.patreon.com/VelvetMaskFi...

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BDwD Monday: Episode 16* | Velvet Mask Fiction

BDwD Monday: Episode 16* by Velvet Mask Fiction on Patreon. Join Velvet Mask Fiction's community for exclusive content and updates.

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Now live: Fantasy Bundle of Bundles, the most recursive bundle that ever bundled. 15 bundles, ~47 ebooks, ALL FANTASY ALLA TIME. Mine's 3 volumes of Fold Magic: fairy-tale retellings of an insecure con artist, a Denver brewpub run by the Night Folk…and prehistoric bears! storybundle.com/fantasy

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Kristine Kathryn Rusch @kristinerusch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I'm counting 47 fantasy ebooks here for about $2 per book. Get yours now! #booksky

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The Kickstarter pre-launch page for MONSTERS IN LOVE is up — Amazing Monster Tales Issue 5, fifteen stories of romantic horror, edited by Jamie Ferguson and Yours Truly. All monsters, all romance...sometimes cute and fluffy, sometimes very, very bad. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bor...

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Jamie Ferguson @jamieferguson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I've listened to The Creative Penn podcast for years, and am thrilled to have been a guest on the show!!! 🎤 Joanna (J.F.) Penn interviewed me about my non-fiction book Bundle Up! Practical Guide to Anthologies and Box Sets That Sell. It was a lot of fun! www.thecreativepenn.com/2026/07/13/b...

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Bundles, Box Sets and Anthologies With Jamie Ferguson | The Creative Penn

What's the difference between a bundle, a box set, an anthology, and a collection? How can being part of an anthology be creatively interesting and useful for marketing? With Jamie Ferguson

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

What song did the Sirens sing in The Odyssey? Wrong answers only. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH3m...

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I Knead Dem Biscuits

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

New ep of Herpetology of the Apocalypse is up: as promised, we did big sections on alchemy (historical) and alchemy (the type of merge game). Much dot-connecting, such wow. Plus Wandering Vagabond becoming Mayor of Can Town, TaB, and the Word That Shall Not Be Said. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWG8...

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Ron Collins @roncollins.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

SOME GAMES CHANGE HISTORY. SOME SAVE IT. Ron talks about his newest kickstarter, which launches tomorrow, July 7--and which means there's only one day left to get a free copy of "Kagari" by getting notified! Link in a comment... youtu.be/Vh9O2AcFe6I

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The PEBA Diaries Hits Kickstarter!

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

New Herpetology of the Apocalypse Ep! Puppets, muppets, smuppets, Muppet Babies, Archimedian spirals in the SAW franchise, and more varieties of the TF2 Medic's dove than you dare shake a stick at (with and without bloodstains). www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsOT...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Done some. Their legs bend backwards, they have antlers, they're tall. All of this is fine. It's the fact that they don't get that our universe isn't their science lab is the creepy part.

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Ray has been threatening to make butterscotch spam cookies for a while...for Halloween. Her patience JUST RAN OUT. www.youtube.com/shorts/ZVGva...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Theme in writing fiction: threat or menace?!? Talking practical details and perspectives on how to write theme in fiction. Not the kind of theme that critics swoon over. The smaller kind that you can leverage without screwing up your muse. wonderlandpress.com/theme-for-fi...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Blind Date with Death, Ep 14. Marina's ex haunts her, but maybe Dan can help. Her body has been trying to warn her for over a decade but her mind never caught up. Romantic suspense for people who read with their skin. www.patreon.com/VelvetMaskFi...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

New Herpetology of the Apocalypse ep! I WORE A BOW TIE. We got into punch cards and Dad's safe contents. There's a spoiler warning; I had to put my fingers in my ears. Link section includes Party Cannon, Larry Flynt, and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jms1...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Assholes warp reality, and so do the people around them trying to keep things from going sideways. This one's about why placating never actually works—and why that's not a failure of effort, it's a feature of the dynamic. The burden doesn't shrink. It grows. wonderlandpress.com/asshole-miti...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

New episode of Herpetology of the Apocalypse is up! This week Ray and De got into songs, mannequins, and harmoniums—and came away with a burning research question about the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and some rumored anatomical compromises. (We hope it's true.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFtp...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Blind Date with Death, Ep 14. Chocolate dessert going cold on a hotel cart. Crickets shimmering outside. Dan's fingers drumming lightly on Marina's back, finding sore spots—mental and physical—with unnerving accuracy. The truth comes out ugly. www.patreon.com/VelvetMaskFi...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Escape from 2026 Storybundle, now thru June 25. Leslie Claire Walker's Time Out of Mind: five time travel stories where the real destination isn't another era—it's perspective, and the people who will finally see you. Pay what you want. wonderlandpress.com/leslie-clair...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Escape from 2026 Storybundle is live, now thru June 25. Today's feature: Kathryn Kaleigh's Last Stop: Yesterday—an ordinary present becomes 1876, a scenic mountain railway, and a soldier just home from the war. Pay what you want wonderlandpress.com/kathryn-kale...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Escape from 2026 Storybundle,now thru June 25. Featuring Monster Road Trip, edited by Jamie Ferguson and yours truly. Ten monster stories, many of them about a familiar world changing underneath us. The monsters just make it easier to look at. Pay what you want. wonderlandpress.com/amazing-mons...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

New Herpetology of the Apocalypse! Jurassic Park, Joy Division, Blazing Saddles, and an American Tail. A long ramble on pogos, imps, comedic rhythm. We also work through some early theories about character worldview and growth. Linkdump in the description as usual. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Pe...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Blind Date with Death Audio Ep 3! Marina feeds Dan off her fingertips while his phone buzzes in the pocket she's sitting on. Logan in a zoo shirt that reads NOT SO FAST, drinking Sleepytime tea with his old boss, thinking he's just making small talk. He isn't. www.patreon.com/posts/160440...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Escape from 2026 Storybundle, now thru June 25. Today, Douglas Smith's Into the Time Slip—four time travel stories, four ways to bend physics. A dinner that takes three lifetimes. Radio signals from the past. Lovers hunted across dimensions. Pay what you want. wonderlandpress.com/douglas-smit...

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Escape from 2026 Storybundle, live thru June 25. Dean Wesley Smith's Dry Creek Crossing: time travel as a job — chaotic, risky, but manageable. A historian and a mathematician chasing a stagecoach that has no business being in 1902 Idaho. Pay what you want. storybundle.com/timetravel

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De Cryptid @dknippling.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

To sum up: this person discovered what happened to DOGE, and it looks like it's being set up to collect non-anonymous voting information at vote.gov, as well as already being in place to collect information for TrumpRX and other sites. thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...

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I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House

There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.

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