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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 08/10/2026

Subtle is relative, if you're a demon.

Lavender lifted her hands up, laughing. “I’m still trying to learn how to make change subtly as a demon.”

Audrey waved a hand dismissively. “The only people who think you can’t solve problems by stomping them flat are people who are…” She stomped a paw down. “Problems.”

The squirrel grinned. “You’re kind of terrifying.”

“You’re so sweet.” Audrey blew her a kiss.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 08/10/2026

Couldn't remember the name. Thanks, DuckDuckGo!

DuckDuckGo returning James Carville as the top result for a search on “democratic consultant who looks like gollum”

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 07/10/2026

It's #FurryBookMonth and coincidentally, I write furry books! You can use the code FBM2026 at either furplanet.com (print) or baddogbooks.com (ebook) for a 10% or 15% discount, respectively!

Clockwise from top left:

Goddess, Arilin Thorferra (cover by Sabretoothed Ermine)
Saida & Autumn, Arilin Thorferra (cover by Ransom)
Kismet, Watts Martin (cover by Teagan Gavet)
Indigo Rain, Watts Martin (cover by Sabretoothed Ermine)
The Turning, Arilin Thorferra (cover by Ken Sample)
Big Trouble, Arilin Thorferra (cover by RoboMaximillion)

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 03/10/2026

I'm not sure what kind of orientation they give new demons, but I bet it's interesting

“I know we covered summoning in your orientation, but nothing will quite prepare you, and it’s...indescribably unpleasant to find yourself forced to commit heinous acts against your will.” Theli looked distant. “Ironic, given how indescribably /pleasant/ committing heinous acts can be otherwise, isn’t it.”

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 26/09/2026

My first tiki drink today came in a pig

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 05/09/2026

I am at a show I have negative interest in (accompanying a parent), but it is an amazing club I wish I could see a good jazz group at.

Rams Head On Stage stage area, a simple red curtain behind a small stage in a very dinner club atmosphere with tables rather than row seats

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 28/08/2026

If you hire a professional rampager, you better read the fine print

“Look, Miss Saffron, I know your M.O. is giving your targets advance warning and that’s commendable, but this is a rescue mission. If you let them know you’re coming, it all falls apart.”

“One, that doesn’t change my rules, and two, as I’ve been trying to get across to you, you do not contract a mercenary known for high levels of collateral damage for a rescue mission.”

His ears lowered. “I thought that was, uh, anti-Heavy Forces propaganda.”

“It’s exaggerated, because it’s in the best interest of groups I might be deployed against to convince you not to hire me. But exaggerated doesn’t mean false. I tend to fuck up a lot of the surrounding area, sometimes because it’s to my tactical advantage, sometimes because I can’t avoid it, occasionally just because breaking shit is fun.”

Bob, her ship’s AI, added, “Mostly the latter.” She gave the ceiling speaker a shushing glare.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 23/08/2026

This, for the record, is a Cuban sandwich. Yes, it's Swiss cheese, roast pork, and ham (and in most places in Tampa, salami), but it's pressed…and on CUBAN BREAD. That one in that photograph has bread so wrong it'd be like getting a Philly cheesesteak on toasted ciabatta.

A Cuban sandwich from La Segunda Bakery & Cafe in Tamp’s Ybor City.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 20/08/2026

I'm going through a career exercise that involves choosing images that represent "your ideal work environment" and all the ones except the photo of my actual desk have a common theme of "not Florida"

Clockwise from upper left: an office/break room at the Roundhouse in San Ramon; working on an iPad at a coffee shop in Sebastopol; my actual desk as of ~20 minutes ago; the Oregon coast; a Pacific Northwest redwood forest; the offices of Panic Software in Portland; a Seattle street.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 12/08/2026

Okay, I think most of the public trusts me, but when you say "ship required" which characters are you talking about

Qualifications:
• Able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust (ship required).

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 08/08/2026

When I shared some of "The Turning" draft, one reader got super huffy at Hazel's intro—the first thing she does with her powers is eat someone really annoying. "How can you expect anyone to like someone who'd do that?" he huffed. And I said nothing, but thought, oh, you sweet summer child. #VoreDay

An unfinished sketch of Hazel the pika with two legs sticking out of her mouth. (Sketch by Ken Cougr)

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 05/08/2026

Ah, the wonder of starting the day looking for new job postings on LinkedIn, my favorite "social" "network"

LinkedIn®: We put the Social in Sociopath.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 04/08/2026

With "Big Trouble" now out, I have four books—noir mystery, period romance, modern magical school lesbian/trans romance, and epic modern fantasy with sharp-edged politics! Descriptions and ordering links: giants-club.net/books/

The cover for "Big Trouble" showing feline detective Nora Mallory as a giantess leaning against a building. Art by RoboMaximillion.

The cover for "Goddess," showing the cover of Goddess Magazine, an important bit of lore in the world. Art by Sabretoothed Ermine.

The cover of "Saida & Autumn" showing the two title characters, a cat woman and a rabbit woman, both giantesses. Art by Ransom.

The cover of "The Turning", a movie poster-esque image showing the four main goddess leads—Moira (hare), Diana (sheep), Hazel (pika), and Rhiannon (squirrel)—with the villainous Agent One (honey badger) looming in the background and other characters in silhouette. Art by Ken Cougr.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 30/07/2026

It continues to be too amusing to me to find opportunities to get just a little meta in a story

“Are you watching that maned wolf’s butt?”

She looked up at Ray, her ears coloring. “I—uh—maybe a little?”

The coyote smirked. “You’re a macrophile.”

“A what?”

“A little who’s attracted to giants.”

“I’m—uh…” She rubbed the back of one of her long ears. “Maybe, but if I am, it’s mostly your fault.”

“No, I just woke something in you that was already there. You’re welcome.”

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 25/07/2026

Seeing some discourse about authors claiming their work "contains no politics". I mean, it's possible some of my stuff gets a little political

$Rhiannon shifts uncomfortably. “You’re really committed to the idea of being a goddess, aren’t you?” “You’ve seen Hazel do miracles, and frankly, she doesn’t know a fraction of what she’s capable of. I’m going to guess there’ve been worshippers here. And you _know_ this is all supernatural, impossible. You can rationalize superheroes, but not gods?” “I don’t know what the hell I can rationalize. All I know is that ever since you did whatever you did, I’ve had a supporting role in a crazy dark comedy and I can’t figure out if my roommate’s the plucky heroine or a cosmic horror. So thanks for that.” She looks down at the floor. “You want to know why no gods? Because if there were gods, it’d mean they _let_ the world get this way. There’s so much beauty and so much ugliness. Maybe you can’t have one without the other. But through all my short, mortal life, the balance has been tipping. There’s always been corruption, but it’s getting more open. Our leaders call laws against discrimination the _real_ discrimination, the anti-fascists the _real_ fascists. There are too many places I might get arrested—or worse—for just using a public restroom.” She takes a ragged breath, and looks up, glaring at the hare. “So no, I can’t explain what Hazel can do now, or what I guess you and the sheep can do. But as insane as it is to believe you’re superheroes? If I believe that you’re a goddess, and you’ve been here a thousand years just watching? That you didn’t help us? That you didn’t _stop_ us?” Her words drop to a broken whisper. “That’s so much worse.”$

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 13/07/2026

New post: “Review: Change of Heart” giants-club.net/articles/review-cha… The origin of an endearing, (not-so-)villainous Korps Universe protagonist as she takes an uncomfortable journey of self-discovery.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 08/07/2026

TIL that San Francisco's Coit Tower is named for a genderqueer socialite of the late 1800s.

Although Martha had done her best to turn her daughter into a traditional southern belle, Lillie continued to be contemptuous of conformity. She has been described as one of the most eccentric personalities of her time. She once arranged a middleweight boxing match in her hotel room. A New York newspaper reported the incident:

"Mrs. Lillie Coit has broken through another social tradition by having a slugging match in her drawing room. Blood flowed freely. The winning Sighter asked her if he should finish off his opponent and she turned her thumbs down. Has the wealthy woman set an example, which other women will follow? This is a staggering shock to conservative New York. But but did not ruffle San Francisco one bit. They are used to her.”

Lillie Coit played poker, smoked cigars, polished off bottles of bourbon and wore trousers long before it was socially acceptable for women to do so. On one occasion, she attended a meeting of San Francisco’s all-male Bohemian Club disguised as a gentleman. Although Coit was the originator of a new way of life for women, San Francisco society accepted her and her oddities. “This was because she was so picturesque that she was able to violate the many norms of behavior without suffering a loss of reputation,” wrote a Boston Globe reporter.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 06/07/2026

Did I pick this lunch spot solely because of the name? Ha ha don't be silly of course I did

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 02/07/2026

Me: This setting has mixed sizes, but it's Zootopia-esque, nothing really racy about it Also me: Yyyyyyyyyeah but—

“Isn’t it lovely? There’s no other neighborhood in the city where it’s so easy to share space with all the other kinds of animals.”

“I, ah, I see that.” I looked across the street at a nightclub I could only refer to as /imposing,/ a word I wouldn’t normally associate with such an establishment. But the largest of its three front doors rolled up rather than opened inward, and it stood a good four times my height. /Sliding Scale Burlesque Club,/ the sign read. “That’s a mixed-size, ah, gentlemen’s club?”

“Open to all sexes. Lovely dancers on multiple stages, private rooms, strong drinks, and a better kitchen than a place like that honestly needs.” She laughed.

“Private...” I felt my ears flush. “For mixed sizes. How can, ah...” I cleared my throat.

Miss Bancroft walked up onto the front stoop of an unmarked building. “You’ll just have to visit some time and find out, Mr. Hornsby.” She unlocked the door and winked.

I’m quite sure the blush in my ears spread to most of the upper half of my body. I hurried inside, barely remembering to hold the door open for her.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 17/06/2026

New post: “Review: A Rodent of Unusual Size” giants-club.net/articles/rev... A novel about giants, romance, and the military-industrial complex—and an excellent action-adventure story.

Cover of "A Rodent of Unusual Size", art by Ransom

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 17/06/2026

A TV show you're (not) positive no one remembers but you

The DVD case for "Legend," a short-lived science fiction western starring Richard Dean Anderson and John de Lancie, created by Star Trek's Michael Piller.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 13/06/2026

But I mean it affectionately!

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 02/06/2026

Autumn the goth bunny with her Pride flag. Art by @meg-james.bsky.social

A white rabbit woman, holding a trans pride flag behind her like a banner. She has long black hair, with some strands dyed green or orange, and is wearing black jeans and a black sleeveless top.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 30/05/2026

Because I cannot let go of this fundamental question about anthropomorphic sharks, I am leaning into it in the story's opening

Leaning forward in her lifeguard chair, Nixie squinted at the two swimmers---if you could call that swimming---about fifty yards out. Was one of them in trouble? Maybe not. She swept her gaze around the rest of the beach, then back at them.

"Why do you have boobs?"

Nixie made a soft choking noise and stared down at the questioner, open-mouthed.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 23/05/2026

I did not get much writing done at the coffee shop, so I could have chosen to go on to a brewery or library or some place to keep trying, or I could choose delicious tiki-shaped violence instead.

A hurricane cocktail, which is dark red, served in a tall Collins glass and garnished with a cherry that’s been speared by a broken paper umbrella (the winds broke it, get it?).

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 22/05/2026

New post: “Review: Travels” giants-club.net/articles/review-tra… A fictional travelogue that takes us on a dazzlingly inventive tour of known space with a charming, frequently over-her-head guide.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 21/04/2026

Well, it's good to know my organization takes compliance training seriously, too

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 18/04/2026

I'm sure any damage will be worth it

Four small Painkillers of different colors (yellow, purple, green, pink), labeled “OG, ube, pandan, strawberry”

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 16/04/2026

I've always said that. I mean, I would, if I ate people. >.>

A cartoon sticker-style picture of Arilin, a white cat woman, having just swallowed...something?...going down her throat. She has a satisfied expression, eyes closed, and is licking her lips.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 15/04/2026

I mean, I was opening up 1Password's website to cancel my account there, but now that I see they're making it easier than ever for AI agents to break into every single one of my accounts in seconds, I'm sure going to reconsider!

1Password’s home screen, with the headline “Secure access for every human and AI agent”. Under that, “Visibility and control for humans and AI agents, built on the most trusted vault for identities, credentials, and secrets.”

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 13/04/2026

New post: “Review: The Eternal Party” giants-club.net/articles/review-ete… An exploration of kink that subversively encompasses an exploration of trauma and grief, woven together with uncommon deftness.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 31/03/2026

At 110′, Autumn the rabbit is pretty visible on all days, to be fair. #TDoV (@ransom's cover art for "Saida & Autumn")

Two giantesses, Saida the cat and Autumn the rabbit sit in a park having coffee. A few normal-sized people are around them: a vixen in a business suit, back to the viewer, and a rat and cheetah on a park bench near one of Autumn’s paws.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 31/03/2026

I have literally never been less excited

Email that begins “Live now: Meet the new Slack with MrBeast and Anthropic!”

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 13/03/2026

New post: “Review: Symphony of Shifting Tides” giants-club.net/articles/review-shi… A sprawling, thematically complex picaresque novel following a difficult protagonist’s adventures across an inventive dystopian world.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 09/03/2026

Oh, talk of a possible "Firefly" revival. I am so excited. This is my excited face.

A cat resting its head on a red pillow, staring into the camera with an ennui-filled expression.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 05/03/2026

Me: I'm sure none of my characters would eat a bus. Audrey, Theli, Meri, Red Savina, Saida-Dragon, Sibry, Clover, Muse Coyote:

A bald man (Kurt Angle) giving a thousand-yard stare into the camera.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 04/03/2026

Well, Emacs in a terminal looks surprisingly good on the iPad—I'll have to test it out in the field to see if it's usable in practice. It'd be a nice, if nerdy, "writing deck" setup that still lets me keep using my preferred editor.

A screenshot of Emacs running in a Blink terminal (mosh) session. It’s a pleasant light-background theme with italics, bold, and a few clever ligatures for a monospaced font, so Emacs looks like a nice, modern prose editing application.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 28/02/2026

The first tiki drink I've seen that is a tribute to a recently-deceased legend in tiki spaces. ("Tiki Diablo" designed a lot of mugs and a few bars, including this one, Morgan's Cove in Tampa.)

Tiki Diablo
IN HONOR OF OUR FRIEND DANIEL GALLARDO
Spícy Ghost Reposado Tequila
Agua Magica Espadin Capon Mezcal
Coffee x Cinnamon x Pineapple
Fresh Lime

The “Tiki Diablo” drink described in the previous image

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 14/02/2026

Oh, I'm sure she's not trying to be threatening

"So." Laurel leaned forward, placing her hands together close to Ted. "Tell us what you just told Aurora, in excruciating detail." When the giant mouse said excruciating, she shifted her hand in just the right way to make her claws glitter in the sunlight. They looked especially capable of carving through armor plating like wrapping paper today.

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 12/02/2026

Would I take advantage of the rest of my department being out for the next three workdays to go work from random remote locations, sometimes on my own stuff?

A “Magic 8-Ball” with its prediction reading “signs point to yes”

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 09/02/2026

New post: “Review: Crystallization” giants-club.net/articles/review-cry… The intriguing sequel to “Dissolution” continues the story of villain Starshade and the former hero now known as Geode. And an entirely new character, neither hero nor villain, enters the scene…

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