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Catherine Fitzsimmons

@jinxcf.bsky.social
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a.k.a. Jinx. Any pronouns. Author, owner of @brainlagbooks.bsky.social, artist, and vgm enthusiast with too many hobbies. thejinx.wordpress.com books2read.com/ap/n0MLqw/Catherine-…

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Scarlet Moon 🔴 J'Nique Nicole Joins the Party! @scarletmoon.bsky.social · 6h
Scarlet Moon Halloween Vol. V is here! Covering Yoshi's Island, Banjo-Kazooie, Castlevania, Persona 5, and a first-ever pop crossover: a jazz cover of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" from GENTLE LOVE. Read more and listen: www.scarletmoonproductions.com/blog/scarlet... #Halloween #GameMusic #VGM
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Catherine Fitzsimmons @jinxcf.bsky.social · 4h
#Inktober day 1: Apple. With alcohol inks and a touch of chalk.
Ink drawing of an apple with splashes of red and green alcohol ink and white chalk highlights
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Catherine Fitzsimmons @jinxcf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Commission for amemus to accompany @anothercastleband.bsky.social's track "A Legend in the Making" (dodarchive.dwellingofduels.net/26-07-NES/17...). #DigitalArt #FanArt
Digital painting of Zelda from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past breaking the Triforce of Wisdom into eight pieces
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Maxine Vee @maxinevee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
September Rain 🌧️🍂 #art
A woman in a brown trench coat holdkng an umbrella and a suitcase stands beside a tree. She is looking at an old historical house in front of her. The tower of the house has one illuminated window
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ecw press @ecwpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Today and every day we encourage you to reflect on the painful legacy of residential schools and colonization in Canada, support Indigenous businesses and creators, engage in community events, and listen to Indigenous voices.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Hiroita @hiroita11.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
31周年おめでとうございます!アンジェラ描きました #聖剣3_31周年
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NPR @npr.org · 29/09/2026
Companies have changed the way they price their products — and shoppers are getting deliberately overcharged. Here are steps you can take to ensure you are getting the best deal. n.pr/4ryNNUh
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4 ways to avoid getting ripped off, according to a pricing expert
Companies have changed the way they price their products — and shoppers are getting deliberately overcharged. Here are steps you can take to ensure you are getting the best deal.
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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THE DIVINING HEART (2005) 
Acrylic on Canvas - 36" x 24" 

"Stepping stones" of ammonite fossils represent the lessons of history and are the only havens of safety for the figure in the foreground. #art
A dark haired beauty stands on a spiral fossil that rises barely above the surface of shallow water. A path of these ammonite stepping stone meanders out across placid water past a natural breakwater of rocks but doesn't quite reach the horizon. She doesn't appear to notice the path forward; she's stopped to admire a red glass heart that dangles from a cord. Her eyes aren't fixed on it though as her thoughts retreat inward. The pure white cloth draping her body spills down to reveal the bare skin of her back.
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Eiria★10/10イセ博★10/11西4P01b @eiriaebako.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
新刊のイラスト本、入稿完了しました! こちらは表紙です✨数日後にサンプルを載せます いつもは試し刷りをして確認しているのですが、今回は初めて直接搬入することにしました。すべてが予定どおり、無事にいきますように🙏 #リンマナSP2026
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beep beep i'm a sheep @foxkvells.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
yeahhh, fucking THIS looking for textile art inspiration? ruined by AI doing writing research via literally any search engine? ruined by AI looking at pictures of food? ruined by AI caring about the environment? ruined by AI
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Nick 🐙 @nickoctopus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
fun fact: one of the things that made me decide "no, I will get an actual diagnosis", rather than just assuming, was the subtitle of a thread about ADHD on the SomethingAwful forums because it hit so hard it hurt it was along the lines of "if you were lazy, you would be having fun"
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Hex Maniac Alice @ UUSmp 23/155 @haurchy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Faith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · 27/09/2026
Be patient and kind to those who are making art right now. We're all self-funded and the richest, worst people in the world are trying to plaster over and erase our hard work.
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Kvacm Art | Michal Kváč @kvacm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So many mediums were trying to want us. But we'll never learn, right? But on the other hand, you'll always remember better with repeating...
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칭찬양파(상태:수능 준비 중) @hummingonion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
그거 아시나요 눈표범은 쩜프할때 완젼 귀엽다는 사실.
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Soma @somartist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Friends: looking for recs for a Canadian artist doing detailed-SF style covers (ACE era, full SF, painterly). Not my project. Passing along recs. I'm drawing mental blanks, but if anyone has any good options, please send my way.
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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
Indie Authors, I'm especially seeking more authors in the Asia-Pacific, Africa or Central or South America for my Books Direct From Authors Around the World Blog. Selling on Itchio counts, as well as Payhip/ on your site, etc. There's still room for more indies in Europe & North America too 😉
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Brain Lag @brainlagbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER looks fantastic. Had a lot of fun designing this book to look like a classic 19th-century novel. Only three weeks until release; preorder yours now! books2read.com/TLBD
Photo of front cover of The Lepidopterist's Beautiful Daughter by David Rae, a red-brown backdrop with text in gold; at the centre is a cameo-style frame with a classical painting within of a young blonde woman with green and black butterfly wings emerging from her backPhoto of spine and angle of back cover of The Lepidopterist's Beautiful DaughterPhoto of inside page of The Lepidopterist's Beautiful Daughter, showing a chapter heading with scrollwork above and below the chapter title
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Mustin @mustin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We're taking the next few days off work to really focus on this show (been working on it for months). I'm pretty sure it's going to be our best show ever. The OneUps turn 24 on Monday. It's a perfect time to party. Where are my NWA peeps? Who's coming? I wanna make sure to look out for you!
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MVisual @mvisual.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This photoshoot was so much fun, @naop.me was totally into character. Our game BubbleJack is ready for your whishlist on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4832820/... #Videogame #Cardgame #Photography
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K.V. Johansen @kvjohansen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Canadians: As part of a global effort to demand regulation for artificial intelligence developers, The Writers’ Union of Canada has launched a Parliamentary Petition calling for radical transparency for AI training processes & the works they subsequently produce. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7774 - Petitions
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026
Happy mushroom season!
A comic titled "Types of mushrooms" with 12 mushroom species. A wrinkly-looking morel is labeled "creepy but tasty". A brownish deadly galerina is labeled "boring but deadly". A witch's butter on a branch is labeled "jiggles if you poke it". A large puffball is labeled "egg". A creepy red-dripping bleeding tooth fungus is labeled "deeply disconcerting". A fly agaric with a green treefrog sitting under it is labeled "frog umbrella". A black chanterelle is labeled "chalice for forbidden elixers". Three straight-stemmed entolomas are labeled "haha, nipples". A bright purple viscid violet cort is labeled "purple is nice". A birch polypore sticking out of a birch trunk is labeled "tree nose". A complex yellow-tpped coral fungus is labeled "cursed citadel where dwells a fairy queen". A Ravenel's stinkhorn is pixellated at the top for your safety, and labeled "NSFW".
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Catherine Fitzsimmons @jinxcf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Objection, suspect is too relaxed.
Photo of tortoiseshell kitten sprawled on her back asleep across the photographer's lap
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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Publishers and Editors! I'm taking subs for Vol. 3 of the award-nominated "Best Weird Fiction of the Year" til end of the year. Writers! You'll get a chance to submit your 2026 stories in January. bestspecfic(at)gmail.com


Esteemed Editors and Publishers,

I am now taking submissions of original 2026 short fiction projects — magazines, anthologies, single-author collections — for consideration in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 3. (Publishing Sept. 2027). Vol. 1 is a World fantasy Award Finalist.

I am seeking material first published this year, in 2026. To be clear, only weird fiction FIRST published in 2026 is eligible for inclusion in this volume. I will accept translated work as long as the first English-language publication was 2026.

Stories should be between 500 and 17,499 words. Audio only stories are also ineligible, unless they also appeared as text.

Publishers and editors are encouraged to send electronic or digital copies, via the email address below. (I am not accepting hard copy submissions.) ePubs are preferred, but I will also accept text files (Word), Mobi, or PDF. Please do not cherry-pick selections. Send the entire book, journal, or magazine to:


bestspecfic@gmail.com


Thank you for your time and kind consideration.


Warm Wishes,

Michael
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Michael Kelly / Publisher / Editor-in-Chief
undertowbooks@gmail.com

Undertow Publications
https://undertowpublications.com/
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Bakka Phoenix Books @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tonight! Come join us at 6:00pm!
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Evelyne Park @evelynepark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Oh hi. It's my birthday 🙂 I have to say that diving into acrylic painting and book illustration over these last few years has been incredibly rewarding, and I enjoy learning more, painting more, and getting older really is quite great!
Cover illustration for "Fusion Fragment" showing a portrait of a woman facing upwards, as a mirror shatters around her. The mirror shards all show eyes of other women trapped within them. Two mask shards are also falling around her face, inspired by Japanese kabuki masks, representing her mixed heritage. Acrylic painting showing Sauron's defeat by Lúthien and Huan at Tol-in-GaurhothBook interior illustration for "Fangs for Nothing", showing the MC Winnie in a castle hallway. The scene takes inspiration from Gothic horror and Gothic romance movies, from the nightgown design to the candelabra. 
A black cat hides behind Winnie's leg, a vampire hides in a dark doorway, and the red candlelight reflects of a suit of armor and several empty painting frames. Acrylic character illustration for a fantasy book commission. The two characters are shown in a sparse, partially destroyed ice palace hall. Both characters have unnaturally pale skin and are clad in black.
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Catherine Fitzsimmons @jinxcf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
QRP your bird art 🧡
Digital painting of sulphur-crested cockatoo with multi-coloured crest playing an electric guitar
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Anton Corazza (he/him) @antoncorazza.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
PHILLY SHOW! Stage Clear IV! Nov 21 @ UNDERGROUND ARTS w/ @triforcequartet.bsky.social, @closetogoodband.bsky.social, @discocact.us, @maxo.bsky.social, Player One And The Mad Catz the flyer's artist @dripnet.bsky.social is doin live visuals as is @clairekwong.bsky.social & Enerjawn tix in thread
Flyer for the STAGE CLEAR IV event. Pixelated art depicts a cute-yet-Kaiju-sized Dinosaur playing a burning guitar, towering over a bridge next to an also-very-large-but-cute anthropomorphic cactus creature. Flyer advertises this as "Philly's Vixdeo Game Music and Chiptune Mini-Fest", then lists the performers and visualists that I mentioned in my post, as well as the fact that there will be Indie Games and a Super Smash Bros Melee Tournament hosted by Level1 with a Cash Prize. It is an All Ages event presented by Rising Sun Presents, taking place on Saturday Nov 21st, 2026 from 3:00PM to 9:00PM at Underground Arts in Philadelphia, PA.
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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
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Brain Lag @brainlagbooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Catch us in Publishers Way at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival tomorrow! edenmillswritersfestival.ca
Banner with logo for Eden Mills Writers' Festival and backdrop of felt art style-clouds against blue; contains festival map and text reading: Sunday September 20th, 2026; 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Eden Mills, ON; Tickets on sale at EMWF.ca/Tickets!
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Brian Valenzuela @brianvalenzuela.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you see this, post your green art.
A turquoise monster that is half-man half-snake fires, green magic that looks like striking snakes.
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Brain Lag @brainlagbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tomorrow! Come see us at the first (of many to come??) Milton Book Expo! thebookexpo.ca/MiltonBookExpo
Banner for 1st annual Milton Book Expo, with image of books on table top; text says I'm a vendor; celebrating books, readers & local authors! Saturday, September 19th, 2026; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm; Best Western Milton; 161 Chisholm Drive, Milton, ON; books, authors, vendors, family friendly; everyone welcome!
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Robert Runte @robertrunte.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My review of The Curve of the Corridor is up at the Ottawa Review of Books www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/...
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The Curve of the Corridor by Victoria Feistner
Reviewed by Robert RuntéYou know how in those cooking contest shows there’s often a ‘reinvention’ challenge, where the cooks are asked to take an everyday comfort food and ‘elevate’ it? The Curve of t...
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Gregorio Franco - Oathblade @gregoriofranco.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Tonight!!
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Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From Galveston Bookshop on Facebook
Sure, maybe

You don't need more books, but WHAT IF-and hear me out - the books need you.

Plane

READ ME
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The Latest Kate @thelatestkate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
⸙࿔*:・༄˖
A drawing of a dragon warming up a slice of pie with its breath. The caption reads, "doin' my best to make my own joy today"
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Brain Lag @brainlagbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Now on brain-lag.com - historical books! For when you're looking for novels or short stories that take place in the past of our own green Earth, from a mere twenty years to many centuries ago. Perhaps there might be more coming...?
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Shara Mae 🌿 @maestache.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hey there, fairy boy ✨ [ #loz #tloz #legendofzelda #oot ]
Fanart of the Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. Link is leaning against a fence at Lon Lon Ranch holding his blue ocarina, while Malon sits perched upon the fence smiling brightly at him. Navi hovers nearby on the left side of the illustration. Behind them, Epona walks around the ranch and there are mountains in the distance. The sun is shining down warmly.
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LindenShieldARTs @lindenshieldarts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"A Place to Rest“, gouache & coloured pencil Prints available: lindenshieldarts.com #TraditionalArt #MixedMedia #Painting #ShopSmall
A photo of a portrait-format painting on black paper, placed on a wooden desk and surrounded by a paint brush, paint tubes, coloured pencils, crystals, and leaves. The painting features a mossy tree stump vaguely resembling a seat, and overgrown with mushrooms. On the right, a little behind the stump grows a simple bare tree, an acorn-shaped lantern hanging from its spiraling tip. Insects, their wings catching the light, hover around the lantern. At the base of the tree grow luminescent blue mushrooms.
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Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Catherine Fitzsimmons @jinxcf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I can't help but laugh (self-deprecatingly) when I see people say "look how much my art has improved in two years!" It's taken me four just to get around to colouring this.
In-progress art of Zack from Final Fantasy VII coloured in pencil crayons
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Catherine Fitzsimmons @jinxcf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hey artists, share something!
Digital drawing of various video game princesses for Dwelling of Duels Princess Month: Zelda from The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom; Marle from Chrono Trigger; Melia from Xenoblade Chronicles; Peach from the Super Mario series; Riesz from Trials of Mana; and Eirika from Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.
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三奈 @m-ina.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
4年前に描いた線画に色塗ったぞ〜! 細かいとこは適当だけど、完成させたことが大事!!
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Sylessae @sylessae.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You build confidence by letting yourself feel insecure about your art skills and creating anyway.
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LindenShieldARTs @lindenshieldarts.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
𝘿𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙨, 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩.
A photo of an open, portrait-format sketchbook with black paper, placed on a wooden desk and surrounded by a paint brush, a paint tube, coloured pencils, a snippet of a painting, crystals, branches, and leaves. The sketchbook page features paintings of plants resembling Dicentra spectabilis, sporting pink, heart-shaped flowers, with the inner white petals glowing. Text reads: “Dicentra incandens”, and just below: “Radiant Hearts”.
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Brain Lag @brainlagbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Thank you to everyone who came out to Mississauga Literary Festival on Saturday. Next weekend, you can find us at Milton Book Expo on Saturday and Eden Mills Writers' Festival on Sunday!
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Ten | "Hold On, Let Me Save" @theletterten.lol · 12/09/2026
Metroid: Eat the RichMetroid: Nom Nom NomMetroid: Trans Rights
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Catherine Fitzsimmons @jinxcf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We are rocking, rolling, and reading here at Hazel McCallion Central Library in Mississauga! Come out to see a bunch of local authors, publishers and more, only until 4:00.
Photo of Brain Lag table setup in library with banner and shelves of books
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