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Brain Lag @brainlagbooks.bsky.social · 19h

Now out: THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER by David Rae! Order your copy of this ethereal gaslamp fantasy now from your favourite bookstore (books2read.com/TLBD). brain-lag.com/2026/10/09/n...

Photo of book The Lepidopterist's Beautiful Daughter

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Why isn't this on every TV screen and not the fairy tale of killer robots

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've just seen the first print proof of Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol 4, so there's no better time to announce the full TABLE OF CONTENTS!!! Join us for our launch at Can*Con on Oct 17 and our Bakka-Phoenix launch on Nov 14 or pre-order your copy now! #booksky

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Catherine Fitzsimmons @jinxcf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Double-dipping today. #Inktober 5: Smack #DoDtober 5: Rhythm games

Cartoony ink drawing of Amelia and Kali from J. R. Dwornik's Green Light to Paradise. Amelia is sitting on a couch, smugly watching Kali play a Rock Band guitar and saying: Wow, you'd think a music snob would have a better sense of rhythm. Kali: Shut up...

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Brain Lag @brainlagbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Announcing our 63rd title, THE FALSE QUEEN'S ARCHIVE by the latest addition to Brain Lag's stable of authors, Terri Favro! Ever wanted to visit a steampunk-infused North America in which the USA lost the war of 1812? Now you can, starting next March. brain-lag.com/2026/10/05/n...

Cover art for The False Queen's Archive, an open stopwatch leaning against a stack of old books

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Sam Perin @zebotc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New Moon 🌕🌑 a painting that is part of my ongoing series of paintings called ‘A Starry Place’

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Catherine Fitzsimmons @jinxcf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I made today's art a whole experience. Had some good company for it too.

Photo of small outdoor table covered in sketchbook, sumi-e (Japanese ink painting) set, cup of water, mug of tea, and pear blossom incense burning in a decorative incense holder

Photo of a rabbit munching on clover in my backyard

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Catherine Fitzsimmons @jinxcf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#Inktober day 4: Cactus #DoDtober day 4: Forest or Jungle (I never played a Megaten game so I skipped yesterday)

Sumi-e (Japanese ink painting) of a cactus (don't ask me what species)

Sumi-e (Japanese ink painting) drawing of a tree branch

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Rune Hrafnagaldur @lunegrimm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I need to present my loves amazing work here again, please check his art out, he is simply incredible at everything he does✨

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Catherine Fitzsimmons @jinxcf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Oops, started doing a #DoDtober again too. #Inktober day 2: Relic #DoDtober day 1: Ghosts #DoDtober day 2: Zombies

Ink drawing of the golden idol from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark and cartoony drawing of someone poking the exposed brain of a zombie with a stick

Cartoony drawing of a ghost looking down at a dog smiling up at them

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Scarlet Moon 🔴 J'Nique Nicole Joins the Party! @scarletmoon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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 · 01/10/2026

#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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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 back

Photo of spine and angle of back cover of The Lepidopterist's Beautiful Daughter

Photo 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-Gaurhoth

Book 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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