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Matt Gomez

@mxgomez78.bsky.social
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Writer, pulp fiction ninja, cat dad

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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 12h
It's weird. I feel like I haven't written much - but in the past two years and a bit, I've written drafts of three full novellas and I'm in the process of outlining a fourth. It doesn't feel like much because I haven't been writing for *publication* which is a very different thing.
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Dirty Magick Magazine Volume Two Issue Twenty-Five « Weightless Books share.google/T91FAH7jFMsv... Contains fiction by me- a Liam the Black tale
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Dirty Magick Magazine Volume Two Issue Twenty-Five
About Dirty Magick Magazine Issue Twenty-Five Dirty Magick Magazine is a monthly fantasy, urban fantasy, and gothic horror magazine first published in September 2024. The editor and publisher is C.D. ...
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
In case people are interested, I'll be at a reading and signing for Tales of Steel and Sorcery for @oddityprodigy.bsky.social on June 20th at Captain Blue Hen Comics stores.comichub.com/captain_blue...
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Stjepan Sejic @stjepansejic.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
letters to the vampire queen illustrations works are progressing
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David Stark - Zarkonnen @zarkonnen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Looking to talk to a writer/cultural sensitivity reader from Mexico or with a Mexican background on how to construct an alternate-history cyberpunk Mexico that's interesting and complex without stepping on half a dozen rakes. Paid.
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Currently watching open calls sail on by because I decided my new niche is novellas for some reason. Good news? I'm 10k into this second of a proposed three featuring my resident scarred magician - Liam the Black
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Dragan "Zeka" Ciric @runningcritter.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
#Portfolioday My name is Dragan, I am Serbian artist who dabbles in dark atmospheric epic landscapes, but also does all kind of other styles. ☕: t.co/DnQZFhpRzy
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Virgil_630 @virgil-630.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Hi #portfolioday! I'm Paul, freelance illustrator and 2d artist My primary focus in art is on crafting compelling narratives Currently on the lookout for freelance work in games, #ttrpg and publishing #gameart #ttrpgart #coverart 🎨https://virgil-630personal-site.carrd.co/ 📩Virrgill630@gmail.com
The picture shows my original characters

A bunch of people are hanging out in a room filled with warm sunlight. They're all celebrating, smiling, laughing, and chatting with each other.

In the foreground, a man and a woman are standing in an embrace. A son and his mother.

They are dressed in contrasting colors. The black suit and white silk dress stand out sharply against the rest of the people in the room.

The man's face is tense, and his gaze expresses detachment.
He is clearly uncomfortable in the situation, and the hug is more of a formality than a genuine expression of feelings.

Just behind the man, his sister stands in the shadows. They are incredibly similar to each other, even in their tense gazes.

She is dressed much more colorfully than her brother, but her image is also dominated by dark shades. Her left hand, in an attempt to encourage or protect, gently touches the man's shoulder.

One of the men in the background also watches the hugging figures.Book cover illustration for "The rig at frost crescent" by Lauren Koch.
The front cover shows a portrait of a man from the waist up. They are wearing a warm coat and standing with their back to us. Long black hair is blowing in the strong snowy wind, covering their face. In their black-gloved hands, they are holding a syringe filled with red liquid.

The back cover shows a railway track covered with snow and leading deep into a spruce forest.Illustration of Henry of Skalitz from Kingdom come deliverance 2 game stylized as an old book illustration. In the piece itself.

In the drawing itself, Henry is riding his horse in a field. The reins are taut, and he is turned slightly toward the man approaching from the right. The rider's gaze is directed toward the man's outstretched letter. The approaching man is wearing armor and a bright blue hood over his shoulders. His right hand rests on the horse's rump. He stands knee-deep in tall grass with bunches of white flowers scattered around him.

Behind them, one can see a camp set up near a destroyed tower. To the left, two soldiers stand by a campfire, one of them polishing his sword. To the right, another group of men sit in a distant white mane tent. Two of them argue about something while the third has leaned his arms on a table and rested his head on 'em. A red colored banner illuminated by the warm setting sun can be seen in the distance behind.
At the top of the tent is a red flag, developing in the light breeze like Henry's robe and the grass. 
Behind the tower, the forest can be seen, and a little closer, just behind the tents, stands a large spreading tree. Its foliage shimmers golden in the soft glow of the light.

The whole piece is framed by flowers on the side, running hares inside a pattern on top, and curly ivy at the bottom. In the uleanileft edge is depicted an anvil, and under it intertwined in flowers lying sword. The work is done in the warm color of the sundown hour.Butch of sketches with my oc Elek
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
@realfollowers.bsky.social I am curious if this works
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Me: I'm going to grow my hair out again! Maryland weather:The hell you say! Me:Yeah, that's fair.
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Finally got around to submitting two stories I wrote last year back into the void. World hasn't ended yet, so I have no excuse.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
There is no Constitutional prohibition against chasing vodka with cocaine before going on TV and threatening war crimes in the name of Christ, so it’s hard to understand the Democrat Party outrage toward our Secretary of War. by Jonathan Turley
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Oddity Prodigy Productions @oddityprodigy.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
"An Altar of Driftwood and Coral" by @mxgomez78.bsky.social is just one of over twenty fantasy tales in our latest anthology TALES OF STEEL AND SORCERY! Now funding on Kickstarter at the link below: www.kickstarter.com/projects/odd...
A titlecard for the story "An Altar of Driftwood and Coral" depicting the story's title above an eerie, dark green sea.

Text is overlaid on a background of blue stone as follows:

"An Altar of Driftwood and Coral"
by Matthew X. Gomez

is just one of the many stories in Oddity Prodigy's latest anthology...
TALES OF STEEL AND SORCERY
Now funding on Kickstarter
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
gaslamp-pulp.com/2026/03/25/v... Features my story "The Charnel Pit" starring Liam the Black
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Volume 4, Spring 2026 — Fantasy - Gaslamp Pulp
Purchase now! Americas: USA*, Canada, Mexico, Brazil Europe: Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands Asia-Pacific: Japan, Australia, India Where myth breathes and magic lingers, new wonders tak...
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Oh look! Fiction by me will be in the Tales of Steel and Sorcery from Oddity Prodigy!
Card for "Altar of Driftwood and Coral" for "Tales of Steel and Sorcery" on Kickstarter
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
www.kickstarter.com/projects/odd... Yes, I have a story in this upcoming anthology. They are already halfway to their goal! Woot woot!
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Tales of Steel and Sorcery
A collection of fantasy tales, and the newest anthology from Oddity Prodigy Productions!
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
thehardtimes.net/blog/we-sat-...
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We Sat Down With the Wrong Flogging Molly and Now We Owe $600 to an Irish Dominatrix
OK, so apparently our new intern Caleb is completely full of shit. We hired him because he said he could make an... Continue reading this gem
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EmmyKtz 🐙 The Pink Hydra 🔞 @thepinkhydra.com · 31/12/2025
In November, I published @mxgomez78.bsky.social's sexy sword-and-sorcery tale, "The Sword of Bellerose" in our minizine: ko-fi.com/s/e5c9440194
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Something Old, Something New - Issue 1.3, November 2025 - The Pink Hydra's Ko-fi Shop
Cover art: “Clytemnestra After the Murder” by John Collier Poetry: “Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries” by A. E. Housman Reviewed: The best horror an...
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
You would kind of think that the response to lawmakers urging the military to not follow ILLEGAL orders would not be to state that those lawmakers be arrested and executed. But here we are.
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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
A notorious assassin had killed the previous six Archons of Golgotha V. They citizens have conscripted a new one; having failed to protect the previous Archons the new Archon has requested off-planet assistance and you and your ship has been dispatched.
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.
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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Baffling will open for submissions on December 1st! More info here: www.bafflingmag.com/submissions
Yellow/purple ink blobs. Open to submissions: Dec 1-15. arrows pointing to "unthemed" and "timefuckery" (the two themes for issues we're reading for).
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
A new Sword & Soul comic has appeared! "The beginning, a young warrior’s journey to unifying a lost and beaten people. Join Alara as he forges an empire from Blood and Sand!!" 👉 kingofkushcomics.com
Cover art for a comic book called "King of Kush", with Evans, Guerra, and Walton as listed credits.

A mighty warrior on horseback holds a woman tight as he fights off a small army of aggressors.
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
New fiction over at Freedom Fiction Journal by me. www.freedomfiction.com/2025/11/smok... Contains pirates, tiny drakes, sea magic, mutiny and revenge. All in a story you can probably devour in 30 minutes or so.
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Smoke on the Noire Sea by Matthew X. Gomez – Freedom Fiction Journal
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Zara 🏳️‍🌈 @zaravarin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Still seeking BIPOC folks for paid modeling in Seattle on Sunday November 9th! If you’re a Dragon Age fan, even if you aren’t a cosplayer, we want to work with you 💙 Please reply here or send a DM (just note I’m working remotely today so will get to responses a little later today 🙏)
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Rune Hrafnagaldur @lunegrimm.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Illustration for "Old Moon Quarterly" I've been getting so many cool projects to work on lately, thank you all very much!
Illustrion of a knight fighting a so called "wilder mann" in the middle of a forest clearingDetail of a stag peaking out in the backgroundDetail of a wolf in the background
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vikingsvssamurai @vikingsvssamurai.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Samurai swords, cowboy guns, and prophecy-fueled chaos. Cloud of Sparrows throws 19th-century Japan into a blender with the Wild West. It’s bloody, brainy, and a little messy. But damn, it’s got style. Matsuoka’s debut swings for the fences. 🔗 vikingsvssamurai.com/cloud-of-spa...
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Cloud of Sparrows: A Novel
After centuries of isolation, Japan opens to the West. Foreign ships threaten Edo, as American missionaries arrive, unaware of their predestined fate. With Lord Genji's prophecy, a remarkable adventur...
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Jenn / CaptainHanyuu 💖✨ @captainhanyuu.art · 06/11/2025
Also a good time to check ALL of your Bluesky moderation settings A couple of them were put into "Hide" without my action
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Text from a friend:
Just an idea for you to tweet (or whatever you use these days) 

An alternative strategy for limiting flights from major airports would be closing small (private jet) airports and sending those air traffic controllers to the main hubs.  

But that would impact private jets and that would be terrible.
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N.J. Gallegos is Dr. Spooky (she/her) @drspookyer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Follow me if you like: Cattos Horror Star Wars Lesbians and my rainbow mafia posse Writers/artists Memes Terrible dad jokes Bravo TV Being a good human Chaos goblins
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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
My books so far! Links below. Devilry in Godling Wood coming 2026.
Eleven books on a table. Titles: Grimoire of the Four Impostors, El Grimorio de los Cuatro Impostores, The Hangman Feeds the Jackal, The Promise of Plague Wolves, A Seance for Wicked King Death, The Switchblade Svengali, A Pantheon of Thieves, Death’s Other Kingdom, Colossus with a Poison Tongue, The Owl Men of Shanidar, and This World of Vile Wonder.
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Check Out My Latest Short Fiction Releases I've had two new stories published recently. One is at Swords and Sorcery Magazine entitled An Ancient and Terrible Appetite where two veteran monster hunters take on a contract to find a missing noble. If you've read my collection "God in Black Iron,"…
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Check Out My Latest Short Fiction Releases
I've had two new stories published recently. One is at Swords and Sorcery Magazine entitled An Ancient and Terrible Appetite where two veteran monster hunters take on a contract to find a missing noble. If you've read my collection "God in Black Iron," then you'll already be familiar with Viona and Heinrik. The other is my sword and manners story "The Sword of Bellerose" published in Pink Hydra's…
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Really nice to wake up and realize that the world isn't a completely shitty place
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
In case you missed it, Pink Hydra's zine has a new story by me in their minizine ko-fi.com/s/e5c9440194
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Something Old, Something New - Issue 1.3, November 2025 - The Pink Hydra's Ko-fi Shop
Cover art: “Clytemnestra After the Murder” by John Collier Poetry: “Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries” by A. E. Housman Reviewed: The best horror an...
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mogsymakes @mogsymakes.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
A few more shots from my current 10mm fantasy project, using Copplestone 10mm Trolls & 15mm Giant alongside Wargames Atlantic’s Orcs & Dwarves. Backgrounds by Jon Hodgson Backdrops. #miniatures #nerdlings #wargaming #spreadthelard
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EmmyKtz 🐙 The Pink Hydra 🔞 @thepinkhydra.com · 31/10/2025
Minizine #3 is officially released! ⚔️ Our featured short story is "The Sword of Bellerose" by @mxgomez78.bsky.social. It's a dark S&S-type fantasy with a twisted relationship between the Lady Bellerose and her "sword." Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/s/e5c9440194 itch: thepinkhydra.itch.io/something-ol...
Cover of Something Old, Something New featuring the Pre-Raphaelite painting "Clytemnestra after the Murder" by John Collier. The titular Clytemnestra, a woman wearing fine clothing and jewellery, holds a curtain with only sinister shadow behind. She leans on an axe almost as tall as she is. If you look closer, you can see a look of confusion and madness in her eyes.
Text on the cover reads: Vol. 1, No. 3, November 2025. Poetry by A. E. Housman. Artwork by John Collier. New: Sadomasochism & sorcery by Matthew X. Gomez. Reviewed: The best gory offerings of indie mag Inner Worlds.
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Oh, look, a new story by me! swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/an-ancient-a... Two monster hunters take on a commission to find a missing noble's daughter.
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An Ancient and Terrible Appetite – Swords & Sorcery Magazine
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
🐲@thepinkhydra.com is "an indie book publisher in Africa...with a special interest in bringing you the best in queer SFF and Romantasy!"📚 Their latest issue has a new story by @mxgomez78.bsky.social - readers of NESS may enjoy that, and poking around their shop in general: thepinkhydra.itch.io
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EmmyKtz 🐙 The Pink Hydra 🔞 @thepinkhydra.com · 30/10/2025
Our November minizine, with a new S&S short story by @mxgomez78.bsky.social, can now be pre-ordered on itch for a 19% discount: thepinkhydra.itch.io/something-ol... All proceeds go towards making a start on The Pink Hydra's 2026 fundraiser. ♥️🐙
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Something Old, Something New 1.3 - November 2025 by thepinkhydra
Featuring new original fiction by Matthew X. Gomez, classical art & poetry and reviews of short horror fiction.
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Oh hey, a new story by me will be available Saturday... but you can preorder it now. thepinkhydra.itch.io/something-ol... Features a D/s relationship, alchemical monsters, repartee and rapiers!
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Something Old, Something New 1.3 - November 2025 by thepinkhydra
Featuring new original fiction by Matthew X. Gomez, classical art & poetry and reviews of short horror fiction.
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Submitted my novella to Neon Hemlock. Contains desert (and deserted) ruins, blood magic, failed priests, archers, competence kink, and more than a dash of existentialism.
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Dr Tiffani Angus @tiffaniangus.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Look at this absolute garbage. I’ve cowritten three books with @vallescurarule.bsky.social that between them contain info, advice, and prompts to write 30 different horror subgenres and tropes. It’s NOT IMPOSSIBLE!! If you want to use AI, you’re NOT A WRITER! Go find another hobby!!
Image is of the Amazon page for “Writing Horror with AI” by James Blessinger
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Viva La Vivian @vivalavivian.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
#HorrorWriterschat My collection of various horror comes out on Halloween. I'd love if people took a gander(pre-order). Not all horror is as it seems. Monsters, both human and nonhuman run amok in it's pages. Aliens, werewolves, goblins, bunghole humans? I got you. mybook.to/AllsWell
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All's Well That Ends Well
Read it now
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EmmyKtz 🐙 The Pink Hydra 🔞 @thepinkhydra.com · 11/10/2025
Two of my poems are out today at Twenty-two Twenty-eight! www.twentytwotwentyeight.com/single-post/...
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Selected Poetry by Emmylou Kotzé
Photo Source: UnsplashSilver as the Moon  She stands now,Fit prize for any hero,Who would seek to win her?She stands tall amid the ruins,Does not stoop to tend the victims,Does not even seem to see th...
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Matt Gomez @mxgomez78.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Tempted to call the next inevitable collection either "Various Failures" or "Pulp is a Four Letter Word"
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Syraa 🌌💜 @syraa.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Beautiful comm of dragon Altira done by @/wicksandwheat.bsky.social that I love so much #Altiracomm
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