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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Tomorrow's the last day to sign up for October's Snail Mail! 💌

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Anyway, like I said. Federal fascism is already here.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026

In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence. If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it. 3dwhistles.com

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Okay, I'm back from my analog adventure and blogged about it! (Free post on Patreon!) A few highlights: - Ended up spontaneously going somewhere new! - Bought a funky record! - New art project! I will admit, I did say "Arrggg!" several times while driving. www.patreon.com/c/nickydrayden

Nicky Drayden Patron thumbnail: Google Map highlighting Antique Gallery of Round Rock

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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/

John Picacio’s response to Must Read Magazine’s request for his waiver of all Moral Rights and Copyright of his commissioned art for an ASIMOV’S assignment. Short version — Picacio says a resounding NOPE.

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Kickflip!!! 👻 Made a little Halloween art today. This one cracks me up.

Ghost doing a kickflip at night in a parking lot

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

About to navigate like a pirate and leave my phone at home. Looking up all my destinations on a map on my computer and plotting out my route. Ahhh, ye old MapQuest days... (I had to use the computer because my phone map REFUSES to show me street names 80% of the time.)

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Prickly is the theme for October's Amazing Analog Mail Club! - Prickly hand painted cactus art - Prickly collage of a psychedelic echidna - Typewritten letter detailing my fight with an AI agent - Four side quests that'll add some whimsy to your life Get yours here: www.patreon.com/c/nickydrayden

Mail club contents: Prickly pear cactus art, banned books sticker, letter, and echidna collage print, and membership card

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Kickflip!!! 👻 Made a little Halloween art today. This one cracks me up.

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We're officially up to 17 members, plus I've got my first two Etsy sales this week. 😎 I'm tickled people want my weird art. Plus there's a banned book sticker in this month's mail club to celebrate banned books week!

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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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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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Haha, glad you're enjoying the little details :D

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just found out I was born on a Wednesday! I now know this because I was checking my voter registration, and the form didn't have a way to manually enter my birth date and I had to SCROLL ON A CALENDAR back forty *something* years to pick the date. But I did it. Check y'all's voter registration! ✨

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The mail club just hit 15 members! Excited!!! You deserve something better than bills and junk mail, so put your name on the list and join the club! 📬

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The mail club just hit 15 members! Excited!!! You deserve something better than bills and junk mail, so put your name on the list and join the club! 📬

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Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hi everyone! You fundraised for one of my trans former students leaving Kansas - that helped and they are now safely in Colorado. I'm now asking you to help againnnnn Let's get Siobhán Kirchstein's fundraiser to goal! She is 100% a real person, I know her and just spoke to her today. Threading:

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Donate to Protect Siobhán from Discrimination, organized by Siobhan Kirchstein

Hello, everyone, my name is Siobhán, a 41-year-old trans woman who works as a c… Siobhan Kirchstein needs your support for Protect Siobhán from Discrimination

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The first batch of my amazing analog mail club will hit the post office this weekend and includes: - A prickly, hand painted lino print - A psychedelic collage print with side quests on the reverse - A typed letter detailing my fight with an AI ✨ Become a member: ✨ www.patreon.com/nickydrayden...

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The Prickly Side of Nature | Nicky Drayden

All right folks! The first batch of amazing analog mail club will hit the post office this weekend. Make sure your address is up to date so

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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The Prickly Side of Nature | Nicky Drayden

All right folks! The first batch of amazing analog mail club will hit the post office this weekend. Make sure your address is up to date so

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Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Children of Owl is a contemporary work of Lipan Apache fiction - its structure and themes (particularly the characters) are deeply rooted in my culture and our present-day realities. I hope it finds its readers <3333

Cover of children of owl with the Kirkus quote “A magical story that both haunts and enchants”

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

r/crafts has banned all Harry Potter-related crafts due to JK Rowling’s anti-trans bigotry, after a 53-41 vote

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From the crafts community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the crafts community

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Veronica G. Henry (Order The People's Library) @veronicaghenry.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A library with 100,000 visitors in a town of only 9,000 people!!! In The People's Library, I envisioned a library that was more of a community gathering spot. Seems that trend is real: untranslatedjp.substack.com/p/japans-boo...

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Japan's book scene is quietly moving from bookstores to libraries

Small local libraries are now becoming travel destinations

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So yesterday, I got into a fight with an AI agent, not in a cool Matrix way, but getting stuck in an infinite loop trying to schedule an oil change for my Honda kind of way. Thanks, I hate it here. Anyway, I'm using this fight to kick off my snail mail club. 📬 www.patreon.com/c/nickydrayden

My cool typewriter starting a letter to Dear Magnificent Human Persons, Yesterday, I got into a fight with an AI agent, and not in a cool dystopian way...

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ed Sheeran would one hundred percent hide a zombie bite.

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My amazing analog mail club starts hitting mailboxes next week! If you're into art, nature, old tech, whimsical challenges, and fighting AI, this mail club is for you. Become a member: www.patreon.com/nickydrayden

My cool cursive typewriter, mid letter: Dear Magnificent Human Person, Yesterday, I got into a fight with an AI agent... My amazing analog mail club launches next week!

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 10/09/2026

Ok. Just a teeny tiny short story time you can enjoy while you eat lunch, since this is still bouncing around the internet. A lot of folks are harping on about wanting our politicians to support the rights of trans folks being a "single issue voter" situation, and we're just naive.

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This Saturday in Austin: 3pm I'll be in the Game Nook at @armadillocon.bsky.social (Austin's own Scifi/Fantasy Convention) playtesting the new RPG mode of Prosper with Dragons. 🚀 See you there!

This Saturday, Come play games at ArmadilloCon. Spelled out in banangram tiles with other games in the background

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My Disconnect/Reconnect mail club has 12 members. Who will be lucky number 13? This month we celebrate the prickly pear cactus, bearer of sharp spines, bulbous fruit, and showy flowers. This month's mail features a hand painted lino print, a letter, and side quests! www.patreon.com/c/nickydrayden

Tiled prickly pear cactus art surrounding a placard with a question mark.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Figured today would be a good day to repost this.

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We got 11 snail mail club sign-ups last week! Can we get 5 more this week? Every other month you'll get: - An art print (this month is a prickly pear cactus) 🌵 - A letter I'll type up on my cursive typewriter ✉️ - 3 side quests to bring a little whimsy to your life ✨ - Mail that's not a bill! 📬

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 08/09/2026

HELLO. You need to support THREE-LOBED BURNING EYE because first of all they have the best NAME for a venue in all of spec fic. Secondly did you know that they send you WEIRDO STICKERS when you get an author copy? THEY DO. Mine are all jumbled somewhere but I put one on New Flat Rectangle!

my author copy of three-lobed burning eye, edited by andrew s. fuller, volume xi

my absolutely featureless and unbranded new laptop with several stickers on it, including one large square one of a... a little demon guy? with a key? standing on top of one of several colourful mushrooms.

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Friendly reminder! Don't play around. Check your voter registration now, double check your polling location days ahead of time, and vote early if you can!

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 08/09/2026

I’ve donated to @globalvoices.org and if you have any spare cash, it’s a great organization to support. Spreading the word is also awesome if you can’t donate.

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Had a great time at @birdhousebooksatx.bsky.social Book Club discussing The Prey of Gods! It's so cool that my debut books is still on shelves almost 10 years later when the lines between scifi and everyday life are starting to blur. They've got signed copies, and I picked up a couple other books!

Lovely Birdhouse Books Book Club folks posing for a pic with Nicky Drayden and They Prey of Gods

Selection of Books you can get at Birdhouse Books: The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden, The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher, and Luminous by Silvia Park

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This week I'm launching my Disconnect/Reconnect Snail Mail Club! Sign up via Patreon and get art and side quests delivered to your mailbox every other month if you're craving a little whimsy in these wild times. (If you've been around, you know my swag is top tier.) www.patreon.com/c/nickydrayden

A stylistic prickly pear lino block, the inspiration mini art, and my knitted emotional support baby opossum who oversaw the carving process. The block is ready for ink and each print's background will be individually painted!

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Had a cute little setup on an old cart last night at Tiny Minotaur! I've got a few leftover games from our first printing of the cooperative Afrofutures card game Prosper with Dragons at a deep discount! Only $19 including US shipping! Get em here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...

Old cart with card game and art displayed

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

And then they look at you like you did it lol

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Nicky Drayden @nickydrayden.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Trust the process... Prickly Pear prints for the Disconnect/Reconnect Mail Club are in the works! And we're up to 11 members now, not bad for our first week. 🥰 If we can get 20 by next week, I'll be floating! www.patreon.com/c/nickydrayden How are you connecting with your whimsical side today?

The printmaking process: an inked lino block of a prickly pear, ink, and a finished print

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