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aquila 🍉 most normal frankenstein enjoyer @belllmonts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"dracula is actually about repression" "dracula is actually about bloodsucking landlords" "dracula is actually about assault" "dracula is actually about xenophobia" "dracula is actually about bram stoker being closeted" dracula is about all of those things welcome to the gothic genre

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Nadia Radovich @nadiaradovich.bsky.social · 20h

Loved this one ❤️

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[zed] godless beast @hyenalope.bsky.social · 22h

A wonderfully fun read from one of my besties. Go support 'em and give it a read too!

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Fae | 🦇🧛‍♀️⚰️🌙 @faerlymagical.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What a cute read, please take the time to give it a look. I am thinking of Lira Moonshadow today... yummy scones 😋

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RJ Aurand @rjaurand.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Daisy Farrow, one day dead, emerged from her coffin in the form of a swan as it was being lowered..." My story in Tales & Feathers Vol 4 is finally free to read! If you're looking to kill 5 minutes, why not catch up on this week's unbituaries from a ttrpg town? augursociety.org/duskhollow-t...

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Duskhollow Township Unbituaries, Week of the Harvest Moon by RJ Aurand

Daisy Farrow, one day dead, emerged from her coffin in the form of a swan as it was being lowered into the ground.

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 02/10/2026

“I have been in love with no one, and never shall," she whispered, "unless it should be with you." 🩸 Carmilla, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

illustration by Abigail Larson inspired by the 1872 "Carmilla" novella by J. Sheridan Le Fanu depicting Carmilla leaning into Laura whispering passionately to her. Laura looks a little concerned by what she hears.

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Hope Doe @flyapples.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

QRP with your skull art! 🩸🐇

A sumi and watercolor painting of an eaten man and the rabbit of Caerbannog who ate him.

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RJ Aurand @rjaurand.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Check out these mini reviews of some fabulous September fiction, including "This Is Not a Place of Honor" in @othersidespec.bsky.social Issue 3, which is free to read as of yesterday! othersidespec.com/issues/issue...

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Issue 3 - OTHERSIDE

Issue 3 of OTHERSIDE (September 2026) contains 14 pieces of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, as well as original cover art and illustrations.

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Issue 3 - OTHERSIDE

Issue 3 of OTHERSIDE (September 2026) contains 14 pieces of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, as well as original cover art and illustrations.

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RJ Aurand @rjaurand.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Do you love Norse sagas? Nuclear semiotics? Sapphic yearning for an undead creature held in stasis by artificial light for a thousand years? Check out my story "This Is Not a Place of Honor" in Otherside Issue 3! It's free to read today! othersidespec.com/pieces/this-...

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This Is Not a Place of Honor - OTHERSIDE

The partially petrified remains of the last living vampire lie preserved on an island at the top of the world, under the watchful eye of the midnight sun. Little is known about her save what survives ...

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E.M. White, load-bearing grad student @emwhite.sadbutbuildingworlds.blog · 01/10/2026

The best peat bog-related story I've read in a good while. (Yes, I have read a number of these.)

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Nadia Radovich @nadiaradovich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This piece has permanently altered my brain chemistry, 100/10 would read

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This Is Not a Place of Honor - OTHERSIDE

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Nyura Kim✨Pixel Art @nyurakim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

happy Witcher 3 Remastered day ⚔️🐴 #pixelart #ドット絵

pixel art scene (fan art) inspired by the great game - Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Gerald and Ciri spending their time nearby an improvised shrine of a fallen friend: there's a tall old tree and steady rick with 3 candles on it, burning brightly; behind them is a bid section of a mountains lit by the sunset sun with a vivid red color; clouds are looking stormy and getting ready for what the night will bring

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RJ Aurand @rjaurand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

25lb dumbbells today, increased the weight on all my machines, and ran 3.3 miles at the same interval. I'm ready to fight god

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RJ Aurand @rjaurand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As I assemble book metadata for the next catalog season this morning I'm remembering how when my former therapist learned I edit self-help books for a living she laughed for a full minute

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RJ Aurand @rjaurand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm in this one with a not-your-average-sapphic-sci-fi-vampire-story! Look forward to it! 👇

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𝕾𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊 𝕳𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊 @strangehouse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cover art I made for the Italian edition of Between Two Fires. Available to pre-order from Mercurio Books

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RJ Aurand @rjaurand.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The absolute delight of a new Silent Hill game dropping the week that fall weather finally hits VA. I have the last 20% of a knitted sweater to finish and will be relishing these playthroughs

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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ONE WEEK until Issue 3 is up on our website. But if you can't wait, here are all the places you can snag a digital copy: Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/othersides... Weightless: weightlessbooks.com/otherside-ma... Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HK144FTR Elsewhere: books2read.com/u/boLZ60

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bird 🔞 \(⁠☉⁠д⁠⊙⁠)/ ! @emrynbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

god I love getting into discussions that are just like...

crop of The School of Athens by Raphael, closing in on Plato and Aristotle who are wearing a chiton and cloak with "sickos" written on them

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ceej @ceej.online · 07/08/2024

dude, are you sure you want to leave? there are more horrors to witness

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🎶 'Alas, what hast thou done? Thou art a pynke pony girl Yn the daunse at the clubbe!' 'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe On the stage yn myne heeles It ys wher Ich belonge: Downe at the Pynke Ponye Clubbe! Ich shal keep on daunsinge, Down yn West Hollywoode' [WICKED LUTE SOLO] 🎶

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Nadia Radovich @nadiaradovich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"She always returns in the blue hour, when twilight stains the glassy surface of the tarn with sky. Torn, stained, still smelling of charred flesh or powdered with quicklime, waxen lips curling into a wan smile. Most detested cousin. Most wanted inheritance." www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/apex-m...

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In the Blue Hour

She always returns in the blue hour, when twilight stains the glassy surface of the tarn with sky. Torn, stained, still smelling of charred flesh or powdered with quicklime, waxen lips curling into a ...

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BAKER @fuckyoubaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

MUCH RESPECT TO PEOPLE NICER THAN ME

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Rijksmuseum @rijksmuseum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The book held by Saint Catherine of Alexandria probably contains love songs. Sitting beside her is Saint Jerome. You can recognise the two saints by their attributes: Catherine by the sword and broken wheel, and Jerome by the lion. 💗📖 👁️ id.rijksmuseum.nl/200705955

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Queer Liberation Library @queerliblib.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's September, which means it's Library card sign up month! 📚💳✨ If you don't already have a QLL membership you're missing out! Already a member? Here is your chance to upgrade! Join the the "qlub" at givebutter.com/TheQLUB

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Jordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you see this, post your green art

Medieval helmet in the shape of Kermit The Frog's head.

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Friends! It's the feast day of St. Hildegard of Bingen, an abbess, polymath, mystic, & eel truth-teller. Medieval thinkers agreed that eels reproduce asexually. But Hildegard suggested that eels mate at sea, where we can't watch. No one listened to her. But she was right! 1/2 🗃️🧪

Meme. Painting of St. Hildegard, from the shoulders up. She is dressed up in her nunnish finery. Her wimple is white and very creased, so that she looks a bit like a mummy and her veil is the dusky black of that suggests it's been through the wash many times. She has something like a crown on her head, with little spikes that look for all the world like duck feet. The saint's eyebrows are hard lines like windshield wipers, & her nose is ski-jump smooth.

Her head is surrounded by a nimbus of blue with a white outline, set against an orange background. She is looking up and towards your right, as if she's watching a possum that's about to drop onto the person sitting next to you. Her mouth is set in a tight smile. She's likely thinking about sex again. And maybe not just eel sex.

Hildegard provided us with the first written description of the female orgasm, so it's quite possible that she's got that on her mind.

Meme text reads:
"Medieval Eel Truth:
It's all about the Bingen's, baby!"

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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Two Story Hour science fiction debuts in one night? Yes! V.M. Ayala and Steve Horton read us stories of cyberpunk and superheroes. Missed it? You can still watch! youtu.be/Qu3YIYK4U_U

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September 16, 2026 Story Hour: V.M. Ayala and Steve Horton

YouTube video by Story Hour

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RJ Aurand @rjaurand.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

.25/.05 run/walk interval now, which feels like Big Progress. My goal is to be able to run a mile without stopping by the end of next spring

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socmedarch.bsky.social @socmedarch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#OnThisDay: Hildegard of Bingen died on 17 September 1179. She was a German Benedictine abbess, visionary, composer, and polymath. Renowned for her theological writings, sacred music, and pioneering work in natural science and medicine, she remains a profound figure in medieval history.

Medieval manuscript painting of Hildegard wearing black nun’s robes, seated beneath a small porch or canopy. Red, flame‑like tendrils descend onto her head to depict her receiving a vision. Beside her stands a man in a brown monk’s habit, writing as she dictates.

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Panel Per Day @panelperday.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Cosmic Knights: "Space faring failed to liberate mankind, instead it brought about an age of neofeudal diviinity. Kings and Lords who's vassals raised them to the status of petty gods, filled with such ravenous faith they did not fear explosive decompression, but welcomed it."

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Lindsay @lindsayhere.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Frank Brangwyn "The Swans," c. 1921

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Laura Blackwell @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Buckle up, everybody! This will be one heck of a Story Hour!

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SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Voting for both the Rhysling and Elgin Awards closes TODAY SFPA Members! The vote is often quite close, so get yours in 🚀 And THANK YOU for reading and voting and helping us to celebrate the best in speculative poetry 🌟

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paper beetles OUT NOW! @sneepsnorp3d.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

they live in an upstairs apartment with no ac wtf

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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Issue 3 arrives TOMORROW for subscribers! Which means... if you love queer SFF, today is a great day to subscribe! Subcribers get every issue two weeks early. Plus, if you subscribe via Patreon, you get tons of bonus perks, including Discord access, merch discounts, optional print subs, and more!

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OTHERSIDE — a magazine of the queer fantastic.

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Edward Okuń (1872-1945) Autumn Leaves 1912

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B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave @bzelkovich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#PoemADay #17: "Skull with Laurel, 1832" by rj aurand in @scrawlmagazine.bsky.social . I gasped at "a prince of charnel crowned". Gorgeous! scrawlmag.com/issues/issue...

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skull with laurel 1832 – (s)crawl | literary magazine

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Infrequent SF Microreviews @infrequentsf.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Drinking the Heron, by RJ Aurand in Small Wonders. Fascinating worldbuilding and concept, lovely prose, and an emotional core that hurts so good. smallwondersmag.com/piece/drinki...

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Drinking the Heron - Small Wonders

In the autumn of your death I go to the mead-hall, for there the Allfather says the heron of forgetfulness roosts. You cared not for the promises of gods and sages, but I go all the same.

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 12/09/2026

"The SCP Foundation Wiki is not involved with the film in any way," representatives for the online horror collective said of A24's just-announced V/H/S/: SCP.

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A24 somehow making an SCP movie without anybody from The SCP Foundation involved

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