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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 14/07/2024

Being more positive by ending my doom spiral and starting my doom ascent.

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Buy trans books. Preferably, buy them in hardcopy so they can't be remote deleted.

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

They Who Bring the Light: Verse Two of the Ghost Flower saga is here! 🏳️‍🌈 Queer found family 🔥 Queerer Anarchists ⛪ A sinister church 💲 An evil corporation 🖤🤍💚 Gender? No! 👹 Vengeance? Yes! Available here in ebook, paperback, and on Kindle Unlimited:

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They Who Bring the Light: Ghost Flower Verse Two: Conwell, Jessica: 9798335941730: Amazon.com: Books

They Who Bring the Light: Ghost Flower Verse Two [Conwell, Jessica] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. They Who Bring the Light: Ghost Flower Verse Two

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

AVAILABLE NOW They Who Bring the Light, the sequel to Ghost Flower Come and See. www.amazon.com/They-Who-Bri...

Promo image with a black and white photo of the Seattle waterfront in the background with the cover of They Who Bring the Light next to a text box that says "To Save the ones they love, they will become the monster they were born to be. Rook Lake was just the beginning. Come and see." Another text box says "available in ebook, paperback, and on Kindle Unlimited"

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

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An orange cat sitting in a soft-sided lunchbox.

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

I’m so excited that this is going out into the world soon! This does everything a sequel should and then some.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 10/05/2024

How is it possible my skin can trap and restrain such feral sadness? When the body vibrates with the power of it and #misery seeps and weeps and creeps from every pore? Breath shallowed to starve oxygen from an explosion of despair, for I have found it can be tamed if I am very, very still. #whistpr

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 10/05/2024

We don’t have enough words for the sensation of cold. From the tingle of toes poking out from the duvet, To the misery of sodden clothes clinging to your limbs, To that chill when frosty ground is darned with a thousand stitches of light by the needle rays of winter sun. #whistpr

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 10/05/2024

ok this is an extremely middle-aged thing for me to say, but guys like Dorsey + countless other rich guys have some utilizable smarts but no wisdom. you have to actually pursue wisdom and the only payoff is personal - you can't monetize wisdom. smarts without wisdom are in real terms worthless

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 10/05/2024

It loves company, hates a crowd. It delights in rain, loathes the smell of petrichor. It barricades your bridges, refuses to burn them. It coaxes you to sleep, threads a branch of thorns through all your dreams. It knows your names so very well but never learns the map of your interior. #whistpr

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 02/05/2024

Happy spotlight day to @saltboy.bsky.social, one of the most talented and most underrated writers I know. I had a blast making the illustrations for his latest short story collection which you can find here: www.books2read.com/u/boXrpp/ Thought-provoking and heart-breaking in all the best ways 💜

Illustration of a white manta ray-like creature flying through a pine forest above snowy ground and a creek with ripples caused by large rocks in the water.

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 07/03/2024

Everyone needs to see this series of quoteskeets (especially @saltboy.bsky.social when he makes his next monthly visit to Bluesky)

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

I want to thank everyone who participated in this, whether by posting their books, boosting, or buying. Keep going! I am truly awed by the variety of stories being shared and the amount of talent on display.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 23/02/2024

Today is Whistberry newsletter day! Working on it now. What mysteries will it contain? Even I do not know, but if you'd like to find out along with me, it's easy to sign up for, plus you get a free e-copy of my first collection of short stories, The Melody of Trees, which is full of forest-y magic.

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Get your FREE copy of The Melody of Trees: 10 Tales from the Forest

Experience the unforgettable magic of these original stories and illustrations from the imagination of writer and artist Helen Whistberry.You’ll discover an elder god keeping a loving eye on their for...

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 29/01/2024

Our common ground is relatively meaningless if our uncommon ground includes things like genocide and human rights.

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Annette J @annettej.bsky.social · 26/01/2024

My Indie reading challenge continues with Escape from Melancholy Bay , a thought provoking shirt story collection by Ian Donnell Arbuckle studded with beautiful illustrations by the talented @whistberry.bsky.social as a little extra treat 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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Annette Jordan’s review of Escape to Melancholy Bay and Other Places

This slim collection of short stories is my first exposure to the writing of Ian Donnell Arbuckle, and what an introduction it has been. The collection comprises six stories of varying lengths some of...

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 15/01/2024

I don’t know about you, but I like hearing Helen’s thoughts more than my own! And the book is stellar, too, a real corkscrew willow of a collection. Highly recommended!

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 12/01/2024

One of the drawings I did for @saltboy.bsky.social 's new story collection. I am honored to call Ian a friend as he is one of the best humans and most talented writers on the planet. It was a joy to provide illustrations for this fabulous collection. Check it out! #art www.books2read.com/u/boXrpp/

Drawing in gray tones of a hand upturned and lightly cupping a beetle turned on its back as though dead. There is a clay brick wall in the background and the hand is dirty with rough fingernails as though its owner has seen hard times.

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 04/01/2024

“Generous” is an excellent way to describe this work, which I have been fortunate enough to read through! Generous in volume and generous in spirit. Definitely looking forward to this book!

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

I'm going to be more direct today. I need money. Buy my book. A lot of people have enjoyed my book, and I enjoy having money. So you see how this is a win-win. Buy my book. Please and thank you.

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

Looking for a supernatural queer read? 🏳️‍🌈 F/F friends to lovers 💀 Evil cult serving a fallen god 🦅 Weird birds 👼 Queers with wings and claws 🌲 Cursed forest 🌎 Lesbians vs god for the fate of reality Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell Available here: a.co/d/bufFU4f

Cover of the book Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell, which features a young woman looking up at trees descending from the top. Text next to the book: A quiet town. A sinister cult. A fallen god. Two friends. One chance to prevent the end of all things. Come and see. A available in paperback ebook and on kindle unlimited

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LA Guettler @laguettler.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

Booksky: if you've got a kindle crammed with TBR like me, you'll want to pick up a couple more free books. You can read them while you wait for VACATION ON PLANET GLOR. 📚 www.linktr.ee/laguettler

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

I'm writing a little bit about each story in my new collection ESCAPE TO MELANCHOLY BAY AND OTHER PLACES, out now in ebook and paperback. Today's story: "Out of Water". 🧵 www.books2read.com/u/boXrpp/

Advertisement for the book ESCAPE TO MELANCHOLY BAY AND OTHER PLACES with a render of the book cover against an ocean background. The book cover is black with a line of blue ascending bubbles.

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

I'm writing a little bit every day about one of the stories in my new collection ESCAPE TO MELANCHOLY BAY, which is out now in ebook and paperback. Today's story: "Long Solemn Bridges." 🧵 www.books2read.com/u/boXrpp/

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 20/11/2023

inprnt provides such high quality prints of artwork at very reasonable prices! Was really pleased with how this one came out. Printed on heavy stock and the colors are super clear and vibrant in person. Adding new prints every day and currently 30% off! #art www.inprnt.com/gallery/whis...

Photograph of a large art print depicting a gold and gray sea dragon amidst dark burgundy seaweed. There is a small white comma shaped ghost named Gary hovering around and other tinier ghosts also in the image along with bubbles indicating they are underwater.

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Out now! Ebook and paperback versions available. Thank you all for your support and for indulging my weirdities. www.books2read.com/u/boXrpp/

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

Hello! I'm writing about each of the stories in my new collection ESCAPE TO MELANCHOLY BAY, out tomorrow in ebook and soon after in paperback. Up for today, the title story, in which possession is 100% of the law... 🧵 www.books2read.com/u/boXrpp/

Advertisement for the book Escape to Melancholy Bay and Other Places with an ocean background and a render of the book's cover, which features the title below a line of blue bubbles.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 17/11/2023

All prints in my shop currently 30% off! Art makes a great holiday gift! Order early! #art #ArtFromNature www.inprnt.com/gallery/whis...

Drawing in white ink against a black background of five fancifully drawn crabs hovering in a star filled sky

Drawing in white ink against a black background of a small screech owl with big golden eyes

Drawing in white ink against a black background of a very fluffy squirrel gnawing on an acorn

Drawing in white ink against a black background of a roaring tiger's head

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

I'm going to write a little about each of the stories in ESCAPE TO MELANCHOLY BAY, which is coming November 20th. I've almost always enjoyed reading authors' thoughts on their own work. I'll keep it brief! First up will be "Animal Hour", my "opposite of zombies" story. 🧵

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Effie Seiberg is a spooky Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Did you know that Doctors Without Borders and World Central Kitchen are both great orgs to donate to if you want to help folks in Gaza?

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

It’s truly a delight to have a talented, skilled artist interpret one’s words. I’m so very grateful to @whistberry.bsky.social for supplying an original piece for each of the six stories in my upcoming collection ESCAPE TO MELANCHOLY BAY, as well as the art used on the cover. Thank you, Helen!

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Helen Whistberry, Writer and Artist

Find out more about Helen Whistberry here.

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

Do you want a book with trans trauma AND trans joy? Well....

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Avra Margariti @avramargariti.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

If my writing has made you feel things or my memes have made you laugh, please consider supporting me so I can continue to write my fiction and poetry (and shitposts, lol). Shares are also greatly appreciated! ko-fi.com/avramargariti www.patreon.com/avramargariti

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Available for pre-order! My new collection ESCAPE TO MELANCHOLY BAY AND OTHER PLACES. Featuring: Hidden messages in DNA Vampiric mushrooms The curse of private property The opposite of zombies And more! www.books2read.com/u/boXrpp/

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

This has got to be one of my favorite pieces noodling on AI yet.

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Looking for a super queer book to take your mind off of the holiday season? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Queer as fuck ♥️ Friends to lovers to...? 👻 Fake ghost hunting 😭✝️ How to ruin a pastor's life 👭🧍‍♀️Love that can count higher than two Three Sharp Knives by Jessica Conwell, available here www.amazon.com/dp/B07VT89WQ5/

Book ad for Three Sharp Knives by Jessica Conwell, background is a photo of a dock extending into a lake. Picture of the book next to text that reads "A trans woman living in a world that hates her.

A recovering disaster watching the love of her life move on.

A gentle soul trapped in the life she thought she wanted.

All three trying to answe the same question:

Who are we?"

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

I’m going to release a new collection of six stories on November 20, a date I picked because that is what my mouse was hovering over. I’m aiming to get at least three (3) pre-orders, if you’re interested in some unusual tales intended to haunt you without ghosts. Thank you!

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Escape to Melancholy Bay and Other Places by Ian Donnell Arbuckle

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 27/10/2023

Tiny sneak peek of my #art piece for @tenebrouspress.bsky.social's THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE ALGORITHM coming in Nov. This is about 5% of a spectacular drawing (if I do say so myself). I've never worked harder on any art. If you want to see what I have wrought, check out the comment for more info!

Grayscale drawing of a very small part of a larger drawing. There is an eyeball with lids and lashes in the middle of the excerpt and four unlidded eyeballs wrapped in tentacles with fantastical looking flowers below the larger eyeball.

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Happy new Mountain Goats day, everyone. I like that these seem to happen more frequently than my birthday.

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Hi, new followers. I’m a quiet guy. Here’s a brick of my short stories, if you’re interested in dusty, small-scope, and soft speculative fiction. Thank you!

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Amazon.com: A Childe's Garden of Whispers eBook : Arbuckle, Ian Donnell: Books

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 25/10/2023

Very proud to have my first piece of published artwork in this! Excited to see the other contributions and finished product!

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Ian Donnell Arbuckle @saltboy.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

@pairofclaws.bsky.social is one you should definitely read! The superior craftswoman.

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