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Samantha Mary Beiko

@smbeiko.bsky.social
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I write young adult fantasy novels, write and draw my own comics, organize comic events, and generally hang out in my lair attempting to conjure good trouble in YWG. 📚 www.smbeiko.com ✏️ Patreon.com/smbeiko

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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
All of the real pumpkins here are the ones we grew 🙌 the corn stalks are also from our garden, as are the gourds. I did not grow the cat tho. The various cow bones were a gift from my dad, bc I attract that kind of energy 💀
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I did the label, but kiddo drew this ten times before he was satisfied. “It has to be perfect. It has to look like him!!!”
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Editorial assistant bringing his C game (cuddling)
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I ran a half marathon yesterday at Clear Lake with a best pal, spent the weekend at a cabin with kiddos running around causing good chaos, picked up some Charles de Lint books, and went nuts for a fibreglass elk (as one does).
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What an incredible read. Perfect for the weather shift. Time to go on a library spree for all of @silviamg.bsky.social ‘s books which I am behind in devouring 🔪 🐦 🩸
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Teacher librarian vibes in the studio today 🍁 working on a comic job, an editorial evaluation, and the usual 📚 what about you?
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“If only there was a cure for plantar fasciitis…” “Mostly it’s not running for a while until your feet heal—“ “No that can’t be it. But okay I’ll try to rest this week…” This week:
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you need me I’ll be in my backyard, sweating out the cortisol.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There’s nothing like having a cry on a crisp bike ride!! Kiddo headed to grade 1 today, his first time in a real school (after 2 years of nature school). I was both counting down to this day and am now bereft. PARENTING.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
DONT INTERRUPT MY SETS he screams.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
What fun! What times! I’m here @aikonwinnipeg.bsky.social till 7 tonight and then 10-5 tomorrow ✨
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Find meeeeeee!!!!! … @aikonwinnipeg.bsky.social Booth V5301 ~
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I’m the only morning person in my house and it shows 😂 up at 5am 3x a week, come home by 7:30, everyone is still sleeping. Even the cat.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Free will and adult resources are so cool because you can like…rent a studio…spend two years building it up…buy a book cart…and then put your 13 year author career on it in the hallway!! It’s like a mini market. Find it on the 6th floor of 70 Arthur St 🤓
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I love a book pile in total disarray 😭
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
WIP for my book launch on June 30 of my OC Sable, the actual Sleuth of Ferren City! I am committed to drawing every scale (perhaps I need to be committed.)
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Stronk — deadlift, 165#. Can I hit 200 by the end of my 14week lifting program?? Just FYI this is my own weight +30lbs. When I started in January, I could barely deadlift the bar.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
@pattybikes.com & I were on the front page of the @winnipegfreepress.com today about our municipal election podcast BALLOT BABES! We're just two humble loud mouths earning $0 to try and get voter turnout up from 37.5% in 2022 😱 listen at ballotbabes.com, record us a message & most of all VOTE IN OCT
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Dr Hubs and I lifted/moved/carried this 450lb wood shed 100’ into our yard and it felt EASY but that’s because I’ve been doing progressive overload lifting since January. Then I axed some logs. It’s nice to know there’s a practical application to strength training + EATING.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Morning~ just a reminder that the natural world is beautiful and worth protecting at all costs. And AI can never make you feel what nature does (while asking for nothing in return).
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
😭 😭
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I’ve celebrated so far by: - doing deadlifts at 6am - doing a 21km commute of kiddo drop off + office trek on the Dutch cargo bike - stopped to grab a soy matcha from Knapsack Coffee - undid the pincurl set hiding beneath my bike helmet
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
@pattybikes.com & I started this podcast out of frustration regarding the local government & also Winnipeg apathy/lack of knowledge ahead of the fall election! TOMORROW we will be on CBC Manitoba's Radio Noon for a whopping HOUR to take calls & comments & criticisms regarding said election. PHONE IN
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
And if you’re in Winnipeg and road safety is a thing that preoccupies a lot of your worries with your family’s general non-car mobility, there’s a west end town hall for ya on May 24!
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I’m loving this enormous monster bike, and so is this guy, who literally can’t get enough of it. “Mum, why is everyone still driving, when they could be riding?” I know buddy. I. KNOW!!!
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I have tiny hands but yeah he’s actually this big.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Book launch, book launch! If you're in #YWG (that's Winnipeg!) on June 30, head over to Ravensend Books where I'll be chatting with @jaxartattax.bsky.social about my all new sweet queer monster romance novel, THE SLEUTH OF FERREN CITY! I'll be cool & normal I promise ;) @ecwpress.bsky.social
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
TBH I’ve been very homesick and quite down most of this show. I just want to go home. My least favourite part of the weekend has been folks picking up my original hand drawn artwork, showing genuine interest, and balking at the……$50 price tag.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
A lot of new things coming down the pipe this year too!!
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
@Calgaryexpo booth A610–Please come deplete my stock so I don’t have to carry it home. Plz look how cute I am~
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I’m sorry I never post here 😭 but I’m at @calgaryexpo.bsky.social in Artist Alley!! Drop by for a visit or to peruse the stacks 📚 A610 💋
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
And yes, I am indeed releasing 4 new Romantasy novels (self-pubbed this time!) in 2026. I wrote them in 2017, having no idea that the genre would take over as it has! Pre-order links sooooon! Covers by Christina Murphy AKA Paper or Pixels! www.smbeiko.com/uncanny-cour...
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Hey fam -- I've revamped my website to making booking my publishing services a lot more straightforward! If you or someone you know would like to take advantage of my 16 years of publishing experience, feel free to share. www.smbeiko.com/book-online
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
It's surreal to think I've been at it with @prairiecomicsfest.bsky.social for 10 years. I've been breaking my brain the last three weeks on long-form business plans & program dev w/ our core team & writing every grant I can apply for. It's so hard. Yet I can't imagine myself doing anything else.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Our entire house is OG late 1960s, covered in wood panelling, Tyndall stone, and linoleum. I have absolutely no desire to renovate any of it as long as I draw breath. I’m a grannycore influencer.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
The moral of this story is that I’d die without him and I live in heaven already and I’m shocked that I got so lucky. Me, a soft garbage. He also built a snow fort with our kiddo today while I Zine Market’d.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Juggling momming, Festival prep, and client work this week (camp fell through.) Come visit me at 611-70 Arthur St, or hire me to edit your book/mentor you/buy my books so I can keep this slice o’ heaven going ☁️ 🌈📚
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Unforch we have to keep Freddie out of our beds at night because he’s a relentless Foot Shark that can’t help himself—but come morning he sits outside our door crying for love and I can’t resist anymore.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
A long weekend, an easy load out, and now time to feed my brother’s clowder of voids.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I’m also down to my last 2 KRAMPUS IS MY BOYFRIEND! copies!! Plus here’s a little one off hand drawn sketch still available 🫧
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Did you know I have bundles available for my two series? $56 for the Realms trilogy, $40 for the cozy queer monster romance Brindlewatch books ⚡️ no tax, all signed—I’ll honour the con prices in my DMs!
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Last day at Ai Kon Winnipeg ✨
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
uwu 👁️
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Eyes eyes baby 👁️ 👄 👁️
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Ai-Kon Winnipeg woo! Day 1 almost done; I’ll have more originals as table downtime happens. All are freehanded with a micron and a sharpie on watercolour board 🖊️
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Depression came for me hard in 2022, and it ebbs & flows with me holding tight to whatever I can in the undertow. When it gets bad, I hold onto these moments. I try to remind myself I’m building something that’s beyond me, and it matters. I matter. I’m very glad I’m still here to experience this.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
It’s been 1 full year in this space at 70 Arthur St. and I’m still so totally in love. Every moment I get to spend here I’m eternally grateful. Shout out to my studio mates & all the folks who routinely come over to enjoy the place, quietly or loudly.
A laptop screen with a word processor in the foreground; a large e bike in the middle ground, against a background of an open plan office with filtered sunlight, high tin ceilings, and red velvet drapes over the windows.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Writing has been tough for me since having a kiddo, but somehow this novel that I’m very close to finishing has felt breezy & wonderful—almost as if having a space completely outside the home has helped immensely?? PS I cut myself some bangs yesterday & they survived the 15km bike ride in.
A woman with red glasses, red hair, and red lipstick looks off into the distance, posed with a sculpted Krampus coffee mug in an office.
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Samantha Mary Beiko @smbeiko.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
What a day yesterday! Thanks for your support. If you've ever been interested in learning about direct action my DMs are open. You can email me at Samantha.beiko@gmail.com. Here is security telling me to stop taking pics of security volume (4 to 'oversee' two femme delegates in an empty room).
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