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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#Poetry #Art #LateAfternoon There’s a certain Slant of light... That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes – - Emily Dickinson 🎨 Edward Gordan

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Swords Against! Magazine @swordsagainst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Highly recommend this bundle. As a writer, she amazes me with the depth she gets with her point-of-view characters.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some things I wish I had known when I was a new writer: Being accepted by traditional publishers has less to do with skill than whether they think they can sell it. Just because publishers aren’t ready for a story doesn’t mean readers aren’t. Writing the book is the easy part. 🧵

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Tropicality @tropicality.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pic of the Day…What a Rush 🌤️🌊 tropicality.com #sunrisers #sunrise #sunrisephotography #beach #sunrisedaily #sunrises #sunriseday #sunrisemind #beaches

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Clinty1 @clinty1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here's an American Lady for #InsectThursday #Butterflies #AmericanLadyButterfly

An American Lady butterfly feeding on a purple blossom

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#SufiPoetry #Art #Morning ‘And all who come before My splendour see Themselves, their own unique reality... Though you have struggled, wandered, travelled far, It is yourselves you see and what you are.’ - Farid ud-Din Attar 🎨 Josef Palecek

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Swords Against! Magazine @swordsagainst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

General submissions are officially closed for the first two issues of 2027. I'm tabulating counts and will post later. We had one submission that literally hit the mail server at 11:59:58. I should have a prize for the first/last submitters next time. Flash fiction submissions are STILL OPEN!

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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#wyrdwednesday "Hiding". by Val Mayerik. Oil painting on stretched canvas. 24" X 36". Cowboys and Dinosaurs graphic novel coming soon.

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#Poetry #Art #Cottonwood The fall yellow and green canopy of the Cottonwood copse was ablaze with orange. As I approached, orange and black leaves arose, fluttered and floated - Daniel G. Snethen 🎨 Douglas Aagard

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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My flower painting 🎨

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 30/09/2026

Bee and flower break

Bees collecting pollen from the local pink and purple asters.

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Mystic Bull Games @mysticbullpub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We are funded (in about 15 minutes!) and closing in on the first stretch goal. If you've backed us: THANK YOU! And please share in your circles. If you haven't, there's still time to get a FREE ADVENTURE. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

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36 Patrons/36 Wrecks Adventure Card Decks for Cepheus Engine

Two card decks with everything a 2d6 Space Referee needs to run an impromptu patron or salvage mission. Compatible with Traveller SRD, Cepheus Engine, and other popular game systems.

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Swords Against! Magazine @swordsagainst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have a stupid idea. I have to get this standing banner thing made. It's 63" tall and 23.75" wide. The cover of the magazine fits beautifully on the upper third or so. My problem is that I hate marketing and banners in particular. What if I put a 500 word short story on a third of the banner?

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Swords Against! Magazine @swordsagainst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Okay I was wrong... You have until Midnight TONIGHT. Get your stories in...

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Filip Mirazovic - "Daughter" (2026)

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Swords Against! Magazine @swordsagainst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I need to go get some of that beach healing.

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Swords Against! Magazine @swordsagainst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is my personal sword & sorcery vibe. That 70's-after-a-decade-of-LSD-and-Conan-comics look. What's yours?

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hasui Kawase (1883-1957) Autumn at Saruiwa, Shiobara, 1949. Coloured Woodblock.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Beneath the Weeping Canopy By Jeff Stanford

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#Poetry #Art #BlueSeason O suns and skies and flowers of June, Count all your boasts together, Love loveth best of all the year October’s bright blue weather. - Helen Hunt Jackson 🎨 Kaoru Yamada

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Swords Against! Magazine @swordsagainst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I realize there may not be a bunch of overlap between the sword & sorcery fiction crowd and the obscure 1970s space game crowd, but I am literally the overlap. Launching on Backerkit tomorrow if you're interested in supporting!

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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"What are your swords against?" "What have you got?"

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Swords Against! Magazine @swordsagainst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hey ya'll, @duotrope.com has us listed in their submissions tracking resource! You can find us here: duotrope.com/magazine/swo... As a reminder, we're taking General submissions through September 30 and flash fiction until we get 300 submissions.

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Swords Against!

Swords Against! magazine is looking for kickass sword & sorcery fiction.

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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My painting of a flower

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#Poetry #Painting #EverdayMagic Nature is not stingy with her miracles We simply forget to look 🎨 Kevin Kia

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Swords Against! Magazine @swordsagainst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ooo. Go check out @ordheist.bsky.social's work. Good stuff.

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#Poetry #Painting #Morning It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it - Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada

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Swords Against! Magazine @swordsagainst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ooo. Anyone have a tropical sword & sorcery story they're sitting on?

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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My flower painting

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Swords Against! Magazine @swordsagainst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Authors! Great markets resource out there: Publishing...and other insanity. Tons of markets across various genres. Also, Swords Against! is on there for about 2 more weeks! publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/p/calls-for-...

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Calls for Submissions

Literary journals and publishers put out calls for submissions when they are seeking new material. If you have a completed story, essay, ...

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yukio Katsuda (Japanese, born 1941) Horned Owl and Autumn Colours, 1985

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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My flower painting

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Erin Hanson @erinhansonartist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Fresh off the Easel! I visited Tipsoo Lake in Mt. Rainier National Park on the hunt for mountain reflections and alpine wildflowers. Alpine Blooms by Erin Hanson, 2026 Oil on canvas 36 x 20 in #Tahoma #MtRainier #NPS #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #art @fineartgallery.bsky.social #oilpainting

I visited Tipsoo Lake in Mt. Rainier National Park on the hunt for mountain reflections and alpine wildflowers. The cloudy sky prevented any reflections of Mt. Rainier, but I did discover an abundance of wildflowers! This painting captures the beautiful blooms up close, in impressionistic color. Thick brushstrokes of oil paint laid side by side, without layering, create a mosaic or stained-glass appearance in the landscape.

Alpine Blooms
by Erin Hanson, 2026
Oil on canvas
36 x 20 in

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#Poetry #Painting #LateAfternoon As the orchestra of sounds Fills my heart once more As the conductor of nature Creates its own score - Sue Ellson 🎨 Kevin Kia

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Swords Against! Magazine @swordsagainst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Headless Horselord got picked as a Kickstarter "Projects we Love!" Really looking forward to this one. We need more sword & sorcery comics (and more weird science fantasy comics...but that's another post). www.kickstarter.com/projects/hea...

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Headless Horselord: Sword & Sorcery Graphic Novel

A Cursed Kingdom. A Monster King. A Headless Saviour. 164 pages of full-colour, action-packed fantasy inspired by medieval India.

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Swords Against! Magazine @swordsagainst.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Ya'll come join me, @storypathwithmoira.bsky.social, and @amandadeibert.bsky.social in Burbank in November. We'll be talking about writing for games, comics, TV, and movies, being lone creators, and other fun topics. Admission gets you a Swords Against! magazine! www.eventbrite.com/e/swords-aga...

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Swords Against! Sword & Sorcery Magazine Launch Party at Geeky Teas!

Join us at Geeky Teas for the launch of Swords Against! Sword & Sorcery magazine, with Amanda Deibert and receive a copy of the mag!

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 10/09/2026

The Queen of Swords 🗡️🦇🗡️ from "The Vampire's Tale Tarot" tinyurl.com/2byeh9k6

Illustration of the "Queen of Swords" card from the Vampire's Tale Tarot. The artwork depicts a woman kneeling on a stone floor and she reaches up toward a flying bat. She wears a crown, and a small sword lays on the ground beside her. In the background we can see a crescent moon and the distant peaks of mountains.

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DOMROM @domrom.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

More Conan and Red Sonja 🗡️

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Druids by Julia Tar

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#Poetry #Painting #Nightime Watching your shadow Move In the window From the street Knowing that time Sometimes stills For us And that I am Almost home - John Drudge 🎨 Kaoru Yamada