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Val @ BOOM Goes the Bride!! @valwrites.ca · 16h

Hey, artists? Never, ever, ever say "I don't want them to pay too much" for a commission. For a sticker? A book? Sure. A comm? If they agree to the price, then that's a good price. Negotiate, sure, but don't lowball yourself. If it's easy, that's because you're skilled. And skill isn't cheap.

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Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 6h

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue is calmly sitting on his computer when he is startled by noises that sound somewhere between coughing and choking. Alarmed, he rushes to investigate.
Blue: Green? Are you okay?

Blue finds Green on his back on the floor, evidently shaken up but otherwise unharmed.
Green: I somehow swallowed spittle wrong.

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The Meggles Art @megglesart.bsky.social · 17h

Bob Ross would be disappointed in your AI Generated Slop.

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 8h

Art, literature and music are ways we express our human experience. Generative AI has nothing to say. Its remixed slop can only ever be, to quote Shakespeare, “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 9h

With Fantasycon getting ever-closer, our online content editor @laurenwrites.bsky.social caught up with this year’s Guests of Honour for a very different sort of interview. Today, it's acclaimed horror author @vlatinalondon.bsky.social. britishfantasysociety.org/meet-our-fan...

The background is like parchment paper, with tentacles creeping in from the top right corner. The text invites you to meet the guests of honour at Fantasycon 2026, with images of interviewer Lauren McMenemy and interviewee/GoH V Castro at the right side.

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Danie Ware @danacea.bsky.social · 11h

A little reminder that the Doctor has spent multiple lifetimes, battling evil world-challenging robots, in a whole variety of guises. Take this shit, and fucking shove it.

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Steve "Nothing, tra-la-la?" Turnbull @taupress.com · 11h

You keep pushing this but nobody wants your f-ing AI. NOBODY.

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 15h

Daily bunny no.3457 always brings an acorn

A bunny in a blue dress brings an acorn to a small grey squirrel, who she is meeting in a clearing in the woods. The squirrel is dressed more rustically, accepts the gift gladly.

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Steve "Nothing, tra-la-la?" Turnbull @taupress.com · 13h

They claim billions of users - because nobody has a choice. It's all hype. All of it. (I did make my choice, switched to Firefox, all AI options switched off [because you can], and use noai.duckduckgo.com .)

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

A figure stands in a barren landscape; reaches for the lever on a large, eccentric contraption covered in wires, pipes, dials and buttons; looks over towards two figures inside a bunker and says:

"'Trust me, it's safe' would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't saying it from inside a concrete bunker."

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A clever murder mystery set in the world of dark academia, Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske, from @torbooksuk.bsky.social #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/bodie...

The cover shows a dark grey, shadowed school building and above it a crest of a white tree branching out, and reflected to form a cirle under the words do no harm

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Steve "Nothing, tra-la-la?" Turnbull @taupress.com · 29/09/2026

Veronica: I don't know. My life is my life. If I had been as perfect as my parents wanted, I would have become part of their world. What would I have been then? Would I like myself? Polly: Nika, lover-- Veronica: No. We wouldn't be together if anything was different. The suffering was worth it. ✖️

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Steve "Nothing, tra-la-la?" Turnbull @taupress.com · 29/09/2026

#QueerCharChat 9/29. What is one plot point you want to have a stern talk with your author over? Veronica: My "author"? You mean God? I'm not sure I believe any more. Do you, Pol? Polly: Yes, I think so, but that's not the question, my love. 🧵⬇️ #writing #wlw #sapphic #3dRender #noAI #humanMade

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've added five new signed books onto my website. I've also run out of bananas, but let's just try and focus on the books for the time being. I'm going to tell you about the books now. Then I'll go and buy some bananas.

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Draw!

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Kit Author @kitauthor.com · 29/09/2026

Unwelcome at her current barn because she doesn't ride, Morgan follows her heart and purchases a property to renovate. Did she get in over her head? #equestrian #reiki #HorseRescue #HorseAgility kitauthor.com/book/the-hea... 📚💙🐴 🖋️📖💰

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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today’s recommendation: Plas Mawr, Conwy. Amazingly well preserved Tudor mansion.

An Elizabethan hall with plasters walls, wood panelling and furniture, and brightly painted plaster figures over the fireplace.

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In a recent poll, 9 out of 10 invasive alien species recommended JITTERBUG by Gareth L. Powell. Don’t leave Earth without it!

A xenomorphs holding a copy of Jitterbug

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Steve "Nothing, tra-la-la?" Turnbull @taupress.com · 29/09/2026

Pratchett's "The Wee Free Men". A good introduction for a young'un to Pratchett's Discworld books. He's funny and he never writes "down". (And always punches up.)

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My 10-year-old asked for a book recommendation “for a really funny book, but not for kids” and I’m freezing up. It’s for a school project, and can be a novel or a memoir. What should I recommend? (Am just now remembering Wodehouse, so obviously that’s going on the list.)

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In a message to my daughter, I just described something she’d found online as “Corporate wankwaffle written by an intern using CrapGPT” and I’m going to note that one down for future use

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G. D. Penman @gdpenman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Horror fans really are eating well at the moment. Across all media. Meanwhile I look through award shortlists for fantasy and I recognise nobody and nothing interesting.

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Steve "Nothing, tra-la-la?" Turnbull @taupress.com · 29/09/2026

#SeptemberWorldbuilders 29. Media Just got an external CD/DVD/Blu-ray reader/writer for my computer and binged Roswell (kids bought it years back). And honestly: what a mess. Now I'm on Heroes, well, at least the first season is good. I see lots of physical media purchasing in my future.

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Daily bunny no.3456 goes a-courtin'

Two bunnies are in a rowboat on a small pond, flanked by leaves overhead. One bunny rows the boat, while the other serenades with a small guitar.

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Steve "Nothing, tra-la-la?" Turnbull @taupress.com · 28/09/2026

When I was born "Stephen" was the most common name for boys in the UK. There were so many when I was growing up. [shrugs]

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Steve "Nothing, tra-la-la?" Turnbull @taupress.com · 28/09/2026

Veronica (cont): ... Everyone stares at me. At my deformity. Polly: But now you are getting married. You'll rule the estate. Yours to do with as you wish. V: As my husband wishes. P: I don't think he cares what you do. V: It will never be home. I'm exchanging one prison for another. ✖️

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Steve "Nothing, tra-la-la?" Turnbull @taupress.com · 28/09/2026

9/28. What does the word "home" mean to you, and does it currently exist? Veronica (gestures around): This is my home. I've never known anything else. I only leave to go to church on Sundays, and I don't even like to do that... 🧵⬇️ #writing #wlw #sapphic #3dRender #noAI #humanMade

We're in a Victorian looking room, there's a window showing it's daylight with some trees in the distance.

There are two young women, sitting closer to the window is a maid while beside her is her mistress who is only wearing a nightie.

The mistress is looking very glum, leaning on her right fist not looking at anything. The maid has her hand on her mistress's shoulder and appears to be speaking to her earnestly.

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Stephanie Farr @farfarraway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've always been captivated by the "Freedom" sculpture on Vine St., of a figure breaking free of a wall in 4 stages, with the final figure on the sidewalk, arms outstretched and faced lifted. I think it makes our city more interesting, which is the most any of us who love Philly can hope to do. 🧵1/3

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Help!

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Black Cat Book Nook @blackcatbooknook.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#QueerCharChat Wrap Up Week Questions. The last few days of September are upon us. Here are the final questions and a wrap up day! Posts should be posted roughly around 9:15am CST each day! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#QueerCharChat - September 28 - 30, 2026

Please remember, all questions are being asked as if you were your character(s).

28 - What does the word "home" mean to you, and does it currently exist?
29 - What is one plot point you want to have a very stern talk with your author over?
30 - Rest Time. Thank you for playing this month. (Also, please feel free to post a promo here as well!)

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Well THIS is delightful! #TheCutThroatTrial is a @waterstones.bsky.social Paperback of The Year! Available on an outrageous special offer here, if you fancy enthralling/terrifying/disgusting those you hold dear. www.waterstones.com/book/the-cut...

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not loads left: twonks.bigcartel.com/product/twon...

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