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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH Approaching the 2nd weekend of the annual October celebration of the Black Fantastic, gotta ask if you've read anything by Charles Saunders, L.A. Banks, or -contemporarily- Veronica Henry, Malon Edwards, Tana Jenkins, Leslye Penelope, Rob Cameron, Linda Addison...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20h

I signed this! If you love D&D and workers' rights, please consider signing yourself!

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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hello friens. Have you considered… supporting Apex…

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Roz @rozmilner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

you know Vladimir Nabokov once noted that Gregor samsa never seemed to realize that at a beetle he now had wings and could fly

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I can't begin to describe how much Elise's editorial vision has meant to short SFF fiction as a genre, and how much her support has meant to me personally. She's had a hell of a time, and needs our support. It's time for Octobler, friends!

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Lark “Tornado” Morgan Lu @larkmorganlu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There are only 2 genders: - a noble death holding the line so that others may escape - fighting through the hoard to drag your war brother to safely

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh no! Feel better dearie. There's no need to rush recovery.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oooh, there's an idea. Adding to the list to try and find one to hold.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've heard good things about the pilot vanishing point but I've never had the chance to hold one to try it out. Maybe I'll get the chance at the pen show. I'll see if the TWSBI Vac is significantly bigger than my swipe and try that too.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I mean, I love me a shiny pen (I've got two Benus), but super expensive is not in the cards right now.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm doing a nib tuning class during the Empire state pen show, so hopefully I'll be up to fixing tines after that. My daily writer is a sailor slim, so I might try their chonkier ones.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hey fountain pen folks, I've just been told by my OT that I need to be switching to a larger barrel on my pens, so what's your favorite chonky boi fountain pen that will also take a fine or ef nib? 🖋️

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Evangeline Giaconia @evgiaconia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

On the visual art side of things, my linocut print "The Creek" was included in the newest issue of smoke and mold, an incredible lit mag of trans nature writing with Celium Lit. I'm so honored to be included in this fabulous issue! smokeandmold.net/issue-14-fal...

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Evie Giaconia

ISSUE 14ANGEL LEALASTER OLSENB. FISKBELLA MASSIEBIRCH WILEYEVIE GIACONIAFOREST MURMURSFOX RINNEHAL SCHRIEVENELLE TANKUSSK CARTERWREN DOUGLAS Evie Giaconia is a multimedia artist and writer based in…

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Evangeline Giaconia @evgiaconia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Y'all should go do yourselves a favor and grab the Young Wizards series for your autumn reading - they're the perfect books to get lost in for a while ✨🍂✨

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've been looking forward to this one!! 😁

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Mary G. Thompson @marygthompson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Come see me in Brooklyn on Oct 20!

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What would you write if you had to combine a reluctant sorcerer, the end of the world, and an unopened letter into a short story? Or a box of killer wasps, the north pole of the moon, a sentient lump of yogurt? Those are not the prompts that ended up in this anthology. But they could have been. 🪐📚💙

lanceschaubert.substack.com

Person, Place, Thing writing prompts ➡️ new anthology!

Stories from prompts + Erin Cullen’s “Beyond the Beyond”

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

NEW ARTICLE NEW ARTICLE 9yrs, 9 months, I was burned out and almost dead. It made it hard to do my yearly roundup. Let's talk about 2017 was one of the most important years of my life, and how these games shaped me as an artist. ...if I can remember them all. docseuss.medium.com/i-completed-...

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i completed 52 games and 8 pieces of downloadable content in 2017.

In March 2018, I ended up in the ER. I had been working far, far too much and too hard and it turns out I had a congenital heart defect…

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Do you feel overwhelmed as an adult? Then I've got just the trick: The Last Adult Superstore. It's got everything you need. They promise.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I've seen a couple people mention morning pages, but not the book it comes from which is Julia Cameron's "The Artists Way". It's basically a twelve week program for reconnecting to yourself and your joy. Was very useful to me when my life fell apart during the pandemic.

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The Artist’s Way - Julia Cameron

That book with the morning pages. Cameron's OG writing advice book, a twelve step program in reverse, instead of breaking a habit you are building one.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just a few more days on this fun anthology with my Halloween meet-cute story "pumpkin guts" in it. Don't wait! 🏰📚💙 #romantasy #romance #pumkin

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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There are just four more days on this spooky-sweet kickstarter with a story by me and eleven other fantastic authors! Don't miss it... 🏰💙📚 #writingcommunity #romantasy #halloween 🎃

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My buddy has had three ecos, all three cracked in different places. Meanwhile my swipe is still going strong. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

One and a half more squares down. These are seriously addictive once you've got the grid down. #embroidery #blackwork #stitching

Closeup of four squares of embroidery done in thread that shifts from magenta to teal. Lower right square is in progress in a design reminiscent of the Star Trek computer lines. Lower left looks like a spirograph and I totally won at thread chicken by making the colors match up. Upper right and left are in the previous photo, an optical illusion and a design of different diamonds that resemble stained glass.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A slow Saturday morning stitching and drinking tea is exactly what I needed this week. Tea is la sombra from @white2tea.bsky.social. Blackwork pattern is 100 Dinky Adventures in Geometry by The Steady Thread. #teasky #embroidery

Tea table showing a small white teapot with a skull for the knob on a white ceramic tray. It's surrounded by a glass pitcher filled halfway with a golden tea. An articulated porcelain dragon tea pet curls around the base of the pitcher. On the other side of the teapot a celadon snail and tiny glass ladybug. Foreground outside the tray a white handleless teacup sits on a blue tea towel.

Vertical photo showing one half of an embroidery hoop. On evenweave linen a series of squares embroidered in color changing thread that shifts from magenta to purple to teal to dark blue. Three of the squares are filled in with different geometric blackwork patterns. Top a pattern of diamonds, middle an optical illusion of three posts, and bottom a more classic blackwork pattern of interlocking bone shapes. All are in the same color shifting threads. I'm using this small project to get some practice color planning with color shifting threads, and also to get an idea of how much thread each box uses to plan for a larger version using only one thread color.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Breaking in my new skully teapot with some decaf Flip City while I wait for tonight's #cr4 episode to air. #teasky 🍵💀

Tea tray with white skull topped tea pot and white raku ware teacup with a matching skull on the side.

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white2tea @white2tea.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Old arbor tea trees near Menghai and some forest sounds to heal your timeline

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

When I worked in a pediatric cancer center the nurses would say "ice cream is a complete food". You can live on it for months, even years if you need to with a few supplements. Sugar, fats, protein, even essential vitamins (especially chocolate?!)

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

IT'S TODAY!!! My fantasy novella, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR, is out today! From here on out, if you suddenly have the urge to read about harpies, opinionated weapons, and a bunch of misfits fighting the fash, you can just DO THAT! Order direct or from bookstores: hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du...

Happy author Marissa Lingen, a long-haired white woman, holds up a copy of her book, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Look into Obsidian? I've been using it to switch off of Google docs and there are a ton of custom setups you can do to fine tune your experience.

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

And another story out this month! "Twelve Silver Candlesticks" is part of Person, Place, Thing! I also wrote the introduction for this anthology of stories drawn from a hat using random prompts.

Cover of the anthology "Person Place Thing" showing the title in pink over an old black and white image of a man with a handlebar mustache and a huge dragon tattoo across his chest.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yes, the velvet helped to catch the threads and keep them from spilling back out. I lined mine with flannel which i hope will do the same thing.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Couple of threads of people new to the hobby have blown up in the past few days? Probably people adding warnings to those.

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Auferre 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @auferre.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"Sorry, I didn't realize your context window was so small" is going on my mental list of devastating responses.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I was taught that ort was a very old word related to scraps or leftovers. But there's also a bacronym that says it stands for "ratty old threads." It is unrelated to Oort clouds (the leftover bits at the edges of the solar system) because those were named for a dutch astronomer Jan Oort. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Definition of ORT

a morsel left at a meal : scrap… See the full definition

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I know that Ort jars are common among needle pointers as a kind of evidence of craft. A combined private measure of how much time you've spent and of the different projects you've made even if you've given them away? But also practical because otherwise the ort gets *everywhere*...

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What Do You Do With Your ORT?

Do you save your ORT? Or do you toss them in the trash? What's that? You don't know what the heck an ORT is?! Well then - pour yourself a nice cuppa and

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Oh yes, I saw a lot of this style in my search for a pattern. They seem especially common with quilters?

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Since I haven't found it yet, my guess is it may have been given away accidentally when my mom gave away some of her needlepoint canvases. Or maybe a friend took it as a momento.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As to size, mine is about 2"x2" which is about the size I remember hers being, except she had tried a bunch of ribbon embroidery flowers on hers, so it was basically a little sampler.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I think she had a big mason jar by her chair where she collected them too. I assume it got emptied into there? I don't actually know. Come to think of it, we didn't find them when I cleaned out her craft closet... Huh. A question for Mom.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Did anyone else's grandmother keep an ort-catcher like this? Mine called hers a "thread pig" and it was lined with velvet. I just made this one from memory because I couldn't find any details or patterns online. Ort is the #embroidery term for all the little snipped off bits of leftover thread.

A square object made of blue fabric with white spotted striped, fabric folded like an envelope with an opening diagonally down the center. A tangle of threads is peeking out from the opening and you can just see that the object is lined with another fabric, a black and white flannel. It is laid on a light blue fabric and measures about two inches by two inches.

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dawn of the debb @debbshock.com · 12/09/2026

I don't fuckin know; sometimes you just need to look at a jellyfish.

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

😲 That looks lovely. Adding them to my list for the next time I'm in Williamsburg. Thanks for the rec.

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