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✨💜 king 💜✨ @king-reinhardt.bsky.social · 1h

The best advice I can give fellow readers is this: Don't be afraid to DNF a book you aren't enjoying. Read the last ten pages and see how it ends, if you must, but life's too short to waste time reading books you hate.

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Zvesta @artbyzvesta.bsky.social · 5h

A collection of frogs for you in these trying times.

Five digital drawings of "frogs". One is inspired by an Ouroboros, another seems to have a carved turnip for a head, one is a somewhat scrungly witch, another wears a flowery shirt while drinking from a coconut, and finally one of them is "Bimble". Bimble looks like if a rock tried very hard to be a frog and almost succeeded.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 6h

#boktober 3

ornamental drawing of a flying rooster in a swooping down pose, wings wide open, long tail feathers trailing backwards

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spookyobscurae @tinyobscurae.bsky.social · 5h

patron saint of lost corvids

black lino print with hand inked colours and gold, in the style of stained glass, with a bluejay with a gold halo, around them are green leaves on a red background, above is an arch of feathers. underneath text reads patron saint of lost corvids

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Big Hippo 🇮🇪 @bighippoart.bsky.social · 5h

October is here 🍂

A spooky forest featuring a lonesome fox walking into the fog.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 12h

How about a charming chickadee friend for today's #Whistober? I am drawing random things all month! Suggestions welcome #BirdArt

Digital drawing of a chickadee, a small songbird with black on top of head and under beak, white on the back of the head and under eye, dark gray feathers on wings and tail and a beige chest and belly. It is perched on a curving gray branch against a stark black background.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 9h

Blue-footed Booby for magpiesmiscellany - thank you for the #Waymakers donation! I had to get more sulids in here🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt The Waymakers challenge is a race and fundraiser hosted every September by @theyoungcenter.bsky.social to help immigrant kids in the US. Join us again next September!

Illustration of a Blue-footed Booby perched on a lumpy dark rock overlooking a broad sea. The booby is looking over its right shoulder, showing us its goofy yellow buggy-looking eye. It has a shaggy cream-streaked head, white breast, dark wings, and bright turquoise blue feet, the color of which reflects off the lower belly.

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Sygnin @sygnin.com · 9h

Will you give him cheese 🧀? #darkart

Sketch if a black bug horse creature asking Can I Has Some Cheese

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 12h

How about a charming chickadee friend for today's #Whistober? I am drawing random things all month! Suggestions welcome #BirdArt

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 21h

lookin at many a mantis while workin on a comm, so heres a carolina mantis for day 3 of #invertober #invertober2026

symmetrical geometric art of a carolina mantis, from the mid thorax up. the background is purple with lighter geometric lines following the flow of the mantis' contours

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 17h

There's still plenty of room for more Trans authors in this SciFi & Fantasy bundle. Also, I forgot to say in the criteria below; Romance and NSFW which also has a SciFi/ Fantasy plot is welcome.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Borb of Judgement #SpookyNature #birds 🌿

A black and white closeup photo of a very round black bird staring towards the camera in a threatening fashion.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Beetle 5/11 - Tetraphyllus #Art #SciArt

illustration of a dark, round beetle with iridescence that makes its otherwise black body and wings appear in vivid rainbow colors like a soap bubble.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 03/10/2026

Happy 3rd day of #Whistober wherein I draw a random thing every day! I was inspired by the monarchs that are currently swarming in our garden for this one. Suggestions for other subjects always welcome! I'm not so good at drawing people, but anything else is fair game! #art #inverts #SciArt

Digital sketch of a monarch butterfly. The butterfly has orange and black wings with a scattering of white dots along the edges. It is posed against a stark black background, making the orange and white pop out at the viewer.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today's Patreon post is another coloring page download for my lovely patrons on any of the paid tiers! Alternatively, you can follow me for free on Patreon to gain access to my monthly newsletter as well as public posts showing a glimpse behind the Whistberry scenes 💜 www.patreon.com/cw/whistberry

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Coloring Page: Octopus! | All Things Whistberry

Here's one of my favorite drawings: an exuberant octopus. I colored it in variations of the trans pride flag colors for prints and shirts I

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Jen C Mars @jencmars.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Pencil study 🪶 🐡

Photo of a fully rendered, semi-realistic pencil drawing of a great blue heron with it's neck curved similar to a figure eight. The drawing is resting on a wood desk and a hand holding a pencil is visible on the left hand side.

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The Wee Owl Studio, Art 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @theweeowl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

⭐️New⭐️ A new badger drawing has been added to my shop, and in keeping with the season, he's found some mushrooms! Find this small original on Folksy... folksy.com/find/item/87... #Badger #AnimalArt #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #NatureArt #bsnm

A postcard size colour drawing of a little badger who has found a patch of mushrooms.
Badgers are great diggers, and natural architects. They can craft homes of tunnel networks, or setts, which can run hundreds of metres long.
An original art work, please note that the frame is not included.
Colour pencil on white acid free artist watercolour paper (postcard size).
Approximately 4 by 6 inches (10.16 x 15.24 cm) will fit into a standard 4 by 6 inch photo frame.
The drawing will be in a clear envelope so you can view it before framing.

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Annie Shao Art @annieshaoart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#Birdtober2026 Day 3: Dive, I chose a Double-crested Cormorant! It was pretty much impossible to take a picture of just the cormorant, but I think the sheet looks quite nice. Prompt list by @kaylafiskbirds.bsky.social #BirdArt #SciArt #Birdtober #Birdtoberclub #FineArt #Copic

My first 3 Birdtober 2026 drawings, including a Purple Martin, Gray Catbird, and Double-crested Cormorant. The cormorant is for Day 3 today, it is drawn in a downward diving pose, with its neck slightly bent and one webbed foot shown.

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Mali 💤 MCM London G-23 @sleepimali.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My treasure 🌟

Watercolour painting of a couple of bunnies by a pink blossoming tree and a pond. One of them is fishing fallen stars out of the water with a net to put into a glass jar, as more stalls fall in the dark sky behind them and the other bunny looks at them in awe

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daltonthetart.bsky.social @daltonthetart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My mom always told me don’t drink out of brown mugs with two beetles on the sides and a worm on the bottom but you and I can show her it’s safe together hand in hand. lesserimppottery.etsy.com

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026

Trans Authors, For Trans Awareness Month (exact dates Nov 1st-15th), I'm putting together a Trans SciFi & Fantasy Bundle. (Note: its best to submit a book you won't be using for my Trantasy & Queer Fantasy bundle, running Dec 20th -Jan something 😉) Sign up form: is on my discord or I can DM it!

Trans Fantasy & SciFi
Itch Bundle
Nov 1-15th

Eligibility & Genre:
The author is trans -including nonbinary- and the book is some form of Fantasy or Scifi.
Plot-central trans (and LGBTQIA+) themes are welcome, but not required.

Genre NOTE: I am hosting a Trantasy Bundle in Dec (20th-Jan 10th) for fantasy, so if you wish to participate in that too, please enter a different book in each bundle, if possible.

Preorders: Pre-orders are welcome, if your book releases within 5 weeks of the bundle's end date. Please state the release date in your Itch book description, so readers know when they can download your book.

Categories: YA and Adult Fiction, novellas and full length novels.

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Daily birds 78 - Firehawks

top left is a brown falcon, bottom left is a black kite and right is a whistling kite, each holding a burning stick and trailing smoke against a pale yellow background.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 03/10/2026

Do not understand the psychology of people giving a thumbs up like to the plain blue placeholder book covers on NetGalley. I'm imagining they are all psychics who can foresee how beautiful the actual cover is going to be 🤔😂

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 03/10/2026

My latest #BookReview is for a forthcoming cozy fantasy tale that take a realistic & compassionate view of the challenges of living with chronic illness as well as the evils of corporate pharmaceutical (potions) companies along with an endearing grumpy/sunshine romance. Review based on NetGalley ARC

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Book Review: Potions Unincorporated by Iris Andersi — HELEN WHISTBERRY

Cozy fantasy with heartwarming message…

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 01/10/2026

In honor of the season, I'll be offering a bundle of my 3 horror-themed books for $3 on itchio all month! Or buy any one individually for half off their normal price! My acclaimed collection of stories, a weird Gothic fever dream, & an eco-horror nightmare. All illustrated! itch.io/s/202800/whi...

Book covers for 3 books by Helen Whistberry: When Your Heart is a Broken Thing featuring a white rabbit weeping red tears and a red rabbit with exposed skeleton weeping blue tears leaping in a circle around an anatomical human heart with a silver sewing pin through it. The Final Voyage of Avery Mothmere featuring a black cat swiping a paw playfully at an old-fashioned sailing ship; and Roadkill featuring animal skeletons splayed out on a bloody highway.

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🗺️ Divine Empire of Cirrhul full line art ✒️ The map I did for Innkeep. #sketch #cartography

a black and white fantasy map, depicting a land with vast mountain ranges up north, another around a secluded valley in the center, vast forests to the south and the sea at the southeast. rivers, roads and lakes cross the landscape. the map is tittled as "the divine empire of cirrhul".

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Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Artists quote with your art on fire 🔥 #fantasyart #phoenix

a phoenix with striped patterns on the wings above swirling stylized clouds

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Hope Doe @flyapples.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#inktober Day 3 miniture a cat’s love knows no bounds 猫の愛は限りはない #inktober2026 #inktoberday3　#inktoberminiture

A sumi and watercolor of a cat on the stairs holding a miniature doll of his owner. He uses it to control her.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 03/10/2026

Artists! Quote with your art with dramatic lighting! 🌟

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Gracklepalooza is winding down, but it’s been a good one this year! While most are gone, there are still a few around though! This male Common Grackle was flying to the next tree over, and wanted to make sure we got a good look at his “common” colours🤣 #Birds 🪶

A male common grackle flys against a dark background. He is flying right to left and his wings are down so we can see the gorgeous purple iridescence!
His head is a vibrant blue that sets off his yellow eye!

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#invertober 2, king ragworm (Alitta virens) #invertober2026

colorblock drawing of a rather colorful king ragworm curling around itself. its labeled in stylized text, each word in an opposing corner. there are four point stars dotting the empty blue background space, and a little gold crown hovering over its head

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🤘Boktober🤘 This is one of our babies when they were almost a year old. #boktober

A watercolor painting of a white chicken on a roost against a reddish brown and black background

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Artist! Quote with your art with dramatic lighting!

A pastel painting of an inquisitive looking raven against a bright orange background

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Welwyn Archaeological Society @welwynarchsoc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Day 3 of #31daysofgraves' theme is "glass". This unusual glass monument is in the Powązki Cemetery in #Warsaw, #Poland.

Detail of a grave marker consisting of a curved piece of glass with the deceased's name etched on it. The support, seen through the glass, consists of a series of thin horizontal slats which form the shape of a cross. There are lots of trees in leaf in the background.

View of the whole monument from the side showing the slats mentioned in the previous picture being set on a curved stone base forming an arc with the glass fixed to the top of it. There are lots of other monuments in the background as well as many trees.

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Beatyblue @beatyblue27.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#31DaysOfGraves 2026 Day 3: Glas/Glass Garten der Frauen/Women’s Garden #parkfriedhofohlsdorf Die Füllung mit kobaltblauen Glasbrocken symbolisiert Wasser. The filling of cobalt-blue glass fragments symbolises water

Steinbrunnen mit zwei sitzenden menschlichen Figuren aus Stein, in der Mitte blaues Glas.

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#31DaysofGraves #3 glass. Portraits in stained glass set in the Ralph and Mickey Laukhuff gravestone, 1993, Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee. Designed by Mickey Laukhuff Walker, who founded Laukhuff Stained Glass in 1961 and was the first woman to own a stained glass company in the US.

A tombstone shaped like a church with buttresses, arched windows, and a bell tower. The name "Laukhuff" is carved into the base. There are two brightly colored stained glass windows in the structure, with floral and wing motifs, each featuring a portrait of Ralph and Mickey Laukhuff, buried here. Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65537959/martin_%22mickey%22-laukhuff_walker

A portrait in stained glass of a smiling Mickey Laukhuff Walker against a white opalescent background. She has reddish blond hair and is wearing a ruffled collar with a pink edge. The portrait is framed in faceted square pink glass stones and floral stained glass sections may be seen around the portrait.

A portrait in stained glass of Ralph Laukhuff against a white opalescent background. He is smiling and wears a black coat, white shirt, and black bow tie. The portrait is framed in faceted square turquoise glass stones and floral stained glass sections may be seen around the portrait.

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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

cops search me for banned ideas I think of happier times where we don't belong old robot watching me weep in the ruined library habitat shift silvery saplings grow from burnt pages 🤖 #ScifaikuSaturday #inkMine #ThingsToWriteAbout

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H.S. Kallinger (he/him) @xakana.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Snag this bundle of 93 creepy & cozy reads by incredible indie authors for the nice price of $69! We've got ghosts, goblins and gothic tales! Witches, warlocks and werewolves! Demons, dreams and Hallowe'en themes! Reads range from bite-sized short stories to full novels! itch.io/b/3904/chill...

Graphic for the Chills, Thrills & Kills, an October Itchio Sale. Various Halloween-themed cartoon items on a red background, including: a black spider in a silver web, a bloodshot eyeball with a green iris, a little squiggle of lightning, a gray full moon with a fluffy cloud, a jack-o-lantern amidst yellow leaves, and a ghost eating a candy from a pumpkin bucket at a grave with another ghost behind the tombstone with R.I.P., a black skull, and crossed bones. 93 books for $69. A very big and spooky bundle of creepy and cozy reads perfect for this year’s Hallowe’en Season! Hosted by Indie Book Spotlight.

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Kerstin Sailer @kerstinsailer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Decided to try watercolours for some #Birdtober2026 fun. Here's a gray wagtail for the day 2 theme 'Shades of gray' 🩶 #Birdtober #BirdArt

Watercolour painting of a gray wagtail on a stone, head bowed down towards the water. Plumage in white, yellow and shades of gray

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Daily birds 77 - Greater lophorina

A black bird facing forward with its tail feathers spread out so it looks like an oval with a blue segment on its chest and above the eyes, an an open beak to show a yellow mouth

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Maria Strutz @mariastrutz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

'The Fox and the Magpie' - one of the lost animal fables by LaFontaine #FoxFriday #FoxoftheDay

sitting fox on the left facing towards the right, a magpie in the right hand corner facing forward. in the background undulating branches from a huge larch (I think), Kew Gardens

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S.H. Cooper @pippinacious.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

No, YOU guys are crying! Self-publishing is hard. There's no budget, no marketing team, and a deluge of slop trying to drown you out. So making it into the top 50 new releases for horror collections is incredible 🥹 Thank you for giving my little book a chance and helping me shout about it! #booksky

A screenshot showing Death in Its Many Forms at number 49 for new releases in horror collections.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 02/10/2026

Got through the tough section in drafting my Gothic horror weird romance novella thing and now I'm on to the part I've been looking forward to since starting (it's ghosts... it's always ghosts 😂)

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 02/10/2026

An unreasonably happy little eel for today's #Whistober! I'll be sketching random things all month and would love suggestions! Feel free to drop a comment if there's something you'd like to see me draw 👀

Digital drawing of a small skinny pea green and medium blue eel snaking its way among stylized red coral. There's a pink and purple anemone with feathery fronds hanging out on some rocks in the foreground.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 02/10/2026

We've had a banner year for monarchs. Counted no less than 7 at one time fluttering around this butterfly bush! We've had difficulty getting milkweed established in the garden but looks like our efforts are beginning to pay off...

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole.

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The strawberry overkill @tsoverkill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#hARToween26 day 2: spooky lantern Made this in 2022, so not technically an entry for this year, but I DO love it. Didn't get around to decorating yet (last weeks have been hell, and not in the fun, Halloweeny way), so here are pictures from back then. #drawtober #artSky #Halloween #spookySeason

A classical lantern with homemade papercut illustrations on it (here visible is a haunted house, a ghost and a creepy little girl) in black silhouette style. It is surrounded by pumpkins and decirative little wooden leaves and pumpkins.

Combined picture of each side of the lantern. A Halloween scene made up of black silhouette style illustrations on a lantern illuminated by stringlights on orange translucent fabric. They feature a gnarly old tree, a grinning carved pumpkin, a haunted victorian style house, a cute ghost, a creepy little girl, a cat on a stylized railing, a big spider in a net and a couple of tombstones and clouds in the background.

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