One of the things that has been taking up my time is working on weird luck. I am doing a chapter for @dr-nicky.bsky.social webtoon Weird Luck. Here's a piece of fan art I am doing for his challenge. This is the main character, where the one I am working on is about something else. #manga #comic #art

We are sad to share the news that Mark A. Nobles, contributor to several Spoon Knife Volumes and co-editor of Spoon Knife 11 (Remnants) has passed. Anyone that wishes to learn more and honor his memory through the planting of trees can do so here. bit.ly/3Txcdki

If you are in the Bay Area looking for a practice, two of our collective members teach aikido. aikiarts.com @dr-nicky.bsky.social @azziamw.bsky.social

Aikido: Martial Arts Skills for Modern Life • Aiki Arts Center

Aikido is a martial art that focuses on redirecting the force of an attack in order to take the attacker’s balance and throw or pin them. Aikido also has benefits that extend far beyond its self-defen...

aikiarts.com

Aiki Arts Center@aikiartscenter.bsky.social · 4d ago

We've got Beginner Series on Mondays and Fridays this month. It's a beautiful time to start (or restart) your practice. The fundamentals, thoughtful structure and joyful flow, are always relevant. See you at the dojo.

We are pleased to share an Open Call for Submissions, for Spoon Knife 12. Our theme for this volume is Bounce, and our editors are Azzia Walker and Dean Gloster. They also practice aikido together, an art about bouncing into solutions. You can learn more here. autpress.com/2026/07/call...

Call for Submissions: Spoon Knife 12 (Bounce) - Autonomous Press

Call for Submissions: Spoon Knife 12 Open August 1, 2026 – July 31, 2027 Theme What is bouncing into your life? Or are you bouncing into the life of another? The theme of Bounce is super open, and spe...

autpress.com

We go live with the Spoon Knife 12 (Bounce) call for submissions on Saturday, August 1. In the meantime, you can get to know co-editor Dean Gloster. He has an amazing depth of experience in the areas of comedy, law, aikido, ski racing, and fiction writing. aikiarts.com/dean-gloster...

Dean Gloster Reflects on Seven Years of Aikido Practice • Aiki Arts Center

Dean Gloster is approaching his seven-year anniversary at the Aiki Arts Center dojo. His checkered past includes being a law clerk to two Supreme Court Justices, being a lawyer for several decades, an...

aikiarts.com

Artists! Do a piece of Weird Luck fan art and we'll post it on the Weird Luck site! (We'll also advertise your other work) patreon.com/weirdluckcomic/posts/artists-draw-164931509 #art #comicart #artists #webcomics #indiecomics #comicsky #creators #oc #ocsky #worldbuilding

Artists: Draw Your Favorite Weird Luck Characters! | Weird Luck

Do you draw? Do you read Weird Luck? If so, we want your drawings of Weird Luck characters! Here's the story: If you send us your drawings o

patreon.com

I'm very tardy posting about this anthology due to cat business and such, but my Midwestern Gothic story "The Stage, the Gallows, and the Automobile" appears in Spoon Knife 10: Polarities.

ICYMI: In this week's page of Weird Luck, Angelica comes to a decision. WARNING: Angelica is not intended as a positive role model. #webcomics #worldbuilding #oc #ocsky #urbanfantasy #interdimensional #dreampunk #crime #noir #villains #damselindistress #femmefatale weirdluck.net/comic/2-2-5

Weird Luck • 2.2.5: A Little Something Extra

Weird Luck Comic Page 2.2.5: A Little Something Extra • Written by Nick Walker & Andrew M. Reichart. Art by Mike Bennewitz.

weirdluck.net

The open call for submissions for Spoon Knife 11 (Remnants) is up through July 31. Then stay tuned, as we launch the open call for Spoon Knife 12 (Bounce) on August 1. autpress.com/2025/07/call...

One month left! Submit your poetry, memoir, and fiction to Spoon Knife 11: Remnants. autpress.com/2025/07/call...

Call for Submissions: Spoon Knife 11 - Autonomous Press

Theme Give us your castaways, your tales of remnants and remainders, of subsistence against the odds. What is left behind? Who walks among the ruins? Why do I have this vestigial arm? We want your fic...

autpress.com

We always enjoy working with Eule Grey, and you may know them from Spoon Knife 9 (Numbers) and Spoon Knife 10 (Polarities). Here is a chance to go deeper, with Mission Skyscraper. bit.ly/4xLTtNG @eulegrey.bsky.social

We are preparing the open call for submissions for Spoon Knife 12. Our theme is Bounce and the editors are Azzia Walker and Dean Gloster. Anyone interested can learn more on August 1.

Thank you so much to Nomadic Press for hosting a reading by Hao Tran tonight. We had a wonderful time and sweet, soulful conversation. It's a chance to deepen community bonds. @autonomouspress.bsky.social

Thank you so much to Nomadic Bookshop in Oakland, for a lovely event. 

Eleven years ago today we officially launched @autonomouspress.bsky.social Looking forward to another eleven years (or more) of weird books for weird people. Y’all are the best little weirdos ever (complementary).

If you're in the Bay Area (California), check out Aiki Arts Center. It's an aikido dojo owned by two of our collective members, so it's queer and neurodivergent friendly. @azziamw.bsky.social @dr-nicky.bsky.social

Aiki Arts Center@aikiartscenter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are sharing the word around town about free aikido in June for adults and our youth program, that is open all year round for ages seven and up. See you at the dojo.

Bay Area book reading with Hao Tran: hope you can join us on Sunday, June 14 at Nomadic Bookshop in Oakland, 5pm. We'll have snacks and hear stories from The Old Village Road. See you there.

Thank you so much to Pegasus Books for hosting a wonderful reading tonight. See you again soon.

We are always happy to promote this Bay Area aikido dojo, managed by two of our publishing group members. The classes are free all month in June, so if you know of anyone looking for a practice, send them through.

Aiki Arts Center@aikiartscenter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are getting ready for a free month of aikido classes in June. It's a chance to learn calm, power, creativity, and play in a supportive group. See you at the dojo.

If you are looking for a writing coach that is truly supportive, we recommend Joy Reichart. She holds the space for what is ready to emerge. joyreichart.com/coaching

Coaching — Beginnerdom

joyreichart.com

10 years of Spoon Knife, y’all! Support a small press and pick up this new 10th anniversary edition of the genre-queering lit anthology. AutPress.com

Autonomous Press@autonomouspress.bsky.social · 3mo ago

And the ten year anniversary of our Spoon Knife anthology.

We are pleased to share that Hao C. Tran is giving a reading at Nomadic Bookshop in Oakland on Sunday, June 14 from 5pm - 6:30pm. It's a chance to come together in community and connect around the heart. 326 23rd Street www.nomadicbookshop.org

Welcome Home | Nomadic Bookshop

nomadicbookshop.org

Here is a truly amazing conversation. If you are interested in somatics, creativity, and leadership, give it a listen. Then if you are in the Bay Area, the Aiki Arts Center dojo is offering free classes for new students all month in June. @dr-nicky.bsky.social

Aiki Arts Center@aikiartscenter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

On Wednesday evening, California Institute of Integral Studies hosted an online conversation between Nick Walker Sensei and Alfonso Montuori, on the topic of somatics and creative leadership. www.youtube.com/live/eqbp3Au...

"And what about my flashback on the road? That was real. It was the only flashback I have ever experienced in my life, though not the only hallucination." The Real Ana Kai Tangata by Scott Nicolay in Spoon Knife 10: Polarities autpress.com

"There was a cute waitress there gave me a bowl of hot blueberry cobbler and vanilla ice cream when all I ordered was a cup of Joe and fries." Laminated Menu from a Diner Outside of Muleshoe by Mark A. Nobles in Spoon Knife 10: Polarities autpress.com

"Or perhaps he was her lover. A private gigolo hired to service her exclusively, taking the role of chauffeur merely as a cover. One could never tell. Those theatre people, so unlike us." The Stage, the Gallows, and the Automobile by LC von Hessen in Spoon Knife 10: Polarities autpress.com

"Make sure you get lots of vitamin C because the body needs it to keep off infections and viruses. Especially if you’re drinking, and I know students do. Shelob knows." A Letter from Shelob by Eule Grey in Spoon Knife 10: Polarities autpress.com @eulegrey.bsky.social

Spoon Knife 10 (Polarities) is shipping around the world through Amazon. Here is the link to share with friends and family. Thank you so much for reading. bit.ly/4tsHnGs