Claire Delune π¦
@clairedelune.bsky.social
Queer author of speculative fiction whose work has been featured in various outlets including HuffPost. Has a freakish depth of knowledge about animals and a worrying fixation on unicorns. Resides in Washington, where this sort of thing is encouraged. π¦
"You want to meet for coffee this morning? I know this place down the street called... Lleactraterterd?"
An Old Bookstore Glows Along a Rainy Autumn Village Street | Dark Academia Piano Ambience
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I have just learned eggplant don't have vines. Eggplant vines were a critical story element for an anthology submission I've been working on the past week. All lies in ruin. (Look, my degree is in zoology...)
Exciting news! π #SaveTheVaquita Week will be October 11th-17th! π π Streamer applications are now open! There are more ways to get involved this year, you do not need to be a streamer to help! Check out the savethevaquitas.carrd.co link for more! #Conservation #WildlifeArt #NatureArt #Vaquita
Kasey Snow@kaseysnow.bsky.social Β· 2d agoSign ups are live now until August 24th for Save the Vaquita Week 2026! If you are a Twitch streamer who wants to be involved, sign up here: savethevaquitas.carrd.co I'm chatting about it live today from 5PM-7PM MT (UTC -6) on Twitch.tv/KaseySnowArt if you wanna know more! #SaveTheVaquita #Vaquita
Three successful women physicists in India β Kaveri Hukku, Asima Pradhan and Urbasi Sinha β talk to Shobha Shukla and Matin Durrani about their triumphs, the challenges theyβve faced and their attempts to build a more equitable future. π§ͺβοΈ physicsworld.com/a/how-women-...
How women physicists in India are breaking down barriers and shaping the future β Physics World
Kaveri Hukku, Asima Pradhan and Urbasi Sinha describe their journeys as physicists in India
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Looking forward to working with Nottingham Writers Studio again for my online INTRODUCTION TO HORROR WRITING! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti... #horror #writing #writers #authors #onlineworkshop #onlineworkshops #writingworkshop #writingworkshops
Introduction to Writing Horror with Alex Davis
Learn the craft of horror writing with a horror and urban fantasy writer
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Borrow the tools of stage improvisation to strengthen their scenes, dialogue, and tension. It's open to all levels β whether you're just starting out or looking to shake loose a stalled draft, you're welcome here. #WritingWorkshop writingworkshops.com/en-ca/produc...
Improv for Fiction Writers: Stronger Scenes | Nov 2026
Use stage improv techniques to write stronger scenes, dialogue, and tension. Join Sage Tyrtle's one-day online fiction seminar. Nov 1, 2026. Enroll now!
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Here for the accompanying art.
Nicklaus Kruger@lousynick.bsky.social Β· yesterdayShe had a choice, of course. Stay with him. Bound to his #myopic views and little #mysteries. His small god. Or #emerge from his shadow, #risk heresy and damnation, and devour. The #fruit. The knowledge. The world. She reached for the tree. #inkmine #BraveWrite #2wordprompt #vss365
Not to judge a book by its cover, but that's a cool cover and I'm judging by it. I'm sorry, I have poor impulse control.
Jenniferr Brown@jenniferrbrown17.bsky.social Β· yesterdayA powerful reminder that horror can be literary and entertaining at the same time. smashwords.com/books/view/2... #HorrorBooks #InASeasonOfDeadWeather #BookTwitter @Mark_F_Dillon
Meanwhile I mastered show AND tell in kindergarten. Get on my level.
Rob Bignell, Editor/Author@inventingreality.bsky.social Β· yesterdayHow To Identify And Fix All The Places Where Telling - Or Exposition - Rears Up In Your Writing #writingadvice #writinglife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity www.amazon.com/dp/194887234X
Comics creator @sierrabravoart.bsky.social breaks down the fascinating connection between fairy tales, mythic pasts, and historical reality while discussing her new dark fantasy @darkhorse.com graphic novel Hans Vogel Is Dead Volume 2 Full interview ππ» youtu.be/fw8HazYLAnw
Legit question, is there any sort of, like, Obsidian or Bethesda-esque RPG with vibes like these thumbnails?
The Quiet Canal Keeps Every Autumn Evening Alive | Dark Academia Piano for Reading & Relaxation
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I'm still in the hunt with having clearing the first round of the 48 hour 500 word challenge, and that was restrictive enough π But hey, maybe you're someone who would get something out of this one! Or not. I don't know. Not a fucking mind reader here...
The 250-word Microfiction Challenge β nycmidnight
The 250-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in 48 hours.
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"Orchard of the Cenobites" was featured in Pharmacopeia Obscura: The August Doctor's Notes. A faithful votary harvesting medicine from sacred orchards discovers the price of salvation is far worse than imagined. CW: Body Horror Available on Amazon.
Pharmacopeia Obscura: The August Doctor's Notes
Amazon.com: Pharmacopeia Obscura: The August Doctor's Notes eBook : Augustsson, Jessica, Lucas, Christine, d'Scarlett, Dorit, Miksch, Mike, Shander, E.A., Peterson, C.J., Dancer, Maleah, Wyman, Morgan, Tulodo, Fendy, Best, Jim, Eric Tolladay, Steve Loiaconi, Holly Schofield, Benjamin Adams, Ollie Swasey, Robert Dawson, Don Norum, Jonathan Titchenal, Robert Borski, Glen Engel-Cox, Matthew Bettelheim, Ruth Bowens, Alicia Maskley: Kindle Store
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Pair of Sachicasaurus vitae, splashing around 124 MYA in the waters over what will someday be Colombia. Included a color rough in the thread- this piece was relatively painless thanks to that step and definitely something I always need to remember to incorporate! #paleosky #sachicasaurus #paleoart
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MU-Peter Shimon π@mu-peter.bsky.social Β· 2d agoExceptional brain and ecological diversity in the earliest snakesπ§ͺ www.nature.com/articles/s41... Cretaceous fossil snake, Tametara mirim gen. et sp. nov. Major ecological transitions occurred early in snake evolution, and known stem species do not represent the ancestral condition of crown snakes
Like the game isn't hard enough, we've got dickholes like this dickhole being a dickhole and landing a 2.4 million advance with his AI book. You know, like a dickhole. Satisfactory comeuppance, however.
A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social Β· 2d agoIn literary #chismes > Publisher Cancels $2.4 Million Book Deal After AI Questions Surround Debut Novel www.timesnownews.com/lifestyle/bo... #sloperator #cogsucker #books #reading #writing #Bookstodon (c)
Well great, one of us is going to have to go home and change.
Graphic Policy@graphicpolicy.com Β· 2d agoJust Another Summer preview. When scandal sidelines two LA teen celebrities, a punishment summer on a Montana farm forces them to trade red carpets for rubber boots #comics #graphicnovels #kidlit https://graphicpolicy.com/2026/08/03/preview-just-another-summer/
"Boy, that's a vibe. I'd like to go there." "Where, to fucking Bloodborne?"
The Autumn Quadrangle Where Time Stands Still | Dark Academia Music for Reading, Writing& Deep Focus
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I don't post on weekends, catch you Monday. Wait... Shit. Fucked that up.
"Claire, no. The mortgage--" "SHUT UP I GOT NEW GLASSES"
I was talking about fixations a lot yesterday about my obsession with unicorns (π¦) and how life is that which comes between me and writing, but I also want to add mermaids are right up there with unicorns, and I fucking love Transformers. Don't collect anymore and the shows are trash, but still π₯°
"Refusing the Call" was featured in Corner Bar Massaging vol 9 issue 4. Apollo's chosen oracle discovers todayβs demigods are disaster queers with daddy issues and zero heroic instincts.
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Fun fact, I have just about every Transformer released at retail between 1999 and 2009. This was back when they were twice the size for a third the cost (and a quarter of the articulation, but still). I... had a problem.
Ryan Miller // TFcon Chicago 2025!@tgping.bsky.social Β· 5d agoG1 1985 artbook painting 37 of 46, Omega Supreme! My previous artbooks are in stock on KaijuArts.bigcartel.com :) #noai #noaiart #illustration #watercolor
