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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 10h

Oh, hello

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 3h

Got me smiling.

Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 10h

That's the stuff. Yeah.

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 10h

Search your feelings...

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 11h

Hit me hard just now that, outside of a couple rudimentary attempts as a kid, I've never sat down to draw Godzilla. Decades gone. I need to sit with that because it feels too much like...something.

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 13h

They'd replace daycare with mine work (again) in half a heartbeat.

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 13h

Corporations trying to keep a straight face for 2 seconds when it's brought up that people face mounting financial hardships so what can the corp do to help

Scene of Ray Liotta laughing wildly from the movie GOODFELLAS

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you, Devan. I'd say I do too but I am EXTREMELY biased!

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 15h

There are a lot of amazing opportunities for writers but there are also a lot of amazing writers who aren't able to avail themselves of those opportunities because of cost.

Short but sweet: you can help.

♿️ Eva Roslin (They/She) is going to Can*Con! 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 4d

Hi everyone! I've been accepted to the once-in-a-lifetime writing workshop Under the Volcano, in January, in Mexico! I'm raising funds to help cover tuition, lodging, and airfare. If you are able to donate or boost the signal, thank you! www.gofundme.com/f/53fw2-help...

Donate to Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!, organized by Eva Roslin

Hey everyone! I'm Eva Roslin (she/they), a queer, disabled horror and da… Eva Roslin needs your support for Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!

www.gofundme.com

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 16h

"Just as Terry Pratchett forever changed my perspective on the word 'witches' and what it does and means in genre, Zig Zag Claybourne keeps illuminating and refining it."

Loving this love from the amazing @csecooney.bsky.social! Mother Khumalo & Granny Weatherwax trading notes would have been epic!

The novels BREATH WARMTH AND DREAM and AMNANDI SAILS on display at one of Detroit's absolute jewels of a bookstore, Next Chapter Books!

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 1d

Always and forever

Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 1d

Perfection.

Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 1d

I watched the day come in
hesitant to show its colors
then brighter
confident
finally bold
to the bold I say
good morning. Daylight looks good on you

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 1d

(Side note: all artists make stank face when they hit a groove, it's just that it's 12,000% less cool on writers and painters, hilarious af when dancers do it, & never laugh if you see a crocheter do it.)

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 1d

For me, AI stuff can be interesting to glance at but, in musical terms, technical proficiency might get you a guitar solo but it will never get me thinking you made stank face.

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 1d

It's the little imperfections in art that tell me you were thinking about someone here, a memory over there caused a hiccup in your lines, & an unexpected bit likely means you're currently in love. Machine art, being as filling as lens flare,is simply incapable of giving anyone gifts like that.

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!!!

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Karen Meisner @whatnext.bsky.social · 3d

A luxurious pacing is the magical shift these books accomplish, and the experience of reading them that way is a joy

Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely love people saying they're taking their time reading these. So much of life is whirling glurge. I didn't want to dole out more. There're word choices you can sit with, unapologetically poetic action sequences, dialogue at times bordering on non sequitur: things that invite a slowdown.

The fantasy novel BREATH WARMTH & DREAM and its sequel AMNANDI SAILS side by side on a glass table.

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 3d

Many thanks!

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 3d

I've read the first one of these and do highly recommend to folks looking for a book that prompts you to slow down and savor the journey

Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely love people saying they're taking their time reading these. So much of life is whirling glurge. I didn't want to dole out more. There're word choices you can sit with, unapologetically poetic action sequences, dialogue at times bordering on non sequitur: things that invite a slowdown.

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 3d

You will never convince me the entire population of this bird isn't a bunch of mean drunks in Dark Crystal castoffs who lost a bet.

a bird with a long beak is standing in the grass .

Alt: Big-ass freaky scary Shoebill Stork shaking its freaky wings out.

media.tenor.com

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Chairman Goa Tse-tung @jctenton.bsky.social · 3d

it would be cool if "i'm basing government policy on a tiktok someone showed me" got you immediately fired

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 3d

The @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter is currently sitting at $6,717 of our $20K goal! That means we're a third of the way to funding four issues of Apex for next year! Can we hit 50% before the end of the week? www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely love people saying they're taking their time reading these. So much of life is whirling glurge. I didn't want to dole out more. There're word choices you can sit with, unapologetically poetic action sequences, dialogue at times bordering on non sequitur: things that invite a slowdown.

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