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bzedan
@bzedan.bsky.social
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Optimistic existentialist. Latine. They/them. Old enough to be your auntie. Far more active on Tumblr.
Would you like to know more? https://links.bzedan.com/
I have #newsletter, serialised an old book at #tagtag and also am bad at using this tagging.
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bzedan @bzedan.bsky.social · Dec 18
Pinned post time! I do a lot of things in various mediums and here’s some ways to see and support it
🎨 Portfolio: bzedan.com/blog/
💌Newsletter: buttondown.com/bzedan/archi...
📚Itchio: bzedan.itch.io
👀 Stickers: bzedan.bigcartel.com
💖 Comradery: comradery.co/bzedan
✨ Patreon: www.patreon.com/bzedan
A digital illustration of two hands with long nails emerging from a swirling ribbon that says "Smile Now, Cry Never." Each hand is reaching for a D20, one a nat 20, the other a 1. A feathered and furred puppet of an owlbear on a light purple backdrop. The puppeteer is partly visible in the lower left corner, operating the wire for the arm. A photo of a hand holding a cut out valentine of an ouroboros with the words "did you let me die in your arms in the time loop" in the centre. In the background is the rest of the sheet of valentines. A tarot card sticker on a furry blue background. It's an edit of The Fool, but with Odie wearing a jack-o'-lantern on his head.
bzedan.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- bear (twice, spring browsing at edge of town)
- California sea otter
- elk
- a skunk I have a vendetta against
- frogs, so many frogs, crossing the road
watsonneith.bsky.social Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 8h
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

-red fox
-woodchuck
-black squirrel
-river otter
-townsend's mole
yesthatargets.bsky.social R. Dorian Goetz 🔞🏳️‍⚧️🪡 @yesthatargets.bsky.social · 8h
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:

- coyote
- kangaroo
- western rattlesnake
- turkey vulture
- porcupine
November 29, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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badbucket.bsky.social
Itch.io sale runs for 4 more hours! go read me and @notquitereal.bsky.social’s folk stories

badbucket.itch.io/the-beasts-a...
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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bzedan.bsky.social
A fun thing about posting stories to my blog is I get to draw a little thing for them! This is often a challenge because sometimes I write shit that is not easily illustratable.
bzedan.bsky.social bzedan @bzedan.bsky.social · 1d
When driving down the 101, sometimes otherwise unassuming towns have the most mind-blowing meals you’ll ever eat in your life. Have a serving of some Jonathan Gold eldritch horror with this short story today: bzedan.com/blog/cafe-by...
Café By-The-Sea • B.Zedan
You’ve probably found when looking into the gaping, dripping maw of an ancient beast of the sea that there’s a moment where your fear is so powerful you can feel your self split, groping along all pos...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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bzedan.bsky.social
What if?! I linked it even (I just woke up, listen, shhhhh) itch.io/s/168464/bla...
bzedan.bsky.social bzedan @bzedan.bsky.social · 20h
Itchio's Creator Day and Black Friday combined into one unholy mix which means you can get all the writing I have for sale for $5 and I get to keep that entire $5. Wowee!
A sale graphic that layers thumbnails of several flash fiction collections, a zine series, and two other short story collections over a picture of autumn leaves piled onto cactuses. Text on the image says: Sale! Get it all: $5
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
With 6 HOURS LEFT in the ⭐50% OFF⭐ sale, I'd like to remind folks that we are confirmed Private Equity Collateral Damage & will be taking a hit on payouts from our distro, Ingram.

ICC will be absorbing the loss, NOT billing artists, so we would appreciate your patronage today!

store.ironcircus.com
Dear Publisher - We recently shared the news that Baker & Taylor was shutting down operations. When we learned they were financially unstable, Ingram took many steps to reduce credit exposure and stock levels, while continuing availability of books to library customers. Those steps were highly successful and the credit balance to the account was brought down significantly over time. At the time they shut down operations, their remaining stock on hand was minimal. Unfortunately, we have received notice that they will not pay the outstanding amounts they do owe and no further stock will be returned. Ingram is taking on the first $100,000, but the debt owed exceeds that amount. As a result, a chargeback for your pro rata share will be on your December statement (available the first week of January), per the terms of your contract.
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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jbbartram.bsky.social
I also had to draw them before I ran out of steam for the week :) I feel like these pals might end up becoming sculptures as well 👀
A medieval-inspired…sun harpy beast?? Drawn in pencil crayon with very bright colours — mostly yellow, green, and chartreuse Another medieval-y creature. This one is mostly blue and red with a bit of yellow/chartreuse and she has a castle on her head!
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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juniorwences.bsky.social
Y'all go track down the Poorcraft books. They're great if you're watching your budget. They make great graduation gifts. And they're fun comics, too!
ironcircuscomics.bsky.social Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 20h
You have just under 🕙12 HOURS LEFT🕐to grab ANY and ALL Iron Circus books for 50% OFF!

It's our BIGGEST sale of the YEAR, and even BRAND NEW titles are up for grabs!

Don't delay! These prices end at 11:59 pm EASTERN TIME!

store.ironcircus.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
bzedan.bsky.social
The only time I've been in a store during Black Friday was when we needed to buy a drain snake at like 11pm (and when you need a drain snake late at night, you NEED IT), so we went to walmart and had to weave around black plastic-covered sale stacks and lines of antsy people to get to plumbing.
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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douglasmack.bsky.social
my gift guide is you should buy cool stuff created by cool people on bluesky.

buy their books, their art, their old-school zines, their music, their nut mixes, a membership to their patreon, their off-kilter tote bags, etc.

(and if you have a thing people should buy, post it! right now!)
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
bzedan.bsky.social
I am extra excited about this one because it's several of my favourite motifs in one gorgeous (loving the coloured pencil backgrounds!) comic. I'm sharing an exciting bit but we're up to pages 6 and 7 now!
sarahmargs.bsky.social sarah margaret 🍂 @sarahmargs.bsky.social · 4d
Pages 4 and 5 of Into the Bladelands are here! Please enjoy & share ur thoughts and feelings
Five years after Sky disappeared, Ari is walking into the woods behind his childhood home. He's on the phone with his mom, and it's nighttime. Ari (on phone): No, I told you, Ma. I can't make it to dinner. It's the anniversary. ... What I always do. I need this, okay? I'll see you guys next week. He opens one of the two cans he brought with him and puts it in the grass on the hill beside him. Ari, sighing: Hey, Sky. It's Ari again. Been a while. Some time passes. Ari: So, remember how last year I said I was sure the new Game of Thrones book was gonna come out? Guess who looks like a big idiot now? I dunno, I sort of hope he doesn't ever finish the series at this point. Some things are better when they don't have a real ending. Like you. Cheers, Sky. He clinks the cans together, but the can set aside for Sky starts rolling down the hill, spilling beer everywhere. Ari: Aw, shit. He chases it to the base of the hill and sees something sparkling behind a tree. Ari: What... what the hell? He reaches behind the same tree Sky reached behind five years ago. He emerges into a forest in midday. Ari: Hel... Hello? Hello? Hell-- He's interrupted by an arrow thrumming straight past his head. Ari: Ah! Elf: Halt! State your business, stranger. We see an elf woman with red hair and a bow and arrow. She's in front of a sprawling landscape that includes a forest, a camp and a castle in the distance. Elf: Poaching in the Princewood is punishable by death.
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
bzedan.bsky.social
What if?! I linked it even (I just woke up, listen, shhhhh) itch.io/s/168464/bla...
bzedan.bsky.social bzedan @bzedan.bsky.social · 20h
Itchio's Creator Day and Black Friday combined into one unholy mix which means you can get all the writing I have for sale for $5 and I get to keep that entire $5. Wowee!
A sale graphic that layers thumbnails of several flash fiction collections, a zine series, and two other short story collections over a picture of autumn leaves piled onto cactuses. Text on the image says: Sale! Get it all: $5
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
bzedan.bsky.social
Itchio's Creator Day and Black Friday combined into one unholy mix which means you can get all the writing I have for sale for $5 and I get to keep that entire $5. Wowee!
A sale graphic that layers thumbnails of several flash fiction collections, a zine series, and two other short story collections over a picture of autumn leaves piled onto cactuses. Text on the image says: Sale! Get it all: $5
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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oakfrogs.bsky.social
escapism through channeling a medieval manuscript illustrator
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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johnnyrebeck.bsky.social
Today's short is CRAWLING 🥲 I put a lot of work into these, and my autosubs script died recently, so I am literally timing and typing everything by hand!

So like, if you like what I'm cookin feel free to give things a view/like over on the Toobz, too. Or even repost—tell the homies!
👉🏼👈🏼💖
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS #peak #limpbizkit
YouTube video by JohnnyRebeck
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
bzedan.bsky.social
A fun thing about posting stories to my blog is I get to draw a little thing for them! This is often a challenge because sometimes I write shit that is not easily illustratable.
bzedan.bsky.social bzedan @bzedan.bsky.social · 1d
When driving down the 101, sometimes otherwise unassuming towns have the most mind-blowing meals you’ll ever eat in your life. Have a serving of some Jonathan Gold eldritch horror with this short story today: bzedan.com/blog/cafe-by...
Café By-The-Sea • B.Zedan
You’ve probably found when looking into the gaping, dripping maw of an ancient beast of the sea that there’s a moment where your fear is so powerful you can feel your self split, groping along all pos...
bzedan.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 AM
bzedan.bsky.social
Whenever there’s some engagement post of like, “your 6th photo in your camera roll has killed you” or whatever, it never works for me because mine is always a something like screenshot from a history text of the dangerous dead, or particularly good romance copy on a candy bar.
November 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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tkingfisher.com
These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
jackattack.bsky.social Jack Musto 🐇 🌕 🐺 @jackattack.bsky.social · 2d
Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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bzedan.bsky.social
When driving down the 101, sometimes otherwise unassuming towns have the most mind-blowing meals you’ll ever eat in your life. Have a serving of some Jonathan Gold eldritch horror with this short story today: bzedan.com/blog/cafe-by...
Café By-The-Sea • B.Zedan
You’ve probably found when looking into the gaping, dripping maw of an ancient beast of the sea that there’s a moment where your fear is so powerful you can feel your self split, groping along all pos...
bzedan.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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chronographia.bsky.social
Everyone say thank you to the Incan agronomists for developing one of the world’s most perfect foods, the potato.
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
bzedan.bsky.social
When driving down the 101, sometimes otherwise unassuming towns have the most mind-blowing meals you’ll ever eat in your life. Have a serving of some Jonathan Gold eldritch horror with this short story today: bzedan.com/blog/cafe-by...
Café By-The-Sea • B.Zedan
You’ve probably found when looking into the gaping, dripping maw of an ancient beast of the sea that there’s a moment where your fear is so powerful you can feel your self split, groping along all pos...
bzedan.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
Our Black Friday sale will be on everything.

EVERYTHING.

New books, old books. anthologies, GNs.

50% off, ACROSS THE BOARD.

Get that holiday shopping done in one, support artists and weird media!
ironcircuscomics.bsky.social Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 3d
👀still got your eye on a title you haven't picked up yet?

We know every $ counts, and Iron Circus Comics has a One-Day Sale, 50% off for 24 hours, just around the corner!

Don't wait til the day of to take a peek, now's the time to check out our library in advance! 🔎
store.ironcircus.com ⚙️
Soon there will be a sale that we're hoping will get you situated for the holiday and gifting season! Or maybe it's time for your own little treat? Get something for yourself or your loved ones this Friday during the Annual Iron Circus Black Friday Sale for 50% off for just 24 hours! We suggest picking up as many titles as you can to save on shipping and get the best deal you'll see this year! https://store.ironcircus.com/
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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johnnyrebeck.bsky.social
A very good read with some very relatable bits, for me.

Also, just a grand perspective on things, and ya'll should give this a look—about 5 minutes +/-
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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sixgills.bsky.social
Finally posting my new comic, Wolfhead, about fursuiting and playing pretend.
Deer fursuit shots referenced from photography by @attyboy.bsky.social

🧵(1/3)
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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outsidewolves.bsky.social
Ongoing thesis. Every day is #makeaterriblecomicday if you want it to be >:3
A scanned image of a sketchbook featuring a text-laden comic. Text in the first panel reads "Let's speak plainly. I like to tell a joke. I enjoy people laughing at something funny I did or made or said. I intend this. When I don't intend it, I pretend I did." In this panel, a wolf is shown against a background of brick speaking to a laughing audience, stating, "Where am I? Which way to the restroom?" In the next panel, text reads "There are also things I am angry about that I am trying to draw attention to. This is often 3, 5 times deep into a joke from the surface level." Below this text, a wolf regards a book open on a librarian's pedestal, remarking "You photocopied a book from a kindle??" which another wolf look one with a sense of devious accomplishment. In the next panel, text reads "When such a statement is revealed after the laughter, after the humor has opened a place in one's heart, it's a good as a labyrinth. Time and space to lower defenses and receive a message deep inside, to contemplate one's own self, to think on it. The laughing wolf from the previous panel is found at the end of a floor labyrinth, doubled over with emotion at an open book. The other wolf from the previous panel looks on, twiddling his fingers deviously. The final panel depicts a Venn diagram with two overlapping circles. The left circle reads "Humor as a disarming device" the second reads "presenting ideas as a funny cartoon animal" in the overlapped area, the author's fursona, a simply drawn cartoon wolf, winks at the viewer.
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
bzedan.bsky.social
Surprising nobody, Fallout: New Vegas. Imagine if they added back in the Benny stuff that got cut out?!
ikexpastel.bsky.social iKE PASTEL @ikexpastel.bsky.social · 2d
I would like to know! 🤓👾
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM