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Emily Ansell @latenitescholar.bsky.social · 11d

The Major Arcana is still on sale! (Until Oct 6th!)

Get a collection of some of the best dark fantasy anywhere! I have three stories in this collection for the Death, Strength, and Magician cards.
mybook.to/MajorArcana

A graphic advertising that the book The Major Arcana is on sale for 99¢.

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 12d

I just backed @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 on @kickstarter.com! Apex is such an amazing cornerstone of the SFFH community. If you are able, I encourage you to pledge support as well to keep their fantastic work going next year.

Apex Magazine 2026

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

www.kickstarter.com

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Emily Ansell @latenitescholar.bsky.social · 12d

Our collection of Major Arcana themed stories is on sale Oct 3-6! A great time to pick this one up for some fall/Halloween reading!
mybook.to/MajorArcana

Graphic advertising that the book The Major Arcana is on sale for 99p/99¢ from October 3rd until October 6th.

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 16d

“I have seen movies, short films, completely created by artificial intelligence,” Herzog said. “Story and acting and everything, they look completely dead. There are stories, but they have no soul. They are empty and soulless.”

Get their ass, Werner.

Werner Herzog gazed upon the "empty and soulless" abyss of AI-generated movies

www.avclub.com

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 16d

just guess

cait (and adonis)
@cait.bsky.social
i'm sorry to say this but if you send me a tiktok of a person telling a story into the camera for 3 minutes i'm not fucking watching it. just in general ever. people need to start typing things up again because i can read so much faster than you can talk and i'm not wasting my precious time on this
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X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · Sep 13

To describe the current state of the world as a daily show of deepening horrors is a massive understatement.

However, I read something today that I think more people should see and read.

I hope she doesn't mind my me sharing it here.

I'd rather be an X-Men by @gailsimone.bsky.social

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Emily Ansell @latenitescholar.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · Aug 20

Canadian crafters, take a look at this - peel and stick embroidery guides!

thehaberdasheress.etsy.com

Slap them on your fabric, stitch, then wash away. And they're 50% off.

(Another non-US maker who's getting screwed by tariffs so please, spread far and wide.)

#Crafting #Sewing #CanadianMade

"Cozy and Spooky Embroidery" - bats, pumpkins, spiderwebs, coffee, and pie drawn out on a grid to be embroidered.

"Snail carousel mending patch" - medieval looking design of snails around a square, for embroidering.

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Emily Ansell @latenitescholar.bsky.social · Aug 23

Same

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · Aug 16

This is owned by a LANlord

An apartment block where the windows and Juliet balconies look like network ports

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🌙Evil Sonny Ross🌞 @sonnyross.bsky.social · Aug 15

I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic

A decorative illustration of flowers with the caption “I don’t use ai I’m not a fucking loser” with a severed hand with too many fingers

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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · Aug 13

hey @mollytanzer.bsky.social do you know if Jirel of Joiry is pronounced with "j" as in Jeep and "Joiry" like joy-ree, or is it more French, where "j" is zh and "Joiry" is like Zhwa-ree (with the rolled, throaty "r" of French)? (I sort of assumed the Frenchier one, but I hear most ppl say the first)

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Emily Ansell @latenitescholar.bsky.social · Aug 15

TFW you make a new graphic for your book and accidentally write a System of a Down song.

When They Arrived is available at all places where books are sold AND you can request it at your library or on your library app!
emilyaansell.wordpress.com/links/

A graphic for the book When They Arrived showing it features things like robots, spaceships, aliens, sentient trees, multiple povs, and LGBTQ+ representation. The bottom left corner reads 'critiques of politicians, sensationalism, extremism/fundamentalism'.

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Emily Ansell @latenitescholar.bsky.social · Aug 9

My favorite Doctor and companion.

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Emily Ansell @latenitescholar.bsky.social · Aug 6

Congrats!

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Emily Ansell @latenitescholar.bsky.social · Jul 7

Writing Community introduction! Writers respond with your own intros.

I'm Emily, and I write various flavours of SFF. I like getting right in with characters and lore/worldbuilding. I've been in a number of anthologies and have a hopepunk sci-fi novel out. #writingcommunity #sffauthor

Sakara, Stone Age Fox 🏳️‍🌈 @sakarafox.bsky.social · Jul 7

Writing Community introduction! Writers respond with your own intros.

I'm SakaraFox, I write queer furry slice-of-life set in the Stone Age, exploring life in the distant past with the occasional adventure. I've appeared on @thevoice.dog and in the FHFS anthologies. #writingcommunity #furrywriting

Pascal Farful @pascalfarful.bsky.social · Jul 7

Writing Community introduction! Writers respond with your own intros.

I'm Pascal Farful, I write gay furry dramas usually set during the 70's and 80's with lots of political intrigue and fucking. I've appeared on @thevoice.dog and in the FHFS anthologies #writingcommunity #furrywriting

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · Jul 4

Happy Disability Pride month, y'all.

If you're disabled, share your links (arts, crafts, books, zines, ko-fi, mutual aid, what have you) so we can share it!

Non-disabled folks, like, share, & buy/donate! Let's uplift some voices and help some folks!

Disability Pride flag featuring a muted black background with colored stripes cutting across diagonally from left to right. The colors, from top to bottom, are green, blue, white, yellow, and red.

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Emily Ansell @latenitescholar.bsky.social · Jul 5

Still on sale!
I know things aren't great, but if you're looking for hopepunk, I can help. Gonna try and put out positivity wherever I can.
(You can also request it at libraries/ library apps!).
Love to you all ❤️
emilyaansell.wordpress.com/links/

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J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · Jul 1

“If it was Us, what did that make Me? After all, I’m one of Us. I must be. I’ve certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We’re always one of Us. It’s Them that do the bad things.”

— Terry Pratchett, Jingo (Discworld, #21; City Watch, #4)

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · Jun 30

Right now Authors Against Book Bans (@aabbri.bsky.social) is doing a fundraiser for Florida Freedom to Read Project (@flfreedomread.bsky.social). Here's why I support them and hope you will too!

Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · Jun 30

The great @pronounced-ing.bsky.social on why you should support the Florida Freedom to Read Project with a donation. Get your activism done for the day and donate here: www.fftrp.org/donate

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Emily Ansell @latenitescholar.bsky.social · Jul 1

ON SALE NOW! $1.58 for ebook, $15.80 for paperback and CAD= USD! Ebook price is across ALL platforms! Dive into some hopepunk this Canada Day! Because we could all use a little hopepunk in our lives ❤️
Sale runs from today till the 6th.
emilyaansell.wordpress.com/links/
Song: Tom Sawyer- Rush

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Emily Ansell @latenitescholar.bsky.social · Jun 30

FLASH SALE! When They Arrived will be going on sale July 1-6th for Canada Day! It will be $1.58 and $15.80 in CAD AND USD!
Note: the paperback sale price is only available through the 'zon, BUT will have CAD and USD parity.
emilyaansell.wordpress.com/links/
Song: At the Hundredth Meridian- The Hip

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key-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · Jun 27

Stop using generative AI. There is no legitimate use of generative AI. There is no “I hate AI but this is ok”. Not everyone is using it. We do not have to “get used to it or be left behind.” Just don’t. Just stop. Delete the app. Close your account. Save some money. Take the first step.
#noai

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Tred @tredlocity.bsky.social · Jun 28

Doomscrolling vs Quakebrowsing vs Wolfensteinsifting

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Emily Ansell @latenitescholar.bsky.social · Jun 28

My current MC is named Maree. Its meaning has sea and water connotations in several languages and that's why I picked it, as it's important to the story. Her siblings are also named like that (Rio and Brook). #WritingPrompt

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