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Richard, orc-core visuals @richardorc.is.orc.wtf · 3h

cachorros na praia
#art #furry

pintura; dois cachorros antropomofizados posando na parte rasa da praia, estão se abraçando de lado, sorrindo, e um esta lambendo a cabeça do outro.

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layla está escrevendo 💙📚 @vampifada.bsky.social · 6h

Esse texto nasceu entre Recife e João Pessoa, depois de sair da Bienal de Pernambuco transbordando em gratidão (essa palavra que tanto perdeu significado nos últimos tempos). Veio a partir do questionamento se eu iria pras bienais da Bahia ou de São Paulo e do grande "não sei" que tenho por resposta

Imagem com fundo claro e a frase "ninguém te avisa que uma das partes mais terríveis do recomeço é saber onde você já esteve — e não está mais."

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 6h

I dipped my toe in IF over summer, and it was great fun! Play as one of Emmanuelle's cats (from Val-de-mer) as you try to escape a bath... or perhaps you'd rather try to get as many treats as possible?

No knowledge of PAINTED FLOCK needed to play.

claudiearseneault.itch.io/painted-kitty

An image with a white cat that has splotches of red and blue paint. Besides it are pawprints of blue paint and the title “Painted Kitty” in red. Above is written “I made a small interactive fiction game and it’s completely free to play!” and “In which you are a dirty little kitty, and you’re trying to escape a bath!”

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Ana.txt escreve, edita, assobia e chupa cana @anatxt.bsky.social · 5h

Usar pra falar um pouco de #TécnicasSanguíneas e ver se vocês se animam a conhecer meus vampiros ❤️

Nanda Lazulli @nandalazulli.bsky.social · 5h

Thread de perguntas para seus personagens responderem 🧶

Basicamente: vocês vão quotá-las como se fossem seus personagens que estivessem respondendo, escrevendo do jeito deles 👀 pensem nisso como uma espécie de entrevista...

Divirtam-se!

Foto de uma mão escrevendo em um caderno.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 4h

🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded by red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.

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Koda @ehkoda.bsky.social · 5h

eu tô procurando leitores beta pra um romance com não monogamia, adulto com erótico, sobre amor e amizade, formas diferentes de ser família, e os medos que a sociedade coloca na nossa cabeça!!!

ainda não criei um form nem nada, só queria ver se alguém que já me acompanha topa essa leitura 👀

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HET @hetlaursa.bsky.social · 13h

My man suddenly making numbers he wasn't prepared

A colored sketch of an anthropomorphic male ram dressed with a grey-ish brown shirt with green necktie. He uses tiny round glasses, has a volumous but short beard and is looking confused at his smartphone screen

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May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open! @maybarros.com.br · 1d

A Study on Magic and Crystals is coming out October 24th!

Talita must travel to the fairy city to learn magic and count on the necromancer Marcela, and the fairy Solis for help! Together, they learn a lot about themselves.

Preorder: maybarros.com.br/a-study-on-m...

Cover of A Study on Magic and Crystals by May Barros. Shows the main characters: a fairy with short pink hair, white skin and pink wings; a black human princess with afro hair, wearing a pearly crown and a yellow ballgown, while she makes crystals float between her hands; and a human necromancer with white skin, black chanel hair and a skeletal cat on her shoulder.

Banner with the synopsis of A Study on Magic and Crystals, by May Barros, on preorder for US$ 7.99; to be released on October 24th. The synopsis reads: Talita is the heir of Lilyduan, the human kingdom. When her father invites her to join a dinner with fairy dignitaries, she sees herself having to deal with the responsibilities of her status. Sent on a mission to solve the magienergetic crisis of the kingdom, she must travel to Alyra, the fairy realm, and count on her friend Marcela, a shameless necromancer and the fairy Solis to learn all she needs to know about the Crystal Power Plant to fullfill her part of the deal with the fairies.

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May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open! @maybarros.com.br · Jan 14

New year, new #PortfolioDay!

I'm May, a queer Brazilian artist, writer and game dev! I focus on fantasy stories with queer characters!

My commissions are open!

✨ patreon.com/naiveheart
✨ ko-fi.com/maybarros
✨ vgen.co/maybarros
✨ catarse.me/maybarros
✨ naiveheart.itch.io
✨ naive-star.itch.io

Illustration of Marcela, a goth necromancer gótica with white skin, black short hair wearing black shorts and a black t-shirt with a skull print; Solis, a pink haired, white skinned fairy, with pink transluscent wings, wearing simple green pants tied with rope and a simple one-shoulder shirt; and Talita, a black princess with dark curly hair, in a green dress with shimmering jewelry; the three are walking in the woods holding hands.

Art of a woman with dark skin and green hair, wearing a floaty blue dress, flying among the clouds with two eastern dragons, one red the other purple. Atop the clouds, a castle with white walls and blue roofs.

Illustration of a girl with white skin in a sailor scout outfit with golden small gloves with green trim, golden bodysuit, green collar and a green bow, green miniskirt, dark green shorts and green boots. She has short green hair and green eyes. She is wearing a dark green mask

Illustration of the Greek Goddess Selene as a fat black woman with silver hair, eyes and dress, wearing a silver crown with moon motifs and holding magic moon symbols that glow with a blueish tint. The background is a starry sky.

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Lethycia Dias 💙📚 @lethyciadias.bsky.social · 12h

A criminalização e o repúdio social ao aborto ainda geram isso: a negligência e a crueldade com mulheres que fazem, e mesmo com as que não fazem, mas por algum motivo os profissionais de saúde acham que sim, e decidem que elas não merecem socorro

aline @tdbem.bsky.social · 12h

"Paloma deu entrada no Hospital do Tricentenário com fortes dores, consequência da endometriose que já a acompanhava há algum tempo. Mas ela não foi acolhida pelo hospital, não foi atendida como deveria e sangrou até morrer. Desconfiavam que ela tinha abortado."
diariodeolinda.com.br/familia-denu...

Família denuncia morte de mulher por negligência do hospital Tricentenário

Familiares e amigos de Paloma Alves Moura, 46 anos, afirmam que ela morreu vítima de negligência médica e de violência de gênero após atendimento insuficiente no Hospital e Maternidade Tricentenário, ...

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Rodrigo Ortiz Vinholo @iamrodrigo.bsky.social · 11h

Quer apoiar um artista que não recebe emenda pix do centrão? Pois venha pegar minha plaquete de poesia que está nos últimos dias de financiamento coletivo e ainda não bateu a meta! benfeitoria.com/projeto/marcha

Benfeitoria - "A MARCHA DA PÁTRIA ALHEIA", DE RODRIGO ORTIZ VINHOLO

PRÉ-VENDA DA PLAQUETE "A MARCHA DA PÁTRIA ALHEIA", DE RODRIGO ORTIZ VINHOLO, COLEÇÃO "PATRIOTA MADE IN", HECATOMBE.

benfeitoria.com

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RaposaBranca has ✨COMMISSIONS OPEN! 📌✨ @raposabranca.bsky.social · 11h

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Branca and I like to play around with colors and lights, digitally and traditionally!

I've done a bit of everything, especially games. I'm open for contract work, full-time work, and commissions! (🌟https://raposabranca.crd.co/🌟)

raposabranca.com

Digital illustration of Inquisitir Lavellan (f) and Solas in a lush forest. Lavellan, a black woman with short hair, crouched with her arms crossed and a frown while holding her staff. Solas is holding a glowing blue mushroom gingerly with a hand and supporting his staff with the other arm, also crouched and speaking back to Lavellan. They're perched on the thick roots of a huge mossy tree, light seeping through the forest canopy with dust shimmer around them.

Digital illustration in a painting style of a steaming bowl of what is probably a minestrone, decorated with crow feathers and some unidentified cottony material, pieces of both scattered on the wooden surface below. It might look appealing if you ignore it, as it has pieces of identifiable vegetables inside, but as the steam has a light ochre hue you're not that sure.

Bright violet neon text on the upper left say "Lucanis Lunchboxes #9", while lilac neon text on the bottom says, "SPITE'S INEDIBLE MINESTRONE" with terrible orthography. On the upper right it read : Based on the fic by Ellie Tsang Kirkner"

Colored digital sketch of a chubby qunari (Jael) femme sitting on a cream colored chair nursing a 1yo ish baby. Jael has propped the baby in a way that they can be more confortable, and is holding him with their left arm while propping their head with their hand against their cheek. They're wearing short shorts and an open loose button up. The baby is grabbing their breast towards himself, happily. Jael is looking down at him contented.

Illustration done with alcohol, water, and acrylic markers of a ragdoll cat on her two feet, wearing an apron, angrily ranting at something out of frame. She has one paw on her hip and the other stirring a campfire pot, that let's out a lot of steam. Her graying hair is tied in an bun and her apron has a bottle, pomegranates, and eggs stuffing its pockets. Her tail, curled up beside her, is fluffy and has belts with several herbs and flowers tied to them.

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michiums @ deadlines @michiums.bsky.social · 10d

hello I’m MICHIUMS, freelance comic artist, merch designer and digital producer! currently full time freelancing as I lost my day job in Oct 2024 + open for WFH 💫

🎨portfolio: michiums.carbonmade.com
🛍️ michiums.bigcartel.com
☕️ ko-fi.com/michiums
☘️ www.patreon.com/michiums
💌 michiumsart @ gmail!

illustration of yaga and their skeleton lantern heads with a rainbow colored sky

Achilles and Patroclus in a field of flowers

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May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open! @maybarros.com.br · 10h

No energy to make a brand new post for this #PortfolioDay, but my previous one is still up to date ^^ (and that first image is the characters of my upcoming novellette, A Study on Magic and Crystals!)

May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open! @maybarros.com.br · Jan 14

New year, new #PortfolioDay!

I'm May, a queer Brazilian artist, writer and game dev! I focus on fantasy stories with queer characters!

My commissions are open!

✨ patreon.com/naiveheart
✨ ko-fi.com/maybarros
✨ vgen.co/maybarros
✨ catarse.me/maybarros
✨ naiveheart.itch.io
✨ naive-star.itch.io

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Má Çarico @mamatiazi.bsky.social · 10h

Dia 14/31 do #vamptober25 , caramba, esse foi difícil! Mas não podia faltar: Kiefer Sutherland como David em The Lost Boys (Garotos Perdidos) de 1987

Eu tô revendo vários filmes da lista e esse eu vou rever com certeza 😁

#brart #traditionalart

Arte tradicional, retrato de Kiefer Sutherland com fundo vermelho

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Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 18h

More books should include masturbation scenes as a way to show character development and romantic tension

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 10h

COLLAB ANNOUNCEMENT!! 🪐👽🌈

We have an exclusive interview with the editors of @othersidespec.bsky.social OUT NOW on Kickstarter! 🗣️💬

We love the Otherside team and are so excited to see their project succeed! If you want to see us chat about queer SFF, short fiction and more, check it out here! ⬇️

Update 2: Interview with the editors of Otherside! · Apex Magazine 2026

Here at Apex, we are always happy to see new markets emerging and succeeding. So when the opportunity to swap interviews with the co-founders and editors of OTHERSIDE came up, we were happy to do it. ...

www.kickstarter.com

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May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open! @maybarros.com.br · 10h

Obrigada ^^

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May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open! @maybarros.com.br · 10h

🥰

May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open! @maybarros.com.br · 14h

OLHA A CAPA LINDA QUE EU FIZ PRA MARAVILHOSA DA LARISSA SIRIANI!!!!!

Alt: Uma mulher gorda de cabelo ruivo longo com os punhos levantados brilhando com poder rosa, um olhar determinado no rosto. Ao fundo, uma outra mulher, de cabelo curto castanho e olhar preocupado. O título lê "O Beijo da Strix"

Larissa Siriani 🧜‍♀️ @larissasiriani.bsky.social · 14h

O BEIJO DA STRIX já está em pré-venda!

Garanta ja o seu em: www.amazon.com.br/dp/B0FW5BR7S...

Capa por @maybarros.com.br

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Larissa Siriani 🧜‍♀️ @larissasiriani.bsky.social · 14h

O BEIJO DA STRIX já está em pré-venda!

Garanta ja o seu em: www.amazon.com.br/dp/B0FW5BR7S...

Capa por @maybarros.com.br

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May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open! @maybarros.com.br · 1d

night boost~

May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open! @maybarros.com.br · 1d

A Study on Magic and Crystals is coming out October 24th!

Talita must travel to the fairy city to learn magic and count on the necromancer Marcela, and the fairy Solis for help! Together, they learn a lot about themselves.

Preorder: maybarros.com.br/a-study-on-m...

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Acontece ^^'

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 1d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 1d

Some books that get banned may see bumps in sales, yes

But the majority? This is what happens to them. Especially when books are being banned by the thousands

skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 3d

Fun fact: last week I got my royalty statement. It was for the last 6 months, and it was for my two books that have been banned.

Just so you know how rich we get off banned books, that check was a whopping $51.

No, not a badge of honor. No, not money-making. KIDS JUST LOSE ACCESS TO BOOKS.

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