Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

I’m going to try daily to write something for Morktober. Often these will probably be poems, so come stop by daily to see what I’m up to. All prompts are based off Exeunt Press. All art by Tony Tran, who also illustrated Horus & Motherfucker! Check out his patreon for more artwork. Web All along the threads we wander.

Reposted by edward rathke

Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 16h

14 - ANCHOR
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #TTRPG
words by
@radicaledward.bsky.social

Yellow demonic anchor symmetrical illustration on black background featuring a skull at the center with organic flourishes forming a cross-like shape.

Black ink illustration of a demon or leviathan on yellow background with dark poetry text by Edward Rathke. Art by Tony Tran

1 8

Reposted by edward rathke

Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 16h

My book comes out today! It’s sad and funny and a little spooky and a lot mysterious and very weird, and you can buy it wherever fine books are sold in indie stores bookshop.org/p/books/happ...

23 55 230

edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 1d

13 - Web
Art by @tonytranrpg.bsky.social
@tonytranrpg, words by me

#morktober #morkborg
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG

MÖRKTOBER: 13 – Web

I’m going to try daily to write something for Morktober. Often these will probably be poems, so come stop by daily to see what I’m up to. All prompts are based off Exeunt Press. All art by Tony Tran, who also illustrated Horus & Motherfucker! Check out his patreon for more artwork. Binding Wrap and weave and wail…

Reposted by edward rathke

Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 1d

13 - WEB
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #TTRPG
words by
@radicaledward.bsky.social

Yellow line illustration on black background depicting a dark forest or cave with dense webbing and organic textures.

$Black ink illustrations of fractal spider legs on yellow background with dark poetry text. Titled "13. WEB" by Edward Rathke.$

1 8

Reposted by edward rathke

Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 2d

12 - BINIDING
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #TTRPG
words by
@radicaledward.bsky.social

Yellow and black abstract illustration showing multiple distorted skull-like faces arranged in a cluster with glowing eye sockets.

Black ink illustration of a bound figure on yellow background with dark poetry text. Titled "BINDING" by Edward Rathke.

3 9

edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 2d

12 - Binding
Art by @tonytranrpg.bsky.social @tonytranrpg, words by me

#morktober #morkborg
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG

MÖRKTOBER: 12 – Binding

Reposted by edward rathke

Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 3d

11 - SCALES
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #TTRPG
words by
@radicaledward.bsky.social

Yellow mixed media brushstroke illustration of a serpentine creature in motion on black background.

ink serpentine creature illustration on yellow background with dark poetry text. Titled "11. SCALES" by Edward Rathke

2 7

edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think it's asking much to ask people to read past a headline

Lynn Nothegger @lynnnothegger.bsky.social · 4d

Ok, so first of all, the reason I cheered when it was a woman, was because it was therefore clearly not Trump. And at that point, I hadn’t read anything about her - and assumed that the Nobel committee would choose someone deserving of the honour. Maybe give folk benefit of the doubt.

I’m going to try daily to write something for Morktober. Often these will probably be poems, so come stop by daily to see what I’m up to. All prompts are based off Exeunt Press. All art by Tony Tran, who also illustrated Horus & Motherfucker! Check out his patreon for more artwork. Scales See it there in the air…

edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 3d

11 - Scales
Art by @tonytranrpg.bsky.social
@tonytranrpg, words by me
#morktober #morkborg
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG

MÖRKTOBER: 11 – Scales

1 1

edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 4d

This infantile obsession with identity is so divorced from politics that this person is cheering on a Nobel Peace Prize recipient whose first public statement was calling for the US to topple the Venezuelan government.

Lynn Nothegger @lynnnothegger.bsky.social · 4d

Did we all just cheer when we he said ‘we are awarding the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 to a woman …’?

Reposted by edward rathke

Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 4d

10 - BEATLE
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #TTRPG
words by
@radicaledward.bsky.social

Yellow symmetrical beatle demon skull illustration with flaming wings and horns on black background.

Black ink illustration of an insect-like creature on yellow background with dark poetry text. Titled "10. BEETLE" words by Edward Rathke.

1 6 21

edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 4d

Sadly, she wouldn't be the first or even most prominent PRO-WAR Nobel Peace Prize recipient

Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 4d

Probably not a great Peace Prize pick if their first move is trying to provoke a war.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 4d

Machado issues her first statement since being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and makes a thinly-veiled appeal to Trump for US intervention in Venezuela:

I’m going to try daily to write something for Morktober. Often these will probably be poems, so come stop by daily to see what I’m up to. All prompts are based off Exeunt Press. All art by Tony Tran, who also illustrated Horus & Motherfucker! Check out his patreon for more artwork. Beetle Hear them scurry in the wall…

Reposted by edward rathke

Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 4d

A fair number of problems seem downstream from the fact that the best way to be a human is to grow, change, and evolve but the best way to be successful online is to never change and always double, triple, and quadruple down every time you are wrong.

5 66 280

edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 4d

10 - Beetle
Art by @tonytranrpg.bsky.social @tonytranrpg, words by me
#morktober #morkborg
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG

MÖRKTOBER: 10 – Beetle

Twilight of the Wolves: Writing Diary – 26

edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 5d

Twilight of the Wolves: Writing Diary – 26

About 300 pages into this novel, I wrote a festival scene and this scene is a full 15k words long. This is what the kids might call a flex, especially because the chapter includes a dozen songs (that I'm currently writing). These big long sequences are…

About 300 pages into this novel, I wrote a festival scene and this scene is a full 15k words long. This is what the kids might call a flex, especially because the chapter includes a dozen songs (that I'm currently writing). These big long sequences are some of my favorite things to write, especially when it can be contrasted with much shorter, snappier chapters.

I’m going to try daily to write something for Morktober. Often these will probably be poems, so come stop by daily to see what I’m up to. All prompts are based off Exeunt Press. All art by Tony Tran, who also illustrated Horus & Motherfucker! Check out his patreon for more artwork. Not every poem needs to be big and grand.

edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 5d

Ah, cool@ I'll have a table at the Twin Cities Book Festival

1 1

Reposted by edward rathke

Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 5d

We’re on day…👁️👁️👁️ Nine.

9 - THORN
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #TTRPG
words by
@radicaledward.bsky.social

Yellow and black abstract artwork featuring a distorted skull or face with an oversized eye, surrounded by explosive paint splatters and aggressive brushstrokes on black background.

Black ink illustration of a abstract thorns / piercing on yellow background with dark poetry text below. Titled “9. THORN” by Edward Rathke.

2 8

edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 5d

9 - Thorn
Art by @tonytranrpg.bsky.social
@tonytranrpg, words by me
#morktober #morkborg
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG

MÖRKTOBER: 9 – Thorn

I’m going to try daily to write something for Morktober. Often these will probably be poems, so come stop by daily to see what I’m up to. All prompts are based off Exeunt Press. All art by Tony Tran, who also illustrated Horus & Motherfucker! Check out his patreon for more artwork. Wizard In the shadow of the tree…

3

Reposted by edward rathke

Mörkticia @elih14.bsky.social · 6d

--------------------------
#MÖRKTOBER 8: Wizard
--------------------------
The Wasted Wizard is tired of the people catchers. They'll die burning.

2 2 19

Reposted by edward rathke

Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 6d

🌙 𝒜𝓂𝒶𝓏𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝓅𝒶𝓉𝓇𝑒𝑜𝓃 𝓈𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝑒𝒹! 🌙

charlotte @fragrant.garden · 8d

support me making prints of stuff @ www.patreon.com/cw/dreamware...

prints will also be put up on the dreamware shop soon

2 2

Reposted by edward rathke

Tony Tran @tonytranrpg.bsky.social · 6d

8 - WIZARD
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG #TTRPG
words by
@radicaledward.bsky.social

High contrast black and yellow artwork showing an abstract dripping or melting figure. Vertical streaks and splatters of yellow paint create a haunting, deteriorating effect against the black background.

Yellow textured post with black text displaying a poem by Edward Rathke. The poem describes vivid imagery including "In the shadow of the tree / Rose the man of power's three," references to flame, wind, earth rising from the deep, and "See the mage brim with power / Now high atop his tower." Abstract scratchy artwork appears in the bottom right corner. The background has a distressed, grainy texture throughout.

4 10

edward rathke @radicaledward.bsky.social · 6d

8 - Wizard
Art by @tonytranrpg.bsky.social @tonytranrpg, words by me
#morktober #morkborg
#MÖRKTOBER #MÖRKBORG

MÖRKTOBER: 8 – Wizard