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The ten thousand things; the one true only. An urban fantasy epic set in Portland—44 novelettes (so far): paperbacks, ebooks, zines, and on the web. thecityofroses.com | bookshop.org/shop/thecityofroses

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City of Roses @thecityofroses.com · Aug 23

Two seasons, four volumes, 44 novelettes, 664,000 words (so far)—the urban fantasy epic reattaching wonder-generating mechanisms to the City of Portland.

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City of Roses @thecityofroses.com · 16h

Reruns are up to the 21st novelette, "Gallowglas." There is no Bride. There is no Bride. There is no Bride.

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#FantasyLit #FreeBooks #IndieAuthors #Screaming

No. 21: “Gallowglas.” Looking up and up the sharp corner of a vaulting skyscraper, too sharp by far to be regularly squared, and narrow windows set one atop another all the way up the edge of it, climbing into an unearthly violet sky. There is, perhaps, in what color the leached light can strike from glass and from the framing stone, just a hint of pink.

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ghost ship gore @britneyspheres.bsky.social · 20h

Amanda de Cadenet
THE FACE (1993)
ph. Glen Luchford

blonde in bra, leather skirt, and white high heels squatting in a restroom, b&w shot

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YOUNN de la BLOOD @younaltor.bsky.social · 16h

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2ghosts @2ghosts.bsky.social · 10d

the tapestries are back 🙏

link ➡️ www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...

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Natscute @bluesky2020.bsky.social · Jul 22

Chien et garçon dans une Johnnypump, 1982 - Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), artiste peintre américain.
#peinture
#Jean-MichelBasquiat

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ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴇʏ★ᴘɪʀᴏᴛʜ @charlespiroth.bsky.social · 10d

Echoes Of The Path
Yeah Wang

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XX Dovelin ⚡️ @xxdovelin.bsky.social · 26d

Do you know I have a cloud blog?
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Clouds in the mountains with rainbow. Photo.

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City of Roses @thecityofroses.com · 4d

And with this, the 20th novelette comes to a close—but what of the epic?

#UrbanEpic #FantasyLit #IndieAuthors #Zoobombish

Sun (Closing)

Laughter, a Whoop of delight – Sunday morning

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City of Roses @thecityofroses.com · 6d

The 20th novelette, "Sun," approaches the end of—well, everything—

#FantasyLit #IndieAuthors #QuickSmoke #FreeLink

Sun (Act IV)

Sky Bridge, Theatre, Accessible Route – the Second sign, & the Third – “Look, behold” – Exit

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City of Roses @thecityofroses.com · 8d

The 20th novelette, "Sun," continues: there is a wire, and we are getting down to it.

#WebSerials #FantasyLit #IndieAuthors #NoDropNorPinch

Sun Act (III)

a suit of Worsted Wool – he Is as he Does – the Girl in her Hand – Company

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Gaith @gaith.bsky.social · 17d

[Ocs]
MEN KISSING
EVERYBODY GIVE IT UP FOR MEN KISSING 👏👏👏👏👏

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Chloe Brailsford @comixbychloe.bsky.social · 9d

Passion

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robynhitchcock.bsky.social @robynhitchcock.bsky.social · 9d

Happiness lies at the other end of the corridor. You can walk there from here: just avoid the prying gaze of the pictures on the wall…

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Dr. Elle, Her Celestial Majesty ✨👑🌌 @abstractica.bsky.social · 10d

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Jacs @jacs-not-jazz.bsky.social · 11d

Morning light at work. Last day of 36 (thank the fucking gods). Gonna try to do my usual last day / first day birthday photos somehow. Even if I’ve stepped away from photography (for now), these photos feel important to continue documenting so self portraits to come!

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Ave Maria @lustislovely.bsky.social · May 14

Lounging

#art #nude #inspo #photography #naked #design #muse #fineartnude #artnude #posing #nudeart #skin

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Anni Jyn @annijyn.com · 11d

very much on point mood wise, curt asked for harpies ripping men to pieces 😇

an illustration of angry harpies sitting over a man’s body. one is holding up his severed head. swirls of black and mustard yellows are in the background

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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · May 14

British artist Stanley William Hayter, legendary for his innovations in printmaking, an associate of the Paris Surrealists and the founder of Paris' legendary Atelier 17 studio.
#StanleyWilliamHayter

Jeux d'eau
(Color engraving etching, 1953)

#Surrealism #Engraving #Printmaking #ModernArt

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𝔬𝔯𝔭𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔰 @orphicss.bsky.social · Apr 10

𝕾𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖓𝖌𝖍𝖙

✹ Hope ✹ Inner Strenght ✹ Resilience ✹

"Countless time you've carried yourself through pain. It has been so long you might have forgotten the reason but that glimmer of hope inside of you didn't. Can you recall ? What makes you fight through all of this ?"

A hooded skeleton, in the starry night, kneel on the grass. They pray to a sword that seems to be there for far too long.
Oracle card "Strenght", black and white illustration with fine lines.

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SpicyFXXX @spicyfxxx.bsky.social · May 20

The taste of Gold photo by @partialtomoonlight
Gold leaf bodypaint and gold leaf on the tongue and mouth beautiful photoshoot specialfxxxcouple.wixsite.com/spicyfx
#goldleaf #gold #bodypaint #fineart #drool #goldteeth

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𝙵𝚎𝚎 @fairyism.bsky.social · Apr 22

- intertwined -

Double exposed photograph of what must be the green leaves of snowberry. There are several strands covered in leaves overlapping with each other, creating a little pattern. Some of them are in focus, others are entirely blurry. The colour of the strands is red, which creates a good contrast with the green of the leaves.

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John R. @tribe.bsky.social · May 6

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 12d

We must refuse the idea that modernity in any form is a protection against haunting. The ghost is an artefact of our living as well as our dying. The 20th century apartment block as liable to house spectres as the 19th. No style of architecture is spook free. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts

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@dlp. @umadlp.bsky.social · 12d

Eastern Columbia Building

Built in 1930, the thirteen-story Art Deco building was constructed in the Broadway Theater District of Downtown Los Angeles. One of the city’s most photographed buildings, it is considered the greatest surviving example of Art Deco architecture in L.A

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Laurent Peraldi @tintamarre.bsky.social · Apr 30

Le contempteur

#VivianMaier

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