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N. Roy is ✨making a comic✨

@after-midnight.bsky.social

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nico (any pronouns) | biochemist moonlighting as a writer of dark fiction & trying my hand at a comic in 2026. maritime-born, mtl-based. opinions are mine (all mine). 🦋 active wips: 🌙 🐍💙 https://nickelsroy.blog/

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N. Roy is ✨making a comic✨ @after-midnight.bsky.social · Sep 6

thinking i might make this - and possibly also my main tumblr - more of a "general interests" space (still with a focus on creative stuff though). I already have a writing-specific platform (which is undergoing some restructuring rn) and constantly making side accounts for other stuff isn't working.

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Emmaeli

@emmaelie.bsky.social

Laura Makabresku

Inner Landscapes, 2021

Have a peaceful night

deer (fawn?) with dark eyes in a field, full moon just rising over dark hills and tree line

January 20, 2026 at 11:37 PM

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NakedPastor

@nakedpastor.bsky.social

STORM ALERT: This is my watercolor print We Grew Through Storms. I love watching storms, but I don't love being in the middle of them. Like many of us are right now. We can never predict how we are going to fare. But looking back we can say we've grown. So my hope is we will become better.

January 19, 2026 at 11:56 PM

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BooBooKitty

@bbkittyfck.bsky.social

I’m not sure invading Greenland is a good idea.

Norman Rockwells painting called free speech

January 20, 2026 at 4:02 PM

N. Roy is ✨making a comic✨

@after-midnight.bsky.social

My Workplace™ events that you couldn't make up: one of the instruments I was running samples on today stopped mid-run because it suddenly forgot its own IP address.

January 20, 2026 at 10:26 PM

N. Roy is ✨making a comic✨

@after-midnight.bsky.social

I hate that I understand this reference. 😂

zee 🖤 @flowerbot.bsky.social · 1d

“ugh i hate when artists talk all the time instead of posting art” hey buddy. got this gem of a deal for you

a photo of a patreon reward tier. it reads “Buy my silence. Permanently. $8000 per month. For $8,000 a month, I will stop”

January 20, 2026 at 10:24 PM

N. Roy is ✨making a comic✨

@after-midnight.bsky.social

Girl can we be so fucking serious... it's 11 am on a Tuesday, of course I'm thinking about sushi. 💀

A notification screenshot from ubereats reading "Still thinking about sushi?"

January 20, 2026 at 4:01 PM

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Bo Bolander

@bbolander.bsky.social

who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters

January 19, 2026 at 11:48 PM

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Ehko

@ehkoart.bsky.social

#watercolorart #abstractart #art #watercolor #abstract #blueskyart #abstractartist #artistonbluesky

January 18, 2026 at 7:47 PM

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦

@diannalgunn.bsky.social

Go look at the pretty cover! And preorder the book so I can get even more pretty art 👀👀👀

DD Ward ..."Sapphic Dr. DOOM" @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 5d

Today I’m thrilled to be helping @DiannaLGunn.bsky.social reveal the cover for her upcoming gothic horror novel, Woman of Sorrow and Blood, coming out on March 13th! Check it out - and pre-order your copy today - at: authordiannagunn.com/woman-of-sor...

Woman of Sorrow and Blood Cover Reveal - Author Dianna Gunn

Today I am thrilled to share the cover for my upcoming release, Woman of Sorrow and Blood, releasing on March 13th, 2026! See the beauty below: About Woman of Sorrow and Blood When 18-year-old Alma is...

authordiannagunn.com

January 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM

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Joel Bass

@crunchygods.bsky.social

Sunset at the Trader Joe’s parking lot, Jan. 14th

January 16, 2026 at 7:44 AM

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🏳️‍⚧️ Tár-Tár Binks

@josie.zone

Please don't ask me why my brain works like this, because I don't have an answer

MOBY GOT DICK
By Josephine Riesman

I hate white whales and I cannot lie
You other seamen can't deny
When the beast swims by as a pale and eerie sight
Spermacetti is your right
You get sprung
Wanna throw spears well
Til you know that the whale's in Hell

Oh, Moby
I wanna stop goonin'
And get harpoonin'
My boatswain tried to stop this
But that eye you got makes
(Me so vicious!)

Ooh, Devil’s own whale
You say you wanna end my tale?
Well, try me, try me
Cuz I ain’t no average briney 
I’ve seen him blowin’
To hell with all knowin’
He swim, fin
Got it goin’ like a turbo Schwinn

I’m tired of novelists
Sayin’ orcas are the best
Take the average Ahab and ask him why
I’ll tell ya I’m not shy

So sailors (YEAH!)
Sailors (YEAH!)
Has your whale-foe got the white? (HELL YEAH!)
Tell him to fluke it (FLUKE IT!)
Fluke it (FLUKE IT!)

Now throw that sharpened stick
Moby got Dick

January 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM

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folukeifejola

@folukeifejola.bsky.social

Here, I recommend 20 African novels that we can incorporate into our teaching to ensure we produce learning environments that do not consign Africa and her peoples to the silence of ignorance and distorted narratives. Further suggestions are very welcome!!!

folukeafrica.com/20-contempor...

20 Contemporary African Novels as Pedagogical Material

African fiction can teach us about African realities

folukeafrica.com

January 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM

N. Roy is ✨making a comic✨

@after-midnight.bsky.social

idk what my deal is with referred second person lately, but I've been all over it.

January 14, 2026 at 12:57 PM

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I R A

@roira.bsky.social

Friend was venting a bit about struggling with "moot perception" and I think in 2026 some of you need to regain control and agency of your spaces. Having the "what will my followers think" mindset is self-harming. It's your account, with your rules, and every follower is a guest. Don't forget that.

January 11, 2026 at 7:22 PM