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kate horowitz (she/???)
@delightmonster.bsky.social
writer, arter, + sea hag in maine
(disabled, autistic, exhausted)
stickers: bigchallenges.shop
writing: katehorowitz.com
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I'm now available for many different kinds of editorial & art work (2nd image); please send any relevant job postings & gig opportunities* my way. Absent those, I will accept memes (3rd image) & treats. 🍓

*Remote work only. My current level of disability does not permit a commute.
i am never going to recover from this. the gasp i just emitted
There are so many that they form the base of a lot of food webs, including filter-feeding whale sharks who swallow them by the thousands.

Those that survive a few months will return to forage in the forests until they're about 3 yrs old & reach sexual maturity, ready to join Crab Spring Break.
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Tapping the sign again
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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GET EEL FACTS
This is one of the last days I get to post these absolutely curséd animations I made for eel facts season. I think I'll post them in a thread here for posterity.

Get a calendar at EelFacts.net
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Something tiny for you!

Tisha Mark ©2025, To Dream by the Sea No. 2509, oil on gessobord, 4"x4"

Original is available (with maple frame):
tishamark.com/product/to-d...

#art #painting #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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a leaf? for me? thank you 🍁
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Hats! Collector Urchin (Tripneustes gratilla)

#TidalFarce #SciArt #comic 🦑 more info about this critter -> tidalfarce.com/index.html?p...
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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don’t be scared the forest won’t bite
October 31, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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your monday reminder 🩸

(postcard available in 5-packs at bigchallenges.shop)
September 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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#InverteFest season is almost here, which means it's time to submit your bug & slug art! The form closes at 100 entries.

Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
[scary cephalopod robot voice] SUBMIT
we're at 31 submissions out of the 100 available slots already, damn
#InverteFest season is almost here, which means it's time to submit your bug & slug art! The form closes at 100 entries.

Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
quote your art with glasses on!

a few notebook-margin self-portraits
November 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Have you ever heard of an allonautilus? The fuzzy sea peach at the top of my oil painting is the extremely rare allonautlius. Its only been documented in the wild a couple of times.

*more in comments*

#nautilus #allonautilus #marinelife #cephalopods #wildlifeart #oilpainting 🐡 🦑 #deepseamining
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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This. Blessed be.
A Wolfenoot Blessing

May you and your pack be safe.
May you protect one another.
May your sleep be sound.
May your teeth be sharp.
May your treats be sweet.

#wolfenoot
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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happy #wolfenoot, ya filthy animals [affectionate]

katehorowitz.substack.com/p/a-wolfenoo...
a wolfenoot blessing (2025)
and this year's dog poem
katehorowitz.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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accidentally smudged this drawing but i feel like it actually works better this way!! some mistakes turn out for the better
November 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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A Wolfenoot Blessing

May you and your pack be safe.
May you protect one another.
May your sleep be sound.
May your teeth be sharp.
May your treats be sweet.

#wolfenoot
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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::slaps soft pouch, making a gentle squishing noise with my dripping hand:: you can fit so many bandages in this bad boy
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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I also thought I should learn every aspect of design/art process I could before ever making a comic and then of course as soon as I made a comic, realized fifteen things I’d change for the next time because you can’t know what you don’t know til you learn it.
It only took me until I was 40 to be like "ohhh my style is the process that feels like it flows the best for me and is replicable, that's it" could've saved so much time if I figured that out sooner.
November 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Today is Wolfenoot (wolf-uh-noot), a holiday invented in 2018 by a 7-year-old boy in New Zealand.

On this day, "the Spirit of the Wolf brings and hides small gifts around the house for everyone. People who have, have had, or are kind to dogs get better gifts than anyone else."

#wolfenoot #🌕
November 23, 2024 at 4:05 PM
A Wolfenoot Blessing

May you and your pack be safe.
May you protect one another.
May your sleep be sound.
May your teeth be sharp.
May your treats be sweet.

#wolfenoot
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
happy #wolfenoot, ya filthy animals [affectionate]

katehorowitz.substack.com/p/a-wolfenoo...
a wolfenoot blessing (2025)
and this year's dog poem
katehorowitz.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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It’s an exciting time for me— my old body wash has been discontinued and I am auditioning three new brands. Anyone could be the winner. I’m living on the edge of discovery
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM