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Eve Shi
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Indonesian. Fangirl and writer. She/her. E-mail: [email protected]
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The cover that got revealed this week. Concept by me, art by Gitasari and Ikmal Aldwinsyah. Book is scheduled to be out in bookstores next week.
& The republished debut novel is already out in bookstores... I thought it was scheduled for early next year.
Rumah Amuk is written in bright yellow font. Cover art: close-up shot of the left half of a girl's face. Her face and hair are colored in red. Tears are leaking from her left eye.
December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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My mood every time I think of the govt.
Pennywise from the series IT: Welcome to Derry, carrying a meat cleaver in his right hand with fire in the background.
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Some of the mangoes from the mango tree at my house. Picked early before bats could get to them first.
Six mangoes with pale green skin inside a carton box.
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Character art for my main character! 😊 By syhhart @ karyakarsa. Editing by me.
A young girl with shoulder-length black hair in a white, long-sleeved shirt looks at the camera, smiling slightly. Text: Liv (Olivia) "In Mom's family, the oldest daughter inherits the ability to see ghosts and spirits. The ability comes at the age of 17, which is what's happened to you."
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Does wearing this count as cosplay.
A short-sleeved shirt with Tanjiro's kimono patterns: checkered, black and green.
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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This morning's cover reveal! Art by Theo Fredika. The title in English: You know I'm a ghost: Death at school.
Cover art: a three-story building against the backdrop of a huge moon. The moon and clouds combine to create the illusion of a floating skull. The sky is dark blue.
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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The famous local Chinese temple, Vihara Dhanagun, with gates painted in all red. In the inner courtyard, people in white shirts and red pants are performing the lion dance. Outside the gate, people are banging on drums and clashing a pair of cymbals. A set of stairs lead to the lower floor. At the end of the stairs, a giant sticker with the word Finish can be seen on the floor.
October 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Last Friday, I visited the municipal library. It has a gallery on the third floor, showcasing the town's history from the Pajajaran Kingdom (10th to 16th century) era to the early 2020's.
The entrance to the gallery: a short corridor with bright, electric blue walls and a bright blue floor, leading to a door with black doorframes. On the right: a statue of a soldier in Pajajaran era uniform, sitting atop a horse. On the far side of the room: a painting almost as tall and wide as the wall, depicting people from the Pajajaran era, standing and sitting down, on the ground with a few trees in the background. Four old radios in an open white cabinet, continuously broadcasting recordings of the declaration of independence and news from the same year. Next to the cabinet is an Indonesian flag. A life-size replica of a bemo, a type of a three-wheeled vehicle with separate compartments for the driver and passengers. They were no longer used as a mode of public transportation since the 1990's.
October 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Agak awikwok dikit.
"Saya belum belajar [tuntutan 17 + 8], tapi basically begini. Itu kan suara sebagian kecil rakyat kita, kenapa mungkin sebagian merasa keganggu hidupnya, masih kurang ya." "Once saya ciptakan pertumbuhan ekonomi 6% 7%, itu akan hilang dengan otomatis. Mereka akan sibuk cari kerja dan makan enak dibandingkan mendemo."
September 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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In June, a crocheter held a small exhibition at a local cafe. No entry fees. The theme is jellyfish and ocean life.
Crocheted jellyfish in pink, blue, white, and purple hang from the ceiling. In the background, sheets of cloth with paintings on them likewise hang from the ceiling. A detail from one of the paintings: a turtle, jellyfish, and a blue-yellow on a light blue background. The jellyfish (blue, purple, red) from another angle, with white walls and the air conditioner in the background.
July 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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A recent read. The English edition is titled Happy Stories, Mostly (Tilted Axis Press, 2021). It's a collection of short fiction reflecting the various experiences of being queer, Christian and Bataknese. Loved it. 🩷
The blue cover version of Norman Erikson Pasaribu's Cerita-Cerita Bahagia, Hampir Seluruhnya. The cover art features four squares with colorful shapes inside each of them: a human body, an eye, a hand, a tooth.
July 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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The kind of short stories I write. #WIP
(English translation) Mama woke me up at two in the morning. My delightful dream of becoming the star of my school's basketball team was cut short by the knock on my door. Mama strode into my room and pulled my white, green-striped blanket off me. "Come on. Start packing. We have to leave, now." She gave my arm a gentle yet firm tug. The faint reek of blood wafted off her fingers, and I sat up immediately. Mama always washed her hands thoroughly before she went home; the reek of blood was a bad sign I squinted, trying to guess what else had gone wrong. Mama was turning her back toward me and dragging a pile of clothes out of the wardrobe. "Is your target not dead?" I asked. A travel bag lay open on the floor, and Mama dropped the clothes into it. "He's dead. His bodyguard survived, though, and he saw my face."
June 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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This butterfly was taking a rest on my back porch a few days ago. Google says this is the blue moon butterfly from New Zealand (that's a long way from here).
A butterfly with predominantly black wings, with red and white spots.
May 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Finished reading Yamihara (mystery, horror) by Mizuki Tsujimura. Strangers come into the characters' lives and change those lives in a slow, pervasive, and deadly way. I really enjoyed this book.
A copy of the Indonesian version of Yamihara by Mizuki Tsujimura. Cover art: close-up of half of a curly-haired person, who is staring gloomily ahead.
April 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Many happy returns! 🎂 Have an old pic of one of the random cats that occasionally walk into my front yard.
A dark brown, white, and black cat curls up on white floor and stares up at the camera.
April 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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This was posted in March, so it doesn't seem to be an April Fools' Day prank. #NaNoWriMo
To Our NaNoWriMo Community: We come to you today with sad news. After six years of struggling to sustain itself financially, NaNoWriMo (the nonprofit) will begin the process of shutting down. Explaining how we got here is both simple and complex. The funding woes that have threatened so many nonprofits in recent years are an unextraordinary trend. Many beloved organizations announced their closure last year. Many more are fighting for their lives. Media coverage of financial crisis within the sector—especially among arts nonprofits—has been widespread. Yet, there are ways in which NaNoWriMo is extraordinary—and reasons why we had hoped we could buck that trend. The sheer size of our community, its global reach and its longevity, held at impressive levels, even during a tumultuous year. There is no shortage of writers who want to participate in NaNoWriMo. Yet, building a community and being able to sustain it are two different matters. 2024 was a revelatory year. In order to fully understand how we reached this decision, and why we view it as the only alternative, we encourage you to watch this video about the State of NaNoWriMo. The video also contains some important acknowledgments and information about the logistics of our next steps. Most importantly, the video shares real data and information that the organization has not discussed previously. The plot is thicker than you might think. We recognize that the closure of NaNoWriMo represents a huge loss to the writing community, and that grief over this outcome will be exacerbated by the challenges of the past sixteen months. This is not the ending that anybody wanted or planned. And—believe us—if we could hit the delete button and rewrite this last chapter, we would. But we do have hope for the epilogue. What's next for NaNoWriMo, the indebted nonprofit, is much different from what's next for actual Wrimos. We hold no belief that people will stop writing 50,000 words in November (and April, and July) or stop seeking support for the journey they're on. Many alternatives to NaNoWriMo popped up this year, and people did find each other. In so many ways, it's easier than it was when NaNoWriMo began in 1999 to find your writing tribe online. Our greatest hope at this moment is that you do two things: support arts nonprofits you love (they really, truly need you) and keep writing words. Your stories matter. Thank you for all you have done for the organization, and especially for each other, over all these years. Sincerely, The NaNoWriMo Team
April 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Went clattering across the roof yesterday and probably will continue to do so today.
An orange cat sits on the edge of the roof, staring at the camera.
March 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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#SFFChat First, the obvious one: Ju-On. More recently: the series version of A Shop For Killers. Because the previous generation often leaves you with mixed blessings, including sentient objects (that's in my story, not in the series).
The Japanese poster for Ju-On, featuring Toshio with all-black eyes. Korean poster for A Shop For Killers. Jeong Ji-an is holding a rifle, with Jeong Jin-man standing behind her, one hand on her shoulder.
February 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Thank you for the giveaway @aijiang.bsky.social ! This is a story about a possible future of creativity that makes my heart ache yet is also hopeful. I really enjoyed it. 🩷
One side of a package with a sticker on it, on which "Jiang Ai" is written. Cover art: Close-up shot of a woman with blue eyes and black hair. Circuits are drawn on the right part of her body.
February 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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From page 100.
(aside 4: I’ve got this whole thing about how The Possession fits perfectly in the Gothic tradition but I haven’t fully worked it out and I have to save something for later blog posts, right? Right! But I love the idea of all these external influences listed above so obviously affecting the story and affecting Marjorie herself. If she was possessed by anything other than faulty brain chemistry and/or DNA, I like to imagine her as being possessed by the vast, awesome and awful monster that is popular culture. Possessed by the collective of ideas!)
February 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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#peringatandarurat #emergencyearning
Just a few of the consequences of recent INA government programs:
1. Scarcity of 3 kilogram LPG
2. Public education and health to become "supporting" programs
3. Free lunch program resulting in food poisoning, vendors haven't been paid
White text in a black background Peringatan Darurat (emergency warning). Picture of the Garuda under the text.
February 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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The usual random pics of the neighbor's cat.
An orange cat sits on gray tiles (actually they're blue, the camera makes them look gray) and looks at the camera. On the left and the background are potted plants. The back view of the same cat lying down on the aforementioned gray tiles.
February 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Happy Year of the Snake. 🐍 It's been raining a lot, a seemingly Southeast Asian tradition on this particular day.
A picture of a golden snake inside a golden circle, surrounded by three red lanterns, on a red background. Text: Happy new year 2025, year of the snake.
January 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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"You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?"
More so if I'm related to him or were a love interest.
Wi Ha-jun in the Seum baseball uniform, from 18 Again.
January 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Post a fictional detective 🔎
Cynthia Erivo as Holly Gibney in Mr. Mercedes.
January 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM