Alex Singer, Arbiter of Turkey (bird not country)
@moonsheen.bsky.social
SFF author and editor. 1/2 of LITTLE FOOLERY: @littlefoolery.bsky.social MIRRORVERSE: BELLE (VIZ Media), ANGEL COUNTRY (Saga Press) Out Fall 2026. Rep: @lzats.bsky.social
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If anyone's been wondering what's been going on with that cosmic horror revenge romance I've been working on: So excited to announce ANGEL COUNTRY has been acquired by the lovely folk at @sagapressbooks.bsky.social. I can't wait for all of you to meet Ada and her heavenly host of angelic horrors.
Screw it. Frieren Meme. Do I know how to digital art? No. But if OP is brave enough I will be, too.
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Screw it. Frieren Meme. Do I know how to digital art? No. But if OP is brave enough I will be, too.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
Whenever someone is like "Musical Theater is a Lesser Art because it aims for Mass Appeal and cashes in on Pop Culture trends..." I just want to grab an air horn and yell "WHAT DO YOU THINK SHAKESPEARE WAS DOING?!?!"
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Whenever someone is like "Musical Theater is a Lesser Art because it aims for Mass Appeal and cashes in on Pop Culture trends..." I just want to grab an air horn and yell "WHAT DO YOU THINK SHAKESPEARE WAS DOING?!?!"
Okay, everyone. Be honest. How many of you have used Nature narrations for your baby.
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Okay, everyone. Be honest. How many of you have used Nature narrations for your baby.
OVERHEARD, IN MY LIVING ROOM: "Child, child...off of Mama's throat...Child please stop trying to bring The People's Elbow down on mama..."
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
OVERHEARD, IN MY LIVING ROOM: "Child, child...off of Mama's throat...Child please stop trying to bring The People's Elbow down on mama..."
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When he died, my grandfather chose to become a rock.
A sea rock, jutting out close to shore, dark against the dappled light of the waves. [continued in alt text]
A sea rock, jutting out close to shore, dark against the dappled light of the waves. [continued in alt text]
![[painting of a rock in Long Island Sound, half submerged by the water. In the distance is a misty Long Island, and several distant sail boats. Seabirds wheel above and perch on the rock]
When he died, my grandfather chose to become a rock.
A sea rock, jutting out close to shore, dark against the dappled light of the waves.
I don’t know why he chose a rock. I thought he’d chose something papery, us being Jewish, people of the Book, and all that.
I thought he’d choose to be a tree.
A great, thick oak, with branches that would hang over the wall he’d loved to look out on, a home to the little song birds he watched in the mornings.
But no, he chose a rock, a grand, craggy rock. The sort you could spot from a boat. The sort that changed only in how much of it was under the water at any given time of day. Silent but ever present, where water met sky.
But then, wasn’t he a grand, craggy base of a man? And us, the rest of his family, the dithery seabirds that wheeled above and around him. We squealed and squabbled in turn.
And in stormy times we settled upon his shoulders for shelter and he would let us, with no judgment of what wild winds brought us there.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zynzvpaogr7syrk6i5qvf2on/bafkreibywisnrhis4jclq4llk4fzflvmniw474eelhucvmxcykrrczzi6y@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
When he died, my grandfather chose to become a rock.
A sea rock, jutting out close to shore, dark against the dappled light of the waves. [continued in alt text]
A sea rock, jutting out close to shore, dark against the dappled light of the waves. [continued in alt text]
one trope I could do with a little less of: when there is a fantasy oppressed minority, maybe stop making the ultimate big bad the extremist version of that oppressed minority. It's really developed a vibe of "yeah yeah racism bad but THOSE FOREIGNERS THOUGH..."
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
one trope I could do with a little less of: when there is a fantasy oppressed minority, maybe stop making the ultimate big bad the extremist version of that oppressed minority. It's really developed a vibe of "yeah yeah racism bad but THOSE FOREIGNERS THOUGH..."
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Outside of Chicago, on the grounds of a former armory, decades ago an alliance of various orgs began restoring the prairie, and at Midewin Tallgrass Prairie they imported bison to roam the prairie once more. I love to visit my very large bi sons 💚🦬
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Outside of Chicago, on the grounds of a former armory, decades ago an alliance of various orgs began restoring the prairie, and at Midewin Tallgrass Prairie they imported bison to roam the prairie once more. I love to visit my very large bi sons 💚🦬
When he died, my grandfather chose to become a rock.
A sea rock, jutting out close to shore, dark against the dappled light of the waves. [continued in alt text]
A sea rock, jutting out close to shore, dark against the dappled light of the waves. [continued in alt text]
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
When he died, my grandfather chose to become a rock.
A sea rock, jutting out close to shore, dark against the dappled light of the waves. [continued in alt text]
A sea rock, jutting out close to shore, dark against the dappled light of the waves. [continued in alt text]
My toddler was watching the lyric video for @themountaingoats.bsky.social Armies of the Lord and just softly called, "Hold on, boat!!" And I don't have the heart to tell her its about to go poorly for everyone involved.
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
My toddler was watching the lyric video for @themountaingoats.bsky.social Armies of the Lord and just softly called, "Hold on, boat!!" And I don't have the heart to tell her its about to go poorly for everyone involved.
Remembering that time me and @artofchira.bsky.social, entirely separate of each other with no consultation at all, accidentally designed the exact same player character in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Remembering that time me and @artofchira.bsky.social, entirely separate of each other with no consultation at all, accidentally designed the exact same player character in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
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this poem. this feeling.
November 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
this poem. this feeling.
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before asking "how's that project going??" to any creative, just assume it's going like this
May 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
before asking "how's that project going??" to any creative, just assume it's going like this
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Managed 1k on this manuscript today and added in lesbian nuns so I'd say I accomplished something.
November 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Managed 1k on this manuscript today and added in lesbian nuns so I'd say I accomplished something.
Sometimes I think about how Helluva Boss got John Waters to play a water demon.
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Sometimes I think about how Helluva Boss got John Waters to play a water demon.
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Happy Holiday Season 😌
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Happy Holiday Season 😌
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I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
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I think the reason romantasy is dwarfing sales of fantasy & sci-fi is that it's a subset of romance.
And romance is the biggest, most profitable category in literature.
Romantasy allowed romance readers, who read very widely, to take cross-genre romance mainstream & it's reaping the rewards.
And romance is the biggest, most profitable category in literature.
Romantasy allowed romance readers, who read very widely, to take cross-genre romance mainstream & it's reaping the rewards.
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I think the reason romantasy is dwarfing sales of fantasy & sci-fi is that it's a subset of romance.
And romance is the biggest, most profitable category in literature.
Romantasy allowed romance readers, who read very widely, to take cross-genre romance mainstream & it's reaping the rewards.
And romance is the biggest, most profitable category in literature.
Romantasy allowed romance readers, who read very widely, to take cross-genre romance mainstream & it's reaping the rewards.
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The drink is called Stop Yelling At Us
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The drink is called Stop Yelling At Us
Overwatch releasing a character thats heavily tied to the Retribution event in the year of 2025 turns me into full on Molly Grue. Where were you when I was new?!?!?!
...but of course, she has a button nose and the exact same body type as the Junker Queen. I miss Chu era Overwatch so so badly.
...but of course, she has a button nose and the exact same body type as the Junker Queen. I miss Chu era Overwatch so so badly.
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Overwatch releasing a character thats heavily tied to the Retribution event in the year of 2025 turns me into full on Molly Grue. Where were you when I was new?!?!?!
...but of course, she has a button nose and the exact same body type as the Junker Queen. I miss Chu era Overwatch so so badly.
...but of course, she has a button nose and the exact same body type as the Junker Queen. I miss Chu era Overwatch so so badly.
Its easy to feel gloomy about climate change. Theres a lot of urgent work to be done-- but its also truly amazing how fast nature can heal if its allowed to do so.
Owámniyomni Okhódayapi just announced the Dakota-led design for the restoration of five acres at Owámniyomni (St. Anthony Falls), adjacent to the Upper Lock on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. Project construction is targeted to begin in spring 2026. Very exciting!
owamniyomni.org/design/
owamniyomni.org/design/
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Its easy to feel gloomy about climate change. Theres a lot of urgent work to be done-- but its also truly amazing how fast nature can heal if its allowed to do so.
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Owámniyomni Okhódayapi just announced the Dakota-led design for the restoration of five acres at Owámniyomni (St. Anthony Falls), adjacent to the Upper Lock on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. Project construction is targeted to begin in spring 2026. Very exciting!
owamniyomni.org/design/
owamniyomni.org/design/
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Owámniyomni Okhódayapi just announced the Dakota-led design for the restoration of five acres at Owámniyomni (St. Anthony Falls), adjacent to the Upper Lock on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. Project construction is targeted to begin in spring 2026. Very exciting!
owamniyomni.org/design/
owamniyomni.org/design/