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Tade Thompson
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Writer: Rosewater, Murders of Molly Southbourne, Far from the Light of Heaven, Making Wolf, Jackdaw, shorts, screenplays.

Arthur C. Clarke Award winner.
Hugo nominated.
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Etcetera

Opinions mine.

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A woman in shadow, smoking
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Wait till they hear about tiny Jesus...
Jesus crying blood and a guy close to him.
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Man leaning against wall. Blue clothing Weird hair
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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We did a Frankenstein once upon a time.

Creatures: The Legacy of Frankenstein (2018)

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Cover to Creatures: The Legacy of Frankenstein Flesh color, staples, electricity, blood
November 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Yep, and this:
Man hiding in barn
November 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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I think this is an Astro City morning.

Gotta get some of that Busiek goodness in my brain.
Superheroes on a skyline.
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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The thread is too long ago and it precedes the save function.

Easier to just show some.
Four books on writing craft
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Am I working?

No, I'm drawing foxes off the Internet because I'm waiting on an email.
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Jesus with a palm over his face. Jesus faceplam. Even he thinks this is ridiculous
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Crows remember.
A black bird in profile
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Today's enso circle.
Concentric zen circles, black and yellow
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Smoking Man
A man smoking
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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In a Frank Zappa mood...
A man saying 'help, I'm a rock'
November 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Ernst Haeckel (left) and his assistant Miclucho-Maclay (right) in 1866.
Two men, one holding a long stick with a net, one wearing a hat, the other holding his. Starfish in foreground.
November 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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In case you were wondering if enshittification was a real thing...
It looks like this message is in Welsh.
November 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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"Holy Christ. Somebody call Somebody." Electricity pylon, scrubland
November 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Happy Halloween.
A baby with a woman lacking eyes speaking gibberish
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Get some yellow in your life this Halloween...
Two yellow books. The King in Yellow by Chambers and The Great God Pan and other stories by Machen.
October 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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So good, I bought it twice.
Frankenstein times two
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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A sketch of a face
October 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Silhouette of people kissing
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Two gods arm-wrestling. A hammer on the table crackles with lightning. One god os shirtless while the other has a red cape.
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Hulk smashing stuff. "Less talk in Hulk plan! Hulk plan simple! Two words only!"
October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Yeah, I still have a long way to enlightenment.

My enso circles are almost always lopsided.
A circle, drawn freehand and in ink. The Zen practice of enso circle.
October 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Those who would repeat the past must control the teaching of history. -Bene Gesserit Coda
October 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM