The average American income is below the poverty line in almost every major city. If you want people to shop, you need to pay them enough money that they can spend some of it. There is an actual limit to how many hours a day a person can work.

I've always wanted an apartment with a MASTER ROKSN! *And* a HUGE WAXMIN CLOSET? *And* a COAT BATH? *Sold!*

BUY INDIE🖤☠️ Looking for a story where ocean life assimilates w/the human body in a Weird Body Horror bonanza? ...Would you believe we have more than one? Check out: FROM THE BELLY by @emnays.bsky.social REEF MIND by @hazelzorn.bsky.social store.tenebrouspress.com

[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy

I open 2 slots for icons in style below 85$ per one! please DM! RTs = <3

🪶Augurians! Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE! 🎉 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site! Inside you'll find... 🌲 glowing red eyes deep within a forest 🧜‍♀️ the price of revenge from sirens 🫐 a berry world of grief and awe & so much more! 🔗 Link in bio! More details below 👀⬇️

These commissions will remain open until December 1st 2025! There are 7 slots left! Sorry I am slow to draw things. I am swamped with things and my arm tendons are shot. Money from these commissions now goes toward groceries!

Don't forget, I have a Kofi where subscribers can read ahead on Outside Cats: ko-fi.com/A824FP9

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Arden will be visiting the Romancing the Gothic book group in January to talk about Flesh and Bone. All welcome! (It's free and online!) What a great day to buy the book (or indeed, any of Arden's books! My faves are 'The Bayou' and 'In the Pit of Your Stomach')

My novels & novellas are on sale at itch right now, as a bundle or individually: itch.io/s/169364/bla... My "First Dates After Forty" shorts are in a sale bundle too: itch.io/s/153041/fir... Other options: Queer Liberation Library, or ask me for a no-obligation review copy anytime! ✨

Ready for a Romance Fantasy novel with gender bending, action, revenge, and magic? Check out Sword of Lady Lyon by @kairaloi.bsky.social tapas.io/series/Sword... It's free to read on Tapas! #SwordOfLadyLyon #SoLL #Tapas #Romantasy #RomanceFantasy #BookSky #NovelSky #WriteSky

Also fun fact: I am REALLY close to a big sales milestone on Itch and it would be so cool to hit it this week

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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

I am trying very very hard to get some editing done so I can wake my brain back up and has anyone ever told you that it's really hard to type effectively without using your fingertips? 😅

Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:

To help raise money for my cat's unexpected vet bills, I'm currently offering 50% off ALL of my editing & beta reading services 💙📚 That's 50% off your consultation booking AND your final total for your chosen service! Get started at the link below! ko-fi.com/elizamares/l...

squirrel: *points gun* me: what do you want me to do? squirrel: *gestures at sign* me: alright, i get it *opens book drop* squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion* me: NOT A SQUIRREL! squirrel: *disappears into book drop* me: *whispers* forgive me, keith

Read The Deadlands and support independent publishing! Here's my cover for this beautiful issue full of great stories. Oil pastel with digital colour

I am still bummed that something happened to the Tubi transfer of Blood & Chocolate so I couldn't have my fantastically weird late '90s paranormal double feature: Blood & Chocolate first Then The Wisdom of Crocodiles

I was about to do that game where you respond with a movie set in the location where you grew up but I suddenly realized that I wasn't sure if it had to be the stated location or if the actual filming location still counted I have very few of the former and a lot of the latter 😅

Hey writer peeps: anyone writing mystery or cozy mystery who knows of good author support groups/sites specifically for that genre? Met a debut author last night who's wanting to learn more, and it's not really my genre.

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Thread but also just don't tell Paypal anything. No "what is this for" you both know what it's for. If you send a friend some money for dinner or something and you say "for friday night", even odds they get banned as a sex worker.

this is so understandable and so rough.

I am really loving this specific genre of 5 minute indie horror game that is "what if we turned this innocuous everyday thing into a moment of terror" No sarcasm. It's legit great

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Autumn Leaf 2 Watercolour, approximately 75 × 127 mm. A fiery bit of visual comfort now that winter is abruptly come.

One of the cruelest tricks society played on creative people was planting the idea that being proud of your work is somehow unseemly and egotistical. You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!

inuyasha fanart! #artpost

fyi @thedeadlands.com will be open to fiction submissions from Dec 1 to Dec 31, so maybe you want to put that on your calendar and study the guidelines and ring out this horrible year making something beautiful. psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

These are the folks I adopted Horrible Babby Kitten from! Like all rescues they do a LOT of unpaid and invisible work for local animals, so if you have even $5 it would be awesome if you could kick in!

This touches on a specific thing about newer movies that bothers me (everyone is beautiful and no one is horny) People don't sweat, they don't have pores. Letting the texture of Humanity come through on camera is something we've been killing on purpose. Anyway go watch Farinelli

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micro microraptor 2" x 2" ink and watercolor on paper for sale: ko-fi.com/s/85035e67b1

My newest creation is this pair of semi-mystical, fabric art earrings featuring red flowers. I designed, hand-sewed, and hand-embroidered them. The metal is stainless steel and hypoallergenic. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Elves should be Weird

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Interview with the Vampire was released 31 years ago today 🧛

Really great action items here. Bottom line: right wing advancing a censorship agenda using “indecent” content as the angle. Don’t allow CC companies to dictate what you can purchase (as long as it’s legal!). And age verification laws can kick rocks, too. This is an important toehold.

A new artwork in progress, shadows moving across the canvas #digitalart #conceptart #darkart #darkpainting

If you're fortunate enough to have a Democratic senator, please give them a call and tell them you want them to oppose any resolution that does not extend the ACA tax credits, you can reach the US Senate switchboard at (202) 224-3121 (you'll be prompted to select your senator at this line!)

If these are your senators, CALL THEM and tell them how you feel. If these aren't your senators, call yours and tell them to give those senators the business.

For everyone who's been waiting, the scarves are now up!! #bsnm #artshop citrussapling.com

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Actually… One century ago, standard, mid-range, catalog shoes went for 2025 $30-50 per pair, were repairable (glued soles hadn’t become common yet), were made of leather, would last for several years and could be Ship of Theseus’ed on soles, fasteners and heels. They were better shoes for less.

Another new little one for you, embracing late autumn. These small framed pieces are nice for gifting if you happen to be looking for gift ideas. Tisha Mark ©2025, Quiet Prelude, oil on gessobord, 5"x5" Available: tishamark.com/product/quie... #art #painting #SciArt #TraditionalArt #bsnm

It's pretty well established through multiple high quality studies that clothes made recently wear out faster than clothes in the past did, but saying so apparently makes you a "reactionary crank".