You don't need to change for anyone in the new year. Don't hide your fangs behind a thin smile. Don't hide your wings under a tattered cardigan. Show everyone your claws and dark determination. Make the world change for you.

remember:

My greatest wish is that the dark fairy’s curse upon us is finally lifted, and our human forms crack and break open. Three badgers will emerge, blink in the dawn of a new day, and run off into the mossy old forest, free at last.

The one, the only: the ✨UNMISSABLE SFF of 2026✨ list! 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 aka all the fantasy and sci-fi that should definitely be on your tbr, how are these not on your tbr already??? you poor unfortunate soul, let's fix that! buff.ly/IWTR8A6

As 2025 is drawing to a close, I want to express how grateful I am for Bluesky. I've met some wonderful people on here, & am enjoying burgeoning sense of community with other writers—a feeling I haven't had for a very long time. And that doesn't even get into the constant deluge of beautiful art.

🌌 OC ARTSHARE 🌌 ✨ reply to this post with your character ✨ reposting this post is appreciated ✨ don't drop and go! interact with others ✨ credit artists under images that you didn't make Feel free to share some lore if you want!

Your daily fortune: Never stop growing. Grow new antlers, tentacles, fangs, & talons, and outgrow all human limitations.

What’s your backup career plan? 1. moat monster caretaker 2. fog phantom 3. wrestling raccoons for fun & profit 4. hermit of the cursed end of the forest

Please note: This is in pre-clinical models - mice - as Chise does mention in the thread. But even at this stage it's a really really big deal.

Presenting: THE (TOTALLY DEFINITIVE) BEST FANTASY & SCI-FI BOOKS OF 2024! 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆

Someone missing your characters once the book is done is the highest praise. Your people are alive in someone's mind.

I keep saying No clearly and unequivocally and most irl people I interact with seem taken aback by it, but it's IMPORTANT to show ppl that things are NOT settled and decided. Seeing helps with thinking EVERYTHING we do exists because WE made it exist. And we can always tear it back down. "Say no."

🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright: - 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is) 🧵 1/2

I mostly do this in the morning, so for the evening crowd, here's a long thread -- we're only a week shy of the winter solstice! Quotes from The Wolf and the Wild King, which is a winter book that ends on the solstice (but fear not, the second half of the duology is nearly finished).

They* said it couldn't be done! But Mr Rational Amounts of Confectionery Architecture has long left the building, so I present...the Gingerbread Street. *me

Thus, I hope my colleagues will consider this the next time they lament about a lack of student engagement or that they're seeing too much AI usage. This is a systemic problem that needs systemic solutions.

To wit, the issues we're seeing with students using ShitGPT aren't out of student laziness or lack of will: it is a consequence of the broader systemic structures impacting education. And it needs a systemic solution. To be clear, I include Tech VC assholes as part of this systemic structure.

One of my favorite reads of 2025.

Get the shots. Stay alive. COVID-19 mRNA vaccination linked to a 25% lower chance of death FROM ANY CAUSE. This is huge. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

also, ICYMI, the book is OUT-out at the PEOW2 shop. the lil preorder sign is gone. peow.studio/shop/na

Sketch vs. Final

An excellent thread, and an even better book.

Rebel guerillas fight a fascist empire, but don't quite win. From the ashes, they choose hope, recovery, building community, & working towards a new life on the utopian planet Refuge. #Hopepunk #sapphic #solarpunk #cozy #sf 💙📚 🌈📚🪐 books2read.com/rl/aplaceofr...

Read Mazes of Power! Find your way into the cavern city of Pelismara, where a young man is about to discover his idealistic desire to care for his people and save his mother will demand he learn just how divided his society is. And there is, of course, the issue of his brother...

Here’s why you shouldn’t pull your punches as a writer: A big part of the appeal of a book is how dedicated the author is to their idea. That crackling energy only comes from compulsion, the true driver of creativity. Restrain it at your own peril.

The artificer nodded. "I can build this wheeled chair, but why? You have an enchanted hover seat." "Yes," the wizard fumed, "but the palace have erected magic-cancelling wards." "Why?" "Don't know. But they didn't think of people who need mobility aids. So I need wheels to go shout at the king."

Writers looking for speculative submission opportunities in the rare-but-wonderful 10-50k region, have a look at the hopepunk list @shirakipress.com is setting up! #SubmissionCall 🌈🚀💫 🌈📚 #sff www.shirakipress.com/submissions/

Good tip - I just turned these off.

🗓️ reminder: if you live within the EU 🇪🇺 & you would like to order gifts 🎁 for your friends 🫂 & family 🫂 from my shop 🛒, you have two 2️⃣ days left! Any orders after Dec. 4th might not make it in time for the holidays. 🫣 If you are located in Germany, it's eight 8️⃣ more days. shop.sylvia-ritter.com

My new enamel pins, The fire dragon 🔥 Sorry, international shipping would be available only in January. Sharing photos is all that I can do now :'> #dragon #dragons #enamelpin #pin #artistonbluesky #art

Loon in moonlight... The loonlight #birds #art

this book is both a romance that had me shouting "yes kiss him!" like this was a Jane Austen book and a work of paradigm-shattering experimental formal brilliance Perec would have been impressed by plastic prism void is all that *and* a bag of potato chips PREORDER NOW

Fantasy Finalists: 💙 THE EXTRAVAGANZA ETERNIA by @kristinosani.bsky.social (@ghostorchidpress.com) 💙 THE JAGUAR MASK by @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social (@stelliform.press) 💙 TREE GODS by @rleefryar.bsky.social 💙 CURSED UNDER LONDON by @scriblit.bsky.social (Farrago Books—@duckworthbooks.bsky.social)

Everyone's promoting Christmas books. The Wolf and the Wild King is a winter solstice book. Night, darkness, fire, sacrifice ... www.kvj.ca/wolf.html How about a one very small quote a day advent calendar to get to the solstice? Shall I try that?

Working on the sequel in my free time (what little there is!) and it's looking to be bigger, weirder, and thornier, with a focus on what happens when you start lighting candles to acolytes, and explore some of the less savory tales of the Fox, bc a trickster isn't always a hero, not to everyone...

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

📢This #GivingTuesday, take a stand for LGBTQ+ storytellers with Lambda Literary!📢 ❤️Join us by making a donation today here: bit.ly/givein2025 ❤️

There’s something about a desert that makes me want to fill it with giants 🏜️

I have a seller page on marmalade now! It all links to my etsy shop, but it's a site to help guarantee the items are made or designed by the person selling it. Still adding items from my shop on there, there's just a lot marmaladehandmade.com/violet-magic...

This month's special offer is active! All new and upgrading supporters will get this month's seasonal dragon! Enjoy!

This Must-Have Monday = SIXTEEN new books! Incl 🐶$27+dog vs desert spirits by @tkingfisher.com ✊SFF+essays on protest+resistance from @drkarenlord.bsky.social @older.bsky.social & @annaleen.bsky.social 🏴‍☠️sapphic pirates & reincarnations of dead gods via @vyvre-argent.bsky.social

If you use Gmail, here's a nifty free app from the Google Workspace Marketplace--it scans emails for AI-generated content. I installed and tested it myself; it's not 100%, but works pretty well. If you're being bombarded by AI scam spams, it's a helpful tool. workspace.google.com/marketplace/...

A round of applause for the French is in order! 👏👏👏

Things to do this weekend besides shopping: - manage your mind goblins - nap for 1,000 years - investigate Pi until you get to the weird stuff - investigate pie - read a book out loud in the forest. it may seem like no creatures are listening, but they are, and they appreciate it

HARD agree! At worst, put their name on the back, BUT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BOOK

Well, this is utterly horrifying

Dawn - watercolor and acryla gouache on paper If you want to give into your capitalistic urges, prints are ✨on sale✨ on INPRNT as part of their black friday thingy

Here's the cover illustration I had the pleasure of painting for 'The Shape of Monsters' by @tessagratton.bsky.social , for Orbit Books! It's Book 2 of The Moon Heresies trilogy and sequel to The Mercy Makers 🌔 Out June 2026!

The paper artworks of Asya Kozina who also designs life-sized sculptures, wedding dresses and masks, 100% out of paper #WomensArt