The house is located beyond poisonous marshes. It breeds ravens. The girl arrives at dawn.

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Time to update the muted words! (Nonspecific general reminder)

Toni Morrison wrote that “all water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was”. Morrison was talking about writing and the Mississippi, but she could easily have been talking about the creeks that flow through 'Honeyeater'. satpa.pe/Zo0OpGR

Me!

Kathleen Jennings – whose first novel, 2020’s ‘Flyaway’, won a British Fantasy Award and was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award – imbues her narrative with a gloriously gothic sensibility. 'Honeyeater' is a book of real power and beauty. satpa.pe/Cc4uW0W

Book Moon!

She arrives at the house on a Tuesday, seeking the oldest ghost, who offered her a chance. She is a wasp among lizards.

Yay! I love #AScareADay October 👻🖤

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Time to update the muted words! (Nonspecific general reminder)

Castles and colonnades — I ran into a friend this week who had it on their phone case:) It is also available on other things: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1360...

A playlist and a thread about it...

Very happy to get to share these two book covers, featuring cut-paper silhouettes by @tanaudel.bsky.social. You can view much more of the detail in these handmade pieces in the close-up images at the link!

Toni Morrison wrote that “all water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was”. Morrison was talking about writing and the Mississippi, but she could easily have been talking about the creeks that flow through 'Honeyeater'. satpa.pe/3NfT7Xl

I am looking forward to being at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social !

Now I know what I'm doing in London on my way to @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social!

The World Fantasy Awards will be presented on Sunday 2nd November, in the afternoon following the banquet, at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton. Happy `reading!

Such a fun panel to be on at Writers Assemble. The best sort — three friends getting excited about ideas and a fourth egging us on. Thanks @mxrxdx.bsky.social for getting a photo! (Writers Assemble Session 3: Writing Wonder, with Lisa Hannett, me, and Kaaron Warren, with moderator Sean Williams)

Well, *some* more of the detail. The little KS images don't really do them justice, which is why we need to make these books.

At the State Library of South Australia for Writers Assemble!

The map's form: food and drinks It shows: the present Its purpose: to assist in emergency

This is a cut paper silhouette, by me, for my book HONEYEATER, which just came out! The book is suburban, subtropical Gothic… USA: torpublishinggroup.com/honeyeater/ Australia: panmacmillan.com.au/9781761562303/

TODAY, ADELAIDE!

This is part of my ongoing collaboration with @andrewmcalpine.bsky.social, featuring art by @tanaudel.bsky.social, @danielharila.bsky.social, @amandalee.bsky.social, @ianreed.bsky.social, and other folks I'm delighted to be working with.

The next two (!) books of the Wildendrem tabletop RPG setting are coming soon to Kickstarter. #osr www.kickstarter.com/projects/626...

I'm going to be on the Screen, Stage & Page segment Drive on the ABC (Brisbane) between 5 and 5:30 this afternoon!

A playlist and a thread about it...

Castles and colonnades — I ran into a friend this week who had it on their phone case:) It is also available on other things: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1360...

Also the more you do this the more art I will see.

Want to post about other people’s art but don’t know how? I find just yelling out the first cool thing you notice works well. (Skull!) You can refine your thoughts later if you want, but just doing that usually thrills the artist and makes other people look. #artthoughts

Wolf's Path was published in March, 6 months ago! But people are seeing it now. There is no algorithm here. Like no matter now much I think I am posting my stuff, people are still not seeing them. www.atthisarts.com/product/wolf...

ADELAIDE! tomorrow for FREE! www.eventbrite.com/cc/writers-a...

This is actually wild. 15k? Y'all. 🥰 It's been a while since we've had a dark art share. Share your darkest, creepiest, ominous, wonderful works. This is for dark artworks with ALT TEXT on them only. Non-alted posts will get hidden so don't be that guy! Let's GO! #ArtShare #DarkArt

Upcoming events!

Masks and marching! And what the little forward-tilt of the sun-faced figure does to the rhythm of the line. #artthoughts

Want to post about other people’s art but don’t know how? I find just yelling out the first cool thing you notice works well. (Skull!) You can refine your thoughts later if you want, but just doing that usually thrills the artist and makes other people look. #artthoughts

"whatever the horse is is perfect in the horse" "round as soap or a full drop of water" to wildly misquote Judith Wright But they are so very shaped to fit a hand, so slippery in their speed. The plump compactness, the leaping rhythm of the colours. #artthoughts

The weightiness, the *fullness*, all rumpled-up, stacked-up, doughnut-thick toruses & curves, and then stretching away to the outflung angularities. It makes me think of how so many works referencing Much don't pick up on the heft of his models. I am also a fan of that cameo effect. #artthoughts

2/2 But the cat is on the middle ground of the path, a little lifted by its faint halo. A struggle to really look at FIRST, but no effort to see. #artthoughts

This level of depth and contrast and brightness based on a line drawing. How the eye struggles to hold the highlights (so few lines in those brightest points) and forest depths at the same time, so that the fields shimmer... 1/2 #artthoughts

BEASTS These *should* be reminiscent of collages of painted tissue paper, but there's something about the gradients and blending that reminds me of airbrushing, and of unsettlingly dimensioned 1970s album art. #artthoughts

Splendid bold gradient! Descending from ivory skull to deep dark feet. And that faint blue glow… #artthoughts

Lovely VICFA reading and discussion panel with @jolantru.bsky.social and Prof. David Farnell whom I cannot find here

The art community on bsky, when it first started, was absolutely incredible and there was one reason it was so good: Comments! Artists would comment and engage with each other so much, and it made it so lively and fun and filled with community. Take a moment to leave a comment each day~!

HONEYEATER, a haunted subtropical tale, is now out! Order through your favourite bookstore or: USA: torpublishinggroup.com/honeyeater/ Australia: panmacmillan.com.au/9781761562303/

A great evening at Avid Reader launching HONEYEATER, with Amanda Niehaus and many friends

Already feeling Octoberish? I've corralled some dancing skeletons, masked cats, girls fleeing houses, and other designs into one Redbubble collection for ease of finding... www.redbubble.com/people/tanau...