my one contribution to the current discourse is that "Tourette's is completely involuntary and tics need to be handled differently" and "Black folks do not have to owe white folks more sympathy and tolerance than white folks often give Black folks with the same condition"

👀Submission Snapshot, 2026 Winter Reading Period👀 Fiction submissions: 967 Open: 658 Holds: 20 Passed: 274 Withdrawn: 15 Total poetry submissions: 211 Open: 108 Holds: 3 Passed: 97 Withdrawn: 3 (See the next post in this 🧵 for caveats about this data!)

Spreading my message to Clay's friend Error in what he's going through. Transgender people deserve so much better and to think people have the nerve to downright insult them is absolutely disrespectful. Please donate to Error whenever you guys can!

Before praising the current papacy, remember that late last year the Catholic Church imposed one of the most sweeping bans on trans healthcare yet, cutting off life-saving care throughout its sprawling U.S. hospital networks:

Tw: violence, death "The kind thing would have been to finish it, to free the poor girl from her misery, but they’d never been a kind sort of being. Instead, they knelt by her side with an almost-gentle look on their face. “Don’t struggle like that,” they whispered tenderly. “It’s pathetic.”

(tw suicide, overdose) The Heart Of The Matter, 2020-2023. Watercolor, acrylic and collage. "I am full of holes leaking out all my secrets, I don't wear my heart on my sleeve you can just see it through my hollow bones." -The Cost of Survival, in Post-Traumatic Anatomy; written 2016.

"The source of our art then is not in the achievements of other artists in other days and lands... [but] founded on a [...] love and understanding of the North in an ever clearer experience of oneness with the informing spirit of the whole land and a strange brooding sense of Mother Nature."

"Cute and Fluffy", 2026 (original drawing was actually years ago but got buried in a sketchbook. You know how it is.) Pencil, ink, digital tools. elliottdunstan.storenvy.com/products/370... #artsky #bunnies #rabbits #popart #originalart #horror (not...really. but demon bunnies)

"[T]he Dtundtuncan... withdrew from the fire ahead of time and since its body was not yet finished, was born with a blackened plumage, the basins of its eyes empty, a single leg and with a horrible song that destroyed everything around it." Original art. elliottdunstan.storenvy.com/products/370...

"...Athena inserted the Gorgon's head in the middle of her shield. But it is alleged by some that Medusa was beheaded for Athena's sake; and they say that the Gorgon was fain to match herself with the goddess even in beauty." "Our Lady of Serpents", acrylic on wood, November 2025-January 2026.

A thread of my art as I post it! Consider this thread a living portfolio.

It seems like a lot of people start hopelessly floundering at 1200—that’s where I got stuck—and I suspect that’s because 1200 is where the *characters* start majorly changing beyond what context clues can really help with

Hi all! I've got 6 days left to get my 4 last subscribers in order to get this off the ground. If I can get that magic number, February's music roundup (usually released mid-March) will be a double-barrel issue, and I'll be able to get my Star to actually grow and hopefully pay for some of my bills.

#LateNightWriters OOOH HM. I think I'll answer this for Corpseflower (horror script). It's set in Ottawa and every place in it is real - including a drag bar, a cafe with an open mic from years back, and a large, lonely beach.

#LateNightWriters Oops, shoulda done this first. Hi! I'm Elliott Dunstan, surrealist and horror writer and poet. Currently I'm embroiled in final edits for GULA, but I'd say I have two WIPs aside from my short stories ATM. One is a SciFi I wrote a ton of back in November, the other is a script-

#LateNightWriters A bit rocky - some short story work, some script work, but nothing substantial for the time being since I've been focused on art and editing what I have.

Watched Robert Eggers' The VVitch and I have thoughts. Excellent movie, great use of tension...not so great use of stereotypes and racist/anti-Semitic iconography. Understandable to a degree given how much they apparently took direct from sources of the time, but it's sure a choice to just like--

mood of the morning.

So far I have only been able to raise $15, could someone else please help me to escape? 💔👏🏼 #MutualAid #helpsky #HelpFolkslive2025 #Translivesmatter #transcrowdfund

ko-fi.com/s/7d24eb6272 Trying to sell 4 more!

Hol up this looks cool as fuck

(tw suicide, overdose) The Heart Of The Matter, 2020-2023. Watercolor, acrylic and collage. "I am full of holes leaking out all my secrets, I don't wear my heart on my sleeve you can just see it through my hollow bones." -The Cost of Survival, in Post-Traumatic Anatomy; written 2016.

I was sent to the ER again and held overnight, discharged now, trying to stabilize ❤️‍🩹 If folks can please consider sending some coins to help me or to boost the signal, I would appreciate it; much appreciation to those who have helped: ko-fi.com/evaroslinwri...

If you'd like to help me with the muffled screaming of "oh my god there's so many bills all the time kill me" then please do consider checking out my Storenvy (elliottdunstan.storenvy.com) Redbubble (www.redbubble.com/people/Ellio...) and/or Payhip (payhip.com/ElliottDunst...).

Zero tolerance for bands using AI artwork. If your cover art is soulless I’m going to assume that your music is soulless too. Find out of copyright artwork and use that. Commission an artist if you can afford it. Draw a stick man and put that on the cover. I don’t care as long as it’s not AI.

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Today I visited Zealandia and of course asked about the chance of seeing the resident takahē. Basically no chance, my guide replied. Their habitat is off-limited to visitors right now and they rarely venture beyond it. Resigned to this, I sat down on bench to watch riflemen...and who peeked out?

Post a monster:

Lawren Harris, on the Group of Seven Untitled Landscape, 2025. Acrylic on cardboard. elliottdunstan.storenvy.com/products/370...

www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1786... Now on #Redbubble and I'm very happy with how it looks in these designs. Eventually I'll move to other spaces for these products but all in time.

We all know the Tom Holland Umbrella rule But are we approaching a similar Alysa Liu rule

"The source of our art then is not in the achievements of other artists in other days and lands... [but] founded on a [...] love and understanding of the North in an ever clearer experience of oneness with the informing spirit of the whole land and a strange brooding sense of Mother Nature."

A thread of my art as I post it! Consider this thread a living portfolio.

"...Athena inserted the Gorgon's head in the middle of her shield. But it is alleged by some that Medusa was beheaded for Athena's sake; and they say that the Gorgon was fain to match herself with the goddess even in beauty." "Our Lady of Serpents", acrylic on wood, November 2025-January 2026.

#QueerWritersChat My chapbook GULA is currently on preorders! elliottdunstan.storenvy.com for physical editions, payhip.com/b/dJH7B for ebooks. elliottdunstan.storenvy.com you can also find my prints and jewellery here!

#QueerWritersChat In the current short, Lancelot is motivated by both genuine love and friendship, and a desire to be as human as he feels he is. He wants to live up to the ideals of knighthood, and he feels even more bound by them than a "regular" man might be.

#QueerWritersChat OHOHOHO there's so many good ones. I think any earnest belief taken too far becomes extremely interesting, although you have to balance it out; an extremist is only interesting when you can see where they've gone wrong.

#QueerWritersChat Honestly? It's what keeps me emotionally regulated, it's my main hobby, it's my go-to when I'm excited or stressed or sick -- Writing is everything to me so I rarely need active motivation to *write*; just the shape of it.

#QueerWritersChat HI! I'm Elliott Dunstan, chronically late as always. I'm a surrealist and horror writer, although I'm currently working on a short story for an Arthurian call which is...the most solidly genre fantasy I've written in a long time. I also do art, jewellery, drag and review stuff on-

Finally watched Wake Up Dead Man and ohhhh my god what an excellent movie. Will be typing up my thoughts especially as someone who is nebulously religious.

Hey folks! it is my roommate's birthday today! We want to order pizza but between bills and suchlike, the accounts are getting low. www.paypal.com/paypalme/ell... Basically, help me buy a trans girl pizza for her bday :D

February is shaping up to be an INCREDIBLE month for #music, so how about this -- *if* I can hit my 5 subscribers, I'll do a double length new releases column for the Feb releases. #indiemusic #altmusic

Citing added costs and medical freedom concerns, a Utah Senate committee rejected a bill that would ban public, taxpayer funded insurance from paying for gender-affirming care. #utpol

OK, Im temporarily taking the restrictions off and am now asking genuinely for recommendations for editors. If you or someone you admire has a slot available do a proofread edit of a 62k mystery novel before the end of July, please DM me with your rates and availability before Friday 2/20/26! 🥰