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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 1d

This has been a really rough few days. I recently learned of a controversy around our book THE PRINCESS IN BLACK AND THE PRINCE IN PINK. Some were outraged that Deseret Book carried it (a chain of bookstores in the west). Deseret Book appears to have complied to their demands and removed it. 1/

Cover of The princess in black and the prince in pink by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and LeUyen Pham. It shows a young girl in black mask and superhero outfit dancing with a young boy in pink mask and pink hero outfit. Bands of words stripe the cover, saying "all kids have a right to exist" and "please let's show love for all kinds of kids"

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 4d

I realized this morning that in the “fuck, marry, kill,” question that our girl Morticia Addams chose a man that would give her all three.

The perfect husband.

a man in a tuxedo and a woman in a maid costume are standing next to each other in a kitchen .

Alt: Gomez Addams, a man in a tuxedo, and Morticia Addams, a woman in a long black gothic dress, are standing next to each other while the smiling man kisses her hand.

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 4d

Fuck, marry, kill? Darling, why choose?

a woman in a black dress is holding a red rose in her hands

Alt: Morticia Addams, a woman in a black dress is holding a red rose in her hands and clips off the bloom.

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 8d

"I'll Be Home For Hanukkah" is a new Galaxy story I wrote in this years's DC Holiday special, I SAW MA HUNKEL KISSING SANTA CLAUS. Its got gorgeous art by @hannahtempler.com and @lgions.bsky.social, a new villian for Galaxy & 29(!) DC cameos!

Final order cut off is 🌟TODAY🌟 so get your preorders in!

A panel from "I'll Be Home For Hanukkah," a story in DC Comics' 2025 Holiday special I SAW MA HUNKEL KISSING SANTA CLAUS, by Jadzia Axelrod, Hannah Templer, and Bex Glending, in which Galaxy punches the Ultra Humanite while Fire, Ice, and the Blue Beetle deal with giant insect robots in the background. "Can we speed this up?" Galaxy asks. Argus, who is floating nearby says "It is already sundown--" "I know, Argus," Galaxy replies.

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 12d

Here's some good news: who's coming with me and @ryehickman.bsky.social to GOBLIN TOWN!?!?!!!!

Chris Fernandez at Mad Cave has acquired Princess Nightmare, a YA fantasy graphic novel by Jadzia Axelrod (I.) (Hawkgirl: Once Upon a Galaxy) and Rye Hickman (Hey, Mary!), about a trans teen prophesied to become the Ruler of Darkness who runs away from home and falls in with a lovingly accepting goblin community that teaches her that what other people consider "dark" may not actually be something to run away from. Lauren Hitzhusen will edit: a publication date has not been set. Maeve MacLysaght at Aevitas Creative Management did the deal for world rights.

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 16d

Two books for spooky season:
COFFIN MOON, Keith Rosson: Best modern vampire story ever (although it's set in the 70s).
THE TWISTED ONES, by T. Kingfisher: It lures you in with chatty good humor (especially about NPR Pledge Week) and a lovely dog...then slams the door and bites you in the dark.

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 18d

I believe the plant that caught the sun here is called Efo Shoko, or Lagos Spinach. Absolutely magical.

Efo Shoko plants in bloom, purple conical flowers in a garden from a magenta violet to white with the setting sun of late afternoon in October on a farm surrounded by tall evergreen trees.

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 18d

I mean, just look at her. She’s perfect. A princess. And blooming in October. A gem.

A blooming orange zinnia surrounded by green leaves.

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 18d

The golden light was shifting around zinnia flowers resulting in many bad photos but also this one.

A close up of a blooming pink zinnia with a red center with curling yellow bits surrounded by green leaves.

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 18d

Look at the texture of this flower!

A fuzzy scarlet flower on a farm surrounded by trees.

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 18d

There is something about the transparency of these leaves and the glow that produces that lights me up.

Red leaved plant growing on stalks on a farm surrounded by forest.,

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 18d

Then you start thinking about physics, the speed of light and the movement of planets. The yellow star we live under. You fall in love with light and after knowing light you meet time and knowing time moves you to a whole other level of worship.

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 18d

Get good enough and you can’t resist playing with light. Bouncing it. Bringing out mirrors so you can show it to itself and move it.

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 18d

Golden shifting light on vibrant natural spaces is basically how you could trap any photographer. Get good enough and you start to become obsessed with light. Light is a particle and a wave and it has my heart. I love a long shaft of gold or the haze of blue. I love the color of bounced light.

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 18d

Today I got to visit the Truelove Seeds farm where I wandered away from my group when became distracted by the quality of golden light coming over the tops of the evergreen trees in the late afternoon. It was golden, shifting fast, and illuminating the petals of blooming flowers like treasures.

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 22d

Edinburgh, the isle of May, and St. Andrews.

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 23d

I’d love to be there.

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 23d

My wife noted that I mostly post photos of the sky here on this app. This is true. Here are some more!

A photo of Edinburgh as seen from Edinburgh castle on a bright day in July.

Two cliffs covered in green grass and moss with the sea and grey sky beyond them on the isle of May in Scotland.

The ruins of a cathedral as seen from the ruins of a castle with a sunny blue sky and sea at St Andrew’s in Scotland.

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 23d

The colors are bursting through the growing season. Bees and birds are constant visitors. My little strip of land in the city is always active with color and movement. Hands down, the best trade I ever made.

Scarlet red flowers blooming in tall stalks.

A bee covered with pollen hangs on a stamen inside a blooming swamp rose mallow flower.

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 23d

The results have been spectacular. Blooms from early spring through October. Coneflowers and Beebalm. Butterfly weed and goldenrod.

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J.R. Blackwell @jrblackwell.bsky.social · 23d

Two years ago a friend was scammed by a fraudulent business which left her without a wedding photographer. I stepped in and photographed her wedding, and in return she used her horticultural skills to design and plant a garden in the back strip of my house in West Philly.