Arden Powell 🎄❄️✨
@ardenpowell.bsky.social
Queer SFF author + artist, they/them 🇨🇦 Flos Magicae, The Carnelian King, Faerie Hounds, The Bayou. March 2025: Flesh & Bone
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Hello! I'm a queer indie author of fantasy, romance, and gothic horror. I write the Flos Magicae series, my new release is a short story collection #TheCarnelianKing and I publish a sword & sorcery serial on Patreon #TheBlackKnightSaga
✨Books: shorturl.at/KHuF3
✨Patreon: www.patreon.com/ardenpowell
✨Books: shorturl.at/KHuF3
✨Patreon: www.patreon.com/ardenpowell
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hi I just found out about planthopper nymphs
December 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
hi I just found out about planthopper nymphs
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Celebrating snow season in my sketchbook, a good reason to use all my purple pastels. I just love winter colors palette ❄️
#art #gouache #sketchbook #winter
#art #gouache #sketchbook #winter
December 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Celebrating snow season in my sketchbook, a good reason to use all my purple pastels. I just love winter colors palette ❄️
#art #gouache #sketchbook #winter
#art #gouache #sketchbook #winter
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🥰 Caribbean Reef Octopus 🐙 Hand sculpted from clay and lovingly painted 🎨
#ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
#ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
🥰 Caribbean Reef Octopus 🐙 Hand sculpted from clay and lovingly painted 🎨
#ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
#ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
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On Pale Horses
December 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
On Pale Horses
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I get down on my knees and do what/must be done/And kiss Achilles’ hand, the killer of my/son-
Michael Longley, “Ceasefire.”
Michael Longley, “Ceasefire.”
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I get down on my knees and do what/must be done/And kiss Achilles’ hand, the killer of my/son-
Michael Longley, “Ceasefire.”
Michael Longley, “Ceasefire.”
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I think it would be fun if writers who love language started intentionally writing more strangely as AI flattens written "content" into a mono-voice. it would cool I think if writers responded by focusing their individual efforts on cultivating a really unique voice that's hard to copy
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I think it would be fun if writers who love language started intentionally writing more strangely as AI flattens written "content" into a mono-voice. it would cool I think if writers responded by focusing their individual efforts on cultivating a really unique voice that's hard to copy
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Hate to say it but they're right, sometimes the motivation comes after you start doing the thing, not before...
December 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Hate to say it but they're right, sometimes the motivation comes after you start doing the thing, not before...
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My cover for THE ODDLY PEDESTRIAN LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER CHAOS #7.
Very happy with this one! :)
(FOC for this issue is the 1/15!)
Very happy with this one! :)
(FOC for this issue is the 1/15!)
January 11, 2024 at 4:13 AM
My cover for THE ODDLY PEDESTRIAN LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER CHAOS #7.
Very happy with this one! :)
(FOC for this issue is the 1/15!)
Very happy with this one! :)
(FOC for this issue is the 1/15!)
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"Everbright On Dark Days" Female Northern Cardinal, 10"x8" Oil on panel
The days are dark and short, and my mood seems to follow. But sometimes a thin ray of sun cuts through for a moment, and lights up the things I love, reminding me of how wonderful and beautiful they are, and it keeps me going
The days are dark and short, and my mood seems to follow. But sometimes a thin ray of sun cuts through for a moment, and lights up the things I love, reminding me of how wonderful and beautiful they are, and it keeps me going
December 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Everbright On Dark Days" Female Northern Cardinal, 10"x8" Oil on panel
The days are dark and short, and my mood seems to follow. But sometimes a thin ray of sun cuts through for a moment, and lights up the things I love, reminding me of how wonderful and beautiful they are, and it keeps me going
The days are dark and short, and my mood seems to follow. But sometimes a thin ray of sun cuts through for a moment, and lights up the things I love, reminding me of how wonderful and beautiful they are, and it keeps me going
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A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
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LISTEN UP BUCKAROOS. honestly as vegetarian it is my number one rare and appreciated holiday situation to show up and discover that the stuffing was specifically made in a way that vegetarian and vegan buckaroos can eat it too, and this is so easy to do
Thoroughly endorse Chuck's recommendation to make your stuffing meatless if you're having any vegans or vegetarians at your holiday meals. You shouldn't be cooking it inside the bird anyway, and it tastes just as good made with veggie stock.
NEW PROVING LOVE POD is up now for patreon members. LETS TROT. LOVE IS REAL
www.patreon.com/posts/provin...
www.patreon.com/posts/provin...
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
LISTEN UP BUCKAROOS. honestly as vegetarian it is my number one rare and appreciated holiday situation to show up and discover that the stuffing was specifically made in a way that vegetarian and vegan buckaroos can eat it too, and this is so easy to do
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trying to write a hallmark christmas movie but I've just finished act 1 and six people are already dead
October 30, 2024 at 12:07 AM
trying to write a hallmark christmas movie but I've just finished act 1 and six people are already dead
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Gay cardinals spotted
December 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Gay cardinals spotted
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December 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I'm not making plans yet but I'm thinking thoughts.
Dangerous to make plans after 8pm but maybe I'll publish a book next year.
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I'm not making plans yet but I'm thinking thoughts.
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While this could pass for a SFF illustration, it was actually painted for the family holiday card in 2011. 2/2
www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/ni...
www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/ni...
December 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
While this could pass for a SFF illustration, it was actually painted for the family holiday card in 2011. 2/2
www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/ni...
www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/ni...
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First two gifts for the housemates are wrapped and under the tree! Not sure how many more will be joining them this year, but this still sparks joy 🎄🎁
December 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
First two gifts for the housemates are wrapped and under the tree! Not sure how many more will be joining them this year, but this still sparks joy 🎄🎁
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Happy Krampusnacht for those who celebrate and happy weekend!
#illustration #BRArt #kidlitart #fantasyart
Happy Krampusnacht for those who celebrate and happy weekend!
#illustration #BRArt #kidlitart #fantasyart
December 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Happy Krampusnacht for those who celebrate and happy weekend!
#illustration #BRArt #kidlitart #fantasyart
Happy Krampusnacht for those who celebrate and happy weekend!
#illustration #BRArt #kidlitart #fantasyart
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DID HE COME FOR YOU LAST NIGHT?
December 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
DID HE COME FOR YOU LAST NIGHT?