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Benedict Anning
@benedictanning.bsky.social
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Horror/SF writer, occasional artist, general creative chump. Creature of the abyss and dedicated cat dad.🐈

Rep: @jjbker.bsky.social at Bell Lomax Moreton.

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Wintry skies over the water
Waves gently breaking across a shoreline, the sand reflecting the dusty blues Now with additional crow
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Leonora Carrington :
Cat Tapestry, c.1950s

Wool

Museo Nacional de Arte INBA
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
talkin' about the AI bubble
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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hushpuppyart.bsky.social
Dullahan
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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November dusk
A portrait photo of a deep blue dusk, fading sunlight below the horizon, silhouette buildings and trees at the fore
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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samkhorton.bsky.social
Really excited for this! If you’re in the Glasgow area come and hear us!
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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creatures
July 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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natania.bsky.social
‼️Important Breaking Mews: Salem has finally deemed her milk carton house suitable for habitation.‼️
A kitten sticking her head out of a cat house shaped like a milk carton
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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clhellisen.bsky.social
Your motivational post for the day
arstechnica.com Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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sorenhaxan.bsky.social
red brutalism
"caught in the gallows' sway" absolute sodomy spellbound weed - don't smoke it if it doesn't agree with you
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
This is very freaking cool!
solarisbooks.bsky.social Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 11d
Take a look at @samkhorton.bsky.social 's RAGWORT, gracing the front cover of @thebookseller.com 's South West focus issue!

Explore the deliciously dark folkloric fantasy world of Nancy Bligh, the Keeper of Mirecombe in 18th Century Cornwall.

Buy now: https://geni.us/ragwort
A splayed out selection of THE BOOKSELLER mags with Sam K. Horton's RAGWORT on the cover.
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
benedictanning.bsky.social
Another frigid but sunny day
Close shot of lime-gold maple leaves glowing in sunlight between grey branches against a blue sky Close shot of larch tree branches in the sun Stinging nettles covered in frost
November 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
Sorry for the delay.
We had to wait on timezones.
Because HOME SICK just had its cover reveal in People Magazine.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
Rhiannon Grist’s ‘Cottagegore’ Horror 'Home Sick' Will Make Your Skin Crawl — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
Rhiannon Grist is debuting a new psychological horror novel. PEOPLE has an exclusive preview of 'Home Sick', a new book that puts a dark spin on the haunted house story.
people.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
benedictanning.bsky.social
Constantly amazes me how adorable this little lady is
A close up of the best girl in the world - Penny, a calico cat lies curled up, fluffy paws curled underneath her chin As before but now she has extended a leg to beside her ear. Incredible.
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Enemy (2013)
sgj.bsky.social Stephen Graham Jones @sgj.bsky.social · 16d
There a dude at my gym who I’m eighty percent sure is a twin. Some days I see him, and he looks … slightly, indefinably different. I nod hey to him to test him, but he always passes—maybe both of them recognize me somewhat? Feel like I’m in a PKD novel, here. I’m often very confused. But trying.
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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samthielman.com
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day! Don’t forget to smash your clocks!
A panel from Watchmen no. 4. Art by Dave Gibbons, script by Alan Moore
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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andylevy.net
this is legit one of the saddest things i have ever seen
jessehawken.bsky.social Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 18d
Elon has never experienced this and neither have his biggest fans but now they can create these visuals with the help of a computermachine
Elon Musk tweet “Grok Imagine prompt: She smiles and says ‘I will always love you’” with an AI illustration of a woman smiling
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
benedictanning.bsky.social
Random menty elf blip this pm so I went for the usual rushed run. Decided, sanely, to extend to a full hour. 11km. Didn't even beat my record distance. Legs are entirely dead. Can't muster the energy to go grab my water. This is better. This is def better and was def smart. I have beaten my brain
Screengrab from Peep Show episode: Superhans, a man in a tracksuit, sits against a wall in the street, holding a phone to his ear, legs flat ahead of him, subtitle reads "I've accidentally run to Windsor"
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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rainewilson.bsky.social
✨It's Double Publication Day!✨

If you like science fantasy, folklore with a twist, digital ghosts, nature having opinions, and ghost cats/orcas living their best lives please do give these books a go?

geni.us/weallghostsPB
geni.us/saltorac

@solarisbooks.bsky.social
Photo of the paperback of We Are All Ghosts In The Forest and hardback of The Salt Oracle with a lamp, some flower stems & blue glass buoys
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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michael burry shorted palantir
a man in a blue shirt is standing in front of a wall that says happening bunker
ALT: a man in a blue shirt is standing in front of a wall that says happening bunker
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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megintransition.bsky.social
I am loving Ragwort, the sequel, right now.

I have the utter privilege of chatting with Sam and the fabulous @shonak.bsky.social for her beautiful Daughters of Nicnevin for @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social on the 20th November.

Hopefully see you there.
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
benedictanning.bsky.social
Great event tonight on Halloween Eve with @joe-hill.bsky.social and @keithrosson.bsky.social at St Cuthbert's - surrounded by bones when discussing all things monstrous 💀
October 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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culturecrave.co
Judge rules George R.R. Martin and other authors can sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright

• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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some autumnal canopies today
Skyward shot of a tree: pale green leaves aglow in the sun, blue sky Mix of vibrant leaf canopies Close up of glowing yellow-green leaves against blue sky More of the same, basically, idk
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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As promised, a recent painting!

“Roja”
Oils 16x9

You can still view this one in person (always looks so much better in person!) at @spoke-art.com NY!

spoke-art.com/blogs/news/1...
Close up of the portrait in an oil painting. Close up of an oil painting, focused a wolf A woman dressed in a red robe, holds her chest. Behind her a wolf eats an indescribable piece of bloodied meat. The wolf’s muzzle is as bloodied as the woman’s hand. Framed oil painting of a woman in red, a massive wolf behind her
October 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM