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Kathryn Hemmann

@kathrynthehuman.bsky.social

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Reader of books and player of games. College professor and pokémon trainer. Writes about media and society. In love with monsters and magic. 🌿 https://digitalfantasydiary.com/ 🌿

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · May 21

I'm a denizen of Philadelphia who writes strange and eerie stories about the hidden mysteries and quiet horrors of everyday life. You can find my fiction collections and minicomic zines on Itchio and Etsy.
🌿 digitalterrarium.itch.io
🌿 www.etsy.com/shop/Digital...

A banner featuring the illustrated covers of three of my recent short fiction collections: Terrible People, Decomposition, and Haunted Houses.

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 14h

FOUR is an original story with fresh and unique characters that I'd love to follow through future mishaps, but fans of The Magnus Archives + The Magnus Protocol are really going to want to check this one out. "Surreal corporate horror" is such a vibe right now, and this minicomic nails it

Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 14h

I had a great time with @palposak.bsky.social's minicomic FOUR, in which an accountant notices a computing error with reality-bending implications. Posak's brilliant coloring gets the late-nite fluorescent glare of corporate liminal spaces exactly right. 🖥️ www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

A few panels from Pal Posak's minicomic FOUR. An overzealous accountant claims that "It's too late... We need to eject him from the system." The 'it' in question, a cute and fluffy black crow-thing, squarks at him while perched on a piece of machinery. Some days at work are just like that, you know?

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 14h

Oh man this is so true. Literally every time I interact with the furry community, I'm reminded of how much I love and appreciate the furry community.

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Pal Posak - ShortBox Comics Fair 2025 @palposak.bsky.social · 9d

La @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social a commencé !!! À cette occasion, vous pouvez vous procurer ma première BD complète en couleur pour seulement 5£ !

N'hésitez pas à aller jeter un coup d'œil sur le site parce qu'il y en a vraiment pour tous les goûts !

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

FOUR by Pal Posak — ShortBox Comics Fair

Catalog’s night accountant does his work in the silence of his office, counting and transcribing with care 0s, 1s, 2s and 3s into his ledger - wait, was that a 4? 35 two colour pages (page numbers r...

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

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Dracula Enthusiast @kmfao.bsky.social · 1d

The furry community is, and has always been a load bearing pillar of the internet, from maintaining the infrastructure that runs the web to some of the best artists in the biz, and they deserve their flowers

Chocodile ➡️ MFF Dealer's Den! @chocodile.net · 1d

Serious shoutout to furries for being the internet's #1 art patrons. At a time when interest in original and niche art is at an all time low and many other art spaces are gone, I appreciate you guys showing up to boost original works, buy art pieces & comms, & get vocally invested in stories & OCs.

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 1d

I love the stylish gothic fantasy of @narrenstrich.bsky.social's minicomic Asunder, especially as it plays in the visual dichotomy between sunlit open spaces and nighttime intimacies bounded by heavy stone walls. The tragic yuri is impeccable. 👑 www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

Panels from Narrenstitch's minicomic Asunder. On waking in the night, the teenage companion to a queen overhears a secret conversation in the courtyard below her castle window.

Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 1d

I've thought about this! I'm not sure it would be able to feel petting through its chitinous exoskeleton, but it chirps if you repeatedly pogo on it, and it makes a sort of purring croon if you play the Needolin next to it. Both of which of I do every time, because of course

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✷ 𝖓𝖆𝖗𝖗 ✷ @narrenstrich.bsky.social · 9d

@shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social is now live, which means you can get my comic (and many more!) all throughout october 🫶

check it out below

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 1d

I love the Bell Beast from Silksong so much that I made a vinyl sticker for myself. I have a small number of extras, and I put them on Etsy for basically the price of shipping if you'd like one. 🌿 www.etsy.com/listing/4384...

A photo of a vinyl sticker of Hornet and the Bell Beast from Silksong. The art of this brave lady knight and her faithful steed was drawn by me!

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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 1d

I cannot express to you how urgent it is that we all loudly and constantly support queer media right now. It is my number one goal for this year, to support and promote as many queer artists as possible.

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Lovely Indies @lovelyindies.bsky.social · 3d

SOPA - @studiobando.bsky.social
Hoy disponible en PC | PS5 | XB #GamePass

Cuando Miho entra en el almacén para buscar una patata para la sopa de su abuela, es transportado a una tierra fantástica y lejana donde debe seguir los pasos de un gran y misterioso viajero que le precedió.

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Ginny Tapley Takemori @ginnytkmr.bsky.social · 9d

I guess my job is secure for a while, then!

Japanese literature shows why human translation still counts

AI and translation tech lower barriers to global communication, but literary translation requires the ability to convey tone, rhythm and cultural context.

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生田目和剛(Nabatame Kazutaka) @nabatamekazutaka.bsky.social · 4d

In front of Mishima Station
(2022)

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 4d

I adore @paperflan.bsky.social's minicomic A Box Full of Darkness, in which a young mage attempts necromancy to bring back the spirit of her cat familiar. Losing a companion is difficult, but the artist handles the theme of grief with care and grace. 🔮 www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

A panel from Gina Nguyen's minicomic A Box Full of Darkness. A young woman speaks to the spirit of her cat familiar, telling it, "Thank you, and... I'm sorry." I won't lie, I teared up a little at this scene.

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gina nguyen 🌩️ LBX224 + SBCF @paperflan.bsky.social · 9d

Happy October and @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social month! A few preview pages from ‘A Box Full of Darkness’ available now until the end of the month 👀

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 4d

The algorithm on Tumblr has observed that I like Silksong, and now it's started recommending posts about Revolutionary Girl Utena. That's an interesting and apt connection, but also, how rude for the machine to call me out like this

Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 4d

Same here. Every day the same disappointment smh.

Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 5d

Terra 💚 #FinalFantasy #illustration

A digital drawing of Terra Branford from Final Fantasy VI, which is still one of my favorite games of all time.

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 6d

I love how he's perfectly on model yet also distinctly drawn in your own style. And just, his face! His smile! The fashion! The pose!! Ahhhhhh you're making me fall in love with Tenna all over again ❤️💛

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Some Sleepy Freak (❁´◒`❁)*✲ﾟ* @somekrazifreak.bsky.social · 6d

Absolute cimena

Tenna from Deltarune. He has his arms up, claws peaking through his gloves

Same as previous image but now he has an extra set of arms underneath

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you so much for creating this comic, and thank you for doing the work to get it out into the world. The horror elements are brilliant and super effective... but also, now I really want to get some flowers and crayons and make art 😅

Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 6d

I really enjoyed A Little Beauty, @lauraknetzger.bsky.social's new minicomic. Botanical horror delights in uncontrollable growth, and this story transposes the uncanny sense of disconnect between nature and society onto the process of artistic creation. 🌻 www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

A panel from A Little Beauty. A smiling woman rests her head on a table cluttered with art materials as a vase of sunflowers(?) looms over her ominously. The caption reads: "The flowers never wilted." This is a horror story about feeling so inspired that you lose your sense of self in the dangerous territory of mania, but still. May at least one of those flowers never wilt.

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Laura Knetzger @lauraknetzger.bsky.social · 8d

ShortBox Comics Fair is live! My offering this year is a horror short story about a son questioning if he needs to rescue his mom from a newfound obsession with making art.

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 7d

just passing through

illustration showing a room with a shadowy ghost hiding behind open double doors that lead to a gloomy hallway and staircase. A small grey cat looks up at the ghost.

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 7d

Udon: Unknown Dog of Nobody, available as a gorgeous chapbook from @strangerspress.bsky.social, follows three sisters and their adopted dog into adulthood. Haneko Takayama writes speculative ecofiction about animals, and it's fantastic to see her work in translation! japaneselit.net/2025/10/03/u...

Udon: Unknown Dog of Nobody

Haneko Takayama’s short story Udon: Unknown Dog of Nobody, published by Strangers Press as a stand-alone chapbook in their Kanata series, follows three sisters connected by their love for their fam…

japaneselit.net

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