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Marcus Rigsby

@marcusisabat.bsky.social

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(He/him) Autistic fantasy writer 🧙🏼‍♂️ and grownup person who likes making wands and casting spells 🪄🔥 Help! I bought too many books again, and I’ve lost my dogs in the stacks!

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Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Apr 2

About DMs:

1. Sorry if I assume you’re a robot.

2. I don’t like soliciting DMs.

3. Exceptions: I will absolutely listen to your new punk/twee/goth/shoegaze/jangle pop/experimental rock track. And I will read your book if you pledge to read mine… if and when it comes out.

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · 6d

Highly recommend this chill group on Meetup called Draw Your Stress Away. It’s a free guided drawing session that meets live on Zoom once a month. The drawings are simple, but participants are encouraged to stray from the prompt and make it their own. The skunk is my own addition! #art #drawing

Pencil drawing of acorns and an oak leaf hanging from a twig. A skunk looks up to sniff the acorns.

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Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · 7d

My full review for Invocations by Krystal Sutherland:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Marcus Rigsby's review of The Invocations

4/5: As I continue to search for a new favorite author to replace Neil Gaiman, I return to the author of House of Hollow, one of the best horror mysteries that I've ever read. Where House of Hollow b...

www.goodreads.com

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · 7d

My hunt for a new favorite author to replace Gaiman led me back to Krystal Sutherland. She's a master of sensory detail, which means you smell and taste everything. Blood, vomit, decomposition. Yup. Don't try to read Invocations in one sitting, but read it! #booksky #books #horror #witchy #mystery

Cover art for "Invocations" by Krystal Sutherland. A teenage girl with a bob haircut stares fearlessly at the reader through a stream of smoke. Two girls stand behind her. One places a supportive hand on the first girl's shoulder.

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Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · 14d

Hey! We got fudge!

Me and Marielle making crazy faces and holding cubes of fudge between our teeth. There’s an empty stage and a gathering crowd in the background.

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · 14d

Who should appear at Sacramento’s #farmtoforkfestival to do a solo acoustic set? Why, it’s Michael Angelakos of #passionpit, playing some old favorites and debuting a song about his cat!

Outdoor concert featuring Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit singing fervently and playing acoustic guitar.

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · 17d

Harley says thank you! 😊

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · 17d

Poor, poor Harley had her bladder stones removed this week, and now she must wear the cone of shame 🥺
#dogs
#coneofshame
#australianshepherd
#aussie

Mini Australian shepherd wears an e-collar, staring back at the viewer with big, sad eyes.

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Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · 17d

If you're the mother of an autistic child, you did nothing wrong. Don't let an administration with a pathological hatred for autistic people (and an utter contempt for science) make you think otherwise.

Trump admin 'seems to care very little about autistic people,' says advocate

In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.

www.npr.org

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Sep 7

I figured an oversized spear would be a good weapon for a warrior skunk, since owls are among skunks’ few natural predators. I also read that skunks don’t like their own stink, hence the oleander cape. #art #painting #acrylic #skunks #owls #paintsky #artsky

Acrylic painting of a warrior skunk in a lush forest. The skunk, wrapped a cape of leaves and oleanders, stands on his hind legs, clutching an enormous spear, and looks up into the treetops at a shadowy owl. The startled owl looks back with glowing red eyes. The skunk doesn’t notice the other two owls in the canopy behind him, watching him with hungry eyes.

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Sep 7

It’s hard not to see this as the goal of the immigration raids. Not a vehicle to suppress (nonexistent) crime waves, but to suppress public expressions of cultural identity. When the idiot’s supporters say they want to “make America White again,” believe them.

Mexican festivals in Chicago canceled amid Trump plans to deploy troops

City and suburbs pull local events tied to Mexican Independence Day on 16 September

www.theguardian.com

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Aug 17

I love it 🖤

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Aug 11

Which of Odin’s 170 names is your favorite? Top contenders for me would have to be:
Hangadróttinn (lord of the hanged)
and
Hrosshársgrani (horse-hair mustache)
#mythology
#norsemythology
#odin

List of names of Odin - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Aug 8

Not a memorable story, but an amazing sensory experience. I could feel the drops of rain on my face, smell the baklava and cottage bread baking in the oven, taste the mnimi soup. I don’t even know what the hell mnimi soup is!
#books
#booksky

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Aug 8

Little praying mantis on my bike break! I gave him a home on our lemon tree. I hope the spiders don’t get him!
#prayinmantis
#bugs
#insects
#wildlife

Closeup photo of praying mantis hanging upside down from my bike break handle.

Closeup of a small praying mantis perched on a sideways lemon leaf.

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Aug 8

Some great pieces on display at the Crocker Art Museum. I like that the captions include a “look for” blurb that draws your attention to some easily overlooked detail in the artwork.

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Aug 8

That IS good!

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Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Aug 1

Are you still in Montana? I'd love to see more of Colorado. It looks like a gorgeous place.

The MAGAs are another reason we're happy to be out of Riverside. In Sacramento I can speak more openly about the regime.

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Aug 1

We love it so far. We lived a good life in Riverside, but it never really felt like our city. Sacramento has more of the kinds of things that we like to do, and everyone we’ve met has been really nice.

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Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Aug 1

They look very content in their new home. Feel free to post lots of pictures!

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Jul 30

Cute! Are they yours?

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Jul 29

It’s ridiculously expensive, but Sacramento is cheaper than anything in the southern half of the state. I share rent with my girlfriend and her two cousins in a three bedroom house, and we live a reasonably comfortable existence.

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Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Jul 29

We lived in Riverside for the last four years.

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Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Jul 28

We’ve been Sacramento residents for 3 weeks now. So far I’m really enjoying our giant backyard with fruit trees, our Canada goose next door neighbors, the million and one book and record stores, and the bike paths that actually feel safe.

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Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Jul 28

The art gallery at the #CAstatefair made the whole event worth the price of admission. I saw some gorgeous art pieces from local artists, some as young as 5, are already better than I’ll ever be. #art #painting #sculpture

Marcus Rigsby @marcusisabat.bsky.social · Jul 28

I could watch these lemurs running around all day. #CAstatefair #wildlife #lemurs