Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕
@restingdinoface.bsky.social
Bronto-queen, big cat, best-selling and award-winning author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, When the Earth Was Green, and Tyrant Lizard Queen (2026). 🔞 she/they/it. Skreeonk. https://linktr.ee/restingdinoface
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I didn’t know octorok were real.
Octopus Mother Propels Her Young to Freedom
YouTube video by Nature on PBS
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February 13, 2026 at 3:15 AM
I didn’t know octorok were real.
Proteles!
Daylight Surprise! Aardwolf Spotted Drinking
YouTube video by Africam
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Proteles!
I can always be trusted to find the right monster for the occasion.
February 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I can always be trusted to find the right monster for the occasion.
I love how the soundtrack comes out swinging.
February 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I love how the soundtrack comes out swinging.
have to keep going
tf not done yet
tf not done yet
February 12, 2026 at 10:13 PM
have to keep going
tf not done yet
tf not done yet
Coming out soon! You'll even find me in there talking about gar and how they made it through the extinction that toppled the dinosaurs.
🐻GRIZZLED🐻: Love Letters to 50 of North America's Least Understood Animals
Def the biggest & most personal project of my career. Featuring artwork & foreword by Joel Sartore, as well as insights from a bajillion amazing scientists. 🧪
❤️🔥I HOPE YOU LOVE IT❤️🔥
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804002...
Def the biggest & most personal project of my career. Featuring artwork & foreword by Joel Sartore, as well as insights from a bajillion amazing scientists. 🧪
❤️🔥I HOPE YOU LOVE IT❤️🔥
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804002...
Grizzled by Jason Bittel: 9781426223358 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Funny, fascinating, and scientifically grounded, this charming book reveals unknown details about 50 well-known animals. Effortlessly readable, Grizzled reintroduces nature lovers to species they th...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Coming out soon! You'll even find me in there talking about gar and how they made it through the extinction that toppled the dinosaurs.
My favorite queer bookstore - SLC's Under the Umbrella - put together a great list for Black History Month, and they have free shipping options.
Black Authors Across Genres | Under the Umbrella Bookstore & Cafe | A Queer Little Bookstore
www.undertheumbrellabookstore.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:07 PM
My favorite queer bookstore - SLC's Under the Umbrella - put together a great list for Black History Month, and they have free shipping options.
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REMINDER: If you wanna see where this literal werewolf fuckery goes, My Monster Girlfriend is ⭐30% OFF⭐ in our store until February 15th. Discount hits at checkout!
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store.ironcircus.com/products/smu...
February 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM
REMINDER: If you wanna see where this literal werewolf fuckery goes, My Monster Girlfriend is ⭐30% OFF⭐ in our store until February 15th. Discount hits at checkout!
store.ironcircus.com/products/smu...
store.ironcircus.com/products/smu...
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February 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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Morgawr, Sea Serpent of Falmouth Bay.
February 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Morgawr, Sea Serpent of Falmouth Bay.
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got you some chocolates. don’t worry about the title
February 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM
got you some chocolates. don’t worry about the title
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You know you want one!! My glow in the dark Mothman shirt!!! Everybody who buys one tells me “wow kory these shirts rule and also glow really good”
BACK IN STOCK! It's the Mothman! NOT to be confused with the Owlman. How dare you even invoke their name here.
This Mothman shirt glows in the dark and was designed by @korybing.bsky.social! Check out this shirt and more cool stuff on her store topatoco.com/collections/... 🦋🦕💜
This Mothman shirt glows in the dark and was designed by @korybing.bsky.social! Check out this shirt and more cool stuff on her store topatoco.com/collections/... 🦋🦕💜
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
You know you want one!! My glow in the dark Mothman shirt!!! Everybody who buys one tells me “wow kory these shirts rule and also glow really good”
🎧"I just wanna walk
right out of this world
'cause everybody has a poison heart"
right out of this world
'cause everybody has a poison heart"
Ramones - Poison Heart
YouTube video by RamonesVEVO
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
🎧"I just wanna walk
right out of this world
'cause everybody has a poison heart"
right out of this world
'cause everybody has a poison heart"
If you're going to be in Tucson next month, I'll be at the Festival of Books! I'll be on two panels and running a workshop on how to get yourself ready to write.
Tucson Festival of Books | Riley Black
tucsonfestivalofbooks.org
February 12, 2026 at 6:38 PM
If you're going to be in Tucson next month, I'll be at the Festival of Books! I'll be on two panels and running a workshop on how to get yourself ready to write.
For a moment I thought I was going to work on something softer. About memory and affection, knowledge gifted across time.
But now it looks like I’m writing teeth again. I’ll get back to the other. The jaws are too tensed to not relieve it with a bite.
But now it looks like I’m writing teeth again. I’ll get back to the other. The jaws are too tensed to not relieve it with a bite.
February 12, 2026 at 5:20 PM
For a moment I thought I was going to work on something softer. About memory and affection, knowledge gifted across time.
But now it looks like I’m writing teeth again. I’ll get back to the other. The jaws are too tensed to not relieve it with a bite.
But now it looks like I’m writing teeth again. I’ll get back to the other. The jaws are too tensed to not relieve it with a bite.
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Artists, quote with something silly!
February 12, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Artists, quote with something silly!
Happening now.
The Senate Business and Labor committee has incredible and ONE SIDED turnout in the room today. It's amazing.
You can find the live feed or participate online at this link if you couldn't make it up to the Capitol but still want to participate: us02web.zoom.us/j/82567129193
You can find the live feed or participate online at this link if you couldn't make it up to the Capitol but still want to participate: us02web.zoom.us/j/82567129193
February 12, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Happening now.
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Ominous bird valentines.
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Ominous bird valentines.
My armor's always on. Many questions aren't genuine curiosity. They're attempts to negotiate how small a piece of existence we'll accept, how unobtrusive and tame we can be in a culture hell bent on alienating and exterminating us.
I tried patience. cis people, you've made me regret it.
I tried patience. cis people, you've made me regret it.
We are hostile to anyone being less than supportive because we understand where this two step you're doing into transphobia leads.
And that place you're softly stepping your way towards is full of the bodies of our dead friends, put there by folks just asking questions about our humanity.
And that place you're softly stepping your way towards is full of the bodies of our dead friends, put there by folks just asking questions about our humanity.
February 12, 2026 at 3:05 PM
My armor's always on. Many questions aren't genuine curiosity. They're attempts to negotiate how small a piece of existence we'll accept, how unobtrusive and tame we can be in a culture hell bent on alienating and exterminating us.
I tried patience. cis people, you've made me regret it.
I tried patience. cis people, you've made me regret it.
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I try not to speak over/for trans people but as someone very much still unlearning bioessentialism and how to be less harmful, who ALSO has very *gendered* medical training my advice to other cis people is "Assume your strongly held opinions are based on utter biological cluelessness."
February 12, 2026 at 6:52 AM
I try not to speak over/for trans people but as someone very much still unlearning bioessentialism and how to be less harmful, who ALSO has very *gendered* medical training my advice to other cis people is "Assume your strongly held opinions are based on utter biological cluelessness."
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February 12, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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binturong pendant 🍿
🔺6 red earthenware, underglaze
🔺6 red earthenware, underglaze
February 11, 2026 at 11:49 PM
binturong pendant 🍿
🔺6 red earthenware, underglaze
🔺6 red earthenware, underglaze
Every time Biollante isn’t on screen everyone should be asking “Where’s Biollante?”
February 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Every time Biollante isn’t on screen everyone should be asking “Where’s Biollante?”
I don’t like Darwin day. Yes, he’s an important figure in science history.
He was also a spoiled rich boy who got daddy to put him on a colonialist mission, part of which was returning Indigenous people the Beagle’s captain had previously taken hostage. Part of England’s attempt to claim by naming.
He was also a spoiled rich boy who got daddy to put him on a colonialist mission, part of which was returning Indigenous people the Beagle’s captain had previously taken hostage. Part of England’s attempt to claim by naming.
February 12, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I don’t like Darwin day. Yes, he’s an important figure in science history.
He was also a spoiled rich boy who got daddy to put him on a colonialist mission, part of which was returning Indigenous people the Beagle’s captain had previously taken hostage. Part of England’s attempt to claim by naming.
He was also a spoiled rich boy who got daddy to put him on a colonialist mission, part of which was returning Indigenous people the Beagle’s captain had previously taken hostage. Part of England’s attempt to claim by naming.