lapis / Rae A. Shell
@stonebird.bsky.social
(they/them) Actually Autistic writer. Non-Writing Activities: Hugging pets, Crocheting, Embroidering, playing and getting emotional about Video Games, Info Dumping about Special Interests, or falling in love with Stationery.
Pinned
Cast of Wonders 638: A Spell of Grief by @stonebird.bsky.social narrated by @kurellian.bsky.social hosted by @chesneycat.bsky.social produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social
www.castofwonders.org/2025/05/cast...
www.castofwonders.org/2025/05/cast...
Please please PLEASE read this story, and not just because I wrote it (though I *do* think it's good). The narration is A+, and I couldn't have asked for a better home for this story!
I have to make a special to do list for the week (rearranged schedule out of nowhere). Using my 1101 store paperweight and why yes I DO feel emotional every time I look at this robot all about self-love, why do you ask?
January 12, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I have to make a special to do list for the week (rearranged schedule out of nowhere). Using my 1101 store paperweight and why yes I DO feel emotional every time I look at this robot all about self-love, why do you ask?
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“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.
January 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.
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It’s important to find your moments of joy in humanity, especially in dark and cold times
January 12, 2026 at 6:34 PM
It’s important to find your moments of joy in humanity, especially in dark and cold times
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Any knitters out there got suggestions for an interchangeable circular needle set?
I used to have the Knit Picks set, but it felt kinda flimsy, and I've lost most of it over the years. I prefer metal needles, I need the slip because I knit too tight.
I used to have the Knit Picks set, but it felt kinda flimsy, and I've lost most of it over the years. I prefer metal needles, I need the slip because I knit too tight.
January 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Any knitters out there got suggestions for an interchangeable circular needle set?
I used to have the Knit Picks set, but it felt kinda flimsy, and I've lost most of it over the years. I prefer metal needles, I need the slip because I knit too tight.
I used to have the Knit Picks set, but it felt kinda flimsy, and I've lost most of it over the years. I prefer metal needles, I need the slip because I knit too tight.
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Every time someone says "I can't write X, editors will never buy it" an angel loses its wings
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
January 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Every time someone says "I can't write X, editors will never buy it" an angel loses its wings
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
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The surprise is that we don't!
Learn how we utilize Gen AI at Buttondown–it may surprise you.
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How Buttondown uses your content to power generative AI
Nope nope nope.
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December 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The surprise is that we don't!
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Be the change you want to see, so here it is: The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics is a sapphic historical where a widow sponsors a young lady astronomer’s translation project. Over science and embroidery and a bisexual awakening, they fall in love! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics
As Lucy Muchelney watches her ex-lover’s sham of a wedding, she wishes herself anywhere else. It isn’t until she finds a letter from the Countess of Moth, l...
www.harpercollins.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Be the change you want to see, so here it is: The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics is a sapphic historical where a widow sponsors a young lady astronomer’s translation project. Over science and embroidery and a bisexual awakening, they fall in love! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
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Can't sleep, surprised to see that THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST ebook is on sale for two dollars (in Canada at least) though!
Even after thirteen books I always get a little jumpscare when I see my name
www.amazon.ca/Butcher-Fore...
Even after thirteen books I always get a little jumpscare when I see my name
www.amazon.ca/Butcher-Fore...
The Butcher of the Forest
The Butcher of the Forest eBook : Mohamed, Premee: Amazon.ca: Books
www.amazon.ca
December 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Can't sleep, surprised to see that THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST ebook is on sale for two dollars (in Canada at least) though!
Even after thirteen books I always get a little jumpscare when I see my name
www.amazon.ca/Butcher-Fore...
Even after thirteen books I always get a little jumpscare when I see my name
www.amazon.ca/Butcher-Fore...
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Wave in Backlight — Peter Witt
oil on canvas
80 x 80 cm
oil on canvas
80 x 80 cm
December 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Wave in Backlight — Peter Witt
oil on canvas
80 x 80 cm
oil on canvas
80 x 80 cm
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They are $55,000 away from their goal. If they don't reach it by the end of the month, then they cannot open in the New Year.
We are behind schedule for hitting our end of year goal, making it very likely that we’ll be starting 2026 off with a closed intake line.
We need your help to make sure this doesn’t happen.
Give before December 31 → tinyurl.com/PSAFSupport
We need your help to make sure this doesn’t happen.
Give before December 31 → tinyurl.com/PSAFSupport
Palmetto State Abortion Fund: End-of-Year Fundraiser | Palmetto State Abortion Fund (Powered by Donorbox)
Give for freedom. Give for care. Give before December 31st.2025 tested us — and our community showed up.Because of people like you, the Palmetto State Abortion Fund helped more than 1,500 Southerners ...
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December 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
They are $55,000 away from their goal. If they don't reach it by the end of the month, then they cannot open in the New Year.
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Donation matching ends at midnight new years eve! Don’t forget to subscribe and or donate!!
It is that time of year again fam! We are in the end-of-year festive and gifting season :D (We love getting presents!!!!) Have you considered gifting a subscription to one of your loved ones?
It’s the best kind of gift because it keeps on giving throughout the year XD escapeartists.net/support-ea/
It’s the best kind of gift because it keeps on giving throughout the year XD escapeartists.net/support-ea/
escapeartists.net
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Donation matching ends at midnight new years eve! Don’t forget to subscribe and or donate!!
If your favorite book of 2025 is Pride & Prejudice, that's a Regency Bias
December 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If your favorite book of 2025 is Pride & Prejudice, that's a Regency Bias
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In the new year, I'll be hosting a read-a-long of my bestselling trans Regency romance A GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN. Read it again or for the first time, everyone is welcome.
Sign up: buttondown.com/a-gentlemans...
Sign up: buttondown.com/a-gentlemans...
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In the new year, I'll be hosting a read-a-long of my bestselling trans Regency romance A GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN. Read it again or for the first time, everyone is welcome.
Sign up: buttondown.com/a-gentlemans...
Sign up: buttondown.com/a-gentlemans...
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I still want to raise funds for Palestine Children's Relief Fund, so I've reduced the prices on these pieces because something is better than nothing!
100% of proceeds from these pieces goes straight to PCRF. ✨💖
I've got 3 birds left!
shop.lioninthetrees.com/collections/...
#art #pottery
100% of proceeds from these pieces goes straight to PCRF. ✨💖
I've got 3 birds left!
shop.lioninthetrees.com/collections/...
#art #pottery
December 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I still want to raise funds for Palestine Children's Relief Fund, so I've reduced the prices on these pieces because something is better than nothing!
100% of proceeds from these pieces goes straight to PCRF. ✨💖
I've got 3 birds left!
shop.lioninthetrees.com/collections/...
#art #pottery
100% of proceeds from these pieces goes straight to PCRF. ✨💖
I've got 3 birds left!
shop.lioninthetrees.com/collections/...
#art #pottery
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December 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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"What even is the gentle blade all about, Caleb?"
What if a trans guy was born with a perpetual negative Karma score because the god who kept the score loved him so much that he didn't want him to dissolve into paranirvana
What if a trans guy was born with a perpetual negative Karma score because the god who kept the score loved him so much that he didn't want him to dissolve into paranirvana
August 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"What even is the gentle blade all about, Caleb?"
What if a trans guy was born with a perpetual negative Karma score because the god who kept the score loved him so much that he didn't want him to dissolve into paranirvana
What if a trans guy was born with a perpetual negative Karma score because the god who kept the score loved him so much that he didn't want him to dissolve into paranirvana
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Read @soleilho.com's interview with Gina Cargas, a librarian at SFUSD who is collecting vinyl records to create a 'listening station' for her middle school students.
"Libraries have shifted a lot in the last 10 years...It's not a silent space. Which I think is, in many ways, for the best."
"Libraries have shifted a lot in the last 10 years...It's not a silent space. Which I think is, in many ways, for the best."
A Bay Area Librarian Is Using Vintage Vinyl to Show Tweens Where Music Comes From
Gina Cargas reached out to the community about collecting records for her middle school students. The response was overwhelming.
www.coyotemedia.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Read @soleilho.com's interview with Gina Cargas, a librarian at SFUSD who is collecting vinyl records to create a 'listening station' for her middle school students.
"Libraries have shifted a lot in the last 10 years...It's not a silent space. Which I think is, in many ways, for the best."
"Libraries have shifted a lot in the last 10 years...It's not a silent space. Which I think is, in many ways, for the best."
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More obsessions, more cringe. Writing about what you care about. So what if your story is niche, impractical, unhinged, a bit messy—w/e, someone will love it. You don't need the approval of the void, just the love of the art.
December 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
More obsessions, more cringe. Writing about what you care about. So what if your story is niche, impractical, unhinged, a bit messy—w/e, someone will love it. You don't need the approval of the void, just the love of the art.
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Happy Holidays from your favourite exorcists! The Demon of Beausoleil is out in print next month! ❤️😈
December 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Happy Holidays from your favourite exorcists! The Demon of Beausoleil is out in print next month! ❤️😈
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The best Christmas gift you could give yourself this year is taking a little time to relax and read RIGSBY WI, my long form webcomic about disaffected teens living in northern wi in the early 2000s! It’s been nominated for awards and all 600+ pages are TOTALLY FREE to read!!!
Rigsbywi.com
Rigsbywi.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The best Christmas gift you could give yourself this year is taking a little time to relax and read RIGSBY WI, my long form webcomic about disaffected teens living in northern wi in the early 2000s! It’s been nominated for awards and all 600+ pages are TOTALLY FREE to read!!!
Rigsbywi.com
Rigsbywi.com
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Sad to report congress has decided to no longer enforce the winter solstice. Days will continue to get shorter until, eventually, we live in a world of endless night
December 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Sad to report congress has decided to no longer enforce the winter solstice. Days will continue to get shorter until, eventually, we live in a world of endless night
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Going to list a few pieces on the shop later today. They aren't going to get there for the 25th, but for last minute self treating...
December 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Going to list a few pieces on the shop later today. They aren't going to get there for the 25th, but for last minute self treating...