Rykie Belles (she/her)
@withaykie.bsky.social
Two 'L's, one 'Y,' but it's not where you thiiiiink || It rhymes with Sticky Trellis || Writer, musician, high-functioning trash goblin || rykiebelles.com || 🩷💜💙
Pinned
Squaring up to the abyss until the abyss steps back.
Lately, something at/related to my job triggers headaches/migraines. Working theories: 8 hours straight at computer screen; ergonomically disastrous desks exacerbating posture issues; general "old building" allergens; constant crackle of walkie-talkies; ghosts giving me shit.
December 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Lately, something at/related to my job triggers headaches/migraines. Working theories: 8 hours straight at computer screen; ergonomically disastrous desks exacerbating posture issues; general "old building" allergens; constant crackle of walkie-talkies; ghosts giving me shit.
Really glad that only the kittens saw me just whack my hand on the ceiling fan while pretending to be making Spot Conlon's big entrance. It would be super embarrassing if other people knew.
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Really glad that only the kittens saw me just whack my hand on the ceiling fan while pretending to be making Spot Conlon's big entrance. It would be super embarrassing if other people knew.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Doesn’t seem great that all the animals are turning to booze.
December 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Doesn’t seem great that all the animals are turning to booze.
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bro do you even exhibit awe and wonder at the world? do you have whimsy bro?
December 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
bro do you even exhibit awe and wonder at the world? do you have whimsy bro?
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Speaking of horror that has hoodoo...my debut novel is out now!
While researching local lore about a beast in the woods, HBCU grad student Zora is haunted by visions of the past as the lines between fiction and reality start to blur.
Order here: bookshop.org/p/books/i-ll...
While researching local lore about a beast in the woods, HBCU grad student Zora is haunted by visions of the past as the lines between fiction and reality start to blur.
Order here: bookshop.org/p/books/i-ll...
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Speaking of horror that has hoodoo...my debut novel is out now!
While researching local lore about a beast in the woods, HBCU grad student Zora is haunted by visions of the past as the lines between fiction and reality start to blur.
Order here: bookshop.org/p/books/i-ll...
While researching local lore about a beast in the woods, HBCU grad student Zora is haunted by visions of the past as the lines between fiction and reality start to blur.
Order here: bookshop.org/p/books/i-ll...
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Reminder that I am also an essayist!
"Horror Needs Hoodoo" is both my love letter and call to action for Black creatives ✨
Read/buy my Nightmare Magazine essay: www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...
"Horror Needs Hoodoo" is both my love letter and call to action for Black creatives ✨
Read/buy my Nightmare Magazine essay: www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Reminder that I am also an essayist!
"Horror Needs Hoodoo" is both my love letter and call to action for Black creatives ✨
Read/buy my Nightmare Magazine essay: www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...
"Horror Needs Hoodoo" is both my love letter and call to action for Black creatives ✨
Read/buy my Nightmare Magazine essay: www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...
Doing my part for the class war by cropdusting first class.
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Doing my part for the class war by cropdusting first class.
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this probably should’ve been a Halloween comic but eh
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
this probably should’ve been a Halloween comic but eh
A fact about me is that every time I'm in New York City, I am thinking about NEWSIES the whole entire time. And sometimes I do a little tap dance.
On a related note, I'm in NYC and thinking about NEWSIES.
On a related note, I'm in NYC and thinking about NEWSIES.
December 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A fact about me is that every time I'm in New York City, I am thinking about NEWSIES the whole entire time. And sometimes I do a little tap dance.
On a related note, I'm in NYC and thinking about NEWSIES.
On a related note, I'm in NYC and thinking about NEWSIES.
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Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
I try to ensure that ads don't impact my purchasing decisions very much. But the shitting bears go TOO FAR, Charmin. TOO. FAR.
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I try to ensure that ads don't impact my purchasing decisions very much. But the shitting bears go TOO FAR, Charmin. TOO. FAR.
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Aries: The talking doll has some career advice.
November 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Aries: The talking doll has some career advice.
What it feels like to love a show that r/fantasy lives to hate on.
(This is about The Witcher)
(This is about The Witcher)
a cartoon says yes your anguish sustains me on the bottom
Alt: Stewie and Meg from "Family Guy." Meg has her head on the table. Stewie says "Yes, your anguish sustains me."
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
What it feels like to love a show that r/fantasy lives to hate on.
(This is about The Witcher)
(This is about The Witcher)
I think about these images so often. The perfect marriage of marketing and art, made by people who understand both.
These posters for the South Korean stage production of Macbeth are the greatest thing ever? #art
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I think about these images so often. The perfect marriage of marketing and art, made by people who understand both.
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A HYDRATED WARRIOR IS A LETHAL WARRIOR.
November 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A HYDRATED WARRIOR IS A LETHAL WARRIOR.
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"algorithms tends to repeat what “works,” but art opens up what is possible.
Not everything has to be immediate or predictable.
Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks, and difference when evocative.
Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is, above all, an invocation"
Not everything has to be immediate or predictable.
Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks, and difference when evocative.
Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is, above all, an invocation"
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"algorithms tends to repeat what “works,” but art opens up what is possible.
Not everything has to be immediate or predictable.
Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks, and difference when evocative.
Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is, above all, an invocation"
Not everything has to be immediate or predictable.
Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks, and difference when evocative.
Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is, above all, an invocation"
Why is every rideshare in Atlanta as hot as hell?
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Why is every rideshare in Atlanta as hot as hell?
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People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Recently? DRACULA. All of a sudden, every adaptation felt shallow in comparison, because they all miss the point: a group of friends who fight a monster because they love each other.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Recently? DRACULA. All of a sudden, every adaptation felt shallow in comparison, because they all miss the point: a group of friends who fight a monster because they love each other.
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To the patrons complaining about the "werewolf" roaming our golf course: it is far more likely that you were simply attacked by a wild dog.
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
To the patrons complaining about the "werewolf" roaming our golf course: it is far more likely that you were simply attacked by a wild dog.
Do you bite your thumb at us, Charlie Brown?
He was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died, Charlie Brown
[P] The truth is…you're the weak, and I am the tyranny of evil men. But I'm trying, Charlie Brown. I'm trying *real hard* to be the shepherd.
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Do you bite your thumb at us, Charlie Brown?
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.