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C.J. Subko
@cjsubko.bsky.social
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Writer of SFFH. Snarkwitch. Psych PhD. Approachable goth. Artomancer.
Words in Small Wonders, Penumbric, The Deadlands, Skull & Laurel
Member of HWA, SFWA, Codex
www.cjsubko.com
https://cjsubko.beehiiv.com
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Progress is not linear #writing
a word tracker for the last two weeks in January. there is a word total for every day, and the word totals range from 132 word to 2157 words and everything in between.
February 1, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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Pose practice! Also working out a bit of soft rendering and such.
digital #art. a black woman from the hips up wearing a blue bikini swimsuit. she stands with her arms crossed behind her head.
January 31, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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Slight update of the below piece of Ash
#art. digital painting portrait of a white woman with long white blond hair, wearing a black shirt and black dog collar, with black lipstick.
January 31, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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ERIC LAROCCA x GIRL INTERRUPTED

Ash doesn't *really* believe in curses, but when she recklessly casts one, people who have hurt her start ending up dead. If she can't find the counter-curse, it will strike down everyone she loves--& she may never recover from her depression.

#QuestPit #Q #A #H #MH
a sheet of notebook paper with the words cj subko adult horror and "and the dark will know my name." scribbles in red. three polaroids with pictures: a woman screaming, a woman crying, and something carrying a knife
January 31, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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ERIC LAROCCA x GIRL INTERRUPTED

Ash doesn't *really* believe in curses, but when she recklessly casts one, people who have hurt her start ending up dead. If she can't find the countercurse, it will strike down everyone she loves--& she may never recover from her depression.

#QuestPit #Q #A #H #MH
a beige background with two black and white images. in one, a person holds a knife behind their bare back. in the other, a woman holds her head in her hands. the handwritten letters "and the dark will know my name" are scrawled big over the top in red.
January 31, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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ERIC LAROCCA xGIRL INTERRUPTED

Ash doesn't believe in curses--not really--but when she recklessly casts one, people who have hurt her start ending up dead. If she can't find the countercurse, it will strike down everyone she loves--she may never recover from her depression

#QuestPit #Q #A #H #LGBT
four polaroids. one shows a white woman reading tarot. one shows a white woman with blond hair with candles. one shows several notebooks filled with writing. one showed someone in a black hoodie that says "gloomy"
January 31, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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The MC Ash from the #horror novel I'm querying
#art. digital painting portrait of a white woman with long white blond hair, wearing a black shirt and black dog collar, with black lipstick.
January 31, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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ERIC LAROCCA xGIRL INTERRUPTED

Ash doesn't believe in curses--not really--but when she recklessly casts one, people who have hurt her start ending up dead. If she can't find the countercurse, it will strike down everyone she loves--& she may never recover from her depression

#QuestPit #Q #A #H #MH
A white background with two polaroid portraits on it in black and white, one of someone screaming with lots of teeth, one of a blond woman. title is and the dakr will know my name. underneath in type font is: ash levay 25yo mfa student. depressed anxious suicidal. witch got pain in the ass.
January 31, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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Demeter, goddess of the harvest
#art digital painting. portrait from the chest up of an olive-skinned white woman in a green shirt, with curly dark brown hair and a flower crown, in front of sheaves of wheat
January 31, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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Was inspired by @jebdarsh.bsky.social 's kindness to do some more painting today!

Another painting of my original OC Lena.
digital #art. painting, portrait of a young white woman in a black shift with long white blond hair, form the side, looking up
January 31, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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ENTER HERE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PORTALS is eligible for a Nebula nomination! If you're an #SFWA member and would like a free review copy, get in touch with me and @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social via email and we'd be happy to send one along.

#SFF #horror #booksky
January 29, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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Sometimes my job involves very serious assessments of ongoing threats of violence.

Sometimes it involves designing stickers.
a blue-green gradient that says Safety belongs to everyone with two stars on either side
January 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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Now complete! Shall I do Gollum, Gandalf, or the Balrog next, hmmm. 🧶
a small crocheted frodo baggins. a little man with tan skin wearing a white shirt and brown vest, brown pants, and green cape, with brown hair, except he's kind of egg shaped.
January 25, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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Just imagine the music in your head. Next up, Sting! 🧶
a small crocheted frodo baggins. a little man with tan skin wearing a white shirt and brown vest, brown pants, and green cape, with brown hair, except he's kind of egg shaped.
January 25, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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The hair is in process. 🧶
a small crocheted man with tan skin, a light brown vest over a white shirt, and dark brown pants. sitting on top of a light blue surface.
January 25, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Where'd the Lake go?
photo of a snowy lake shore drive with lake michigan docks and then the lake all covered in ice and snow
January 25, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Coping the only way I know how.
digital #art. a painting of a woman sitting in a beige room. she sits in the middle. she is green, all of her, and she sits with her back to the viewer. there is a torch on the ground, extinguished. she sits in a pool of blood. on the wall are hash marks: 32 on one side, 7 on the other.
January 25, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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Coping the best way I know how with one of my fave girls.
digital #art. a painting of a woman from the chest up. she has light blue skin with scars all over. she wears a patchwork dress in orange, yellow, pink, and green. her lips are red and her hair is black and pink.
January 25, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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Painted this during a horror movie.
digital #art. painting of a portrait of a young white woman with short rose colored hair, turned towards the camera, in front of a background of pink flowers.
January 23, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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A piece I was working on last night. I think I'm developing a "style"?
a digital #art painting. a woman in front of a blue rectangle with a light green border. behind her is a terracotta amphora with stars spitting out of it. she has long reddish hair and wears a seafoam bra and long seafoam skirt that melts into the water. she holds her pale arms out and a star hovers above her hands.
January 22, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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My favorite goddess from Greek mythology was always Selene. Gentle, gothy, tricked the gods into preserving her mortal lover in sleep. Not so bad.

Also is this not some of the best hair work I've done!?
digital #art painting. Side portrait of a white woman with long wavy blonde hair and silver eyes wearing a silver crescent moon crown, in front of a starry sky with a moon.
January 21, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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I did a thing. With a background. WITH A BACKGROUND.
digital #art painting. a woman from the thighs up wearing tight white pants and an off-the-shoulder ruffly white shirt. white woman with tanned skin and seafoam green hair in braids and buns. behind her are tall white roses and a spiderweb.
January 21, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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An older one that I'm still quite proud of
#art digital painting of a white woman with long blonde hair standing in a teal dress with gilded waist and hem, in front of a stylized dark teal background
January 20, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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Study in light. Working with different skin tones and dramatic lighting is so satisfying.
digital painting. a black woman in portrait wearing a fluffy tulle top, half in red light, half in teal light, looking over one shoulder. #art
January 20, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Today I will be finishing up all the address labels so we can send out ENTER HERE copies to all the Kickstarter donors!
Many copies of enter here in a stack plus one copy with gray blue background of a forest and a door with yellow enter here text.
January 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM