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dogyard @dogyardmag.com · 2d

Come read #dogyard! Our FIRST creative piece! @kattysouza.bsky.social is a delight and we were so grateful for her work and we hope you love it as much as we did. She's a DOG FOR LIFE!

#litmag #fiction #poetry #nonfiction #art #reading #writing #author #writer #online #interview

Poster that has a painting of a tattooed body submerged underwater, the head just poking out. The words say “Creative Debut, Read Katherine Souza’s piece in dogyard mag!” “There’s a lump in your throat. It’s wriggling. You say you don’t know why this happens when I touch your sternum. But I see the lump for what it is: a bird you swallowed to keep the chirping muffled in a corporeal tomb…”

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 1d

I volunteered for WisCon last year and had a great time! Would highly recommend it.

WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · 10d

WisCon is looking for volunteers:
Blog writers, volunteers for Marketing team, Script Writers,
Tech and IT, Programming coordination, Accessibility and logistics.
No experience needed. Just curiosity, collaboration, and a belief in feminist speculative fiction. Learn more at wiscon.net

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 2d

Hey all, I'm still chugging away at artbook underpaintings. If you wanna see more behind the scenes, please give @whispersoftruatra a follow in instagram!

a screenshot of a google drive folder with many image files. They're all in various states of being painted.

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 2d

Birds in a chest, dogs in a yard, what's next? Cool litmags in the world wide web?

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 2d

Would you take a look at that yard? There's so many dogs in it, including this one!

dogyard @dogyardmag.com · 2d

Come read #dogyard! Our FIRST creative piece! @kattysouza.bsky.social is a delight and we were so grateful for her work and we hope you love it as much as we did. She's a DOG FOR LIFE!

#litmag #fiction #poetry #nonfiction #art #reading #writing #author #writer #online #interview

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 2d

Hey all, I'm still chugging away at artbook underpaintings. If you wanna see more behind the scenes, please give @whispersoftruatra a follow in instagram!

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Emma Grier 🌙✨ 𝔤𝔬𝔱𝔥ℌ𝔬𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔫 @gothhoblin.me · 3d

So many amazing games in this charity bundle - over 200 for just $12 💗💛

Swan and Raven Studio @swanandravenstudio.com · 4d

Drumroll please...

HELLO//GOODBYE is a charity bundle containing 203 games for only $12. Every dollar goes directly to Virginia charities providing free legal aid to people facing injustice. Available now until November 5th.

itch.io/b/3276/hello...

HELLO//GOODBYE Charity Bundle for Legal Aid. available until November 5th, 6PM EST

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HAD @havehashad.com · 3d

Upcoming submission call!

Theme "LUCK"

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"

guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"

The theme is "LUCK".

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry".

POETRY GUIDELINES: Up to 500 words in 77 lines total (titles not included); submit any number of poems as long as totals don't go over this cap.
PROSE GUIDELINES: No more than 500 words per piece.
Form is an illusion, so if the form is strange or some hybrid of prose and poetry, we especially want to see it! We encourage writers with such work to flip a coin to decide which category to submit under.
Tanya Žilinskas will curate the "prose" submissions, J. L. Yocum will curate the "poetry".
All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 3d

Not legal advice at all, but just something funny to think about.

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 3d

Gonna share a noncompliance I learned recently that's funny and effective: taking the valve caps off tires. If you leave the caps it's not theft. Depending on where you are might count as vandalism (or if you're in Britain/an ex-British colony it's counted as mischief)

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · Jun 26

"Computer, Define Joy"
Acrylic + Colored Pencils
16" x 20"
#art #illustration #startrek

Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation stands in a space-y environment with a yellow grid below his feet. He is interacting with various floating LCARS screens

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dogyard @dogyardmag.com · 7d

Next Monday is our first creative work! We hope you can contribute to the yard by submitting your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essay, and visual art/graphic narrative!

#literarymagazine #fiction #poetry #nonfiction #art #onlineliterarymagazine #reading #writing #author #writer #online #interview

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 4d

Today I had a photoshoot for a very fun commission. Pastries and produce is all Maine made!

various items on a green striped towel and wooden table: sunflowers, a squash, an apple, a sliced croissant and a pink cake with its slice off to the side

a slice of cake with pink frosting and flowers

a slice croissant with sunlight glowing through it

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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 4d

There are no words for how evil and wrong this is, and the media’s acquiescence should never be forgotten. These families deserve peace and protection. They deserve rights and respect, citizenship or no. They’re human beings. They’re our neighbors. They are us.

CNN @cnn.com · 5d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 4d

When Sisko line for line said the same bit about building a house that Adama did, I screamed

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 4d

Okay wrapped up DS9. Ronald D Moore has written one book

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 28d

Welcome to #whisperswednesdays where @goosepoopgames.com and I promote the upcoming Whispers of Truatra artbook! Follow us on instagram (@whispersoftruatra) for more updates

a sea creature with mouth wide open tries to grab a fish. Over the creature says "You, searching for a rich dark fantasy setting with an illustrated artbook". Over the fish says "Whispers of Truatra"

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 5d

Aw yeah, this one got shortlisted for NESS 💃

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Dr Artyom Trakhanov - SHARP EYE IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER NOW @vor-bokor.bsky.social · 9d

And another page, with incredible showing of @gorangligovic.bsky.social’s and @haematinon.bsky.social’s art powers 🙏🏻❤️‍🔥

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 11d

Not a bad thing! Just surprised at how much worldbuilding and thematic overlap there is. Snarky English-accented doctors, the vorta/jem'hadar are essentially cylons, religious fanaticism and its role in a tech-centered world. It makes me wish BSG had more goofy fluff episodes now

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 11d

Watched BSG multiple times as a kid, watched TNG and DS9 as an adult. It's funny seeing how Ronny D Moore sure does, uh, have a type of story and character he likes to write.

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 14d

I often pull from semiotics & evolutionary biology. How do art, the human experience, & our own bodies change with time? We don't even understand the Lascaux paintings. How will my own art be interpreted in 10, 100, or 1,000 years? What crises can I put androids & angels through to explore this? :D

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 16d

Love how the spine just decided it was sick of its job and became the sternum instead

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 18d

bans on art is never about the art that you don't like, it's about the art you DO like. what makes you think the art you like is safe? because you're following the rules? there's nothing gross in it? the fact you make art at all is what's gross, kid. you aren't safe unless the art you hate is.

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 17d

Had a great time playing Black Flies on Friday. Good dice system where your rolls determine how much scene-building agency you give away to your fellow players. Definitely check it out

Goosepoop 🔜GameholeCon @goosepoopgames.com · 17d

What do dice represent in your game? What do they control? What if they determined something else besides outcomes?

Black Flies uses dice to determine narrative, but it's use still brings tension and release.

Check out Black Flies today at ttrpg.link/BlackFlies 🎲✂️

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