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Renee Carter Hall

@rcarterhall.bsky.social

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Fantasy/science fiction author for MG/YA/adults. Loves cats, tea, & books of all sorts. Member of SFWA, SCBWI, Codex, Furry Writers' Guild. Blue dot in a red state. Still masking because the pandemic isn't over. She/her. https://linktr.ee/reneecarterhall

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Renee Carter Hall @rcarterhall.bsky.social · 9d

Hi new followers! I write fantasy/sf for MG/YA/adults, specializing in talking animal characters for all those age groups.

If you want to check out my work, here's some you can read for free:

My free ebook Six Impossible Things

Free short stories on my Patreon

And for news I have a mailing list!

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 2d

I need some help. Got laid-off on Friday: unannounced budget change + my position was first cut, so it was a total surprise. Thanks to a tax status loophole my employer manipulated, I cant get unemployment. In short im SOL

Anything you can give would be huge
Venmo: Vicky-surge
Cash: $VickySurge1312

A cardboard bankers box sitting on top of an office chair filled with assorted odds and ends as I cleaned out my desk

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Kate Shaw / Tigerbat Tails @tigerbattails.bsky.social · 11h

I've uploaded audio of a very short science fiction story, first published in AlienSkin circa 2015, to my Patreon. It's completely free to listen--you don't even have to join at the free level! www.patreon.com/posts/realer...

Realer Than Real | Kate Shaw

Get more from Kate Shaw on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Spooky Scary SkeleFalco @falco.works · 13h

Day 7 -- Feline

Every well educated apprentice witch knows that treats are vital to a familiar's magic focusing abilities ow ow shoot ow dang it ouch

A little witch girl carrying a jug of milk is swarmed by black kittens, who scream and climb her overalls because she's not dispensing the milk fast enough

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 14h

“I ain’t dead yet!” The dearly beloved Dolly Parton creates a “proof of life” video, assuring those who adore her that, even though she is dealing with some things, she is fine and still going strong 💛

Long live Dolly Parton ✨📚

📹: Via Dolly Parton

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The Latest Kate @thelatestkate.bsky.social · 15h

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A drawing of a black cat resting under a blanket. The caption reads, "please be patient with yourself; it all feels overwhelming because it IS overwhelming"

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Renee Carter Hall @rcarterhall.bsky.social · 20h

Glad to see someone else loathes them with the same passion I feel.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 22h

kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...

Banned Books

bookshop.org

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Jaye F.R. Coates @jfrcoates.bsky.social · 1d

I'm in the final stretch before major trans gender-affirming surgery, and any book sales will be so helpful in being able to afford this all! Direct sales through TF Publishing are best, but anything will be so beneficial. Please consider purchasing, signing up to Patreon, or sharing this thread.

Cover art for Dragon's Soul, featuring two dragonesses and a gryphon in a close, loving huddle. Art by Vurt.

Cover art of Axinstone, featuring a black dragon standing atop an arch rock formation, in front of a stylised pastel background. Art by Chromamancer.

Cover art for Reborn, which features a starat – an anthropomorphic weasel-like creature – standing upright and holding his hand out to help up a second starat, lying on his back. The starat standing is wearing work overalls, while the second is wearing military uniform. They are in a rocky environment with a dark sky. Art by Ilya Royz.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 1d

If you have a few bucks to spare or can at least RT, a friend of a friend is in need of some financial support. Their service dog is sick with hemorrhagic gastroenterits, and they need help paying for the vet bills.
www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-...

Donate to Emergency vet bills for service dog Milo VII, organized by Karen Lohr

I have been matched with my service dog Milo VII for almost 3 years; he turns … Karen Lohr needs your support for Emergency vet bills for service dog Milo VII

www.gofundme.com

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Herr Wozzeck @herrwozzeck.bsky.social · 1d

Writing BlueSky! I need some help with something.

Does anyone know any historians who specialize in Russian penal culture? Specifically, anything about Siberia in the era of 1890's Russia?

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 1d

If this year takes Miss Dolly we riot.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Just Call Me Amanda🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ @amandabf.bsky.social · 1d

When the world is a dumpster fire, but you're all about the Ren Faire life

Plague doctor sitting in a burning room saying 'tis fine

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NightEyes DaySpring @nighteyes.bsky.social · 1d

October is Furry Book Month, and I realize I haven't started a sale yet, so you can save 10% at my store with the code FBM2025 on print books!

dancing-jackal-books.square.site

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Barry Lyga @barrylyga.com · 1d

Prime Day what? Bookshop.org is offering FREE SHIPPING for October 7-8! Buy books, get free shipping, support local bookstores! Easy!

#primeday #antiprime #freeshipping #supportlocal #supportindie

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

Bookshop.org

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Moth Mouth @placecalledbliss.bsky.social · 6d

Scarab necklace 🪲✨️
placecalledbliss.bigcartel.com/product/scarab-necklace

19" necklace with iridescent and black glass beads and black glass and rainbow metal spikes and a gold-coloured toggle clasp.

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Fenris Publishing @fenrispublishing.bsky.social · 1d

To find this lonely valley, Cricket and Scorch must combat ponderous societal pressure and their own self-doubt as they follow their trail made of hope. Get your copy of "Way to the Lonely Valley" by @franklerenard.bsky.social at fenrispublishing.com/lerenard Use code: fenrisfbm for 10% off!

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 2d

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

AABB Author Sign-Up Form

Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...

docs.google.com

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Susie Esse @susieesse.bsky.social · 8d

Hurry!

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 3d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Renee Carter Hall @rcarterhall.bsky.social · 2d

There’s this version:

shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · May 2

I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan.

(thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)

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optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.social · 2d

The really important takeaway from this post is that CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG IS TOTALLY A KAIJU WHO DESERVES TO BE MENTIONED IN THE SAME BREATH AS GODZILLA AND KONG

Halloween is Forever @halloweenisforever.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes Mechagodzilla is a zord.

I'm less inclined to call giant robot types kaiju, because they didn't really evolve/mutate like Kong, Zilla, and Clifford. Usually, they were built.

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 2d

1/ A deadly #Listeria outbreak has been linked to precooked pasta, and four people have already died. 20 others became severely ill, with all but one landing in the hospital.

Katelyn here, Your Local Epidemiologist, and here’s what you need to know about this and other public health news this week👇

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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