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Mads Merridew
@s0bg0blin.bsky.social
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They/them - fandom old - fantasy reader/writer - artist - goth - tired
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s0bg0blin.bsky.social
HOWDY, I'm looking for beta readers for the novella I'm working on!
Wayfinder is a horror fantasy, following a wizard who is searching for the center of the maze he travels in his dreams, and a holy champion hiding a curse.
Please reach out if interested!
#writesky #horror #fantasy #queerbooks
Black and gold background with yellow text overtop. Text reads "Beta Readers Wanted! Queer psychedelic horror fantasy. A novella about the power of love and incredible violence. 50k words 18+ only"
September 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
For #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay:
Bernard Willem Wierink (Dutch, 1856-1939)
Gieren ( #Vultures ), 1919
platecut print, 40.2 h × 21.5 cm w
Rijksmuseum RP-P-1924-380: www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio...
#birdsinart
color platecut print, illustration of a group of four vultures
September 8, 2024 at 3:39 AM
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mickeybiz.bsky.social
El Ahrairah (green version) 2017

Hand colored lino on fabric

#lino #printmaking #Tradart #watershipdown #illustration
Lino cut print in black ink in the shape of a circle. There are three rabbits: the main rabbit almost bisects the circle standing on his haunches a bit with front legs curled up gingerly at its chest. Above the main rabbit is a white spirit extending up and over and filling out the top curve of the circle. There is a sun behind their head, the outline of which extends beyond the borders of the circle. Extending out from below the main rabbit (and filling out the bottom curve of the circle) is a black shadow rabbit. Behind its head is a moon which extends a bit beyond the circle’s borders. Their noses meet in the middle, surrounding a small orb of glowing white.
September 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
they think they can just erase trans joy and trans freedom. they can't. they can make things a lot harder and more painful. but that joy and that freedom is not theirs to take and it is incumbent on all good people to say so.
August 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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comicscovers.bsky.social
Hellraiser 7 (6587)
August 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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egallagher.bsky.social
drawing based on Black Flame from @scumbelievable.bsky.social 🫶
August 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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disneyprimevideo.bsky.social
90 Minutes of James Dobson Burning In Hell (2025)
National Geographic Inspiration Series James Dobson of Focus on the Family burning in hell, which is the only good thing he ever did (parental advisory, not a simulation)
August 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
s0bg0blin.bsky.social
Printed out my manuscript to do a line edit! This feels so cool to have it as a physical document!!!!!!

#writesky
August 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
s0bg0blin.bsky.social
I am so happy I have gotten back into painting this year. 10 years of painting being too painful to put effort into was really really hard, but I finally made something I am actually proud of!

#painting #ptsd #recovery #nature #acrylic
July 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
s0bg0blin.bsky.social
VIBES

#painting #naturepainting #idktagging
July 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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cottageinwood.bsky.social
mood.
You deserve a break. Stop healing. Choose violence. go batshit insane. do it for the plot.
July 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
s0bg0blin.bsky.social
My quilting buddies this weekend <3 Zelda stole a stack of pieces and I got derailed by 2 hours. At least he's a sweetie.

#cats #quilting #quiltsky #catsky
June 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
s0bg0blin.bsky.social
Excited to read!
bookspotlight.bsky.social Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · Jun 22
🍂🥀 SHORT STORY 🥀🍂

🏹 dark fantasy horror
🗡️ girls protecting girls
🍃 a forest of spirits
🎭 two sisters
🪦 a deal made in a cemetery
🗝️ children outsmarting adults

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/JeltBy
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/bailuchien
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

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cover for bailuchien by rebecca crunden; image shows an orange heart with flowers and plants growing out of it, branches come out of the heart's centre and come out of the border too. the title font is dark red and dripping blood. the name font is pale white.
June 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
s0bg0blin.bsky.social
Mockup cover i made (WITHOUT AI, BECAUSE FUCK GENAI, FOR THE RECORD) on canva, honestly pretty happy with it (once I pay to have the watermarks taken off lol) I am taking suggestions to level it up though
#LGBTQWriteAThon #fantasy #covers #queerfantasy
June 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
I just think sea slugs are neat 💕
A graphic-style illustration of 3 sea slugs (known as nudibranchs). Dark blue bold rounded text below the slugs reads “Nudibranch Admirer”. The slugs are vibrantly colored with hues of blue, yellow, orange, and purple and are illustrated on a saturated light blue background.
June 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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scumbelievable.bsky.social
they are trying to kill us every fucking day.
junlper.beer onion person @junlper.beer · Jun 18
transition care for trans people is life saving healthcare. the only regret with my transition is that i didn’t start when i was younger. fuck everyone who is cheering on the destruction legal trans healthcare, and fuck those indifferent to it
June 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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americanmegalo.bsky.social
With everything LA has gone through in the last few months (and couple of years), let's celebrate the hatching of:

TEN CALIFORNIA CONDORS!!!!!!!!!

Congrats to the team at the Los Angeles Zoo!!!
A hatchling condor on a white towel. it has downy feathers and it's head skin is kinda wrinkly
June 19, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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asherelbein.bsky.social
The repression of trans people is not, by and large, a grassroots outpouring of hatred from the American people. It's something that's been carefully planted and tended over years by a handful of media people and their pet reporters.
jacoboller.bsky.social Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · Jun 18
Heightened Scrutiny, a very good doc about the Supreme Court case that was just ruled on, does an impeccable and infuriating job laying out just how culpable the NYT and Atlantic are for the nation’s transphobia www.avclub.com/sundance-202...
With plenty of moving testimonials and charming talking heads, Heightened Scrutiny draws damning lines between the “just asking questions” opinion pieces published in respected mainstream media publications like The Atlantic and the New York Times and the legal arguments made in our judicial system. The damaging rhetoric in these outlets is directly and immediately echoed by lawyers, judges, and “experts” brought into court—and because of how clicky transphobic stories have historically been, this vicious cycle has recently ramped up. Add in the targeted bigotry of the increasingly radical right, and the legal, cultural, and medical fight for acceptance now waged by trans folks has gotten all the tougher as public awareness has grown.
June 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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brucemackay.bsky.social
The X in Space X is short for eXplodes.
June 19, 2025 at 5:50 AM
s0bg0blin.bsky.social
youtu.be/d3WKMl2wYsM?...
June 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
s0bg0blin.bsky.social
Darkness in my Soul - Solid Space is a whole vibe. I love how ethereal and spacey it is, with a great anxious energy behind it

#LGBTQWriteAThon
amaralynn.bsky.social AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺FUNDED: GEMS & STAR FLOWERS! @amaralynn.bsky.social · Jun 19
#LGBTQWriteAThon June 19: Drop a theme song for your book! We'll be making a list of your awesome anthems to share!

#QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity
"#LGBTQWriteAThon June 1-30 Hosts: BlueSky: @amaralynn @rebeccafrostwrites Instagram: @LGBTQWriteAThon @amarajlynn @krakengoddess June 19: Book theme song Use the tag and follow the feed on BlueSky! Tag @LGBTQWriteAThon in photos on Instagram! Background image: a painted progress pride flag"
June 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
s0bg0blin.bsky.social
POUNDED IN THE GUILT COMPLEX BY MY ALIEN SPACE GOD lmao

#lgbtqwriteathon #writesky #queerwriters
amaralynn.bsky.social AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺FUNDED: GEMS & STAR FLOWERS! @amaralynn.bsky.social · Jun 17
#LGBTQWriteAThon June 17: Make your book's title into a tingler today! A Tingler, made infamous by Chuck Tingle, goes something like this: Pounded in the butt by...

#QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity
"#LGBTQWriteAThon June 1-30 Hosts: BlueSky: @amaralynn @rebeccafrostwrites Instagram: @LGBTQWriteAThon @amarajlynn @krakengoddess June 17: Tingler your title Use the tag and follow the feed on BlueSky! Tag @LGBTQWriteAThon in photos on Instagram! Background image: a painted progress pride flag"
June 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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windlass.bsky.social
Careful, he's grabby

#art #horror #horrorfantasy #darkfantasy
June 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
s0bg0blin.bsky.social
'Patches of gray fur appeared and split apart to show muscle and viscera beneath, before more fur erupted through and the cycle restarted.'
:)

#writesky #horror #lgbtqwriteathon
June 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
s0bg0blin.bsky.social
Good! Productive! The end is in sight for Wayfinder and I'm making good progress. I can see the book that i want it to be and am almost there.

I've started describing it to people as a 'psychedelic cosmic horror/fantasy novel', it feels good to be able to put it in words

#LGBTQwriteathon #writesky
June 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM