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Helen Whistberry

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Pen name for autistic/ace indie writer & digital artist, introvert, worried soul, they/she. 🚫NO A/I! ART PRINTS: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/whistberry/ threadless tshirts: https://whistberry.threadless.com/ Other links: https://linktr.ee/whistberry

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 3d

PAPERBACK GIVEAWAY!

I have an extra copy of my latest to give away. The illustrations came out really nice if I do say so myself!

Because of all the weird tariff and shipping stuff, I'll have to limit this to US only but drop a comment if you're interested and I'll pick a winner Oct. 15th

#horror

Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 8d

It's here!

Roadkill is out in the world. I can't in good conscience recommend it to all readers. A sad and angry book. 90% of the animal characters are dead at the outset & the humans don't fare much better. But if you're in the mood for an unconventional eco-horror experience, links in comments!

Book cover for Roadkill by Helen Whistberry showing a bird, raccoon, and snake skeleton sprawled across a dark asphalt highway with yellow dotted line. The title is in large yellow letters that have blood streaming down them and out onto the road and animals. There is a dark and stormy sky in the background.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 3h

When a reader lets you know how moved they were by a line in your book and it happens to be your own very favorite line you have maybe ever written... 😍

Makes it all worthwhile 💜

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 3h

You've given me a whole other rabbit hole to explore 😂

Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 3h

I don't think so but that's interesting. I think I've only seen the Hammer horror stuff

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 6h

For #WorldOctopusDay 🐙 here's a smiley octopus on a terracotta plate from Getty Museum 😀
Detail from Paestan Red-Figure Fish Plate, 4th c. BCE, attributed to the Binningen Painter
getty.edu/art/collecti...
#CephalopodAwarenessDays

Paestan Red-Figure Fish Plate (happy-looking octopus detail)
attributed to the Binningen Painter
3rd quarter of 4th century BCE
terracotta
6.5 × 26 cm (2 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Paestum, South Italy
Greek (South Italian, Paestan)
Getty Museum Obj. No. 96.AE.240

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 4h

Me neither... seems a bit more obscure and is a more straightforward dramatic role than you usually see him in

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 5h

#WorldOctopusDay 🐙:
2 amazing #octopus tsubas (sword guards) @ the Met - which is your favorite?
#CephalopodAwarenessDays
1-2 tsuba w/ octopus design, Japan, late 18th c. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
3-4 tsuba w/ octopus design, Japan, c. 1615–1868 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#JapaneseArt

tsuba (sword guard) with octopus design, Japan, late 18th century, iron and copper, obverse

tsuba (sword guard) with octopus design, Japan, late 18th century, iron and copper, reverse

tsuba (sword guard) with octopus design, Japan, c. 1615–1868, copper alloy (sentoku), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, and gold, obverse

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 4h

Tonight's movies: House of 1000 Dolls (1967), rather dull "thriller" but I'll watch Vincent Price in literally anything; Alias John Preston (1955), an offbeat psychological thriller with a dramatic Christopher Lee performance, but I think Hitchcock covered the same ground better in Spellbound.

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John Lechner @johnlechner.bsky.social · 5h

Here's a little cartoon for #WorldOctopusDay 🐙

Ink and watercolor cartoon showing an octopus peeking out of a coconut shell underwater. The octopus says: "I've been working on a novel, but I'm afraid to show anyone. Maybe I'll put one page out there." A fish swims up to look at the page and says, "That stinks!" The octopus disappears inside the shell and says, "Everyone's a critic."

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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 6h

a living tangle
do you understand yourself
better than I, me?

Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 8h

Are you enjoying #WorldOctopusDay?

#art

Drawing in white ink against a dark blue background of an octopus with unrealistically long arms all tangled up together.

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Emil L’Amour @vireosy.bsky.social · 11h

lemon sharks

(Swim On 6, 2020) #art #sciart 🎨🦑🦈

Illustration of a trio of lemon sharks swimming in a shallow turquoise ocean over white sand. The topmost shark seems to be looking toward the viewer, a pair of remora attached to their side.

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Christi Nogle @christinogle.bsky.social · 11h

Mosaic-like painting in dark colors with skeleton and snakes

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 11h

🦣 The Mastodon giganteus of North America /.
Boston: J. Wilson, 1852..

[Source]

Illustration of the fossilized bones of a Mastodon giganteus foot from the 1852 publication. The detailed black-and-white drawing shows large, rugged bones including the ankle and toe joints, labeled with letters for identification. The bones appear textured with visible surface irregularities, highlighting the massive structure of the extinct prehistoric mammal. The image is set against a plain background with the title "Mastodon Giganteus" below.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 13h

Scam alert: there's an IngramSpark impersonator at ingramsparkbookpublishers dot com. Part of a wave of publishing/ghostwriting scams from Pakistan that hijack authors looking to self-publish--they often "borrow" well-known publisher names but this one also "borrows" the real IngramSpark's logo

Screenshot of IngramSpark impersonator's contact form, with chat window where scammer sales rep "Travis Clark" claims that "We are Ingram Spark's hands-on services department. You will be able to find our information here: https://www.ingramsparkbookpublishers.com/

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HLK™ @hlkfotos.com · 10h

Forever flicker-posting.

📷🌿🪶

A photo of a male northern flicker (Colaptes auratus), a sleek taupe-colored woodpecker with a gray face and a long beak, red cheek patches, a red spot on the back of its head, a large black bar across its chest, black and red tail feathers, and black polka dots all over its belly. It is perched on a thin bare tree branch with its head turned over its shoulder to the left of frame, its belly toward the camera, and pale blue sky behind it.

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Megan O’Connor 🍁 @meganoconnorart.ca · 10h

“The Petty King” is finished. Coloured pencil on hot pressed paper. The bird is a goldcrest, whose Latin name is regulus regulus :) #birds #birdart

Coloured pencil drawing of the stone statue of a dog with a crown-shaped collar and an uplifted paw. A small brown and yellow bird with an orange crest is perched on the paw.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 8h

I usually wear a hoodie around the house so this is very intriguing! Thanks for posting about it

Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 8h

The eyes are wonderful! She really did have unique features

Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 8h

😂

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D.D.B.Torres @ddbtorres.bsky.social · 9h

mother Goethel, 2025

-{ #art | #illustration | #fantasy }-

An illustration of mother Goethel, the witch from Rapunzel. She stands in the center, surrounded by thorny bushes and between two crooked trees, holding a baby wrapped in luminous white cloth and her eyes glowing a malicious golden color. In the foreground we see rampions growing from golden vines which intertwine like braids; in the background, in the distance and in the middle of a forest, we see a lone tower

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Jill🌻 @jillsunflower.bsky.social · 9h

The whole big thing 🦋🌸🌿
#embroidery #fiberArt

A big embroidery piece on a hoop, with lots of flowers and plants, an appliqué moth with a fuzzy faux fur body, and a leafy background

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Kim Herbst @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social · 9h

More #darktober - Was maybe a year or two ago since I made a #unicorn for these, may as well add another.

black and white illustration of a macabre, unnerving unicorn with a long tail

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 10h

Day 8 #Invertober2025 - Bee-killer robber fly (Mallophora fautrix) 🪰

just two girlies smoochin 💋💋 plannin some murder

#SciArt #invertebrates

semi realistic doodle of two Bee-killer robber flies facing eachother, extremely fuzzy bee looking flies with giant black eyes and fluffy yellow bodies, on a black background.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 8h

Didn't even know this was a thing! Does it make you too hot ever? I tried a weighted blanket but it was too hot for me

Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, I switched to desktop and things seem to be working as expected here

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 8h

Dolly Parton has been a good person all her life. She does so many kind things for people. Compare that to someone like JK Rowling who wakes up every day and decides to be an absolute asshole.

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