Olivia Stephens

and now I shall hunt down the sequels 😈

Photo of the cosmic urban fantasy-scifi novel No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull (Award-winning author of the Lesson). PEN AMERICA LITERARY AWARD LONGLIST. "Riveting...(A) tender, ferocious book." - New York Times

#7: No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull

This book is GOOD, with one caveat: I recommend reading the prose over listening to the audiobook. The performer's great, but the book's structure is AMBITIOUS, and it was easy to get lost in the many, many jumps between characters/perspective/time.

the cover i illustrated for my story, THE THAW. the story chronicles key moments— as defined by death, abuse, and sex— in the life of Enver Kaychak, a character from my stories BIRTH OF THE SUN and THE SOLAR SYSTEM. secondarily featuring Daniel, from the aforementioned stories, as well as BOY SKIN. this is a line drawing of a crow, mouth open in a silent shriek, frantically and fearsomely copulating with the dead body of another crow, a phenomenon which occurs in nature and here serves as a description of the potent intrusive thoughts and fantasies of the main character.

very happy to announce my short story THE THAW will be included in the first @ddmarket.online bundle, launching in may 🖤

this is the shit worth spending time on i am so serious

Hating men is not decentering them. Cutting men out of your life is not decentering them. Having quality friendships across genders and appreciating the beauty of others as works of art instead of consumable objects on display for sale is decentering them.

yay, i appreciate swapping recs! ❤️

the hive grows strong! 🔥

i wish i could mail you my copy but it is being read by a different friend rn 😭

you guys know i don't give a fuck about film adaptations okay i just need more people to read this goddamn book

someone mail this book to his agent and then mail another copy to jacob elordi's agent. it's the gothic romance elordi was MEANT to be cast in

i WILL get connor storrie his first oscar-winning film role adapting this 25 year old book via word of mouth, thank you

my 🐐 stays undefeated

today i got my card updated and i found out about kanopy??? free film and documentary streaming??? we living in the FUTURE www.kanopy.com

the library is so fucking cool you guys

since the first time i saw him on screen i knew in my nerve endings that in a past life the man caused me immense bodily harm

it's truly my time to shine right now

Gaza Sunbirds has a mobile cinema where they move between camps providing much needed joy for the children of Gaza by showing kids films such as Ratatouille.

This is a much needed respite for all of the kids in Gaza, and with our help, we can make a difference. Donation link is in the comments.

"but if he's all-knowing and all-powerful and all-seeing then he already knew about every horrific atrocity that giving us free will would cause from the moment of creation and then decided it was cool anyway...?"

"lean not on your own understanding, child"

congrats y'all 💖🌸❤️🌸

It’s that time again

Happy j̶e̶t̶l̶a̶g̶ GDC week—I’m not there this year, but if I were I’d be telling you that I’m so available for gamedev work from design to writing to consultation

IT'S ABOD'S BIRTHDAY!!!!! here's to the funniest, kindest, hardest-working dad i know ❤️❤️❤️❤️

the situation is worsening again in Gaza. if u have a few bucks to spare, pls help my best friend survive, & feed his daughters & wife: chuffed.org/project/help...

(@valkwise.bsky.social's inks, my color)

i just feel like if half of the great britain WBC team is already from the bahamas they should just get to be the bahamas team instead but leave it to GB to colonize their subjects twice

and yes they got it on 4k live tv in the dream, smh

had a dream that it finally happened and woke up so devastated

Announcing the first large event happening at Crow's Nest Comic: TRANS/IT JOY! We'll be running a mini art market featuring local trans artists and raising funds for local trans nonprofits and celebrating the opening of the Judkins Park Link Light Rail station (2 block south of us) on Sunday 3/29!

She’d Never Changed Her Gender Marker. Kansas Invalidated Her License Anyway. — Assigned A trans Kansas resident recently changed her name but not her gender marker on her license, fearing what Kansas may do if she did. The Kansas DMV still flagged her ID.

This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

very sentimental about that bridge, it's the one we always had to cross to get to my grandmother's house <3

ah i love these! is that last one bridge of the gods?

Been working with EnergyTrust of Oregon on a multiyear project about bridges from different parts of the state. The siren song of landscape painting has started to allure me, and i’ve been enjoying the change of pace playing with gouache textures.