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Using shot glasses for condiments is fine until you turn around and see your 21yo kid downing their leftover soy sauce like, no, child, why?

12.03.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just saw a bumper sticker that says β€˜my other ride is a deteriorating body of flesh and bone’ and. Same, friend. Same.

07.12.2025 20:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Would a meteor be considered a galactic erratic? 🧐

05.12.2025 16:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Reading online about glacial erratics (glacially deposited rocks) and my brain keeps calling them galactic erratic instead. I'm embracing my inner galactic erratic! Also, I might need 'galactic erratic' on a t-shirt.

05.12.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Me, on my way to my library shift in my sweater vest and glasses, blasting out SexyBack on the radio

29.10.2025 17:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On the SFFChronicles forum today, a discussion of repeat motifs we use in writing. Mine:

1. Brazil-inspired elements
2. Insecure main characters
3. MCs who are technically supporting characters
4. Found family
5. A symbolic prop
6. Something in nature wants to eat you

09.10.2025 14:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Print screen from the finch app showing a blue bird in black and orange clothing in a haunted house

Print screen from the finch app showing a blue bird in black and orange clothing in a haunted house

I accidentally sent my finch to a spooky house for the day. Not sure how? But I’m here for it. Happy October!

01.10.2025 13:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We Boldly Go β€” ZZ Claybourne When people ask why the fantastic fascinates me more than the general β€œliterary” pursuits, I answer simply: I learn more about the world through my imagination than anything else. As a child, I learne...

It's BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH. (Every October)

Here's my annual tapping of the sign.

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01.10.2025 11:54 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh thanks! Will check at cvs.

24.09.2025 14:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds soothing! Will look for it, thanks!

24.09.2025 13:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That works up to a certain point, and then my brain goes, β€˜wait a minute…’

24.09.2025 12:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Poison ivy is a sneaky sneaky plant. The sneakiest. Next time I’m doing this in a hazmat suit. Or at least jeans and a sweatshirt, with duct tape maybe to cover the gap between shirt and gloves! Zero stars, do not recommend.

24.09.2025 12:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why do I have poison ivy rash, you might ask? Well. Because SOMEONE (me, it was me) thought they were adequately covered up while pulling said poison ivy from the garden. Spoiler alert: I was not

24.09.2025 12:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Today’s new low: holding my arm under the hot water tap so I can scratch the poison ivy rash without actually scratching it :/

24.09.2025 12:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I would 100% read this!

07.09.2025 14:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bag contents displayed with pins, glasses, pens, notebook, shawl, a fan, and a Toothless minifigure

Bag contents displayed with pins, glasses, pens, notebook, shawl, a fan, and a Toothless minifigure

On my way! #stokercon

12.06.2025 15:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That human insistence of anthropomorphizing everything; I just bumped the can of WD-40 on the doorframe and whispered β€œsorry, babe”!

08.06.2025 14:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Aces and Aros: An Asexual and Aromantic Comic Book Anthology A 100-page graphic novel anthology about Asexual and Aromantic experiences across a wide range of genres.

The Kickstarter for Aces and Aros: An Asexual and Aromanctic Comic Book Anthology went live twenty minutes ago and we're already over $2000! Please jump in and help us tell the kinds of stories other comics miss! #LGBTQIA+ #Comics #queersky #booksky #lgbtqbooks www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

27.05.2025 14:41 πŸ‘ 214 πŸ” 140 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 7

So it’s been a month and I am happy to report that ghoul kid has taken up permanent residence by their garage. And is not, in fact, a sentient wandering being. I think. *eyes neighbor’s house nervously*

03.05.2025 18:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I taught my kids that song when they were little and my now-in-university daughter still occasionally sings it with the sole purpose of baffling American friends πŸ˜‚

03.04.2025 11:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aaaaand this morning it’s gone. Off for a little wander around the neighborhood I suppose. Let’s see where it turns up. (And yes, I am weirdly invested in this!)

02.04.2025 12:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of a driveway with a garbage can and a squatting Halloween statue of a child

A photo of a driveway with a garbage can and a squatting Halloween statue of a child

Ghoul kid has moved! Is now at top of their driveway…

01.04.2025 18:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ghoul-on-the-prowl maybe? But pronounce ghoul to rhyme with prowl…

30.03.2025 13:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Either it’s haunted or it’s the neighborhood’s weirdest version of elf on the shelf!!!

30.03.2025 13:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Last Halloween, my neighbors put out a knee-high statue of a squatting haunted demon ghoul child. It’s been sitting outside their door since then. Last week, it moved. First to their mailbox, then to their garbage cans, now it’s on the ground by their garage.

30.03.2025 13:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Sky High (movie) and its β€˜hero support’ academic track for sidekicks!

08.03.2025 17:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My fave way to brainstorm! (That or go for a swim…)

04.03.2025 01:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Been having trouble switching from one (completed) long-form project to another (brand-new), so am taking a short story break as a sort of 'palate cleanser'. Any other writers do this too?

03.03.2025 16:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just spotted in the hotel lobby: a pint-sized child in a princess dress carrying a large orange life jacket. Prepared for all eventualities!

15.02.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Overheard in the library, parent to child: We can only get two more books because we already have 12 at home
Me, having just checked out more books to add to my pile at home: The pain is real……….

29.01.2025 17:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0