Louise Koren

It was great to meet or reconnect with @loukoren.bsky.social @davering.bsky.social @rebecca-b.bsky.social @angrykem.bsky.social Nathan Caro Fréchette @ayshaufarah.bsky.social KM Greyburn and @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social at CanCon 2025 last weekend.

Great to interact with such cool folks!

[Image description: The book cover of AS THE EARTH DREAMS: BLACK CANADIAN SPECULATIVE STORIES is centered against a vibrant purple background with bees decorating the corners of the image. At the top, turquoise text reads “OUT NOW WITH HOUSE OF ANANSI.”]

Congratulations to Guelph MFA alum @teresempierre.bsky.social on the release of #ASTHEEARTHDREAMS (House of Anansi), out now!

Edited by Terese Mason Pierre, this groundbreaking anthology of speculative fiction uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reflections, and hopes of Black writers in Canada.

A photo of my hand holding my name tag, which has a purple volunteer ribbon and a multicolored "first time attendee" ribbon

Me with Louise Koren!!

Me with Erin Rockfort!!

Me with Claudie Arsenault!!

#CanCon2025 photo dump!! What a wonderful experience full of long-awaited in-person meetings, new connections, entertaining/enlightening panels, and lots of laughs (also a fair bit of nerves being a first-time volunteer, but hey, I did the thing and it turned out alright 👌)

RELEASE DAY! Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 is now available! Grab ebooks at all retailers and print via Amazon, with Ingram to follow shortly for bookstore & library sales. Grab your copy today and pls share WIDELY!
#BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐

An image with an orange plain background. There is a graphic of an open book at the bottom of the image. In the middle is a white square. Inside of the square reads: “A shockwave rippled through the bunker. Unfortunately, this knocked one of Heather’s romance novels off her shelf and onto the thick carpet below. Even worse, it woke her a whole thirty-seven minutes early. The rumbling faded fast—the clinking of glass beakers from her lab stilling soon after—but there was no chance she’d fall back asleep now.” in black text. Beneath it reads: "Tales and Feathers Magazine — Volume 3" then there is a link symbol beside the link: https://augursociety.org/the-last-chance-locksmith/

New T&F story is NOW LIVE!

Check out “The Last Chance Locksmith” by @niallspain.bsky.social! ☕🔥

Settle in for a cozy fantasy story about an artificer, her coffee, and the unfortunate adventures that keep rocking her bunker!

Read it NOW! 🔗 Link in bio.

Did I buy too many books at @canconsffh.bsky.social this weekend? Yes, of course, as always.

Did I also very kindly get lent a book to read? Also yes.

Did I get home and immediately start rereading a book I've already read several times? ...well, I shan't say

I had a fantastic time at CanCon on my very first panel with @andregeleynse.com and @rebecca-b.bsky.social! Yall made it easy and I had an absolute blast! ✨️

The Brookstreet Hotel May Have Been Constructed Over a Hellmouth: a post-#CanCon2025 event report

(1) frequently very nice, but sometimes also unsettling wall art in both the corridors and the rooms

my bathroom had art like a little praying guy being flushed down the toilet!

I don’t quite know how to capture my feelings about #CanCon2025. Gratitude, joy, relief, hope, fatigue, glitter(!), love, the magnitude of something freed from the past and sparkling brighter toward the future.

Thank you all for coming. For caring. For being kind. 💖💖💖

Now to sleep. 😴

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Can we help the global writing community?

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Apex Magazine 2026 An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

NEW KICKSTARTER TIER UNLOCKED! At 110%, each backer will receive a NEW BRAIN 🧠 with zero microplastics*🚮, a normal amount of dopamine**😃✨, and the ability to see shrimp colors***🦐🌈!

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We are pleased to share that Manahil Bandukwala's Heliotropia has been named the 2025 Archibald Lampman Award winner! This year's jury says, "With form and language that surprises and delights, Manahil Bandukwala has crafted a perfect set of love poems for our current moment." Congrats, Manahil!

Ottawa students raced to beat the bus — and won - The Charlatan, Carleton's independent newspaper Carleton University and University of Ottawa students raced to beat the bus to highlight OC Transpo issues.

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Level art for a 2d metrovania

Commission work

Illustration of a bunch of cool dogs

Environment concept

it's #portfolioday!

I'm Dan, I'm a concept artist/illustrator that often posts dailies, but I also do environments, character concepts, and commissions.

& I'm available for work, email or DM me if you're interested!

✉️ dan.liimatta@gmail.com

Cover for Ladies of the Knight, A Knight and Squire surrounded by a medieval style illuminated border.

2 Elves fight in front of a tournament crowd

A kiss while one shields the other from falling arrows. The world is on fire around them. The Drama.

A comic page depicting a day of travel.

Ey up #PortfolioDay
I'm a Comics Artist and Writer, and Illustrator, from the UK. I mostly make historic vibes work and enjoy working with bright colours and bold shapes. Available from November.

Folio - fionacreates.net
Comic - ladiesoftheknightcomic.com
email - marchbank.f@googlemail.com

The artwork shows a ceremony on a patio. There's a round pool in the center of the image and a round arch in the background. Sisters of the convent are placed in different locations performing different parts of the ritual. Half of them wear a peacock mask and half of them wear sun-like headpieces. There's a woman in the center on the horse. She wears a blue dress decorated with mosaic-like patterns. The horse is covered with blue patterns and stands still above the water. Two twins are sitting on the floor surrounded by large lilies. Behind them one sister plays a harp and another one is holding two bowls with mysterious light. There's a big mosaic tree in the background with other sisters dancing around it. There are two other sisters on top of the wall waving scarves. The artwork is mostly blue and light green

The image shows a room with tall windows and stairs leading to a bathroom below. There's a woman with red hair reaching towards a dollhouse. The woman is an original character of the commissioner. On the right side from the window there's a wall with decorated arch around it and some paintings hanging on the wall. On the first level there's a bathtub with a man laying in it. The bathtub is partially covered by a divider. The artwork is mostly pink and mint with lots of patterns.

The artwork shows musicians sitting in shallow water in a purple room. First musician plays wooden drums, second one plays erhu, third one plays a flute, fourth one plays a gong. All background musicians wear either pots or plates on their heads. The woman in the center has black hair and plays an instrument inspired by Korean instrument called gayageum. There are three purple goldfish floating above the ground. The wall in the background is decorated with arches with stained glass and there's a big flower pot with purple cornflowers. The room also has some arches with silk fabric hanging on them. The artwork is purple with some green details.

the artwork shows a room with a circle-shaped window and two people standing in the center. The window is decorated with flowers and has a curtain hanging over it. The room has two floors and stairs between them. The bottom part has a pool with the reflection of the room and two separated stairs facing each other. The room is decorated with patterns and tiles. The artwork is mostly lilac and turquoise.

Hello again #PortfolioDay !
I'm Anya. I am a freelance illustrator with a love for patterns and historical themes. I am always open for work and would love to find some new illustration projects!
✉️ anya.chalina.illustrations@gmail.com
anyachalina.myportfolio.com

Into the Dark A Dark Fantasy and Fantastical Horror Anthology

INTO THE DARK's Kickstarter has only 67 hours left!

You don't want to miss @awwlitmag.bsky.social's upcoming dark fantasy anthology featuring my story 'Imperfect Monsters'.

Back now for early copies, exclusive art, & more!

"Two hundred years ago, you would’ve been called a monster."

💙📚🩸📚🤏

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He's SO good. Also the only letterer that I recognize on sight.

I'm on a panel with some of the coolest people ever! These folks are so knowledgeable and I'm so excited to learn from them! (and to talk about how much I love Elden Ring 😆)

Come see us talk about ways to tell stories in video games 🎉✨️

An orange cat standing on the sofa, getting dangerously close to the bowl of tabbouleh on my lap

The cat, when I am too focused on tabbouleh to pet her

I was gonna have breakfast food for breakfast but then I opened the fridge and saw the leftover tabbouleh and was overcome by my love of tabbouleh, and next thing I knew I'd eaten half the bowl

Tabbouleh for breakfast 💪

Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.”

it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser 💀

buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us

we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon!

please like + RT this to help spread the word

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behold!

The Carleton Poetics Society Writers' Circle
Time and Place: Every Tuesday at 3:00 pm. Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Dunton Tower 1811, the Gordon Wood Lounge
Email: poeticssociety@gmail.com
bring writing to share

A panel from HAWKGIRL: ONCE UPON A GALAXY by Jadzia Axelrod, Amancay Nahuelpan, Adriano Lucas, Alex Guimarães, Carrie Strachan, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou where Hawkgirl slams a monster through a cathedral roof into a the floor while screaming "I AM HAWKGIRL!"

Just thinking about how great Kendra Saunders is.

Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! ❤️🍾🥂🎉

Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash 👻🪦

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BOOK COVER ARTISTS

QRP with your book covers 📚

#BookCovers

So cool that I got to go in such different directions with all of these.

the ottawa small press book fair, autumn 2025 edition: November 22, 2025 span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents:      the ottawa     small press     book fair autumn 2025 : will be held on Satur...

don't forget the fall edition of the ottawa small press book fair Nov 22nd! + pre-fair reading the night prior at Anita's Cafe in Vanier, / @arcpoetry.bsky.social @amandaearl.bsky.social @thesedayszine.bsky.social @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social ; smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

B: I think I'm turning into a mushroom.
Me: extant...
B: ...
Me, with nothing: ...
B: "Decay exists as an extant form of life" is that what you were looking for???
Me, dying laughing: yeah...