Kat Richardson

Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland.

It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.

November 2025 Fool me once: the magical origin of the word hoax People Are Just Learning What The ‘Most Complex’ Word In English Is, And Huh How a Community of Readers Saved Their Book Festival A los…

Seattle Mystery Bookshop may be closed (sigh), but we're still active in one small way - our monthly newzine. Here is November's edition!

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Alas! (damned spammers)

The advantage to be failing at my career is that I get less spam! ;)

I’m excited to share my finished marionette/puppet, Gourd-fellow the pumpkin sprite. This is my first marionette and I had so much fun making him, I'm probably just gonna turn into Geppetto now. 🎃

Did you know that rape within a marriage was not a crime until relatively recently?

@sarahweinman.com has written a stunning exploration of this hidden history and the landmark case that changed everything.

A comic with three rows of panels. The first row has four panels. Each panel shows Dipper the corgi sleeping, as a pumpkin headed creature slowly sneaks in behind him. By the fourth panel, dipper is starting to wake up but has not registered the creature yet. The second row also has four panels, sort of. In the first panel, Dipper sees the creature and freaks out. In the second, he starts to run away, pressing up against the white panel border, which bends around him like it is made out of fabric. As he continues to run, he tears off the border between the third and fourth panels, which wraps around him like a sheet as he falls over. In the third row, there are now only two panels, because the borders dividing what was panel 1 from 2 and panel 3 from 4 are torn. In the first large panel, the pumpkin creature lifts off it's pumpkin head, revealing it was Hilde the cat all along. She laughs at her successful prank. Dipper lies on the ground, covered by the white sheet. His front legs have poked two little holes in it. In the second large panel, Dipper sits up, still covered by the sheet. The sheet combined with the two holes his arms made cause him to look like a dog-shaped ghost. Hilde screams.

Boo!

Got a few of these recently and something just felt "off" so I declined. Glad I did.

Thanks Jonathan. I had a bad feeling about those things when they arrived and declined to play. Glad I did.

And I now have a copy of the book on my phone so I can start reading it! I'm so excited!

Ok, I started following Hildur because she has a very cute dog, and now I'm so happy I did! Go, Hildur!

Congratulations!

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

A small (5"x8") watercolor sketch of three Autumn trees standing in a row by color: yellow-and gold; red-and-orange; green with yellow and brown. The foliage is created in clusters of color with stippling of darker shades over the top with drier paint to create the illusion of individual leaves from a distance.

Some autumnal trees I painted with watercolor to try out a new deer foot brush. (not made from deers.)

I'm reminded of many old books the used to hang around in the dustiest shelved of the library sporting his illustrations. I loved those.

I have a soft spot for Rackham

On the image of a pumpkin with strange thoughtful eyes, and smaller book-cover images using the same, the caption: TOO MUCH CANDY CORN. TOO MANY ZOMBIES. AND ULTIMATE EVIL WITH A PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE. TAG ALONG ON A YOUNG WIZARDS HALLOWEEN.”

When #wizards go trick-or-treating… the results can be unexpected. For the #SpookySeason, at #Ebooks Direct: *Not On My Patch: a #YoungWizards #Halloween.” https://ebooks.direct/products/not-on-my-patch-a-young-wizards-halloween-story

This image shows the cover of Enchanting the Fae Queen with the surrounding text: Goodreads Giveaways: Enter for a chance to win a free copy of my book! The illustrated cover itself shows a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sitting perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Vines of leaves sweep magically out from the tree around her to draw him towards her. The tagline reads: All’s fae in love and war.

Ooh, if you're in the US, you can now enter a giveaway for an Enchanting the Fae Queen ARC (one of 50!) on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Join my mischievous chaos queen and my stoic and noble hero for their madcap romantic adventures. :) "All's fae in love and war!"

#romancelandia

I have missed your lovely dog.

Uggi the dog meeting a black and white cat

Afternoon

Happy coyote skipping down the center line of a rural roadway.

Friday, M-F friends!

The weekend begins the moment you check out of work.

You've got this. Do it.

Have a grand time!

Cover of Nursery Crimes with shadowy detective and dame holding a red apple in front of a pumpkin jail, with yellow brick road leading to a castle. Title says: No trick, only treat

It's been a busy October so far. I hope you've had a chance to steal away a moment for some cozy relaxation. If you're looking for a quick, fun read, Nursery Crimes will do the trick (or treat!). www.devonmonk.com/stand-alone-...

@maryrobinettekowal.com knocking it out of the park! (as she does.)

Finished stage of watercolor process for autumn leaves: 2 brightly-colored maple leaves, connected at the stems to the same small bit of twig. The leaves are rendered with multiple layers of yellow, green, vermillion/orange, madder red, and burnt umber paints to create deep, dramatic color, shadows where the edges of the dried leaves curl or fold over the body of the leaves, as well as details along veins, points, edges and body. The painting is signed at the lower right with a cursive "KatR" and named in the upper right "Autumn Leaf #2".

The final painting of the autumn leaf watercolor process. Two maple leaves in bright shades of yellow, green, orange, and red, with a bit of brow detail. 2 of 2. #watercolor

Part 1 of watercolor process set for autumn leaves: 2 dried maple leaves in faded green and yellow, joined at the stems to the same small piece of twig. They rest on a fabric cutting board above light pencil sketch of the leaves done on off-white 100% cotton watercolor paper. A blue 2H drawing pencil rests to the right of the paper.

Part 2 of watercolor process set for autumn leaves: Yellow underpainting on the sketch of two dried maple leaves. Above the painting is an oval porcelain saucer with gold trim acting as a pallet with smudges of dark green, bright blue, sepia, yellow ocher, and red around the puddle of lemon yellow paint.

Part 3 of watercolor process set for autumn leaves: two maple leaves, joined to a bit of common twig get a second layer of paint to block in areas of deeper yello, orange and green. The edge of the porcelain saucer/pallett and a half-pan of Organic Vermillion paint sit at the top of the shot.

Stage 4 of watercolor process for autumn leaves: the left of two maple leaves, joined to the same small bit of twig, receives brighter layers of orange, deeper yellow, and red madder for detail and shadow where the edges of the leaf curl and fold.

4 stages of a watercolor painting of autumn leaves. The whole project took 5 hours. See the next post for the final painting. 1 of 2

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yeah, sweetie, you tell 'em!

He was The Bestest Doggo and inspired others to do good. (Because he was adorbs.)