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@galahadiant.bsky.social

Archivist, part-time author and artist. Specialties include magic & religion, medieval science and medicine, and rare books generally. He/him. Mid-20s.

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The privacy issue with KOSA "resonating with a large swath of people"-- that's you, that was you calling your reps. Don't let anyone tell you it's pointless

Let's do it again for the censorship bills in this new package

01.11.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1027    ๐Ÿ” 874    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Post by @vilecemetery ยท 2 images ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70ย ย ๐Ÿ” 987ย ย โค๏ธ 1691ย ยทย leigh bardugo has massively edited and rewritten the six of crows books and no one has noticedย ยทย or has for some reason decided not to mention it at all or let anyone else knโ€ฆ

If you want a perfect example of the aging up of YA fiction to appeal to adult readers at the exclusion of teen readers, it's getting rid of any references to the specific ages of the teen characters in the Six of Crows duology. www.tumblr.com/vilecemetery...

30.10.2025 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 140    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
An illustration with a cryptic decorated border. Off to the left side, three circular panels depict a mollusk-like brain, a pattern of spotted lumps, and two swans with interlocked necks. In the center, a muscular-chested man with furry ears is holding a massive sword off to his side. He has shaggy red hair and a black doglike nose.

An illustration with a cryptic decorated border. Off to the left side, three circular panels depict a mollusk-like brain, a pattern of spotted lumps, and two swans with interlocked necks. In the center, a muscular-chested man with furry ears is holding a massive sword off to his side. He has shaggy red hair and a black doglike nose.

harbinger of the end โ˜€

01.11.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1126    ๐Ÿ” 285    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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breaking my "no posting screenshots of tweets" rule just once to post this important seasonal classic that doesnt exist on this website.

01.11.2025 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A thin vertical gothic frame within which a woman in a blue medieval gown & hennin is seen reading at a wooden desk. A sun smiles through the arched window and the floor is a black and green chequered pattern. She rests her fingers on her temples. She has green sleeves beneath the gown which is fur trimmed. The wall is pink. The book shows the words 'MEMENTO VIVERE'

A thin vertical gothic frame within which a woman in a blue medieval gown & hennin is seen reading at a wooden desk. A sun smiles through the arched window and the floor is a black and green chequered pattern. She rests her fingers on her temples. She has green sleeves beneath the gown which is fur trimmed. The wall is pink. The book shows the words 'MEMENTO VIVERE'

A thin vertical gothic frame within which a cadaver in a white shroud and black hennin is seen reading at a wooden desk. A pensive moon and starry sky is seen through the arched window and the floor is a black and green chequered pattern. She rests her fingers on her temples. The wall is deep blue. The book shows the words 'MEMENTO MORI'

A thin vertical gothic frame within which a cadaver in a white shroud and black hennin is seen reading at a wooden desk. A pensive moon and starry sky is seen through the arched window and the floor is a black and green chequered pattern. She rests her fingers on her temples. The wall is deep blue. The book shows the words 'MEMENTO MORI'

โ˜€๏ธMEMENTO VIVERE/MEMENTO MORI๐ŸŒ’
Double sided bookmark design which was part of the prize pack in the MCM October Medieval Stamp Rally

01.11.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 189    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

share your OC and a plant you associate with them

kristophe's flower is the amaranth, aka love-lies-bleeding. it represents immortality and death

31.10.2025 18:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

:: uses most deadpan voice possible ::

Yes. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...

31.10.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 149    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.

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๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ // HELLRAISER (1987)

putting a limited poster run of these up for pre-order in the near future ๐Ÿ‘€

31.10.2025 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 448    ๐Ÿ” 174    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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TIME WILL DEVOUR HIS CHILDREN: CHAPTER TWO is out now! This on-going dark fantasy comic about your past coming back to haunt you continues in its second 110-page installment, which you can buy here: claystorks.itch.io/time-will-de... ๐Ÿ‚

21.10.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 552    ๐Ÿ” 180    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
illustration depicting a headless rider with a banner. His helmet is empty and there's a glowing smoke coming out of it. He's wearing armor decorated with flowers to symbolize vanitas/impermanence/memento mori. He's carrying a banner saying 'This, too, must pass.' There are candles floating around him.

The composition is like the tarot card 13 with the classic reaper on the horse symbolizing change.

The merrigolds in the background are connected to rebirth and ability to persist.

illustration depicting a headless rider with a banner. His helmet is empty and there's a glowing smoke coming out of it. He's wearing armor decorated with flowers to symbolize vanitas/impermanence/memento mori. He's carrying a banner saying 'This, too, must pass.' There are candles floating around him. The composition is like the tarot card 13 with the classic reaper on the horse symbolizing change. The merrigolds in the background are connected to rebirth and ability to persist.

| Candlelit Messenger | ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ

Joined #drawtober this year! Happy October! ๐Ÿ’•
#originalart

01.10.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 461    ๐Ÿ” 220    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
decorative illustration of myosotis scorpioides

decorative illustration of myosotis scorpioides

myosotis

29.10.2025 10:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1092    ๐Ÿ” 352    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ—๏ธ3 WOVEN BLANKETS RE-STOCKED โ—๏ธ
+ Opossum Corduroy Cap !!

SHOP LINK BELOW โฌ‡๏ธ

15.10.2025 01:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 353    ๐Ÿ” 80    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

This ought to void the indictment!

29.10.2025 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 154    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
portrait of a brown haired pale man done in the style of an old looking oil painting. it is contained on a thin oval frame a d lit by a single point above. it shows a man wringing out his hands on a dirty rag. he is dressed in a worn white shirt, daek waiscoat and a pale yellow necktie. his hair is falling loosely around his face in a messy ponytail and gis face bears marks of decay. his eyes are glazed over like eyes of a corpse and he has the look of tightly concealed anguish on his face.

portrait of a brown haired pale man done in the style of an old looking oil painting. it is contained on a thin oval frame a d lit by a single point above. it shows a man wringing out his hands on a dirty rag. he is dressed in a worn white shirt, daek waiscoat and a pale yellow necktie. his hair is falling loosely around his face in a messy ponytail and gis face bears marks of decay. his eyes are glazed over like eyes of a corpse and he has the look of tightly concealed anguish on his face.

a photo showing a top-down view of a leather lined dice tray filed with an assortment of resin, metal and gemstone dice. All are in either shades of sage green or brass or silver apart from one all black die. most the numbers are inked in gold. there is a lot of dice that arent the standard shapes- crystal like resin ones to hollow metal ones which look like branches, to completely atypical silver woven ones.

a photo showing a top-down view of a leather lined dice tray filed with an assortment of resin, metal and gemstone dice. All are in either shades of sage green or brass or silver apart from one all black die. most the numbers are inked in gold. there is a lot of dice that arent the standard shapes- crystal like resin ones to hollow metal ones which look like branches, to completely atypical silver woven ones.

The Character / Their Dice

29.10.2025 04:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 183    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.

Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.

www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

26.10.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 840    ๐Ÿ” 922    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38
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Silksong

Medieval+Fencing Fantasy version! ๐Ÿ˜Š

26.10.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 677    ๐Ÿ” 214    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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The night they got engaged ๐Ÿ’™โค๏ธ #dnd #ocs

26.10.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1188    ๐Ÿ” 245    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A hand holds the book Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis by Kelly Hayes. The cover is dark blue and has an illustration of a person swimming in a lake at night beneath a full moon. In the background, behind the book, are shelves of books in a bookstore.

A hand holds the book Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis by Kelly Hayes. The cover is dark blue and has an illustration of a person swimming in a lake at night beneath a full moon. In the background, behind the book, are shelves of books in a bookstore.

I was lucky to get my preorder of Read This When Things Fall Apart, edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, early - thanks, @portersqbooks.bsky.social! - and it's exactly as incredible as I had expected.

I highly, highly recommend it to anyone struggling with *gestures broadly at everything.*

15.10.2025 00:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

โœจ๏ธ New slots for 2026 available now! โœจ๏ธ

If you're looking for an actually affordable editor with 16 years of experience and a reputation for becoming my clients' biggest cheerleader and toughest coach, let's talk about your story and your needs!

23.10.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A dark and shadowy fanart of the characters from Over the Garden Wall. 
The Beast looms over Greg, Beatrice, and Wirt with his arms stretch towards them. His right hand reaches for Beatrice while his left creeps closer to Wirt's lantern, the soft glow revealing his hands to be very sketchy and scribbly. Wirt, Greg, and Beatrice walk close together as Wirt holds the lantern up with his left hand. Greg looks back to Beatrice with a happy expression as if ranting about another rock fact. He holds his frog (Jason Funderberker) in his right arm as he jaunts along the dark path. Beatrice flies low looking at Greg engaging in his enthusiastic ramblings.

A dark and shadowy fanart of the characters from Over the Garden Wall. The Beast looms over Greg, Beatrice, and Wirt with his arms stretch towards them. His right hand reaches for Beatrice while his left creeps closer to Wirt's lantern, the soft glow revealing his hands to be very sketchy and scribbly. Wirt, Greg, and Beatrice walk close together as Wirt holds the lantern up with his left hand. Greg looks back to Beatrice with a happy expression as if ranting about another rock fact. He holds his frog (Jason Funderberker) in his right arm as he jaunts along the dark path. Beatrice flies low looking at Greg engaging in his enthusiastic ramblings.

"Somewhere lost between the clouded annals of history, lies a place that few have seen..."
#otgw #fanart

13.10.2025 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 812    ๐Ÿ” 285    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Audenโ€™s review of Lord of the Rings.

18.10.2025 04:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2776    ๐Ÿ” 797    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
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Hello #PortfolioDay I'm Helen, A freelance Illustrator inspired by art nouveau. I love mythology and folklore, dark creepy things, and Queer love.

I'd love to work on more TTRPG, Book covers/comic book covers, Posters, packaging illustration

Portfolio: helenmask.com
๐Ÿ“ง thehemask@gmail.com

14.10.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 636    ๐Ÿ” 225    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A black and white portrait of a woman in a fancy dress. The portrait is in a fancy frame. The top corner is covered in shadow and blood stains.

A black and white portrait of a woman in a fancy dress. The portrait is in a fancy frame. The top corner is covered in shadow and blood stains.

A young woman holds a candle while looking up at a multi-eyed, toothy creature. She gently pets it.

A young woman holds a candle while looking up at a multi-eyed, toothy creature. She gently pets it.

Screenshot from The Last Winter Knight. A knight is slumped forward in front of a stone wall. Light shines on their back.

Screenshot from The Last Winter Knight. A knight is slumped forward in front of a stone wall. Light shines on their back.

Illustration of The Ghost from Draculesti lifting the helmet off of the Nameless Knight from The Last Winter Knight. Red flower petals swirl around them and fall out of the knight's helmet.

Illustration of The Ghost from Draculesti lifting the helmet off of the Nameless Knight from The Last Winter Knight. Red flower petals swirl around them and fall out of the knight's helmet.

Happy ๐Ÿ‘ป spooky month ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ portfolio day! My name is Eli and I make art and visual novels with Gothic themes. ๐Ÿ–ค

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ endysis.itch.io
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ store.steampowered.com/developer/en...

14.10.2025 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss ๐Ÿ’”

14.10.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4785    ๐Ÿ” 1778    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 145
A woman with a shaved head in gold armor stands among dark briars. The briar thorns pierce her armor and skin in a few places, and she hangs her head in a defeated posture.

A woman with a shaved head in gold armor stands among dark briars. The briar thorns pierce her armor and skin in a few places, and she hangs her head in a defeated posture.

I just finished this up in a SmArtSchool mentorship class with Sam Weber. ๐Ÿ˜Š The assignment was to create an illustration with an original character, and I went with my current D&D character ๐Ÿ˜…

14.10.2025 17:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1441    ๐Ÿ” 277    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
2 Years on the Run, above the cover of A Light Most Hateful by Hailey Piper, art by Julia Lloyd, showing a red cover with lightning striking a dark silhouette. Around it are the following quotes about the book:
Gemma Amor: "will leave you breathless"
Nat Cassidy: "phantasmagoric, unpredictable"
Publishers Weekly in a starred review: "ambitious, genre-shredding"
Rachel Harrison: "a writhing-in-your-seat nightmare"
Clay McLeod Chapman: "awe-inspiring"
Eric LaRocca: "imaginative and chilling"
I Jiang: "mesmerizing"
Library Journal in a starred review: "stunning, terrifying"

2 Years on the Run, above the cover of A Light Most Hateful by Hailey Piper, art by Julia Lloyd, showing a red cover with lightning striking a dark silhouette. Around it are the following quotes about the book: Gemma Amor: "will leave you breathless" Nat Cassidy: "phantasmagoric, unpredictable" Publishers Weekly in a starred review: "ambitious, genre-shredding" Rachel Harrison: "a writhing-in-your-seat nightmare" Clay McLeod Chapman: "awe-inspiring" Eric LaRocca: "imaginative and chilling" I Jiang: "mesmerizing" Library Journal in a starred review: "stunning, terrifying"

Today marks 2 years since A LIGHT MOST HATEFUL said "run from that small town, girl, they're going to kill you"

Normally I don't post 2-year marks for my books, but I just found out this one has earned out on its advance! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ so an ENORMOUS THANK YOU to everyone who's chosen to escape Chapel Hill โšก

10.10.2025 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1312    ๐Ÿ” 170    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

There was never going to be a moment when everyoneโ€”everyone in government, everyone in media, everyone in the populationโ€”was roused to action at the same time. We're turning a battleship. And Pritzker understands that.

10.10.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 914    ๐Ÿ” 255    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

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