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Middle aged man with salt and pepper hair smirking and wearing a black button up shirt with white circle print.

Watercolor of Golem confronting Frodo in a cave.

Watercolor of a group of Orcs marching through shallow water.

Watercolor of a green and yellow forest with a little boy sitting on the right under a tree.

Happy 78th Birthday to Tim Kirk, LAcon V Guest of Honor! 🎉

From his award-winning work as a fan artist to his famous professional illustrations of JRR Tolkien's classic works, Tim’s art has inspired many across the science fiction & fantasy community.

What are your favorites of his works?

The Wizard’s Tower table at WFC, covered in books, ready to sell.

Alright, who wants to buy some lovely books…

Note that it's local businesses who are stepping up. Your neighbors who are operating on thin margins.

Where the hell are WalMart, Kroger, Amazon, and the other giants? Who should get your dollar after this?

I have not.

Mostly I'm Team Elrond. I can't help it. It's the Higher Education Senior Manager in me.

"Oh we're finally doing a project to address the shit i said was a massive fuck up ages ago. That's nice. No I won't lead it."

Lee Moyer Design & Illustration portfolio website Lee Moyer Design & Illustration is the leader in moment capturing

Hey all,
My friend & FANTASTIC cover artist Lee Moyer took a tumble recently. His art will be on hold for a long while. He did all the Good Intentions covers, much of Poor Man's Fight, and more. He's also just a real good dude.
If you ever go art shopping, hit up his site!
www.leemoyer.com

Lee Moyer Design & Illustration portfolio website Lee Moyer Design & Illustration is the leader in moment capturing

My beloved friend Lee--a stunning artist--is dealing with the aftermath of a severe injury that's going to leave him unable to draw for a long while. If you're in a position to buy a print or an original, now's a good time to do that--click through www.leemoyer.com to see what's available.

How A Wizard of Earthsea Made Me a Fantasy Reader - Reactor This week, Saga Press releases a gorgeous new omnibus edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Books of Earthsea, illustrated by Charles Vess, in celebration of A Wizard of Earthsea‘s 50th anniversary. In honor...

the internet reminded me that this was seven years ago. seven! and now it's two days until the exhibition A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin opens in Portland, and I curated a whole THING in there (about the editing of The Tombs of Atuan). some things change. some things are constant.

Liv Rainey-Smith: Woodblock by woodblock, building toward a World Fantasy Award • Oregon ArtsWatch The Portland artist talks about the allure of fantasy worlds, the ancient art of woodblock printing, and the long journey that has made her a finalist for a prestigious prize.

"Rainey-Smith is a xylographer – she makes woodcuts. She doesn’t make images that look like woodcuts, she doesn’t use computers, she doesn’t use AI, she actually carves wood the old-fashioned way, which is a tradition that goes back at least two thousand years."
www.orartswatch.org/liv-rainey-s...

Timeline cleanse during extra innings

...update to Chengdu Worldcon/DCFCW’s Oct 26 info release McCarty contacted Co-Chair Yalow after receiving the notice, stated that he would ship out 1 round of trophies by Nov 1 & the rest by Nov 9. ...Chengdu Worldcon & DCFCW have accepted McCarty's commitment; further status update by DCFCW Nov 2.

Chengdu Worldcon Committee Gives McCarty Another Chance to Deliver 2023 Hugos Chris M. Barkley was one of the winners present at the 2023 Chengdu Worldcon who accepted the committee’s offer to ship his trophy to the United States. The awards were sent to Hugo Administrator D…

Chengdu Worldcon Committee Gives McCarty Another Chance to Deliver 2023 Hugos
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📣 TODAY 📣

My office is holding mobile casework hours at the Tigard Senior Center from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm to help you navigate federal agencies.

No RSVP required! We have Spanish speakers and veterans on staff who are ready to help.

Good!

Chengdu Worldcon Revokes Administrator Authority Chengdu Worldcon, the host of the 2023 World Science Fiction Convention, has announced that  “it has revoked the authority of its Hugo Administrator, Dave McCarty.” This means McCarty n…

Chengdu Worldcon Revokes Administrator Authority

Jess with arms outstretched and an upside down hypnotized chicken Linda on her head. She (Jess, not Linda) is slightly tipsy but nevertheless has succeeded in her trick

It’s important to have a party trick, and hypnotizing chickens is mine

Here is a list of food pantries in Portland OR if you or someone you know in PDX is about to be affected by the snap cuts: www.foodpantries.org/ci/or-portland

Rough math: 12.3% of Americans (41.7 mil) are about to lose SNAP. Many food banks produce 3 meals per $1, so a November worth of meals for one costs $30. Round it up to $35 for asst. costs & hygiene products. If 13% of us donate $35 each to food banks, we can get everyone through Nov! #EndHunger 🥙💪

poster advertising me, Steve Lieber.

Poster advertising Eric Powell

bellingham

Mt Baker!

BELLINGHAM: Saturday October 25th I'll be a guest at PACIFIC NERDWEST in Bellingham, WA, along with comics luminaries
@eric-powell-comics.bsky.social
@matthewsouthworth.bsky.social
@manruss.bsky.social @mindyleedoodles.bsky.social
pacificnerdwest.com
DM for commissions or to reserve books!

A close up photo of the damage done to an overpass on westbound I-90 at Exit 80 near Cle Elum. Pieces of the bridge and concrete are hanging from the overpass

A photo of the damage done to an overpass on westbound I-90 at Exit 80 near Cle Elum. Pieces of the bridge and concrete are hanging, with debris on the roadway and the oversized tanker truck in the background.

A photo of the damage to the tank of the oversized load showing the tank crushed at the top and on the sides.

UPDATE: I-90 remains closed WB at Exit 80 near Cle Elum after an oversized load struck the overpass. Travelers are being detoured at Exit 80 via the off- and on-ramp. Crews will be out today to assess the damage. The Washington State Patrol is investigating. No estimate for a reopening.

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Author of WHAT STALKS THE DEEP T. Kingfisher's THE NAKED STARS, exploring the final frontier with uplifted naked mole rat hives on a spaceship that ventures off course to save what appears to be a lost ship, to Lindsey Hall at Tor, in a good deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in 2028, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (NA).

O frabjous day!

New @tkingfisher.com announced!

Fanboy squeeeee!

#booksky

Food banks need money if you’ve got it. For everything else, contact them and ask—some can take donated meat by hunters or eggs from backyard flocks, some can’t.

A family member in Portland Oregon died unexpectedly and left behind a 2 year old husky who is currently on a 5 day hold in a shelter while I try to figure out a way to get her to me here in Portland Maine so that I can adopt her...without it costing All the Money.

Anyone have any ideas?

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera, with the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction sticker on the cover

Vajra Chandrasekera, photo by Sanjeewa Weerasinghe. The author sits at a white table, arms resting in front of him, wearing a tan jacket and a white shirt.

Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!

Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.

They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd) An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore

And we are past £5k. 🎉 Not far to go now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

After years of watching Canadian cons disappear and American ones become more inaccessible, I am SO PSYCHED for this renaissance in Canadian spec!! Our talent & tastemakers & visionaries deserve the spotlight with WorldCons like this (and cons like @canconsffh.bsky.social every year.)

Black and pink box cutter shaped like a cat paw

I have to break down a bunch of cardboard boxes today. Luckily I am equipped with this cat paw box cutter that my son @kennedycasting gave me.
Happy #Caturday

“Resistance can be joyful” • Oregon ArtsWatch Portland protest artists on creativity, resilience, inflatable frogs, and protecting the soul of the city.

after a clarinet player was arrested at Sunday's ICE protest in downtown Portland, I talked to five artists, crafters and makers - a puppet designer, an illustrator, a graphic designer, a knitter, and a theatre artist - about creativity under fascism

www.orartswatch.org/resistance-c...

I wouldn’t be surprised if TriMet breaks a post-pandemic record for ridership today

Salmon clear last Klamath dams, reaching Williamson and Sprague rivers Just a year after four dams were removed, a group of fall Chinook have migrated nearly 300 miles into the Upper Klamath Basin.

For the first time in more than 100 years, Chinook salmon have been spotted at the confluence of the Sprague and Williamson rivers in Chiloquin, the government seat of the Klamath Tribes in Southern Oregon.