Hermit

Stars of orange and white twinkle across a deep purple-blue of space itself. A curling arm of a green nebula breaks through the middle. This is an extradimensional sky from the playfield "The Rosenbrawl" in the game "Secret World Legends". The words "VALENTINE'S DAY" cross the banner in a bright bold red. A honey-gold bee-shaped sigil floats between the word "VALENTINE'S" and "DAY", nestled comfortably behind the apostrophe S of "Valentine's".

Embrace Secret World Legends' Valentine's Day festivities from 03 February 2026 at 09:00 AM EST (14:00 UTC) to 17 February 2026 at 09:00 AM EST (14:00 UTC)! Head to The Rosenbrawl and investigate your SOULMATE!

Witness the love with our Valentine's Day Event Guide!

www.tswdb.com/events/valen...

This makes me think of the forthcoming TRACE ELEMENTS, a collection of non fiction essays by @adapalmer.bsky.social and @bluejo.bsky.social where they talk about genre expectations in one of the essays...

Yes. Solicitation is the #1 way that scammers target writers (Facebook ads are a close second).

It doesn’t matter how smart you are. A lack of intellectual curiosity and an unwillingness to acknowledge that your understanding is not the only understanding, or even the correct understanding, will have you looking ridiculous.

For the record, it's colder where you are than where I am which is *wild* (it's -14c/7f here)

The Twinned Trilogy: Contemporary Fantasy with a Queer Twist Danger lurks in the shadows of Pine Hills University, and it's up to the magically Talented students to face the threat...

My friend @tryslora.bsky.social just finished her Trilogy centered around a university that welcomes magical students. The first two books are available through @duckprintspress.com or you can grab the trio as a late pledge on the Kickstarter
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...

A fallen, dark angel that I painted for the Character Design Challenge.

A party of heroes battling a red dragon, inspired by Dungeons and Dragons.

A group of unicorns grazing peacefully by the remnants of a giant, mechanical dragon in an ancient, overgrown forest. Made for the ImagineFX challenge, Mystical Machines.

"Memories". A man mourns his long lost love as she seemingly emerges from a painting.

I’m a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Norway who loves creating characters, creatures and stories that belong to a different world.

Books, movies and D&D are my main sources of inspiration✨

Contact: michelle.tolo@hotmail.com
Portfolio: www.artstation.com/michelletolo

Stonehenge Apocalypse

(With Priest as close runner up)

screencap from the kickstarter page showing three book covers and the countdown at 42 hours to go and over $3,000 raised

If you're ready for a little escape into fiction and to support a small press and an independent queer author, I see the Duck Prints Press kickstarter for Tris Lawrence's TWINNED TRILOGY is closing in about 40 hours! www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...

[ENGLISH ALT-TEXT] A surreal artwork in warm sepia and gold tones. A masked woman, Lilith, kneels on a wooden scaffold and carves a marble wall covered with the relief of a tree heavy with fruit. A golden serpent winds around her, its sinuous body catching the light. Below, the fragmented head of a colossal statue lies half-buried in stone. Thin lines of gold run through the composition like veins of memory, linking Lilith’s gesture, the serpent, and the fallen face. The atmosphere is quiet, sacred, and timeless. [FRANÇAIS TEXTE ALTERNATIF] Une œuvre onirique aux teintes sépia et dorées. Une femme masquée, Lilith, agenouillée sur un échafaudage de bois, sculpte dans le marbre la façade d’un arbre chargé de fruits. Autour d’elle, le Serpent d’Or s’enroule, son corps lumineux suivant le mouvement de la main qui taille. En dessous repose la tête brisée d’une statue colossale. De fines lignes d’or traversent la scène, reliant le geste de Lilith, le serpent et le visage effondré. L’atmosphère est silencieuse, sacrée, hors du temps.

"Lilith in the Valley of a Thousand Sculptures"
Mixed media: coffee, graphite, and gold leaf on Arches paper.

The first piece to surface from the Labyrinth.

In pale marble, she carves a tree.
The Golden Serpent coils nearby — patient, watchful.

Final 48 hours!

HIII I'M OPENING COMMISSIONS AGAINN :33 HIt me up for any of your audio needs!! 🩵🩵 Would love to work on more Game Audio stuff this year ;-;;;;

They're in throple. Rogue, Gambit, and Comforter.

a graphic displaying unlockable stretch goal levels. At the top, it says the campaign has been funded, along with the first stretch goal, the "Queer Lit" pin. Below that are the locked tiers, including: Historical Fiction, Thriller, Romantasy, Smut, and Fanfiction.

the constructable crest campaign is funded, and has already passed the first stretch goal! Backers will now get to include "Queer Lit" in their favorite genres!

up next: Historical Fiction! (And yes, you read right on those last few goals 😎 I know what I'm about.)

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

A graphic entitled Get to Know Commit to the Kick by Tris Lawrence. In the center is a book cover featuring a white muscled man in a purple football jersey and helmet, flanked by a bear and a dragon, both roaring. Around this are arrows and text and two pride flags. 1. aromantic main character, accompanied by the aro pride flag; 2. queer ensemble cast; 3. college clubs and sports; 4. mlm relationship, with the mlm pride flag; 5. shapeshifting!; 6. omg they were teammates; and 7. ...an unknown threat to the whole world?!

Commit to the Kick is the first book of the Twinned trilogy. The whole trilogy is funding NOW on Kickstarter! CHECK IT OUT: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...

(Kickstarter campaigns ends Jan 28 2026.)

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Today is National Handwriting Day, so I'm memeing.

Pick a favorite quote from a book of your choice. Handwrite out the quote. Post a picture!

‘SINNERS’ has broken history as the MOST-NOMINATED FILM OF ALL TIME at the Oscars with 16 nominations

See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26

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Firash zooming into a petal using a star blessed technology

Perceive

When you want one person to shut up, block them
When you want a bunch of people to shut up, mute terms
When you want everyone to shut up, log off

water temple

#AO3 downtime starts in one hour! We expect it to last about 15 hours.

The Edge of a World Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A scholar on a journey. A monster in his veins. An unbending truth. All Otar ever wanted was being part of a community, but the monster in his veins, bent ...

Soooo, surprise? 🎉

"The Edge of a World" now finally available in audio and Anthony did such a fantastic job.

It should be also available at more places, will update in thread when I got the links.

So if you have been wanting to listen to it, here is the chance!

I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.

The character Ofelia, from the movie Pan's Labyrinth, is surrounded by food and is about to eat a grape. The Pale Man monster is behind her, distracted by a fairy.

🤚👁️👁️✋ Pan's Labyrinth~

Ofelia, no...

who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters

Post by @tryslora 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Why did I write a serial? · As many of you know, I publish serialized fiction—the Welcome to PHU serial on Pillowfort and Tumblr. It’s currently on hiatus, but when running, novels…

I write the Welcome to PHU series as serialized novels online--we are collecting and editing the books to publish with Duck Prints Press (see the Twinned Kickstarter happening now--link in a thread!).

But why did I start out writing serialized fiction?

#writing #serializedfiction #lgbtqiafiction

I think something went wrong somewhere

Why Bother? Because right now, there is someone out there with a wound in the exact shape of your words.

One of my favorite quotes...