Jenny Gaitskell

think of an ash tree
starting to dream of autumn
its head full of light

in a sea of blackness
sound of laughing bones—
my inner child
plays quietly

#tanka

my hummingbird heart the flutter of time passing

#monoku

Digital painting of an orange and black-patterned weevil with long nose and shiny shell. It is casting a shadow onto an abstract background of light blue stripes with a thin orange highlight against a darker blue background.

Happy #Invertober day 4!

Palmetto weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus)

Reference photo by nonbinary-naturalist on iNaturalist

#SciArt #art #Invertober2025

An ink drawing of a tea cup and all the steam turns into shapes, like bonsais trees. Two tiny moons float above the tea steam, perfectly aligned with a white moon spot on the side of the cup. The cup itself has weave patterns around the top and fish scale patterns around the belly.

Tea dreams.

drawing of a cat sailing on a small leafy boat down a stream, admiring the view of various florals and greenery in the forest

voyage 🐟 #art

Congratulations - so well deserved

Delicious storytelling
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Blimey, some of these are stunning. Worth a look for anyone who enjoys such beautiful intersections between astronomy, history, and art

TERRESTRIAL a novella placeholder at Malarkey Books with quote from Joey Hedger: "Here, Eynon writes with poetic precision about contradictions: her characters are charming and awkward, vast and introspective. Her focus is on the lonely, the mundane and the spectacular. TERRESTRIAL is wildly human while exploring that which makes us alien to ourselves and each other.”

My novella Terrestrial from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social is open for preorders now! Grateful to @joeyhedger.bsky.social who said some generous and smart things about it.

malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...

Write as if you’re the only one who remembers. Write it all down with pen and paper, or type it or speak to text and print it out. Leave a record. Make sure no one forgets this time in history.

Old Auriga’s shop
lined with new sun chariots
drawing pure wonder
« One must be prepared, » he said,
« underneath ecliptic light! »

#tanka

It's Black Speculative Fiction month!

All October, health allowing, I'll update this thread with fun recs for classic & current black spec fic & a bonus work of my own.

1. MY BONES & MY FLUTE www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-bones-a...

2. A RUIN OF SHADOWS
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-ruin-of-... 1/2

Hahaha!🧡❄️

That's so well put 🧡📚

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Yes, I have. I enjoyed it.

Painting of a grey cat with yellow eyes. It gazes out from the page of a book, looking past us, ears erect. Despite a serious demeanor, it wears a red bowtie with white spots. The page is printed in French and washed in shades of gold.

'Books have souls,’ repeated the cat softly. ‘A cherished book will always have a soul. It will come to its reader’s aid in times of crisis.'

Sōsuke Natsukawa, The Cat Who Saved Books

#BookWormSat 💙📚
🎨 Eva Fialka

A scientist stands in front of an enormous contraption "I created this device to test my theory that our entire reality is a simulation, but the readings I'm getting suggest something much worse" "What?" Asks a second scientist. "We're living in a cartoon!" Says the first. "Does it at least have a good punchline?" says the second. The fiorst scientist carefully looks over the data, then eventually replies "Nope" From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld - order it at www.tomgauld.com

A cartoon from my new book, 'Physics for Cats'. Out next week: www.tomgauld.com

Last night I posted my latest From the Escritoire blog post of things achieved/done between August-September plus my October accountability/to-do list (I probably will only get some done but it's good to have goals):
mythopoetica.com/2025/10/01/f...

Submissions Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

Translunar Travelers Lounge is open to speculative fiction stories 5000 words and under. Please read the guidelines before submitting! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

scribbled
between errands
rain on the page

#haiku

Grinning cat sitting in a tree (John Tenniel illustration, the Cheshire Cat for Alice in Wonderland)

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
“ I don’t much care where —“ said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.

📚Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

#BookWormSat

I love this photo! 🧡🪶

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this wind’s moving in
hefting the hearts of the trees
come holy spirit

Digital drawing of a Red-banded leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) perched on a branch amid fanciful looking yellow flowers that reflect the same color as the insect's head, belly, and legs. The insect has strikingly colorful wings in a swirly pattern of turquoise and deep pink.

Happy #Invertober day 2!

Red-banded leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)

Unfinished painting of a person wearing a pale grey protective suit and helmet standing on the shore of a river or lake with a forest on the far shore.

New addition to the Universal Anxiety Protection Suit series underway.

A pumpkin patch field with the shell of an old car as prop. Hay bales decorated with an array of pumpkins sit next to the car and a “driver” behind the wheel inside, probably stuffed with hay. Tall cornstalks and a row of deciduous trees in the background. A warm autumn scene.

I stopped for corn. Found a pumpkin patch. A small boy told me he’s going to find his perfect pumpkin somewhere out there. Autumn.

(please alt-text your wonderful art so I can share 👉👈)