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😭💖 Thank you for the kind words, @raewhite.bsky.social !

So pleased with how this turned out! 🥹🤍

Downloadable Content for Games: Are they worth it? scroll to the end for details on entering my giveaway!

New article AND a chance to enter my lil giveaway to celebrate 113 subscribers! 🙌
#Substack #Videogames

I adored this book right up until I discovered it's a standalone and not part of a series. Then my heart shattered into a million pieces, and it became one of my favourite books of all time 🥲 #bloodoverbrighthaven

Issue 1 coming 10/10/25

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Excited to announce that STRANGE DAZE I is coming 10/10/25 💙💜
#comingsoon #litmag #onlinemag #digitalmag #literary #photography #poetry #fiction #writersofinstagram #artists #strangedaze #strangedazemag #strangdays

Submissions are now closed! Thank you so much to those who submitted! You should receive an outcome by the end of the week 🤍

Backseat Gaming a collaborative post about gamers watching others play

Honoured to get to spotlight some fantastic writers in this collaborative post about backseat gaming! 🎮🥰
#substack #videogames #writers

We're going to fucking exist and you cannot kill us in any way that matters 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

Strange Daze #1 Playlist - Strange Daze #1 - 20 items

Check out our playlist on Tidal, curated by founding editor @bloomurder.bsky.social 🎶
Subs open until the end of the month! 💜

#playlist #subsopen #submissionsopen #litmag #onlinemag #literary #writerofinstagram #poetry #artists #fiction #nonfiction #strangedazemag #strangedaze #strangedays

One week to submit

Have you submitted yet? 👀💖

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Stoked to be part of this awesome event! Thanks so much @queerzestzinefest.bsky.social 💛

Wow! Thank you so much! 🥰

Ahh good luck with your application! 👏

Two weeks to submit

TWO WEEKS 💖

#subsopen #submissionsopen #litmag #digitalmag #onlinemag #literary #writerofinstagram #poetry #artists #fiction #nonfiction #strangedazemag #strangedaze #strangedays

You move swiftly past the neon motel sign, “no vacancy” lighting a blood red path for you as you examine the number on your keys and search for the corresponding room. It’s right at the end of the block.

You keep moving with your head down, ignoring the murmured heckles and jeers from the other guests sitting outside their rooms, smoking cigarettes and drinking beer.

Unease prickles the back of your neck as footsteps sound behind you. Without turning back you quicken your pace, focusing on reaching the blue door straight ahead.

When you reach it, you shove the key into the lock, open the door, slam it shut and deadlock it. Turning around, you find that instead of a drab motel room like you were expecting, it’s…

Writing prompt 🔑 subs open til the 31st 👀

#writingprompt #subsopen #submissionsopen #litmag #literary #digitalmag #journal #poetry #art #fiction #onlinejournal #strangedays #strangedaze #strangedazemag

I started a lit mag! 🙌✨️💖

Stoked to be part of this awesome post alongside some fantastic game writers! 👏

Really wanted to include Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" as well 😩 #hottest100

Mid-Year Game Review 2025 or the games i’ve played so far this year

A little mid-year review of the games I've played so far this year! ✨️ #substack #videogames

Ahhh! I got 2 #smallpitch requests! 😍

It was a wild guess, but Kingdom Come: Deliverance! I haven't played any of the games in the quiz! 😅

Lol I got one! 😆

#SmallPitch Submission Form Please use this form to submit your pitch. A few reminders: You can pitch up to three manuscripts, with a limit of one pitch per manuscript. One pitch per form submission. Reload the form after submi...

The #SmallPitch pitch submission window is now OPEN for 48 hours!

Key reminders:
- Unagented writers only
- Finished manuscripts only
- One pitch per manuscript only
- Up to 3 manuscripts per writer
- No hashtags in your pitch
- Comps & emojis are okay
- Check our website for full guidelines & FAQ

Had the best time tabling at Paperbark Zine Fair yesterday! Can't wait for next year! ✂️✨️
#zines #zinefair #paperbarkzinefair #australianzines

I recently reopened my zine shop to celebrate 13 years and a new edition - an Empire Records Fanzine! 🎵
bloomurder.etsy.com

A digital illustration of two young women in a forest, kneeling before the wood carving of a female figure with bird wings. They've brought various offerings, apples, flowers, a doll made of wheat stalks, candles.

A digital illustration of a merman emerging from dark waters, with a bunch of hands and tentacles creeping over him.

Hey #Booksky I'd love to work on more book covers! Any authors out there looking for a cover artist? 👀 #art #fantasyart

An illustration of a coat of arms on a yellow background with a knights helmet perched on top of it. The coat of arms is in the trans flag colors, depicting a white lion with a crown and broken shackles. The ribbons flowing around the coat of arms have text on them saying "Trans Rights are Human Rights".

Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings Unsettling baroque image of a person in a white shirt, head obscured by birds and flowers Art by Lindsey Carr, design by Christine Foltzer, edited by Ellen Datlow

Pan Macmillan Australia have made a reel announcing the Australian edition of HONEYEATER (out in September)
www.instagram.com/p/DLOISDqhdn-/

And Australian preorders now exist!
www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781761562303/

Queensland Games Festival 2025 A small selection of the games I got to experience

A little write-up about last weekend's @qldgamesfestival.bsky.social and the excellent games I got to play! #qldgamesfest #aussiegames #australiangames

Artwork of gideon nav and harrowhark from the locked tomb book series. Gideon has skull paint and red hair, she is behind harrow hugging her. Harrow stands in front with her left hand on a longsword. They wear dark blue/black robes and there is a simple fence design around them.

I miss these blorbos 💀