Gem Blackthorn

For reference of Portland frog facing off ICE art being made.

October 2025 Tarot Spread + Predictions A practical tarot Spread for underlying issues plus astrological predictions for the month.

October 2025 Tarot Spread + Predictions. The theme for this month's tarot spread is underlying issues coming to the surface. #tarot

Smiling Mychal with hands raised wears an outer space shirt in a library. It is a still from an episode of Reading Rainbow.

LeVar Burton smiles with hands behind his head as he lies down on a colorful pile of books. ENEMY PIE book rests on his chest.

There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯

I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨

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purple background with jack o lanterns, ghosts, bats, candy, bones, witch hats, spider and spider web graphics: "We are open for our special mini issue 2 from today, Oct. 1-End of Day (By 11:59 p.m. PST), Oct. 10th, The Theme? Health Scares

We are OPEN for submissions for our 2nd mini issue! The theme is Health Scares. This could be a genre fiction story in horror, mysteries/thriller, etc. or about the "horrors" & health scares of chronic illnesses, disabilities, & mental health! Submit: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/submission-g...

Post text overlaid on a photo of a low, wide corridor or tunnel with red lighting.

Submissions open now for members of marginalised groups! 🎉

(general submission window 15-31 October)

Seeking speculative stories about our inner lives:

💙 500 - 2,500 words
💚 £0.02 per word, min £20
💛 Sim subs welcome!
🧡 Reprints welcome!

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#SubmissionCall

Text of poem "Teeth"

Photo of poet Jennifer Martelli

I'm heartbroken that poet Jennifer Martelli has died. Her poem "Teeth" appeared in Issue 21 of @tahomareview.bsky.social - one of my first issues as editor. I fell in love with her poems and was lucky to become her friend. She was funny, brilliant, deeply generous, & kind. She will be very missed 🐈‍⬛💔

What's in my bag: witchy edition

Unboxing the Mother Mary Oracle Deck by Alana Fairchild.

Unboxing the Prism Oracle Deck.

The Five-Day TikTok Cult | Children of the Waning Star Cult, Joke, or Hype?

There have been enough cults started on TikTok that it’s become a habit of mine to track them.

THEM: whatcha doin

ME: [filling a plate with slugs and flatworms] making creepypasta

THEM: that’s not what…

ME: [whistles tarantella while tossing in duck penis and a disarticulated teddy ruxpin]

How to Know Which Tarot Card Meaning Applies to Your Situation A practice drill to help beginner tarot readers determine which specific card meaning applies to a given situation

A practice drill for beginner tarot readers.

What if JFK's flirting ghost is just an incubus

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...

Previously published or unpublished, fiction or nonfiction (or anything in between), 250 words or fewer, deadline Nov 15. The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Managua 6:30 PM by Ernesto Cardenal #latinopoetry

As marketers, if we all got together and told our clients "yeah, no, this AI product was brought to market too soon as is too glitchy. We don't recommend it" we could stop the madness, right?

Also, the irony of marketing professionals falling for the notion that if they're not pushing AI, they are already falling behind. Hey, you know you're in the field that created the strategies that are being used against you, right???

Being both in marketing and a creative field is such whiplash when it comes to attitudes towards AI.

I can't wait for the day it's marketable and fashionable to promote "organic content" options.

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Professions I'm considering:
•Corporate Paul Revere: I interrupt your meetings with Major Breaking News
•Snarky GPS scriptwriter
•Personal shopper for fashionable cats

Hope everyone had a great summer solstice! #tarot

An email stating the Taco Bell Quarterly has been added to the Library of Congress

Oh my God!? We've been added to the Library of Congress. A literary magazine that I make for fun in my basement as my midlife crisis has been added to the historical record, called the uh, ahem, Taco Bell Quarterly. We are the most prestigious literary magazine of all time.

They choose to teach you (again) each one of interpretations and uses of the pentagrams of Solomon and each one of its Djins/Angels/Demons. But can't teach you basic c*rsing to protect yourself and your community cause "that's too dark" or "not ethical"...

#witchsky #occultsky #hexthepatriatchy

“Art is enchantment and artists have the right of spells.”

-- Jeanette Winterson

Jack Poso Ev @JackPosobiec Follow Some of y'all cant handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows This is direct communication (phallocentric) vs indirect communication (gynocentric) I understand you aren't used to it 4:33 PM • 6/5/25 • 53K Views

I cannot stop wheezing

I know posting "the girls are fighting" seems funny, but it's actually insensitive and shitty.

My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.

Black and white sticker on top of a coin slot of an Aldi's shopping cart shows a sink and a man in a suit with the jacket over his right shoulder. Text: Money is your god and you are a failure

Aldi cart straight up bullying people

June 2025 Tarot Spread + Predictions The June 2025 tarot spread considers personal vulnerabilities and opportunities for resilience during Cancer season.

The June tarot spread is in the shape of whirlpool, as many elements continue to combine and cause chaos.

But the only way out is through... or something like that.

You know what you don't want to hear when you're in the ER with a loved one?

An alert that the building is on fire and to "await further instructions."

You know what you don't want to hear next?

Nurses say it's the second fire today.