Dhiyanah (@bydhiyanah) — Bluesky Profile

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An image of the book cover of A Small Light in the Darkness by Christiane Knight is on a field of glowing lightning. The cover is a photo of two shadowy figures against a purple and blue sky with a few stars visible. Text reads: Launch Party; Join Christiane for a reading plus a fun chat and other surprises! April 4 2026, 2pm EDT. Free on Zoom and YouTube.

Join me for a Launch Party on April 4th 2026!

I'd love it if you joined me for a free event on Zoom, happening on April 4th 2026 at 2pm EDT. Sign up here!

www.christianeknight.com/join-me-for-...

#SpecFic #Booksky

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A smiling lady in a sari rides a fire-breathing chicken-legged pasta-haired monster on a moonlight night

Two days left to back the KUMARI LOVES A MONSTER reprint drive!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

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My guts churn as my parents’ voices echo in my head. I’m in a circle surrounded by other troubled kids and we’re spilling our confessions out for a man in a perfect grey suit who never stops smiling except to tell you he’s disappointed. He’d clap his hands. I’ll never forget the clap. It was a clap and then a rub, and he’d say “let’s get started.” He made it sound like a buffet.
He’d give us homework. Most of the time that meant writing something and sharing it with the group, but there was another trick he taught us, one I kept doing even after the sessions ended. Ritual was important, he told us. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so what does that tell us about starting our day right by God? So each morning I’d walk to the bathroom before I did anything else and stare at myself in the mirror. I’d look myself in the eyes and I’d tell the Josh on the other side of the glass that he wasn’t gay. It was then I’d know everything was going to be okay.
- The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle

The conifers past the small airport look the same as the ones on Echo Island. Fog seeps over and between them, their branches sloped beneath the weight of a hundred remembered winters. She watches them like they’re special, and as I stand beside her the specialness of these mindnumbingly ordinary trees in this mindnumbingly ordinary place infects me too.

Quote from the book: “The lights in the bar cast their mirror images into the eyes of the audience: a dozen moons reflected in bowls of water. Everyone and everything is stillness and silence—a bated breath given physical form”

- The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle,
Steve Hugh Westenra

Reviews:

“If there were Oscars for books, this one would win ‘Best Ensemble Cast’ as well as a host of others.” - Paul, Queen’s Book Asylum

“It's a crime this book doesn't have more exposure.” - Al Hess, author of Key Lime Sky

“Hypnotising and lyrical prose . . . a sort of fever dream-like reading experience.” - Esmay Rosalyne, Before We Go Blog

About:

A Queer Horror Comedy

A cryptid-hunting YouTube darling
follows a video of his presumed-dead mom to an isolated island that was once a gay conversion camp and may house the monsters he swears aren’t real

“If you don’t open up, I’ll give you a Chelsea smile. You won’t like that much.”
I plead with my eyes, with everything I have. All the pathos I can summon. And it’s not an act. It’s real. It’s real.
[Redacted] slices half an inch into the right corner of my lip. It hurts it hurtsithurts. My skin feels loose in a way that’s not good. It’s no good.
“Please.” Speaking hurts, but the word spills from me, liquid to blend with my tears. I clamp my eyes closed. I can’t look. “Please. Please don’t. Don’t.” Every word is a stutter, my teeth clacking together, my chest heaving.
“Hold still, baby.”

The #transrightsreadathon is coming up! If you like unusual books, literary horror that combines a pop, camp sensibility with darker themes, & Twin Peaks, may I humbly suggest:

books2read.com/u/boB9YL

steve-westenra.itch.io/the-erstwhil...

#transauthor Art by @littleevil0ne.bsky.social

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2 days ago

Preorder your copy now. 💖💖💖

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1 day ago

LOOK AT THIS ART IT IS SO GOOD

...now scoop up a print or card or sticker or more.

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1 day ago

Thank you!! 💚

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Wanna take these cuties home? This painting is now available as prints, wall art, cards, and stickers 🙌🏽🐡

🖼️: www.inprnt.com/gallery/bydh...

#art #artists #bsnm #SupportArtists #sciArt #fishArt #wildlife

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2 days ago

look how cute this looks though

I'm pretty thrilled.

New social media assets from @bydhiyanah.bsky.social - hoping to sell these books so I can buy some more.

More shelf trinkets. A few different shelves.

I love it.

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💖💖💖

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2 days ago

Book cover for Sailing the Golden Chersonese.

#Booksky Preorders are up on our website for Joyce Chng @jolantru‘s terrific short story collection, SAILING THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE, featuring a transmasc pirate captain and their beloved sailing fantastical seas! More platforms coming soon! queenofswordspress.com/product/sail...

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😍💖

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2 days ago

Beautiful!!

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3 days ago

If you see this - post an eye 👁️ 🎨

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If you see this, post an eye

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If you see this, post an eye

#art #artists #artTrain #illustratiom #nature #wildlifeArt

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3 days ago

The cover says "The Protector and the Annihilation" and "by Naila Moonsi." Ranvir Chandrani looks back with a welling anxiety and sadness. He has dark falling short black hair, dark brown eyes with a red speck, dark brown skin, and wears a panjabi-like shirt. Armando Rivera stares with immense worry and concern. He has falling shoulder-length brown hair, amber eyes with red specks in them, light bronze skin, and wears a dark violet mesh shirt that calls to goth and emo-style. Their son Antonio Chandrani-Rivera falls into oceanic depths, wrapping his arms around his knees as he sinks. He has falling rogue-ish black blue-black hair around him, has closed eyes, and brown skin. He wears a blue-ish Chandrani uniform. Aqua light and ocean surrounds his immediate premise. There's oceanic elements surrounding his body, such as orange and dark blue coral.

The Protector and the Annihilation ARC is now available on Netgalley!

When Armando makes a promise to his rival Ranvir, their far-off planet changes. Children are dropping in through time! Everything leads to him. Their son Antonio, who waits in the future.

Here: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

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3 days ago

Covers for Hornytown Chutzpah, Ex Partum, and Dream the Deep sit on an illustrated book shelf, text reads indie novella love: comedic, Jewish, fantasy noir; mama-centered sci-fi, deep-sea sci-fi

What do puppets in hell, carrots in your shit, and a giant cephalopod have to do with each other?

They're in human-crafted indie novellas about defying authority through community. And they're all on the way.

Read more at atthisarts.com! #BookSky #Indie #Books #Novella

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2 days ago

Dragon & Wolf Designs Handcrafted beaded and chainmail jewelry for geeks by geeks

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2 days ago

under-loved trans rights readathon recs
poetry: world voices edition

There are five book cover images below the title:
Everything Thaws by R.B. Lemberg
Zom-Fam by Kama la Mackerel
Desecrated Poppies by Yaffa
Wain by Rachel Plummer
The Good Arabs by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch

I made a ListChallenges list of 100 trans books I love, and 86 people have taken it! I love diving through the stats of everyone's responses, and decided to make some recs from the books that almost no one has read.
#TransRightsReadathon

Today's post:
Poetry: World Voices edition!

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4 days ago

Dhiyanah Hassan Portfolio of the artist Dhiyanah Hassan showcasing a wide selection of their multi-disciplinary practice in art, illustrations, and writing.

Looking for cover art and interior book/publication illustration gigs for May onwards. Early bookings a must 🙌🏽🌈
Portfolio: bydhiyanah.carrd.co
Bookings: forms.gle/xbdSuuQRwwfA...

Don't have paid work this month. Tips: www.ko-fi.com/bydhiyanah

#artists #SupportArtists #CoverArt #SFFart #kidlitArt

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5 days ago

Please consider supporting an amazing artist such as Dhiyanah ⭐️

Comm Info: bydhiyanah.carrd.co

Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/bydh...

Tipping, coloring pages & wallpaper: ko-fi.com/bydhiyanah/s...

💕💸🏳️‍⚧️ #DisabilityCrowdFund #ArtCommissions #BSNM #SupportArtists #DisabledArtists #BIPOCArtists

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4 days ago

Thank you 💚

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A hand-drawn digital painting by the artist Dhiyanah Hassan of three garden eels on the ocean floor. The one in thr foreground is painted in more detail, sticking out from the sand and slightly bending its head towards streams of light depicted in a soft lilac tone, part of the dynamic shading of the piece. The other two are in the background, facing the opposite direction but similarly looking up at the light rays. The background is a mix of textured and blurry, wuth some grains of sand highlighted.

Revisiting a fave, experimenting with different brushes and gestures for this study of Spotted Garden Eels #SundayFishSketch 🐡
#art #SciArt #fish #fishArt #wildlife #wildlifeArt #nature #artists

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1 week ago

That's gonna look so amazing in flow!

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Omg it lights up!! 🤩

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1 week ago

Cover art for 'Sailing the Golden Chersonese' by @jolantru.bsky.social, coming soon by @qospress.bsky.social 💚💞🌈🌊

Posting a version with detailed Alt text!

Absolutely loved working on this.
#art #artists #CoverArt #SFFart #queerArt #books #BookSky #SupportArtists

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The cover for Sailing The Golden Chersonese: a couple holding each other while an eagle and a glowing Nak form part of the sky.

COVER REVEAL

Art by @bydhiyanah.bsky.social, out soon, @qospress.bsky.social

Sailing The Golden Chersonese!

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Thank you! 😁🌈🌊

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Thank you so much!! It was such joy to work on this, this book's wonderful 💞🌈

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I'm so happy you love it!! 😍🌈💞 Thank you so much for your continued support, it means a lot. I can't wait for this book to meet more of its readers! 🎉

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