Y'all. If you want black voices in your shows, animations, and games, @vynvox.com should be the first you call.
04.02.2026 00:42 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1@itme.bsky.social
Writer | Podcaster | VA | Worked on InCo, currently drowning in Stories From Ylelmore :) | Author of "The Grand Mage's Pet" and "The Unusual Courtship of Pax the Faerie" | they/fae/she itmepodcast.com
Y'all. If you want black voices in your shows, animations, and games, @vynvox.com should be the first you call.
04.02.2026 00:42 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Comic cover rendered in blue and orange hues. The title of the comic is BALLAD FOR BLACK CASSANDRA, written and drawn by Olivia Stephens. The cover illustration features a Black person with short coiled hair standing in waist high water and staring upwards with an orange glint reflecting in their eyes. The sky features a harsh, dramatic orange texture.
BALLAD FOR BLACK CASSANDRA
a comic/poem
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Happy #blackhistorymonth. Support Black #indieanimation I'm Bre Navickas a queer creator and I made The Three Tomes. A YA queer romantasy adventure Animatic Pilot about a black teen witch coming into her new powers and the vampires after her heart. Magical girls x Vampire Romance
01.02.2026 17:51 โ ๐ 174 ๐ 115 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1Two small presses collaborating to lift each other up as well as support more authors and artists! Because who says we have to treat one another like rivals?
I am SO EXCITED for this!!
Just donated to the Immigrant Law Center of MN who gives free legal counsel and representation to immigrant individuals and families, if you want to donate too!
www.ilcm.org/donate/
donation links in this thread. start from the bottom of the list and work your way up.
26.01.2026 22:44 โ ๐ 441 ๐ 416 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1So many folks in my circle are getting crushed on all sides. In the streets resisting these goons, surviving this storm, making ends meet--on top of all the other weekly madness. It feels damn weird to beat the drum about stories and upcoming issues as if our lives aren't in a meat grinder.
26.01.2026 15:43 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0If you're not in Minnesota but have money you can allocate, here are some ways you can do some direct, tangible good. Not the only ways, but some.
26.01.2026 04:19 โ ๐ 242 ๐ 164 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1I REALLY need non-indigenous people to make more noise about this.
25.01.2026 22:20 โ ๐ 44 ๐ 48 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Alrighty. For anyone that has Tumblr. I made a nice Master post for folks to find the pilot, comics, comic dubs, character playlists, bios all the good stuff in one easy spot.
www.tumblr.com/thethreetome...
#ocs #ocsky #vampire #vampireoc #witch #witchoc #magicalgirl #indieanimation
The DHS funding bill is effectively dead in the Senate.
24.01.2026 21:35 โ ๐ 7236 ๐ 1533 ๐ฌ 260 ๐ 178There is video. Please make sure you have your settings configured. bsky.app/profile/nora...
24.01.2026 15:52 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I'd love to build out my list of BIPOC illustrators interested in book covers or page illustrations!!
If anyone is interested (or if you want to rec an artist), please introduce yourself, ideally with some art samples and/or portfolio link!โจ
*Absolutely no AI allowed, and please tag any NSFW art!
Ghosts of Alchemists: Well, well, well - !
20.01.2026 16:31 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 010 Aro, Ace & Demisexual Books To Read In 2026
From asexual horror to demisexual rom-coms and aromantic short stories - here are 10 of our most anticipated books with aro, ace & demisexual characters coming out in 2026.
Read the full blog at: www.proud-geek.co.uk/post/10-aro-...
#booksky #asexual
I've booked 13 new projects already this year. When I say I book up fast, I mean it! If you're interested in working with me, fill out the form on my site asap, and we'll see if we're a good fit.
(Yes, you can reach out before the book is done and ready.)
I'm excited to hear about your story!
๐จBIG NEWS!๐จ
We are making an #indieanimation show about dysfunctional aliens stuck in space and we need voices!
โจVOLUNTEER VOICE ACTOR AUDITIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR ANDROMEDA SQUAD!โจ
If you love comedy and sci-fi, then you might be the perfect fit to join us and yell in space.
Details below! ๐๐ฝ
We'll be participating in the #SmallPitch event, keeping an eye out for novellas!
22.12.2025 21:44 โ ๐ 32 ๐ 20 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0SAVE THE DATE! #SmallPitch comes back for another indie/small press-focused pitch event on January 19-25, 2026 ๐
This time, it will be open to all underrepresented authors from the #WritingCommunity, agented and unagented alike.
Check our website for more details โฌ๏ธ
36 people have died at ICE's hands in the past year
may of these deaths did not happen on camera, but it does not make them any less horrifying and unacceptable
this is a list of their names, where they lived before being abducted, and a link to crowdfunding if i can find it
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Three actors perform a radio play at New York City's Living Radio.
NYC Audio Fiction fans!
I've written a new short radio play for Living Radio NYC!
It's being performed tomorrow at Under St. Marks! 7:00 PM show!
If you're free and want to see a set of six new radio shows by NYC writers, actors, and directors, get a ticket (pay what you want!) and come on by!
Can't sleep, surprised to see that THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST ebook is on sale for two dollars (in Canada at least) though!
Even after thirteen books I always get a little jumpscare when I see my name
www.amazon.ca/Butcher-Fore...
A USPS mailbox in New York City
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules โ mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The โofficialโ date is when it hits automated sorting โ sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting โ itโs a clever way to disenfranchise voters thatโs going largely overlooked
An image with ten book covers, listed here from top right to bottom left: Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill On Starlit Shores by Bex Glendining Viscounts & Villainy (3rd book in a trilogy) by Allie Therin Once Was Willem by M.R. Carey Nightward by R.S.A. Garcia Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E.M. Anderson Into The Riverlands by Nghi Vo Breath, Warmth & Dream by Zig Zag Claybourne Hunger's Bite by Taylor Robin
An image with ten book covers, listed from top left to bottom right: The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko Rough Pages (3rd in the series) by Lev AC Rosen Death by Silver by Amy Griswold and Melissa Scott Jackal by Erin E. Adams Strange Bedfellows by Ariel S. Ries The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher by E. M. Anderson The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell
An image with ten book covers, listed from top left to bottom right: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce He Who Drowned The World by Shelley Parker-Chan System Collapse by Martha Wells Copper Script by KJ Charles Think of England by KJ Charles Beck & Call by Annick Trent Proper English by KJ Charles The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen The Reanimator's Soul by Kara Jorgensen
an image labeled Mythjae's Current Reading List, with ten book covers listed from top left to bottom right: What Saints Fear by Lawrence Harding Name Her Holy by Aubrey Ennis The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber Dead & Breakfast by Kat Hillis and Rosiee Thor Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie Sweet & Wild by Alex Larkspur Jingo by Terry Pratchett Shigidi and the Brass head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
Some of my favorite books this year in no particular order. I love me some historical queers, murder mysteries, and fantasy. Hoping to read more scifi, comics, and non-European queer stories too.
If anyone has recommendations that match the vibes, please share!
(Title/author info in the alt text.)
Happy #AudioDramaSunday! Hope everyone had a restful festive period! Hereโs what Iโve been listening to! ๐
28.12.2025 14:39 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Unmitigated illness is a tool used by fascists to eliminate the groups of people they hate & have deprived of resources, while making money off those who can afford to play the pay-to-win game of for-profit healthcare.
Wearing an n95 is an act of hope, solidarity, & resistance. Give/get mutual aid: