Arendse
@arend.se
Author · Marie Curie Postdoc @ Arnamagnaean Institute · Winner of the 2021 Staunch Prize · PhD medieval law · V & A Museum Membership Advisory Group · Contact me through my website www.arend.se
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Late to the game but someone just sent me this and I'm all 🥹 about seeing my name up on the @reactorsff.bsky.social "Best Of" list -- and in such great company! @analogsf.bsky.social reactormag.com/readers-pick...
December 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Late to the game but someone just sent me this and I'm all 🥹 about seeing my name up on the @reactorsff.bsky.social "Best Of" list -- and in such great company! @analogsf.bsky.social reactormag.com/readers-pick...
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Two Owls (Guemes Island, 1978)
Philip McCracken
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Philip McCracken
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
December 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Two Owls (Guemes Island, 1978)
Philip McCracken
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Philip McCracken
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Published my first short story in a pro market ("The Emergency Contact" in Analog) and made it on to Reactor's "Best Of" list for the year!
And I sent my first novel off to literary agents! ✨
And I sent my first novel off to literary agents! ✨
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how big or small
Reading & writing has kept me alive this year.
Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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December 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Published my first short story in a pro market ("The Emergency Contact" in Analog) and made it on to Reactor's "Best Of" list for the year!
And I sent my first novel off to literary agents! ✨
And I sent my first novel off to literary agents! ✨
Late to the game but someone just sent me this and I'm all 🥹 about seeing my name up on the @reactorsff.bsky.social "Best Of" list -- and in such great company! @analogsf.bsky.social reactormag.com/readers-pick...
December 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Late to the game but someone just sent me this and I'm all 🥹 about seeing my name up on the @reactorsff.bsky.social "Best Of" list -- and in such great company! @analogsf.bsky.social reactormag.com/readers-pick...
Yes, count me in. This looks ridiculously hilarious www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfNL...
The Sheep Detectives - Official Trailer (2026) Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Patrick Stewart
YouTube video by IGN Movie Trailers
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December 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Yes, count me in. This looks ridiculously hilarious www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfNL...
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Flash Fiction (340 words): "A Page Out Of Her Own Book" in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [Sept/Oct]
A woman contemplates the beauty of the archives as she commits an egregious crime.
A woman contemplates the beauty of the archives as she commits an egregious crime.
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Flash Fiction (340 words): "A Page Out Of Her Own Book" in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [Sept/Oct]
A woman contemplates the beauty of the archives as she commits an egregious crime.
A woman contemplates the beauty of the archives as she commits an egregious crime.
An excellent manicule for #MarginaliaMonday!
An elaborate hand with long, bendy fingers marking parts of the manuscript that were thought to be of importance or interest - 14th century, Bancroft Library, BANC MS UCB 085
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
An excellent manicule for #MarginaliaMonday!
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Hoary marmot
Transient orcas
American pika
Eastern moose
Atlantic puffins
Hoary marmot
Transient orcas
American pika
Eastern moose
Atlantic puffins
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Hoary marmot
Transient orcas
American pika
Eastern moose
Atlantic puffins
Hoary marmot
Transient orcas
American pika
Eastern moose
Atlantic puffins
I couldn't stand pumpkin pie when I was little. Now I'm out here baking it for myself — please enjoy my little swirl action in the middle!
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I couldn't stand pumpkin pie when I was little. Now I'm out here baking it for myself — please enjoy my little swirl action in the middle!
This is me but listing every single instance of marginalia in Nordic legal manuscripts between 1200-1700. (I also find this fun.)
"oh, you research literature? you must get to read all the time, how fun!"
*me, going through every single (digital) issue of an 18th century daily newspaper to make a spreadsheet listing number of advertisements and the portion of them that were for books*
*me, going through every single (digital) issue of an 18th century daily newspaper to make a spreadsheet listing number of advertisements and the portion of them that were for books*
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is me but listing every single instance of marginalia in Nordic legal manuscripts between 1200-1700. (I also find this fun.)
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Here's my award eligibility post(s) for 2025!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Here's my award eligibility post(s) for 2025!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
Here's my award eligibility post(s) for 2025!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Here's my award eligibility post(s) for 2025!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
Short Story: “The Emergency Contact” in Analog SF&F [March/April]
An elderly lady accidentally ☎️ the 👽🛸 emergency services.
This is my 🎉 pro-market debut 🎉 & I'm eligible for newcomer awards!
Today I'm decorating for the holidays. Maybe this man is too? #MondayMarginalia
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Today I'm decorating for the holidays. Maybe this man is too? #MondayMarginalia
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Child's kimono with design of cranes and rising sun (Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) or Taishō period (1912-1928), late 19th-early 20th century)
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Child's kimono with design of cranes and rising sun (Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) or Taishō period (1912-1928), late 19th-early 20th century)
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
I've submitted my LAcon V survey! I chuckled a little at "this survey will take between 10 and 45 minutes." Luckily, it took me much less than 45min, but I did save some of my answers from last year so that made it a little easier. #WorldCon
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I've submitted my LAcon V survey! I chuckled a little at "this survey will take between 10 and 45 minutes." Luckily, it took me much less than 45min, but I did save some of my answers from last year so that made it a little easier. #WorldCon
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For the feast of Saint Edmund Martyr, here is one of my favourite depictions of the wolf that guarded Edmund's head - a marginal drawing appearing by the lesson before the one in which the wolf is mentioned. Or so I interpret this figure.
[MS Pierpont Morgan 736, f.187]
[MS Pierpont Morgan 736, f.187]
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
For the feast of Saint Edmund Martyr, here is one of my favourite depictions of the wolf that guarded Edmund's head - a marginal drawing appearing by the lesson before the one in which the wolf is mentioned. Or so I interpret this figure.
[MS Pierpont Morgan 736, f.187]
[MS Pierpont Morgan 736, f.187]
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The serpent head of the Oseberg Viking ship, carved in 820, and shown for the first time to the public in the Oslo Historical Museum
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The serpent head of the Oseberg Viking ship, carved in 820, and shown for the first time to the public in the Oslo Historical Museum
Please enjoy this 16th-century sunflower caterpillar monster for Marginalia Monday #MedievalMarginalia
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Please enjoy this 16th-century sunflower caterpillar monster for Marginalia Monday #MedievalMarginalia
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We are phasing out the terms “extant” and “extinct” from our exhibits and will now refer to species as either “Darwinners" or “Darlosers.”
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We are phasing out the terms “extant” and “extinct” from our exhibits and will now refer to species as either “Darwinners" or “Darlosers.”
And...it's off to agents! 🤞🎉📖
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
And...it's off to agents! 🤞🎉📖
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Fellow medievalists! What do you call this swirly ink ribbon (Danish "sløjfe") that often concludes sections in manuscripts? An ink bow? Pen bow? Pen ribbon? #MedievalManuscript
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Fellow medievalists! What do you call this swirly ink ribbon (Danish "sløjfe") that often concludes sections in manuscripts? An ink bow? Pen bow? Pen ribbon? #MedievalManuscript
Fellow medievalists! What do you call this swirly ink ribbon (Danish "sløjfe") that often concludes sections in manuscripts? An ink bow? Pen bow? Pen ribbon? #MedievalManuscript
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Fellow medievalists! What do you call this swirly ink ribbon (Danish "sløjfe") that often concludes sections in manuscripts? An ink bow? Pen bow? Pen ribbon? #MedievalManuscript
I've been waking up early for the past week to edit Novel #1. This has had the added bonus of getting to sit at my table with my candles and tea and watching the sunrise (and not focusing on how I have to solicit agents next. Yikes!)
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I've been waking up early for the past week to edit Novel #1. This has had the added bonus of getting to sit at my table with my candles and tea and watching the sunrise (and not focusing on how I have to solicit agents next. Yikes!)