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@beastliness.bsky.social
henchman, editor, and official court artist of @stjohnstarling.bsky.social
Pinned
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• they/them
• disembodied hand
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(also on tumblr → www.tumblr.com/beastliness)
• they/them
• disembodied hand
• sign up to read A COMPANION IN VICE → stjohnstarling.substack.com/p/a-companio...
(also on tumblr → www.tumblr.com/beastliness)
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Reflections on 2025 and updates on A Companion in Vice + an essay project and What Manner of Man physical editions in today's newsletter -> stjohnstarling.substack.com/p/new-yearsl...
January 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Reflections on 2025 and updates on A Companion in Vice + an essay project and What Manner of Man physical editions in today's newsletter -> stjohnstarling.substack.com/p/new-yearsl...
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FUCK
I have to go to bed. please have this all figured out by the morning
January 3, 2026 at 3:37 PM
FUCK
January 1 vs. December 31, 2025
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
January 1 vs. December 31, 2025
working on my dirty talk (revisiting my notes taken from scientific texts on the various methods of hermaphroditic gastropod sexual reproduction)
January 3, 2026 at 12:44 AM
working on my dirty talk (revisiting my notes taken from scientific texts on the various methods of hermaphroditic gastropod sexual reproduction)
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Playing mind games with you in a helpful and benevolent way, with only the nicest possible intentions.
December 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Playing mind games with you in a helpful and benevolent way, with only the nicest possible intentions.
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Scheming against you because I love you
December 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Scheming against you because I love you
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Hey all! My shop is back up and running for the new year! New stickers, prints, mini prints, n copies of the Dark Fairies project- a 200 page book of art, writing, and comics! :)
Like always the mini prints, bookmarks, and stickers all send worldwide for $3 or less! hydeangelus.bigcartel.com
Like always the mini prints, bookmarks, and stickers all send worldwide for $3 or less! hydeangelus.bigcartel.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Hey all! My shop is back up and running for the new year! New stickers, prints, mini prints, n copies of the Dark Fairies project- a 200 page book of art, writing, and comics! :)
Like always the mini prints, bookmarks, and stickers all send worldwide for $3 or less! hydeangelus.bigcartel.com
Like always the mini prints, bookmarks, and stickers all send worldwide for $3 or less! hydeangelus.bigcartel.com
I need to get even more serious about breakfast
December 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I need to get even more serious about breakfast
whoever put me in charge of what I do all the time made a serious mistake in my opinion
December 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
whoever put me in charge of what I do all the time made a serious mistake in my opinion
good morning
December 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
good morning
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Some messy practice using reference
December 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Some messy practice using reference
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Progressively gayer drawings of my oc and a friends oc
November 30, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Progressively gayer drawings of my oc and a friends oc
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It's the shortest day of the year and here is MRJames final ghost story, submitted 12th December 1935 at the London Mercury - too late for the Christmas edition. It was as a result published posthumously the following year. This is from my collection, a rarity.
December 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's the shortest day of the year and here is MRJames final ghost story, submitted 12th December 1935 at the London Mercury - too late for the Christmas edition. It was as a result published posthumously the following year. This is from my collection, a rarity.
a cavernous, lightness chamber with vaulted stone ceilings - bats overhead; fog creeping across the floor - an ancient-looking coffin, lid beginning to creak open with agonizing slowness; one pale hand emerging…
…the hand reaches for a personal electronic device and immediately navigates to my blog
…the hand reaches for a personal electronic device and immediately navigates to my blog
December 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
a cavernous, lightness chamber with vaulted stone ceilings - bats overhead; fog creeping across the floor - an ancient-looking coffin, lid beginning to creak open with agonizing slowness; one pale hand emerging…
…the hand reaches for a personal electronic device and immediately navigates to my blog
…the hand reaches for a personal electronic device and immediately navigates to my blog
putting pins into that boy and studying him like a specimen
December 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
putting pins into that boy and studying him like a specimen
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As a novelist I consider it my job to stick pins into my main character and study him like a bug. @beastliness.bsky.social has been doing much the same in their own sphere.
Today on Patreon: A tantalizing new pin-up (pun intended) drawing and some process images. www.patreon.com/posts/specim...
Today on Patreon: A tantalizing new pin-up (pun intended) drawing and some process images. www.patreon.com/posts/specim...
December 19, 2025 at 5:11 AM
As a novelist I consider it my job to stick pins into my main character and study him like a bug. @beastliness.bsky.social has been doing much the same in their own sphere.
Today on Patreon: A tantalizing new pin-up (pun intended) drawing and some process images. www.patreon.com/posts/specim...
Today on Patreon: A tantalizing new pin-up (pun intended) drawing and some process images. www.patreon.com/posts/specim...
you'd think that having been a habitual internet user for over 20 years I'd have this whole posting thing figured out by now
December 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
you'd think that having been a habitual internet user for over 20 years I'd have this whole posting thing figured out by now
(slumped gracelessly against the velvet upholstery of my villainy divan, my beautifully-embroidered yet palpably evil dressing gown in disarray) this having desires business is very undignified
December 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
(slumped gracelessly against the velvet upholstery of my villainy divan, my beautifully-embroidered yet palpably evil dressing gown in disarray) this having desires business is very undignified
my posts are dark and inscrutable; my motives are shrouded in mystery
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
my posts are dark and inscrutable; my motives are shrouded in mystery
apologies for the delay in responding to your message I have been prey to foul and unnatural thoughts
December 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
apologies for the delay in responding to your message I have been prey to foul and unnatural thoughts
what do you MEAN in order to learn how to do something I first have to try it
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
what do you MEAN in order to learn how to do something I first have to try it
tried putting a solid, simplified shadow under an object in a drawing - hundreds of casualties - cities leveled - miles upon miles of untold devastation
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
tried putting a solid, simplified shadow under an object in a drawing - hundreds of casualties - cities leveled - miles upon miles of untold devastation
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40 year old Ganymede in this strange 1830s fashions
January 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
40 year old Ganymede in this strange 1830s fashions