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dknippling.bsky.social
@dknippling.bsky.social
Genre-fluid writer. https://wonderlandpress.com/
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Wee Beasties storybundle!

storybundle.com/animals

Wee: Smaller than a breadbox.
Beasties: A real or imaginary creature, especially one you're fond of.
Storybundle: lots of fiction, low price, not tied to a specific retailer.
Generally: any area that you can filter (including social media) will be notionally 4x better by removing assholes.
If you run any event: read this thread.

Jerks go where they are allowed. I do not attend events that allow jerks, because I don't want to hang out with jerks.
I spent an excessive number of years moderating a gaming forum and I learned a great deal about community spaces and cultivation, whether I wanted to or not. I have critical advice for anyone who runs a game store or gaming convention. Please share this thread with people who run those things.
January 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Blind Date with Death — Ep 3 is up. Five days. One hotel. No emergency exits. Morticians + tech geeks under chandeliers, and that “one small favor” keeps getting bigger. (18+; still free.) Read here: www.patreon.com/collection/1...
January 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Herpetology of the Apocalypse: THE QUEST TO FINISH HOMSTUCK! A gen-Zer and a gen-Xer duo looking up refs, doing casual lit analysis, cracking jokes, and posting some art along the way.

Start here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iogc...
January 2, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Five days. One luxury hotel. No emergency exits.
Morticians + tech geeks + spies + secrets + one “tiny favor” that turns into a closed-door game nobody can afford to lose.

Episodes every Friday (2–2.5k). 18+ contemporary romance + spies.

Start here:
Blind Date with Death: Intro! | Velvet Mask Fiction
Get more from Velvet Mask Fiction on Patreon
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January 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
How I'm walking out of 2025
December 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

(I got these both at the same time and listened to them together; they're inseparable in my head.)
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
On the first day of Beastmas, @mwl.io gave to me...

A dog's ghost speaking poetry.
December 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
How I'm showing up for the bsky xmas party.
December 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Sometimes the animals you rescue...rescue you right back!

Four-Legged Heroes by Kari Kilgore in the Wee Beasties Storybundle.

Kari pushes further than I expect towards wonder, curiosity, and comfort.

wonderlandpress.com/four-legged-...
December 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Appalachian critter tales with teeth & tenderness.

Over the Hills and Fur Away by Jason A. Adams - witty, playful, and subject to sly outbursts of human decency.

Part of the Wee Beasties Storybundle, curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

wonderlandpress.com/over-the-hil...
December 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
My short stories have been...not too short lately. My subconscious keeps adding things I didn't mean to add when I started. On structure, music, and underpinnings.

wonderlandpress.com/story-struct...
December 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Fantasy stories, O. Henry-style.

The short stories in Lisa Silverthorn's Creature Comforts set up ironies that can't be cut by logic--only by warmth and a good-humored perspective.

Part of the Wee Beasties Storybundle curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

wonderlandpress.com/creature-com...
Fantasy Stories With Magical Beasts: Creature Comforts by Lisa Silverthorne - Wonderland Press
In Creature Comforts, Lisa Silverthorne explores fantasy stories with magical beasts, quiet wonder, and deeply personal magic. Read more here!
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December 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Cute = camouflage.

The small & clever stay one step ahead and do NOT ask for permission. Small creatures with big attitude: cats, dogs, mice, pixies, aliens, and more.

Little Troublemakers by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, featured in the Wee Beasties Storybundle.

wonderlandpress.com/little-troub...
December 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Let your brain get drop-kicked into delight. Ten stories of the "wait, what???" genre by writer Dean Wesley Smith: My Socks Rolled Down and Nine Other Stories.

In the Wee Beasties Storybundle curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

wonderlandpress.com/my-socks-rol...
December 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Missing cat? Corgi detectives on the case! No stone shall remain unsniffed. Fun cozy mystery for an inclusive audience by T. Thorn Coyle.

Available now in the Wee Beasties Storybundle curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

wonderlandpress.com/flower-frenz...
Talking Animals and Queer Urban Fantasy: Flower Frenzy by T. Thorn Coyle - Wonderland Press
T. Thorn Coyle’s Flower Frenzy offers queer urban fantasy with talking animals, ghosts, and magical street-level chaos. Read more here!
wonderlandpress.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Keep your friends close but your halflings closer.

Halfling Trouble by Stefon Mears—river-town docks, halfling gangs, elvish rivals, and one “simple” cargo run that lights the fuse.

Now in the Wee Beasties Storybundle, curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch: wonderlandpress.com/halfling-tro...
December 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Thirteen doors into a different reality, all of them wiiiiiiide open.

EGGS OF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU AND OTHER TAILS OF SHOCKING CRITTERS by Robert Jeschonek

Now at the Wee Beasties Storybundle curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

wonderlandpress.com/eggs-of-the-...
December 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Walking into 2026
December 16, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Seeking companions of courage, wit, & loyalty to guard the dreams of a child. Must be able to cross blades with foes of every stripe, use sound judgment in the heat of battle, and purr as needed.

(Via the Wee Beasties Storybundle).

wonderlandpress.com/defenders-of...
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Heartbreak, fresh start, an island on a lake...and a haunting that threatens to reveal forbidden secrets. Bones of Connection by Bonnie Elizabeth, now part of the Wee Beasties StoryBundle curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

wonderlandpress.com/bones-of-con...
December 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Pulphouse stories = the moral equivalent of an Allstate Mayhem commercial. The ones where the guy in a suit causes all kinds of property damage. Now they get even weirder, at the Wee Beasties StoryBundle.

(Giftable, Amazon-free, supports World Central Kitchen.)

wonderlandpress.com/run-creature...
December 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Baseball + the fae = trouble. HOME RUN ENCHANTED by Brigid Collins & Ron Collins. Underdog fairies + a human pitcher desperate to get home...versus the Unseelie Queen.
wonderlandpress.com/home-run-enc...
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Magical animal stories that are just a little sideways: mice, rabbits, a very determined cat, and a lot of heart. Annie Reed’s Unexpected Critters and the Wee Beasties StoryBundle on the blog today:

wonderlandpress.com/unexpected-c...
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
You will be visited by 3 spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM