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unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press
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unforth's account, for blorbo posting and DPP things (we're an indie press publishing original works by fancreators. duckprintspress.com.)

fandoms: danmei, c-novels, a smattering of others such as Supernatural.

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unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 4d
Yesterday was Crossword Day! So we created a fun lil crossword puzzle for y’all, inspired by works from our next anthology, WILD AND FULL OF MARVELS: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Folklore and Fairy Tales (crowdfunding in February!). KS pre-launch for the antho... www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Text and a crosswords puzzle and the clues on a light blue background. The text reads: Puzzle Break. Crossword Puzzle Day. 1. Unwarranted cry for help (4 letters); 2. Protector made of clay (5 letters); 3. The tiniest girl (10 letters); 4. Learned magic in a mill (6 letters); 5. Proud owner of nine tails (7 letters); 6. She lures from the river (7 letters); 7. She munched on a witch's house (6 letters); 8. A scaly lady (7 letters).
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keezyyoung.bsky.social
inks WIP! (still need to add pearline and grace)
sinners inked art
December 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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kristinwrites.bsky.social
Reading challenges!
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Looking for Book Challenges for 2026? I found a really awesome list of 2026 book challenges on Dreamwidth (or, I should say, the list found me, as the moderator commented + added our Storygraph challenge to the list).

goals_on_dw -> Reading Challenges in 2026: goals-on-dw.dreamwidth.org/43027.html
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December 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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My son (age 9): wait this book is from 2018...

Him: ...phones existed back then?

Me: child you literally used my phone in 2018.
December 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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mittensmorgul.com
so glad more artists are turning up here, but the culture on bsky is largely "no alt text, no reskeet" (and some folk will refuse even a follow for a serial no-alt-text poster... just fyi)
duckprintspress.com unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 11h
Artists arriving on Bluesky from Twitter: I love you. I'm so excited you're here. I can't wait to see your art.

I am BEGGING you to use alt text.
December 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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obsessionszine.bsky.social
[System Update...

>> Unhealthy Obsessions: A Danmei Zine Contributor Applications are now LIVE <<

Artists App 🔗 forms.gle/L5dASr6QFSVY...
Writers App 🔗 forms.gle/wUDBwk7g1Ugh...

Please don't delay...

Mod Users can't stop thinking about you ^_^ ]
A computer monitor displays two windows. The background windows shows security footage thumbnails of a man in cultivator's robes running down an empty hall. The foreground window shows green text which reads: Come out, come out, wherever you are... You said you would cooperate, dear. please play along <3 >> Security Query: Readers, is there an Unhealthy Obsession within you, too? Wouldn’t it be fun to indulge Just this once... >> Fill out the Contributor Application to proceed...
December 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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anireal.bsky.social
☕I've been privately making little moments for the Liminal Cafe, a story about 2 baristas serving to lost souls in an ever-changing cafe.

If you like eldritch cottagecore, tea, queer stories, and a personal touch, you can follow along here. More news in 2026~

Thank you for giving me the push❤️
Comic page of a man thinking back on memories while drinking tea.
December 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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kiraelric.bsky.social
Hi new people of Bluesky!

There is plenty of space in this pack so show me your art and I'll add you!
December 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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isthiseva.bsky.social
Wives
#art
A black and white drawing of two older women sitting by a fire sipping tea. One is slender with short hair and is wearing a pale dress, while the other is fat with longer hair tied back in a pony tail and is wearing a suit. Their hands are clasped together over the table.
December 16, 2024 at 11:30 AM
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Want a low-stakes challenge to motivate you to read queer? Welcome to our 2026 Queer Book Challenge on @thestorygraph.com ! We’ve got a mix of prompts that we hope will motivate you to read a diverse range of books featuring queer characters. Join us! app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...

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A screen capture from the Storygraph in dark mode. Text reads The Duck Prints Press 2026 Queer Book Challenge! unforth_duckprintspress host. 10 participants (0 books). Starts 01 Jan 2026. Ends 31 Dec 2026. Overview: Love reading queer books? Love low-stakes challenges that help you decide what to read next? Then you've found the perfect 2026 reading challenge! If you read even one queer book - books with queer characters, or with queer relationships, or books by queer authors with subtextual queerness, or books that serve powerful queer vibes, or books that have allusions to queer experience, or, or, or - then you can win this challenge! Then, use the bonus challenges to help steer you toward more fun books. We hope you'll join us!
December 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
No literary agent who is going to get you a deal is going to charge you upfront. They make a percentage. That is how it works.

If someone says otherwise or tries to "upsell" you, they are scammers.
mariness.bsky.social Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 11h
Ok, since this has come up four times in the last three days:

REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.

IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
December 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Looking for Book Challenges for 2026? I found a really awesome list of 2026 book challenges on Dreamwidth (or, I should say, the list found me, as the moderator commented + added our Storygraph challenge to the list).

goals_on_dw -> Reading Challenges in 2026: goals-on-dw.dreamwidth.org/43027.html
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December 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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guoldu.bsky.social
My 2026 commission waitlist is officially open! This will remain open on a rolling basis unless I get really overwhelmed by responses 😂 so save the link!

Pricing Guide, including sliding scale definitions:
guoldu.com/pricing-guide

Commission Form:
guoldu.fillout.com/commission

#commissionsopen
Pricing Guide — guoldu art
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guoldu.com
December 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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sharai.bsky.social
My Discord Squad is more fun than yours.

go.bsky.app/LHRqUuX
December 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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katy-katy.bsky.social
I've had a few people say to me (on the heels of watching Heated Rivalry) that they wished there were sapphic hockey romances, and folks... let me tell you the good news about
@kellyfarmerauthor.bsky.social!

www.kellyfarmerauthor.com/books
Books | Kelly Farmer
Books by Kelly Farmer, author of Queer Contemporary Romances
www.kellyfarmerauthor.com
December 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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There’s one week left to get TRANSMUTE: WINTER MAGIC, a bundle of 7 stories. Our novella TO DRIVE THE HUNDRED MILES by @alecjmarsh.bsky.social is in there, along with works by 6 others – starring trans and nb characters, by trans and nb authors! Get your bundle here: itch.io/b/3419/trans...

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A graphic entitled Transmute: Winter Magic with seven book covers mosaiced against a wintry backdrop. The books are To Drive the Hundred Miles by Alec J. Marsh; New YEar's Eve by Tris Husband; Fimulvinter's Fires by A. M. Weald; Leave a Light on for Me by Briar Holloway; A Puppygirl for New Years by Elena Abbott; The Beggar Queen by Sadhbh Frost; and Solstice at the Spice Shop by Galaxy Moth. Additional text reads "A bundle of trans and nonbinary winter stories Dec. 5 - Jan 1 7 for $3!"
December 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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himansu.bsky.social
Burd.
Pencil on paper sketches of birds. Mainly four owls, one raven and two tiny birds (I don’t know what they’re called)
December 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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lauramellinatelier.bsky.social
#sketchaday #artsky #blueskyart #bskyart #art #frog #Xmasfrog #vinyl

Looks like someone is very excited that they got Jean-Michel Jarre’s “Music for Supermarkets” on vinyl!
A marker, ink, and paint pen drawing of a smiling bright green oval-shaped frog wearing a small Santa hat, sitting upright, looking at the viewer front on, holding a square wrapped present. The frog is spotted in lighter and darker shades of green, and has large gold eyes with black horizontal pupils, open wide. The present is wrapped in red paper and gold ribbon, and looks like a vinyl record album. I made a joke that it is Jean-Michel Jarre’s “Musique pour supermarché” (Music for supermarkets), of which only one vinyl copy was pressed. It sold for a lot of money at auction, then the master plates were destroyed. It is unlikely Frog has received a copy of this album. This is probably Herb Alpert’s “Whipped Cream and Other Delights”.
December 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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maybarros.com.br
Benefits of alt text: it makes your post accessible, it is searcheable text, more people will share it if it has alt text so more reach for you.

Really, there are no downsides to alt text

bluesky even has a setting to remind you to use it!

describe your imgs, gifs and videos!
December 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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raichana.bsky.social
#brushweek2025 day 6! Lagoon~
Because why can't a vampire also be a merman!!
Tomorrow is the last day and it's Lovely~

#art #chibi #ocsky
A chibi of my OC Drystan. his pink/purple eyes seem to have ripples like the top of water in them. his long strong of silver hair is tied with a tropical flower. his caplet looks like the top of water with a star fish and shell acting as a broach. His top is like the waters from below and his cape and tail are like sand.
December 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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moonsmireu.bsky.social
Hey hey do you like looking at art of pretty boy ocs? 🫵
I have a starter pack for you! These artists draw a lot of beautiful men for you to check out!!

Not a lot to start, but check out the rules below if you wanna join or nominate someone you know~

go.bsky.app/HKq8xgy
December 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Artists arriving on Bluesky from Twitter: I love you. I'm so excited you're here. I can't wait to see your art.

I am BEGGING you to use alt text.
December 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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sayaashrah.bsky.social
Shout-out to artists I commissioned this year and who I'm excited to work with again! (Pt 4)

@meryselda.bsky.social has such a lovely and lively style, the characters just pop!

And there's also another drawing coming from her soon 👀
A portrait of Sareena by Mery (@meryselda.bsky.social). She's a Nether-Touched (a mix of human and devil) with blue-greyish skin, horns that curve above black hair with white strips, red, pointy tattoos crossing her orange eyes, and pointy ears. It depicts her in three-quarter view, one eyebrow raised in a mischievous expression. Her outfit, including shoulder armour, are of dark and muted, including black, grey, and red.
December 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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dreadninjart.bsky.social
Haven't drawn Eona being serious in a while. 
#OCSky #Artsky #BskyOCs #DreadNinjart #art #oc #dndart #originalcharacter #shortstack
Digital art. Original character, Eona Hohana. Halfling woman in a fighting stance spear in right hand left hand up ready to defend. Serious expression on her face. Green blue gradient in the background.
December 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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inesvisual.bsky.social
get kissed idiot!!! (sneak peeks of some festive mistletoe action from Flint - up on my patreon. 5 kisses total!!) www.patreon.com/posts/mistle...

#TheCuriosities #art #oc #digitalart #dnd #dndart
crop of a digital drawing featuring two men about to kiss. a desi vampire Flint is being smug about it and holding the chin of Alder, a half-orc paladin, who's fully stunned and blushing crop of a digital drawing featuring two characters' faces. a desi vampire Flint is happily kissing the forehead of Ophir, a human (?) monk, who's a little bit confused by the activity but overall kindly allowing it
December 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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chlowski.bsky.social
taking my freehand inks sketchbook for the holidays
Sketchbook page covered with ink drawings of women, some of them kissing Also Flowers
December 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM