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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith
@livraineysmith.bsky.social
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2025 World Fantasy Award Best Artist
Woodcut printmaker at www.xylographilia.com
https://xylographilia.etsy.com
#woodcut #art
Skeleton in a flesh suit. Carnivorous plant enthusiast. Enjoyer of weird fiction and horror.
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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · Oct 3
Thanks for the art share Davis!
Hi, I'm Liv, a woodcut printmaker and finalist for the Artist World Fantasy Award this year. All of my 2D art is sketched, hand-carved in wood, then inked and printed on my etching press. Sometimes I add color with watercolors, or gilding. #art #woodcut #printmaking
Vertical rectangular black ink woodcut print on cream colored paper. A lumpy humanoid figure is playing a flute perched upon a black rock. Bog plants grow around it and a black crescent moon is in the upper right corner. The creature has only 3 thick toes and fingers, no eyes, and the face terminates in tentacles around where the mouth must be. A vertical rectangular black ink woodcut on cream colored paper. A thick black border is filled with strange flora and fauna. The central scene is a goat-headed and footed figure cradling a monstrous infant. Both have gold halos behind their heads, and black tentacles emerge behind them. Two crustacean-like monsters perch on the cloud flanking them. The print is colored with watercolor, in greens, reds, orange, yellow, and purple. A vertical black ink woodcut print on off-white paper. This piece is in a style reminiscent of post-colonial Aztec manuscripts. A dog-like humanoid being holds a seated naked human in one hand, gestures with the other, and a florish emerges from its mouth, indicating speach. In the margins are cut up snakes, a scorpion, foot symbols, and two skulls flanking a moon symbol. A vertical rectangular black ink woodcut print on cream colored paper. The head of a lion shaped like a sun with many rays floats inside a stoppered bottle. Vines cradle the bottom of the round flask, and wings emerge near the neck of the vessel.
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gwillow.me
It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal

It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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babadooknukem.bsky.social
"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
yep it's a Malort advent calendar alright
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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moviemadness.org
Support your local artists.
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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theotherhappyplace.bsky.social
When you stop paying the subscription fee they don't cancel it but they put your dead loved one in hell and you get unskippable video of them burning and begging for you to save them every single hour of the day.
downwithdan.bsky.social Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 21h
New insult to life itself just dropped
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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jeremycshipp.bsky.social
As always, today is a great day to support artists, writers, creators of all sorts. If you have the means, buy a book, sign up for someone's Patreon, commission an art piece. It's also a lovely day to leave a nice comment, post a short review, spread the word about someone's work. Everything helps.
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Soon.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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The Great and Terrible One
Liv Rainey-Smith
Woodcut print hand tinted and gilded

Another unique artist proof, I really love how this one turned out. #art #woodcut #printmaking
A black ink woodcut on cream colored paper. The style is reminiscent of Renaissance era maps with sea monsters. Indeed, the primary figure is a fish-like sea monster with two spouts coming out of its head. It is orange with pointy burgundy tipped fins. Its orange body is covered in black spots, and its mouth is open displaying long sharp teeth. A tiny man in a oil slicker stands on a rock in front of the open mouth. In the upper left is a silver and gold sigil that looks like a combination of fish hook, weight, and an eye. The background is stylized waves.
March 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Toad
Liv Rainey-Smith
Woodcut print, signed and numbered edition of 33

Not my biggest or most elaborate piece, I love how Toad turned out.
#printpromptMonday #favouritepiece
A black ink woodcut print on cream colored paper. A toad, surrounded by black, is nestled in a crescent moon. Above it, also in the blackness is the big dipper. Below the crescent moon, facing the opposite direction, is a crouching toad skeleton. The background is a texture of carved rough ovals.
April 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Signum Advenit
Liv Rainey-Smith
Laser print reproduction of woodcut art
A siren seeress indicates the signs by which one may recognize the stars are right for the awakening of Cthulhu.
Available now, fits standard 8.5 x 11" frames #art #bsnm
xylographilia.etsy.com/listing/4297...
A black ink print on maple wood veneer. The art is pseudo Renaissance style. In the foreground sits a woman upon a cushioned stool overlooking the ocean. A book lays on the ground near the mermaid tail sneaking out of her dress. She holds an upside down human skull emitting fumes as she points with her other hand to a black key within a comet. The black sky is full of stars, and an octopus eye emits rays from a lumpy mass floating above her. In the distance a strange city is thrust out of the rolling waves and a ship sinks in front of it.
April 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Figure 7
Liv Rainey-Smith
Laser print reproduction of my original woodcut art, which appears in THE STARRY WISDOM LIBRARY CATALOGUE OF THE GREATEST OCCULT AUCTION OF ALL TIME. On 5x7" maple wood veneer so it fits off-the-shelf frames of that size. #bsnm xylographilia.etsy.com/listing/4297...
A vertical rectangular black ink artwork on maple wood. The art is pseudo Renaissance style. depicting a little demon or monster in a clear flask connected to a round flask over a flame. Strange symbols appear near various elements of the scene, and in the upper corner is the Roman numerals for seven.
April 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Angel of Dagon
Liv Rainey-Smith
Woodcut print
LE of 30 signed and numbered plus 3 AP
Created as a H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival Kickstarter exclusive #art #woodcut #woodcutWednesday #printmaking #weird #weirdfiction
A vertical rectangular black ink woodcut print on cream colored paper. Floating on a black background is a humanoid figure with tentacled limbs, a long trailing tail, and a sharp toothed grimace. Arrayed behind it are six wing-like fins studded with different sizes and types of eyes. The figure resembles a Jenny Haniver, a type of taxidermy created by cutting and drying a stingray into a humanoid form.
October 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
livraineysmith.bsky.social
I am not a reporter on a deadline.
Photo of a sign in a parking lot with woods behind it. The sign reads, Reserved 24 hours. For Think Out Loud Guests 10am-2pm Monday-Friday. For Reporters on deadline all other times. OPB.
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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victoriastrauss.com
New #WriterBeware blog post: Yet another in the growing catalog of AI-driven writing scams from Nigeria: a multi-layered marketing/editing referral scheme that begins with a message or email from someone purporting to be a well-known author writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
writerbeware.blog
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
livraineysmith.bsky.social
Thankfully I seem to have adjusted back to Portland time because I'm going to be appearing on OPB's "Think Out Loud" tomorrow during the noon hour!
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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valdevia.art
This may be the first photograph of the mysterious Okka. In Japan it is known as a yōkai, with only a few old scrolls alluding to it.
The reason for its elusiveness is the deadly poison it sprays around it. Those who have been close enough to see it, such as this photographer, have quickly perished.
A photograph of a red bulbous animal on the muddy ground. Most prominently, an yellow eye-like protrusion grows on its back. On the other side of its body, it has a small frog-like face. Several large pores open in its body, releasing a black fog that dissipates into the surrounding air. Hyakki Yagyo Emaki, author unkown, ca. 15th Century. A scroll depicting a series of yōkai. Among them, a red bulbous creature stands out. It has a single eye and two legs. Another yōkai is hitting it with a hammer.
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Fifty patterns you can make with a standard brick www.architekwiki.com/wiki/masonry...
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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jonchristian.net
toy company CEOs: "at long last, we have created the Sinister Talking Doll Factory from the acclaimed movie 'Don't Create the Sinister Talking Doll Factory'"

futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
futurism.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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bettyjiang.bsky.social
I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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quinnae.com
Really difficult to overstate the fury one should feel that the GOP and institutions like the New York Times went all in on transphobia as some mortal threat to women and girls while covering up something like this.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d
When you read these Epstein emails, you start to understand why so many prominent conservatives are obsessed with checking the genitals of children. It's a big thing for them!
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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lesliejanderson.bsky.social
You guys wanna see a dead body?
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
Okay, Australian scientists, you're just trolling us now, right? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Evidence of ancient tree-climbing 'drop crocs' found in Australia
Scientists say the crocodiles hunted like leopards by climbing trees and killing prey below.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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scottedelman.bsky.social
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
The cover letter to my first submission: August 12, 1971 1381 East 72nd Street Brooklyn NY 11234 Edward L. Ferman The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fistion 347 East 53rd Street New York, NY 10022 Dear Mr. Ferman, I am submitting for possible publication the enclosed story, "Gem of the Gods". Too long has Sword and sorcery been dead. I hope this may help revive it. A stamped self-addressed envelope is enclosed in case of rejection. Sincerely yours, Scott Edelman
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
livraineysmith.bsky.social
My Etsy shop is once again open! Now I'm working on a much-needed website update.
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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livraineysmith.bsky.social
Found out an artist friend of mine has been living with a degenerative eye disease and needs a cornea transplant. She could use a hand with deductables and living expenses as she recovers.
gofund.me/ad0b9421e
Donate to Help Sara See the Stars Again, organized by Sara McCormick
Growing up I was in love with the night sky. I watched for falling stars. I spoke to the … Sara McCormick needs your support for Help Sara See the Stars Again
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November 12, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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clarkesworldmagazine.com
Wishing our friends at Subterranean Press the best of luck while they work with Amazon to get this straightened out. You can also buy their ebooks direct from them at subterraneanpress.com. (Cutting Amazon out of the picture.)
subpress.bsky.social Subterranean Press @subpress.bsky.social · 2d
A quick note on the availability of our ebooks...
Earlier today, we received notice from Amazon that they had terminated our KDP account, through which we publish ebooks, including LOGICAL FANTASY by John Wyndham. I have written to Amazon, including proof of our permission to publish the book. Please accept my apologies that our ebooks are unavailable while I try to sort this out. Sincerely, Bill Schafer
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM