Liz (E.M. Morrissey)
@lizardskinshoujo.bsky.social
Pursuing the peccary with pardine limers.
Lapsed academic. PhD in Japanese Art History. Writing, sewing, painting, and other assorted endeavors. Viable Paradise 2024. Short fiction in Old Moon Quarterly vol. 8. She/her
www.elizabethmorrissey.com
Lapsed academic. PhD in Japanese Art History. Writing, sewing, painting, and other assorted endeavors. Viable Paradise 2024. Short fiction in Old Moon Quarterly vol. 8. She/her
www.elizabethmorrissey.com
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a world without trans people has never existed and never will
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
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Black Mandrakes
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Black Mandrakes
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Recent work from life drawing class. Pretty happy with the shadows and that annoying shoulder angle
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Recent work from life drawing class. Pretty happy with the shadows and that annoying shoulder angle
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Finished the first stage of inking, and discovered that the white paper/black ink contrast gives me eye strain now 🙃 so I did the rest wearing sunglasses
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Finished the first stage of inking, and discovered that the white paper/black ink contrast gives me eye strain now 🙃 so I did the rest wearing sunglasses
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The Digital Ghosts of Hargrave House — Part Five
By E.M. Morrissey
dlvr.it
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Yes! Donate to trans people! Or to the Trans Youth Emergency Project so that extremely stressed and scared parents can get help accessing life-saving care for their trans kids who are having all the shit piled on them right now. southernequality.org/tyep/
November 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Yes! Donate to trans people! Or to the Trans Youth Emergency Project so that extremely stressed and scared parents can get help accessing life-saving care for their trans kids who are having all the shit piled on them right now. southernequality.org/tyep/
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Dudes can, in fact, rock.
I’m howling.
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Dudes can, in fact, rock.
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Here's a preview of my illustration for @novamali.bsky.social and @damesprod.bsky.social Villainess! Very excited to be a part of another really cool project! If you want to see more hot evil ladies check it out here www.kickstarter.com/projects/nov...
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Here's a preview of my illustration for @novamali.bsky.social and @damesprod.bsky.social Villainess! Very excited to be a part of another really cool project! If you want to see more hot evil ladies check it out here www.kickstarter.com/projects/nov...
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I feel like if they can give people 800k for a ghost written book every small time author should never feel bad about posting re their small press book or indie/self pub book or even trad pub midlist book.
I'm not sure why I feel bad right now looking at that. And I feel bad all the time.
I'm not sure why I feel bad right now looking at that. And I feel bad all the time.
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I feel like if they can give people 800k for a ghost written book every small time author should never feel bad about posting re their small press book or indie/self pub book or even trad pub midlist book.
I'm not sure why I feel bad right now looking at that. And I feel bad all the time.
I'm not sure why I feel bad right now looking at that. And I feel bad all the time.
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Imagine seeing a Roman building in ancient Wales, the tiled roof lined with antefixes proudly proclaiming the presence of the Legio XX Valeria Victrix with their name and symbol, the wild boar. The Twentieth was among the legions involved with the construction of Hadrian's Wall. 🏺 1/
📸 me
📸 me
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Imagine seeing a Roman building in ancient Wales, the tiled roof lined with antefixes proudly proclaiming the presence of the Legio XX Valeria Victrix with their name and symbol, the wild boar. The Twentieth was among the legions involved with the construction of Hadrian's Wall. 🏺 1/
📸 me
📸 me
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Very interesting post from Silvia Moreno-Garcia (@silviamg.bsky.social) about the decline of YA books and the romantasy rise.
silviamoreno-garcia.com/the-ya-boom-...
silviamoreno-garcia.com/the-ya-boom-...
The YA boom and bust story | Silvia Moreno-Garcia
silviamoreno-garcia.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Very interesting post from Silvia Moreno-Garcia (@silviamg.bsky.social) about the decline of YA books and the romantasy rise.
silviamoreno-garcia.com/the-ya-boom-...
silviamoreno-garcia.com/the-ya-boom-...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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meanwhile my artistic goals are to become inscrutable even to myself
Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
meanwhile my artistic goals are to become inscrutable even to myself
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Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman purple glass bottle, probably used for perfume.
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman purple glass bottle, probably used for perfume.
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
#Archaeology
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If you haven't heard of InkFoundry, you should check it out too!
From the About page on the site: "InkFoundry is a speculative fiction aggregator developed to connect stories, authors, and readers."
It is super neat!
inkfoundry.net
From the About page on the site: "InkFoundry is a speculative fiction aggregator developed to connect stories, authors, and readers."
It is super neat!
inkfoundry.net
inkfoundry.net
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
If you haven't heard of InkFoundry, you should check it out too!
From the About page on the site: "InkFoundry is a speculative fiction aggregator developed to connect stories, authors, and readers."
It is super neat!
inkfoundry.net
From the About page on the site: "InkFoundry is a speculative fiction aggregator developed to connect stories, authors, and readers."
It is super neat!
inkfoundry.net
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Hello darkness my old friend
Can you just chill, it’s 3pm
Can you just chill, it’s 3pm
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Hello darkness my old friend
Can you just chill, it’s 3pm
Can you just chill, it’s 3pm
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It's pretty recent (like well within my own life), as far as I know, in the way it's used in some contemporary fantasy. It's fine -- language evolves! But it does amuse me that people think it's old fashioned.
This has brought up a question I actually don't know - when did the specific form "the fae" become so popular in English?
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It's pretty recent (like well within my own life), as far as I know, in the way it's used in some contemporary fantasy. It's fine -- language evolves! But it does amuse me that people think it's old fashioned.
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Very cool book (and very intriguing mocktail!)
NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about NINEFOX GAMBIT by @deuceofgears.bsky.social. A mindbending milSF of mathematics, calendrical heresy, and immortal madmen, a long-awaited read for me. Our drink, the Black Cradle, is a bright fruity mocktail with a bitter crown.
![[image desc: a copy of NINEFOX GAMBIT on a wooden countertop alongside a two-toned orange and reddish-brown mocktail]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ry77yg67bhrjsh4h5ptccng6/bafkreiawxa3ovcevmkne53456snafo36ir44cwkwrkdmky42a5xmdgunt4@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Very cool book (and very intriguing mocktail!)
Finished the first stage of inking, and discovered that the white paper/black ink contrast gives me eye strain now 🙃 so I did the rest wearing sunglasses
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Finished the first stage of inking, and discovered that the white paper/black ink contrast gives me eye strain now 🙃 so I did the rest wearing sunglasses
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Did you know issue #0 of @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social, cover art by @gileadart.bsky.social, is 🤩FREE🤩 in digital and priced at cost in soft & hardcover?
👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Did you know issue #0 of @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social, cover art by @gileadart.bsky.social, is 🤩FREE🤩 in digital and priced at cost in soft & hardcover?
👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
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I have a story running on The Daily Tomorrow this week! Check it out if you like some ghosts with your cyberpunk 🤖
Happy New Story Sunday! Desperately fighting back the inexorable tide of Christmas Stuff, we have a proper spooooky story for you this week by the fabulous fabulist E.M. Morrissey. Stay scary out there 🖤
The Digital Ghosts of Hargrave House — Part One
By E.M. Morrissey
dailytomorrow.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I have a story running on The Daily Tomorrow this week! Check it out if you like some ghosts with your cyberpunk 🤖
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New drawings on patreon
www.patreon.com/c/outhwaite
www.patreon.com/c/outhwaite
Get more from George Outhwaite on Patreon
creating Art and illustration
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November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
New drawings on patreon
www.patreon.com/c/outhwaite
www.patreon.com/c/outhwaite
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Wizards. Wednesday. These things just go together, and have done so, since time immemorial. Indeed, the very last moment of time before cosmic dissipation will be a #WizardWednesday
(art: Gilbert Williams)
(art: Gilbert Williams)
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Wizards. Wednesday. These things just go together, and have done so, since time immemorial. Indeed, the very last moment of time before cosmic dissipation will be a #WizardWednesday
(art: Gilbert Williams)
(art: Gilbert Williams)