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R. S. Mot
@motthepaladin.bsky.social
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Author, hobby photographer, voracious reader, and dice collector.
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Not-so-secretly a dragon.
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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 20d
Want to be kinda bummed about the state of the world but in a sci-fi way in 100 words? Well do I have the story for you.
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No design but I have pattern.
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul “Do you need your cane?” I ask. “It’s in the trunk. We’re heading back that way so I’ll be okay as long as I don’t have to do any more stairs.” I hope that wasn’t weird. I didn’t know I knew she uses a cane until it came out of my mouth. She doesn’t always have it but now I can clearly picture her with it; it’s a dark metallic blue with some kind of wavy pattern on it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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A totally normal list of things to know about your sister's girlfriend of several years.
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul “What do you know about me?” she asks. “Yesterday was your 28th birthday. I know your hobbies since Lyra and I talked about them when trying to decide what to get you. You’re from Oregon, you told Lyra that over Chinese food. Oh, and your favorite Chinese place is the one on Fourth and you always order lo mein.”
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN, BABY

Lilac Peril Issue 02: IDOLS

Send work to submissions@lilacperil.com until February 7

Expected pub: late 2026
A graphic with a bright pink background and a picture of Candy Darling. The text reads: Lilac Peril Issue 02: Idols. Call for submissions, open until February 7. All genres welcome. Fiction, essays, poetry.
December 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
motthepaladin.bsky.social
Got an art blind bag at a little local market and it has bookish ghosts. Absolutely adorable 📚💙
A black card that says Autumn bingo, A business card that says spooky stories by Anja Jaeger, A large print of a ghost reading a green book on a bench at the beach at sunset, a sticker of a ghost reading a book under the covers that says reading is rebellion, and sticker of a ghost looking into a paper bag.
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul A waitress comes and takes our orders. I gulp down ice water while we wait for our food. Lyra hooks our foot around Annie’s ankle and she gives us a startled look before smiling. I ignore their weird flirting and continue with the water. We for sure haven’t had enough the last few days.
December 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Dry winter but don't own a humidifier? No problem!
Let a pot of soup simmer on the stove. Bonus: it makes the house smell good and you get to eat it later.
December 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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I'm not to buying books until we move (I'm SUPPOSED to be reading the many I have and deciding if I want to keep them)...
but I found this cool cheat where I load my Christmas and Birthday wish list with mostly books and other people get them for me!
Follow for more irresponsible life choices 💙📚
December 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Why is telling someone your user name so embarrassing out loud even if it's normal-ish?
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul “I have it credited to the username I use. The songs are mine, not ours, and we have to share my name, so I made a new one just for me. But it’s very much a screen name, not one I could use in everyday life.” “What is it?” I expect Lyra to chime in and tease me, but she’s waiting to see if I’m comfortable involving Annie in my private affairs. Something I could keep just to myself, that doesn’t affect their relationship in any way.
December 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Holiday deal alert! the paperback of Someone You Can Build A Nest In is just $10 on Amazon!

In case you need a shapeshifting monster in search for love this holiday. www.amazon.com/Someone-You-...
Someone You Can Build A Nest In
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December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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In her defense, the reanimated corpses aren't her fault!
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul We can always move to a new city and find a different job. We’re valuable enough someone would be willing to take a risk on us as long as I’m not charged with an actual crime against a corpse. Everything will be fine once I have Lyra back.
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Snowy walks are healing and you cannot change my mind.
A pine cone still attached to the tree with a dusting of snow. A snowy landscape with a lot of pine trees.
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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My new proposed common name for Haliphron atlanticus is the JELLY OCTOPUS (thx to @motthepaladin.bsky.social for asking!) because this species
✅ is very gelantious
✅ eats jellyfish
✅ may even use jellyfish as tools to capture other prey
However, it
❌ does not make tasty preserves
Silly drawing of a jam jar with a Haliphron atlanticus octopus crammed inside. The octopus is saying, "No."
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Horror Anthology by Trans & Gender Non Conforming Voices

🏳️‍⚧️SUBMISSIONS OPEN UNTIL JAN. 10🏳️‍⚧️

Still seeking slush readers & generous benefactors to help fund interior art.

All the deets: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...

Donate: ko-fi.com/tenebrouspress
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM announced; cover art reveal & submissions info! — tenebrous press
Hey Ho, Tenebrous Cult! Hope you're as excited about this as we are: we're ready to announce submission details, and reveal the cover, of the next YOUR BODY volume. Mx Morgan G Robles crafted the ex...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Know what's better than being one in a million? Being one of the .000005% of the population the government hates 💕
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul “Two-souled people have always been a tiny minority, and there is a lack of understanding by humans about how they happen and why others choose to do it. So, it was easy to ban. But as you know, nobody enforces it strictly. How could they? Soulsights are the only ones who can truly tell, and they are also exceptionally rare. Imagine wasting soulsights time and ability on checking for something that occurs in .000005% of the population.”
December 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Join our FREE newsletter to vote on our next theme! You'll also get a free drabble every Wednesday. 100footcrow.com/subscribe/
Subscribe - 100-Foot Crow
Subscribe to our free mailing list to get a 100-word story in your inbox each Wednesday. You'll also get a digital copy of our one-year anthology when you subscribe! Legal stuff: By submitting your in...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
Please don't let the fear of not doing something well stop you from trying it for the first time. Write a messy story. Paint a crappy flower. Whittle the worst wooden bear of all time.

The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
December 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Just a little ✨trauma✨
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul I thought Lyra’s the aquaphobe, but the way my body locks up without her here proves I’m terrified of water too. Chlorine-soaked memories that belong to Lyra jump to the front of my mind. She must have recalled them enough they’ve seeped into my psyche too. Of all the things of hers to still have access to, these are the worst.
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Let the countdown begin to our New Years Anti-Resolution Drabble call!

duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Baffling will open for submissions on December 1st!

More info here: www.bafflingmag.com/submissions
Yellow/purple ink blobs. Open to submissions: Dec 1-15. arrows pointing to "unthemed" and "timefuckery" (the two themes for issues we're reading for).
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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The angel atop my tree this year.
A crochet alhoon [monster from dungeons and dragons, it is a humanoid shape with tentacles on its face] on top of a silver Christmas tree. The tree is lit with white lights and no other decorations.
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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For Black Friday I bought:

- My contact lenses for 2026
- A bunch of indie books

5/5 would recommend.
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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⚠️ I need help to make my comic project a reality
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Curious about my writing? All of my books are half off for the next few days at itch! That means everything is $1.50 or less! $10 for EVERYTHING!

Fantasy, horror, mystery... novellas, novels, story collections!

It's always a great time to support indie creators 💜

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Image of 9 books covers for books by Helen Whistberry: Roadkill, shows a highway with animal skeletons on it; The Final Voyage of Avery Mothmere, has a black cat playing with an old-fashioned sailing ship; When Your Heart is a Broken Thing, has a white rabbit crying red tears and a red rabbit with skeleton exposed crying blue tears; Once Upon a Wave of Witches, with co-author Eli Belt, has a green kraken tentacle sweeping through turbulent blue waves; The Tail of Nightshade, has a gray mouse among purple nightshade blooms; The Melody of Trees, has a red fox among twining tree branches; The Weird Sisters, has a full moon behind tombstones with a hand visible lying on the ground; The Avenging Angel, has a full moon behind a mansion; The Ghostly Groom, has a full moon behind a tombstone with a black bird on top of it.
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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cozyote.bsky.social
I am hosting my first-ever Black Friday sale!! Everything is 15% off (except one thing, I'll get to that). You can buy copies of Coffee, Milk & Spider Silk for $6.80 and stickers for $2.55 🌈📚🧣

But I also have Lils stickers misprints to clear out. Those are 50% off so only $1.50!

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A copy of Coffee, Milk & Spider Silk by Coyote JM Edwards leaned against a basket. A sticker of Gwen from Coffee, Milk & Spider Silk. Stickers of Lils from Lollipop Monster Shop surrounded by candy. Stickers of tinwhistle birds from the setting of Embervein in books by Coyote JM Edwards.
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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You have 2 days left to grab the entire Reanimator Mysteries series for far for $6 or pick up each book for $2!
Grab them on Itchio if you want mm historical paranormal romance featuring an autistic necromancer and his undead love solving mysteries in 1890s NYC!💀
#romancelandia 🌈📚
The Reanimator Mysteries So Far Bundle by Kara Jorgensen
A bundle by Kara Jorgensen, $5.97 for The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1), The Reanimator's Soul (The Reanimator Mysteries #2), The Reanimator's Remains (The Reanimator Mysteries #3)
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November 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM