Sam Haney Press
@samhainpress.bsky.social
She/her. Queer, arty, secretary for ASFA, Midwest conrunner, happily married.
Gallery and shop: SamHainPress.com
🚫 NFTs or genAI.
Gallery and shop: SamHainPress.com
🚫 NFTs or genAI.
Pinned
To offset The Weight of things, here is my naughty gremlin cat making tea with her catnip mouse and looking UNREPENTANT about it:
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Here are things that do in fact constitute death threats, by the way.
"We should take away people's snap benefits to encourage them to work."
"It should be illegal to allow teenagers to access puberty blockers or transition care."
"Homeless shelters should turn away people until they're sober."
"We should take away people's snap benefits to encourage them to work."
"It should be illegal to allow teenagers to access puberty blockers or transition care."
"Homeless shelters should turn away people until they're sober."
November 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Here are things that do in fact constitute death threats, by the way.
"We should take away people's snap benefits to encourage them to work."
"It should be illegal to allow teenagers to access puberty blockers or transition care."
"Homeless shelters should turn away people until they're sober."
"We should take away people's snap benefits to encourage them to work."
"It should be illegal to allow teenagers to access puberty blockers or transition care."
"Homeless shelters should turn away people until they're sober."
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I don’t normally do this but I want these two pieces to find good homes as I start cleaning up my current studio to move into my home studio in the coming month or so. Both are on sale for 24 hours only. Originally 1800.00c letting go for just 1000.00 a piece. 24x32” acrylic on canvas.
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I don’t normally do this but I want these two pieces to find good homes as I start cleaning up my current studio to move into my home studio in the coming month or so. Both are on sale for 24 hours only. Originally 1800.00c letting go for just 1000.00 a piece. 24x32” acrylic on canvas.
One of the prized items in my board game collection is this unplayed and MULTI-SIGNED copy of Dragonriders of Pern (pinging @michaelwhelan.bsky.social bc he seems to have signed it TWICE):
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM
One of the prized items in my board game collection is this unplayed and MULTI-SIGNED copy of Dragonriders of Pern (pinging @michaelwhelan.bsky.social bc he seems to have signed it TWICE):
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If someone tries to hire you and doesn't have a style guide document, that is a warning sign that they are either unprepared to be outsourcing or they simply don't value consistency.
These are two reminders to people hiring writers/game devs for ttrpgs:
+ If your freelancer doesn't have a lot of material or guidance from you, you're going to end up unhappy with their work - and that's on you.
+ Expecting full scenario/adventure drafts in less than a month is unrealistic.
+ If your freelancer doesn't have a lot of material or guidance from you, you're going to end up unhappy with their work - and that's on you.
+ Expecting full scenario/adventure drafts in less than a month is unrealistic.
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
If someone tries to hire you and doesn't have a style guide document, that is a warning sign that they are either unprepared to be outsourcing or they simply don't value consistency.
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ICYMI
Kinuko Y. Craft, beautiful art has graced the works of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series, Time, Newsweek, and National Geographic, now offers a selection of her best paintings in fine art edition giclees that will never be available again. colleendoran.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
The Art of Kinuko Y. Craft
The Queen of Fantasy Art
colleendoran.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
ICYMI
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good news for the people who are saying they'd never touch starbucks coffee anyway: you can go ahead and drop $5 in their strike fund sbworkersunited.org/strike-fund/
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
good news for the people who are saying they'd never touch starbucks coffee anyway: you can go ahead and drop $5 in their strike fund sbworkersunited.org/strike-fund/
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This 61 card deck is ~3"x5" (~12x7cm) for easy, on the go facial expression reference. There are 31 cards each with a front female facial expression on the front and the same expression from 3/4 and profile on the back of the card. The remaining 30 cards have male expressions in the same format.
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
First full day with the dog and I'm stressed and anxious, but apparently that's normal. She's so good and sweet I don't want to give up, but finally having a dog is A Lot.
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
First full day with the dog and I'm stressed and anxious, but apparently that's normal. She's so good and sweet I don't want to give up, but finally having a dog is A Lot.
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10th Annual Hollandays Sale: Nov 14 - 23, 2025
YouTube video by Hollandspiele
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint
We may have adopted a new chunky beaſt. Her name is Ellie, and I really hope our current kitty gets along with her:
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
We may have adopted a new chunky beaſt. Her name is Ellie, and I really hope our current kitty gets along with her:
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Your enemies are counting on you to lose hope. Despair is one of their greatest weapons, for it leads you to stop fighting for yourself. Hold on to hope, no matter how hard it is, and refuse to join your enemy in bringing you down.
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Your enemies are counting on you to lose hope. Despair is one of their greatest weapons, for it leads you to stop fighting for yourself. Hold on to hope, no matter how hard it is, and refuse to join your enemy in bringing you down.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
As someone who sells her wares at both conventions and local markets, I agree with most of this, and am wondering what the solution is: youtu.be/HNjBhHlDBgI
we need to talk about convention slop
YouTube video by Swell Entertainment
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
As someone who sells her wares at both conventions and local markets, I agree with most of this, and am wondering what the solution is: youtu.be/HNjBhHlDBgI
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Please recommend works of #SpeculativeFiction published in 2025 that explore or expand our understanding of gender! Nominate for the Otherwise Award:
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#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
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#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
2025 Otherwise Award Recommendations « Otherwise Award
We need your recommendations of works for the Otherwise Award jurors to consider. If you’ve read a recently published work of science fiction or fantasy that explores or expands our understanding of…
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September 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Please recommend works of #SpeculativeFiction published in 2025 that explore or expand our understanding of gender! Nominate for the Otherwise Award:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
Got more crescent moons in stock!
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Got more crescent moons in stock!
Somehow I find myself busier with chores and errands than I did while I was employed. Part of it is a deliberate avoidance of Couch Rot™️, but some of it is just... stuff I've been putting off bc I was too drained from working retail to tackle before, and it just kind of piled up.
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Somehow I find myself busier with chores and errands than I did while I was employed. Part of it is a deliberate avoidance of Couch Rot™️, but some of it is just... stuff I've been putting off bc I was too drained from working retail to tackle before, and it just kind of piled up.
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
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if you really believed a Senate Republican was going to hold up his end of any bargain then you ain’t got the sense God gave a lemon
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
if you really believed a Senate Republican was going to hold up his end of any bargain then you ain’t got the sense God gave a lemon
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Christ I can’t wait until they and everyone like them is out of office or dead and I don’t really care which one comes first
the problem seems to be that there are a bunch of senate ds who figured they couldn't win, and/or didn't care if they won, and/or felt the pain was too great, the blow to collegiality too brow furrowing, or whatever.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Christ I can’t wait until they and everyone like them is out of office or dead and I don’t really care which one comes first
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A good reminder of where I stand on this: I DGAF how technically good you are at traditional painting. If you use genai in ANY part of your process, you have abandoned the soul of art, abandoned the artist community and forfeit any reason I should give you an ounce of respect.
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A good reminder of where I stand on this: I DGAF how technically good you are at traditional painting. If you use genai in ANY part of your process, you have abandoned the soul of art, abandoned the artist community and forfeit any reason I should give you an ounce of respect.
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Cw: insects
Made another cicada pendant:
Made another cicada pendant:
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Cw: insects
Made another cicada pendant:
Made another cicada pendant:
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Not supporting court reform at this point should be utterly disqualifying, no tent should be big enough to include that
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Not supporting court reform at this point should be utterly disqualifying, no tent should be big enough to include that