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Terra Waters
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aka pterawaters. Scientist by day, weirdo by night. Writer of both fanfic and original fic.

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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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eso.org
For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface.

Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/

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A digital illustration of a star going supernova, surrounded by a gaseous disc in orange and red tones. The star is seen exploding in an olive shape, directed above and below the star.
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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duckprintspress.com
It's been less than 24 hours and we're already 50% of the way to our base goal! Help spread the word so we can reach our funding minimum and work toward our stretch goals!
duckprintspress.com unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 1d
Crowdfunding to fund our next erotic anthology, Monsterotica: Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling, is live on Kickstarter! 16 queer monsterfucking stories, gorgeous merch, and a steaming hot collection you won't want to miss. Check out our campaign today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...

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Artwork trimmed into a banner with text that reads "Duck Prints Press Presents Monsterotica Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling." A bird person is shown, bare except for their feathers and a tastefully placed necklace. They reach one wing-arm to the left and look that way tenderly. Tentacles rise from out of fram to brush their check and carress their side. At the bottom is the Duxxx Prints Press logo.
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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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
terrapwaters.bsky.social
older.bsky.social Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 1d
dynasties are a symptom of democratic failure
- maybe high barriers to entry into politics
- maybe poor information about all candidates-> name-recognition problem
- maybe something else! but definitely not a sign of merit, fairness, or accountability
gregpak.net Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d
not interested in a kennedy heir for the same reason i’m not interested in a pelosi heir for the same reason i’m not interested in a cuomo heir for the same reason i’m not interested in a clinton heir for the same reason i’m not inter
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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sprintingowl.bsky.social SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 1d
This is the campaign from that post about how Stripe could unilaterally decide to cancel a finished campaign.

If you like books that you, as an adult, can read, support those books! Also consider checking out Duck Prints' website as a secondary way of supporting them and/or yelling at Stripe.
duckprintspress.com unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 1d
I'll be doing my own advertising shortly but in the meantime - Cedar is correct, our campaign is now live!
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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duckprintspress.com
We've got awesome merch, with art by @mizushiba.bsky.social @siaobell.bsky.social @tomowowo.bsky.social @reshipkmn.bsky.social Alessa Riel, Xianyu Zhou, and pukamuriska.

And yes, this is the campaign that got the weird "Stripe might yank your funding" message from KS Trust and Safety.
A graphic with a mosaic of merch. showing a die-cut bookmark with a meduse on it, a tentacled purple duck with a gaping maw at their belly, a set of four postcards with playful graphics and text, an art print showing a winged person and tentacled person reaching for each other, a semi-circular artwork with a flying dragon carrying a person before a sunset sky, an enamel pin design of a monster licking a person's check, and a neon-colored chibi tentacle.
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
terrapwaters.bsky.social
Proud to be the 17th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 4, part 2!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 4, part 2!
We're releasing 7 new queer science fiction and fantasy books from December 2025 to June 2026! We're changing formats just a little this year so you get your rewards earlier.
www.backerkit.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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blog.readindiefantasy.com
@the-book-bazaar.com crowdfunding campaign has launched! From between November 12-December 3, 20+ indie authors are launching campaigns across a variety of SFF books! Check out the list of books and go pledge the ones you like!

www.readindiefantasy.com/the-book-baz...
A banner image for The Book Bazaar, a crowdfunding project for authors. It shows a collection of book covers taking part in the event.
November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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duckprintspress.com
Crowdfunding to fund our next erotic anthology, Monsterotica: Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling, is live on Kickstarter! 16 queer monsterfucking stories, gorgeous merch, and a steaming hot collection you won't want to miss. Check out our campaign today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...

🌈📚
Artwork trimmed into a banner with text that reads "Duck Prints Press Presents Monsterotica Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling." A bird person is shown, bare except for their feathers and a tastefully placed necklace. They reach one wing-arm to the left and look that way tenderly. Tentacles rise from out of fram to brush their check and carress their side. At the bottom is the Duxxx Prints Press logo.
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
terrapwaters.bsky.social
I just backed Monsterotica: Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Monsterotica: Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling
A collection of 16 erotica tales about monsters and the partner(s) of their choice engaging in courtship and then getting together!
www.kickstarter.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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dei2dei.bsky.social
I have a story about a woman and an abandoned dream at a genius loci in this compilation of flash stories! It's free with KU, $1 purchased otherwise, and is full of a number of some wonderful weird westerns!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSPD4FP4
Twisted Trails: Tales of the Weird Wild West (Shacklebound Books)
Amazon.com: Twisted Trails: Tales of the Weird Wild West (Shacklebound Books) eBook : Fomley, Eric: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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duckprintspress.com
COVER REVEAL! Delighted to share the gorgeous artwork by @siaobell.bsky.social for our next erotica anthology MONSTEROTICA: TALES OF UNUSUAL COURTSHIP AND COUPLING.

It's queer monsterfucking.
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Kickstarter launches later this month! Follow our pre-launch here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
The book cover for "Monsterotica: Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling." It depicts an ambiguously gendered creature with a human-esque face and torso, but huge white, gray, and brown wings and bird-like legs ending in talons. They are looking toward something out of sight to their left, and are naked except for a necklace with blue stones which covers their breasts. They perch on a rock, blue sky behind them and blue water beneath them. FRom the water, several pink-purple tentacles emerge to carress them, one along their leg and torso, one brushing their cheek, and one between their legs.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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inventingreality.bsky.social
#authorsky #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #writer
October 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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duckprintspress.com
Duck Prints Press, indie publisher founded by fancreators to help fancreators publish their original LGBTQIA+ work, needs YOU! 🫵

Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48

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Graphic with a pale blue background. It features a white duck looking with a smirk toward the viewer, his winges spread behind him; the wings have a rainbow gradient. Text on the gaphic reads "Support Duck Prints Press on Patreon, Receive a Backer Exclusive Freebie or any merch item up to $5." A graphic over a pale blue background. It says "Spread the word!" with a heart and a share symbol below that, then the words "to enter the giveaway." Below that is the art from the front cover of the book "Add Magic to Taste," showing a dragon brewing a potion, beside which is the text "of a print copy of our first anthology Add Magic to Taste."
September 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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danifinnwrites.bsky.social
I currently have 3 books available as paperbacks via Bookshop:

Grey Angel (T4T lesbian fantasy romance with angelfucking)

Wings so Soft (bi4bi F/M fantasy romance with real & mechanical owls)

Cloti’s Song (F/F/M +M fantasy romance set in an occupied city)
Paperbacks of Wings so Soft and Cloti’s Song by Dani Finn on black satin with a candle. Wings so Soft (a flying owl and gears on a purple and blue cover) & Cloti’s Song (red cover with four fiery naked figures and a heart in gold) Paperback of Grey Angel by Dani Finn on a silk handkerchief The cover: Grey Angel by Dani Finn, with an illustration of a femme knight in fancy armor with a shoulder wound being tended on a moonlit mountainside by a nonbinary soldier as a grey winged feathered woman looks on
July 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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amummy.bsky.social
FYI Bookshop.org has anti-prime free shipping rn!
anti-prime sale
July 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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secondlina.com
It's dangerous to go alone.
Little drawing of a crow in an "In case of x, break glass" emergency box with the caption "In case of depression... take him with you!"
July 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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weratedogs.com
This is Oatie. He’s making sure you’re doing alright. There’s a lot going on right now so if you’d like a hug or maybe a snuggle he’s available. 12/10‬ (IG: blueoatie)
a light gray dachshund puppy pokes his head up from behind the arm of a light colored sofa, his front paws resting on the edge. his eyes are wide and light blue, and his floppy ears hang down, chin length, on either side of his face. he has slightly concerned eyebrows, two lifted dots of light brown that coordinate with his brown jowls.
July 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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danifinnwrites.bsky.social
A modest proposal:

Every major news organization should have a full-time trans writer on staff who gets to write about trans issues.
July 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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inventingreality.bsky.social
#authorsuccess #writingtips #writinginspiration #authors #writerlife
July 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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marthawells.com
This is a new Murderbot short story, coming out later this week on Reactor Magazine. It’s about ART and its crew, set before Network Effect, and how ART finally decided to tell them about meeting a rogue SecUnit.
July 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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uncannymagazine.bsky.social
PLEASE REPOST AND SHARE WIDELY!!! We need your help once again, you magnificent Space Unicorns! Behold the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter!!!
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Uncanny Magazine Year 11 Covers: The Duet by Nilah Magruder, Barbershops of the Floating City by Grace P. Fong, and Blessed Universe by Galen Dara.
July 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app
Strange Horizons is <$600 from fully funding with just a few days to go. FINISH IT.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...
Strange Horizons 2026
A free weekly speculative fiction magazine with a global perspective.
www.kickstarter.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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duckprintspress.com
We are less than 10% from our goal. SO CLOSE.
duckprintspress.com unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · Jun 18
Our Kickstarter campaign to make stickers, magnets, key chains, earrings, washi tape, and lanyards out of ten adorable Pride-flag-themed dragons by Florilège has launched! Signal boosts and backing both very appreciated: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...

#pride #pride2025 🌈 🏳️‍🌈
A graphic with a white rectangle over a background showing the stripes of the intersex inclusive progress flag. Within the white rectangle there are ten cute dragons in bright colors and playful poses. Text reads Pride Dragon Merchandise Stickers, Magnets, Key Chains, and More! The dragons are each in colors of a different Pride flag.
June 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM