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Drew Melbourne
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Neurodivergent geek author of A DARK HOLE DARKLY, the Percival Gynt space-fantasy series, and the graphic novel ARCHENEMIES.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Gray-brown stripey cats: One by a window, staring at camera, one in a cat street, staring at me, one in a cat tree, sleeping.
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Two cats, mom and daughter, brown and gray stripey, balled up and sleeping next to each other on a blue blanket.
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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"Obscure Troubled Teenage Jesus" in TMNT Font
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Happy Monday, Democrats!
In the Mamdani for NYC font style: "Primary their asses" in orange block lettering against a blue background.
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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I am a shill.
"Wicked For Good" in the fun Zohran for New York City font.
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Hello Election Day, my old friend...
Outside a polling location, Springfield 1-1, which the sign specifies as "beige" for reasons lost to time. Chair. Table. Polling materials. Brick wall.
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Took me a while to find the GIF! It's from the end (one of the ends!) of the movie CLUE!
October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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An ADHD Awareness Month and/or Halloween Public Service Announcement:

Sometimes the answer is both!!!
A Venn Diagram: Ghosts > Who opened all my cabinets? < ADHD
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Seriously thinking about instituting a no lightsabers in the bathroom policy.
A lightsaber (Darth Vader's, from a costume) discarded at my black-socked feet on the bathroom floor.
October 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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And my kiddo's contribution:
Tiny lego reconstructions of my books Inevitability of Fire (red with white studs) and Conspiracy of Days (blue with a cloud and a black circle) in Lego on a gray stand.
October 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Okay. So after resolving not too, I miiight have put together a little Lego thing for the author fair today:
A Lego diorama of a foppish man with big black hair and a pocket watch and a robot with wheels and pincer arms. Backdrop has, like, sparks and grabber arms. On a window sill. The window sill's not part of it.
October 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Just three cats enjoying some sunlight.
Three cats on a bed as sun comes in through the window.
October 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Trying to Google what seem like very straight forward questions that lots of people must have had over time and getting back AI slop + absolute shit results, and it's like
The Simspons meme of Principal Skinner wandering "Am I out of touch? No, it's children who are wrong." But rewritten as "Am I bad at Googling? No, it's Google that's wrong."
October 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Okay, NOW I think I have everything sorted for the author fair on Sunday!

(At the Queen Theater in Wilmington, DE if you're local.)

Big thanks to Christine at FedEx for her help getting the signage printed properly!!!
White text against an outer space background: Trapped between a dark past and an incandescent future, Percival Gynt will either save the universe or damn us all*. Shows covers of Percival Gynt and the Inevitability if Fire (fiery with a ring of white stars) and Percival Gynt and the Conspiracy of Days (a round smart phone looking thing against a partly cloudy sky) both marked down from $16.95 to $15. Below that it reads: The fate of everything, in two volumes. For fans of Doctor Who, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy, and everything, everywhere, all at once. *Or... both? Probably both.
October 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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I think I'm all set for the author fair on Sunday! I have books, giveaways, all the hardware and whatnot, and signage will be ready for pick-up tomorrow.

Also I am definitely DEFINITELY forgetting something.

If you're in Delaware on Sunday you can stop by and find out what!
Fall 2024 Delaware Author Fair sponsored by Huxley and Hiro, this Sunday, October 26th, at The Queen Theater in Wilmington DE. Early access $10 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. comes with a sticker and poster. $5 admission 12 to 3. Pumpkins, furry animals, etc. pictured.
October 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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And that's it!!! I think our winners are gonna be these (mine, wife's, kiddo's).

What are yours???

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My pick: Demon cat and bird from K-Pop Demon Hunters Wife's pick: Daniel Tiger from PBS Kids Kiddo's pick: Minecraft Chicken Jockey
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Stitch ate a cantaloupe?!? Also: Really good Minecraft Chicken Jockey.

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Tom & Jerry (cat and mouse, scarecrows) are pretty good I like Stitch (the blue alien from Lilo & fame) but this is mostly store bought stuff. A really good Woody Woodpecker! Beak sculpted from straw! This is a really accurate Minecraft chicken jockey! Burlap square Minecraft guy on burlap square chicken. Probably the kiddos favorite!
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Nice use of plants/flowers on the owl, but don't think it all comes together.

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"The Beast" from... Over the Garden Wall??? Very spooky with elk ears and a lantern and dark furs and such The owl from Winnie the Pooh with some fun use of flowers and plants for plumage Two more Minions with a very nice Gru scarecrow from Despicable Scarecrow Me I don't know how I feel about these Bluey and sister (dogs/scarecrows) as grannies from Bluey as just heads??? (But the word balloon that says "Nice parking, Rita" is a nice touch.)
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Or Daniel Tiger! Go @pbs.org kids!!!

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Daniel Tiger Scarecrow with a pro-PBS message (from Lane Hooper Morgan Productions who are hopefully not Nazis) Mum-ra, blue zombie mummy scarecrow guy from Thunderscarecrowcats I don't know what this blue melty unicorn is but it's from "Not Quite Narwhal" and looks cute This is a small house made of pumpkins which is not a scarecrow but still
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Ooh. K-Pop Demon Hunter petz may be our winner...

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Three Minions (yellow banana looking scarecrows in overalls) very well executed but I think one of them is maybe missing an arm??? Mostly just a stuffy in a t-shirt with a cape (so not much actual work) but the end result is very cute Lucy from Peanuts and Winnie the Scarecrow Pooh The demon cat and demon bird from K-Pop Demon Hunters. Sooo good. Probably the winner.
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Lorax was maybe (?) donated by the coal industry.

(No, I checked. They're an energy company but they're at least ostensibly pro-environmentally friendly energy solutions.)

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Snoopy in flannel with Woodstock in his pocket (and another one...) Lorax from Dr Suess (sponsored by "Vicinity Energy" -- do you speak for the trees???) Marshall from Paw Patrol (the firefighting dalmation) used to be my kiddos favorite Josie of the (Scarecrow) Pussiecats fame with pink hair and a really Archie house style eye!
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Cat and the Hat is well-executed, but feels a little soulless.

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Ms Frizzle from Magic School Bus, Mario from Super Him Bros, Skeleton from He-Man Power Puff Girl scarecrows Cat in the Hat balancing on a beach ball and holding... a lot of stuff. Really well done. Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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(Technically that last one isn't one of the criteria, but I know my family.)

Anyway, here are some scarecrows:

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Linus and a big pumpkin (in scarecrow form) from Peanuts. Called "Hook, Line & Sinker" but actually Captain Hook (pirate scatecrow), Peter Pan (flying boy scarecrow) & Tinker(bell) (little green plastic faerie) with sails in the background. Curious George (stuffy) on Man with Yellow Hat scarecrow (man with yellow hat). Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Scarecrow with orange mask, nunchucks and pizza)
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Fun fact: The series was almost titled "DC UNIVERSE: CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS" with a much wonkier logo:
House ad (ran inside DC comic books in 1984) with a silhouetted figure and the words "FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS HE HAS BEEN MONITORING THE DC UNIVERSE... WATCHING... WAITING... SCHEMING... NOW YOU WILL FIND OUT WHY! DC UNIVERSE: CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS."
October 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM