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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc
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Author KA Silva: UF, romantasy, horror comedy. Fiction editor. Enby transmasc, he/they, occasional frog. Strange love celebrated, weirdness vindicated. Avatar by Sally Jackson, WENDIGOGO. https://www.graythornpub.com
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Obtained some of the drippy style icicle lights my partner liked. I think they're pretty. Hung up on the front porch.
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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#Wicked & urban fantasy fans: you need more romantic, queer Oz in your life! STRAW SONG & STRAW SOUL: transmasc Scarecrow & modern witch Theo must stop a cabal of evil fae, dark magic, monsters from Oz, & the cruel Nome King! Romance, adventure, humor & a touch of horror. graythornpub.com & the zon
cover of STRAW SONG by KA Silva, illustration by Sandra Chang-Adair. Punk witch Theo, a young white woman with short orange hair, wields a glowing magic needle & thread. She wears a tight red bodice & ruffled skirt, a spiked collar, and pentagram jewelry. Beside her, the Scarecrow of Oz looks worried, hefting a shovel as a weapon. He wears a formal green jacket, a peaked hat, and straw sticks out around his painted burlap face. They face unseen enemies in a cornfield at dusk. cover of STRAW SOUL by KA Silva, illustration by Sandra Chang-Adair. The Scarecrow of Oz stands defiant, his formal blue coat open to reveal his stitched burlap body. He tugs a handful of his own straw from his chest. Next to him, modern witch Theo, a young white woman with short orange hair, brandishes a broken bottle and protectively clutches a wicker basket filled with jams & treats. She wears a gray hoodie printed with a pentagram. Spears ring them round in a red-hot cavern deep underground, with stalactites and stalagmites visible behind them.
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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My one regret is I won't be able to walk in the parade since I have to man my table all night. At Windigofest, my partner would watch the booth while I stalked their parade of horrors. It was always a blast, and great sales.
Photo: costumed people walking along a paved road at night. I'm the deer-skulled skeleton in the center, with a ragged fur pelt over my bony ribs and long skeletal claws. Another skeleton is in the foreground, wearing a skeletal cat mask.
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Back to back events next weekend to sell books: Make the Yuletide Gay queer holiday market (Sat Dec 6, Appleton downtown City Center): www.foxcities.org/events/fox-v...
And Milwaukee Krampusnacht the night of Sun, Dec 7 to celebrate the dark side of xmas! milwaukeekrampusnacht.com
Image: black & white illustration of a Krampus head, with wild shaggy hair, curling goat horns, & pointy ears, sticking his tongue out of his wide-open fanged mouth. Text reads: Official Vendor, Milwaukee Krampusnacht, Sunday Dec 7, 2025. Milwaukeekrampusnacht.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Post something random to have an awesome December.

Scrolled & tapped at random, perfect.
Photo: light sculptures in the snow, depicting a swan and two ducks glidingn on the surface of a pond. A dragonfly flits by. In the background, a tunnel formed by archways of lights leads away. All the creatures are formed of tiny colored lights strung along wires to make 3D sculptures. Taken last Dec at Green Bay Botanical Gardens.
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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You just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.

Checks out.
Photo of a weird vintage Santa Claus figure, about 2 feet tall, in traditional red coat, hat, etc except his eyes are a pair of red candelabra style light bulbs protruding from his face. HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING.
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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I mean
Pic: gray heather tee with an illustration on it of a deer-skulled, skeletal but furry cryptid. It holds up a long femur bone in each hand & appears to be speaking. Caption reads: ...so anyway, I started eating.
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Me all fucking day, and likely for the next few weeks
screenshot from Breaking Bad: Saul haranguing Jesse in Saul's office. Caption: "Some people are immune to good advice."
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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If you see this, post a monster
image: drawing by me, colored in Photoshop, of a deer-skulled cryptid sitting on a rock ledge in an autumnal forest. His ribs and organs can be seen through holes in his fur. Leaves litter the ground, bare birch trees rise on a higher ledger behind him. Behind him, a hollow in the rocks is filled with books. He is reading quietly to help subdue the cannibal urges he fights every day. (Based on Morty from WENDIGOGO.)
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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For the #MST3K anniversary may I present you @frankconniff.bsky.social happily agreeing to a pic with dumbass 20something me, & Trace about to kill Frank (again) for allowing some dumb fan behind the autograph table at ConventioConExpoFest-a-Rama.
Grainy copy of a Polaroid shot from the 90s: Frank Coniff, left, in a white tee that reads FREE CHEESE: THE TOUR, smiling. Trace Beaulieu, on the right, looks over his shoulder at some idiot fanboi who'd asked to get a pic with them both & was for some reason welcomed to do by Frank without warning Trace. It was a pretty chill convention actually--until the infamous but rarely spoken-of PARADE OF TORGOS.
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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High five trees!

Twig tree lights from Aldi. I like em. Might swap out the single string on the arbor for icicle lights; haven't decided yet. Big fan of outdoor decor.
Pic: front sidewalk lined with flamey solar lanterns & 3 small twig tree lights on either side, going down toward an arbor set at the end where the walkway meets the public sidewalk. Little free library box can be seen there, off to the left. Opposite view from the sidewalk looking toward the house of the metal arbor flanked by empty planters, and the front walkway going from the arbor to the front porch steps. 3 small twig tree lights flank the pathway on either side. More orange string lights inside the porch glow warmly.
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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We found nearly all of the furniture & cool tchotchkes in our home while thrifting, but Darryl probably is my fave currently. Only $100 from a local antique mall. He watches the front door from the living room & sometimes gets to wear fun hats.
Pic: buck deer head mounted on a red wall. String lights are wound through his antlers.
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Local antique mall has an xmas auction preview, which includes vintage nightmare fuel Santa. HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING
A Santa doll or standing figure decoration that's just your regular jolly old OH MY FUCK, HIS EYES, HIS EYES ARE RED LIGHT BULBS...
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Reported for intolerance. Boot all transphobes off social media. Please join me in reporting and blocking this bigot.
screenshot of a post from user ericjanssen.bsky.social being extremely transphobic & ignorant. He says: "No, people who take hormones & surgery have only existed since the late 1940s and publicly since 1952. People who play dressup, pretend to be someone else, & try to get everyone else to play along, have existed since the days of Greek theater." All of this is rightwing anti-trans propaganda and extremely incorrect.
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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If you like WICKED or darker Oz tales or want more queer Oz romance, the Needle & Straw series is for you! Subtly transmasc Scarecrow & modern punk witch Theo must stop a cabal of evil fae as Oz magic & monsters bleed into our world, & then fight the cruel Nome King! the 'zon & graythornbpub.com
cover of STRAW SONG by KA Silva, illustration by Sandra Chang-Adair. Punk witch Theo, a young white woman with short orange hair, wields a glowing magic needle & thread. She wears a tight red bodice & ruffled skirt, a spiked collar, and pentagram jewelry. Beside her, the Scarecrow of Oz looks worried, hefting a shovel as a weapon. He wears a formal green jacket, a peaked hat, and straw sticks out around his painted burlap face. They face unseen enemies in a cornfield at dusk. cover of STRAW SOUL by KA Silva, illustration by Sandra Chang-Adair. The Scarecrow of Oz stands defiant, his formal blue coat open to reveal his stitched burlap body. He tugs a handful of his own straw from his chest. Next to him, modern witch Theo, a young white woman with short orange hair, brandishes a broken bottle and protectively clutches a wicker basket filled with jams & treats. She wears a gray hoodie printed with a pentagram. Spears ring them round in a red-hot cavern deep underground, with stalactites and stalagmites visible behind them.
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Pic: the Blow Up the Moon skit from Mr Show. Bob stands by as David leans into the mic to say "America can, should, must and will blow up the moon.
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Anything pounds slowly & ominously on my door at 2am, I ain't opening it.
Pic: quiet city neighborhood street at night. Streetlamps filtered through a fair amount of fog hanging in the air. Pic: another view of the street at night. Fog muffles the sounds. No stars visible, just a fuzzy deep blueness over the houses.
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Image: cover for Solitude Standing by Suzanne Vega. Vega poses with her hands in black gloves on either side of her face, the image in sort of a sepiatone, giving 1940s vibes.
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Back on my bullshit, making erotic silly illustrations for my WIP with my terrible Photoshop skills. What? It amuses me.
image: ridiculous photo mashup of a young Odenkirk, completely nekkid (yes that part is 100% real, go look up "the naked improv" from 1988's Comic Relief if you're into this nonsense), except since this is for my cannibal cryptid Morty, I've slapped a pair of nice deer antlers and a long deer cock onto him. He stands, one hand around the base of his cock as if trying to hold back its eagerness, looking off to the right and gesturing in that direction, posed in a dark cave. Trust me, it makes sense in context of the scene. Yes I admit I have a problem, what's it to ya. Yes this is all Photoshop of actual images because fuck AI sideways with a chainsaw.
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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That's right bitches it's TATER TACO NIGHT
Photo of a taco bowl tortilla filled with cheese, potato & black beans sauteed with chorizo, onion, & bell pepper & taco spices, lettuce & salsa.
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Tonight's book score!
Pic: cover of The Book of Bill, depicting Bill Cypher (Gravity Falls) in metallic copper on a marble background.
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Finally got into Milwaukee Krampusnacht to sell books! Ahhh, my people. Any freaks in the Upper Midwest should come enjoy likeminded fans of the darker side of Yule, Sun Dec 7, 2-10pm: milwaukeekrampusnacht.com
Image: a sneering Krampus with hhs tongue sticking out. Text around it reads: Official Vendor, Milwaukee Krampusnacht, Sunday Dec 7 2025, milwaukeekrampusnacht.com.
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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GUYS GUYS LOOK!
Pic of a blurrily printed fortune from a fortune cookie that reads: A lingering question will be answered happily tomorrow.
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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This doofus was Peaches. Stray, we didn't adopt him so much as he literally walked into the house one night, went straight to the bedroom & fell asleep on the bed. Zero concept of personal grooming & enjoyed sticking stinky feet in my face to wake me up. Amazing hunting skills though.
Pic: an orange himbo Maine coon mix cat, fast asleep, claws on a person's arm with his face mooshed against their hand.
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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I know what I'm doing tonight.
Pic: bluray of Nobody 2. Cover shows Bob Odenkirk seated in a deck chair in front of a swimming pool, holding a tropical drink in one hand and a grenade in the other.
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM