Jana H-S (they/she)
@jana-aych-ess.bsky.social
sad girl turns to seafood
my latest: BLOOD ON THE LENS PART 2, now available on bandcamp
other writing: https://jana-h-s.itch.io
patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jana_hs
bandcamp: https://janah-s.bandcamp.com
venmo: @jana_aych_ess
my latest: BLOOD ON THE LENS PART 2, now available on bandcamp
other writing: https://jana-h-s.itch.io
patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jana_hs
bandcamp: https://janah-s.bandcamp.com
venmo: @jana_aych_ess
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so, hey. it's jana. from the web site
I just lost my job. after six weeks of being strung along without pay. finances are on the low end of okay for now, but are likely to become a problem in the near-ish future
so, if you're inclined to help a girl out. there are a few way to do so in my bio 💚💜
I just lost my job. after six weeks of being strung along without pay. finances are on the low end of okay for now, but are likely to become a problem in the near-ish future
so, if you're inclined to help a girl out. there are a few way to do so in my bio 💚💜
I've been pretty open about not needing financial support as much as my sisters, up to this point. I've also been pretty open about being afraid that that might change, some day
I've been feeling that "some day" breathing down my neck for a while now
and, I guess this is me admitting that
I've been feeling that "some day" breathing down my neck for a while now
and, I guess this is me admitting that
so, jana here. been a minute since I've bumped this, but I am still unemployed, doing what I can to change that, but it's fucking rough out here. I'm at the edge of things financially, living off of unemployment and my soon-to-be-ex husband's help. any support really does make a huge difference 💚💜
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the easiest, and perhaps only, way for bluesky to destroy me would be for them to verify me. but they are cowards, and so I stand, undestroyed
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
the easiest, and perhaps only, way for bluesky to destroy me would be for them to verify me. but they are cowards, and so I stand, undestroyed
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yeah, it feels pretty inevitable. I'm doomed to become the girly who's chasing the high of the perfect whale pic
the idea of taking pictures is a lot more appealing to me if it involves elaborate lighting setups, but it's dangerously appealing to me if it involves whales
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
yeah, it feels pretty inevitable. I'm doomed to become the girly who's chasing the high of the perfect whale pic
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I *predict* that his will happen as a side-effect of doing live shows, and then grow into a full-blown Problem a year after I start grad school
tragically, I will probably have a photography arc at some point
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I *predict* that his will happen as a side-effect of doing live shows, and then grow into a full-blown Problem a year after I start grad school
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I am thankful for whale metaphors
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I am thankful for whale metaphors
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Bones: The Hard Ones™
Blood: The Liquid Organ™
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Bones: The Hard Ones™
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wrestling, typically of the "man vs. man" story narrative type, is occasionally also extended into the the "man vs. self" and "man vs. god" type
criss angel is an example of the rare solo professional wrestler
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
wrestling, typically of the "man vs. man" story narrative type, is occasionally also extended into the the "man vs. self" and "man vs. god" type
wrestling, typically of the "man vs. man" story narrative type, is occasionally also extended into the the "man vs. self" and "man vs. god" type
criss angel is an example of the rare solo professional wrestler
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
wrestling, typically of the "man vs. man" story narrative type, is occasionally also extended into the the "man vs. self" and "man vs. god" type
criss angel is an example of the rare solo professional wrestler
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
criss angel is an example of the rare solo professional wrestler
Bones: The Hard Ones™
Blood: The Liquid Organ™
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Bones: The Hard Ones™
I am thankful for whale metaphors
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I am thankful for whale metaphors
yeah, it feels pretty inevitable. I'm doomed to become the girly who's chasing the high of the perfect whale pic
the idea of taking pictures is a lot more appealing to me if it involves elaborate lighting setups, but it's dangerously appealing to me if it involves whales
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
yeah, it feels pretty inevitable. I'm doomed to become the girly who's chasing the high of the perfect whale pic
I *predict* that his will happen as a side-effect of doing live shows, and then grow into a full-blown Problem a year after I start grad school
tragically, I will probably have a photography arc at some point
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I *predict* that his will happen as a side-effect of doing live shows, and then grow into a full-blown Problem a year after I start grad school
tragically, I will probably have a photography arc at some point
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
tragically, I will probably have a photography arc at some point
the easiest, and perhaps only, way for bluesky to destroy me would be for them to verify me. but they are cowards, and so I stand, undestroyed
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
the easiest, and perhaps only, way for bluesky to destroy me would be for them to verify me. but they are cowards, and so I stand, undestroyed
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as so often, the explanation is probably 'animals feel emotions that are similar to ours, and when we disregard the evidence to avoid 'anthromorphism' it's fundamentally ideological, not scientific'
this might be the saddest story I've ever written, about a seal that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
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Why Won’t Nora The Leopard Seal Abandon Her Dead Pups? | Defector
In the fall of 2021, Renato Borras-Chavez, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Rhode Island, spotted a leopard seal on an ice floe. Borras-Chavez was on a research expedition to a glacial f...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
as so often, the explanation is probably 'animals feel emotions that are similar to ours, and when we disregard the evidence to avoid 'anthromorphism' it's fundamentally ideological, not scientific'
in my defense. it is quite good sad autobiographical poem about my divorce, imo
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
in my defense. it is quite good sad autobiographical poem about my divorce, imo
aerin frankel: patron saint of girls with a habit of getting further out of our crease than we should but usually making it work anyway and caesar salad. provides protection from: admittedly sick one-timers
wearing a sports jersey with a specific player's number on it is the secular version of carrying around a saint medallion
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
aerin frankel: patron saint of girls with a habit of getting further out of our crease than we should but usually making it work anyway and caesar salad. provides protection from: admittedly sick one-timers
wearing a sports jersey with a specific player's number on it is the secular version of carrying around a saint medallion
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
wearing a sports jersey with a specific player's number on it is the secular version of carrying around a saint medallion
your girl has now officially written a sad autobiographical poem about her divorce. it will not surprise you to learn that it is also about whales. and ghosts
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
your girl has now officially written a sad autobiographical poem about her divorce. it will not surprise you to learn that it is also about whales. and ghosts
it has been _0_ days since jana killed a self-insert character
I'm pretty sure this is the one where, as I bleed out onto the forest floor, they play a silent shot of the swordsman using a knife to free a trapped bluebird from a bramble. and I die, having learned nothing
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
it has been _0_ days since jana killed a self-insert character
I may die
but he will learn to respect the knife
as he respects the sword
but he will learn to respect the knife
as he respects the sword
like the greatest sushi chef in the village challenging a storied swordsman to a knifefight
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I may die
but he will learn to respect the knife
as he respects the sword
but he will learn to respect the knife
as he respects the sword
what stage of grief is it when you feel an overwhelming desire to pick a fight with jeff vandermeer
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
what stage of grief is it when you feel an overwhelming desire to pick a fight with jeff vandermeer
god, I have seen what you have done for others
and I don't expect any of that shit, because you've made it clear how you feel about me
anyway,
look at these gorgeous fucking books
and I don't expect any of that shit, because you've made it clear how you feel about me
anyway,
look at these gorgeous fucking books
We’re thrilled to announce, in collaboration with Jeff Vandermeer and 4th Estate Books, our Evernight Exclusive set of the Southern Reach series!
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
god, I have seen what you have done for others
and I don't expect any of that shit, because you've made it clear how you feel about me
anyway,
look at these gorgeous fucking books
and I don't expect any of that shit, because you've made it clear how you feel about me
anyway,
look at these gorgeous fucking books
take this however you want, but. I approach writers who write because it is a thing that they choose to do with the same bewilderment as a gorilla presented with a man in a gorilla onesie
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
take this however you want, but. I approach writers who write because it is a thing that they choose to do with the same bewilderment as a gorilla presented with a man in a gorilla onesie
people often ask me, jana, what is Blood On The Lens, as a franchise, *for*
this
it's this
this
it's this
My hope is for Dark Science to get popular enough to one day have its own poorly maintained fan wiki that reduces themes and character to bullet points and categories that nobody can agree on.
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
people often ask me, jana, what is Blood On The Lens, as a franchise, *for*
this
it's this
this
it's this