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Deborah
@ourladyjack.bsky.social
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SFF/romance writer, fairy tale maven, and general Jack. Cave-dwelling digital witch. My people are LGBTQIA, MI, & disabled. She/her. Header: Chiara Bautista.

Where? https://linktr.ee/ourladyjack
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Rabbit rabbit rabbit. I'm looking for joy, trying to stay cozy, and seeing what good I can do. May this month be kind to us all.
Photo of a brown and white rabbit with crazy fur; text reads "hello December." Photo by Helena Lopes.
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Excuse me, it is the release day for DEAR STUPID PENPAL by @rascalhartley.bsky.social, put forth by @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, & I really think y'all should all know that.

Esp. since you can buy the ebook directly from them for $3.99. It is that easy to have this queer sci-horror in your life.
Cover art for Dear Stupid Penpal by Rascal Hartley, featuring colorful pixels dissolving into deep space as they drift up from a spaceship console.
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Rabbit rabbit rabbit. May this month be filled with cozy times, cardigans and coffee, delicious treats, kindness, care, equity, and enough food for everyone.
A photo of a brown rabbit in a basket next to orange and green gourds, surrounded by other gourd and pinecone-filled baskets.
November 2, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Rabbit rabbit rabbit... let's get spooky, October, but in fun ways. Not bad ways. Thanks much.
A photograph of a white rabbit with mostly black ears noses around some yellow leaves with pumpkins in the background. Text on the graphic reads "hello October" and "let get spooky."
October 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Rabbit rabbit rabbit, September: Late again, but this is the world we live in. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I would very much like to chill out and get cozy.

Photography by Mohamed Weaam.
Photograph by Mohamed Weaam of a woman with long, curly hair sitting in a folding chair, in a long black dress, holding a red apple. She's looking down to her right at a black rabbit, sitting in another white folding chair, tilting their head in her direction. Text on the image reads, "hello September. Let's chill out."
September 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Rabbit rabbit rabbit... sorry I'm late for the important date of wishing us all well in August. It's just been that kind of time.

Illustration by John Tenniel, 1865.
A pink background with an enlarged print of Alice and the White Rabbit by John Tenniel (from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) subtly patterned into it features large dark brown text reading "Hello August." A polaroid picture in the center of the image shows the black and white woodcut illustration of Alice watching the White Rabbit scurry away. Handwriting on the polaroid's edge reads "sorry i'm late."
August 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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I got 51 words written during my early afternoon writing session. I'm not sure if all of them are going to keep but, by Calliope, I'm counting them.
A portion of the painting The Muses Urania and Calliope by Simon Vouet, depicting the muse Calliope looking toward the left with a questioning or unimpressed expression on her face. She is holding a copy of the Odyssey. The words "if you say so" have been added in a rounded pink box just to the right of Calliope's face.
July 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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As the sticker says, I voted. Three guesses which film got the majority of my votes. 🩸

You, too, can vote in the @fangoria.bsky.social 2025 #ChainsawAwards here: fangoria.com/vote

#HorrorSky #FilmSky
Image in acid yellow-green with hexagons in black patterned with a skull motif. A central hexagon says "I voted" around the sides, and in the center of the graphic, reads, "Fangoria Chainsaw Awards." Small black text in the lower left says "The Final Frontier of Fear."
July 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Rabbit rabbit rabbit. And here we are at the start of July with fresh horrors on our doorstep. Take a breath, take a day, and take hold of your hope. Lift voice and art and joy to forge a better world. As best we can, as much as we can.
July 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Rabbit rabbit rabbit. Midsummer is upon us and soon the days will be growing shorter; get right with the world and maybe enjoy a bonfire.
June 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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If you enjoy tracking your dreams, delving into their personal meaning, and also dig astrology, this is an amazingly beefy journal and resource.

www.amazon.com/Celestial-Dr...
May 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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GIF of scene from Blackadder with the actor Brian Blessed yelling "I like not this news. Bring me some other news."
May 31, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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"Chuz, forgetting his eyes, like half his face, were also masked, lowered them.

"'But what,' demanded the jawbones, with sinister insistency, 'is LOVE?'"

Hey, y'all, we're continuing our Tanith Lee read-along with Delirium’s Mistress for both May and June. New readers and re-readers are welcome!
A graphic with a black background features trailing smoke in white and red decorating the upper left and lower right corners. In the center of the image, a polaroid of Tanith Lee appears to be taped to the graphic, and above that it reads "Join Our Tanith Lee Read-Along" in white and gold text. A gold circle with an arrow inside points to the right in the upper right corner, indicating the viewer should read on for more slides. A graphic with a black background features trailing smoke in white and red decorating the upper left and lower right corners. The gold-bordered cover for the ebook of Delirium's Mistress by Tanith Lee is in the center of the image, and above that, it reads: "Now Reading Delirium's Mistress" in gold and white font. A graphic with a black background features trailing smoke in white and red decorating the upper left and lower right corners. At the top of the graphic, it reads “Delirium’s Mistress Reading Schedule" in white font, followed by “May 2025" in gold font. A schedule of weeks follows, indicating the official start of the read-along is May 1, discussion questions through Book 1, Part 2, Chapter 1 will be posted on May 11, discussion questions for Book 1, Part 3, Chapter 5 will be posted on May 18, and discussion questions through Book 2, Part 1, Chapter 5 will be posted on May 25. A line in gold font at the bottom reads "live meeting date TBD in June.” A graphic with a black background features trailing smoke in white and red decorating the upper left and lower right corners. In the center of the graphic, it reads "Join the read-along at:" in white font, followed by "Facebook" and "Fable" in gold font. The last line in white font reads "See linktr.ee in bio for links."
May 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Rabbit rabbit rabbit. I said it aloud on May 1st, but you're getting it on May 6th because it's been an exhausting month already. May this fluffy bunny on a blanket bring some small peace and joy to your day.

Rabbit video courtesy Mikhail Nilov.
May 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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We're moving on to Delusion's Master in the Tanith Lee read-along this month! There's still time to join us for the live discussion of Death's Master, though - message me for details.
A black background features drifting tendrils of smoke decorating the upper left and lower right corners. The gold-bordered cover for the ebook of Death's Master by Tanith Lee is in the center of the image, and above that, it reads: "Now Finishing Death's Master" in gold and white font.
April 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Rabbit rabbit rabbit. May each day in April be better than the last.
A small blackboard framed by bunches of white lilacs on a teal green background. The blackboard says "Hello April" and displays three small decorative white rabbits in various poses.
April 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Rabbit rabbit rabbit! March is in like a lion 'round here. By which I mean it's warmer than I'd like and I'm being assaulted by pollen.
A golden brown lionhead rabbit stares, seemingly unimpressed, at the camera. A field of brown and green grass behind them. Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0).
March 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Love this!
A grey kitty with a little white on her belly sprawls on her back in a crescent shape.
February 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Just looking around and thinking about Izzy Hands today. "It’s about belonging to something when the world has told you you’re nothing. ... It’s about letting go of ego for something larger: the crew." #OurFlagMeansDeath #quotes #OFMD
The weathered, bearded face of Israel "Izzy" Hands, portrayed by Con O'Neill in the tragically cancelled comedy series about awesome queer pirates (RIP Our Flag Means Death). Several candles stand in heavy golden candleholders behind his face; only one is lit. This is probably symbolic of something. Across the bottom of the image reads his quote, "It's about belonging to something, when the world has told you you're nothin'." The text is all white and italicized, apart from "belonging to something," which is in gold. For emphasis.
February 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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If you wanted to join the read-along (or just wanted to start this particular series by Tanith Lee), today's your chance to jump into the series for very little!

Night's Master is on sale, seemingly wherever ebooks are sold, for 99 cents. This value is absurd so take advantage of it. #Booksky
A square graphic shows the ebook cover for Night's Master by Tanith Lee on a tablet and the first page of the Introduction on a mobile device. Text to the right of the device images and beneath them reads: "$0.99 EBOOK. Today, grab the ebook for Night's Master on sale! Find it at: Bookshop.org, Amazon. Also available at Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and Apple Books."
February 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Every time I see this, it reminds me of 1998's The Avengers. Did it penetrate deep into their subconscious, only now to resurface as conspiracy theory?
A group of people in colorful friendly bear suits sit at a long black conference table; a person in a black bear suit gesticulates aggressively at the head of the table, then removes the bear's head to reveal Sean Connery. GIF is from the 1998 film The Avengers (which is a spy film based on a British TV series and has nothing to do with Marvel).
February 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters.

#FilmSky
#FilmChallenge

3/20 🎥🎬🍿
The 1988 movie poster for John Carpenter's They Live features a close-up on the right side of a man's face as he tugs his sunglasses down his nose. One brown eye is visible and his brow is furrowed. In the one visible lens of the black plastic sunglasses, you can see the reflection of a moody red sunset over a cityscape, a palm tree silhouette to one side, and the horrifying visage of an alien face in the foreground. The alien face has oversized, bugging eyes in a red color along with red-splotched blue skin and a lipless mouth of bared, yellowed teeth. Underneath the sunglasses, the title scrawls across the poster in white airbrushed-looking font with a red dropshadow. At the top of the poster, across the man's forehead, it reads in smaller black type: "You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they're people just like you. You're wrong. Dead wrong." Various production-and distribution-related film information appears at the bottom of the poster in small white font.
February 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters.

#FilmSky
#FilmChallenge

2/20 🎥🎬🍿
The 1986 movie poster for Little Shop of Horrors features the principal actors being manhandled by the tentacular vines of a giant, carnivorous plant. The man-eating plant, Audrey II, in a giant terracotta planter, is centered with her gaping maw of teeth and tongue against a backdrop featuring the silhouette of a major city skyline backlit in glowing yellow against a background of purples: light at the bottom, dark at the top. Underneath the purple-bordered skyline is a storefront with a teal-and white 50's convertible, perhaps a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, parked out front. The musical's Chorus trio lean against the car. The principal actors include Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, and Steve Martin. The title is printed at the bottom of Audrey II's planter, with "Little Shop" arcing in yellow letters above "of" in blue font, and then "Horrors" in a red font that looks like it's dripping blood. At the top of the poster, in white font, it reads, "A singing plant. A daring hero. A sweet girl. A demented dentist. It's the most outrageous musical comedy in years." At the bottom of the poster, in smaller white font, is the various movie and distribution information.
February 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters.

#FilmSky
#FilmChallenge

1/20 🎥🎬🍿
This film poster features a full illustration for the animated film The Last Unicorn: on a dark path with close, leafless trees, a white unicorn stands and rears in the face of a fiery red bull with his horns lowered to herd her. The title for the film appears in yellow font over the flames roaring off the back of the giant Red Bull. A variety of film-related distribution information appears in small yellow font at the bottom of the poster.
February 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Rabbit rabbit rabbit! Welcome, February, the month of cleansing and my birth month. The month to acknowledge and celebrate Black history. A month of groundhog and valentines and sometimes leaping (but not this year). May you be better than January.

Illustration by Emily Duffin.
Pencil crayon illustration by Emily Duffin. The interior of a cozy home with golden taupe walls; to the left, a kitchen counter with a red-checked white dishtowel hooked over the handle of an appliance. Green-patterned china hangs on the walls above the kitchen counter with heavy, dark wooden beams framing the area above. To the right, there's a chair in the background with a cushion and a pink-striped pillow resting against the slatted back. A brown bunny loafs on the chair. Above the chair hangs a small landscape painting, and, above that, a larger painting that reads FEBRUARY with a border of black keys and red hearts and red and green flowers. In the foreground, you can see a part of a wooden table bearing three containers for plants. In the largest and tallest planter, cup-shaped and white with a pattern of blue swirls and bees, nestle several daffodil bulbs. One yellow daffodil is beginning to bloom. A floppy-eared brown rabbit stands next to it on its hind legs, holding a watering can and watering the bulbs. In front of it is a brown terracotta planter of snowdrops, and to the right of that, a white cup patterned with a pink landscape contains a blue hyacinth bulb just starting to bloom. Between these two containers sits a little wood mouse, looking up at the floppy-eared bunny. There is a tiny watering can in front of the mouse. The artist's signature is in the lower left.
February 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM