Ranylt Richildis
@ranylt.bsky.social
Stories in PodCastle, Strange Horizons and many cool elsewheres. Founder of Lackington's Magazine (yup, still on hiatus). Dark fantasy, weird/horror, film, food, architecture, history, language. https://ranylt.wordpress.com
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Ranylt Richildis
@ranylt.bsky.social
· Jul 13
To Lackington’s authors and artists: FYI we’ve just deleted our gmail accounts (the main one and the submission one) because 1) ugh, Google, 2) ugh, data breach threats all over, and 3) if/when Lackington’s ever returns, we’ll be using something more secure.
Your privacy and data matter.
Your privacy and data matter.
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Supporting human rights does not pose a moral, political or spiritual dilemma for anyone who understands their own humanity.🌏🕊️
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Supporting human rights does not pose a moral, political or spiritual dilemma for anyone who understands their own humanity.🌏🕊️
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I always knew it existed, but it’s distressing to see people begging for the equivalent of foot bindings for their minds and hearts, and using LLMs as the excuse.
Imagine not realizing how much great writing has been birthed from the irreconcilable need to tell someone or something to eat shit.
Imagine not realizing how much great writing has been birthed from the irreconcilable need to tell someone or something to eat shit.
Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I always knew it existed, but it’s distressing to see people begging for the equivalent of foot bindings for their minds and hearts, and using LLMs as the excuse.
Imagine not realizing how much great writing has been birthed from the irreconcilable need to tell someone or something to eat shit.
Imagine not realizing how much great writing has been birthed from the irreconcilable need to tell someone or something to eat shit.
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A REMINDER!
My short story eBook is here!
If you like Caribbean-centered dark fantasy, this is for you!
@nisishawl.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, @ranylt.bsky.social, & @kurellian.bsky.social say wonderful things about it!
www.books2read.com/TheAceOfKnives
My short story eBook is here!
If you like Caribbean-centered dark fantasy, this is for you!
@nisishawl.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, @ranylt.bsky.social, & @kurellian.bsky.social say wonderful things about it!
www.books2read.com/TheAceOfKnives
Available now at your favorite digital store!
The Ace Of Knives by Tonya Liburd
www.books2read.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A REMINDER!
My short story eBook is here!
If you like Caribbean-centered dark fantasy, this is for you!
@nisishawl.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, @ranylt.bsky.social, & @kurellian.bsky.social say wonderful things about it!
www.books2read.com/TheAceOfKnives
My short story eBook is here!
If you like Caribbean-centered dark fantasy, this is for you!
@nisishawl.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, @ranylt.bsky.social, & @kurellian.bsky.social say wonderful things about it!
www.books2read.com/TheAceOfKnives
The Johns Hopkins long covid questionnaire they send out to us “novid controls" every 3 months now includes “Politics” among potential stress-causing factors. If we want any more indication of how things are going in North America (and elsewhere).
a close up of a man 's face with the words dr.doctor.tumblr visible in the corner
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words dr.doctor.tumblr visible in the corner
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Johns Hopkins long covid questionnaire they send out to us “novid controls" every 3 months now includes “Politics” among potential stress-causing factors. If we want any more indication of how things are going in North America (and elsewhere).
Feeling guilty that one of the (derisive) nicknames of the bad guys in my anti-authoritarian trilogy is “clangers”.
Fish’s “iInterpretive communities” notion may save me, but barely.
Fish’s “iInterpretive communities” notion may save me, but barely.
The first episode of The Clangers was originally broadcast on this day in 1969.
November 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Feeling guilty that one of the (derisive) nicknames of the bad guys in my anti-authoritarian trilogy is “clangers”.
Fish’s “iInterpretive communities” notion may save me, but barely.
Fish’s “iInterpretive communities” notion may save me, but barely.
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Lots of "got them at this age, someone else got them for me" which i think misses the point a little bit. Even if u got those books yesterday, it's still concerning people think what you read has something to do with your personality. Slippery slope to assigning morality to fiction. And fascism.
New fear unlocked
There is a subreddit where people post pictures of bookshelves "bookshelf detective", and sometimes it's like "girl I'm dating, what do you think she is like"
And then the comments guess at what kind of person the owner of the bookshelf is and it feels ODDLY HUMILIATING LOL
There is a subreddit where people post pictures of bookshelves "bookshelf detective", and sometimes it's like "girl I'm dating, what do you think she is like"
And then the comments guess at what kind of person the owner of the bookshelf is and it feels ODDLY HUMILIATING LOL
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Lots of "got them at this age, someone else got them for me" which i think misses the point a little bit. Even if u got those books yesterday, it's still concerning people think what you read has something to do with your personality. Slippery slope to assigning morality to fiction. And fascism.
Bad enough living somewhere the air hurts our face, but now it’s also a somewhere one’s winter boots come with built-in ice cleats. 😒 What are we even doing?
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Bad enough living somewhere the air hurts our face, but now it’s also a somewhere one’s winter boots come with built-in ice cleats. 😒 What are we even doing?
I’d be extremely salty, too, but also: Happy Mincemeat Pie Season, everyone! 🥧
Lovely wife got some fresh baked mince pies from the bakery and they're... just a lid? What am I meant to do, eat it in the fucking foil? Mind-blowing
November 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I’d be extremely salty, too, but also: Happy Mincemeat Pie Season, everyone! 🥧
Just watched 3 Women for the first time and was R I V E T E D. So many questions, not least of which are (a) how did I not see this glorious movie before and (b) dammit, I’m being dragged kicking and screaming into Altman fandom, aren’t I?
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Just watched 3 Women for the first time and was R I V E T E D. So many questions, not least of which are (a) how did I not see this glorious movie before and (b) dammit, I’m being dragged kicking and screaming into Altman fandom, aren’t I?
Nein! 🫣 apnews.com/article/germ...
Munich's famous river wave has vanished after a cleanup. Surfers hope it will return soon
Germany’s famous river-surfing wave has disappeared, leaving Bavarian surfers high and dry for the first time in decades.
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Nein! 🫣 apnews.com/article/germ...
Why did I not know that Altman made an early moonshot flick with Caan and Duvall that the producers railed him over because of his overlapping dialogue back in 1967? Tight little mod SF.
brb off to watch his Quintet now.
brb off to watch his Quintet now.
November 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Why did I not know that Altman made an early moonshot flick with Caan and Duvall that the producers railed him over because of his overlapping dialogue back in 1967? Tight little mod SF.
brb off to watch his Quintet now.
brb off to watch his Quintet now.
On the occasion of A Very Key Election, here’s a tale from Lackington’s Governments issue by @cypayseur.bsky.social, art by Stacy Nguyen. Wishing for more positive results in NYC at all municipal levels than we see in any of the tales in our Gov issue, ofc. We still love it tho! shorturl.at/xgosq
A Million Future Days, by Charles Payseur
“I’ve been here before,” says a me from two years from now, from a world covered in ash and darkness. “This is how it starts. This is how it all starts.” “Everything is how it starts,” I say, and p…
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November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
On the occasion of A Very Key Election, here’s a tale from Lackington’s Governments issue by @cypayseur.bsky.social, art by Stacy Nguyen. Wishing for more positive results in NYC at all municipal levels than we see in any of the tales in our Gov issue, ofc. We still love it tho! shorturl.at/xgosq
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Reminder that it’s not just the big elections that matter! For example, our town is voting on whether or not to increase the local library budget (heck yes!). Make sure you get out there and vote today!
November 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Reminder that it’s not just the big elections that matter! For example, our town is voting on whether or not to increase the local library budget (heck yes!). Make sure you get out there and vote today!
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Happy Halloween weirdos near and far
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Happy Halloween weirdos near and far
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i had an epiphany
writing is puzzle-solving — it’s supposed to be hard and you do it any way because you enjoy it — when i’m stumped with a puzzle i don’t immediately think something must be wrong with me and i’ll never figure out the puzzle and i should quit doing puzzles forever because i suck
writing is puzzle-solving — it’s supposed to be hard and you do it any way because you enjoy it — when i’m stumped with a puzzle i don’t immediately think something must be wrong with me and i’ll never figure out the puzzle and i should quit doing puzzles forever because i suck
July 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
i had an epiphany
writing is puzzle-solving — it’s supposed to be hard and you do it any way because you enjoy it — when i’m stumped with a puzzle i don’t immediately think something must be wrong with me and i’ll never figure out the puzzle and i should quit doing puzzles forever because i suck
writing is puzzle-solving — it’s supposed to be hard and you do it any way because you enjoy it — when i’m stumped with a puzzle i don’t immediately think something must be wrong with me and i’ll never figure out the puzzle and i should quit doing puzzles forever because i suck
Learned about disc rot when I lost an old friend this weekend.
(Also learned DVDs generally last decades longer than blu-rays, so glad I still buy those as often...)
(Also learned DVDs generally last decades longer than blu-rays, so glad I still buy those as often...)
October 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Learned about disc rot when I lost an old friend this weekend.
(Also learned DVDs generally last decades longer than blu-rays, so glad I still buy those as often...)
(Also learned DVDs generally last decades longer than blu-rays, so glad I still buy those as often...)
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BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH!
HALLOWEEN!
If you like Caribbean-centered dark fantasy, this eBook's for you!
@nisishawl.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, @ranylt.bsky.social, & @kurellian.bsky.social say wonderful things about it!
www.books2read.com/TheAceOfKnives
HALLOWEEN!
If you like Caribbean-centered dark fantasy, this eBook's for you!
@nisishawl.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, @ranylt.bsky.social, & @kurellian.bsky.social say wonderful things about it!
www.books2read.com/TheAceOfKnives
October 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH!
HALLOWEEN!
If you like Caribbean-centered dark fantasy, this eBook's for you!
@nisishawl.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, @ranylt.bsky.social, & @kurellian.bsky.social say wonderful things about it!
www.books2read.com/TheAceOfKnives
HALLOWEEN!
If you like Caribbean-centered dark fantasy, this eBook's for you!
@nisishawl.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @gemmafiles.bsky.social, @ranylt.bsky.social, & @kurellian.bsky.social say wonderful things about it!
www.books2read.com/TheAceOfKnives
Why do these adorable doggos HaTe WaFfLeS?
It is once again time to bless your skyline with pics and video of my dogs eating tiny pancakes #PancakesTime
October 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Why do these adorable doggos HaTe WaFfLeS?
The only questionable thing I ever did was that one time in Vienna I had two bellinis on an empty tummy that made me bold and creepy enough to tell a hot cab driver "Vielen Dank, hübscher Mann” as I exited the car.
I got blackout drunk in Spain and all I did was sing karaoke with people.
I once got shitfaced on New Year's... and spent the entire evening reading a book! I woke up with its pages all up in my face.
I once got shitfaced on New Year's... and spent the entire evening reading a book! I woke up with its pages all up in my face.
as a recovering alcoholic I find it offensive that people are saying "well he got the nazi skull while he was drunk" okay and? I got blackout drunk and did stupid shit tons of times and I never woke up with a nazi tattoo
October 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The only questionable thing I ever did was that one time in Vienna I had two bellinis on an empty tummy that made me bold and creepy enough to tell a hot cab driver "Vielen Dank, hübscher Mann” as I exited the car.
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Those who do learn from history are doomed to have people tell them they’re overreacting
Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
October 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Those who do learn from history are doomed to have people tell them they’re overreacting
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I can't articulate it well but I don't care what punctuation/ set of words is the current tell for Chatgpt. I'm not changing my voice or the way I write for this program, my writing will evolve the way it evolves. I am not panicking that it uses em dashes. They should panic and pay me.
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I can't articulate it well but I don't care what punctuation/ set of words is the current tell for Chatgpt. I'm not changing my voice or the way I write for this program, my writing will evolve the way it evolves. I am not panicking that it uses em dashes. They should panic and pay me.
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gonna feed your little fuckin ass to the house god, you don't straighten up
October 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
gonna feed your little fuckin ass to the house god, you don't straighten up
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"Don't you want a melting mouth AI abomination to make a reference to a local chain?" "No I don't, I want something I didn't even know I was asking for, and won't know until I see something new and personal from an actual artist."
Hollywood keeps chasing the shimmering oasis in Death Valley of "people want personalized like a cheap kid's book movies" and ignoring actual, real world successes like Sinners which are defined by being very specific visions from filmmakers trying to speak from their own experiences and history.
October 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"Don't you want a melting mouth AI abomination to make a reference to a local chain?" "No I don't, I want something I didn't even know I was asking for, and won't know until I see something new and personal from an actual artist."
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Know your Halloween props
October 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Know your Halloween props
Between the Louvre business and the East Wing, it’s been a rotten week for tangible cultural history.* This on the heels of the Globe report on Gaza’s razing.💔 tinyurl.com/3e5takjf
*You can take the girl outta UNESCO but you can’t take UNESCO outta the girl, even ones who hate monarchies/fascists.
*You can take the girl outta UNESCO but you can’t take UNESCO outta the girl, even ones who hate monarchies/fascists.
The destruction of Gaza’s heritage sites threatens to erase symbols of Palestinian identity
Many relics of the people who have passed through the land over thousands of years are gone or in danger of disappearing
tinyurl.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Between the Louvre business and the East Wing, it’s been a rotten week for tangible cultural history.* This on the heels of the Globe report on Gaza’s razing.💔 tinyurl.com/3e5takjf
*You can take the girl outta UNESCO but you can’t take UNESCO outta the girl, even ones who hate monarchies/fascists.
*You can take the girl outta UNESCO but you can’t take UNESCO outta the girl, even ones who hate monarchies/fascists.