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ShinyFluff
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Central Europe. I love to be in the forest, read cool fantasy books, play ttrpg. anti-racist. LGBTQI2S+ Free Palestine. I make magical oak gall inks and herbals here in the Carpathians: NightForestBotanical.Etsy.com
Hello! Just finished The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator’s search for the Unexplained by Stanley Milford Jr.

A really interesting book w both Navajo creation stories as well as the author’s personal experiences with bigfoots, ufos, ghosts and other spirits
October 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Afternoon! I’m also in novella and short story mode 📚
Reading several collections rn but my favorite is The White Guy Dies First ed. @tjbentonwalker.com

An excellent collection of short horror that is somehow so relaxing and satisfying
October 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Additional pix of the bolete mushrooms
October 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Hello! I am in Slovakia and found these boletes. Not sure of the id? Anyone knows? Mixed beech and pine forest mostly. Thanks!
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
finally sitting down to reading! Starting the brand new Far: A Tale of Longing for Home and How far Neuroscience has come from @saveelati.bsky.social. proceeds go to support water distribution in Gaza! As a former neuroscience student, i'm very excited to read & see the illustrations by the author
September 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Morning! Just starting The Bees made Honey in the Rich Man’s Skull by @weyodi.bsky.social

It’s an Indigenous Futurist dystopian adventure with deaf rep! This one is an expansion on the world created in The Glicksberg Chronicles (The Root and The Seed) which was awesome
September 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Harvested golden grapes today and made jam. The vine is from a departed family member and we moved some here 🍇🙏
September 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Morning! Thinking to re-read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.

Finished Small Gods of Calamity by @samkyungyoo.bsky.social

I loved it! Korean paranormal spirit detective story w trans & disability rep. Lots of cool ghosts, amulets, exorcisms
September 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Morning! Reading Legendary Frybread Drive-In, a wonderful collection of short stories by Indigenous authors.

The magical inter-dimensional restaurant appears in each story in different ways and it’s so good!
Editor is Cynthia Leitich Smith
September 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Morning! Started The Conductors by Nicole Glover

It’s alt historical fantasy about magic-having ex-slaves, the Underground Railroad and a mystery as well
August 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Afternoon! I just finished Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker, a very interesting dark paranormal mystery set among the anti-Asian hate of 2020 pandemic start.

started ARC of Vile Lady Villains by Danai Christopoulou, a sapphic horromantasy w/ Lady MacBeth & Klytemnestra
August 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Morning! I’m just finishing The Summer I ate the Rich by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite. It’s a highly readable YA Haitian-American zombie /food / anti-capitalist fantasy. I’m loving the Greek chorus/greek comedy structure as well.
August 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The forest is gracious and generous with mushrooms!
August 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Oh! Also reading The Lagos Flash Fiction series by Tolulope Popoola!

It’s a slice of life flash fiction with different sections like wedding planner, taxi drivers, etc. I really like it
August 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Morning! I just finished lyrical The Spear Cuts through Water and am reading Stag Dance by Torrey Peters. I love how gender as a performance that creates reality is explored
August 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Deer spotted today
August 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Carpathian mood!

At Cachtice Castle (Bathory castle) for an artistic event and the mists are rolling 🤩👀🧛‍♀️

The mist even formed how the castle used to look before it became a ruin
July 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Happy New Moon!!!!

It’s thundering and raining and I have my rain collecting pans out!
July 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Gordy in the Carpathian meadows and fields
July 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
July 21, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I just got a weird email from you there and couldn’t remember your name 😭 to search for you. They locked your account and changed the handle
July 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
morning! I'm reading the excellent Indigenous Futurism book 2 in the "the bees made honey in the rich man’s skull" trilogy from @weyodi.bsky.social

the first one is called The Root and The Seed and is absolutely great dystopian adventure with hope and humour
July 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Morning cats!
July 20, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The fruits are growing so well this year!
July 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
reading an ARC of this excellent Indigenous Futurism Spec Fic trilogy: The Burning Lie by Weyodi Oldbear.

its the 2nd part of the series and its SO GOOD!
published by
@pressgrass.bsky.social b

cover isnt revealed yet so here is the cover from the 1st one The Root and The Seed
July 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM