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Amanda Nevada DeMel
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Author. Artist. Human.

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My first completed freehand drawing in way too long. I like him. What do you think?

#artattack #freehand #mixedmedia #doodle #drawing #hesokay #portrait
A strange portrait of a man with yellow skin, dirty teeth, and no hair, drawn with fine lines of ink and filled in with colored pencil.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Not my image, but I stand by this.

#Halloween #trickortreat #freecandy #autism #neurodivergence #nonverbal #trickortreating #happyhalloween
"Kids shouldn't have to carry blue candy buckets on Halloween to indicate autism. Kids don't have to wear some kind of i Dictator in order to get free candy. If a kid doesn't say Trick-or-treat so fucking what? Here's an idea, don't be a ginormous twat-waffle who expects children to perform for you to get a 2-inch candy bar. It's free candy day. If you wanna make children jump through hoops for you, just shut your damn lights off because you are trash. Everybody gets free candy. No costume? Free candy. No talking? Free candy. Too old? Free candy. Parents that look exhausted from walking 16 miles for $20 worth of candy? Free candy for them too! This world is a total fucking dumpster fire and the idea that a kid on the spectrum has to hold a special plastic pumpkin to be treated like a kid on Halloween is garbage. Just give everyone the free candy and shut the fuck up."
October 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Your last saved pic is your moral philosophy.
A series of text messages. Person 1: "did you go to the liquid zoo Where you can walk inside" Person 2: "u mean aquarium yes. It's a fucking aquarium not a liquid zoo"
September 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Rocky Horror 4K? Yes, please!!! Tiny tooth? No, thank you!!!

#rockyhorror #4kmedia #50thanniversary #rhps #rockyhorrorpictureshow #queer #cultclassic #musicals #timcurry #physicalmedia #steelbook #bluray
Cover art for the 4K steel book release of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Focuses on Frank's shoulder with a tattoo of the lips and Columbia's gold hat. Zoom in on the lower part of Frank's face, which is the only part of his face visible on the cover. Behold the tiny tooth.
August 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Our dear overlord Nugget's tail was blowing in the air conditioner for about 45 minutes last night. Please bask in the absurdity.

#cats #absurd #pets #furbabies
August 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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If you see this, post a ghost and the hash tag #aughost

#DarkShadows #QuentinCollins #ghosts
Quentin Collins, from Dark Shadows, looks down at something offscreen in terror.
July 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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A new newsletter! This one's very short, I promise.

Thank you for the opportunity to work with you, @tundraswanpress.bsky.social !

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#amwriting #publishing #horror #indiepublishing #anthology #queer #LBGTQIA
Promotional material for Amanda Nevada DeMel's short story, "The Scold's Bridle," which appears in the anthology Don't Ask, Ghosts Tell. A rebellious 16th century wife is commanded to wear a scold's bridle as punishment for speaking out against a new birthing law. She serves the people by hauling buckets of water from the river each day while wearing the metal mask and bridle. But are they or her husband worthy of her servitude?
May 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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what is a perfect album that you think all the songs are good?

#SunsetRubdown #SpencerKrug #dragonslayer
The bizarre cover for the album "Dragonslayer" by Sunset Rubdown.
April 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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I found this in an anti-generative AI group on Facebook, and I really hope it's an actual document. We need this train of thought to come back. We also need accountability for humans to come back.

#antiai #computerscience #ibm #art #humanity #technology
IBM slide, 1979 A computer can never be held accountable Therefore a computer must never make a management decision
January 31, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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This is my son, Sweeney Todd DeMel. His right arm is, ironically, not complete. He will be fourteen years old next week, and he loves compliments.
#SweeneyTodd #leopardgecko #sondheim #mylove #oldboy
Full-body photograph of a heavily spotted leopard gecko, taken from behind his left hind leg. Photograph of Sweeney Todd's head and torso. His right arm is missing. Sweeney's beefy hind leg. You can also see another angle of his arm stump.
January 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Christopher Plummer, playing Captain von Trapp in the Sound of Music, rips a Nazi flag.
November 22, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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Behold! Nugget! She is the only one who I will gladly serve after the apocalypse.
Nugget is a floofy, light orange kitty sunning herself.
November 12, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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Without downloading any new pics, what's your energy going into 2024?
December 29, 2023 at 12:12 AM
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What a great day to get a package from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social
Happy Halloween, all you ghouls.
October 31, 2023 at 6:31 PM
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I bring news! I finally updated my author's blog. I also took over as the head fiction editor of Barnstorm Journal, and the first issue under my name is out now. Check out the link in my bio to see both!

#amwriting #amediting
October 3, 2023 at 7:54 PM
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I love my (old) babies. The one with four arms is Mulch Clancy and the one with a missing arm is Sweeney Todd. They are such sweet boys.

#leos #leopardgeckos #pets #love #SweeneyTodd #Mulch #babies
Mulch Clancy sits on my knee. His head has many spots but his body does not. Sweeney Todd sits on my knee. He has spots all over and he is missing an arm.
September 17, 2023 at 5:48 PM
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Quote skeet with one of ur favorite films that is not a huge hit lets get to know each other a bit more
August 28, 2023 at 6:17 PM
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When you email me
This is who you're emailing
August 16, 2023 at 12:50 AM
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Without downloading any new pics where are you at mentally
August 7, 2023 at 12:39 PM