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Ness 🎃🇨🇦
@vriccithode.bsky.social
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aka Vanessa Ricci-Thode. Nebula Award-winning trashbag & queer SFF writer. SFWA & TWUC. Dogs, gardening and Canadian rage. she/they 💙💜🩷

I'm only here for the food

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Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

(Here's the opening to The Dragon Next Door, which you can find here
books2read.com/u/bpVEQ6 or here vriccithode.itch.io/the-dragon-n...)
Title: Yesterday. Tollar could make water do anything she wanted, but she never expected to have to boil it under a stolen dragon egg while rafting upriver for five days straight. Her feet shifted on the water's surface as she balanced behind the egg,
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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it's dog o'clock
a golden retriever in a rainbow paw bowtie.
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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SURPRISE! if you're a kobo user/in canada (or some combination thereof, i'm not actually sure) you can buy my series-ender, favour fire, a week early! Queer dragon riders, super-powered best friends, and globe-spanning adventure to save the world. ✨complete series✨ 🌈📚
books2read.com/u/mqxAa8
a trope card on a black and fiery background displaying the cover of Favour Fire which features an erupting volcano and dragons circling the summit. White text with arrows pointing at it reads: everything’s on fire!, epic team-up, what do you mean I have to stop this volcano?!, all the dragons!, oh shit!, series finale, stronger together.
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Also some dogs because it's always dog o'clock somewhere
Three large fluffy happy dogs.
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Little Miss Snoozybutt says goodnight
a giant fluffy white dog lying on a brown couch with her head on a red pillow.
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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this good old man is here to let you know it's dog o'clock
a shaggy black dog in a black and orange plaid bowtie.
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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it's dog o'clock
a golden retriever in a rainbow paw bowtie.
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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composition of a great pyrenees:

90% fur
60% ass
400% barking at nothing
200% fuck you, make me
47% flop
10% farts
80% napping
50% giant paws
75% snuggle
12% majestic
42% goofball
65% lazy
9000% just a baby
a giant fluffy white dog in a black and purple plaid bowtie.
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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completely off topic but why is it breed standard for pyrs to have a gigantic ass. like, i know they're big dogs anyway but istg they're at least 60% ass. i mean, come on. just look at this omg
three large fluffy dogs on leashes, as seen from behind. the middle and right-side dogs have perfectly normal-sized butts, while the giant white dog on the left is all ass (and giant floofy tail).
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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it's dog o'clock
three large fluffy dogs in bowties.
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Little Miss Snoozybutt says goodnight 🥹
a giant fluffy white dog lying on a brown coutch with her head and one paw and a red pillow.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Anyway, would you look at the time? It's dog o'clock!
Three large fluffy dogs in bowties.
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Video #PancakesTime
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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It is once again time to bless your skyline with pics and video of my dogs eating tiny pancakes #PancakesTime
Three large fluffy dogs in bowties with a plate of tiny pancakes. A shaggy black dog eating a tiny pancake. A golden retriever eating a tiny pancake. A giant fluffy white dog eating a tiny pancake.
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Little Miss Squishyface, Little Miss Snoozybutt and Old Man Goofbutt say goodnight
a golden retriever and a shaggy black dog lying on a tiled floor near a giant fluffy white dog in a grey dog bed.
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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it's dog o'clock
a golden retriever in a rainbow paw bowtie.
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Little Miss Squishyface says goodnight.
a golden retriever curled up sleeping on a brown couch.
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Oh shit I forgot to post the cronch report with Binky
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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it's dog o'clock
a giant fluffy white dog in a black and purple plaid bowtie.
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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OMG SOON
books2read.com/u/mqxAa8
My hand holding a print copy of Favour Fire, which features an erupting volcano with dragons circling the fire.
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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it's dog o'clock
three large fluffy dogs in bowties.
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Little Miss Snoozybutt says goodnight 🥹
a giant fluffy white dog in a black and purple plaid bowtie lying on her side in the grass with her li'l front paws curled up under her chin, asking for belly pets.
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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3/3
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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2/3
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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It's time for the cronch report with Binky. And it's a triple-header! ✨️
1/3
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM