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in case any artists, calligraphers, medievalists, spell-casters or pen & ink-lovers want to know! I make oak gall/ iron gall inks from galls I forage here in the Carpathians! @nightforest.bsky.social

Did you know Eden Robinson has an epic fantasy novel coming out later this month? THE SORCERESS OF SKY SERPENTS hits shelves September 29th and feels like an Indigenous Game of Thrones. Grateful to have read it early for a blurb! Preorder it today and tell your local library to order copies too.

this charming game that uses embroidery to make little birds to send to friends is just out from the inimitable @glitzydemon.itch.io ! He and his child designed it to honor their Roma identity and history

But also here's a list I put together of Indigenous horror. redpopnews.com/13-must-read...

Thrilled to announce this new YA duology from the brilliant @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social! THE BLOODWINDS will sweep you away into a dystopian Botswana, where Earth is fighting for its life, releasing deadly winds and vicious sprites, and a young girl holds the future in her hands…

Oh hey do you need dark and high drama beach books? You need dark and high drama beach books

The good people at @stanfordstravel.bsky.social have seen my beautiful new paperback even before I have and I am very envious as I’m on a train in Japan. Please get your pre-orders in for Moonlight Express for the end of this month!

Looking forward to reading @monisharajesh.bsky.social book about train travel. Esp as I’m thinking to do some trips around

good morning! finally started The Roma: A Traveling History – A Deeply Personal Memoir Celebrating Romani Culture and Survival by Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social it is an excellently written and engaging book from a wonderful author. She also writes about gothic literature

It's Leo Season! 👑🦁 I've put my birthday goal back up on my Kofi. ko-fi.com/kobanya/goal...

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE OR WHAT TIME IT IS, THE SUN IS SHINING BECAUSE IT’S ARC FOUR FINALE DAY

You can help Suad, who was a nurse before displacement, care for her little son Omar under Israel's genocide by sharing & donating. He's severely malnourished, and they're sick, homeless, and all alone. Give them some hope:

good morning! nearing the end of the wonderful Apple and Knife by Intan Paramaditha (Stephen J. Epstein: trans) I saw it in your thread last week : ) a very cool Indonesian fairy-tale, horror, myth reworking. i would pair it w the excellent Song of the Mango and Other New Myths by Vida Cruz Borja

also started Buffalo Tiger: A Life in the Everglades. a very captivating & interesting memoir by the former Miccosukee leader Buffalo Tiger. lots of stories about his childhood in the 1920s before there was a reservation. and how he became a leader of his tribe.

Morning. Anon, from Anvār-i Suhaylī, 1847.

Greetings! I'm an illustrator working with some of the best authors and publishers in the world thomassbrown.com and exactly one half of Tattercat studio. thomas-brown-1.sumupstore.com Whimsey here, that is not afraid of the dark.

Last day of our Summer call - celebrating the Kingdom of Plantae. Bin shuts 8pm (UK time) so lob those green-loving words over 🦝 Flash 100-750, Shorts up to 2000 Any genre Plantae must be there, and shine 💚 We've seen lots of forests, what else you got? trashcatlit.com/summer-mood/

Submissions for our sapphic anthology "The Monstrous & The Divine" featuring updated sapphic goddesses and monsters across pantheons is still open until July 31! Check @faerywhimsy.bsky.social's MSWL and 1 month roundup for ideas. #queerwriters www.scyllapublishing.com/adivineblog/...

Morning! I’m really liking this cool Nigerian fantasy The Bone River by @nkereuwxm.bsky.social It has a sapphic magical monster-hunting mercenary that operates between the two worlds of magical warriors and regular people. There’s death magic and river beings and impossible to find occult shops.

This Saturday (6/13), l’m raising money on @unpreparedcasters.com for Trans Lifeline! 💖 I’m playing 99_MILFs, who totally isn’t some random gay person’s Elden Ring character… and I’m fighting a 5v1 😳 Donate at the link below so 99_MILFs can crush this cheesy gank squad once and for all! 😈

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Morning! I've just finished such an interesting new short book by @onyemajuneononye.bsky.social Efe: Musings of a Filly set in Urhrobo-land & Lagos,Nigeria, we get taken on a journey thru villages, markets & consequences by an unreliable narrator 🤩 its masterfully done to draw you into the POV

i love how fed-up the one in the white helmet looks. he's like "I'm the contractor and I didn't approve these changes."

Please do help a Roma disabled writer, game designer and all around amazing person 🙏

Can’t wait for this! I loved the first Never Whistle at Night @shanehawk.com

Hello! Just starting the new one by @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social Nightshade! It’s a gorgeously imagined gothic Magical realism story about a Roma family, wealth, tobacco fields and danger. Lots of Romany language sprinkled in as well 🥰

Loving Safoa by Liza Wemakor is such an incredible book. Totally underrated tender Black Sapphic vampire novella

'For 3 days, my children have had nothing but bread. They are weak, exhausted, & asking for food I cannot give. I am injured. My wife is also hurt...We have no income, no support, & nothing left. [I need] $100 just to bring basic food...& stop their hunger. Please, if you can: 💔 Donate'

Hey pals, we’re getting closer to GRIEF EATER’s book birthday! Very excited for you all to read my bloody, vengeful, revenge book. 🖤✨ Boosts humbly appreciated!

Black doulas work to bridge health disparities for Black mothers Saturday marked Global Black Doula Day and the start of Black Maternal Health Week. Pregnant and postpartum parents gathered on the West Side for a community baby shower. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/04...

Enjoy this simple and fun comedy #ttrpg themed on the great detective Sherlock Holmes 🔍 What crimes will you and your and your friends tangle yourself up in, and how silly will they get? 😂 Available below, currently 25% off! thehomebakery.itch.io/deduction

saveourthoughtpunks.carrd.co #SaveOurThoughtPunks It's a Game Jam, it's a Streamathon, it's a Game Jam Streamathon

Inspired by @pennyblake.bsky.social You Cannot Play This TTRPG Jam submission I present "What Game Are We Playing?" which is actually a game that you can in fact play (in theory anyway) Read FOUND: Transcript in a bottle first to understand margaretcatterdevelopment.itch.io/what-game-ar...

First entry in the archives of the Library of @nightwonderer.bsky.social is up for you to watch on YT! Do this Friendly Neighborhood Fey a favor and go watch/listen and give a like and a follow! m.youtube.com/watch?v=YqF6...

Made another batch of @pennyblake.bsky.social absolutely delicious recipe for Cignidaki Zumi, a Romani spring nettle soup

please do support Romani creators in the TTRPG space and elsewhere