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Next to his first collar

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*oranges*

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After much anticipation, the season finale, episode 1.20 spuɐM ɟo ǝƃɐԀ is out now, everywhere you can listen to podcasts.

This episode features Tatiana Gefter, Mike LeBeau, Addie Nofal, Crystal Storm, Lucas Martinez, Dalia Ramahi, Dylan Griggs, Dorian Scott, Nova Limb, Angie Min, Gail Sullivan, Carter Mills, and Michael Blundell.

Creatures played by Shaun Oldfield.

Additional voices provided by Taylor Michaels, Lyssa Jay, and Pine Gonzalez.

Music and editing by J Strautman.

Join other folks reacting to the finale on our discord!

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Silly little video of me making my blanket 🤭

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AGENDER PRIDE DAY

Happy Salem Alice day to all who celebrate! Salem is the character who has been most changed by everyone behind Mx Bad Luck. They were originally set out to be a she/they demigirl whose gender wasn't going to be acknowledged in great depths as the show was first pitched to be a single 13 episode season. Several years later, Salem is a they/them/she agender person whose monologues about gender are written by an agender person and medical transition influenced by their voice actor. Salem is a wonderful example of what happens if you don't limit a character. Everyone behind the scenes loves them greatly.

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In addition to Hallowoods, your loyal host runsweekly D&D campaigns that folks can join through Startplaying. We have a few open seats, feel free to browse if rolling dice and telling stories is your jam!

Open campaigns here.

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Did I dedicate a lot of this morning to lugging home a stainless steel trash can I saw while I was out on the three - four mile walk (Idk man) with my dog?

...these things are like $80 and I had to come home anyway...

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U is for @unseendotshow!

Urban fantasy. Magic is real, but only magical beings are able to see it. The unseen world is where magic makes both the ordinary and extraordinary possible, inhabited by humans with magical abilities, as well as other creatures. Each episode is told from the point of view of a different narrator, who recount their experiences of the unseen world.

Season one consists of fifteen episodes, including bonuses.

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Hey I started a monthly sticker club on Patreon. Each month will have a new sticker in the mail. There's also a vote for which of these will be said sticker :)

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Squinting at an amigurumi pattern I could only find in spanish

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Happy Audio Drama Sunday!

Presenting another 5 audio fiction shows I love, described poorly:

Camlann: Keep a mythology encyclopedia in your survival kit. You'll thank me later.

Desert Skies: Be sure you learn how to drive a stick shift before you die. You'll thank me later.

Lost Terminal: D&D actual plays will outlive humanity. Our legacy will be climate change and D&D actual plays.

Monstrous Agonies: I love when the metaphor for queerness is also just a regular queer story as well. Like Pixar's Luca, or every Dax episode in DS9.

The Bright Sessions: What if Professor X was instead a therapist and also didn't have superpowers and also organized a lot more movie nights than superhero missions, but was still unethical?

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Happy Audio Drama Sunday! Living is messy and we all make mistakes. Try to find the things worth saving in all the mess. Now let's go make some more mistakes!

@saffronandperi - Season 2: This season we got to hear our favourite fairy godmother and djinnia (and friends) play around in Wonderland! Poor Tristan does seem to attract trouble like crazy, and then everyone being affected by goblin shenanigans? So much going on! And to end on such a cliff hanger! Saffron and those innocent dragon eggs better get back safe. 🧚‍♂️

@monkeymanproductions MTO Phases Story 5 - Nima: This month's story is one that gave me goosebumps and brought tears to my eyes the first time I read it. Hearing it brought to life by Serena Rahhal, the original voice of Nima, made it that much more impactful. Returning to Palestine, to Jerusalem, to where Nima used to live... In particular, the mention of Rafah in the 20s, which is happening right now. MTO has always been about hope and resistance, and that comes through loud and clear. 🌘

@morrowforge Mage With a Mic Ep1 - The Warehouse and Ep2 - Creaks & Crones: A new AD where Mage Doughball, who's been sentenced to be the head of tourism for Thither, reports on different locations, events and people around the realm. I enjoyed the first two episodes so far, especially Doughball's snark – you can definitely tell he did not choose to be there. The world-building and the small bits we've heard of how the magic systems work sound really interesting and I'm looking forward to hearing more! 🎤

@vestaclinicpod Episode 24 - Chromatophore: Another Xael episode! And this time with the company of our special boy Sec! I did not realize that Xaelest harboured resentment towards Sec but I completely understand where she's coming from. Especially with what we learned this episode about why she stopped performing surgery... And then to hear that the scenario the examiners gave her was the same? How awful. And now she'll have to go back to the form she had when it happened in order to help NOSL11. Someone (Faye) needs to give Xael a hug, though I doubt she'd readily accept it.

As an aside, I absolutely love how descriptions are done in this show, how the expressions used feel so real. This particular line stood out to me this episode: "they tugged their forearm against the sky of their stomach". Isn't that such a gorgeous expression, knowing that ceresaurs' skin runs from milky blue to the rich indigo of twilight, and that star maps of their flights show up on their skin? Just beautiful. ⚕️

@forgedbondspod - Chapter 18: I've said it before and I've said it again, I want to punch Zeus in the face so bad... He was being his usual, awful, manipulative self this episode, and I hate how he, as king of the gods, keeps getting away with it. I don't trust him for one second. Poor Hera, dragged back into his terrible influence. No one even knows she went with him – Hera, tell someone, please! 💍

@monkeymanproductions Waiting For October S1 Episode 8 - Back Together: Season finale! Karo and Vonnie are back together for a much needed conversation after their solo adventures. I love how many different characters popped in as they were trying to find someplace to talk, and then October springing Halloween on them! The conversation was tough, but their love and trust was evident through the whole thing. Especially in the story that Karo told of how they make things work. It definitely had me tearing up. And then the ending!!! Let's go back to the mooooon!! 🎃

@re-dracula Week 2: Jonathan discovers lizard fashion and explores the castle. We all knew there was some creepy shit going on at the castle, and Jonathan was a little weirded out by some things, but now he knows about the creepy shit for sure. Seems like the new goal will just to be stay alive... 🦇

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Context is important! Pole and sex work are inextricably linked, but there are distinctions between them. Strippers made this hobby what it is, and taught me what I know, and while I haven’t lived that life, I’m honoured to stand on their shoulders.

I hear Patreon has cool stuff

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FAMOUS AUTHORS

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The Online Books Page: The University of Pennsylvania hosts this book search and database.

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KEIMENA: This page is entirely in Greek, but if you’re looking for modern Greek literature, this is the place to access books online.

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Project Runeberg: Find Scandinavian literature online here.

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Books-On-Line: This large collection includes movie scripts, newer works, cookbooks and more.

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The Literature Network: This site features forums, a copy of The King James Bible, and over 3,000 short stories and poems.

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Google Poetry: Google Books has a large selection of poetry, fromThe Canterbury Tales to Beowulf to Walt Whitman.

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MISC

Banned Books: Here you can follow links of banned books to their full text online.

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A Celebration of Women Writers: The University of Pennsylvania’s page for women writers includes Newbery winners.

Free Online Novels: These novels are fully online and range from romance to religious fiction to historical fiction.

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Authorama: Books here are pulled from Google Books and more. You’ll find history books, novels and more.

Prize-winning books online: Use this directory to connect to full-text copies of Newbery winners, Nobel Prize winners and Pulitzer winners.

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In love with this rough short film animation of Rocky, it has so much character. I think this was one of the first shots they animated? He’s such a good combination of a cat and an eager young man from the 1920s

“uh— uhh… how about a- a dance?”

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Reading the two seminal texts of vampire fiction back to back is funny bc Dracula is about racism and colonialism and technology and women and internalized homophobia and masculinity and international economies and Carmilla is about one woman’s insane high school lesbian situationship

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the more i get let down by tv shows on queer representation, the more i realise how special and important the spaces that audio dramas have created in centering queer stories and how unapologetic they are in doing so