Daily Happiness
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torachan1. I am definitely over my cold (did not have any stuffiness or sniffles today) and slept a lot better last night. Still woke up a few times, but was able to get back to sleep quickly.
2. I'm not sure if I've mentioned it, but a house at the end of our street (four doors down) has been semi-abandoned for about thirty years and fully abandoned for at least 10-15. It's a house with attached apartments, and the house has been unoccupied for about thirty, and a few people in the apartments hung on for longer due to the rent being low, even though the landlord was, according to people we knew in one of them who moved out earlier than the stragglers, completely MIA. It's been slowly falling down in that time (a few years ago I noticed some of the stairs outside were missing) and after years of squatters that eventually led to a small fire (thankfully fire department responded quickly and no major damage was done), the windows and doors were boarded up, and a few years after that a chainlink fence was put around it.
Now finally starting last month they are working to remodel it! I assumed at first it would just be completely torn down and something new put up, but after they stripped it down to the bare bones, earlier this week new lumber appeared on the site and they started replacing bad spots and reinforcing things. Apparently it had asbestos inside, as when they first started work on it, it was all hazmatted up and had warning signs around. I'm really curious to see what it will look like when it's all done.
3. This morning I noticed a puzzle piece on the floor under the desk and knew right away it was too large for the puzzle I'm currently working on. Sure enough, it's from the Country Bear Jamboree one we just finished. Which I put out in the little library a couple days ago! D: I always am so careful when putting the puzzles away, especially if it's one I'm going to give away. I'd hate to give away a puzzle with a missing piece. But thankfully when I went out to check, the puzzle had still not been taken, so I was able to add the piece back in. I will be even more careful from now on!
4. Jasper's so handsome.
2. I'm not sure if I've mentioned it, but a house at the end of our street (four doors down) has been semi-abandoned for about thirty years and fully abandoned for at least 10-15. It's a house with attached apartments, and the house has been unoccupied for about thirty, and a few people in the apartments hung on for longer due to the rent being low, even though the landlord was, according to people we knew in one of them who moved out earlier than the stragglers, completely MIA. It's been slowly falling down in that time (a few years ago I noticed some of the stairs outside were missing) and after years of squatters that eventually led to a small fire (thankfully fire department responded quickly and no major damage was done), the windows and doors were boarded up, and a few years after that a chainlink fence was put around it.
Now finally starting last month they are working to remodel it! I assumed at first it would just be completely torn down and something new put up, but after they stripped it down to the bare bones, earlier this week new lumber appeared on the site and they started replacing bad spots and reinforcing things. Apparently it had asbestos inside, as when they first started work on it, it was all hazmatted up and had warning signs around. I'm really curious to see what it will look like when it's all done.
3. This morning I noticed a puzzle piece on the floor under the desk and knew right away it was too large for the puzzle I'm currently working on. Sure enough, it's from the Country Bear Jamboree one we just finished. Which I put out in the little library a couple days ago! D: I always am so careful when putting the puzzles away, especially if it's one I'm going to give away. I'd hate to give away a puzzle with a missing piece. But thankfully when I went out to check, the puzzle had still not been taken, so I was able to add the piece back in. I will be even more careful from now on!
4. Jasper's so handsome.
Short stories in Anthropic piracy settlement
2025-10-03 18:39davidlevineYou may have heard about the Anthropic AI piracy settlement, in which (some) authors whose work was downloaded and used without permission or compensation by Anthropic will receive a cash payment in compensation for (some of) their pirated works. You may not know that the list of pirated works includes not only novels but short story anthologies.
I have over sixty published short stories, many of which have been collected in anthologies. Fortunately I keep very good records. I have been able to identify 56 published anthologies that contain at least one story of mine. Of these 48 have ISBNs, and of those 14 have copyright registration numbers and are included in the Anthropic settlement database.
My understanding is that if I file claims on these anthologies I may eventually receive a share of the settlement on those titles. Assuming the settlement goes through as I understand it and that my claims are accepted, I may eventually receive roughly a hundred bucks for each story (assuming the settlement per title is about $3000, minus 25% for the lawyers, minus 50% of the remainder for the publisher, divided by the number of authors which I'm assuming for the sake of argument is about ten).
This is in addition to the claims I'm going to file on my two novels Arabella of Mars and Arabella the Traitor of Mars, which may eventually pay off about $3000 * 0.75 * 0.50 = $1125 each. (I think the publisher's 50% in this case will go to Open Road, the current publisher, rather than Tor, the original publisher, but there are still a lot of open questions here.)
Arabella and the Battle of Venus, the middle book of the Arabella trilogy, does NOT appear in the Anthropic settlement database, and I believe this is because Macmillan failed to register the copyright for that volume. However, according to Locus, Macmillan has issued a statement that "If your work was excluded from the settlement for this reason, we will make you whole by paying you what you otherwise would have been paid under the settlement." I've already sent an email to Macmillan inquiring as to next steps.
I have over sixty published short stories, many of which have been collected in anthologies. Fortunately I keep very good records. I have been able to identify 56 published anthologies that contain at least one story of mine. Of these 48 have ISBNs, and of those 14 have copyright registration numbers and are included in the Anthropic settlement database.
My understanding is that if I file claims on these anthologies I may eventually receive a share of the settlement on those titles. Assuming the settlement goes through as I understand it and that my claims are accepted, I may eventually receive roughly a hundred bucks for each story (assuming the settlement per title is about $3000, minus 25% for the lawyers, minus 50% of the remainder for the publisher, divided by the number of authors which I'm assuming for the sake of argument is about ten).
This is in addition to the claims I'm going to file on my two novels Arabella of Mars and Arabella the Traitor of Mars, which may eventually pay off about $3000 * 0.75 * 0.50 = $1125 each. (I think the publisher's 50% in this case will go to Open Road, the current publisher, rather than Tor, the original publisher, but there are still a lot of open questions here.)
Arabella and the Battle of Venus, the middle book of the Arabella trilogy, does NOT appear in the Anthropic settlement database, and I believe this is because Macmillan failed to register the copyright for that volume. However, according to Locus, Macmillan has issued a statement that "If your work was excluded from the settlement for this reason, we will make you whole by paying you what you otherwise would have been paid under the settlement." I've already sent an email to Macmillan inquiring as to next steps.
Gaming
2025-10-03 20:34ysabetwordsmithIn new heist video game, players return museum artifacts stolen from African countries
Set in the late 21st century, the game follows Nomali, a fast-thinking, acrobatic leader who assembles a crew of ordinary citizens-turned-thieves.
Their mission: to reclaim 70 real-life African artifacts from Western institutions and return them to their rightful homelands.
I am amused. :D And there are so many other cultures that could design similar games to retrieve their own artifacts. See, this is what we get from diverse game developers: new game plots instead of rehashes.
Set in the late 21st century, the game follows Nomali, a fast-thinking, acrobatic leader who assembles a crew of ordinary citizens-turned-thieves.
Their mission: to reclaim 70 real-life African artifacts from Western institutions and return them to their rightful homelands.
I am amused. :D And there are so many other cultures that could design similar games to retrieve their own artifacts. See, this is what we get from diverse game developers: new game plots instead of rehashes.
EDWARD ELRIC > FULL METAL ALCHEMIST
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dwrp_iconsCANON: Full Metal Alchemist
CHARACTERS: Edward Elric
ADDITIONAL INFO: 73 manga bases + 102 colored icons from the webtoon
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manga icons + webtoon icons @malagraphic
CHARACTERS: Edward Elric
ADDITIONAL INFO: 73 manga bases + 102 colored icons from the webtoon
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malagraphicVARIOUS > KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE
2025-10-04 09:20quixotic posting in dwrp_iconsCANON: Knights of Guinevere
CHARACTERS: Guinevere, Andrea and Francesca
ADDITIONAL INFO: 211 icons from the first episode. CW: some body/robot horror
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part one + part two @malagraphic
CHARACTERS: Guinevere, Andrea and Francesca
ADDITIONAL INFO: 211 icons from the first episode. CW: some body/robot horror
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malagraphicpart one + part two @
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2025-10-03 20:03missizzyAmid everything else, I have spent the past couple days still in a bit of disbelief that Jane Goodall is actually dead. I read two of her books for my science class in middle school, and they were the pair I loved reading most. I've been interested in chimpanzees and great apes at least a little since. (I would read Birute Galdikas' book too, largely because of Goodall.) Though it's only as an adult that I've come to understand how how big everything she spent her life trying to do was, and just how much respect and admiration one has to have for her. I haven't opened her books in many years, but now I'm wondering if maybe I should get them down from the shelf, and look again.
I also, of course, have now seen the first episode of Critical Role's new campaign. I've noticed before how the first episode of a new liveplay campaign, their third included, can be a little slow, but not in this one; I was engaged immediately. These were fourteen players who know both the game and each other well enough to keep one captivated even during the stretches of the episode when they were merely gathering together. ( And when towards the end of the episode... )
Right after this I'll probably get my suitcase down from the attic and start packing. I'll have enough to do tomorrow before I go to catch the train.
I also, of course, have now seen the first episode of Critical Role's new campaign. I've noticed before how the first episode of a new liveplay campaign, their third included, can be a little slow, but not in this one; I was engaged immediately. These were fourteen players who know both the game and each other well enough to keep one captivated even during the stretches of the episode when they were merely gathering together. ( And when towards the end of the episode... )
Right after this I'll probably get my suitcase down from the attic and start packing. I'll have enough to do tomorrow before I go to catch the train.
Lake Lewisia #1312
2025-10-03 17:14scrubjayspeaks“Can I try?” the child asked after the blue jay had explained it was collecting acorns from the forest floor. “I don’t know, it’s very tricky to pick out good ones,” it hedged in extravagant tones of concern and doubt, until the child insisted on being allowed to make an attempt at gathering and sorting. The jay hopped up onto a branch to watch in comfort, thinking that being cursed to be a bird wasn’t too bad as long as someone else would volunteer their opposable thumbs.
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Prompt: Mid-Autumn Festival
2025-10-03 17:57ranalore posting in chenqing_100This week's prompt is the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, Mooncake Festival, or Zhong Qiu Jie. It has a history dating back over 3,000 years, and is based on the legend of the Moon goddess, Chang'e.
This is one of our recurring annual prompts, which means that drabble sequences and drabble series are allowed, since these prompts have multiple or more complex concepts associated with them that warrant exploration in these longer formats. These formats are explained in this post, while the standard drabble formats are explained in the community rules.
I will be moving next Friday, so this prompt will run for two weeks. You have until midnight your time on Friday, October 17, to answer this prompt. Please post your fills of the prompt as separate entries to the community (i.e. not replies to this entry), tagged with the prompt tag. You may post multiple standalone drabbles per entry in addition to drabble sequences and series.
As a reminder, this community has no official presence elsewhere. You are encouraged to share the prompt on social media, if you so desire. It may take me a bit to create the AO3 collection, so please be patient.
Also, I'm going to go ahead and drop a link to the prompt suggestions post here. New suggestions are always, always welcome.
This is one of our recurring annual prompts, which means that drabble sequences and drabble series are allowed, since these prompts have multiple or more complex concepts associated with them that warrant exploration in these longer formats. These formats are explained in this post, while the standard drabble formats are explained in the community rules.
I will be moving next Friday, so this prompt will run for two weeks. You have until midnight your time on Friday, October 17, to answer this prompt. Please post your fills of the prompt as separate entries to the community (i.e. not replies to this entry), tagged with the prompt tag. You may post multiple standalone drabbles per entry in addition to drabble sequences and series.
As a reminder, this community has no official presence elsewhere. You are encouraged to share the prompt on social media, if you so desire. It may take me a bit to create the AO3 collection, so please be patient.
Also, I'm going to go ahead and drop a link to the prompt suggestions post here. New suggestions are always, always welcome.
[10 out of 20] BTS: gen
2025-10-03 19:32stonepicnicking_okapi posting in sweetandshortTitle: Zombie joke
Rating: Gen
Fandom: BTS
Characters: Jin & SUGA
prompt: clutch
Length: 100
Notes: Zombie attack AU
Summary: Yoongi and Seokjin are fleeing zombies.
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Rating: Gen
Fandom: BTS
Characters: Jin & SUGA
prompt: clutch
Length: 100
Notes: Zombie attack AU
Summary: Yoongi and Seokjin are fleeing zombies.
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Daily Check In.
2025-10-03 18:18adafrog posting in fandom_checkinThis is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Friday to midnight on Saturday (8pm Eastern Time).
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Poll #33687 Daily poll
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 13
How are you doing?
I am okay
7 (53.8%)
I am not okay, but don't need help right now
6 (46.2%)
I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans are you living with?
I am living single
2 (15.4%)
One other person
7 (53.8%)
More than one other person
4 (30.8%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
dear Festividder 2025
2025-10-03 18:48dirty_dianadear festividder,
hi! happy festivids! as ever I hope this letter helps!
Vid likes 🎞:
All kinds of music! I always enjoy an r&b or hip hop vid, if that's inspiring at all, but I am really pretty easy to please. I like character studies, competence and BAMF-ness, romance, strong emotions including sadness, action and adventure vids, danceable vids, narrative vids, worldbuilding and engaging with the themes of the source. I'm not terribly into created reality or crack.
Vid DNWs ❌:
(The first item is a list of neurological triggers and there's a large chance I would be unable to watch any vid containing these effects.)
-I get mild physical discomfort and visual difficulties with effects like blinking, spinning, flashing, shaking, blurring, strobing or stutter cuts, flickering overlays, brightness flickers, dissolve cuts, very heavy fast cuts or very heavy quick action (action as in fight scenes, chase scenes, or similar, especially if shot with intense camera movement or cut quickly). (If it's a very few instances of flashing etc from the source, that's okay, unless the scene is specifically mentioned as a problem in the fandom details.)
Zooming, panning, and similar manipulation of still images also fall into the category of things that give me visual difficulties. (Stills that don't have motion-based stylistic additions are fine. It's also fine if it's just one moving still rather than a whole sequence.)
-the n-word (this applies to all fandoms even if used in canon)
All American: Homecoming
This show is a ton of melodramatic fun. Simone is gorgeous but my surprise other fave is actually Thea, what a GODDESS. I definitely ship them together or would enjoy a vid about their frenemyship. The guys are like, just okay. I wouldn't be into a vid that was solely focused on the cancer storyline.
I enjoy the show's questionably accurate but very earnest depiction of sports and striving to be your best at sports! I also love how much it leans into being a love letter to HBCUs. There's also great ensemble vids to be made about supporting each other, doing your best with life's curveballs, etc.
Andre De Grasse RPF
dnw: Ben Johnson
a Canadian sprint star! I love that he's always the underdog, fighting the ups and downs, but always believes in himself and, as they say, always finds a way to come home with a medal. His 4 x 100m team and their success and friendship is one of my favourite things if you want to take that wider scope. I'm not super interested in record discourse, as a person who doesn't believe Bolt's world records will be broken by anyone who's even born yet. (I'm here from a general fan perspective rather than a "study this person's technique for my own running motivation" perspective but if you do make more running motivation type vids I like watching those too!)
Emmanouil Karalis RPF
a vaulting sweetheart! I love him always improving and always going for a win despite facing a beyond generational talent in Mondo, and their friendship is so cute. I find his general off-track/social media presence adorable if you want to incorporate that.
The Fall Guy
I'm a basic b who found Colt/Jody a delightful ship! And I love vids that showcase all the action stuff too. Never too much dramatic slo-mo! Colt & Dan were also super cute. I think this is a great fandom for classic or classic-sounding songs.
Fire Country
Sweet emo firefighters! If you want to go serious I love the themes of this show, forgiveness and growth and change. (But meh on its feelings on the redemptive power of the prison system specifically.) A tribute of dramatic rescues and unlikely predicaments and dashing heroics would also be fun.
Bode and Gabriela and opposites attract and pining, ship it. Bode and Manny, I also ship it. Hot mess 4 hot mess. 😍Keeping it real: I don't know if you could distill the daddy kink aspects in a vid, but I would dig that! Those are my three faves, any solo vids for one of them would be great. Or team hurt/comfort and support and rescues!
Glory Road
This movie is pure cornball based-on-a-true-story sports drama and I love it so much, by the time "People Get Ready" kicks in at the end I'm always bawling lol. I'd enjoy anything really!
Let's Dance (Netflix 2019) [Safety]
This movie is so entertaining. I love how it just dumps every dance movie trope in and has fun with it. I enjoyed Joseph/Chloé a lot but Joseph & Karim were fun and Joseph/Karim could be a(n adorable) thing. Or you could go angsty, with some coming of age feelings. (If you're using any audio from the movie, either the French or the English is fine for me.)
I can't tolerate the effects in the first dance sequence (before Joseph wakes up on the train) at all, sorry. The David Guetta disco scene is not great but a small number of flashes is fine.
Lost in Space TV 2018
I love this show and how it's all about space and hope and problem-solving and ladies being strong and humans sticking together. I have big feelings about Don/Judy. Or I would love solo vids for either of them because Judy is perfect? I think Don has a great storyline, the rogue with a heart of gold and his journey to being part of the Robinson clan. All the family feelings would also make a good vid. I especially love the bond of the three kids and Penny is also a fave. I love a good rescue scene, and this show has a bunch. The robot and Dr. Smith are not central interests, but they'e important to the themes and cool in moderate amounts.
(The flickers in S2/3 don't really bother me.)
Rivals
brb but the short version is I love Rupert/Taggie. Or Taggie solo, she is the cutest, my sweet disabled queen.
Travelers (TV)
I love this show! I'd probably pick Trevor as a favourite but it changes every watch because all the main travelers have such interesting, different arcs and they're all great. I love Marci's particular journey to being a person and not a robot-doctor a lot. And Grant's journey, fumbling his way through unexpected stuff. Everyone, really! Sorry, I might be failing to narrow things down here. This is another show where all the big thematic stuff makes me really happy. Humans! Simultaneously the best and the worst. Fate! Inevitable? Maybe? Whether you'd want to go optimistic or sad or dark or whichever direction with it is up to you.
that's it! thanks and please have fun,
d
hi! happy festivids! as ever I hope this letter helps!
Vid likes 🎞:
All kinds of music! I always enjoy an r&b or hip hop vid, if that's inspiring at all, but I am really pretty easy to please. I like character studies, competence and BAMF-ness, romance, strong emotions including sadness, action and adventure vids, danceable vids, narrative vids, worldbuilding and engaging with the themes of the source. I'm not terribly into created reality or crack.
Vid DNWs ❌:
(The first item is a list of neurological triggers and there's a large chance I would be unable to watch any vid containing these effects.)
-I get mild physical discomfort and visual difficulties with effects like blinking, spinning, flashing, shaking, blurring, strobing or stutter cuts, flickering overlays, brightness flickers, dissolve cuts, very heavy fast cuts or very heavy quick action (action as in fight scenes, chase scenes, or similar, especially if shot with intense camera movement or cut quickly). (If it's a very few instances of flashing etc from the source, that's okay, unless the scene is specifically mentioned as a problem in the fandom details.)
Zooming, panning, and similar manipulation of still images also fall into the category of things that give me visual difficulties. (Stills that don't have motion-based stylistic additions are fine. It's also fine if it's just one moving still rather than a whole sequence.)
-the n-word (this applies to all fandoms even if used in canon)
All American: Homecoming
This show is a ton of melodramatic fun. Simone is gorgeous but my surprise other fave is actually Thea, what a GODDESS. I definitely ship them together or would enjoy a vid about their frenemyship. The guys are like, just okay. I wouldn't be into a vid that was solely focused on the cancer storyline.
I enjoy the show's questionably accurate but very earnest depiction of sports and striving to be your best at sports! I also love how much it leans into being a love letter to HBCUs. There's also great ensemble vids to be made about supporting each other, doing your best with life's curveballs, etc.
Andre De Grasse RPF
dnw: Ben Johnson
a Canadian sprint star! I love that he's always the underdog, fighting the ups and downs, but always believes in himself and, as they say, always finds a way to come home with a medal. His 4 x 100m team and their success and friendship is one of my favourite things if you want to take that wider scope. I'm not super interested in record discourse, as a person who doesn't believe Bolt's world records will be broken by anyone who's even born yet. (I'm here from a general fan perspective rather than a "study this person's technique for my own running motivation" perspective but if you do make more running motivation type vids I like watching those too!)
Emmanouil Karalis RPF
a vaulting sweetheart! I love him always improving and always going for a win despite facing a beyond generational talent in Mondo, and their friendship is so cute. I find his general off-track/social media presence adorable if you want to incorporate that.
The Fall Guy
I'm a basic b who found Colt/Jody a delightful ship! And I love vids that showcase all the action stuff too. Never too much dramatic slo-mo! Colt & Dan were also super cute. I think this is a great fandom for classic or classic-sounding songs.
Fire Country
Sweet emo firefighters! If you want to go serious I love the themes of this show, forgiveness and growth and change. (But meh on its feelings on the redemptive power of the prison system specifically.) A tribute of dramatic rescues and unlikely predicaments and dashing heroics would also be fun.
Bode and Gabriela and opposites attract and pining, ship it. Bode and Manny, I also ship it. Hot mess 4 hot mess. 😍Keeping it real: I don't know if you could distill the daddy kink aspects in a vid, but I would dig that! Those are my three faves, any solo vids for one of them would be great. Or team hurt/comfort and support and rescues!
Glory Road
This movie is pure cornball based-on-a-true-story sports drama and I love it so much, by the time "People Get Ready" kicks in at the end I'm always bawling lol. I'd enjoy anything really!
Let's Dance (Netflix 2019) [Safety]
This movie is so entertaining. I love how it just dumps every dance movie trope in and has fun with it. I enjoyed Joseph/Chloé a lot but Joseph & Karim were fun and Joseph/Karim could be a(n adorable) thing. Or you could go angsty, with some coming of age feelings. (If you're using any audio from the movie, either the French or the English is fine for me.)
I can't tolerate the effects in the first dance sequence (before Joseph wakes up on the train) at all, sorry. The David Guetta disco scene is not great but a small number of flashes is fine.
Lost in Space TV 2018
I love this show and how it's all about space and hope and problem-solving and ladies being strong and humans sticking together. I have big feelings about Don/Judy. Or I would love solo vids for either of them because Judy is perfect? I think Don has a great storyline, the rogue with a heart of gold and his journey to being part of the Robinson clan. All the family feelings would also make a good vid. I especially love the bond of the three kids and Penny is also a fave. I love a good rescue scene, and this show has a bunch. The robot and Dr. Smith are not central interests, but they'e important to the themes and cool in moderate amounts.
(The flickers in S2/3 don't really bother me.)
Rivals
brb but the short version is I love Rupert/Taggie. Or Taggie solo, she is the cutest, my sweet disabled queen.
Travelers (TV)
I love this show! I'd probably pick Trevor as a favourite but it changes every watch because all the main travelers have such interesting, different arcs and they're all great. I love Marci's particular journey to being a person and not a robot-doctor a lot. And Grant's journey, fumbling his way through unexpected stuff. Everyone, really! Sorry, I might be failing to narrow things down here. This is another show where all the big thematic stuff makes me really happy. Humans! Simultaneously the best and the worst. Fate! Inevitable? Maybe? Whether you'd want to go optimistic or sad or dark or whichever direction with it is up to you.
that's it! thanks and please have fun,
d
Art!
2025-10-03 16:31astrogirlYou know I have to post about this sort of thing here when it happens, because it makes me go "Eeeeeeeeeee!" a lot in excited, delighted tones, and I can't not share: someone did a little fanart sketch for my Gravity Falls fic "Congratulations on Your Apotheosis." And it is awesome to see not just a visual representation of something in my fic, but of this particular moment in this particular fic. Eeeeee!
Note: Art is spoilery for a climactic moment in said fic, may seem a bit weird if you're not familiar with the show (or maybe even if you are, depending on your shipping opinions, I suppose), and may not be viewable if you don't have a Tumblr account (which is one of the reasons why I have one, even though I never post there).
Note: Art is spoilery for a climactic moment in said fic, may seem a bit weird if you're not familiar with the show (or maybe even if you are, depending on your shipping opinions, I suppose), and may not be viewable if you don't have a Tumblr account (which is one of the reasons why I have one, even though I never post there).
Book Tour Starting Next Week
2025-10-03 17:00marthawellsI don't think I posted about this yet: https://us.macmillan.com/tours/martha-wells-queen-demon/
There's more info at that link, but here's a brief list of the tour stops and dates:
- Mon. Oct. 6 at 7:30pm: Brookline Booksmith with Holly Black, offsite at Arts at the Armory (Brookline, MA)
- Tues. Oct. 7 at 7pm: Politics & Prose (Union Market location) moderated by Leigha McReynolds (Washington DC)
- Wed. Oct. 8 at 7pm: The Strand, with Meg Elison (NYC, NY)
- Fri. Oct. 10 at 6pm: Let’s Play Books, with Chuck Wendig, offsite at Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)
- Tues. Oct. 14 at 7pm, Third Place Books (Seattle, WA)
- Wed. Oct. 15 at 7pm, Iron Dog Books, with Nalo Hopkinson offsite at Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
- Thurs. Oct. 16 at 7pm, Powell's (Cedar Hill location) with Jenn Reese (Beaverton, OR)
- Mon. Oct. 20 at 7pm: Bookpeople, with Ehigbor Okosun (Austin, TX)
- Tue. Oct. 21 at 6:30pm: Murder by the Book (Houston, TX)
- Thurs. Oct. 23 at 6pm: Nowhere Bookshop (San Antonio, TX)
- Saturday Nov. 8-9 Texas Book Festival, Austin TX
- Sat. Nov. 15 at 2pm: Hyperbole Bookstore, offsite at Ringer Library (College Station, TX)
There's more info at that link, but here's a brief list of the tour stops and dates:
- Mon. Oct. 6 at 7:30pm: Brookline Booksmith with Holly Black, offsite at Arts at the Armory (Brookline, MA)
- Tues. Oct. 7 at 7pm: Politics & Prose (Union Market location) moderated by Leigha McReynolds (Washington DC)
- Wed. Oct. 8 at 7pm: The Strand, with Meg Elison (NYC, NY)
- Fri. Oct. 10 at 6pm: Let’s Play Books, with Chuck Wendig, offsite at Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)
- Tues. Oct. 14 at 7pm, Third Place Books (Seattle, WA)
- Wed. Oct. 15 at 7pm, Iron Dog Books, with Nalo Hopkinson offsite at Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
- Thurs. Oct. 16 at 7pm, Powell's (Cedar Hill location) with Jenn Reese (Beaverton, OR)
- Mon. Oct. 20 at 7pm: Bookpeople, with Ehigbor Okosun (Austin, TX)
- Tue. Oct. 21 at 6:30pm: Murder by the Book (Houston, TX)
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Gunnar’s Carousel in Kinnared, Sweden
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Hidden in the woods near the small village of Drängsered, Sweden, stands a forgotten carousel with a very unusual story. Locals call it “the carousel in the forest.”
In 1974, at the age of 67, farmer and handyman Gunnar Karlsson decided to build something magical for the children of his family and the village. On the site of an old mill, he dammed a stream, built a waterwheel, and connected it to the gearbox of an old Volvo. The ride had three gears — and on the fastest one it spun so wildly that riders had to hold on tight. On top, he fixed four garden benches to a wooden platform, creating a water-powered carousel hidden deep in the trees.
Today, the carousel is still there, though time has worn it down. The water no longer flows, the planks are rotting, and a sign warns that you enter at your own risk. Still, many visitors who follow the forest path can’t resist giving it a gentle push, imagining the laughter of children as it once turned with the power of the stream.
This strange and enchanting relic is a reminder of one man’s creativity, and of the secret treasures that sometimes wait in the woods.