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Books Illustrated By Kristen Nyht

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Utter Fabrication: Historical Accounts of Unusual Buildings and Structures
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  • More Unfixed Timelines in October!

    My latest collection, Unfixed Timelines 4: Essays and Short Stories of a History That Never Was, will be released by DefCon One Publishing on October 13! A young Mary Shelley learning about scientific experiments to reanimate the dead, the ghosts of two brothers helping a living girl outwit a fraudulent psychic, memories of an heirloom quilt,

  • The Big Pink Book Prompt 2: Talented Amateur

    The next prompt (#12) in the Big Pink Book is a mostly blank page with three stickers, arranged in a rough diagonal from the top left to the bottom right. At the top left is a small, light pink, vaguely rectangular sticker bearing the text “Every artist was first an amateur.” In the center of

  • Fun for Friday: Yet More DefConOne Instagram Writing Prompts!

    Here’s another batch of writing prompts from the DefConOne Instagram account! Write a piece in which a hug can be perceived as mean. Write a piece in which an orange makes or breaks a picnic. Write a piece involving a popsicle causing problems. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts on Fridays, or check them

  • Flights of Foundry Is Coming Soon!

    Flights of Foundry is next weekend (GULP!), so here’s my schedule for this fabulous convention that’s all online! (All times in Pacific.) Friday, September 18 1 p.m.: Food and Science Fiction (moderator) 5 p.m.: Indie TTRPGs (moderator) 6 p.m.: Reading Saturday, September 19 12 p.m.: Community Building for Introverts (moderator) 1 p.m.: Down the Rabbit

  • Review of Hometown by Shaun Tan

    Shaun Tan’s Hometown (Levine Querido, 2026) is a gorgeously illustrated graphic novel telling the story of a young girl, her family, and what happens when she learns something about where she came from. The protagonist of this graphic novel is a human girl, even though her family members aren’t human. She meets a human boy who

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