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Kay Vaindal

@kayv.bsky.social

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Baltimore | weird fiction writer šŸ† | scientist by day | find me at the bottom of the Chesapeake | find my stories at link below:
https://kayvaindal.com/

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@councilofdc.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 7:42 PMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

This is clearly not acceptable

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@astro-kevin.comApr 10, 2026, 6:02 PMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

sarah
Foll
humiliating. looks like shit. yet another
massive for earth, the best planet in
the universe
Jasmine @astro jaz 2d
we’ve seen eclipses on earth, so here’s an
eclipse from mars.
this is mars’s moon phobos eclipsing the sun.
SThe Author, SƩamas O'Reilly@seamas.bsky.socialApr 10, 2026, 5:55 PM

something that wrinkles my brain every time I remember it is the fact that total eclipses are only possible on earth because the moon and sun appear to be the same size in our sky, due to the insanely, astronomically unlikely fluke that the moon is 400x smaller than the sun but 400x closer to us.

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@prisonculture.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 7:40 PMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

One of the most disconcerting moments of living in this timeline of the world in the U.S. is that A LOT of people in this country keep acting like there's a special line that needs to be crossed for fascism to *arrive.* The reality is that we are CURRENTLY living under Federal fascism. NOW.

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@kayv.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:44 AM

Terrible to be an oracle 😭

?Unknown authorOct 8, 2026, 6:17 PMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

7th grade lion mindset #2

@johnpicacio.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 3:24 PMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/

John Picacio’s response to Must Read Magazine’s request for his waiver of all Moral Rights and Copyright of his commissioned art for an ASIMOV’S assignment. Short version — Picacio says a resounding NOPE.
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@katmabu.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 1:32 PMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

ā€œgirl cats are meanā€ ā€œgirl cats are standoffishā€ ā€œgirl cats are ā€”ā€œ my girl cat is constantly trying to put her nose inside my nose so have you considered that it’s a you problem

@standplaatskrk.plSep 21, 2026, 1:23 PMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

regular sized ackman (@pleas4nt) on twitter:

"Well it's like Sun Tzu says in the Art of War: Hover over a friendly unit to see its attributes. Click on a friendly unit to command it."
@kayv.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 5:36 PM

I just write what I want when I want and if I don’t want to write I don’t write and fsr that blows people’s minds. Like I’m not an evangelical

@kayv.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:22 AM

What is Mr bean supposed to be? Is he a human, or something more?

@farnerb0cken.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 3:33 PMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

men who sacrifice liberty for bibberty deserve neither

@kayv.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 4:00 PM

Thank you so much! 😊

@strangeisthenight.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 3:06 PMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

Working my way through the latest issue of Weird Horror from @undertow.bsky.social and this piece from @kayv.bsky.social is an absolute banger. Timely, poignant, and filled with vivid, weird prose. www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/kettleman

@mcopelov.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 6:08 AMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

~Approximately no one in the general public knows because the leaders of the R1 research universities - whose budgets, programs, & personnel are entirely or significantly dependent on federal funding - have been totally absent from the public square in explaining & collectively protesting this.

@cursedmorsels.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 11:28 PMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

I was talking to my friend Mae today about how I wish more people cared about and read short stories. A great short story will take only twenty minutes to read but stick with you for twenty years. Wildly powerful artform! What's a short story that fits that description for y'all?

@usili.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 2:01 PMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

... what

www.al.com/news/2026/10...

@neorsd.orgSep 30, 2026, 8:11 PMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

ok leaving this up on the conference room whiteboard

ā€œthey don’t knowā€ meme but the man wears a NEORSD hat and stands waist deep in water with otters swimming around him. he says ā€œthey don’t know this river burned 13 timesā€
@michaelwhelan.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 1:16 PMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

WAVE (1994)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48ā€ x 48ā€

Of all the paintings hanging in my home, this one probably elicits the most comments. #art

An exponential curve expressed as a massive wave of green-blue water that climbs to vertical against a sky of puffy lavender clouds. Light breaks through the cloud cover just over the horizon casting a flat glare across rippling water before the wave climbs. Fin-like ridges emerge running up the wall give the water turbulence and dimension.
@undertow.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 12:18 PMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

Announcing a new, occasional journal - PALE GREY IDOL. I hope you'll come along with us on this new venture.

Info:

palegreyidol.ca

Cover for PALE GREY IDOL. Featuring black background with maori art of a tribal mask. Yelloe and grey font colors. 

Hello Undertow Family,


It's my great pleasure today to announce publication of a new journal — Pale Grey Idol.


Pale Grey Idol will be an occasional offering. The impetus behind it is to give a home to stories that don't quite fit the needs or aesthetic of Weird Horror magazine.


Some of you may recall the first journal I edited, Shadows & Tall Trees. Pale Grey Idol is very much cast in that mold. A slim journal styled after those first issues of Shadows & Tall Trees, presenting curious tales of the ineffable. Back to our roots, as it were.


An aspect of this new venture that might sadden some of you is that I am not fulfilling direct orders for the journal. I'm sorry about this but hope you'll understand and still support Pale Grey Idol.


Our most precious commodity is time. And these days life is eating away at it in unpleasant ways. I've crunched some numbers, and compared fulfilling orders through our Undertow site with sales through distribution channels. There is a modest amount more that comes in via direct sales, but when I factor in the actual time it takes to fulfill orders, well, that negates that bump. In addition, there have been a number of things that have made fulfillment of both print and eBooks...challenging and vexing.


So I've set up a dedicated website for Pale Grey Idol:


PALE GREY IDOL


There you'll find information about forthcoming issues, submissions guidelines, where to buy* the issues, the newsletter sign-up, and contact information.


I am very excited about this new venture, and I do hope that you will support it if you are able.


PURCHASE





NOTE - It appears the print edition has only propagated to Amazon, thus far. It should be up on Bookshop, and Barnes & Noble soon.


Thank you all for your continued support and good graces.
@louisevans.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 9:34 PMReposted by @kayv.bsky.social

Skipped the Nazis, huh.

AAaron Rupar@atrupar.comSep 30, 2026, 7:53 PM

Hegseth: "Send me to right the Redcoats, send me to fight the communists, send me to fight the Islamists. Send me."

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