Just a special shoutout to an account that isn't what it seems.

You might see a name like "Corel Gallery Clipart" and browse its timeline and assume it's some bot posting old stock images. But then you read the alt texts and discover something else:

➡️ @clipart

For example try reading the description on this one:

➡️ https://mastodon.art/@clipart/115985890609166499

(If the account looks blank to you, it means no one on your server is following it yet. Follow it and its posts will start gradually appearing.)

"'Painless, then?” asked Tina.

“Excruciating,” Jones said. “I screamed like a banshee, but then, well. Everything is different now.”

“How so?” asked Tina.

“It’s hard to put into words,” said Jones. “But I composed a song and worked out a little dance routine on the way over.”

Marc J. Guillotte's #humor #horror #romance #story, "Jones Has Some Bug up His Ass" is in issue 18:

https://onceuponacrocodile.wordpress.com/current-issue/jones-has-some-bug-up-his-ass/

"He reached into his coat and withdrew a tightly rolled sheaf of papers.

'I have here the complete secret to the universe and the answer to life’s most persistent questions.' He gave me the bundle.

I unrolled them and began reading aloud. 'Milk, oranges, brisket, breading…'"

Check out Mark Reasoner's "The Rejuvenations of Firelock Chomes" in issue 18

#humor #humour #sherlockholmes #parody #wordplay #puns #fiction #lego #detective

https://onceuponacrocodile.wordpress.com/current-issue/rejuvenations-of-firelock-chomes/

We got a cover preview of the new Weird Tales graphic novel over at Wicked Horror. Check out art inspired by “Doctor Satan vs. Jules de Grandin” by James Aquilone. #comics #graphicnovels #horror

https://wickedhorror.com/horror-news/doctor-satan-weird-tales-cover-reveal-exclusive/

Sometimes as a writing exercise I write a scene based on the most ridiculous idea I can imagine.

This morning: While LARPing in the mortal realm, a group of fair folk decide that certain icy individuals are dark anti-fay, and decide to step in.

Silly, I know, but the thought of fairies fighting the fash makes me smile.

#writing #pennedpossibilities #writingcommunity

🐈🇯🇵 On the tiny Japanese island of #Aoshima, #cats outnumber humans 16 to 1.

But they aren't just a tourist curiosity – scientists recently mapped their #DNA and found that these #felines are genetically distinct from their mainland cousins.

👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/aoshima-cat-island

#biology #genetics #japan #wildlife #ecology #science #education #animals

"...He is an endotherm

in the winter months, an animal: a bear, unkempt,

unwashed, wearing his shorty pajama bottoms, his beard

Rip van Winkle-esque, his limbs akimbo, his dreams

a jumble, his prospects dim, his chances slim, his features

grim;"

Check out Bob McAfee's #funny #surreal #poem "Implications for Modern Life" in issue 18

#poetry #humor #humour #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #sleep

https://onceuponacrocodile.wordpress.com/current-issue/implications-for-modern-life/

#WritersCoffeeClub 27th Jan 2026. What’s a technical skill you think should be more widespread?

I would be encouraged if our throwaway culture was replaced by a widespread return to making, mending, repairing, and recycling.