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Shantell Powell

@Shanmonster@c.im

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Elder goth/swamp hag in Kitchener. Aurora finalist. Brave New Weird winner. Work in Augur, The Deadlands, On Spec, Prairie Fire, ALOCASIA, Nightmare, Feminist Studies Journal, Arc Poetry, & more.

Neurodivergent, antifascist, Indigiqueer, disabled. Raised on the land & off the grid. Ex JW-kid/army brat. Retired dancer, industrial DJ, & model. Addicted to learning—may be turning into a witch.

#LandBack #Foraging #Gothic #Nature #Folklore #Fairytales #Mythology #Accessibility

1227 Followers

525 Following

50 Posts

Joined February 09, 2023

Blog:

http://shanmonster.dreamwidth.org

Linktree:

https://linktr.ee/shanmonster

Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

I need to get off Google Docs. It's where I've been doing my writing for years. As of this week, it's got AI nonsense all over the damned place. No, I don't want AI to even out my writing. How do I disable this shit? How do I get all my writing to an AI-free program without ripping out my hair? I want to be able to access my documents across different devices. How can I do this? I am not a programmer. #WritingCommunity #GoogleDocs #FediHelp #AISlop

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2w ago

Canada will destroy the testimony of residential school survivors. Join this free online session on Truth and Reconciliation Day to learn what effects this will have. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-right-to-truth-protecting-indian-residential-school-records-tickets-1998547035984 #TruthAndReconciliation #Indigedon #Canada #ResidentialSchools #genocide

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2w ago

I finished the penultimate chapter of my novella. Please clap. #AmWriting

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2w ago

"My Undead Afterlife," my weird and smutty short story about a vampiric grave robber, is now available in issue 3 of Sap Zine. https://www.sapzine.org/shop/p/sap-zine-edition-3 #CanLit #SpeculativeFiction #smut #zine

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

Decisions were made. #flooring #floor #architecture #InteriorDesign

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

It's officially official. My debut book has been announced: Land's Sake is a short story collection full of deconstructed fairytales, folktales, and terrors. I had fun writing it. You'll have fun reading it. https://inkedingray.com/blog/ #CanLit #bookstodon #ShortStories #AuthorsOnBookstodon #IndigenousAuthors #SpeculativeFiction

inkedingray.com

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

I just unsubscribed from a newsletter I've been following for more than a decade.

Why?

Because the author was talking about how she gets medical advice from ChatGPT.

I can't watch. It's like a horror movie in real life.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

First Nation communities in Ontario issued a moratorium on glyphosates because, among other things, they increase risk of forest fires. The glyphosate was sprayed anyway. Entire Indigenous communities have been destroyed in these fires. No aid was sent. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/glyphosate-spraying-wildfires-1.7627844 #glyphosate #ForestFire #Wildfires #Ontario #Indigenous #Indigedon

Environmentalists raise concerns spraying forests with glyphosate makes them more vulnerable to wildfires | CBC News

Environmentalists raise concerns spraying forests with glyphosate makes them more vulnerable to wildfires | CBC News

Amid calls from some First Nations and municipalities in northeastern Ontario to stop glyphosate spraying on Crown land, environmental groups are raising concerns over the herbicide’s effect on biodiversity.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

Oh my gosh. Another one of my stories just shortlisted for a contest. This is my stoner horror comedy that's been rejected by a billionty-three magazines and anthologies already. Crossing my fingers! #WritingCommunity

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@jalefkowit@hachyderm.io they could've gone with asstronomic.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

Wildfire smoke is coming to southern Ontario again tonight or tomorrow. It is extra bad because of the heatwave. If you must be outside in it, wear a respirator & avoid exertion. Please keep safe. #ClimateDiary

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@mayintoronto I prefer the term "meatspace" to "IRL," because online interactions are real-life.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

https://an7gc.ca/donate/ Namaygoosigagun First Nation received no warning of or support for escaping the inferno that destroyed their community. If you can afford to give, please do. And please share this post. These folks need our help. #MutualAid #IndigenousMutualAid #Indigedon #CanadaWildFires #OntarioWildFires

DONATE - Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity

Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity

DONATE - Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity

Individuals who support the goals and vision of AN7GC can make a donation. The ways to donate: call us, mail your donation, use Paypal or CanadaHelps.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 1mo ago

Replying to

@dbattistella@mstdn.ca thank you. Because of your instructions, I'm able to use this stuff without accidentally clicking on AI crap all the time.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

Are you an emerging BIPOC author in Canada? You have until August 3 to apply for this. https://writersunion.ca/bipoc-writers-connect #CanLit #WritingCommunity #BIPOC

writersunion.ca

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

For you Mastodon freaks. https://capebretonfossilcentre.com

#mastodon #AgeOfTheMastodon #CapeBretonFossilCentre

capebretonfossilcentre.com

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

Replying to

Even though I'm indoors with filtered air, I'm still coughing. I replaced the filter on my HEPA machine and am wearing a mask in my room.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

I'm almost finished filling out the promotional paperwork for my debut book. It feels like this part is taking as long as writing the book did! #WritingCommunity

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

#ScribesAndMakers April 22: "What fictional character (from any media) do you find the scariest?"

Begbie from Trainspotting. He's probably my alltime favourite villain.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@evan none of the above

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@freezr @gcvsa@mstdn.plus thanks!

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@MissConstrue @theynege @mayintoronto my chinchillas are my pocket friends.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@khleedril ramekin?

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@adamcsmith@ioc.exchange hide it somewhere and hope for the best?

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

Replying to

I've had to take my rescue inhaler despite being in filtered air and wearing a mask. Air quality continues to worsen.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@ScruffyJunco@sfba.social thanks. Hoping that staying in my room with the filter going full-bore will be enough.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

And it's official. My stoner horror comedy Ethel's Bones is shortlisted for The Temz Review's London Literary Prize. https://www.thetemzreview.com/the-london-literary-prizes.html #WritingCommunity

thetemzreview.com

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

My poem "Eclipse" was just published by Roses & Wildflowers magazine. https://societyforritualarts.com/rw/2026-spring/eclipse/ #poetry #PoetryCommunity

societyforritualarts.com

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

If you frequent Tim Horton's, please tip your server. Yes, the servers are allowed to collect tips. They're just not allowed to make it apparent. I worked for a T Ho's. It's bloody hard work, it disabled me, & I was paid poorly. I was lucky to make $1 in tips a week.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

I have two new poems out in ALOCASIA today. https://alocasia.org/2026/04/22/shantell-powell-cyanotype-of-a-burning-world-and-weeds/ #poetry #PoetryCommunity

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@violetmadder@kolektiva.social @furby@towns.gay @evacide@hachyderm.io the LJ dev team went on to make DreamWidth. I still blog there.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

I dreamt that someone named Merridwen was organizing a contest to see who could stack the most toilets and still be able to use the one on top. #DreamLog #dream

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

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@MissConstrue @mayintoronto @theynege they are cuteness embodied.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

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@30to40olives thanks!

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

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@Pineywoozle I don't know about parents, but she does have small children.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

I've begun a new short story for my collection of Jehovah's Witness horror. I'm tentatively calling this one "Myrtle McKenzie's Angels." #AmWritingHorror #AmWriting

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@barefootrambling thanks! Ha! Nothing tops my high school English teacher who broke his neck by sneezing wrong.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@jonathanclayman@mstdn.ca thanks! Dave just got home and is taking a look at it. Will let you know if it's resolved.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@the5thColumnist this should include chocolate.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@barefootrambling I once got the skin on the middle of the arch of my foot caught in the wheel of my office chair. I had no idea that was possible.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

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@MikeDunnAuthor I thought JP Morgan was dead already.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@MixMistressAlice @paranormal_distribution I still blog on DreamWidth, which is basically LiveJournal but not owned by Russia. Same dev team, AFAIK.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

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@gcvsa@mstdn.plus thank you!

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@noodle @internetarchive I used DogPile in the 90s and don't remember poo.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 3mo ago

RE: https://mstdn.games/@Knightky/116868878893656764 Can anyone help Kyle with his laptop? #WindowsHelp #Windows11 #FediHelp

Knightky (he/him): "#WindowsHelp #Windows11 #FediHelp Hello all. I ha…" - Mastodon Games

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 2mo ago

Replying to on mementomori.social

@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social dance, sawmills, logging, small-scale farming, club security, convenience store cashiers, card dealers, busking I'm guessing here.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 3mo ago

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@wezm@mastodon.decentralised.social they're so stinking cute.

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Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

· 5mo ago

I'm trying to come up with a list of comps for my upcoming collection of deconstructed fairytales, folktales, & terrors. Any ideas? It's got everything from shapechanging grannies, feminist cannibals, gay corvids doing crime, and robotic polar bears rampaging a post-apocalyptic Arctic wasteland. #WritingCommunity

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