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More furry graphic novels for young readers: This time it’s the Duck and Moose series by writer and artist Kirk Reedstrom. First up is Duck Moves In! “Moose loves peace and quiet, relaxing, living alone, and spring! He can’t wait for the arrival of sun, flowers, and… a new neighbor?! Duck just landed himself a new home. He loves parties, karaoke, and living with — and on — Moose’s head. Moose tries everything he can to send Duck away, but he soon finds that this persistent neighbor might just be the best thing spring could bring.” All this and more (like Moose Blasts Off!) are available now from Penguin Random House.

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It’s September, and I just staggered back from Dragon Con with a (fortunately mild) case of con crud. I also just moved to another state, so if you have contacted the guild about something and haven’t heard back, please reach out again. It might have slipped between the cracks in all the chaos of moving.

We’re getting really close to October, which means Furry Book Month! That means we’re now collecting submissions for this year’s Furry Book Bundle! Please remember that you MUST be a current member of the FWG to submit your book. If you’re not, this might be a good time to apply.

We are taking submissions for both a general audiences and an 18+ book bundle until Sept. 27, 2025. To submit your novel for consideration, please keep the following qualifications in mind:

The author must be a member of the Furry Writers’ Guild.
The story must be self-published.
The story must be a novel.
The story must be a stand-alone or first in a series (no sequels).
The story must be furry.
The story cannot have been included in a previous bundle.

The bundles will be available on Gumroad for pay-what-you-want (minimum price of $10), with proceeds split evenly between all contributing authors and the FWG. Please get your entries in before September 26th, since we want the bundle to go live on October 1st. We would like to include around ten novels per bundle. Since we want to showcase as wide a variety of writers as possible, we are more likely to choose submissions by authors who have not been featured in a previous bundle.

To submit your book, use this link: https://forms.gle/6efvMSDVQTVpvqGu8

We’ll also be revving up for the Furry Novel Jam in October, for those of us who need a way to help reach our writing goals. Furry Novel Jam goes year-round for those who want to participate, though! You can find out more on the FWG Discord and join in. I took the opportunity of a new month to start my own daily writing goal yesterday. Only 400 words, but it’s progress! I hope your writing is going well too.

Here are the current open markets for your short stories:
Plott Hound – Deadline September 15, 2025
Indecent Exposure – Deadline December 22, 2025
This Is Halloween – Deadline When Full
Children Of The Night – Deadline When Full

Please also check out the latest book releases from our members:
Meeting Dominique, by Royce Day, Released May 1, 2025.
Dragon’s Soul, by J.F.R. Coates, Released June 7, 2025.
Two Strikes and I’m Out, by Michael H. Payne (poetry), Released June 16, 2025.
Tales from the Guild: Blood and Water, Released June 30, 2025.
A Portrait for Tomorrow, by Raynarde, Released June 30, 2025.
Gravitational Pull, by Ty Fox, Released August 19, 2025
Legend of Ahya: A Divinity Decayed [Book 5], by Matthew Colvath, Releasing Nov. 30, 2025.

Happy writing!
Kate Shaw

Gamescom 2025 has come and gone and, with it, a slew of new and exciting games for gamers of all types to get excited over! While the show itself was just OK - I do feel like Geoff Keighley has a weird track record where one show is bad but the next show is good - the games shown were anything but just OK and I want to take some time and, well, highlight some of the more notable ones that were showcased this year, along with news we’ve all been waiting for (Spoilers: It’s not Half-Life 3).

Not long ago we came across the announcement for an upcoming video game called Beastro — which if nothing else, wins some kind of pun award! But more than that, it’s an anthropomorphic game with a very unusual angle on the common fantasy tropes: “In Beastro, play as Panko, a young, talented chef, helping to run the local eatery. When Panko’s teacher goes missing, a mysterious visitor arrives with warnings of the dangers beyond the wall. It’s up to Panko to step up and take over the restaurant, farm and forage for ingredients and tend to  patrons. But that’s not all, Panko also finds himself serving the Caretakers, brave adventurers, sent to save the world. In this adventure, preserving peace starts in the kitchen! Through cooking minigames Panko will chop, sizzle and flip his way to success.” Look for it from Timberline Studios, on Steam in 2026.

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I do enjoy a good mystery. There’s something to be said for that moment when you figure out the culprit and are rewarded for your diligence. I love games like Ace Attorney where humor meets murder mystery, leaving you smiling as much as it leaves you thinking. So when the opportunity to review a detective game where you play as a dragon came along, I was all for it.

Recently we came across the Haru series of graphic novels, written and illustrated by Joe Latham. First up is Spring: “In The Valley, best friends Haru (a small bird) and Yama (a talkative boar) both dream of leaving as they’re bullied at school, frustrated at home, and struggling to figure out who they are. One day, a powerful artifact connects itself to Yama, and they discover that they’ll have to journey to The Beacon in search of answers.” More issues have followed — and all of them are available now from Simon & Schuster.

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Attendees gather together to hug in Phoenix Bark. Photo Credit: Eberrawolf

NYFurs hosted the first ever Phoenix Bark at the Phoenix Bar

NYC’s furry community continues to grow this year as it hosted its first ever Phoenix Bark event on August 16th.

Hosted by NYFurs, the event was made with the goal to bring furry culture and community in New York City, a city that, compared to other parts of the United States, hasn’t had an established furry scene until this year. To cater to the growing community, Phoenix Bark marketed itself on NYFurs website by claiming “Phoenix Bark isn’t just a bar night, it’s New York City’s furry takeover.”

Phoenix Bark was different from usual furry events hosted in New York City, as this event took place in Phoenix Bar in Manhattan’s East Village, known for its LGBTQ nightlife. Other events they have held such as NYCFurwalks or Round1 furs were for all ages and took place earlier, but Phoenix Bark was a 21+ event that took place late into the evening.

For many in New York City’s furry community, this was a different experience from what they are used to. This rang true for NYFurs’ founder Gamboiuwu, who was in charge of coordinating the event with the bar.

The idea was brought to Gam thanks to a mutual contact, Kahze, who had strong ties with the East Village bar. From there, Gam saw an opportunity to support communities that don’t always get the spotlight. This gave Gam and his staff the boost needed to start coordinating Phoenix Bark.

“The NYFurs team stepped up,” said the NYFurs owner, “Flax, our Arts & Media Director, collaborated with grahmnic and Zorrito to create posters that spread across both the internet and the bar. My partner, Hex.Fuzzy, worked with the owners to create their furry-themed drinks. Meanwhile, the Events Team, with members like Vinegar and Jackary, worked hard to promote the event and make sure people knew this community existed in New York.”

On the night of, Phoenix Bark had reached their registration limit of 120 people early, with little dropouts as the event got closer. The event had around 152 people in attendance during the night, including staff and other acquaintances of Gam. Phoenix Bar hosted the group’s event from 10pm to 2am, providing board games, darts, pool, and an outdoor section for bargoers to gather and socialize throughout the night. The bar was packed with furries dancing and socializing, some with their fursuit heads and accessories on. Alongside the drinks and games, live music was played by DJ Mixed Mutt, his first time playing live in New York City.

DJ Mixed Mutt performing at Phoenix Bar for “Phoenix Bark”. Photo Credit: Eberrawolf

DJ Mixed Mutt has been an active DJ for two years, and has recently played at other furry events such as Furpocalypse and LIFurs’ BBQ meet. For Mixed Mutt’s first time in New York it was nervewracking, as this was also his longest set he’s ever played. Despite this, his nervousness quickly faded away as the night went on.

As a DJ, Mixed Mutt wanted to mix as many genres for the event and incorporated genres like house, pop, DNB, hardcore, and even speedcore. He was complimented by the bartender who stated “I think you’re the first DJ I ever heard play Hardstyle in a gay bar.”

“What was supposed to be a two hour set ended up going for roughly three and a half hours,” remarked the DJ, “When I ran out of songs I had planned out, I just kept going, figuring out stuff on the fly. It was insane, I would watch people stop conversations and just start dancing and groove, and for me as a DJ, that’s the biggest compliment I can get.”

Mixed Mutt looks back at Phoenix Bar as an accomplishment in his career as a DJ. Not only was this event his first time playing for more than one hour, but his first time playing in New York City. Mutt hopes that more opportunities will come for him to perform in New York City, including for Phoenix Bar.

“I’ll remember Phoenix Bar as a memorable, incredible experience for me. I feel like it was once again another milestone for me, the fact that it was in NYC (a place I always wanted to play in and never thought I would), it was my first time playing for more than an hour, and just the overall joy I got out of it. I would do it again in a heartbeat.”

Reflecting on the night, Gam had the same sentiment of accomplishment and pride at the event, as he felt like he was surrounded by friends. Gam was also surprised that an event like Phoenix Bark was hosted in New York City, after highlighting the furry scene being relatively new in New York. “I told myself to focus only on what was happening in the room and enjoy it with everyone else—and it worked,” stated Gam, “I’m not trying to be cheesy, but I really couldn’t stop smiling all night. It just felt like one big celebration with friends.”

NYFurs rode off the success of the event by hinting towards another Phoenix Bark event in October, alongside Fuwa Furry Fest which is expected to take place in Japan Village later in the year.

– Kameno -O

From https://www.instagram.com/nyfurs

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When you start this game, you are dragged along the floor by a large, mysterious creature. When this blue-eyed creature greets you from the shadows, telling you we’re going to play a game, it bears an uncanny resemblance to Inscryption’s first chapter. This is perhaps everyone’s favorite part of Inscryption, the grim atmosphere, playing a game of life or death with an unknown creature that narrates your encounters in their game. Inkshade successfully captures that feeling of being trapped with an entity that treats this situation with the same callous amusement as someone pulling the wings off flies. 

Word is getting around about Good Boy, a new and unique supernatural horror that premiered last March at SXSW. Here’s the description: “Following the death of a family member, Todd (Shane Jensen) relocates with his dog Indy to an old rural farmhouse once owned by his grandfather (Larry Fessenden). Although the house is rumored to be haunted, Todd ignores the warnings. However, Indy begins to see disturbing supernatural presences throughout the home — entities invisible to humans but all too real to him. Unable to communicate his fears to Todd, Indy must confront and understand the malevolent forces threatening his owner. As the supernatural activity escalates, the dog’s loyalty is put to the ultimate test in a desperate attempt to protect his human companion.” Director Ben Leonberg used his own real-life dog Indy in the starring role, and much of the film is shot as from Indy’s perspective. Having received rave reviews at SXSW, the film is slowly making its way around to art theaters. Be on the lookout!

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Space-faring ship warfare with friends is a great hook for a game. Even since videogames have been a thing, people have wanted to fly around outside of our Earthly orbit and take fiery, laser-powered shots at one another. What’s surprising is that it hasn’t been done on the carefully crafted scale that Wildgate does it at. Five ships with 1-4 person crews all spawn into a battlefield filled with hazards, loot-filled PvE opportunities, challenges, and a game-winning artifact to capture. Pilot, protect, and power up your ship’s arsenal all whilst the constant threat of opposing ships sits somewhere within the nearby space you occupy as they all try and reach the same goal: capture the artifact or take out all other ships to win the match. Wildgate, at its core, is a fun & super engaging team-based extraction shooter that facilitates some really epic moments with your buddies, but comes with a pretty steep learning curve to achieve success. After 7 hours in the skies around the Wildgate with various crews, I can say that I did come around to understanding and appreciating the mission Moonshot Games had with Wildgate, but there are some areas where I wish they’d tweak some decisions to better the gameplay experience for all skill levels.

Something’s…off. You arrive in a mysterious world in control of a mysterious “Batter” character. Suddenly, you’re approached by a semi-terrifying cat-like character named “The Judge” and tasked with purifying the world you’ve been thrown into. Oh…okay, you say, unaware of the repercussions of your actions in this virtual world. How often do we go along with whatever a videogame places in front of us? This is the basis for “OFF”, a remastering of the original 2008 classic that inspired many RPG concepts after it, including the incredibly popular “Undertale” game. After playing through it, I can see why the uniquely unsettling nature of this game could be the seed that produced such thought-provoking concepts Undertale tackled later on. I wasn’t sure how I felt about OFF until about 2/3rds of the way through the story, when it all started to tie together more tangibly. After that, it became very clear how this little game became so influential.

Yep, there are still new My Little Pony items turning up, especially for fans of the G5 series. Here’s one we missed, but it’s still out there for you to find — it’s the My Little Pony: Mane Event one-shot comic from IDW. “First, Pipp dragonsitting Sparky becomes a hairy situation when she mixes up her mane products and Sparky grows some luscious locks. Then, Zipp and Hitch split hairs about the best morning mane-care routines. Finally, Izzy is having a hair-raisingly bad mane day and decides a wash day is just what the curls need.” Available still from IDW, with a variety of covers from some of your favorite Pony artists.

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Hi, I’m Sierra, a furry in Norway, and I’m experiencing harassment that might be familiar to a lot of people online.

In 2020, I created an original fursona and commissioned art for it. I put years of effort into a character that is special and personal to me. A fursona like mine is one of the things that defines what furries are, so what happened next was not just upsetting to me, I think it goes against what our community is for.

In April 2025, I discovered that a stranger was inexplicably using the fursona I created to impersonate me. Call it… imfursonation? They were stealing the identity I had been building for years, at the cost of my money, passion, friendships, and personal integrity. I did nothing to provoke this creepy wrongdoing and only found out by surprise.

Howdy, turns out I’m being impersonated, here’s a furaffanity journal with more info. Attached is also a screenshot for those who don’t want to go on FA. RIght now signal boosts are greatly appreaciated <3

www.furaffinity.net/journal/1110…

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— Sierra (@sierrathewynx.bsky.social) April 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM

You might think this is a mistake or trivial offense that will go away, but the thief keeps doing it after I contacted him directly like a mature adult to ask him to stop. He even confessed months ago, but won’t use his conscience, no matter what I do to defend myself or get help.

Let’s go over some remedies people have about identity theft and harassment, on the criminal, civil, and private level.

• For crime, there’s a high bar for proof that doesn’t apply to many forms of harassment, when police often just care about physical threats.
• Even obvious identity theft can be untouchable when thief and victim are in different countries (like in this case).
• This isn’t a legal identity, it’s a fursona, but still one that our community values and expects members not to misuse without permission.
• If a copyrighted property is stolen, large owners or companies may protect it in court from misuse for profit, but that’s beyond most people’s power.
• Most people can’t afford court for peer-to-peer behavior, and it often requires financial or physical damages, not just harassment.
• Companies enforce private policy on their users, but it’s unlikely when harassment happens off-platform.

None of this would help. When no remedies apply, many harassers get away with everything, and their targets give up — but I felt that more could still be done.

After trying direct contact with the thief, I tracked his accounts to identify him in real life. I found his family, school and work. Self-defense towards harassment can include pressure by private contacts to sources close to the thief. Sometimes it ends the issue socially, but lack of response brings us to a last resort: contacting a news site to warn others not to fall for it, and clear my name.

Now you know. I’m Sierra, the real person whose character and art commissions have been stolen. The “Sierra” impersonator even uses my identity for art that I did NOT commission, and some of it is NSFW. Think about how bad that is! What if he does something wrong with minors?

This is how the thief was confronted (the thief is highlighted):

The thief went by Minty before, and did not deny being Minty.

The thief admitted doing it to their harassment target…

…then the thief played victim and kept doing it.

Here’s what came from tracking the thief, with evidence viewed by Dogpatch Press. Past account activity identified the person behind it who uses the nickname Minty, real first name Caleb, in Manitoba, British Columbia, Canada. There are associated payments. It’s strange that his adoptive dad is a Canadian cop, who didn’t answer reporter questions, and neither did his uncle, a real estate agent.

There you have it. The thief harasses random strangers and refuses to stop. He is welcome to contact with an apology, remove all of the impersonation as “Sierra” and cease doing it to anyone. Until then, there will be a news story and warnings between community members to protect the real Sierra.

Beware of fake accounts! To avoid having the impersonator claim to be the victim, contact these accounts to have the real Sierra verify anything:

• Discord: “sierrathewynx” userID: 253224978881839104
• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sierrathewynx.bsky.social 
• FurAffinity: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/osolhaug 

Dogpatch Press recommends leaving comments here if you see more impersonation.

The face of Minty, who is NOT the real Sierra.

Older activity tied to the impersonator’s real identity.

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The late Dr. Osamu Tezuka is still well-known around the world as the creator of Kimba the White Lion — and so much anime and manga besides. Now the folks at Ablaze have brought us a rare Tezuka manga for the first time in English. It’s called Tomorrow The Birds. “Originally published between 1971 and 1975, this collection of short stories depicts an Earth in which birds become the planet’s dominate species. It started with several minor but unusual attacks by birds against humans, more a nuisance than anything. However, as birds capable of harnessing fire began to appear, using it to set fire to people’s homes, things began to escalate. Eventually, a highly intelligent leader of the birds emerges to begin negotiations with humankind on behalf of his people… What force jump-started the birds’ wild jump in evolution? And what will be the fate of humans in this new world order?” Find out! (And be nice to Polly, Kimba!)

image c. 2025 Ablaze

Furry art beyond figure drawing

264 pages, softcover, available for US$35 from the Collegeville store

Review by Jack Newhorse (Tom Geller) of a graphic novel by TUVVIN (Clyde Kopernik, who granted permission to use all graphics provided.)

Source: Page 133

I’ve been looking forward to the first graphic novel of Clyde Kopernik (“TUVVIN”) since a 2021 interview on the Furreal podcast. The “talk show all about furry content creators” featured thumbnails of the host and guest, drawn (I assume) by the guests themselves.

TUVVIN’s thumbnail stood out. The figures were expressive — host Matty eager, TUVVIN blasé. But most furry artists can draw expressive characters.

What grabbed me was its technique: misregistered, full of deliberate printing artifacts, the background a swirling miasma suggesting ghostly souls looming in a drug-induced dream. As in Edvard Munch’s image “The Scream”, the background elevates the foreground. Behind cartoon TUVVIN’s bored gaze, a storm rages.

Welcome to Collegeville

A Town Called Collegeville: A Horror-Tragedy was released four years later, supported by a Patreon and a Kickstarter that quickly reached three times its US$5,000 goal. The 264-page softcover is “a horror comic about a series of murders that takes place in a small town in Indiana in the summer of 1973.”

Loosely speaking, Collegeville follows Mary, drummer for an all-female band named Lackadaisy Junction. They perform at “The Zebulon”, run by the middle-aged Rhett. Also performing are John and the Murderjockeys, a band comprising four of the unruly and violent Cook brothers. The fifth brother is “Chopper” Cook, his face enigmatically frozen in a mad sardonicus. Floating above all is Roy, a genderqueer aficionado of the dark arts and LSD.

Source: Page 72, also on webshop

The world is deeply evocative of its time (1973) and place (a small town in the Midwestern US). TUVVIN lives in Northeastern Ohio and knows the landscape, even if too young to know the period firsthand. But the homework was done: Clothing, cars, and street scenes feel real to me as someone who grew up at this time. (I made a short video about Collegeville‘s environment.) TUVVIN loves this world and the book is a love letter to it.

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Transcending furry art

As a visual feast, the book is a success. As a story, less so. Events happen in a sequence along unrelated threads, the “series of murders” being one of them. But there’s also the oil crisis, Mary’s failing family business, the Cook brothers’ violence, the bands, the relationship between Mary and Roy, Roy’s acid trips. It’s a lot, and some threads are abandoned, unresolved.

And yet they create a world rich in angst, poverty, and mood. The taste of bologna with mayo on white bread. High-tension lines buzz on colossal pylons, looming over lost children as they wander through railyards, poisoned streams, and other detritus of a culture in descent. Inescapable.

I’m reminded of the TV show Peaky Blinders, whose plot, characters, and settings I found wanting on first watching. And yet, it’s beautiful. I realized: It’s not about storytelling, but sensuality. The characters are models for beautiful costuming, the locations a proscenium arch for the sets, the whole a showcase for stunning cinematography. And then I was hooked.

Source: Page 98

“Furry Art in the Expanded Field”

So Collegeville is ambitious. But is it furry? The characters are anthropomorphic, but they didn’t have to be. Their species are irrelevant except to show family relationships. (Mary’s a chihuahua-corgi, the Cooks are rabbit-cats, Rhett and his niece are papillons.)

So what makes it furry? Some would say art is furry because it’s from within the furry fandom, as an event producer asserted when I asked what “furry music” is. Collegeville also (arguably) has an element of fursona, which researcher Reuben Mount (“Vanguard Husky”) calls “a key aspect of furry identity” (video): In the Furreal splashscreen, TUVVIN self-depicts as the acid-dropping Roy.

At its base, furry art is figure drawing: Characters imagining characters. Many furry artists stop there. (After all, figure drawing is all you need to do badge commissions.) But it’s only one component. Through other components — backgrounds, composition, Roy Lichtenstein-inspired technique — Collegeville contextualizes and deepens these characters.

So the fursona makes it furry; context makes it art. Such contextualization, I’d argue, moves it into what Auryn (Brett Hanover), termed “the Expanded Field” at the first Furry Studies conference in October 2024. As they said, a growing movement of furries are “bringing furry aesthetics and experiences to bear on the critical discourses of the contemporary avant-garde.” They brought this together with a groundbreaking gallery exhibit ROOM PARTY, which ran for six weeks around Anthrocon 2025. (TUVVIN was a participating artist.)

I believe we’re at the cusp of furry artists seeing themselves as part of a larger art world. Artists like TUVVIN are reaching out, and some on the other side are reaching in. But turning furry art into “fine” art takes more than throwing in a few Photoshop effects, just as a “fine” artist can’t make their work furry by adding ears and a tail. It takes work. As a Patreon member for the years leading up to Collegeville‘s publication, I got to see the color tests, the textural experiments, the way this Indiana town became what it was. Even if TUVVIN sometimes overreached, it’s far-reaching work in “the expanded field”. And I can’t wait to see what comes next.

– Jack Newhorse

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Previously, I talked about Elestrals when I covered the Elestrals Clash! Kickstarter a while back ago. Now, the highly anticipated digital client for the TCG is finally in early access and available to the wider public. It’s still rough around the edges but it shows a lot of promise and now that I’ve had a bit of time with it, I’m excited to talk about it. 

Let’s be real: When you hear the term ‘Match 3’, your immediate reaction is probably an eye roll, followed by a groan and utterance of “another one?” and I wouldn’t blame you. One look at mobile game stores and you’ll find enough games from that genre to make a ladder long enough to reach Tatooine and still have enough to reach back here. But, what if I were to tell you there are some good match-3 games out there and what if I told you there’s one that mixes that genre with the dungeon crawling RPG genre? You might think I’m crazy, but it’s true! It’s called Roguematch: The Extraplanar Invasion and it’s, quite easily, one of the better, if not best, Match-3 games I’ve played since Bejeweled 3.