Carrie-Edmund Laben

@carrielaben

SMOKE SEASON: A HAWK IN THE WOODS English: Spanish: They/them PFP: A great auk. Header image: Calvino the rat as a baby.

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Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jul 14

Send them to me. I have a plan.

Crispin Glover in Willard (2003) staring intensely at the camera. There is a white rat on his shoulder and a whole gang of agouti rats sitting in front of him. He's wearing black latex gloves.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jul 12

You receive the blessings

Miguel de Cervantes Rat-Laben, a light gray, pink-eyed hooded rat, points his nose directly at the camera against a striking half-red, half dark blue background.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jul 9

Drop something cold:

The late Dublin P. Derg, my black and tan chow mix, stepping delicately through drifted snow.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jul 8

"Post feet" they said. #petrats

A group of hooded rats in a timothy grass tunnel. One has been flipped on her back by another in a display of play-dominance.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jul 7

The cover of Dark Horse's Alien vs. Predator comic book with the two named movie monsters locked in combat. The text along the bottom reads "Whoever wins... we lose."

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jul 4

Ok I will 'celebrate' with one (1) shitpoast

The Spiffing Brit (stick figure style) looking at a map of the US and describing it as "A perfectly balanced nation-state with no exploits."

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jul 3

Post a random picture or everything else will go bad in July (Not sure what is else at this point tbh)

A light brown slug on dirty white siding.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jul 3

Joke's on you dorks, I'm naked.

[handle redacted] sez: "People like that who sit there and go "WELL AKSCHULLY YOU'RE JUST SUPPROTING IMPERIALISM" about shit like the world cup while ON THE INTERNET, enjoying POWER, RUNNING WATER, and wearing clothes that were MADE IN SWEATSHOPS are truly the most insufferable people on the planet, tbh."

I legit can't tell if it's satire on the "I am very smart" guy or not.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 29

Prepping for book launch!

The lower half of the cover of Smoke Season, featuring my thumb, nail painted the same shade of pale greeny-blue as the mou tains and smoke on said cover.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 28

"Trans guys always had weird pets. It was hot to me." - Grace Byron, Herculine #petrats

Wilkie "Peanut" Collins Rat-Laben the hairless rat, sitting between two throw pillows and cleaning her little nose.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 28

Also found this painting of my transition goals (only I would have a better hat)

A fair-haired youth in a blue cloak looks over his shoulder at the artist. His hat is black and looks like someone crossed a beret with a loaf of ciabatta bread.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 27

Happy Pride! Raphael's Saint Sebastian.

A portrait of a young man with shoulder length hair, a red cloak, a halo, and an expression that plaintively asks why is his mimosa taking so long? He's holding an arrow very delicately.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 26

Oh hey what does this dedication page say...

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 25

How I react every time mainstream journalism writes about trans people:

A Hark! A Vagrant comic by Kate Beaton. Panel one shows a mermaid on a rock with a lyre/harp type deal. In the second panel a bearded pirate says "I don't like the thing you are doing can you do a different thing that I like." Panel three is a close-up of the mermaid replying "I will fucking increase the fucking thing."

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 24

Thank you so very, very much!

Two hooded rats, Neal Cassady Rat-Laben (black) and Aleister Crowley Rat-Laben (red-eyed marten) posing with a wooden toy a bit like a sawhorse that has been chewed a lot.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 23

What's this then? #petrats

Miguel de Cervantes Rat-Laben sniffs an author copy of SMOKE SEASON.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 23

Guess what? @wordhorde-emporium.bsky.social

Neal Cassady Rat-Laben contemplates an actual physical author copy of SMOKE SEASON which has arrived at my house.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 20

The cat distribution sent my sister this little guy. She says he smells kinda funny.

An approximately eight week old skunk that was found wandering alone along the side of a busy road and is being rescued. He(?) is being held up by a gloved hand. A cat carrier is in the background.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 19

"No"

Juan "Blancolirio" Browne, noted YouTube air crash analyst, points sternly at some terrain that you'd prefer not to crash an aircraft into. He's wearing a good peaked hat and an open work jacket, possibly because the weather is misty.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 17

"An obese grey rat toddled along the side of the crypt, moving the pebbles... One of those chaps would make short work of a fellow. Pick the bones clean no matter who it was. Ordinary meat for them." - James Joyce, Ulysses Happy #Bloomsday!

Stately, plump Aleister Crowley Rat-Laben poses in front of my copy of Ulysses.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 14

My viewing buddy was captivated too... #horrorwatch

Miguel de Cervantes Rat-Laben (a pale silver and white hooded rat) lounging on a blue towel and staring at the screen. #horrorwatch

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 8

No ICE but Ralph's.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 6

It's Saturday afternoon and Chuk is stoned and talking enthusiastically about Edith Wharton's "Cadillac ass". So that's where we're at.

A black and white photo of Edith Wharton, noted author, looking over her shoulder at the camera like "check out my bustle."

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 6

And epic they have remained.

Miguel as a month old baby being like "unhand me".

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 6

The babies were born epic:

A heap of pink, hairless rat babies on a fleece.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 6

Mama, aka Elise Cowen Rat-Laben, is also epic:

A pretty heavily pregnant hooded marten rat viewed through the bars of a cage.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 6

She is, frankly, epic.

Wilkie "Peanut" Collins Rat-Laben wearing a green and white crochet cap

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 6

Peanut is a hairless girl I rescued from a Craigslist ad:

Wilkie "Peanut" Collins Rat-Laben, an hairless rat, sits on the arm of my desk chair.

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 6

Hello from Miguel #petrats

Myself with Miguel de Cervantes Rat-Laben on my shoulder

Carrie-Edmund Laben@carrielaben· Jun 4

Oh no I just discovered that "clake" is an archaic term for the barnacle goose so Clakeswold would be a place named for an upland meadow where wild geese live, it would totally work!