Dear community,

Special Fish needs your support now.

For the entire month of February, I'm asking the community to help keep Special Fish running. I run this site entirely on my own as a working artist, living off my work.

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~ Elliott

This message is temporary and will be removed at the end of February. Thank you for reading :)

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2.5.2026 i'm testing out this feature for the first time. i really like how this website is organized. i hadn't considered the anchor of a site being its members and not its discussion board. i also feel like this is a quiet space where i can think with an illusion of solitude (+). today i ran four miles and realized that my runna half marathon training plan was set to the most challenging settings. i am grateful for the app support for pointing this out to me and for the ability to update the settings. i watched season 2 episode 7 of my brilliant friend. i have read the entire neapolitan novel series, some of the books twice.
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Books i am reading as of february 4, 2026

  • savage dreams by rebecca solnit
  • the book of records by madeleine thien
  • sadly glass by bunny rogers
  • free to a good home by alix vollum
  • beatrix potter: a life in nature by linda j. lear