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THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
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A nice shout out for Summer in the House of the Departed, my West Texas haunted house novella! For fans of melancholy ghosts and occult rituals and holes in the sky swallowing your small town.
Another 2025 book we really love: @joshrountree.bsky.social 's Summer in the House of the Departed!
#BookSky #Horror #GhostStories
#BookSky #Horror #GhostStories
December 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A nice shout out for Summer in the House of the Departed, my West Texas haunted house novella! For fans of melancholy ghosts and occult rituals and holes in the sky swallowing your small town.
Another 2025 book we really love: @joshrountree.bsky.social 's Summer in the House of the Departed!
#BookSky #Horror #GhostStories
#BookSky #Horror #GhostStories
December 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Another 2025 book we really love: @joshrountree.bsky.social 's Summer in the House of the Departed!
#BookSky #Horror #GhostStories
#BookSky #Horror #GhostStories
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not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
December 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
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Good morning Womble!! First up this morning, excited to dive into @tadethompson.bsky.social "The Apologists" from Clarkesworld!! Then it's book 5 in a #StarTrek series, "The Empty Chair"
Happy reading!!!
#BookSky 📚🪐💙 #SciFiSky
clarkesworldmagazine.com/thompson_11_...
Happy reading!!!
#BookSky 📚🪐💙 #SciFiSky
clarkesworldmagazine.com/thompson_11_...
The Apologists by Tade Thompson
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Good morning Womble!! First up this morning, excited to dive into @tadethompson.bsky.social "The Apologists" from Clarkesworld!! Then it's book 5 in a #StarTrek series, "The Empty Chair"
Happy reading!!!
#BookSky 📚🪐💙 #SciFiSky
clarkesworldmagazine.com/thompson_11_...
Happy reading!!!
#BookSky 📚🪐💙 #SciFiSky
clarkesworldmagazine.com/thompson_11_...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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It's time! Behold the Christmas hedgehog! From Verdun, Bibl. mun., ms. 0107, f. 008. Our thanks as always to @etreharne.bsky.social who found her.
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It's time! Behold the Christmas hedgehog! From Verdun, Bibl. mun., ms. 0107, f. 008. Our thanks as always to @etreharne.bsky.social who found her.
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HINT HINT PEOPLE WHO MAKE SCARY MOVIES
I finished The Staircase in the Woods by @chuckwendig.bsky.social last night, loved it. I recommend it if horror is your cup of tea. I also think it would make a great horror movie, so someone go ahead and option it. ^^
December 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
HINT HINT PEOPLE WHO MAKE SCARY MOVIES
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Absolutely nobody asked for this BUT
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Absolutely nobody asked for this BUT
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
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The only mail worth mentioning is book mail.
States of Grace by SGJ @sgj.bsky.social
So happy to have it in my hands!
States of Grace by SGJ @sgj.bsky.social
So happy to have it in my hands!
December 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The only mail worth mentioning is book mail.
States of Grace by SGJ @sgj.bsky.social
So happy to have it in my hands!
States of Grace by SGJ @sgj.bsky.social
So happy to have it in my hands!
What have been your don't-miss 2025 books? Here's one that you might have missed at ArmadilloCon when all the copies flew out of the dealers room! This one includes stories by a bunch of people we like: Mark Finn, A. Lee Martinez, Adrian Simmons, and more!
#FanFavorite #amreading #giftideas
#FanFavorite #amreading #giftideas
December 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
What have been your don't-miss 2025 books? Here's one that you might have missed at ArmadilloCon when all the copies flew out of the dealers room! This one includes stories by a bunch of people we like: Mark Finn, A. Lee Martinez, Adrian Simmons, and more!
#FanFavorite #amreading #giftideas
#FanFavorite #amreading #giftideas
John Picacio's talk about The Invisible Parade at ArmadilloCon 2025 was one of this year's highlights. This is a gorgeous amazing book, with so much heart.
#FanFavorite #giftidea #awards
#FanFavorite #giftidea #awards
December 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
John Picacio's talk about The Invisible Parade at ArmadilloCon 2025 was one of this year's highlights. This is a gorgeous amazing book, with so much heart.
#FanFavorite #giftidea #awards
#FanFavorite #giftidea #awards
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These are so heavy. I assume it’s all the history? Maybe the blood.
December 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
These are so heavy. I assume it’s all the history? Maybe the blood.
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Wait so it's the Tortoise Tortoise???
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Wait so it's the Tortoise Tortoise???
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'The Enchanted Forest ' (1920)
Maud & Miska Petersham
Maud & Miska Petersham
December 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
'The Enchanted Forest ' (1920)
Maud & Miska Petersham
Maud & Miska Petersham
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“Inventing the Renaissance” is a history of histories of this (not so) golden age. Much of making history is simply adding new POVs to the braid as historians ask new & more diverse questions w/ each generation. I hope you’ll enjoy my effort to show the process at work! 25/25 https://buff.ly/4j6qkoS
January 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“Inventing the Renaissance” is a history of histories of this (not so) golden age. Much of making history is simply adding new POVs to the braid as historians ask new & more diverse questions w/ each generation. I hope you’ll enjoy my effort to show the process at work! 25/25 https://buff.ly/4j6qkoS
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Do not stare into the void, I beg you.
www.barrettmanor.com/julie/archiv...
www.barrettmanor.com/julie/archiv...
Aspic Advent - Day 12...
Aspic Advent - Day 12...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Do not stare into the void, I beg you.
www.barrettmanor.com/julie/archiv...
www.barrettmanor.com/julie/archiv...
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All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names…
December 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names…
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For #ArtAdventCalendar day 13, one from my 2018 Turbulent Skies Project.
I Can See It…With My Imagination
44x60 112×152cm
Oil on Canvas
2018
I Can See It…With My Imagination
44x60 112×152cm
Oil on Canvas
2018
December 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
For #ArtAdventCalendar day 13, one from my 2018 Turbulent Skies Project.
I Can See It…With My Imagination
44x60 112×152cm
Oil on Canvas
2018
I Can See It…With My Imagination
44x60 112×152cm
Oil on Canvas
2018
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And last but certainly not least!! Congrats to our khōréō team member Madeleine Vigneron for publishing “Home Grown”! 🖤🧡 clarkesworldmagazine.com/vigneron_12_...
Home Grown by Madeleine Vigneron
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
And last but certainly not least!! Congrats to our khōréō team member Madeleine Vigneron for publishing “Home Grown”! 🖤🧡 clarkesworldmagazine.com/vigneron_12_...
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Well, that only took a month.
What began as a quick aside in an entry on the gazetteer for my Mesopotamian rpg metastasized into a 200pg, 103k words module that I'll sell as a separate product to the game.
I should have finished the game first, of course.
What began as a quick aside in an entry on the gazetteer for my Mesopotamian rpg metastasized into a 200pg, 103k words module that I'll sell as a separate product to the game.
I should have finished the game first, of course.
December 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Well, that only took a month.
What began as a quick aside in an entry on the gazetteer for my Mesopotamian rpg metastasized into a 200pg, 103k words module that I'll sell as a separate product to the game.
I should have finished the game first, of course.
What began as a quick aside in an entry on the gazetteer for my Mesopotamian rpg metastasized into a 200pg, 103k words module that I'll sell as a separate product to the game.
I should have finished the game first, of course.
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hi, this is super fucked up
New Kindle feature offers instant spoiler-free answers to questions about your books
“Ask this Book” is now available on the Kindle iOS app in the U.S. for thousands of English-language books.
www.aboutamazon.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
hi, this is super fucked up
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Happy old year
December 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Happy old year
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y'all if you haven't read The Scar by china miéville, you need to get on it—there's a giant pirate city, a whole slough of badass protagonists, an island populated by deadly bloodsucking mosquito women, and a very very big fish.
bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky #linguistics
bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky #linguistics
The Scar by China Miéville
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December 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
y'all if you haven't read The Scar by china miéville, you need to get on it—there's a giant pirate city, a whole slough of badass protagonists, an island populated by deadly bloodsucking mosquito women, and a very very big fish.
bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky #linguistics
bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky #linguistics
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Dr. Victoria Meadows leads the massively interdisciplinary NASA Virtual Planetary Laboratory, which she started in 2001 with the goal of developing a scientific foundation for the search for habitability and life beyond the Solar System. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
#Exoplanets #Space #Science #SETI #NotJustAliens
#Exoplanets #Space #Science #SETI #NotJustAliens
December 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Dr. Victoria Meadows leads the massively interdisciplinary NASA Virtual Planetary Laboratory, which she started in 2001 with the goal of developing a scientific foundation for the search for habitability and life beyond the Solar System. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
#Exoplanets #Space #Science #SETI #NotJustAliens
#Exoplanets #Space #Science #SETI #NotJustAliens