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Geoffrey West
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Writer, editor, reader, journalist, DIY enthusiast. See my website www.geoffreydavidwest.com for regular short stories
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Geoffrey West @geoffreydavid12.bsky.social · 18d
BURIED TREASURE #freestory #ghostly #weirdthings Do you believe you can see into the future? I thought it was all nonsense, and then I visited a fortune teller. . .
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maryanneyarde.bsky.social
Forbidden desire. Unyielding honour. A love worth the risk. ♥️

An interview with #HistoricalRomance author, Vanda Vadas. ✨

maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/02/love...

#BookInterview #RomanceReaders 💙📚
February 17, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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stevensenski.bsky.social
Released in America OTD in 1968 and long a personal fave (aka QUATERMASS AND THE PIT). I recall CBS showing this on a rare Sunday movie night during the summer with zero fanfare. Don't take my word for it; modern horror master @paultremblay.bsky.social really digs it too. See at all costs.
February 16, 2026 at 2:15 PM
geoffreydavid12.bsky.social
Is anyone else finding a problem on X (twitter)? Seems to have broken for me, maybe they're having problems
February 16, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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whitneymg.bsky.social
A new playbook for women at work. 💥

Something Major: The New Playbook for Women at Work by Randi Braun challenges outdated rules and gives women real tools to lead with confidence, on their own terms.

#Manuscripts #SomethingMajor #WomenAtWork #Leadership
January 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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myhauger.bsky.social
#books #booklovers #readers #ValentinesDay #booksky
February 14, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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noelreports.com
Ukraine’s General Staff says its forces struck the Volgograd oil refinery, fuel depots in occupied Crimea and Zaporizhzhia region, a logistics warehouse, troop and equipment concentrations, and Osa and Tor air defense systems overnight on Feb 11. Fires were recorded at the refinery. #Ukraine
February 11, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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chattjazz.bsky.social
Europe just made a strategic choice.

The European Parliament approved a €90B loan for Ukraine (458–140). €60B for weapons, €30B for budget stability.

Kyiv repays the principal only if Russia pays reparations.

This isn’t just aid — it’s a long-term security signal from Europe. 🇪🇺

#Ukraine #EU
February 11, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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nikchick.bsky.social
30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #30DaysBooksByWomen #books 6/30
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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rachey.bsky.social
Come on guys move it move it
February 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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booktle.bsky.social
This one’s for the fantasy readers 💜
The magic-loving, dragon-obsessed, “just one more chapter” crowd 🐉

Purple FANTASY READER plush heart badge is now available!

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#booksky #bookish #bookishmerch #fantasybooks #fantasyromance #giftsforbooklovers
Purple plush badge resembling a candy heart that reads FANTASY READER Purple plush badge resembling a candy heart that reads FANTASY READER turned the the side showing how thick and soft it is Purple plush badge resembling a candy heart that reads FANTASY READER flipped over to show the safety pin back
February 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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deriley.bsky.social
#BlackHistoryMonth #HarlemRenaissance. Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote poems, novels, short stories, & essays & was one of the first influential Black poets in the US. He learned to write poetry in “standard English,” but was best known for his dialectic verse. #booksky #blackbooksky
A photo of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Dunbar's Poem, "Invitation to Love" Come when the nights are bright with stars Or come when the moon is mellow; Come when the sun his golden bars Drops on the hay-field yellow. Come in the twilight soft and gray, Come in the night or come in the day, Come, O love, whene'er you may, And you are welcome, welcome. You are sweet, O Love, dear Love, You are soft as the nesting dove. Come to my heart and bring it to rest As the bird flies home to its welcome nest. Come when my heart is full of grief Or when my heart is merry; Come with the falling of the leaf Or with the redd'ning cherry. Come when the year's first blossom blows, Come when the summer gleams and glows, Come with the winter's drifting snows, And you are welcome, welcome. —Paul Laurence Dunbar One of Dunbar's most famous poems, "We Wear the Mask" We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties. Why should the world be otherwise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, while We wear the mask. We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries To thee from tortured souls arise. We sing, but oh the clay is vile Beneath our feet, and long the mile; But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask! —Paul Laurence Dunbar Dunbar's poem, "A Negro Love Song," written in dialect. Seen my lady home las' night, Jump back, honey, jump back. Hel' huh han' an' sque'z it tight, Jump back, honey, jump back. Hyeahd huh sigh a little sigh, Seen a light gleam f'om huh eye, An' a smile go flittin' by— Jump back, honey, jump back. Hyeahd de win' blow thoo de pine, Jump back, honey, jump back. Mockin'-bird was singin' fine, Jump back, honey, jump back. An' my hea't was beatin' so, When I reached my lady's do' Dat I could n't ba' to go— Jump back, honey, jump back. Put my ahm aroun' huh wais', Jump back, honey, jump back. Raised huh lips an' took a tase, Jump back, honey, jump back. Love me, honey, love me true? Love me well ez I love you? An' she answe'd, ''Cose I do"— Jump back, honey, jump back. —Paul Laurence Dunbar
February 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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sanz71.bsky.social
Thinking of joining DV Fischer's patreon?
Now is the perfect time!
Valentines Day offer of 50% off!! Code 84574
What does it include?
Monthly sociopath dark romance books
NSFW Art
Short Stories
Mailed letters from favourite characters
Signed paperbacks
& more

@dvfischerauthor.bsky.social
#Booksky
February 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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victoriajayne.bsky.social
The spectacular Roz Lee agreed to return to the Garden State Distillery Company again!

USA Today Best-Selling author Roz Lee is the author of over thirty romances. The first, The Lust Boat, was born while on a Caribbean cruise with her family and soon blossomed into a five-book
#booksky
February 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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selenaillyria.bsky.social
Thawing Ava
Will she be putting Brice on ice, or will he end up thawing Ava?
#ContempRom #IRRomance #HockeyRom #SportsRom #ForcedProximity #BBWRom #Romancelandia #BookSky
Buy: play.google.com/store/books/...
Thawing Ava by Selena Illyria - Books on Google Play
Thawing Ava - Ebook written by Selena Illyria. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you re...
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February 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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amelia-bookreviews.bsky.social
From the shoot of #ironflame (Rebecca Yarros) book review

See the full review : youtu.be/Mf0bnrYz51U?...

#booksky 📚💙 🪐📚 #fantasy #rebeccayarros #booktube
February 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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selenaillyria.bsky.social
Sweet Sizzle by @jodiredford.bsky.social
He’s prepared to pull out every dirty, sexy, and hotter-than-sin trick to convince her to stay.
#ContemporaryRomance #Romancelandia #ValentinesRom #BookSky

BUY:
Kindle: amzn.to/1ox1xOO
Sweet Sizzle
Sweet Sizzle - Kindle edition by Redford, Jodi. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Sweet Sizzle.
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February 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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jensimaginaryworld.bsky.social
🌟 Book Review of Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen 🌟
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Absolutely devoured this book! Can May get here faster please? I need the next book.

Have you read Dire Bound? What did you think?

#booksky #bookreview #direbound
February 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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claudedancourt.bsky.social
What are you reading? #booksky
February 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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trishaelliott.bsky.social
This reminds me of the book by @tomshakespeare.bsky.social!

The story of a crazy weekend in an English country house of if I recall correctly?

#BookSky
Cover of book by Tom Shakespeare. Man in wheelchair with a wild pig on the front.
February 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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cloudgazingmystic.bsky.social
#poem #poetry #writing 🖋️
February 8, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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wpmacmason.bsky.social
I think I may try to start doing a #booksky Sunday update to help keep me going with my reading cadence as we get into 2026.

A peculiar trend has emerged since I finished my grad degree: I've become a 3-book dude.
Star Trek The Return by William Shatner and Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens SPQR by Mary Beard The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
February 8, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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icysedgwick.bsky.social
Gorse blossoms throughout the year, which led to an old saying,

"When kissing’s out of fashion
Gorse is out of bloom."

Bear in mind that, according to Margaret Baker, in Somerset and Dorset, carrying gorse into the house was a bad omen and meant that people would soon carry out a coffin!
Gorse. Yellow flowers cluster on tall, thin stems studded with green spikes.
February 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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jpwarchaeology.bsky.social
Here's a thread which follows my last book - Historic Building Mythbusting. Its a look at the stories we tell about ancient buildings, a debunking of some of those tales, and what we can learn about ourselves through folklore... the stories behind the stories 1/12🧵
February 7, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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icysedgwick.bsky.social
Keen to try expanding the landscapes you write in your fiction? Why not try creating your own folklore for the features in those landscapes? My pre-recorded workshop will show you how - and it's only £6.50! ko-fi.com/s/65ab6f1b40
Folklore and the Landscape: Telling Stories About Space and Place - Icy Sedgwick's Ko-fi Shop
Using folklore to inspire fiction is an incredibly popular approach at the moment, although you could argue the decades-long fascination with fairies ...
ko-fi.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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fairytalesfood.bsky.social
New episode via link in bio!
Author & podcaster @icysedgwick.bsky.social joins me to talk about her new book Bring Me Love — all about love magic, divination, & the rituals people used to find (or keep) love.
We journey from rosemary‑in‑your‑shoes to egg‑white fortune telling

#Folklore #LoveMagic
February 7, 2026 at 6:26 PM