Heather Holt
@souloftherose.bsky.social
She/her, UK based, #LongCovid since Aug 22
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Quick reminder that you want to be online at 5pm UK time/12pm EST for SOME EXCITEMENT.
December 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Quick reminder that you want to be online at 5pm UK time/12pm EST for SOME EXCITEMENT.
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Happy International Day of People with Disabilities to all who celebrate by buying a book by a disabled author for everyone on their Christmas list.
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Happy International Day of People with Disabilities to all who celebrate by buying a book by a disabled author for everyone on their Christmas list.
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Please could you spread this?
I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Please could you spread this?
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Death in the Spires ebook is on cheap at Amazon UK in November! Get your Edwardian academia murder mystery with extra pining right here!
(I do not control sales for this book, I don't know if it will price drop anywhere else, sorry.)
www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Spires...
(I do not control sales for this book, I don't know if it will price drop anywhere else, sorry.)
www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Spires...
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Death in the Spires ebook is on cheap at Amazon UK in November! Get your Edwardian academia murder mystery with extra pining right here!
(I do not control sales for this book, I don't know if it will price drop anywhere else, sorry.)
www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Spires...
(I do not control sales for this book, I don't know if it will price drop anywhere else, sorry.)
www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Spires...
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It's my birthday, so have a present. SLIPPERY CREATURES (Will Darling Adventures book 1) is going on cheap over the weekend. 1920s pulp adventure m/m romance with plots, spies, Bright Young People, and emotional support knife, all for 99p!
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles
books2read.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
It's my birthday, so have a present. SLIPPERY CREATURES (Will Darling Adventures book 1) is going on cheap over the weekend. 1920s pulp adventure m/m romance with plots, spies, Bright Young People, and emotional support knife, all for 99p!
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#Booksky #Fridayreads So…not to put too fine a point on it, but our sales have dropped over 50% since August and our publisher is currently “between day jobs“ (3+ months) so if you’re thinking of buying any of our books or requesting them at your library, NOW would be great. queenofswordspress.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
#Booksky #Fridayreads So…not to put too fine a point on it, but our sales have dropped over 50% since August and our publisher is currently “between day jobs“ (3+ months) so if you’re thinking of buying any of our books or requesting them at your library, NOW would be great. queenofswordspress.com
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Snap up a bargain!
For a limited time, UK readers can grab two spooky Solaris books for only 99p each across all platforms!
Buy now:
@isabelcanas.bsky.social's VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE https://geni.us/VoEN
@samkhorton.bsky.social GORSE (#1 The Eythin Legacy) https://geni.us/gorse
For a limited time, UK readers can grab two spooky Solaris books for only 99p each across all platforms!
Buy now:
@isabelcanas.bsky.social's VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE https://geni.us/VoEN
@samkhorton.bsky.social GORSE (#1 The Eythin Legacy) https://geni.us/gorse
October 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Snap up a bargain!
For a limited time, UK readers can grab two spooky Solaris books for only 99p each across all platforms!
Buy now:
@isabelcanas.bsky.social's VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE https://geni.us/VoEN
@samkhorton.bsky.social GORSE (#1 The Eythin Legacy) https://geni.us/gorse
For a limited time, UK readers can grab two spooky Solaris books for only 99p each across all platforms!
Buy now:
@isabelcanas.bsky.social's VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE https://geni.us/VoEN
@samkhorton.bsky.social GORSE (#1 The Eythin Legacy) https://geni.us/gorse
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You definitely want to read this, and now you can, for free!
Today is the 4th anniversary of The Thirteenth Hour, the first book in my Cruel Gods series. This book went on to become a SPFBO & BBNYA finalist AND Indie Ink award winner for best setting/wittiest character!
To celebrate, I've put the ebook up for FREE for today only! 🥳
mybook.to/TheThirteent...
To celebrate, I've put the ebook up for FREE for today only! 🥳
mybook.to/TheThirteent...
October 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
You definitely want to read this, and now you can, for free!
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I don't think this concept is understood - or talked about - nearly enough. Many disabled people spend very little time in our comfort zone, where things are easy. There are so many extra challenges to doing things, interacting, etc that if we are up and about, we are probably pushing ourselves. 1/3
September 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I don't think this concept is understood - or talked about - nearly enough. Many disabled people spend very little time in our comfort zone, where things are easy. There are so many extra challenges to doing things, interacting, etc that if we are up and about, we are probably pushing ourselves. 1/3
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Article by @iansample.bsky.social on new #longcovid research of 12K women showing:
👉 heavier, longer periods
👉 risk of iron deficiency
👉 worse when menstruating
Dr Male states this could be linked to inflammation of the uterus from Covid infection
👉 heavier, longer periods
👉 risk of iron deficiency
👉 worse when menstruating
Dr Male states this could be linked to inflammation of the uterus from Covid infection
Long Covid linked to heavier periods and risk of iron deficiency
Survey of 12,000 women also revealed severity of long Covid symptoms rose and fell across menstrual cycle
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Article by @iansample.bsky.social on new #longcovid research of 12K women showing:
👉 heavier, longer periods
👉 risk of iron deficiency
👉 worse when menstruating
Dr Male states this could be linked to inflammation of the uterus from Covid infection
👉 heavier, longer periods
👉 risk of iron deficiency
👉 worse when menstruating
Dr Male states this could be linked to inflammation of the uterus from Covid infection
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Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
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Okay, deep breath.
I need your help. My friend set this up for me because financial stress is making the whole cancer stress a lot worse.
www.paypal.com/pools/c/9gAG...
If, like me, you don't have money atm, if you have read and enjoyed any of my books, please can you tell people about them?
I need your help. My friend set this up for me because financial stress is making the whole cancer stress a lot worse.
www.paypal.com/pools/c/9gAG...
If, like me, you don't have money atm, if you have read and enjoyed any of my books, please can you tell people about them?
Em's bad year support fund
Our dear Emma Newman is having a shite year. First she broke her ankle walking on flat pavement, now she's got breast cancer fucking up her life. The broken bone put her out of commission for almost t...
www.paypal.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Okay, deep breath.
I need your help. My friend set this up for me because financial stress is making the whole cancer stress a lot worse.
www.paypal.com/pools/c/9gAG...
If, like me, you don't have money atm, if you have read and enjoyed any of my books, please can you tell people about them?
I need your help. My friend set this up for me because financial stress is making the whole cancer stress a lot worse.
www.paypal.com/pools/c/9gAG...
If, like me, you don't have money atm, if you have read and enjoyed any of my books, please can you tell people about them?
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@meactionuk.bsky.social @meactnet.bsky.social please boost on other platforms. We are scrambling for lawyers to get the sister out as the top priority. I am speaking with national print media this morning.
Isla's mother has been arrested under suspicion of causing her death from ME last year (heart failure). There was no inquest. Isla's younger sister (15), who also has ME, has been removed from the only people who understand how the disease must be managed. Imagine her fear.
#MEKills #HumanRights
#MEKills #HumanRights
July 31, 2025 at 7:11 AM
@meactionuk.bsky.social @meactnet.bsky.social please boost on other platforms. We are scrambling for lawyers to get the sister out as the top priority. I am speaking with national print media this morning.
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#ChildrensLit #UK I know what I will be writing over the next decade, and I have full book cases, so I am purging the children's fiction lit crit. If you are interested in any book on this list, DM. Price: £5 per book + £2 p&p.
First come, first served. Pls Share docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
First come, first served. Pls Share docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
librarything_FarahMendlesohn.xlsx
docs.google.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
#ChildrensLit #UK I know what I will be writing over the next decade, and I have full book cases, so I am purging the children's fiction lit crit. If you are interested in any book on this list, DM. Price: £5 per book + £2 p&p.
First come, first served. Pls Share docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
First come, first served. Pls Share docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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i really love that riddle about the farmer with the fox, the hen and the sack of grain he has to take across the river because if you think about it a fox is a wild animal, that is absolutely not a pet, why are you keeping that, how did you even carry it here? in a box? no wonder it's mad at you
July 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
i really love that riddle about the farmer with the fox, the hen and the sack of grain he has to take across the river because if you think about it a fox is a wild animal, that is absolutely not a pet, why are you keeping that, how did you even carry it here? in a box? no wonder it's mad at you
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As the weather shifts towards summer, please remember that #PoTS and #AutonomicDysfunction mean we don't just feel hot and sticky and meh during hot weather - we may stop being able to function. (card from www.stickmancommunications.co.uk/product-page... )
June 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
As the weather shifts towards summer, please remember that #PoTS and #AutonomicDysfunction mean we don't just feel hot and sticky and meh during hot weather - we may stop being able to function. (card from www.stickmancommunications.co.uk/product-page... )
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More than 100 of the UK’s most high-profile disabled people urge the Prime Minister to abandon the “inhumane and catastrophic plans to cut disability benefits”.
My exclusive: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
My exclusive: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Disabled celebrities urge Keir Starmer to scrap ‘inhumane’ benefit cuts
Exclusive: More than 100 people including Liz Carr and Rosie Jones sign letter criticising Pip and universal credit changes
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
More than 100 of the UK’s most high-profile disabled people urge the Prime Minister to abandon the “inhumane and catastrophic plans to cut disability benefits”.
My exclusive: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
My exclusive: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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"There’s a reason a relapse is more unnerving than the illness: because you start to worry you’ll never get better at all."
Why I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party.
Why I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party.
Things Can’t Only Get Better
This week: I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party. Also: an early modern way of having too many browser tabs open; and some maps dropped on other maps.
jonn.substack.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"There’s a reason a relapse is more unnerving than the illness: because you start to worry you’ll never get better at all."
Why I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party.
Why I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party.
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It's international cat day, so probably time to share on here the story behind my profile picture.
The cat in it is Napoleon. This is their journey from starving feral kitty to happy house floof. And this is why rescue kitties are wonderful. /1
The cat in it is Napoleon. This is their journey from starving feral kitty to happy house floof. And this is why rescue kitties are wonderful. /1
August 8, 2024 at 10:07 AM
It's international cat day, so probably time to share on here the story behind my profile picture.
The cat in it is Napoleon. This is their journey from starving feral kitty to happy house floof. And this is why rescue kitties are wonderful. /1
The cat in it is Napoleon. This is their journey from starving feral kitty to happy house floof. And this is why rescue kitties are wonderful. /1
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A friend who is a trans woman and who plays women’s football received an email from the FA about the decision which contains this paragraph.
Free therapy to cope with the fact you’ve been transphobic bigots, fucking brilliant.
Free therapy to cope with the fact you’ve been transphobic bigots, fucking brilliant.
May 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A friend who is a trans woman and who plays women’s football received an email from the FA about the decision which contains this paragraph.
Free therapy to cope with the fact you’ve been transphobic bigots, fucking brilliant.
Free therapy to cope with the fact you’ve been transphobic bigots, fucking brilliant.
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valid every day but especially today: love & strength to trans pals, you don't deserve all this shit being flung in your direction, here's to hoping these freaks find a new obsession soon and you can live your lives peacefully and happily x
April 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
valid every day but especially today: love & strength to trans pals, you don't deserve all this shit being flung in your direction, here's to hoping these freaks find a new obsession soon and you can live your lives peacefully and happily x
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No one is more of a woman than trans women who have chosen to live their lives as their full selves in the face of immense societal and legal opposition.
April 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
No one is more of a woman than trans women who have chosen to live their lives as their full selves in the face of immense societal and legal opposition.
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Has anyone stopped to ask if I *want* to be defined? Well, in case anyone was wondering, no. I don't want to be defined. I don't want to be defined by my sex, my genes, or by my "large gametes" (wtf is wrong with people, jesus christ). I thought that was the whole point of feminisim.
April 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Has anyone stopped to ask if I *want* to be defined? Well, in case anyone was wondering, no. I don't want to be defined. I don't want to be defined by my sex, my genes, or by my "large gametes" (wtf is wrong with people, jesus christ). I thought that was the whole point of feminisim.
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Couple more photos from the #murderbot set visit. More info in the alt text:
April 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Couple more photos from the #murderbot set visit. More info in the alt text: