Jenny Gaitskell
@jennygaitskell.bsky.social
Small and/or speculative fictions. Old dictionaries. Shingle beaches. Everyday magic.
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Pinned
cellar creatures
beneath these pavement lights
wild green other
pressing on the prism glass
between their world and mine
#TankaThursday (cellar)
beneath these pavement lights
wild green other
pressing on the prism glass
between their world and mine
#TankaThursday (cellar)
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
cellar creatures
beneath these pavement lights
wild green other
pressing on the prism glass
between their world and mine
#TankaThursday (cellar)
beneath these pavement lights
wild green other
pressing on the prism glass
between their world and mine
#TankaThursday (cellar)
November 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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As unofficial town sorcerer, I'm sending out a mild, almost ineffective charm that will make you discover a new flavor that you enjoy.
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
As unofficial town sorcerer, I'm sending out a mild, almost ineffective charm that will make you discover a new flavor that you enjoy.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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tanka weekly #poetry challenge
November 13, 2025
this week’s prompt:
cellar
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America:
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
November 13, 2025
this week’s prompt:
cellar
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America:
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
Welcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our journal, Ribbons, our annual tank...
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
tanka weekly #poetry challenge
November 13, 2025
this week’s prompt:
cellar
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America:
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
November 13, 2025
this week’s prompt:
cellar
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America:
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
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avoiding reality should build more muscle
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
avoiding reality should build more muscle
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He has the #law, screwed and stuffed in his pockets, as he walks the canal tow path, catching a splash of loose stones in the bat darkness of it all. Ahead, there will be locks to navigate and deep tunnels to pass through, and a spook of navvies waiting for him with their picks and spades.
#vss365
#vss365
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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“You care like a chump.”
This wonderful gem by @woodardwriter.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social.🔥
This wonderful gem by @woodardwriter.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social.🔥
One ray of sunshine: I have a new little story in the latest issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social. My thanks to @sdobbie.bsky.social for accepting it. This piece began at a weeklong @bendinggenres.bsky.social retreat many moons ago:
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
twenty-five — Tiny Molecules
www.tinymolecules.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“You care like a chump.”
This wonderful gem by @woodardwriter.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social.🔥
This wonderful gem by @woodardwriter.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social.🔥
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late morning sunlight
a gold leaf from the birch tree
moving through the chords
a gold leaf from the birch tree
moving through the chords
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
late morning sunlight
a gold leaf from the birch tree
moving through the chords
a gold leaf from the birch tree
moving through the chords
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You block out the stories, tidy up the tales of lost swords and make believe. You carry on regardless, wings folded and glamor in place. The myths put to bed in gold lined pages. You are a faded shimmer that tucks itself amidst grey. A lost verse waiting to be sung.
#vssdaily block
#vss365 myth
#vssdaily block
#vss365 myth
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Reposted by Jenny Gaitskell
Reposted by Jenny Gaitskell
I hope in all the "books that changed my life" talk going around that we save room for those strange books that would never be best sellers in any scenario because they serve a very narrow audience. Shout out to the weird and esoteric books hiding in the hidden nooks and crannies of our lives.
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I hope in all the "books that changed my life" talk going around that we save room for those strange books that would never be best sellers in any scenario because they serve a very narrow audience. Shout out to the weird and esoteric books hiding in the hidden nooks and crannies of our lives.
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My poetry eBook Space Living is out now. Humanity has settled across the Solar System, bringing their optimism along with their quirks & special issues.
a.co/d/d78iZao
books2read.com/u/bMvOPG
a.co/d/d78iZao
books2read.com/u/bMvOPG
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My poetry eBook Space Living is out now. Humanity has settled across the Solar System, bringing their optimism along with their quirks & special issues.
a.co/d/d78iZao
books2read.com/u/bMvOPG
a.co/d/d78iZao
books2read.com/u/bMvOPG
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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You have to strap in, because they're going to start the "slowdown" tonight and you'd better not unstrap when mom isn't looking.
Chocolate Pudding - Small Wonders
Mom says I have to strap in because they’re going to start “the slowdown” tonight, and I better not unstrap when she isn't looking, and she’s serious.
smallwondersmag.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
You have to strap in, because they're going to start the "slowdown" tonight and you'd better not unstrap when mom isn't looking.
'But by reading their books, I saw the other side of them - their humanity. Somehow I was sure that if people were willing to read each other, and see the light of other cultures, there would be no war on earth.'
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
#BookWormSat
🎨 Jeannie Kinsler
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
#BookWormSat
🎨 Jeannie Kinsler
November 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
'But by reading their books, I saw the other side of them - their humanity. Somehow I was sure that if people were willing to read each other, and see the light of other cultures, there would be no war on earth.'
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
#BookWormSat
🎨 Jeannie Kinsler
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
#BookWormSat
🎨 Jeannie Kinsler
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Embracing the chill of late autumn as the days grow shorter and the light gets lower.
Tisha Mark ©2025, Quietly Darker, oil on gessobord, 8"x8"
Original is available:
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#Scape #art #painting #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm
Tisha Mark ©2025, Quietly Darker, oil on gessobord, 8"x8"
Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/quie...
#Scape #art #painting #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Embracing the chill of late autumn as the days grow shorter and the light gets lower.
Tisha Mark ©2025, Quietly Darker, oil on gessobord, 8"x8"
Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/quie...
#Scape #art #painting #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm
Tisha Mark ©2025, Quietly Darker, oil on gessobord, 8"x8"
Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/quie...
#Scape #art #painting #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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True colors
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
True colors
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I won a thing!
@blog.readindiefantasy.com is sponsoring a whole month of fun questions, interviews, blog posts, and chances to win free books, so check it out if you haven't already because...
... who doesn't like free stuff!!??
@blog.readindiefantasy.com is sponsoring a whole month of fun questions, interviews, blog posts, and chances to win free books, so check it out if you haven't already because...
... who doesn't like free stuff!!??
The winner for yesterday's challenge is @whistberry.bsky.social with Moon-Sitting by EM Harding! Described as "a quiet and emotional science fiction novella with a super intriguing mystery at its heart."
Congrats! You win a copy of Spaces of Silence! #AMoRaR
Congrats! You win a copy of Spaces of Silence! #AMoRaR
Daily Challenge 5: Single Trip - Share a standalone book!
The prize for today's challenge is a copy of Spaces of Silence, by @ormakal.bsky.social
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
The prize for today's challenge is a copy of Spaces of Silence, by @ormakal.bsky.social
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I won a thing!
@blog.readindiefantasy.com is sponsoring a whole month of fun questions, interviews, blog posts, and chances to win free books, so check it out if you haven't already because...
... who doesn't like free stuff!!??
@blog.readindiefantasy.com is sponsoring a whole month of fun questions, interviews, blog posts, and chances to win free books, so check it out if you haven't already because...
... who doesn't like free stuff!!??
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November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM