Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures
@michellefranklin.bsky.social
Author. Linguist. Scholar of interdisciplinary subjects.
✒ Understands about semicolons
🐺 Myndil's mum
🧌 Monster enthusiast
🕹️ Games and Narrative @spaceboat.bsky.social
🎵 Metalhead
📖 34 books published
https://www.patreon.com/newshortstories
✒ Understands about semicolons
🐺 Myndil's mum
🧌 Monster enthusiast
🕹️ Games and Narrative @spaceboat.bsky.social
🎵 Metalhead
📖 34 books published
https://www.patreon.com/newshortstories
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Well, we did it, kids. After just 6 weeks, Shadowbeast is out!
If you want me to write a sequel, please read and share this one!
If you like:
🫂 a wholesome romance
🐺werewolves
🌹beauty and the beast
🫶happily ever afters
👁️eldritch monsters
Enjoy the book:
amazon.com/dp/B0FWBD9MQ9
#books #booksky
If you want me to write a sequel, please read and share this one!
If you like:
🫂 a wholesome romance
🐺werewolves
🌹beauty and the beast
🫶happily ever afters
👁️eldritch monsters
Enjoy the book:
amazon.com/dp/B0FWBD9MQ9
#books #booksky
Poor Mr Langleigh was so tall and top-heavy that she could hear him gangling, but he had kind eyes and a freckled face that forgave his long front teeth and sharp chin. #amwriting #books #booksky
Immense thanks to everyone reading and sharing Shadowbeast 🐺❤️
I'm currently working on the second book and will do my utmost to make it as good as the first.
Thank you to all my gothic romance girlies who love their monsters 🧌
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FWC9P4TR
I'm currently working on the second book and will do my utmost to make it as good as the first.
Thank you to all my gothic romance girlies who love their monsters 🧌
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FWC9P4TR
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Poor Mr Langleigh was so tall and top-heavy that she could hear him gangling, but he had kind eyes and a freckled face that forgave his long front teeth and sharp chin. #amwriting #books #booksky
I just got off the phone with Santa.
He said we can't have a whole block of cheese for dinner.
No girl dinner means Christmas is cancelled.
He said we can't have a whole block of cheese for dinner.
No girl dinner means Christmas is cancelled.
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I just got off the phone with Santa.
He said we can't have a whole block of cheese for dinner.
No girl dinner means Christmas is cancelled.
He said we can't have a whole block of cheese for dinner.
No girl dinner means Christmas is cancelled.
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The origin of the big bad wolf?
youtube.com/shorts/eWCSs...
youtube.com/shorts/eWCSs...
The origin of the big bad wolf
YouTube video by Michelle Franklin | Legends and Lectures
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November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The origin of the big bad wolf?
youtube.com/shorts/eWCSs...
youtube.com/shorts/eWCSs...
Immense thanks to everyone reading and sharing Shadowbeast 🐺❤️
I'm currently working on the second book and will do my utmost to make it as good as the first.
Thank you to all my gothic romance girlies who love their monsters 🧌
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FWC9P4TR
I'm currently working on the second book and will do my utmost to make it as good as the first.
Thank you to all my gothic romance girlies who love their monsters 🧌
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FWC9P4TR
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Immense thanks to everyone reading and sharing Shadowbeast 🐺❤️
I'm currently working on the second book and will do my utmost to make it as good as the first.
Thank you to all my gothic romance girlies who love their monsters 🧌
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FWC9P4TR
I'm currently working on the second book and will do my utmost to make it as good as the first.
Thank you to all my gothic romance girlies who love their monsters 🧌
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FWC9P4TR
Not just paperwork but also having the "we have food at home" conversation with yourself at least 3 times a day.
And paperwork.
Why does adulthood involve *invented and unnecessary* paperwork?
Why does adulthood involve *invented and unnecessary* paperwork?
I think one of the least talked about things that are freaking exhausting as an adult is how much time you have to spend chasing other people to do their jobs.
November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Not just paperwork but also having the "we have food at home" conversation with yourself at least 3 times a day.
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very excited to add @nocapsbb.bsky.social to the noclip_2 crew. she's gonna help us expand our indie game coverage and produce more scripted shorts about the games we love.
youtu.be/EEqi4mUD6uU
youtu.be/EEqi4mUD6uU
nocaps JOINS noclip_2
YouTube video by noclip_2
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November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
very excited to add @nocapsbb.bsky.social to the noclip_2 crew. she's gonna help us expand our indie game coverage and produce more scripted shorts about the games we love.
youtu.be/EEqi4mUD6uU
youtu.be/EEqi4mUD6uU
This phrase, because of it's grammatical structure, and this graph can also apply to, "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times."
As you can see from the graph, it began to be "a time to be alive" during the interwar period. And then again in the 90s, presumably due to britpop. But the 2020s are easily the most "what a time to be alive" era of all time.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This phrase, because of it's grammatical structure, and this graph can also apply to, "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times."
The origin of the big bad wolf?
youtube.com/shorts/eWCSs...
youtube.com/shorts/eWCSs...
The origin of the big bad wolf
YouTube video by Michelle Franklin | Legends and Lectures
youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The origin of the big bad wolf?
youtube.com/shorts/eWCSs...
youtube.com/shorts/eWCSs...
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Still rueing the day, eh? Me and m'boys are rueing entire weeks.
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Still rueing the day, eh? Me and m'boys are rueing entire weeks.
“What does someone’s affection smell like?”
“It's not the same for everyone, but your blush has a distinct scent, a rich rosehip wine brightened by your features and warmed by the midday sun. When it starts to fade, the heat and moisture in your skin give it a slightly sorrel taste.” #books
“It's not the same for everyone, but your blush has a distinct scent, a rich rosehip wine brightened by your features and warmed by the midday sun. When it starts to fade, the heat and moisture in your skin give it a slightly sorrel taste.” #books
Well, we did it, kids. After just 6 weeks, Shadowbeast is out!
If you want me to write a sequel, please read and share this one!
If you like:
🫂 a wholesome romance
🐺werewolves
🌹beauty and the beast
🫶happily ever afters
👁️eldritch monsters
Enjoy the book:
amazon.com/dp/B0FWBD9MQ9
#books #booksky
If you want me to write a sequel, please read and share this one!
If you like:
🫂 a wholesome romance
🐺werewolves
🌹beauty and the beast
🫶happily ever afters
👁️eldritch monsters
Enjoy the book:
amazon.com/dp/B0FWBD9MQ9
#books #booksky
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
“What does someone’s affection smell like?”
“It's not the same for everyone, but your blush has a distinct scent, a rich rosehip wine brightened by your features and warmed by the midday sun. When it starts to fade, the heat and moisture in your skin give it a slightly sorrel taste.” #books
“It's not the same for everyone, but your blush has a distinct scent, a rich rosehip wine brightened by your features and warmed by the midday sun. When it starts to fade, the heat and moisture in your skin give it a slightly sorrel taste.” #books
What is an artifact?
@mrsoup.bsky.social @smitinathan.bsky.social
www.tiktok.com/@archaeos0up...
#history #archaeology
@mrsoup.bsky.social @smitinathan.bsky.social
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#history #archaeology
Definition: What is an Artefact? And Dr. Smiti Nathan talks about her Podcast series 'Artifact of the Day'. W/ @M. Franklin #archaeologytiktok #artefact #artifact #definition #meaning
TikTok video by 𝕄𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 (Archaeosoup) 🥣
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November 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
EVERYONE ON THIS APP DROP A SELFIE NOW... AND I MEAN RIGHT NOW!!!
Taken by Marisa Parisella
Taken by Marisa Parisella
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 AM
EVERYONE ON THIS APP DROP A SELFIE NOW... AND I MEAN RIGHT NOW!!!
Taken by Marisa Parisella
Taken by Marisa Parisella
The only thing I don't like much about winter.
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The only thing I don't like much about winter.
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Is it ladybug or ladybird?
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Ladybug or ladybird?
YouTube video by Michelle Franklin | Legends and Lectures
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November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Is it ladybug or ladybird?
youtube.com/shorts/gG1OJ...
youtube.com/shorts/gG1OJ...
Oo food cube!
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Oo food cube!
Bowser gets it.
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Bowser gets it.
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If @realgdt.bsky.social ever got into cozy movies, "Shadowbeast" would be the story to convert him to it
Well, we did it, kids. After just 6 weeks, Shadowbeast is out!
If you want me to write a sequel, please read and share this one!
If you like:
🫂 a wholesome romance
🐺werewolves
🌹beauty and the beast
🫶happily ever afters
👁️eldritch monsters
Enjoy the book:
amazon.com/dp/B0FWBD9MQ9
#books #booksky
If you want me to write a sequel, please read and share this one!
If you like:
🫂 a wholesome romance
🐺werewolves
🌹beauty and the beast
🫶happily ever afters
👁️eldritch monsters
Enjoy the book:
amazon.com/dp/B0FWBD9MQ9
#books #booksky
October 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If @realgdt.bsky.social ever got into cozy movies, "Shadowbeast" would be the story to convert him to it
Is it ladybug or ladybird?
youtube.com/shorts/gG1OJ...
youtube.com/shorts/gG1OJ...
Ladybug or ladybird?
YouTube video by Michelle Franklin | Legends and Lectures
youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Is it ladybug or ladybird?
youtube.com/shorts/gG1OJ...
youtube.com/shorts/gG1OJ...
"What does autumn smell like to you?” Maedlynn asked him.
“Death, but not in an evil sense. Autumn has a moribund scent, everything resting and releasing. It smells like sleep and delicate decay, the desperation of life lingering on, the fine vintage of coming snow.”
#books #amwriting
“Death, but not in an evil sense. Autumn has a moribund scent, everything resting and releasing. It smells like sleep and delicate decay, the desperation of life lingering on, the fine vintage of coming snow.”
#books #amwriting
Well, we did it, kids. After just 6 weeks, Shadowbeast is out!
If you want me to write a sequel, please read and share this one!
If you like:
🫂 a wholesome romance
🐺werewolves
🌹beauty and the beast
🫶happily ever afters
👁️eldritch monsters
Enjoy the book:
amazon.com/dp/B0FWBD9MQ9
#books #booksky
If you want me to write a sequel, please read and share this one!
If you like:
🫂 a wholesome romance
🐺werewolves
🌹beauty and the beast
🫶happily ever afters
👁️eldritch monsters
Enjoy the book:
amazon.com/dp/B0FWBD9MQ9
#books #booksky
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 AM
"What does autumn smell like to you?” Maedlynn asked him.
“Death, but not in an evil sense. Autumn has a moribund scent, everything resting and releasing. It smells like sleep and delicate decay, the desperation of life lingering on, the fine vintage of coming snow.”
#books #amwriting
“Death, but not in an evil sense. Autumn has a moribund scent, everything resting and releasing. It smells like sleep and delicate decay, the desperation of life lingering on, the fine vintage of coming snow.”
#books #amwriting
Small Gods was so important to me that I dedicated Myndil to Sir Terry. If not for him, this book wouldn't have been what it is.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Small Gods was so important to me that I dedicated Myndil to Sir Terry. If not for him, this book wouldn't have been what it is.
Tell me about a book that changed you:
Small Gods by Sir Terry Pratchett. It is a perfect novel, one that asks us about the nature of belief and considers the question: do the religious really have faith or do they only fear punishment for not falling in line?
Small Gods by Sir Terry Pratchett. It is a perfect novel, one that asks us about the nature of belief and considers the question: do the religious really have faith or do they only fear punishment for not falling in line?
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Tell me about a book that changed you:
Small Gods by Sir Terry Pratchett. It is a perfect novel, one that asks us about the nature of belief and considers the question: do the religious really have faith or do they only fear punishment for not falling in line?
Small Gods by Sir Terry Pratchett. It is a perfect novel, one that asks us about the nature of belief and considers the question: do the religious really have faith or do they only fear punishment for not falling in line?
Part of what makes The Creature's story so pitiable and commiseratory is that his story is similar to one many humans endure.
Ask any unwanted child.
The child that is not embraced by the village will turn on the elders who have spurned it.
Ask any unwanted child.
The child that is not embraced by the village will turn on the elders who have spurned it.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Opinion | Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Asks Us to Consider the Monster
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Part of what makes The Creature's story so pitiable and commiseratory is that his story is similar to one many humans endure.
Ask any unwanted child.
The child that is not embraced by the village will turn on the elders who have spurned it.
Ask any unwanted child.
The child that is not embraced by the village will turn on the elders who have spurned it.
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And for every girlie like me who wanted the Beast to stay the Beast.
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
And for every girlie like me who wanted the Beast to stay the Beast.
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And for every girlie like me who wanted the Beast to stay the Beast.
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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In general.
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
In general.