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Vanessa Knipe
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Malaysian-born, Scottish writer. Recovering Luddite, DIY house renovation, likes canoeing, decorates a mean cake, a highly biased mother.
Mastodon: @VanessaK@mastodon.scot
Website: https://vanessajknipe.wixsite.com/vanessa-knipe
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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · May 19
#TimeTravelAuthors
Thrown out of the Guardian Angels, Jack will search the Ends of Time for Lizzie.

Will History Ever Recover?

Last Days Forever is now available from
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www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Days-Fo...
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
A flier for the novel Last Days Forever. An angel flies over a Texan oil field. Text reads: Overhead, high overhead I saw the flight of angels and wept. Without my wings I was nothing. Flotsam on the drifts of time.
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Today's #BookQW word is 'run'.

Drew's been kept in the dark too long, and has resorted to eavesdropping to find out what his lover's getting up to. It's not at all what he suspected.

Extract from Waterborne Exile, second in the series, ebook available here: angryrobotbooks.com/books/waterb...
The sound was far more distinct from the right side of the fireplace. Drew hesitated, then stooped down and gently opened the cupboard doors. The cupboard was more or less empty, containing a few folded cloths and nothing else. And when he peered through to the back he could see a tiny chink of light from the room beyond. On closer inspection he realised that side was closed off by a wooden panel which had split along the grain. It was through this crack the sound of conversation was reaching him. He couldn’t help himself now, and leaned closer. The Ellisquay traders were doing most of the talking. Drew struggled to follow the thick Ellisquay accent at the best of times, but now, well-lubricated, they were talking faster than ever, and talking over one another. He could make out odd words, but could not get the gist of what they were saying at all. Occasionally Jervin, seated at the far side of the room, interpolated a lazy comment in his low voice, but mostly he was letting them run on. Drew could picture him sitting there, glass in hand, smiling to himself as the drunken traders spilled their secrets. It was not the orgiastic scene he’d half expected to find – his initial flush of relief was rapidly followed by shame that he hadn’t trusted Jervin in the first place. Goddess, what was wrong with him these days? How could he have doubted him? Jervin was simply sitting there, smiling to himself, with murder in his heart. Cover of Waterborne Exile by Susan Murray. A woman dressed in a blood-spattered white gown moves past the viewer, holding a bowl of blood before her in both hands. A bloodstained dagger is tucked in her belt. Cover art by Paul Young.
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Finally managed to get my E is for... colouring page up on Kofi. Now I've got to work on F is for.... But I'm going to have put the Christmas page, M is for..., out of order because I'm drawing so slow.

At least that one is drawn.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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skullsandsheets.bsky.social
7 packs left! Thank you!

Orders made last night will be shipped tomorrow am!
skullsandsheets.bsky.social 💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 1d
The Mari Lwyd Christmas Cards are back in stock

10 packs available

skullsandsheets.etsy.com/listing/4409...
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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The Mari Lwyd Christmas Cards are back in stock

10 packs available

skullsandsheets.etsy.com/listing/4409...
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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rhunedhel.bsky.social
Forgotten Ground Regained's fifth Pushcart nomination for 2025: Peter G. Epps' poem, "Waning":

alliteration.net/poetry/waning/ #alliterative #poetry #Pushcart #Prize #nomination #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #alliterativeverse
Waning, a poem in alliterative verse by Peter G. Epps
Rain drops softly / Slowly soaking / Muted greens /And growing things ...
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November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Hello friends! Q&C is having a Black Friday sale this week! Today through the 30th, get THE ICE MOVES FOR NO ONE and/or BEYOND THE BORDER FOREST for 20% off!
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Lords and Ladies of the Yoshi Kingdom's court #yoshi #lord #lady #fantasy #royal #mario
All the Lords and Ladies of King Yoshi's court gather together. The red lord Yoshi tells something to amuse the other lords while the pink lady Yoshi shows her new dress to the other ladies.
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue is sitting next to Green, who has curled up into a tight ball, looking miserable. Green: Would you still love me if I never got better? Blue hesitates a moment before answering. Blue: What a silly thing to ask. Joining Green on the floor, Blue wraps himself around Green, who doesn't seem as sad anymore. Blue: I would love you even if you got worse.
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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you're the main reason to keep on going
August 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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www.mythicalbritain.co.uk/post/overal-...
Overal enker-grene – the symbolism of the colour green in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The symbolism of the colour green in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has often been attributed to the supernatural. But is there a simpler reason behind the poet's choice, one based on narrative techn...
www.mythicalbritain.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
A screenshot of a Facebook post where a person named Andy ask the Well now “What the hell is transgender?” The Royal Canadian Air Force account response with “That’s a pretty big question asked in a pretty small way, Andy. ‘Transgender’ putting describes someone whose gender – who they know themselves to be – doesn’t match the sex they were assigned at birth. It’s not new, and it’s certainly not a fad. People have lived this experience for as long as people have existed; we’re just finally talking about it openly. You don’t have to fully understand it right away, most learning takes time, but we can always start from a place of respect. That’s how decent folks handle things they’re still getting used to.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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cbffjuk.bsky.social Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 5d
Boris Johnson has broken his silence with an attack on the Covid bereaved for "wrangling" on about the deaths of our loved ones.

He has no place in public life and must be stripped of all his ex-PM privileges.

If you agree, sign our petition:
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End Publicly Funded Privileges For Boris Johnson Following Covid Inquiry
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November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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3rd Batch Christmas Card Preorders up!

10 sets of 5 cards are listed for preorder!

skullsandsheets.etsy.com/listing/4409...
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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I like the way you think.
I like the way you move through the world with a rumpled confusion, leaving a trail of half-baked ideas, overdue library books, and disappointments in your wake.
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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These are super!
skullsandsheets.bsky.social 💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 5d
Mari Lwyd Christmas Cards have arrived

They are A6 in landscape

Im selling in packs of 5 with free envelopes

Here:

skullsandsheets.etsy.com/listing/4409...
Mari lwyd looking at star shaped toast on a tree in circle design
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
cinema_nasties 1d Al defenders are so embarrassing j.paulmonter 2h All you are saying is that you want to gatekeep creativity. That's not good. drachelbarr & 20h • •• Neuroscientist here... creativity is a process. A process. A FUCKING PROCESS. Not an output. Nobody is gatekeeping the process - Al simply invites you to skip to the end, to the output. Which, as mentioned, is not creativity. Nobody cares if the output is aesthetically pleasing, because the process, the act itself, the limitation of a single human mind and the resulting creations that capture that one single inimitable human experience... is what makes a creation worth paying attention
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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edmondsscanner.bsky.social
We’re sorry, but The Void is full of screams today, so please try these alternatives:
- headbutt the sea
- have a dance battle with squirrels
- write a bad Yelp review of the moon
- mutter obscenities into your soup bowl
November 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Since Bluesky doesn't give me enough characters to truly express the depth of my hatred of the Soulless, Climate-Eating Plagiarism Machine:
This is a screenshot that reads: I understand that the people lobbing my inbox with AI slop will never see this, but I want to shout it for the people in the back: In regards to the creative life and my career and art, I hate AI with every fiber of my being. I will never use it or allow it to be used in my books. I make sure it's in my contracts. When asked to blurb books, I make sure it wasn't used for the cover. I shut it off in Microsoft Word and in my emails. I HATE AI. So if you try to sell me an AI product, I hate you. :) (Because Bluesky doesn't allow enough characters to absorb my true hatred of AI. Ptoo, ptoo, I spit on it the Soulless Plagiarism Machine.)
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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2/3 I have made three of my cartoons into new, limited edition prints. You can get them now at www.tomgauld.com/shop
Panel 1. image of a huge nuclear plant. “Reactor Overheating” 2. A worker in a hazmat suit works at a computer. The screen reads: “Press cancel to avoid critical overload” 3 - 9. The worker continues to type at the computer. The screen changes in each panel and reads: “Enter password to confirm” “Incorrect password” “Incorrect password” “Do you want to reset your password?” “Reset link has been sent to your email” “Please choose a new password” “New password can't be the same as old password” The colour gets hotter in each panel. Starting blue in 1 and ending in red in 9. Panel 10. Wide view. The entire earth is blown up.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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1/3 I have made three of my cartoons into new, limited edition prints. You can get them now at www.tomgauld.com/shop
Title: How to focus on writing your book There follow eleven tiny images telling a story. The captions read: Turn your devices off (a writer with a phone and laptop. The screens are dark). Put them in a drawer. Lock the drawer. Throw away the key. Leave the house. Do not look back. Keep to backroads and hedgerows. Feel your old life slip away. (the writer has shed his clothes) Sleep by day. Forage in the evening. Write by the light of the moon When you have a passable first draft, commit a minor crime and use your phone call to contact your agent. (the naked writer is in a prison holding a phone while an unamused police officer looks on).
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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I'm thinking of looking out my wimple from when I did re-enactment. It would keep my ears warm.
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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skullsandsheets.bsky.social
There is 14 days left until the charity auction starts!

Little Mari has been joined by some festive friends to say its 2 weeks until the auction starts

Raising money for Womens Aid, Refuge, Mankind Initiative, Galop and Loving Me!

See all donations here:

skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
Little mari, schnabelperchten, Krampus and christmas ghost holding a countdown sign with 14 days on
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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edmondsscanner.bsky.social
There's no time like the present to leave it all behind, live in a hollow tree, become a dark druid, and befriend the moss & owls.
They will not hurt you like the world does.
Except for the owl bites.
Those are quite painful.
November 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM