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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · Sep 29

Good morning, and rememver, no matter how bad a day you may have, you’re not Samuel Pepys who, overnight, had shit in the chimney. Twice.

Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · Sep 28

From the diary of Samuel Pepys today in 1665

So I to bed, and in the night was mightily troubled with a looseness (I suppose from some fresh damp linen that I put on this night), and feeling for a chamber-pott, there was none, I having called the mayde up out of her bed, she had forgot I suppose to put one there; so I was forced in this strange house to rise and shit in the chimney twice; and so to bed and was very well again.

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Sep 28

Sadly I can’t remember the title, but a book about unexplained mysteries and phenomena (the Marie Celeste, spontaneous human combustion etc.) that I constantly took out of my primary school library.

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RP @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com · Sep 27

Looking for playtesters for an upcoming sci-fi horror game kind of like shadowdark meets ten candles meets mothership.

If you want to test it with your group, send me a DM on Bluesky and I’ll send you a free copy.

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Sep 27

I think this is exactly what I need right now. Adding to my to-buy list!

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Sep 27

Wait, I did not even know this was a thing. Are they actually comfortable?

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Sep 27

Welcome back! 😊

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Jan 1

Tyler has never had a girlfriend because he’s into musicals, birdwatching and crosswords?!

PROTECT HIM.

#TheTraitors

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Nov 14

##HiddenBooksGame? Completed it, mate.

Screenshot of the 'Congratulations' image for finishing the Hidden Books Game

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Nov 14

I swear the #HiddenBooksGame comes round quicker every year. I am already well on the way to a nervous breakdown.

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Space Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · Nov 11

"The degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free," Utah Phillips said, and as far back as Epictetus as not farther, people who have lived through extreme privation havs taught that part of survival is keeping your mind free and unsubjugated.

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · Nov 11

There are five words that might help you survive what's coming: "I don't recognize your authority." Even if you can't say them out loud, you can keep saying them inside your own head.

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5 Words That Might Help You Deal With What's Coming

(Hey, before I get started, please please pre-order my novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster. It’s about queer families and surviving in spite of right-wing...

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Oct 18

Soooo, turns out I didn't actually sprain it.

Kinda broke my foot a bit though.

Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Oct 17

Well, I managed to do the most me thing ever today. Fell down some stairs and sprained my ankle because I was excited about seeing a dog.

Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Oct 17

Well, I managed to do the most me thing ever today. Fell down some stairs and sprained my ankle because I was excited about seeing a dog.

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Oct 10

A nurse told me I have 'beautiful veins' today, so I guess that's just one more reason to be furious that a sexy vampire has not yet claimed me as his eternal bride.

Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Oct 8

BASTARDS

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Oct 8

They cancelled it. Fuck's SAKE

Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Sep 24

Back on here for the first time in months (hello!) to say if you haven't seen KAOS on Netflix yet, you should remedy that at the earliest opportunity. Gods, I hope they don't cancel it.

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Sep 26

Looking forward to spending spooky season on the Curtis Brown Creative course in Writing Gothic and Supernatural Fiction, devised by the brilliant Kirsty Logan 🦇👻

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Sep 24

No. Vast, unfathomable quantities of no.

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Sep 24

I HAVE RETURNED

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Sep 24

Also I thought they handled trans and disabled characters so well that I'd love it if they found a way to work Tiresias into a future season.

Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Sep 24

Back on here for the first time in months (hello!) to say if you haven't seen KAOS on Netflix yet, you should remedy that at the earliest opportunity. Gods, I hope they don't cancel it.

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Jan 30

Something and nothing about IG pics on a private plane.

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Jan 30

So Harry from The Traitors, a young man who ingratiated himself with a bunch of people in a big house then murdered them to gain a fortune, isn't quite as working class as he made out? Wait...

Barry Keoghan in Saltburn, wearing a tux and looking like he's plotting nefarious deeds.

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Jan 22

We’re watching RENFIELD tonight, so I’m making a paprika-heavy stew in honour of poor delicate-stomached Jonathan Harker.

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Jan 11

If you're feeling a bit down, you can always buy a discounted advent calendar and just tear into it however you like. You'll have chocolate, but more importantly you will feel like an all-powerful chaotic entity who can literally devour time.

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Gemma @gemiswriting.bsky.social · Jan 2

Finally did Barbenheimer over the weekend and, after all the unbridled feminist joy of the former, it was extra disappointing (if not remotely surprising) to see two terrific actresses being relegated to the roles of ‘Annoyed’ and ‘Boobs’.

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