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Lughnasadh, first harvest. May your bread rise well, and your beer be tasty. Celebrate the grain, and your personal harvest. May it be bountiful. Art by Wendy Andrew, The Glittering Fox, and Danielle Barlow 🌞🥖🍞🍺🍻🌾🌻
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And this morning the Shed is a flickering image on an ancient screen, scratched and stuttering…
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
And this morning the Shed is a flickering image on an ancient screen, scratched and stuttering…
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You have till November 9th to bid for a signed, dedicated copy of VIANNE - all in aid of Children in Need... www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...
Children in Read 2025
Authors and Illustrators around the globe, sign & dedicate their books for the biggest online signed book auction in the world.All Postage & Packaging is free.All proceeds are in aid of the B....
www.jumblebee.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You have till November 9th to bid for a signed, dedicated copy of VIANNE - all in aid of Children in Need... www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...
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And this morning the Shed is a carousel, deep in the heart of a forest. Ivy grows around it now; the gilded horses leap and prance over a frieze of shadows.
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
And this morning the Shed is a carousel, deep in the heart of a forest. Ivy grows around it now; the gilded horses leap and prance over a frieze of shadows.
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I wrote a little story about friends, and rewards, and consequences. Buy me a cup of tea if you like, or just read it here for free... ko-fi.com/post/The-Bel...
The Bell
Joanne Harris and the Storytime Band published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I wrote a little story about friends, and rewards, and consequences. Buy me a cup of tea if you like, or just read it here for free... ko-fi.com/post/The-Bel...
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All I want is a humble castle on the Irish coast, a crackling fire, a vintage mystery novel, an emotional support raven, a raging thunderstorm, a few purring cats, endless cups of tea, and a scandalous amount of freshly-baked pastries.
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
All I want is a humble castle on the Irish coast, a crackling fire, a vintage mystery novel, an emotional support raven, a raging thunderstorm, a few purring cats, endless cups of tea, and a scandalous amount of freshly-baked pastries.
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And this morning the Shed is a piece of glass at the edge of a stained-glass window; a ladder of brightness to the floor…
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
And this morning the Shed is a piece of glass at the edge of a stained-glass window; a ladder of brightness to the floor…
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And this morning the Shed is a hollow tree, accessible by a tiny door hidden under the tangled roots...
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
And this morning the Shed is a hollow tree, accessible by a tiny door hidden under the tangled roots...
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Cup of tea, and time to ill. You know what that means, Bluesky: #Storytime.
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Cup of tea, and time to ill. You know what that means, Bluesky: #Storytime.
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The proofs to my new book are here! Working on them on paper, at my old school desk…
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The proofs to my new book are here! Working on them on paper, at my old school desk…
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And this morning the Shed is an old school desk; scarred by many encounters with compass, penknife, ink pot…
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
And this morning the Shed is an old school desk; scarred by many encounters with compass, penknife, ink pot…
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This book was another casualty of Unbound. It went out of print and I didn't receive any of my final year's earnings for it (and more). Hence me giving it a bit of a boost.
I wrote it mostly during winter 2017-18, amidst much ice, while renting a scary house above the Peak District snow line.
I wrote it mostly during winter 2017-18, amidst much ice, while renting a scary house above the Peak District snow line.
I've TWO of these beautiful 'Witch & Hare' original linocuts by my mum, Jo, to give away to my Bluesky followers. The print is from my recently republished book, Help The Witch.
All you have to do to enter is repost this story from the book (maybe give it a read too?) www.tom-cox.com/robot-2/
All you have to do to enter is repost this story from the book (maybe give it a read too?) www.tom-cox.com/robot-2/
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This book was another casualty of Unbound. It went out of print and I didn't receive any of my final year's earnings for it (and more). Hence me giving it a bit of a boost.
I wrote it mostly during winter 2017-18, amidst much ice, while renting a scary house above the Peak District snow line.
I wrote it mostly during winter 2017-18, amidst much ice, while renting a scary house above the Peak District snow line.
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And this morning the Shed is a shape in the mist, beckoning from the shadows.
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
And this morning the Shed is a shape in the mist, beckoning from the shadows.
Star Child, Glastonbury. By Donna Norton
November 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Star Child, Glastonbury. By Donna Norton
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Such a mystery, what MASS DISABLING EVENT could have happened after 2019 to cause this?
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Such a mystery, what MASS DISABLING EVENT could have happened after 2019 to cause this?
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I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
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And this morning the Shed is a circus tent, blown in on the autumn winds…
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
And this morning the Shed is a circus tent, blown in on the autumn winds…
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And this morning the Shed is a sealed box, from which comes the sound of whispering…
November 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
And this morning the Shed is a sealed box, from which comes the sound of whispering…
The Darkest Depths Moon is Celtic in origin. Other cultures call it the Tree Moon (Neo Pagan), The Snow Moon (English Medieval), The White Moon (Chinese), The Frost Moon (Cree), The Mourning Moon (Celtic) and The Mad Moon.
Lizzie Spikes, Driftwood Designs
Lizzie Spikes, Driftwood Designs
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Darkest Depths Moon is Celtic in origin. Other cultures call it the Tree Moon (Neo Pagan), The Snow Moon (English Medieval), The White Moon (Chinese), The Frost Moon (Cree), The Mourning Moon (Celtic) and The Mad Moon.
Lizzie Spikes, Driftwood Designs
Lizzie Spikes, Driftwood Designs
November 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Samhain Blessings to all. A time of connection to and reflection of the ancestors and the gifts they left us. Nos Calan Gaeaf art by Wendy Andrew and Danielle Barlow
November 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All Souls' Day, and in the blue dusk light, carrying a lantern, Old Fox walked down to the churchyard. A barn owl called down from the tower, and was answered somewhere in the trees.
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Mouse pulled their cloak a little tighter. They paused a moment and caught the faintest of glimmers of the scent Winter drifting down from the Northlands.
It sent a little thrill of a shiver knowing that soon the ones from the Northlands will be here with lanterns berries and merriment.
It sent a little thrill of a shiver knowing that soon the ones from the Northlands will be here with lanterns berries and merriment.
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And this morning the Shed is a sandcastle, standing high on the shoreline; with battlements of sun warmed stone, and shells along the seafront…
November 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
November 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM