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Jack O'Lantern 🎃

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Writes stuff, edits things, looks at rocks https://jackiefraser.co.uk/ #DailyMegalith #MDANT #RNA

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Jack O'Lantern 🎃 @muninnherself.bsky.social · Nov 14

I write books. They might not be your sort of thing but maybe you know someone who’d like them. They’re about middle-aged people falling in love.

I also work on other people’s books. The one on the right I am particularly proud of.

I post about writing, editing, and rocks, amongst other stuff.

A stack of paperbacks. Various editions of The Bookshop of Second Chances and The Beginning of Everything

The cover of The Old Stones, a gazetteer of megalithic sites in Britain and Ireland

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Jack O'Lantern 🎃 @muninnherself.bsky.social · 2h

I ate my dinner and had to do so without scrolling, I was confused and frightened.

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Saskiarghh Daniel @saskiadanielceramics.com · 10h

I can only apologise for the spelling but I will be at this on 1 November in an effort to blanket Chiswick with my ceramics before the end of the year. If you're further afield, my website is always open. Link in bio. x

Poster for Chiswick Festive Fair, 1 Nov, 11-17:00. Chiswick Catholic Centre 2 Dukes Ave, London W4 2AE

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Jack O'Lantern 🎃 @muninnherself.bsky.social · 10h

When I read Cosey’s book, Gen’s constant need for hot chocolate and housework gave me a lot to think about. Radical my arse etc.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 1d

Spooky bird stories. Last year's Halloween comic.

A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??"
In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!".
In panel 3, a screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!".
In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".

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Jack O'Lantern 🎃 @muninnherself.bsky.social · 1d

This made me laugh. Thank you.

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Jean @jeano.bsky.social · 1d

Our dog found an actual string of sausages today! I thought that only happened in The Beano 😆

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Jack O'Lantern 🎃 @muninnherself.bsky.social · 1d

It certainly gave it the old je ne sais quoi

Jack O'Lantern 🎃 @muninnherself.bsky.social · 1d

Oh blimey! That's quite a lot!

Jack O'Lantern 🎃 @muninnherself.bsky.social · 1d

I've worked on loads (hundreds) of travel guides and even I don't have copies of them. The British Library has them if I need one.

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Jack O'Lantern 🎃 @muninnherself.bsky.social · 1d

Oh god. The way places react to 'ordering things to be delivered to a different address to the address of the person paying' is like they've NEVER HEARD of the concept.

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Jack O'Lantern 🎃 @muninnherself.bsky.social · 1d

What fun!

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Jack O'Lantern 🎃 @muninnherself.bsky.social · 1d

It was quite odd to look at one of the French editions of one of my books and see they'd taken out all the speech marks! (Especially as I write my dialogue first and put the quotes in afterwards, which is quite a lot of work actually.)

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 1d

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Cartoon of man at a table with a book, a plate, a knife and a jar in front of him. He is touching a blob on a page of the book. Caption: I've got jam on my autobiography! Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 1d

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Cartoon of a plesiosaur. Seen from the side, the top line of its shape is echoed in ripples up the page, reminiscent of the artwork for the Joy Division album Unknown Pleasure. Caption: Unknown Plesiosaurs

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Jack O'Lantern 🎃 @muninnherself.bsky.social · 1d

My old boss once told me she threw Lace by Shirley Conran in the bin when she’d finished it.

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 1d

Potsdamer Platz, 1970.

Photo: Maschke, Herbert / Stadtmuseum Berlin

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 1d

Today's the 959th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, so obviously I'm reposting my scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry in Playmobil.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 10d

Ever wondered where all the Cheers title photos are from? I did. And I've gathered everything I can find into this post. That was fun.

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