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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 1d

#SaturdayShowcase - Excited to share happy news of publication of my 2 #poems IMMORTAL DAY & ONE STRAND (Pg 83) in October Hill Magazine Fall 2025 Volume 9 Issue 3. Much thanks to #editors Samantha, Hannah, Arvilla Fee #poet! Just click on the link : octoberhillmagazine.com/archives 📚 #silicasun ☀️📖💚

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Elisabeth Alba @elisabethalba.bsky.social · 2d

A Woodland Hallows Eve! 🎃

You can find Halloweeny greeting cards and other items at www.redbubble.com/people/elisa...!

#badger #otter #chipmunk #redfox #trickortreat

A forest at night under a full moon - a young badger (dressed as a skeleton) with a chipmunk on his shoulder, fox (dressed as a wizard), and otter (dressed as a pumpkin) are walking toward a warmly lit door in a tree as they trick or treat.

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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning! ICYMI I've put together a small collection of stories to have some $$$ coming in until our government opens back up and I get a paycheck again

Nine stories where the warm Caribbean sun casts long shadows. Find what TropiWeird is all about

kyr-1066.itch.io/a-series-of-...

A Series of Hauntings: Un Combo TropiWeird by KYR_1066

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 3d

The best short ghost story ever.

The Men In The Turnip Field: an old Somerset story collected in Kevin Crossley-Holland's Folk Tales Of The British Isles

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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 2d

FRESH HORROR: "Mushroom Aesthetic" by Aggie Novak is now LIVE on FFO. This is our next story in our wilderness horror collection. Mycophilia is all vibes until the spores have their way
#writingcommunity #flashfiction #horror
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/mush...

Mushroom Aesthetic

Milica curses the summer heat as she sets off into the forest with her empty backpack and wicker basket.The basket is all aesthetic—it knocks into Milica as she walks and the twisted cane handle di…

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The American Scholar @theamscho.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thomas Gray wrote “Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes” in 1747 when Horace Walpole asked him for an epitaph to commemorate his cat.

“Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes” by Thomas Gray - The American Scholar

Poems read aloud, beautifully

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Burnside Review @burnsidereview.bsky.social · Jun 20

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@angelosmao.bsky.social

Abattoir by Angelo Mao

Winner of the 2019 Burnside Review Press Book Award, selected by Darcie Dennigan.

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 2d

Submissions are now open!

Details here: www.frostzonestories.com/p/submission...

Submissions

Submission Guidelines GENERAL SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN October 18-November 01 for FROST ZONE STORIES Books 3 & 4 FROST ZONE STORIES Canadi...

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Duotrope @duotrope.com · Jun 11

Today's listing of the day is: Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

Listing of the Day

Today's listing of the day is: Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 18d

#WyrdWednesday scarecrows long considered mock humans blowing in cornfields invoking terror by their undead demonic monster look. From ancient Egypt to ancient Greece, England to Kansas, Defoe to Hawthorne scarecrows have perpetuated #horror of menacing entities of death and decay 👻 #silicasun ☠️🎃📙❤️

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 24d

A stork and a poor auld 'unknown bird kill'd of yt coast of Affrica'. From Francois Froget's 'A Relation of a voyage ... on the coasts of Africa, Streights of Magellan, Brasil, Cayenna, and the Antilles' printed in 1698 #TravelLiterature #Birds

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The Moth Magazine @themothmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 10

❛ Good poems are the best teachers. Perhaps they are the only teachers. I would go so far as to say that, if one must make a choice between reading or taking part in a workshop, one should read.

Poet Mary Oliver, born #OTD in 1935.

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · Oct 13

Today is also #WorldSlothBearDay!
“The ursine sloth, or sloth bear. In the gardens of the Zoological Society.”
19th c. colored etching by W. Panorma (1796-1867) after W. Berthoud.
Wellcome Collection
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zo...

digitized image of an original 19th c. natural history art print; pair of sloth bears at the London Zoo

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old wildlife illustrations @wildlife.nathan.fun · 10d

Nature neighbors. v.5. Chicago, American Audobon association[c1914] (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101159) #nature #illustration #art

Nature neighbors. v.5.
Chicago, American Audobon association[c1914]
http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101159�

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 9d

Robert Bartlett on why it’s a miracle that Beowulf survived the Middle Ages.

How Close Did We Come to Losing Beowulf Forever?

There are cases of important literary and historical works that survive in only one or two manuscripts. If they had suﬀered some accident, then our picture of the past might be altered in important…

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 18d

Such a lovely q&a with Lana Lin @shelf-awareness.com. Especially enjoyed her answer to "Book you hid from your parents" and "Book you most want to read again for the first time."
www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...

Shelf Awareness for Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Welcome to the Web site for Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for the Book Trade, the free e-mail newsletter dedicated to helping the people in stores, ...

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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 7d

#Gothtober 🐾 Wearing disguises to hide from wandering souls, carving demonic faces on pumpkins to frighten away evil spirits & lighting up carved pumpkins with candles like lanterns similar to will-o'-the-wisps ghost lights are #legends retold thousands years old #31DaysofHalloween 🎃 #silicasun 🎃📙❤️

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Lothlorien Poetry Journal @lothlorienpoetryj.bsky.social · 22d

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Five Poems by Arvilla Fee

Lothlorien Poetry Journal Edited by Strider Marcus Jones Poet - Publishes poetry and fiction online and in print periodically. https://lothlorienp

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June Caldwell @junec.bsky.social · 17d

KEEPER OF STONES by Ger Moane, a gorgeous novel inspired by the magical Tuatha de Danaan and mystical monuments of Newgrange. It draws on myths and legends to imagine ancient Ireland as a land of abundance where people lived in harmony with nature & #FluidSexuality www.buythebook.ie/product/keep...

Keeper of Stones | Buythebook.ie

Keeper of Stones, published by Tribes Press, is inspired by the magical Tuatha de Danaan and the mystical monuments of Newgrange. It draws on myths and legends to imagine the world of ancient Ireland ...

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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 12d

Curious about magic in the Middle Ages? Dive into the fascinating world of medieval sorcery with us! medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/magic #Magic

The Magical World of the Early and High Middle Ages

Explore the fascinating world of magic, its practices, practitioners, and cultural impact. From court astrologers to village healers, we investigate the complex interplay between magic, religion, and…

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · Sep 8

wull, f.n: wool. (WULL / ˈwʌl)
Image: Sheep in a bestiary; England, c. 1225-1250; @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS. Bodley 764, f. 34r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a wooly white sheep standing among some plants with a placid expression on its face.

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · May 10

For #WorldMigratoryBirdDay :
Andre Minaux (France, 1923-1986)
Migration, 1960s
Editions Braun et Cie., Paris (15/200)
Tapestry wallhanging printed on linen
49 x 64 in. (124.5 x 162.6 cm)
www.abell.com/auction-lot/...
#BirdsInArt

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Coffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 9d

VAMPIRE POETRY Les Metamorphosis du Vampire is from Baudelaire's Les Fleurs Du Mal, 1857. The #vampire, boasting of his seductive powers, claims 'Impotent angels damn themselves for me' #31DaysOfHalloween

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 9d

Goodnight.
A bat and three fully dressed birds flying by moonlight, Wellcome Collection. 🦇 #Gothtober #31daysofhalloween

Illustration as described, three birds are dressed in suits, one has a top hat.

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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you, Hope, Stuart, you're both right. I for one am not 'indie.' Never have been. I'm traditionally published. Always have been! But we're all #authors just the same. Thanks #writingcommunity 4 your kindness many times over 4 #writerslifts reciprocated likewise in full by me 📚 #silicasun 🍂📙❤️

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