Kingfisher & Wombat
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Kingfisher & Wombat
@tkingfisher.com
· Oct 20
Two books for spooky season:
COFFIN MOON, Keith Rosson: Best modern vampire story ever (although it's set in the 70s).
THE TWISTED ONES, by T. Kingfisher: It lures you in with chatty good humor (especially about NPR Pledge Week) and a lovely dog...then slams the door and bites you in the dark.
COFFIN MOON, Keith Rosson: Best modern vampire story ever (although it's set in the 70s).
THE TWISTED ONES, by T. Kingfisher: It lures you in with chatty good humor (especially about NPR Pledge Week) and a lovely dog...then slams the door and bites you in the dark.
Is this my beautiful house? Is this my beautiful life?
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This reads like a modern take of a fairytale you've half forgotten - and one of the best sort, with the sharp claws and the dark bits all left in.
Also I have to confess that I have rarely related so much to a protagonist. I would die for Selena. Twice, if needed.
Also I have to confess that I have rarely related so much to a protagonist. I would die for Selena. Twice, if needed.
Today! Yes, on a Monday! The official release of SNAKE-EATER! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW4KNLR...
Snake-Eater
Amazon.com: Snake-Eater eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Kindle Store
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December 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This reads like a modern take of a fairytale you've half forgotten - and one of the best sort, with the sharp claws and the dark bits all left in.
Also I have to confess that I have rarely related so much to a protagonist. I would die for Selena. Twice, if needed.
Also I have to confess that I have rarely related so much to a protagonist. I would die for Selena. Twice, if needed.
And THIS is why not all books need to be shelved in YA, people!
When I worked at The Wherehouse, I kept having to take "Legend of the Overfiend" out of the kids section because "It's an animated movie, it must be okay."
December 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
And THIS is why not all books need to be shelved in YA, people!
These days?
“The good die young—
and those whose hearts are dry as summer dust
Burn to the socket.”
“The good die young—
and those whose hearts are dry as summer dust
Burn to the socket.”
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
These days?
“The good die young—
and those whose hearts are dry as summer dust
Burn to the socket.”
“The good die young—
and those whose hearts are dry as summer dust
Burn to the socket.”
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Anne Boyer's "What Resembles The Grave But Isn't" is tattooed across my soul. "This is not your grave, get out of this hole."
billmoyers.com/story/poetry...
billmoyers.com/story/poetry...
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Anne Boyer's "What Resembles The Grave But Isn't" is tattooed across my soul. "This is not your grave, get out of this hole."
billmoyers.com/story/poetry...
billmoyers.com/story/poetry...
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one more night in the tidepools tonight & I had a blast seeing who fluoresces! just about every crustacean I found fluoresced including eelgrass isopods (couldn't get a good pic unfortunately)
🌊🌿🦀🐙🦑
🌊🌿🦀🐙🦑
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
one more night in the tidepools tonight & I had a blast seeing who fluoresces! just about every crustacean I found fluoresced including eelgrass isopods (couldn't get a good pic unfortunately)
🌊🌿🦀🐙🦑
🌊🌿🦀🐙🦑
Started playing Tavern Keeper on a whim. Have now spent more time building furniture in the designer than actually playing.
December 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Started playing Tavern Keeper on a whim. Have now spent more time building furniture in the designer than actually playing.
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"That's the thing about learning. You get to keep it "
From Hemlock and Silver by @tkingfisher.com
From Hemlock and Silver by @tkingfisher.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"That's the thing about learning. You get to keep it "
From Hemlock and Silver by @tkingfisher.com
From Hemlock and Silver by @tkingfisher.com
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I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
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Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
“He didn’t look around, and watch and learn, and then say, ‘This is how people are, how do we deal with it?’ No, he sat and thought: ‘This is how the people ought to be, how can we change them?’ And that was a good enough thought for a priest but not for a copper…”
“He didn’t look around, and watch and learn, and then say, ‘This is how people are, how do we deal with it?’ No, he sat and thought: ‘This is how the people ought to be, how can we change them?’ And that was a good enough thought for a priest but not for a copper…”
Discworld QOTD, from Eric
"Hell, it has been suggested, is other people.
This has always come as a bit of a surprise to many demons, who had always thought that hell was sticking sharp things into people and pushing them into lakes of blood and so on."
"Hell, it has been suggested, is other people.
This has always come as a bit of a surprise to many demons, who had always thought that hell was sticking sharp things into people and pushing them into lakes of blood and so on."
Discworld QOTD, from The Last Hero
December 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
“He didn’t look around, and watch and learn, and then say, ‘This is how people are, how do we deal with it?’ No, he sat and thought: ‘This is how the people ought to be, how can we change them?’ And that was a good enough thought for a priest but not for a copper…”
“He didn’t look around, and watch and learn, and then say, ‘This is how people are, how do we deal with it?’ No, he sat and thought: ‘This is how the people ought to be, how can we change them?’ And that was a good enough thought for a priest but not for a copper…”
IN MY DEFENSE it had formed a thick crust and didn’t shed at freeway speeds.
(I still felt horribly guilty.)
(I still felt horribly guilty.)
those who leave snow on their car roofs are without honor
December 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
IN MY DEFENSE it had formed a thick crust and didn’t shed at freeway speeds.
(I still felt horribly guilty.)
(I still felt horribly guilty.)
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Feels annoying that I have to specify that from here on out, politicians need to have adult-level emotional regulation.
December 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Feels annoying that I have to specify that from here on out, politicians need to have adult-level emotional regulation.
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I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit
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It only took four of us making a two-minute public comment about the library at the city council meeting for the councilors to restore the funding the mayor’s office had cut.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It only took four of us making a two-minute public comment about the library at the city council meeting for the councilors to restore the funding the mayor’s office had cut.
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Abolish ICE straight to The Hague (yeah, yeah, I know), but the community response to their attempted "shows of force", in multiple cities, is genuinely giving me a glimmer of hope in all this.
1) legendary energy
2) you don't want to be passive aggressively chased through winter conditions by a Minnesotan, I hope they have nightmares 😂
2) you don't want to be passive aggressively chased through winter conditions by a Minnesotan, I hope they have nightmares 😂
December 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Abolish ICE straight to The Hague (yeah, yeah, I know), but the community response to their attempted "shows of force", in multiple cities, is genuinely giving me a glimmer of hope in all this.
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A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
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We have been delighted with the reception to The Séance of Blake Manor from those of you who have played and and those who reviewed it. 🥰🫶
To celebrate check out our Accolades Trailer:
To celebrate check out our Accolades Trailer:
The Séance of Blake Manor | Accolades Trailer
Buy The Séance of Blake Manor now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/13...
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance…
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December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We have been delighted with the reception to The Séance of Blake Manor from those of you who have played and and those who reviewed it. 🥰🫶
To celebrate check out our Accolades Trailer:
To celebrate check out our Accolades Trailer:
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I recently read @tkingfisher.com 's Thorn Hedge, and it was my kind of story.
Love a fairy tale that's got enough creepy bits to remind you not to mess with the fae, but it's not nightmare inducing.
Do you all have any recs like this? Keep in mind that I'm a lightweight with scary stuff.
Love a fairy tale that's got enough creepy bits to remind you not to mess with the fae, but it's not nightmare inducing.
Do you all have any recs like this? Keep in mind that I'm a lightweight with scary stuff.
December 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I recently read @tkingfisher.com 's Thorn Hedge, and it was my kind of story.
Love a fairy tale that's got enough creepy bits to remind you not to mess with the fae, but it's not nightmare inducing.
Do you all have any recs like this? Keep in mind that I'm a lightweight with scary stuff.
Love a fairy tale that's got enough creepy bits to remind you not to mess with the fae, but it's not nightmare inducing.
Do you all have any recs like this? Keep in mind that I'm a lightweight with scary stuff.
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I read a lot of books I admired this year-- but this one was the one I loved the most. Reminded me of Ursula K. Le Guin's "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight," which is perhaps my all time favorite novella.
Today! Yes, on a Monday! The official release of SNAKE-EATER! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW4KNLR...
Snake-Eater
Amazon.com: Snake-Eater eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I read a lot of books I admired this year-- but this one was the one I loved the most. Reminded me of Ursula K. Le Guin's "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight," which is perhaps my all time favorite novella.
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“Bryony closed her eyes. I am making an enchanted house sad. God help me.”
@tkingfisher.com, Bryony and Roses
4 star rec - Bryony and Roses!
🌹Beauty is independent + practical
🌹The manor takes a key role, reflecting Beauty's development
🌹Love transcends appearances
#FairytaleRetellings #booksky
@tkingfisher.com, Bryony and Roses
4 star rec - Bryony and Roses!
🌹Beauty is independent + practical
🌹The manor takes a key role, reflecting Beauty's development
🌹Love transcends appearances
#FairytaleRetellings #booksky
Bryony and Roses
Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. The…
www.goodreads.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“Bryony closed her eyes. I am making an enchanted house sad. God help me.”
@tkingfisher.com, Bryony and Roses
4 star rec - Bryony and Roses!
🌹Beauty is independent + practical
🌹The manor takes a key role, reflecting Beauty's development
🌹Love transcends appearances
#FairytaleRetellings #booksky
@tkingfisher.com, Bryony and Roses
4 star rec - Bryony and Roses!
🌹Beauty is independent + practical
🌹The manor takes a key role, reflecting Beauty's development
🌹Love transcends appearances
#FairytaleRetellings #booksky
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#PudgyHorse Lascaux Tribute 2. A companion piece to the first, following one of the other cave horses with a darker colour morph. Again, painted with pigments made by Mary Sanche from Cretaceous rocks from the Albertan badlands. From 2020.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
#PudgyHorse Lascaux Tribute 2. A companion piece to the first, following one of the other cave horses with a darker colour morph. Again, painted with pigments made by Mary Sanche from Cretaceous rocks from the Albertan badlands. From 2020.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
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December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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from top to bottom all of these guys treat the united states government as a neat toy they can show off to their friends and use to impress girls
and we're all just a bunch of action figures to play with and discard when they're bored
and we're all just a bunch of action figures to play with and discard when they're bored
lol
Kash Patel is using the FBI to serve as an Uber for his girlfriend's drunk pals.
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel is using the FBI to serve as an Uber for his girlfriend's drunk pals.
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend’s pal a lift home: sources
FBI agents have grown increasingly concerned by Patel’s use of the bureau’s strapped resource.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
from top to bottom all of these guys treat the united states government as a neat toy they can show off to their friends and use to impress girls
and we're all just a bunch of action figures to play with and discard when they're bored
and we're all just a bunch of action figures to play with and discard when they're bored
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I’ve been reading @tkingfisher.com ‘s “What moves the Dead” and I had a nightmare about being stalked by fungus zombies and woke up in a cold sweat.
5 stars, no notes 👍 , I’ll never look at rabbits the same way
5 stars, no notes 👍 , I’ll never look at rabbits the same way
December 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I’ve been reading @tkingfisher.com ‘s “What moves the Dead” and I had a nightmare about being stalked by fungus zombies and woke up in a cold sweat.
5 stars, no notes 👍 , I’ll never look at rabbits the same way
5 stars, no notes 👍 , I’ll never look at rabbits the same way
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A tender moment on the water as a coot watches over its brightly-coloured chicks, glowing in the morning light.
#Birds #lukehaigh #birdwatching #photography
#Birds #lukehaigh #birdwatching #photography
December 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A tender moment on the water as a coot watches over its brightly-coloured chicks, glowing in the morning light.
#Birds #lukehaigh #birdwatching #photography
#Birds #lukehaigh #birdwatching #photography