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A more in-depth introductory post to the goings-on in my brain. (Format for this was inspired by @smrehwrites.bsky.social.)

#BookSky #booksky #author #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #writing #hobbies #interests
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'It is a most noble ruin, of immense size, and full of beautiful and romantic bits; there is a legend that a white lady is seen in one of the windows.'

Mina Harker describes the Whitby Abbey in her diary in Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Lady Hilda? See Alt-text for more.

#PhantomsFriday #gothic #booksky
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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While there's no concrete evidence that Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley had known the Golem legend when she wrote Frankenstein, many researches found similarities in themes. Particularly the theme of the hubris of man, and the attempt to create life in a godlike manner. 📚💙
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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In Jewish legend the Golem is a creature, usually a humanoid figure made of clay and brought to life by the power of the written word either inscribed on its forehead or inserted into its mouth. The legend dates back to the 12th century. 💙📚 #booksky
(Pic taken at the Frankenstein exhibition)
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Book mail: November Tales of the Weird from @blpublishing.bsky.social

The Haunted Library edited by @tanyakirk.bsky.social

This is not a new version of the original Haunted Library book they published (see post 2), but there are some crossover stories

#weird #horror #library #books

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November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Just a couple more days to grab these free horror books. Take a look, and pick up a cheap thrill.

#Books #HorrorWriting #BFP
💙📚👀 📚😱 📚📢

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November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Tired of lying awake at 3 am raging about how shit everything is? Like to have something to read instead?

How about a bundle of great fiction about authoritarian regimes and heroes who stick knives in evil systems?

📚🪐 #Booksky
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November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Absolutely wonderful -- and well deserved -- news of IWTTO being shortlisted for Best Anthology at the British Fantasy Awards. Well done to everyone involved, and especially to Bona Books's fantastic team.
I Want That Twink… Nominated?! 🤯

We’re over the moon (and beyond) that IWTTO! is a finalist at the BFAs.
July 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Looking for recommendations for a better alternative to Goodreads that doesn't use AI. I was thinking of Storygraph but apparently that's using AI now? Tired of algorithms tbh.

#BookSky 📚💙 #amreading #readingcommunity
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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A must-read for lovers of Keats. I listened to the #audiobook, which is perfect. Endymion is one of the 9 poems explored deeply in this book.
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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#AmReading “Brigands & Breadknives” by Travis Baldree (@travisbaldree.bsky.social) #BookSky

(I had to pause reading “Make Me Commissioner” for a bit because I was lucky enough to get “Brigands & Breadknives” via Libby on release day.)

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Brigands & Breadknives
Check out Brigands & Breadknives - <p><b>Return to the fantasy world of the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling Legends & Lattes series with a new adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed books...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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I severed a leaf from its tree
And a water-drop in the green flagon Cupped a hunted bit of your smile. All things about me were steeped in your remembrance
And shivering as they tried to tell me of it.
- To One Dead

Maxwell Bodenheim
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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It is a great lineup, though.

#Horror
#MovieNight
November 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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The next 3 authors/illustrators/reviewers/etc to join the BookSky Patreon at the 'Author in Residence' tier will get a 7 day rotating post like this one on the main BookSky feed ! 🤩

Patreon members also get featured on the BookSky website and a monthly shoutout post on this account too. 💙📚
July 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Do you write #book #reviews? They help #authors even more than people deciding if they’ll buy a #book! If you enjoy a book, please rate and review it! #BookLovers #BookReviews #amreading #BookSky 📚💙
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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Question One of the Great #HouseholdLore Publication Day Quiz! Of Roofs and Attics. Bonus folklore: thatchers used to 'sign' their work with bespoke finials so everyone could see who'd thatched what. #WatkinsWisdom #Folklore #Booksky #Crafts #PublicationDay
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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November Book List

This month my focus is on books that are perfect for easing into Winter.

#booksky
#bookchallenge

Day 10: A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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In Cumbrian dialects, 'pyat' is magpie

one is for sorrow,
but two for mirth,
three's for a wedding,
four for a death,
five for heaven,
six for hell,
but seven's the divil's oan sel

more: Folklore of the Lake District
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/

#birds #folklore #booksky
art: Georgia Cox
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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1937, Lady Seton foolishly steals a bone whilst visiting a pyramid. Sir Alexander Seton described the accursed item as 'round & resembling a digestive biscuit'. Despite having it exorcised & burned, the Setons suffered misfortune to the end of their days & probably never ate digestives again.
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Just throwing this out there! November is now #Bookvember for writers and readers who want to yap about books and authors they love.

#writesky #booksky #authors #books #writingcommunity
October 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Poet Anne Sexton, #botd in 1928, also wrote plays and children's books, and although she was a confessional poet, her specific feelings in "Her Kind" below resonated with many women then and now.

#booksky #poety #writers
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as nought; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness.

– Mary Shelley, #Frankenstein

#gothic #romanticism #books #booksky
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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#Bookvember 9

I really love Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. It is so weird and wonderful at the same time. A spooky, haunted house story but in space with weird death magic and angry lesbians? What's not to love?

#WritingPrompts #Writesky #Books #BookSky
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
An interesting contrast with crossing the fingers for luck is the idea of mudras, or hasta mudras / hand mudras to be specific.

#folklore #research #BookSky📚💙

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Fingers Crossed & Other Handy Things
Part X of Amulets & Talismans Crossing your fingers for luck, or to prevent “evil luck” has been a common thing in English-speaking regions for centuries — mostly in the UK, t…
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November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM