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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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We wake to mornings of cold magic. Exhale dragon-breath, crunch frost-frozen leaves as we walk. The year is dying. We feel it as rush of ghosts, a shivering that foretells the blade of ice upon its neck. No wonder this is the season where folklore burns bright. – #DAKilroy, 1982 #Folklore
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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And this morning the Shed is heading north, through the storm, on stilts of lightning.
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
And this morning the Shed is heading north, through the storm, on stilts of lightning.
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And this morning the Shed is a bullet train, heading for the target...
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
And this morning the Shed is a bullet train, heading for the target...
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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And this morning the Shed is a panopticon; watching Argus-eyed through the mists…
November 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
And this morning the Shed is a panopticon; watching Argus-eyed through the mists…
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And this morning the Shed is a fairy ring of toadstools on the village green…
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
And this morning the Shed is a fairy ring of toadstools on the village green…
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And this morning the Shed is a drawing-room, all furnished in sea-green satin…
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
And this morning the Shed is a drawing-room, all furnished in sea-green satin…
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I love how these people have followed my work for YEARS and then are surprised that I’m anti capitalist and anti girl boss feminism. My most successful work is about a refugee goddess who illegally crosses water to find safety, whose side do you think I’m on?
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I love how these people have followed my work for YEARS and then are surprised that I’m anti capitalist and anti girl boss feminism. My most successful work is about a refugee goddess who illegally crosses water to find safety, whose side do you think I’m on?
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Setting aside my bloodstained quill to stash my current manuscript in its hiding-place in the hollow tree, guarded by a pack of wolves with a taste for human flesh... #AmWriting
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Setting aside my bloodstained quill to stash my current manuscript in its hiding-place in the hollow tree, guarded by a pack of wolves with a taste for human flesh... #AmWriting
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And this morning the Shed is a light ship; sails unfurled to harvest the sun…
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
And this morning the Shed is a light ship; sails unfurled to harvest the sun…
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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....
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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
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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