Scarmilla de Winter
@theswilkieway.bsky.social
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🌍 Missing Mile
Portfolio: https://www.swilkiewayart.com/
No AI, no NFTs, please credit if sharing <3 ;)
🌍 Missing Mile
Portfolio: https://www.swilkiewayart.com/
No AI, no NFTs, please credit if sharing <3 ;)
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A thread of fundraisers and other resources to support Palestinians. If you are Palestinian please feel welcome to add your own in the comments <3 :
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We still have some talk spaces for next year's Romancing the Gothic online talk series.
A reminder that Romancing the Gothic is explicitly trans-inclusive and our programme next year will be celebrating that in numerous talks. Join us.
romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/02/r...
A reminder that Romancing the Gothic is explicitly trans-inclusive and our programme next year will be celebrating that in numerous talks. Join us.
romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/02/r...
Romancing the Gothic 2026 Talk Series – Call for Papers
In 2026, our annual conference will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of Ann Radcliffe’s final, posthumous, publications. An early Gothic writer, Radcliffe was known to some as the ‘…
romancingthegothic.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We still have some talk spaces for next year's Romancing the Gothic online talk series.
A reminder that Romancing the Gothic is explicitly trans-inclusive and our programme next year will be celebrating that in numerous talks. Join us.
romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/02/r...
A reminder that Romancing the Gothic is explicitly trans-inclusive and our programme next year will be celebrating that in numerous talks. Join us.
romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/02/r...
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Beyond Desire: Erotic Tales of Cosmic Horror!
There's a thin line between lust and insanity!
amzn.eu/d/8P68e9R
For those that like their Horror sexy queer monstrous tentacled and mind bending!
There's a thin line between lust and insanity!
amzn.eu/d/8P68e9R
For those that like their Horror sexy queer monstrous tentacled and mind bending!
December 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Beyond Desire: Erotic Tales of Cosmic Horror!
There's a thin line between lust and insanity!
amzn.eu/d/8P68e9R
For those that like their Horror sexy queer monstrous tentacled and mind bending!
There's a thin line between lust and insanity!
amzn.eu/d/8P68e9R
For those that like their Horror sexy queer monstrous tentacled and mind bending!
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And we are LIVE! 30 Hours For a Rainbow has begun! Spread the word!
www.glitterbeam.co.uk #30HoursForARainbow
Live camera feed -> youtube.com/watch?v=KekuPc
To donate visit glitterbeam.co.uk/marathon/#do... (donation link opens from 12 midday)
www.glitterbeam.co.uk #30HoursForARainbow
Live camera feed -> youtube.com/watch?v=KekuPc
To donate visit glitterbeam.co.uk/marathon/#do... (donation link opens from 12 midday)
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
And we are LIVE! 30 Hours For a Rainbow has begun! Spread the word!
www.glitterbeam.co.uk #30HoursForARainbow
Live camera feed -> youtube.com/watch?v=KekuPc
To donate visit glitterbeam.co.uk/marathon/#do... (donation link opens from 12 midday)
www.glitterbeam.co.uk #30HoursForARainbow
Live camera feed -> youtube.com/watch?v=KekuPc
To donate visit glitterbeam.co.uk/marathon/#do... (donation link opens from 12 midday)
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Thank you to everyone who came to our second award ceremony! Our 2025 award winners have now been announced...
selkieawards.org/2025
selkieawards.org/2025
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to our second award ceremony! Our 2025 award winners have now been announced...
selkieawards.org/2025
selkieawards.org/2025
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Christmas is a time for giving, appreciating & reflecting on what matters most.
For those starting again in Scotland the reality is very different.
Give a loved one a meaningful gift: donate in their name to help someone start again in safety.
Order a £5 e-gift here: ow.ly/Brg850XA5r7 🧡
For those starting again in Scotland the reality is very different.
Give a loved one a meaningful gift: donate in their name to help someone start again in safety.
Order a £5 e-gift here: ow.ly/Brg850XA5r7 🧡
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Christmas is a time for giving, appreciating & reflecting on what matters most.
For those starting again in Scotland the reality is very different.
Give a loved one a meaningful gift: donate in their name to help someone start again in safety.
Order a £5 e-gift here: ow.ly/Brg850XA5r7 🧡
For those starting again in Scotland the reality is very different.
Give a loved one a meaningful gift: donate in their name to help someone start again in safety.
Order a £5 e-gift here: ow.ly/Brg850XA5r7 🧡
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Yeah these hunger strikers aren't getting enough attention. Brits, please amplify this on all your socials
“Give this as much visibility as possible.”
UK pro-Palestine MPs have pledged to push the demands of Palestinian hunger strikers after meeting with CAGE, Prisoners for Palestine, and families. Activists urge the public to mobilise, pressure authorities, and amplify the strikers’ voices.
UK pro-Palestine MPs have pledged to push the demands of Palestinian hunger strikers after meeting with CAGE, Prisoners for Palestine, and families. Activists urge the public to mobilise, pressure authorities, and amplify the strikers’ voices.
December 6, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Yeah these hunger strikers aren't getting enough attention. Brits, please amplify this on all your socials
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A small but perfectly formed Queerly Fabulous Show as we gear up for 30 Hours for a Rainbow. Join me from 10am before @glitterbeamuk.bsky.social goes live for LGBTQ+ charities across the country from 11am
December 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A small but perfectly formed Queerly Fabulous Show as we gear up for 30 Hours for a Rainbow. Join me from 10am before @glitterbeamuk.bsky.social goes live for LGBTQ+ charities across the country from 11am
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EBOOK GIVEAWAY!
I'm giving away FIVE free digital copies of The Writhing, Verdant End, our weird ecohorror release that comes out next Tuesday.
To enter, simply quote-post with your favorite ecohorror story, book, movie, game, etc.! #booksky
I'm giving away FIVE free digital copies of The Writhing, Verdant End, our weird ecohorror release that comes out next Tuesday.
To enter, simply quote-post with your favorite ecohorror story, book, movie, game, etc.! #booksky
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
EBOOK GIVEAWAY!
I'm giving away FIVE free digital copies of The Writhing, Verdant End, our weird ecohorror release that comes out next Tuesday.
To enter, simply quote-post with your favorite ecohorror story, book, movie, game, etc.! #booksky
I'm giving away FIVE free digital copies of The Writhing, Verdant End, our weird ecohorror release that comes out next Tuesday.
To enter, simply quote-post with your favorite ecohorror story, book, movie, game, etc.! #booksky
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The initiative is helping Gaza's children 'glimpse a better reality', says Palestinian filmmaker Mustafa al-Nabih.
Makeshift movie screenings in Gaza City bring children ‘out of the ruin’
The initiative is helping Gaza's children 'glimpse a better reality', says Palestinian filmmaker Mustafa al-Nabih.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The initiative is helping Gaza's children 'glimpse a better reality', says Palestinian filmmaker Mustafa al-Nabih.
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Our online awards ceremony is TONIGHT at 7pm GMT! We are so excited to share our winners with you.
Be sure to register through our website: selkieawards.org/2025
Be sure to register through our website: selkieawards.org/2025
The Selkie Awards | 2025
selkieawards.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Our online awards ceremony is TONIGHT at 7pm GMT! We are so excited to share our winners with you.
Be sure to register through our website: selkieawards.org/2025
Be sure to register through our website: selkieawards.org/2025
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Learn more about what mutual aid work looks like in Gaza post-"ceasefire" and how the Sameer Project's work has shifted with people returning home, the "yellow line," cratering donations, and working for 2 years through immense loss.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVAE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVAE...
Give Warmth to Gaza This Winter Season with Hala Sabbah from The Sameer Project
YouTube video by Millennials Are Killing Capitalism Live!
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Learn more about what mutual aid work looks like in Gaza post-"ceasefire" and how the Sameer Project's work has shifted with people returning home, the "yellow line," cratering donations, and working for 2 years through immense loss.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVAE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVAE...
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#NightTideMag's December Monthly Macabre is PRE-CODE HORROR!
It challenged censorship, moral panic, & taboo desire. It also weaponized difference; often villainizing disabled, queer, & racialized bodies. It’s a DEEPLY complicated era worth reexamining.
Pitch us your essay @ nighttidemag.com/pitch 👻📽️
It challenged censorship, moral panic, & taboo desire. It also weaponized difference; often villainizing disabled, queer, & racialized bodies. It’s a DEEPLY complicated era worth reexamining.
Pitch us your essay @ nighttidemag.com/pitch 👻📽️
November 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#NightTideMag's December Monthly Macabre is PRE-CODE HORROR!
It challenged censorship, moral panic, & taboo desire. It also weaponized difference; often villainizing disabled, queer, & racialized bodies. It’s a DEEPLY complicated era worth reexamining.
Pitch us your essay @ nighttidemag.com/pitch 👻📽️
It challenged censorship, moral panic, & taboo desire. It also weaponized difference; often villainizing disabled, queer, & racialized bodies. It’s a DEEPLY complicated era worth reexamining.
Pitch us your essay @ nighttidemag.com/pitch 👻📽️
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PLEASE boost and support this kickstarter!!
Support Black Indie Animation!!!!
8 days left to get it to its goal
#indieanimation#animation#kickstarter#crocodiledance
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cok...
Support Black Indie Animation!!!!
8 days left to get it to its goal
#indieanimation#animation#kickstarter#crocodiledance
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cok...
Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film
An indie animated thriller where a musician reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family.
www.kickstarter.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
PLEASE boost and support this kickstarter!!
Support Black Indie Animation!!!!
8 days left to get it to its goal
#indieanimation#animation#kickstarter#crocodiledance
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cok...
Support Black Indie Animation!!!!
8 days left to get it to its goal
#indieanimation#animation#kickstarter#crocodiledance
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cok...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Window now open to apply for a BSBI grant for 2026!
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course #Identiplant & courses from external providers), and for Plant Study & Research.
Find out which grant is right for you: bsbi.org/learn/grants
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course #Identiplant & courses from external providers), and for Plant Study & Research.
Find out which grant is right for you: bsbi.org/learn/grants
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Window now open to apply for a BSBI grant for 2026!
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course #Identiplant & courses from external providers), and for Plant Study & Research.
Find out which grant is right for you: bsbi.org/learn/grants
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course #Identiplant & courses from external providers), and for Plant Study & Research.
Find out which grant is right for you: bsbi.org/learn/grants
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The pulpy subgenre sword & sorcery still thrives.
REVIEW: New Edge Sword and Sorcery Issues 5-7
New Edge highlights talent from all sorts of backgrounds in an effort to celebrate the fun, exciting parts of S&S
www.grimdarkmagazine.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The pulpy subgenre sword & sorcery still thrives.
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in case you missed our announcement
We're seeking short stories in Jan 2026 for our upcoming anthology, Modern Decadent, which embraces the fin de siècle literary & arts of the decadents, along with 19th century symbolism and aestheticism. We also welcome stories with a good dash of proto-Weird 🖤
We're seeking short stories in Jan 2026 for our upcoming anthology, Modern Decadent, which embraces the fin de siècle literary & arts of the decadents, along with 19th century symbolism and aestheticism. We also welcome stories with a good dash of proto-Weird 🖤
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
in case you missed our announcement
We're seeking short stories in Jan 2026 for our upcoming anthology, Modern Decadent, which embraces the fin de siècle literary & arts of the decadents, along with 19th century symbolism and aestheticism. We also welcome stories with a good dash of proto-Weird 🖤
We're seeking short stories in Jan 2026 for our upcoming anthology, Modern Decadent, which embraces the fin de siècle literary & arts of the decadents, along with 19th century symbolism and aestheticism. We also welcome stories with a good dash of proto-Weird 🖤
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With anti-trans news every day, we're on a mission to bring festive joy to trans+ youth 🎄
We have just closed sign ups for this year's Trans Secret Santa with hundreds and hundreds of registrations. 🎅
Now we we need your help making the gifts as magical as possible ✨
www.transsecretsanta.co.uk
We have just closed sign ups for this year's Trans Secret Santa with hundreds and hundreds of registrations. 🎅
Now we we need your help making the gifts as magical as possible ✨
www.transsecretsanta.co.uk
Trans Secret Santa 2025
Help us bring festive joy to trans youth
www.transsecretsanta.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
With anti-trans news every day, we're on a mission to bring festive joy to trans+ youth 🎄
We have just closed sign ups for this year's Trans Secret Santa with hundreds and hundreds of registrations. 🎅
Now we we need your help making the gifts as magical as possible ✨
www.transsecretsanta.co.uk
We have just closed sign ups for this year's Trans Secret Santa with hundreds and hundreds of registrations. 🎅
Now we we need your help making the gifts as magical as possible ✨
www.transsecretsanta.co.uk
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Today I opened a box... of me!!!
☠️👽👻👹🧜♂️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Queer As Folklore is back in shops and available online from @manchesterup.bsky.social!
☠️👽👻👹🧜♂️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Queer As Folklore is back in shops and available online from @manchesterup.bsky.social!
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Today I opened a box... of me!!!
☠️👽👻👹🧜♂️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Queer As Folklore is back in shops and available online from @manchesterup.bsky.social!
☠️👽👻👹🧜♂️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Queer As Folklore is back in shops and available online from @manchesterup.bsky.social!
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Don't miss the first session of Metaphors for a Black Future on 8th December! Writing with and the Practice of Permission with Foluke Taylor by & for Black writers. Book your spot now: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/metaphors-fo...
Metaphors for a Black Future: Loose Ends: Explorations in Diasporic Writing Craft - 8 December & 13 December - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Metaphors for a Black Future 2025, curated by Martha Adonai Williams.
scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Don't miss the first session of Metaphors for a Black Future on 8th December! Writing with and the Practice of Permission with Foluke Taylor by & for Black writers. Book your spot now: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/metaphors-fo...
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🦇 Today is #WorldWildlifeConservationDay - Bats account for more than a quarter of mammal species in the UK and around 20% of all mammal species worldwide.
They are the only flying mammal in the world and each species is unique. Find out about UK bat species here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
They are the only flying mammal in the world and each species is unique. Find out about UK bat species here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
UK Bats - Types of bats - Bat Conservation Trust
We are lucky enough to have 18 species of bat in the UK, 17 of which are known to be breeding here - that's almost a quarter of our mammal species.
Ever...
www.bats.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🦇 Today is #WorldWildlifeConservationDay - Bats account for more than a quarter of mammal species in the UK and around 20% of all mammal species worldwide.
They are the only flying mammal in the world and each species is unique. Find out about UK bat species here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
They are the only flying mammal in the world and each species is unique. Find out about UK bat species here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
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“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”