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Thomas Joyce
@thomasjoyce.bsky.social
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Sometimes writer | Always reader | Podcast Listener | Basketball fan | He/Him
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There's only room for one Boss in the USA.
A gif of Bruce Springsteen, the ONLY Boss in the USA, facing the American flag, before turning his head to face the camera.
May 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Probably only works if Attenborough was making one last statement before retiring. But, meh. In a way, he's been telling us we're screwed for years.
An image of Sir David Attenborough standing in front of a cliff. Headline reads: "Attenborough at 99 delivers 'greatest message he's ever told' Image of Ray Patterson from Simpsons episode "Trash of the Titans". Caption reads: "But it's so gratifying to leave you wallowing in the mess you've made. You're screwed. Thank you. Bye."
May 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Max is now living in a Sara Tantlinger novella.
Front cover of TO BE DEVOURED, by Sara Tantlinger
April 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Yeah, I have to read this book.
"The young team stands over Eadie Daly's grnadmother with huge, jagged stones that look like meteorite fragments cupped in their hands. Mikey, Squareheid, MacLean are beshadowed in the clearing like a trio of gunfighters in a stand-off. Their leader, Bible Johnny, lurks in the distance, ready to give the final instruction. It's a Tuesday. How the fuck has it come to this? He asks himself. Well, the bad memories had persisted and Eadie was at his wits end. He'd brought the boys here as a last throw of the dice. The only way to get rid of his old life was to kill the woman he loved most in the world. Times are changed; we also are changed with them."
April 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Toni Collette: Lurk-Wife balance
Still from movie, Hereditary, featuring Alex Wolff and Toni Collette.
March 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Go for the cookies! Stay for the scavenger hunt, the 10% discount... and the cookies!
Cookie Monster eating a lot of cookies, text beneath reads: "cookies make everything better", which they do.
February 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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My last published fiction, "The Man Wi' The Iron Teeth", was in this excellent collection of 5 short stories from Scottish authors, published by Anxiety Press and edited by Chris Kelso in... September '23. 🫣
Front cover of FIVE WITHOUT HONOUR: JUSTIFIED SINNERS VOL. 2 from Anxiety Press
February 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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gif of a man closing a shutter, with the text "OK I'M OUT"
February 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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A Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson, showing a group of people holding placards backwards and with a sign reading "IMBECILES OF AMERICA", upside down.
January 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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A gif from movie IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Mary tells her mother George is making violent love to her, much to George's surprise.
December 23, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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If I'm going to go crazy, I'm taking a past-life version of @ghoulish.bsky.social with me!
THE KING IN YELLOW by Robert W. Chambers with a Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing bookmark protruding from the top.
December 19, 2024 at 4:33 PM
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I've been meaning to read this for a while and I was in Waterstones at Braehead looking for gifts for others. So, of course, I bought this beautiful edition for myself. I'm sure the book will be as jolly as an idiot in a yellow t-shirt and yellow paper crown...
A copy of THE KING IN YELLOW by Robert W. Chambers. Published by Pushkin Press. A photo of me wearing my most yellow t-shirt, wearing a yellow paper crown, holding my copy of Robert W. Chambers's THE KING IN YELLOW.
December 19, 2024 at 4:23 PM
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Put my birthday gift card to good use.
3 books: SAVE THE CAT! WRITES A NOVEL by Jessica Brody, THE HARD SIX by John C. Foster, THE FOLLY by Gemma Amor.
December 11, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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I really enjoyed this one. 😊
Front cover of CHRISTMAS AT WHEELDALE INN by Gemma Amor.
December 5, 2024 at 1:42 AM
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My clowder. Some photos I take to share with my wife and daughter when they're not home. Some photos I just take for me.
A clowder of cats, featuring (L-R): Oscar (17), Remi (2), Luca (2).
December 1, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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Like this?
A can of squirty cream
December 1, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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That explains the influx of followers! You're the best, Jim.
David Mitchell "Oh You!" gif.
November 18, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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Old man, chillin'.
My oldest cat, Oscar, lying on his side with his rear paws resting on a cushion, asleep.
November 17, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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Just finished this amazing book from @carsonwinter.bsky.social . Incredibly spooky with fantastic imagery throughout, and great characters. There are a couple of trigger warnings in the book, but it is just really well put together. Winter is an excellent storyteller.
Front cover of A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING GREENTREE, by Carson Winter. Image of a spooky scarecrow walking through corn, as the sun is going down and crows take flight. Artist Stefan Koidl.
November 15, 2024 at 4:19 AM
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You don't need lil old me to tell you to give Danger Slater a follow. But if you see this and need a reminder, here's my 5-star review of I WILL ROT WITHOUT YOU.
A 5-star review of Danger Slater's novel, I WILL ROT WITHOUT YOU.
November 14, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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Front cover of Laurel Hightower's novel, THE DAY OF THE DOOR.
November 13, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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IN THE RIVER, by Jeremy Robert Johnson. An amazing piece of fiction. Emotional, beautiful, haunting. And Jeremy donates all royalties to Path Home, a homeless charity in Portland, Oregon, as he has done for SIX years.

Buy this book.
An excerpt from my 5-star review of IN THE RIVER, by Jeremy Robert Johnson.
November 13, 2024 at 10:43 AM