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corvidarcana.bsky.social
It would be nearly impossible for me to pick one single excerpt about water out of a seafaring fantasy novel, so here’s a bit about the rarity of wood. Jonah takes pride in his wooden ship…until it’s takes extensive damages, and it becomes a very expensive problem.

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Jonah took immense pride in his wooden ship. Most in the Great Flood era were built of steel. The vessel had once belonged to his adoptive father, before he died of cancer ten years ago. He had inherited the ship, and for two subsequent years, he and Soph alone sailed it. At the time named Charlotte after some woman Jonah didn't know, the ship became the most valuable thing Jonah owned. But now, as the Vengeance limped toward Farmstead Isle, the wooden vessel was a burden. Trees were as rare a commodity as the land they grew on, and repairs would cost him most of his savings. Making the money back would be a pain.
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
xaanua.bsky.social
"Michas Mutter hiess Doris, und sie sagte gern von sich: ich halte doch den ganzen Laden susammen! Und so war es auch! Excerpt Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee de Thomas Brussig. #aprenderalemán #booksky
December 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
xaanua.bsky.social
"Er verlor völlig die Kontrolle. Einer Liebe, die sie stark machte, so dass sie frei und glücklich über diese herrliche Welt flogen über prachtvolle Wiussen voll duftenden Blumen, in die in den schönsten Farben blühten" Excerpt Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee #aprenderalemán #booksky
December 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
authoralbertopupo.bsky.social
This is an excerpt from my latest novel Warriors of the West.
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#epicfantasy
December 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
xaanua.bsky.social
Eineme solchen Mann wúrde sie natürlich auch drei Jahre treu beliben., Die schuldirektorin Erdmute Löffeling bewegte wohlvollend den Kopf. Nur Mischa konnte sehen, dass Miram hinter dem Rücken die Finger kreuzt hatte" Excerpt Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee #aprenderalemán #booksky
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
shawnomancy.bsky.social
Because of how my brain works, I read the excerpt before seeing who it was by and I’m not surprised it was Chesterton. I don’t agree with much of his world-view because I don’t start with the same premises, but starting where he does, he is usually one of the most sensible people I’ve ever read.
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
lukeoneil47.bsky.social
Today a harrowing excerpt from A Clean Hell: Anarchy and Abolition in America’s Most Notorious Dungeon by Eric King (PM Press 2026). It's a harrowing but steadfast look inside one of the most notorious prisons in America one of the most punitive and carceral countries in the world.
Anarchy and Abolition in America’s Most Notorious Dungeon
A Clean Hell by Eric King
www.welcometohellworld.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
historynerd19.bsky.social
They just showed an excerpt of this town hall with Bari throwing softball questions at her 🫠 giving both of these fools a platform to dehumanize anyone who doesn’t bend over for the right is disgusting. All while she cries about the internet dehumanizing her husband and that’s why he got killed….
Screenshot of CBS Townhall ad on my TV about Weiss interviewing Erika Kirk 🙄🙄🙄 “CBS News Presents: A Town Hall with Erika Kirk, Moderated by Bari Weiss. Saturday 8pm ET/PT, 7pm CT.”
December 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
minohotel.bsky.social
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An excerpt from a story. It reads: "The hydra unbuttoned their pants, then pulled down their jockstrap to reveal a slit, dick already peeking out, and balls hanging heavy, full, almost bursting. They used Oscar's face as rag, rubbing that pretty snout and tongue all over his swaying orbs, before introducing the minotaur's mouth to the tip of his manhood. He wasn't even fully hard and it was already about as big Themba's. Oscar didn't want to waste any time and dove in.!
December 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
jennelikejennay.bsky.social
#sffchat

Here's the moment Robin realizes that poverty among the aliens is no different from the poverty she experienced in her childhood. Haves and have nots, even on a planet that was promised to be full of abundance. But amid that poverty is the kindness people extend to each other.
An excerpt describing the custom of having a party dinner and inviting a family you know doesn't have enough to eat. Because that saves their pride better than just bringing them food. (Sorry no full alt text. AI scrapes and trains on alt text and I don't like sharing the exact words of my stories in a form it can read. I am happy to DM you the actual words on request.)
December 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
xaanua.bsky.social
"Er bemerke, dass ich sich im FDJ-Hemd zewi aufregend volle Brüste hoben und senkten,. Er roch ihren sanften, blumigenGeruch. Er schloss die Augen und dachte; Da sglaubt mir keiner..." Excerpt Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee de Thomas Brussig. #aprenderaleman #booksky
December 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
paulsdmcr.bsky.social
🎄Day 11🎄
A giant sack bursting with SMD, Abacus, Altone, Round Four, Peter Gabriel, Azu Tiwaline, Nummer,Grad_U, Frozen Border, Cyclic/Random, Pheek, Cousin, Wamdue Project, Paul St Hilaire, Octaedre, N1 Sound, Genning, Jordan GCZ, Move D, Freund Der Familie + more

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SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO // I Waited For You GENNING // Third One SCHATRAX // Turntribal MOVE D & DJ LATÉ // Theo ABACUS // Ancient Technology ALTONE // Phantom SOMAH // Knot Up LUKE HESS // Unity Excerpt UPWELLINGS // Dark Cloud Riddim NAIL // Blueprint Dub WAMDUE PROJECT // Breakdown CALLISTO // Breezin’ JORDAN GCZ // All-Dressed FREUND DER FAMILIE // Porentief STOERUNG // Ohangai MANTSCHE // One Love Rasta Dub DYNAMO // Voraus 2 ROUND FOUR // Found A Way CLAUDIO PRC & RAMBADU // Matika GRAD_U // Ev 0 INTRUSION & PAUL ST. HILAIRE // Angel version EXOS // Eastwood OVÏD // Your Eyes Have Their Silence FROZEN BORDER // FB04 A1 MONODER // Mole (CYCLIC/RANDOM Remix) ABSIS // Fenix QUANTEC // Longwinded Edit OCTAEDRE // Lennox L. CV313 // Infinit-1 #.19.21.3.11.21.20 // Horizontal Ground 15 B1 R.HZ // Heavy Chords PHEEK // Carbon AZU TIWALINE // Into The Void NUMMER // Downtown Breukelen CYCLIC/RANDOM // Petrol COUSIN // Overpass N1_SOUND // Us All PETER GABRIEL // Zaar
December 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
cathiedunn.bsky.social
Welcome to Day 9 of our blog tour for

༻*·Annie's Day·*༺
by Apple Gidley!

Check out today's stops, sharing an excerpt & fascinating research treasure hunt!

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#HistoricalFiction #WWII #FamilyHistory #AustralianNurses
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December 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
untidyradio.bsky.social
Now playing on https://untidyradio.com Lurching Jellyfish Horde (Excerpt) by KG.
December 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
mjruybalid.bsky.social
EXCERPT FROM TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL MATERIALS FROM YOUVERSION:
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
hamcalligraphy.bsky.social
Wind in the Pines (Matsukaze), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 18 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/199855
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
December 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
adutifuldreamer.bsky.social
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere..." (an excerpt from the poem "The Second Coming" (1919) by William Butler Yeats)
December 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
jmja.bsky.social
I’m elated to see the first published excerpt from Henrietta Rose-Innes' translation of Ingrid Winterbach's latest novel, Unease in Steynsville (Onrus op Steynshoop) go live today at @hopkinsreview.bsky.social. South African lit peeps will know how big this is.

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From Unease in Steynsville (Onrus op Steynshoop) — The Hopkins Review
THR presents the first English language appearance of Ingrid Winterbach’s newest novel Onrus op Steynshoop, translated from the Afrikaans by Henrietta Rose-Innes.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
blench.bsky.social
With constructive amendments from colleagues across the chamber, our motion deploring recent comments by Nigel Farage about Glasgow’s schoolchildren passed unanimously. Reform didn’t even show up to try to defend their party line.
Excerpt of motion reading: Council deplores comments made last week by Nigel Farage MP, describing multilingualism in Glaswegian schools as “cultural smashing”. Council recognises this is an attempt to sow division within Glasgow schools based on the ethnicity, nationality and language of our schoolchildren and that this is a racist attack on them. Council reiterates its pride in the multilingualism of Glaswegian children and in all those who work within our education department to create an environment where all children can thrive and benefit from sharing in many different cultures; recognises that many languages other than English are spoken natively by families in our city, both those originating in the UK such as Scots, Gaelic and British Sign Language (BSL), and originating elsewhere; that the right to a family life includes deciding which language is the home language; that for many children in our city, in Gaelic Medium Education and in BSL education, English is not the language of instruction; and that all children educated in Glasgow are equally Glaswegian, whatever their native language.
December 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
shuadc.bsky.social
Who do we aspire to be?
An excerpt from the article describing Bradley’s alleged confusion about what men standing on a wrecked boat waving their arms and looking skyward were doing Another excerpt, noting that the admiral theorized the men could have drifted to shore “or found a way to sail the wreckage to their intended rendezvous point” The admiral looked for signs of surrender, such as holding up their arms, but did not interpret their waving as a surrender
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
triempery.bsky.social
#WIPSnips The word for December 11 is FULL

Here's a fun pre-battle bit from THE RILL LORD. Dorilian and the Khelds have been enemies since forever. Now they are to fight on the same side. But can they put aside their animosity?
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Text excerpt from THE RILL LORD, sixth and final book (April 2026) of the Triempery Revelations series by L.L. Stephens. Snip is of a pre-battle encounter between a lone Kheld and Dorilian Sordaneon: In the gray cold of morning, a lone Kheld chieftain rode up to the Sordan war camp. His shaggy horse wore battle trappings fashioned of leather and bits of metal, and its hoofs were shod with iron, the better to grip the stony ground. The man himself wore plain hardened leather on his limbs but boasted a fine chest guard clearly of Staubaun crafting. He pulled his horse to a prancing stop in front of the Sordan ranks and looked beyond them in challenge, his beard bursting defiantly above his collar. “Sordaneon!” he called. “I want a word with you!” The smallish horse steamed in the morning frost. In front of the command tent from which he had just emerged, Dorilian regarded the sight. Throughout his ranks, noble captains and common soldiers snickered at the ridiculous figure the Kheldman made, as well as at the insolence of his demand. There were proper forms of address for the Highborn and the man was using none of them. Talk had already swept the camp about the night before. That a Kheld would now seek to confront their Hierarch in such a disrespectful manner offended the Sordani troops. In full battle attire at Dorilian’s side, Tutto snorted and shook his head. “What in Leur’s name! They add insults by the heap! That barbarian thinks he can demand an audience.” “Just a word, damn you!” The Kheld’s voice rose in the clear, cold air. “I swear it! And I’ll trouble you no more.” Tutto started forward. “I’ll get rid of him.” “No.” Dorilian signaled restraint. “Call him in.” “Sire! A man who would talk to you that way?” Legon protested upon seeing that Tutto would not. “Do as I say.”
December 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
goddessfish.bsky.social
#FREE to read on #KindleUnlimited! Enjoy an exclusive excerpt from ARABESQUE, a #historical #psychologicaldrama by M G da Mota. Enter to win a $25 Amazon/BN GC. buff.ly/q985bos @amybooksy.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
orb-ish.bsky.social
Heather Cox Richardson excerpt
December 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
sandymcintosh.bsky.social
“All this saluting, it's really a joke,” my friend Ovideo Fernando Gustavo Midence Peverel whispered to me.

Excerpt from Oviedo, Escape From the Fat Farm

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December 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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v9.9.0-beta.4 of sentry_supabase Sentry integration to instrument Supabase. Changelog excerpt: ### Fixes - Dart to native type conversion (#3372 | Interest | Match
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December 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM