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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What's a poster you had in your room growing up? When I say I was a pony girl...

John Whittaker riding the incomparable Milton, one of the most beloved and successful showjumpers ever.

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Look at my perfect little Halloween terrarium 😍

A large oblong glass terrarium with two ghosts within, surrounded by tiny pumpkins and autumnal trees and leaves

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Friday night Prem rugby and crochet. Rock and roll.

Fingering yarn starting a ripple blanket

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I could be travelling the world. I could have savings. I could have a pristine, dog hair-free house. But I have these three terrors, and wouldn't change a thing.

Three dogs flaked out on a long sofa after a walk, one black and white lurcher all legs out, one sandy scruffy saluki cross curled up, and one tiny fox red cockador using the arm cushion as a pillow like a hooman

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Like, I am not joking - the actual backdrop, from a tourist guide, is just bonkers beautiful, with no icky AI river in sight.

A stunning view of Neuschwanstein Castle in its actual location

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Even diamond paintings are not safe from AI mockery and slop. A diamond painting company is selling this image of Neuschwanstein Castle, fine, but check out that backdrop, man... Like, it's a beautiful castle in a stunning landscape *anyway*, so why fucking ruin it like this?

Horrible AI image of Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany, with a fake river running next to it, and sort of but not quite right castle peaks in the distance

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Went to see this man hollering on AFI hits in a teeny venue tonight, with the crowd yelling back every word. Despite a confessed bad throat, he still nailed it. There's few frontmen like him in rock ❤️

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It might be stubbornly warm but I am moving into ghosts and pumpkin season ❤️

A windowsill with a pumpkin candle and a York Merchant's Ghost, with some orange and yellow roses and carnations in a vase.

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Adding another hobby to my stupidly busy life isn't a silly idea, no sirree, but diamond painting is pretty and mindful

Diamond painting showing a summer sea and a beautiful Spanish street with palm trees!

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A crochet blanket for my mum, just the border to go!

A crochet blanket with a white background and various words spelled that connect to what a mum is: mindful, caring, protective etc

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

My rugby club celebrated 20 years of the women's section on Saturday, with a classic match against the men's 😁

A female rugby player with blue hair in full run, rugby ball in her arm, looking back at three men in delightful dresses charging after her, everyone grinning

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Amanda had fun at the library (plus bonus Solaris books content!)

A double stack of ten fantasy and SFF library books (which have been bought home despite the HUNDREDS of owned books already in situ)

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

My funny middle child LOVES baths, clearly. Sound up to hear those teef!

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Treated myself to new squishies ❤️

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Look at this super cute little lad I got given for two years married ❤️❤️❤️

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

This is Lilla's latest and I'm so tempted to buy the yarn for it!

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Probably the best way to get through this hot afternoon!

Fox red cockador fast asleep and completely relaxed on a large grey dog bed

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you The Dreamstone

VHS cover to the animated series The Dreamstone

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Like, men are so fucking fragile right from the word go. And if "pretty standard adventure-seeking male behaviour" isn't an instant red flag, I don't know what is.

Two early messages in a dating app, where the first one showcases a fragile male ego and the second demonstrates a strong independent woman who scares him.

First message: "So if horses, work and sleep are taking all the available slots, does that mean you don't actually have time to date? I tend not to compete with four-legged animals (wink). As for me, snowboarding, scuba diving, travelling and cooking. Pretty standard adventure-seeking male behaviour really. So tell me, what does your ideal Sunday look like when you're not working or covered in horse hair?"

Second message: "'I tend not to compete with four-legged animals'?! Ah, well they will always come first, as they can't look after themselves, so I guess I may be looking for someone with a bit more independence, or at least someone who's not jealous/resentful of my horses (laughing). Oh, and my ideal Sunday is absolutely being covered in horse hair!"

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The ultimate sulk. The reason? Tummy rubs stopped.

Small fox red lab/spaniel cross with her back VERY firmly turned to her human, her head tucked into her cuddly toy

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

This new t-shirt for my birthday is a little TOO accurate these days 🤣🤣🤣

Black t-shirt with yellow words saying Heart Says Pit (with white skeletons having a whale of a time in the pit) then Knees Say Sit (with a sad white skeleton sitting on a chair)

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

And lest we forget... Happy birthday, sir!

Tim Curry in his role as Darkness from the film Legend, all in red with vast black horns emerging from his head, and fangs that show his absolutely wicked smile.

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Momma is doing some crochet, Rosie has decided the soft wool ball is a pillow...

A tired ginger pup using a large variegated red and orange ball of wool as a pillow, the ball attached to an ongoing crochet project

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Attention please: Rosie needs to make a very serious complaint to the RSPCA for cruelty to puppers after her momma would not let her retain the fragrant fox shit smeared all across her neck, shoulder and back.

A very sad looking ginger pupper with ridiculously large and expressive ears, soaked in a shower cubicle after being very thoroughly washed.

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Recreation of an old library at the Black Country History Museum!

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

And he covered our BRILLIANT whimsical novels in the Tune-i-verse!

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

He did a remarkable trilogy of covers for a brilliant trilogy of books featuring gods and the humans who are forced to face them!

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

And he was shortlisted for the BSFA for this GORGEOUSLY ethereal cover for The Salt Oracle:

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

He has also worked on this BANGER for Lindy Ryan's slasher novel, coming later this year to the UK:

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

So Sam also did the cover to The Vengeance, the first Dumas with Vampires novel, and please do enjoy the gorgeous symmetry with The Swordmaster.

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Aaaaand @solarisbooks.bsky.social is releasing The Killing Spell with a different and similarly gorgeous cover on 23rd April 2026!

UK cover to The Killing Spell by Shay Kauwe - a sweeping background of foliage and hidden Hawaiian words in lush blues and purples, with a vividly decorated snake emerging from the top right hand corner to hang over the title in bright turquoise, with two leiomanos in the centre at the bottom in rust and yellow, behind the author's name in pale orange.

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Yes I'm religious, I believe in the holy trinity.

Alex Lifeson on guitar, Geddy Lee on bass, and Neil Peart on drums!

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Timeline cleanse - my springtime stunner 🥰🥰

Beautiful and healthy fox red cockador sat with a backdrop of spring blossom and an unsettled springtime sky (could be rain, could be sun, we'll never know!)

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Definitely to a Ghost medley, hitting Lachryma in particular, and dressed as one of the Ghoulettes!

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

When people say I light up a room, I imagine this:

A happy little dumpster fire, pretending everything is fine.

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

@jamesbluecat.bsky.social You're in a Waterstones 'red carpet looks matched to books'! 😁 (the Wuthering Heights film premiere)

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

A wonderful review of After the Fall by Edward Ashton! We are publishing it with this lovely cover 😊

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Okay, fam, this book here. Let's talk about it. I had it on my desk, I went in hard at auction, and unfortunately lost out. If fucked-up bone lesbians are your jam, and you want some weird mash-up of Gideon the Ninth and fucking Gormenghast, then get this on your radar. Out in March. It's sublime.

Book cover of These Shattered Spires by Cassidy Ellis Salter - a cloaked figure heading towards a weird bony city with a weird skyscape.

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Hey lovely Womble. Still on The Raven Scholar (my reading has taken a dive the last couple of weeks) but went to the library yesterday and have this stack of beauties waiting for me...

Stack of hardback library books: Quicksilver by Callie Hart, Idolfire by Grace Curtis, The Last Hour Between World by Melissa Caruso, The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig, The Gentleman and His Vowsmith by Rebecca Ide, Cage of Starlight by Jules Arbeaux, The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes, Katabasis by R F Huang

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

These women are just absolute icons 😍

Golda Rosheuvel and Adjoa Andoh as the Queen and Lady Danbury in Bridgerton

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Timeline cleanse - my most gorgeous Rosie ❤️

A VERY attentive Fox red Cockador, with an expression that demands to speak to the manager

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

My funny face Hunter is six today!

Rough-haired, sandy-coloured lurcher with expressive, attentive ears and an open-mouthed happy dog smile, against a backdrop of very green, lush grass.

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Luckily I am a curious squid, so this will be my year.

A heraldic-style portrait of the Year of the Curious Squid. The squid looks somewhat startled, and has a green body with blue tentacles and a blue stripe along its mantle

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The dogs after their Christmas groom ❤️

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

To celebrate Rosie's 4th birthday and the stunning girl she has grown into, please enjoy this photo of her the dog walker managed to take while she was mid-headshake. Truly gorgeous, I think you will agree.

A horror show of a picture. A dog captured mid-headshake with ears like aeroplane wings and eyes managing to stare in three different directions, even though she only has two of them.

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