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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

All I want is a cool October night, a full moon, a vintage copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula, a mysterious Victorian mansion, a crackling fire, an emotional support owl, a basket of freshly-baked scones, and the heartwarming sound of wolves in the distance.

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MSU Roadrunner Review @roadrunnerreview.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Our Fall 2026 reading period runs until October 10! We invite fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry from emerging and established writers. #litjounal #callforsubmissions #creativewriting #literary #booksky sites.msudenver.edu/roadrunnerre...

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Cynthia Kuhn @cynthiakuhn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📚SAVE THE DATE FOR MURDER (Starlit Bookshop Mystery #3) is coming this spring from @crookedlanebooks! Through 9/11, @barnesandnoble members can use the code PREORDER25 for 25% off! #booksky #mystery www.barnesandnoble.com/w/save-the-d...

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open for short story submissions from August 24 to September 7! WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR AMAZING, HUMAN-WRITTEN STORIES! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Please share! Poets! Uncanny Magazine will be open to poetry submissions from August 17 to August 31! Poetry Editor Betsy Aoki can't wait to see your submissions! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Is anyone else eagerly awaiting cooler temperatures, pumpkin patches, ominous mansions, fog-laden fields of corn, autumn festivals, pumpkin pastries, Halloween, resplendent trees, the full moon in October, spooky films, and the heartwarming sound of crows in the distance?

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Cynthia Kuhn @cynthiakuhn.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

“You fail only if you stop writing.” ~ Ray Bradbury #booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Your daily fortune: Don't fight the tides. Flow with them, become a barnacle encrusted sea witch, and rule the briny shores forevermore.

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Cynthia Kuhn @cynthiakuhn.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

"Indulge your imagination in every possible flight." ~ Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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Cynthia Kuhn @cynthiakuhn.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

💔“Darling, when things go wrong in life, this is what you do. You lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail...and out you go.”― Sophie Kinsella, Twenties Girl

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Please don't ever give up on your dream that, one day, you will pull a book from a bookshelf and that secret door will finally open for you.

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The Moth Magazine @themothmagazine.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

❛ If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way? Emily Dickinson, born #OTD in 1830

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MSU Roadrunner Review @roadrunnerreview.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

We are thrilled about all the writers in our 8th issue--hope you will give them a read!—and excited to announce our Pushcart Prize nominees. Congratulations, everyone! 🎉 sites.msudenver.edu/roadrunnerre...

Pushcart Prize Nominees “Quentin Tarantino is Not My Father” by Evangeline Buchenberger, “Bonding” by Jordan Cagle, “Cicada Shells, Kept” by J.M.C. Kane, “On Hearing an Invisible Bird” by Paul Ragonese,“At the Beginning of Knowing” by Laura Ann Reed, “Converting Kiki” by Nadine Sinno, MSU Roadrunner Review

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Asked the ghosts at this hotel for a few lines for the novel. They told me to take a drive and listen. #photography

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Fossilized Tree Resin @jamberee13.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Put out some snacks for my crows and now am reading with a cat on my lap, this is the energy I bring to the table

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 02/12/2025

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Who among us hasn’t dreamt of slowly descending down a stone spiral staircase with a torch in hand and discovering a hidden candlelit library filled with thousands of centuries-old novels and being welcomed by a cantankerous yet endearing library ghost?

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Cynthia Kuhn @cynthiakuhn.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

“I have never started a poem whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.” ~ Robert Frost #booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting

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Cynthia Kuhn @cynthiakuhn.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

“I think the hardest thing about writing is writing.” ~ Nora Ephron #booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting

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Cynthia Kuhn @cynthiakuhn.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

“If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.” ~ Margaret Atwood #booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

I don't know who needs to hear this, but yes, you do deserve a bookshelf with a rolling ladder.

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Cynthia Kuhn @cynthiakuhn.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” ~ Stephen King #booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I love my echo chamber where everyone values the humanity of other people and enjoys the arts.

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Cynthia Kuhn @cynthiakuhn.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

“You can’t save up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” ~ Maya Angelou #booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Things I wish for you: That you always feel safe and warm, and that someday you'll be gifted the deed to a crumbling seaside castle filled with chatty ghosts, indifferent cats, and secret libraries within libraries.

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Cynthia Kuhn @cynthiakuhn.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

“Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing.” ~ Iris Murdoch #booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting

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Cynthia Kuhn @cynthiakuhn.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

“There is no perfect time to write. There's only now.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver #booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

the five love languages are cats, cakes, a stately manor home in the English countryside, teaming up to catch the murderer and putting down my book so I can talk to you.

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N.K. Mitchell @nkmitchell.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

‪My latest book recommendation celebrates the work of Colorado professor @cynthiakuhn.bsky.social. Check out my review, An Amateur Sleuth’s Adventures in Academia Provide a Cozy Diversion, at femalesleuths.com. #SinCColorado #booksky #cozymystery

The image shows the book covers of Colorado author Cynthia Kuhn's first three installments in her Lila Maclean Academic Mystery series. Each cover features the black silhouette of a female detective against the single-color background of what appears to be her college campus. Vintage vibes.

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Sometimes, self-care is reading Agatha Christie in front of a crackling fire during a raging snowstorm whilst enjoying a plate of emotional support scones.

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Cynthia Kuhn @cynthiakuhn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

🌟Our class film of the week: highly recommended!

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Husband: why are you reorganising the whole house? Me: because I have a month to finish my novel.

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Cynthia Kuhn @cynthiakuhn.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

🎉 Congratulations and cheers to all the nominees! Looking forward to Left Coast Crime. #LCC2025

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

There are so many ways to donate to fire victims. but this one is personal to me because it was created by a young woman who was in Brownies with my daughter until her family moved to the Palisades. They lost everything. www.gofundme.com/f/rebuilding...? And visit www.instagram.com/homesinmemor...

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

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aya 🍉🔻 @bayareadirtbag.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

happy west side story hockey matchup day to all who celebrate

a screenshot of the NHL app, showing that the winnipeg jets and the san jose sharks will play against each other.

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sarah l. hawthorn (A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING '26) @slhawthorn.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

a writing retreat in a haunted old castle surrounded by fog, with a lit fireplace, extensive library, and plenty of tea would fix me

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

her *handing me a cup of tea*: listen, we think you've been reading too much Agatha Christie. you're getting a bit paranoid me *pouring the tea onto the floor*: what makes you say that

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