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Genevieve Cogman

@genevievecogman.bsky.social
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Author of Invisible Library and Scarlet Revolution series, classifications specialist, quilter, knitter, tired. Pronouns she/her.

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Lucienne Diver @luciennediver.bsky.social · 4h
Excited for this month's new releases! DIVE BAR AT THE END OF THE ROAD by @kelleyarmstrong.bsky.social (out tomorrow!) SCHOLAR'S GUIDE TO DEMONOLOGY & OTHER DARK ARTS by @genevievecogman.bsky.social (10/8 in the UK, later in the US) WRITTEN IN STARLIGHT by @sloanebrooksauthor.bsky.social (10/13)!
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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ARS MAGICA DEFINITIVE FOR FREE! Well, the text at least. Thanks to OriginalMadman and friends, it's all on GitHub in Markdown format, and I just set it up as a free download on @drivethrurpg.com: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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Ars Magica Definitive Edition Markdown Text | Atlas Games | Atlas Games | DriveThruRPG
Twenty years after the original release of 5th Edition comes Ars Magica Definitive Edition! While the underlying manuscript is the 5th Edition text, extensive revisions reflect decades of play. It inc...
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 21h
The UK Daily Mail obviously did not like the results of its own poll. Its own graphic portrays 75% as less than 50%. #UKPolitics #Brexit #EuropeanUnion
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#boktober 3
ornamental drawing of a flying rooster in a swooping down pose, wings wide open, long tail feathers trailing backwards
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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Joanna Russ' "The Female Man", Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and the similarities that Farah Mendlesohn sees between the two of them. Read the essay now to see what you think: www.speculativeinsight.com
Purple background, white text, which says Joanna is both the haunted and the haunting, the ghost of her own past present and future, and like Scrooge at times she haunts others: Scrooge haunts the Fezziwig brothers' party, Joanna haunts the celebrations and occupations of the people on Whileaway. "There were these three ghosts... The Female Man and A Christmas Carol" -- Farah Mendlesohn
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Dr Carolyn La Rocco 🏺🍃 @carrielarocco.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Early for #MosaicMonday, but a progress update on my edible Theodora mosaic (made out of fondant on wafer paper)! Think it is almost done ☺️
Photo of sheet of water paper with lots of differently colored pieces of fondant that I colored and cut tesserae out of, and made a mosaic of the empress Theodora with a gold background; I attached the tesserae with edible ‘food glue’
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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 23h
From the Larchives. Better get your old tuxedo pressed! Cthulhu's back in town!
cartoon: a dapper looking Cthulhu
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Is there a subtle contrast being drawn between who Labour help and who the Tories help 🤔 #CPC26
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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
ELRIC AND THE SINKING CITY (1984) Acrylic on Canvas - 36" X 20" Unlike all the other Elric paintings I have done, the cover for Michael Moorcock's ELRIC AT THE END OF TIME is not an action scene. 1/4
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Oglaf @oglaf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.oglaf.com/damselfly/
Comic strip!

panel 1
a prince climbs through a window. A princess watches him enter.
Prince- Sure I could rescue you

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Prince- but withing three months, ninety percent of rescued princesses are back inside a tower

Panel 3
Prince is really narrating this one now
Prince- at 'staircase down' we believe real change comes from accepting you're part of the problem

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Prince- and that's the most difficult part of the journey

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Princess- apart from the fire breath
Prince- The what?

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Princess breathes fire, incinerating prince

Panel 7
Princess stands over smouldering prince skeleton

Panel 8
ghost of prince hovers over the smoking bones
Prince- I have to accept, on some level, that I needed that to happen
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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
OMG I had to check my work emails regarding an extra case in court tomorrow and I've just read this from an HR person. "on a knee to nose basis" A KNEE TO NOSE BASIS 😳
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Title: Just announced! Three new Gruffalo books commissioned from bestselling authors!

Lee Chilld:
The Gruffalo just wants a quiet life, but when a crime syndicate moves into the deep dark wood, he must use his terrible claws and the terrible teeth in his terrible jaws to protect the fellow.

Sally Rooney:
The Gruffalo moves to contemporary Dublin. He  
ill ever see past his orange eyes, purple prickles and poisonous wart.

Kazuo Ishiguro:
After a long absence, the gruffalo returns to the forest and attempts to make sense of his past. Encounters with a mouse, a fox, an owl and a snake uncover long-buried memories, regrets and revelations.
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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Favourites in #Strictly tonight: 3) Godfather waltz 2) Mary Poppins Charleston And… 1) definitely Wicked Paso doble.
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Cora Buhlert @corabuhlert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The linguist in me loves this: This junction box in Lommel in Flanders is emblazoned with a phrase in the local dialect with a translation into regular Flemish. It says, "Grudgingly done is still done." #Linguistics #Lommel #BelgianPublicArt
Lommel dialect junction box
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 03/10/2026
I am not very worried about about the Tory Tapestry’s misuse of “doth”. What worries me much more is this sequence of panels which seems to show a small boat full of brown-skinned people followed by a plague of rats running riot and then a lot of dead white people labelled tax payers.
Detail from Conservative Party mock Bayeux Tapestry showing 1. A boat full of brown skinned people. 2. Enormous rats chasing cats. 3. White-skinned “tax payers” dead in the streets.
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The Phantom Tollbooth Quotes @phantomtollbot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"I'm the demon of insincerity," he sobbed. "I don't mean what I say, I don't mean what I do, and I don't mean what I am. Most people who believe what I tell them go the wrong way, and stay there, but you have spoiled everything." "It certainly pays to have a good look at things," observed Milo.
The demon of insincerity. A short round body with long feet and a sullen, sheepish face
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NickPheas @nickpheas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wold Worm by @tkingfisher.com is 99p. Southern Gothic horror with a high ick factor. Seriously Ew, ew, ew, ew. www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-Worm-So...
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Wolf Worm ebook by T. Kingfisher - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Wolf Worm A Southern gothic masterpiece about secrets, parasites and deadly ambition" by T. Kingfisher available from Rakuten Kobo. ***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'Wolf Worm is going to...
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Tom Bloom @orbitaldropkick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
KILL SIX BILLION DEMONS killsixbilliondemons.com
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Phil was touched and heartened by the fact that Jane wasn’t grabbing her by the throat and trying to shake the information out of her. #writing
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Phantom of Heilbronn, also referred to as the Woman Without a Face, was a presumed female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA evidence found at 40 crime scenes across Austria, France and Germany from 1993 to 2009.

In March 2009, investigators concluded that the supposed serial killer did not exist, and the DNA belonged to a woman who worked at a factory that made the cotton swabs used for collecting DNA samples
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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’ll be at Waterstones in Leeds on the 15th October to discuss my new book, so if you’re interested… www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
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An Evening with Genevieve Cogman in Leeds! | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about An Evening with Genevieve Cogman in Leeds! today.
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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ok here we go for #NationalPoetryDay Is your favourite Fido, the gnat, the angel/angle, gay days, or the corpse and bunion? Is our best insult ‘funny beyond measure’ ‘incorrect in every way’ ‘we would rather not read a poem’ or ‘drizzle of words’?
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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just a week now till the release of A Scholar’s Guide to Demonology and Other Dark Arts! Ready your hockey sticks and gunpowder!
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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Discoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace. Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:
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Kevin Sonney @sonney.com · 29/09/2026
It's ASTARION day! Did you see that @tkingfisher.com wrote a 1-shot adventure to go with it? You can get it as part of the Book Club Kit at bg3books.com/book-club-kits
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Baldur's Gate 3 Book Club Kits - Official Baldur's Gate 3 Books
Resources for book clubs and adventuring parties everywhere
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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Jane looked as though she’d been scoured with steel wool and then left out to dry, or possibly dessicate, and that if anyone said the wrong thing to her then she was going to bite their face off. Faces. Single or multiple, she was up for bloody vengeance. #writing
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Muskrat 8647 @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's a Pumpkin Spice DORK TOWER WEDNESDAY! Seasonal new strip up now, at the Mothership: www.dorktower.com/2026/09/29/2... Repost/Reblog/Respice/Repeat, please and thank you!
Chad, talking about how much he hates pumpkin spice
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 30/09/2026
Your 3rd dose today of Anthropic settlement madness (at least from me). Authors, CHECK YOUR CLAIMS! Your situation may have changed, per this email from the settlement administrator that some authors are receiving (subject heading: Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Allocation Updates)
We made updates that may affect your claim.
What Changed?
Wed, Sep 30,
2026 at 5:35 AM
Based on feedback from claimants, we updated how certain works are categorized.
In particular, where multiple claimants submitted default claims for the same
ownership interest in a work, we changed those works from agreement to
disagreement.
In addition, the portal is updated to reflect that some claimants changed their sole
ownership claims to default claims, and some claimants withdrew their claims.
What This Means for You
As a result of these updates, some works on your claim may now be categorized
differently. We encourage you to review the current allocations for your works.
How to Review and Update Your Allocations
Please use your claim number and PIN above to log into the portal below.
Claim Summary and Allocation Portal
For help making updates, please visit the allocation portal instructions.
If You Already Submitted Updates
If you already updated the allocation for a work, then you do not need to
submit those updates again. Any changes you submitted previously
through the online portal are recorded, but the portal is not being
updated in real time. If you submit multiple updates for the same
copyright number, your most recent submission will replace any earlier
submissionsWhat’s Next?
We will continue to work with claimants to help resolve disputes.
For works where all rightsholders are in agreement and where all necessary
payment information is provided, we expect to send a first round of payments in
November 2026.
If You Have Questions
Please contact us at 1-877-206-2314 or info@AnthropicCopyrightSettlement.com.
Regards,
Settlement Administrator
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amy Kurzweil
instagram.com/amykurzweil
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The Phantom Tollbooth Quotes @phantomtollbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Then each of you agrees that he will disagree with whatever each of you agrees with," said Milo triumphantly; "and if you both disagree with the same thing, then aren't you really in agreement?" "I'VE BEEN TRICKED!" cried the Mathemagician, for no matter how he figured, it came out just that way.
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
From the early 1400s, a lavishly illustrated vellum scroll (almost 18 ft long!) of the works of English physician John of Arderne, one of the founding figures of modern surgery: publicdomainreview.org/collection/a…
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think about this interview with the distinguished philosopher Conan O'Brien a lot. I actually think this is a healthy way to live your life! www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/a...
Is this how you want to go out, with a show that gets smaller and smaller until it’s gone?

Maybe that’s O.K. I think you have more of a problem with that than I do. [Laughs.] At this point in my career, I could go out with a grand, 21-gun salute, and climb into a rocket and the entire Supreme Court walks out and they jointly press a button, I’m shot up into the air and there’s an explosion and it’s orange and it spells, “Good night and God love.” In this culture? Two years later, it’s going to be, who’s Conan? This is going to sound grim, but eventually, all our graves go unattended.

You’re right, that does sound grim.

Sorry. Calvin Coolidge was a pretty popular president. I’ve been to his grave in Vermont. It has the presidential seal on it. Nobody was there. And by the way, I’m the only late-night host that has been to Calvin Coolidge’s grave. I think that’s what separates me from the other hosts.

I had a great conversation with Albert Brooks once. When I met him for the first time, I was kind of stammering. I said, you make movies, they live on forever. I just do these late-night shows, they get lost, they’re never seen again and who cares? And he looked at me and he said, [Albert Brooks voice] “What are you talking about? None of it matters.” None of it matters? “No, that’s the secret. In 1940, people said Clark Gable is the face of the 20th Century. Who [expletive] thinks about Clark Gable? It doesn’t matter. You’ll be forgotten. I’ll be forgotten. We’ll all be forgotten.” It’s so funny because you’d think that would depress me. I was walking on air after that.
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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
More quilts for Project Linus. I was working on these at the same time as the shirting-cotton ones, but these are a bit more varied …
Two quilts: eight inch squares, pillow-case binding, tie-quilted at the square corners.Two more quilts: eight inch squares, pillow-case binding, tie-quilted at the square corners.
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Did I just get back from a viewing at Bonhams auction house in NYC of cat-themed art? Why yes- yes I did. Did I take pictures, including of these Chinese ceramic cats from the Qing Dynasty? Also yes! Will I make a thread of some of them? Indeed I will, which will include...
Two ceramic cats in a vitrine
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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A vicious March wind whipped across the moors, proof that Spring would come when Spring damn well felt like it and in the meantime people would put up with sub-zero temperatures and like it. #writing
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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WHAT: Saint Laurent (spring 2027) OCCASIONS: chic hopscotch or at a cocktail party you hear a ringing, a calling, & simultaneously 15 of you drop your champagne coupes & form a sisterhood—to OWN THE NIGHT IF IT WERE A SCENT: wheeled suitcase over cobblestone EMOTIONAL RANGE: 🔑/✨ #MJMfashionGuide
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Scare Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FATALITY
A tweet from Joyce Carol Oates: overall takeaway from the Curtis Yarvin profile is that there must be millions of smart-aleck show-offy kids who annoy their teachers and go on to annoy other adults through their lives with their “contrarian” pose that hardens to a carapace over their faces; until, as adults, they still harbor a delusion that, if there is a king, or a fuhrer, he’d be impressed with the guys motor mouth and appoint him to his cabinet rather than deleting him with a negligent swipe of his wrist as Stalin did routinely.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Through 14 James Bond movies, Lois Maxwell portrayed Miss Moneypenny. In her life, she served with the Canadian Women's Army Corps, appeared with Wayne and Shuster, wrote for the Toronto Sun and starred in Adventures in Rainbow Country. This is her story. 📸 ITC 🧵 1/10
Lois Maxwell wearing a red top with white trim and a pearl necklace, set against a light blue background.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 29/09/2026
It’s Launch Day, darling! This one is not cozy or for the faint of heart, please note the warnings, but it’s here at last! And while you should read in the way you like the best—dude, Neil Newbon’s narration knocks it out of the PARK. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813073...
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Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion by T. Kingfisher: 9798217298594 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The roguish charlatan Astarion will free himself from a centuries-long fate of servitude or die (a second time) trying—in this decadently dark fantasy adventure by award-winning author T. Kingfisher.....
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
29th September is the feast of St Michael and All Angels. BL Yates Thompson 2; 'The Ottobeuren Collectar'; 12th century; Germany, S. (Ottobeuren); f.37r @blmedieval.bsky.social
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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Onagadori Rooster. Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, 85 × 132 mm, 2022.
Drawing in black ink, primarily in silhouette, of an Onagadori rooster with long flowing tail covert feathers on a plum blossom branch. The rooster's comb and wattle are the only spots of red. The piece is smaller than a postcard and is photographed with the traditional Chinese brush it was drawn with.
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Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪
A photograph of eight rectangular biscuits (cookies) arranged in two rows on a square white plate. The plate is framed on all sides by a trailing vine pattern in green with pops of red. The biscuits are mostly in shades of ivory, cream, yellow, and grey, with a burst of vivid red and blue in one corner of the arrangement. Moving across the top row of biscuits from left to right, the designs include: neat lines of handwritten names in an early modern parish register; a section of a hand-drawn map from 1561 featuring St Paul’s Cathedral, with street names like ‘Carter Lane’ visible in a tiny spiky font; an extract of text from a funerary monument printed in an early modern book, ending ‘So transitory is our glory’; a section of embroidery from a funeral pall featuring metallic silver armour, crossed gold keys, and two hands holding up a crown. The biscuit designs on the bottom row include: horses prancing past shopfronts on Cheapside in the mid-sixteenth century; a receipt written in early modern secretary hand, which is difficult to read; a portrait of a stern-looking women dressed in a ruff, pearls, and sober dark clothing; swirling calligraphy and dense secretary hand featuring on a will dating from 1638.
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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨 KINDLE UK DAILY DEAL 🚨 Don't miss out! Grab @pennyvixen.bsky.social 's belovéd fantasy classic THE GOBLIN EMPEROR and enter the court of reluctant ruler Maia as he learns to navigate his distant father's complex realm and builds bridges along the way. Snap it up for only 99p! 👉️ buff.ly/dnkFJbc
Against a black and gold patterned background, an eReader with the UK cover for Katherine Addison's THE GOBLIN EMPEROR. White text: "Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal" 99p.
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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Here’s to non-aggression pacts, negotiated visits, and remembering that it’s always polite to ask about any little misunderstandings before declaring war. I think we can agree to that?” #writing
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TheAfterwords @theafterwords.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
HARDCOVER #DEAL ALERT! Book lovers unite because QUEEN DEMON @marthawells.com is on #sale on amazon US for a limited time only! amzn.to/4hi1CDd #QueenDemon #TheRisingWorld #ad #amazoncom
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Queen Demon (The Rising World, 2)
Dahin, a beloved member of the Witch King's coterie, believes he has clues to the location of the Hierarchs' Well, and the Witch King Kai, along with his companions Ziede and Tahren, knowing there's something he isn't telling them, travel with him to the rebuilt university of Ancartre, which may be dangerously close to finding the Well itself.
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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For those moments when one’s CoC investigators are searching through the ancient ruins and looking for ominous portents or occult secrets, and refusing to believe anything is *not* a portent or secret. “Of course they’re not just snails! They’re embryonic Cthonians knocking down the city wall…”
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DriveThruRPG @drivethrurpg.com · 28/09/2026
Today is the Final Day to get the @rcrfcharity.bsky.social Bundle! Get it here: tinyurl.com/tvb89yn8 Almost $400 of #TTRPGs, Maps, Comics, and more for only $20 to support the RPG Creators Relief Fund!
Today is the Final Day to get the RCRF charity Bundle at DriveThruRPG.com
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RJ BaHarker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A quick snippet from MORTEDANT'S ENIGMA. "The castle is an uncomfortable and cold place. Its dark corners and tunnels are filled with shadows that seem to move with a life of their own and come lumping their way towards you rather than decently waiting to be approached as shadows should."
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