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Kristin Temple 🎈

@kristintemple.bsky.social
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Associate EdiTOR at Tor Nightfire. Chaotic neutral, horror fan, cat mom, and "little bisexual gremlin". Opinions my own. she/her. 💖💜💙

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Deena 🇵🇸 دينا @deenahelm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
GOOD MORNING I AM A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR!!! 😭😭
A screenshot of Our Cut of Salt on the USA Today bestsellers list with the title “A NATIONAL BESTSELLER”
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Talking Scared Podcast @talkscaredpod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This week's episode transports the Gothic to Palestine, for a story of oppression, claustrophobia, fractured selves and haunted, homicidal houses. It's Deena Helm and OUR CUT OF SALT All podcast platforms
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
OUR CUT OF SALT out today from @deenahelm.bsky.social heck yeah us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Our Cut of Salt
In this lyrical debut, three generations of Palestinian women must put the haunting of their ancestral home to rest, before the secrets of the past drown the...
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Deena 🇵🇸 دينا @deenahelm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
She’s out today :)
A photo of Deena holding a copy of the US edition of Our Cut of Salt. Behind her is a bookshelf with copies of the novel, both UK and US editions.
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Kristin Temple 🎈 @kristintemple.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I also don’t run any newsletters, websites, or blogs, and will never charge money for publishing advice!
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Kristin Temple 🎈 @kristintemple.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🚨 Unfortunately, there is a scammer reaching out to authors and organizations claiming to be me. If the email address does NOT end with "@tor.com" then mark it as spam and please report it to our Macmillan team: compliance@macmillan.com. 🚨 More info here: us.macmillan.com/publishing-f...
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Publishing Fraud Alert - Macmillan Publishers
It has come to our attention that third parties continue to target authors in schemes that involved the fraudulent use of Macmillan Publishers’ company and imprint names.
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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 04/09/2026
Been looking forward to this for months
Photo of an advance reading copy of OUR CUT OF SALT by Deena Helm, next to a small glass vase containing two small white carnations.
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Deena 🇵🇸 دينا @deenahelm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I am so excited to announce the tour for Our Cut of Salt! I somehow still cannot believe that all of this is happening, let alone how many people want to read this book. All the thanks to the incredible team at Nightfire 🖤 Details here: linktr.ee/deenahelm
JOIN DEENA HELM ON TOUR
9.21 - Toronto, CA, Another Story Bookshop, w/ Jananie K. Velu
9.22 - Boston, MA, Brookline Booksmith, w/ Gretchen Felker-Martin
9.23 - Chicago, IL, Three Avenues Bookshop, w/ Sahar Mustafah
9.24 - Atlanta, GA, Charis Books & More, w/ Trang Thanh Tran
9.26 - Winston-Salem, NC, Bookmarks Book Festival
9.27 - Washington, DC, Bol Coop Bookstore
9.28 - Los Angeles, CA, Skylight Books, w/ Dahlia De La Vega
9.29 - Baltimore, MD, Red Emma's, w/ Eman Quotah
10.10 - New York, NY, New York Comic Con
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
DOWN WHERE MONSTERS DWELL
BY HILDUR KNUTSDÓTTIR

A dark, historical fairytale steeped in Icelandic folklore about the powerful bond between mothers and daughters, and how quickly fear can lead to violence; perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher, Brom, and Victor LaValle.

In the isolated fjords of Iceland, a young woman named Halla rescues a baby girl, abandoned by her parents who fear she's a changeling. 

Halla doesn't believe in such nonsense and decides to take her home.

And she's right - the child, Æsa, is not a changeling. But she's not exactly human either. As she grows up, terrifying rumors of a violent woman with a monster's face begin to spread through the fjord's other farmsteads.
Human or not, Halla knows her daughter isn't a monster. She must do whatever she can to protect
Æsa because she knows: scared people can do terrible things.
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
COVER REVEAL! 🎉 DOWN WHERE MONSTERS DWELL is a dark, historical fairytale steeped in Icelandic folklore, about the powerful bond between mother and daughter, and how quickly fear can lead to violence. The isolated fjords of Iceland await 🗻Coming 3.9.’27🗻 from Tor Nightfire
The cover of DOWN WHERE MONSTERS DWELL against the backdrop of the ocean
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I would kill or die for Larry
A small operation in Oregon that hunts truffles with a trained dog has added an unpaid trainee. A cat named Larry accompanies the handler and the truffle dog into the woods every outing, works a patch of ground a little apart from them, and digs with tremendous confidence in places where there is nothing.
The handler says Larry has never found a truffle and shows no sign of understanding the assignment. He does not use scent the way the dog does and he does not respond when the dog makes a find.
He simply digs his own holes nearby and then inspects them. "He thinks he's on the team," the handler said. "He is emphatically not on the team."
TRUFFLE DOG FINDS THE TRUFFLES -
'TRAINEE' CAT DIGS RANDOM HOLES AND FINDS DIRT
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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
That is quite a long blurb on my part but OUR CUT OF SALT deserves it!
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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Put this one on your reading list.
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Deena 🇵🇸 دينا @deenahelm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Um HELLO I have three WILDLY amazing blurbs from three even more incredible authors! This is what @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @scumbelievable.bsky.social, and @indrapramitdas.bsky.social have to say about my book - a horror about a Palestinian haunted house 😭🩷 Preorders here :) linktr.ee/deenahelm
"A haunting story of loss, displacement, and the strength of perseverance across generations. Helm has written a powerful tale of past wrongs, unanswered justice, and the ghosts of vengeance and healing they might unleash."
— P. Djèlí Clark
Author of The Dead Cat Tail Assassins“Deeply human....The essential haunted house story of our moment in history. 

A gorgeous and painful debut.”

— Gretchen Felker-Martin
USA Today bestselling author of Black Flame“Dives into the abyssal ocean of pain...and swims back to shore deliberately weighed with its salt, so that the reader may taste hope, terror, catharsis on its skin. 

A ghost story haunted by a reality where justice and freedom feel as fantastical as the lingering spirits of the dead, speaking powerfully with and for those denied the same.”
— Indrapramit Das
Author of The Devourers
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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
WE WON
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Dead Weight is out TODAY! 🎉🥳 It's translated by the very talented @maryrobinettekowal.com, it got a starred review from Publisher's Weekly and a bunch of very nice blurbs from people I admire a LOT. It's available wherever books are sold*! (*In the US, UK rights are still up for grabs!)
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Dead Weight by Hildur Knútsdóttir
A woman leading a routine life is pushed by circumstance to violent extremes in this impressively subtle and slow-burning psycho...
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ivy 🌿 @ontheivyvine.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
COVER REVEAL (USA) 🩸🍐🕯️ i am so, so excited to be revealing the cover for my debut novel THIS IS NOT AN EXORCISM (yes, that’s a new title), out ❗️april 27, 2027❗️ from tor nightfire!
Cover of upcoming debut horror novel THIS IS NOT AN EXORCISM by Ivy Fang. The cover depicts a traditional Chinese-style memorial altar with plated fruit, an incense burner, and melted candles. Overlooking the spread is a portrait of a young man, weeping black blood from one eye, face mostly obscured by smoke.
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
GIVEAWAY! Dead Weight is coming out next week and to celebrate I'm giving away two copies that have been personally bitten by Uggi and will be personally signed by me and shipped to the winners wherever they live! To enter just like and share this post and I'll select the winners on May 26th!
Uggi the dog next to my hand, holding a copy of Dead Weight Two copies of Dead Weight with teethmarks
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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
He’ll break your heart. MR. LONELYHEARTS by Clay McLeod Chapman. On shelves 3/23/27. From Tor Nightfire. Preorder here: bit.ly/4vlVoqY @tornightfire.bsky.social
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
PS you can find preorder links here, and preorders are REALLY important:
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Dead Weight
An Icelandic night may hide secrets and affairs – or even bodies – in this gruesomely cathartic horror thriller from the author of The Night Guest.Unnur ...
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
DEAD WEIGHT is coming out in 3 weeks (!!!) and Uggi is unimpressed. (And yes, he did nibble this copy a little bit - as you can see if you look closely - and I have been wondering if I should get him to bite a few more and do another giveaway)
Uggi the dog looking out the window while my hand holds up a copy of my new novella Dead Weight
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jenn 🤍🪽 @jennahveer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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Deena 🇵🇸 دينا @deenahelm.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
hello!! there is a goodreads giveaway for 50 copies of my debut novel, Our Cut of Salt, running until 5/31 (US only). you can enter here 🖤 www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
A graphic with the cover for Our Cut of Salt and text that says "Goodreads Giveaway" and "Ends May 31"
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Final copies of DEAD WEIGHT are here and they smell delicious*! *According to Uggi
Uggi sniffing Dead Weight, possibly considering nibbling it (he didn’t)Sniff sniffUggi’s face buried in a box full of books A box full of copies of Dead Weight
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Deena 🇵🇸 دينا @deenahelm.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Praise is here!! If you're interested in a book about a haunted house in Palestine that fights its occupiers, and the three generations of Palestinian women who have to put the haunting to rest, you can preorder my debut novel, Our Cut of Salt, here :) linktr.ee/deenahelm
"Lyrical and terrifying, Helm's portrait of generational trauma will leave you aching in its wake. Our Cut of Salt is not just a powerful exploration of injustice and survival, but also a testament to the power of love." - Monika Kim, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Eyes are the Best Part "Our Cut of Salt is the must-read of the year. Longing and rage are woven beautifully in this multi-generational family story, taking readers to the steps of a house in Haifa that they will not forget." - Trang Thanh Tran, New York Times bestselling author of She Is A Haunting "Devastating...Our Cut of Salt rages and aches and demands your complete attention, recontextualizing the very notion of what a haunted house is...Alongside such modern marvels of horror as Alison Rumfitt's Tell Me I'm Worthless and Tananarive Due's The Good House." - Clay McLeod Chapman, Author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The cover for my next novel, CHIMERA, is here. Skin dancers, cannibals, kinslayers, monsters. The Vargers are many things, but family always comes first. Cover illustration by Xuanwei Su Cover design by Esther S. Kim Pre-order it here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Lili Hill @dr-lil-hill.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
#booksky 💙📚 WOW! Absolutely a "right book, right time" read for me! I hung on every word, the whole wild ride! There is a passage excerpt that resonates so hard for a world-weary soul (you'll re-read it twice or more when you get to it). Just heart-exploding sentences that scream I FEEL SEEN! (1/2)
Bookcover for Morsel by Carter Keane. Image shows a carnivorous animal skull, jaw open with plenty of teeth, covered by flora and fauna cascading upwards. The title is among the vines and there is a line of red-winged cicadas spiraling upwards along the vine. Text: "Bite the hand that feeds you" is in red, above the skull.
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Kristin Temple 🎈 @kristintemple.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Timeline cleanse because what the fuck
A white and gray tabby curled up and sleeping with his paws over his faceA gray cat sleeping on an orange blanketA gray cat and white/gray tabby cuddling on a chair
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 07/04/2026
just to be clear, everyone, when 8 pm EDT comes and goes, regardless of what does or does not happen, the president still threatened genocide and war crimes and we should still impeach, arrest, and try him
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Deena 🇵🇸 دينا @deenahelm.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
ARCs are here and even more beautiful than I thought they’d be 😭 I cannot believe my story about a Palestinian haunted house is HERE and REAL! (And if you’re down to read about a haunted house that fights its occupiers, preorders are here: linktr.ee/deenahelm)
An image of an advanced copy of Our Cut of Salt sitting on a table
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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
idk why this concept is difficult to grasp for a lot of people and doesn't take priority over wether or not liking wizards makes you a good person. Dont give her money! The money funds evil! its truly that simple
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Mal Frazier (they/them) @malf.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
a good story is a good story. also like. lmao. whether or not a venue is explicitly queer, sff publishing is full of queer editors and copyeditors and art directors and PEs and MEs and marketers and publicists and and etc etc etc etc who are going to be thrilled to see themselves in your story
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Very excited to have @olafurdarri.bsky.social and Kari Skogland bringing Dead Weight to the screen!
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Iceland’s Act4, Co-Led by ‘Severance’ Star Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Teams With Kari Skogland, Director of ‘The Handsmaid’s Tale,’ to Adapt ‘Dead Weight’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The adaptation marks the first feature from Act4, behind ‘Reykjavik Fusion,’ to bow on Arte next month,  and “Death of a Horse, with RÚV and ZDF.
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Kristin Temple 🎈 @kristintemple.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I can tell this is gonna be a banger episode
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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
instead of watching the new harry potter trailer, why not pick up some horror books by trans and nb writers for the trans rights readathon?? there are so many good options. For example, check out some of these writers:
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Deena 🇵🇸 دينا @deenahelm.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Baby’s first Barnes and Noble preorder sale 🥳 you can grab Our Cut of Salt off for 25% with code PREORDER25: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/our-cut-of...
Graphic with Barnes and Noble logo, cover of Our Cut of Salt, and text that says March 24-26, and 25% off pre-orders using code PREORDER25
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Hey, wanna know more about Dead Weight?
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Author Interview: Hildur Knútsdóttir
I’m excited to be joined by Hildur Knútsdóttir, the author of Dead Weight, releasing May 26th. Known for her sharp, unsettling storytelling and ability to blend psychological depth with eerie atmos…
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
If you were planning on preordering Dead Weight from B&N, today and tomorrow is an excellent time to do it. They are doing a 25% discount on all preorders for Rewards Members and an extra 10% discount for Premium Members, so 35% off of printed! More here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dead-weigh...
The cover of my book Dead Weight, it's peach coloured and has the head of a broken statue lying in a puddle of blood
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Deena 🇵🇸 دينا @deenahelm.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
my furious and murderous palestinian haunted house book is now up to request on netgalley & edelweiss!!
A graphic with the cover of the book OUR CUT OF SALT by Deena Helm and text above that says "NOW AVAILABLE TO REQUEST ON NETGALLEY AND EDELWEISS"
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Kristin Temple 🎈 @kristintemple.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
👀👀👀👀
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Kristin Temple 🎈 @kristintemple.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I got shipwrecked once
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Kristin Temple 🎈 @kristintemple.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I just fundamentally cannot understand people who choose hate and fear over love and empathy.
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I don’t even know anymore. War, the senseless murder of civilians, pedophiles in power, just a whole lot of fuckshit.
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Abz-J-Harding ☾ @abzjharding.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
WAKE UP EVERYONE UNICORN SPINOSAURUS JUST SPAWNED www.sciencefocus.com/news/new-din...
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An ‘astonishingly’ large new dinosaur species has been discovered in the Sahara | BBC Science Focus Magazine
This school-bus-sized predator was so unusual that scientists didn't recognise it at first
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
DEAD WEIGHT just got a ⭐starred⭐ review from Publishers Weekly! “[An] impressively subtle and slow-burning psychological chiller from Knútsdóttir... Anyone looking for character-driven horror with a very sharp edge will be thrilled." It's out May 26th!
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Dead Weight by Hildur Knútsdóttir
A woman leading a routine life is pushed by circumstance to violent extremes in this impressively subtle and slow-burning psycho...
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Deena 🇵🇸 دينا @deenahelm.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
✨ UK COVER REVEAL ✨ If you're interested in a story about a Palestinian haunted house, the three generations of women who are ancestrally tied to it, and discovering the price of the past, this comes out September 22, 2026! Preorder here: linktr.ee/deenahelm
The UK cover for Our Cut of Salt, which depicts the title on the top half on a beige background. The bottom half shows the bottom half of a woman's face, overlaid with windows and doors, and shaded in red as the top part of her face crumbles. On the side is Palestinian embroidery in the colors of black, green, and red.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
They're building concentration camps with my tax money Chuck. They're torturing children. They're murdering innocent people on the street. What are you doing.
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Mal Frazier (they/them) @malf.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
THIS BOOK!!! THIS BOOK!!!! THIS BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!!!!!
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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
this is a gorgeous and moving book and you should preorder it right fucking now
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