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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 27/08/2025

bring back the Wicker Man Corn Flakes

Sainsbury's Corn Flakes from 1973 superimposing a outlined sun witha face over fields of wheat and corn

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words @words.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

gonna tell my kid this is gertrude stein

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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Oh Beauty I Am Undone. Painted on 23 carat gold leaf laid on vintage Italian poplar wood panels.

Crane bows its head on the centre panel of this triptych it’s crossed legs on the right hand panel

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WinRAR Earle @tommchenry.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

DeLillo, in 1988, being interviewed about Libra, argues that fiction can provide some simple emotional closure and comforting rhythm to the senseless horror of history, then he says: "I see contemporary violence as a kind of sardonic response to the promise of consumer fulfillment in America."

Interviewer: On the other hand, some specific American realities have a draw for you.

DeLillo: Certainly there are themes that recur. Perhaps a sense of secret patterns in our lives. A sense of ambiguity. Certainly the violence of contemporary life is a motif. I see contemporary violence as a kind of sardonic response to the promise of consumer fulfillment in America. Again we come back to these men in small rooms who can’t get out and who have to organize their desperation and their loneliness, who have to give it a destiny and who often end up doing this through violent means. I see this desperation against the backdrop of brightly colored packages and products and consumer happiness and every promise that American life makes day by day and minute by minute everywhere we go.

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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 22/08/2025

more than 20 years on, i am still cross about the kaiser chiefs rhyming "watching the people get lairy" with "it's not very pretty, I tell thee"

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

We truly live in hell.

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The NewSouth Bookstore @newsouthbookstore.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Tom Spencer has been a regular recently at The NewSouth Bookstore — we’ve had to call him back several times to sign additional copies of his new book, The Mystery of the Crooked Man. The orders keep coming in! We are pleased the book is enjoying such success!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Paula Rego, Hey Diddle Diddle, 1989 etching from the nursery rhymes series #WomensArt

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

This was a ton of fun. Twenty minutes’ gorgeousness for you. youtu.be/G_-DftINZKg?...

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Beth Gibbons: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Laura Boswell, contemporary printmaker based in Scotland specialising in wild landscape and coastal prints in linocut & woodblock

Print of a landscape under a stormy sky with swirling grey and light purple clouds and golden rising sunlight

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Goodnight

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Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · 08/05/2025

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

“chicago pope” is one of the shows jack donaghy greenlit when he was tanking nbc

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Joe Cuhaj Author @joecuhajauthor.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

LAST CALL! Author Tom Spencer will be in conversation at the Haunted Bookshop, 9 S. Joachim St., Mobile. It all starts at 5:30pm. I'll be emceeing, followed by an audience Q&A, and book signing. Call the bookshop to reserve your place or visit online: www.thehauntedbookshopmobile.com/events-detai...

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Pushkin Press US @pushkinpress-us.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Need a last minute mother's day gift? THE MYSTERY OF THE CROOKED MAN by Tom Spencer @tellmelieslater.bsky.social is the perfect gift for moms who enjoy mysteries, according to @nytimes.com of course! 🔍🕵️ www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/b...

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Joe Cuhaj Author @joecuhajauthor.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

May is National Mystery Month. These are only a few of my favorite authors: * Agatha Christie (or course) * Dashiell Hammett (Thin Man series. Can't beat Nick and Nora) * Anna Elliot & Charles Veley * Kerry Underwood * M.C. Beaton * Carolyn Haines * Tom Spencer

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Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

greetings, pope pickers

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Joe Cuhaj Author @joecuhajauthor.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

A fun evening in store Thursday - the Haunted Bookshop in Mobile hosts a conversation with the author of “The Mystery of the Crooked Man,” Tom Spencer. I will be MC’ing the event. Make your reservation today. www.thehauntedbookshopmobile.com/events-detai...

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An indie bookstore in downtown Mobile, Alabama. We stock books that might be haunting you. And we have a cat.

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NPR @npr.org · 05/05/2025

The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.

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'James' wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction

The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.

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Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Celt Flute, might delete later.

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Can't wait to give this classic a rewatch this evening #WickerMan #CarryOn All credit for these goes to @daniel-mcgachey.bsky.social

Poster for Carry on Up The Wicker Man. Sid James plays Sgt Howie, Barbara Windsor as Willow, Kenneth Williams as Lord Summerisle and Hattie Jacques as Oak.

The tagline reads:
May Day! May Day! The crafty Carry On crew are at it again! When Sergeant Howsyerfather sets out looking for a girl he'll soon find out that there's no smoke without pyre. What a flaming cheek!

Front cover of Sidneyfantastique magazine about Carry On Up The Wicker Man, a spoof of the famous Cinefantastique issue with Christopher Lee as Lord Summerisle replaced with Kenneth Williams and Sid James and Barbara Windsor in the burning Wicker Man

Four lobby cards for Carry On Up The Wicker Man.
Clockwise from top left: Sid James lying on a bed with the Hand of Glory next to him; Sid James sat at a table grinning with a cigar while Barbara Windsor looks on shocked; Kenneth Williams in drag as Lord Summerisle as the High Priest leading the procession of villagers; Charles Hawtrey dressed as Punch.

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Multiversal Streaming @multiversalplus.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

MUPPET WICKER MAN (Brian Henson, 1993) Police Sergeant Kermie travels to the isolated town of Summerisle in search of a missing girl. He finds the locals to be a surly and suspicious lot, rustic practitioners of crude bawdiness and Celtic neo-paganism. Starring Vincent Price as Lord Summerisle.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Passage, 2007 by installation artist Cornelia Konrads #womensart #Beltane #May1st

Photo of an outdoor art installation featuring a woodland with a magical looking doorway created by wood and twigs in the forest

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Pushkin Press US @pushkinpress-us.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

New mystery just dropped, and it's full of twists more crooked than the titular man himself...Happy Publication Day to The Mystery of the Crooked Man by @tellmelieslater.bsky.social Perfect for fans of The Twyford Code, Magpie Murders, and Yellowface!

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Joe Cuhaj Author @joecuhajauthor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

And speaking of "The Mystery of the Crooked Man," I will be MC'ing a conversation with author Tom Spencer May 8th at The Haunted Bookshop in Mobile. Get your tickets today. www.thehauntedbookshopmobile.com/events-detai...

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An indie bookstore in downtown Mobile, Alabama. We stock books that might be haunting you. And we have a cat.

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Joe Cuhaj Author @joecuhajauthor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

When I was asked by the Alabama Writers Forum to review a new mystery by Tom Spencer, I jumped at the chance. I was not disappointed! I think the review that was just published this morning says it all. writersforum.org/the-mystery-...

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The Mystery of the Crooked Man

The Mystery of the Crooked Man By Tom Spencer Pushkin Vertigo, 2025 Paperback: $18.95 Genre: Mystery Reviewed by Joe Cuhaj

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Uniformbooks @uniformbooks.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Ian Hamilton Finlay, 'Ocean Stripe Series 3', Wild Hawthorn Press. 1965.

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Tom Perrin @tellmelieslater.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Coconut says that Barnes and Noble Premium and Rewards members can get 25% off The Mystery of the Crooked Man through Friday! #BNPreorder

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KAFUI 🇬🇭 @mykafuiohkafui.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Mom just suggested that I march right up to the Vatican, introduce myself to the guy in charge, hand him a printed copy of my resume and tell him confidently and forcefully that I’m the right person for the job.

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Tom Perrin @tellmelieslater.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

You can listen to me on the Bloody Scotland podcast if you’d like.

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Tom Perrin @tellmelieslater.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The Mystery of the Crooked Man has been long listed for the CWA Whodunit Dagger — I’m tremendously honored

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

'St Paul's' (1966) by Edward Bawden

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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

#printpromptmonday #favouritepiece Inspired by a magical misty walk to the Men-an-Tol (past Coronation Farm) on Winter Solstice in Cornwall.

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Tom Perrin @tellmelieslater.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

A great review for The Mystery of the Crooked Man in the New York Times: “Sometimes you know immediately that a book is going to get under your skin and stay there” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/b...

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The Month’s Best New Crime Fiction

Our columnist on the month’s best releases.

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Tom Perrin @tellmelieslater.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The US edition of The Mystery of the Crooked Man launches at the end of this month, and I’m doing a little regional tour.

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The demise of WHSmith reminds me of when my friend queued for ages to buy a protractor, only to get to the front and discover that it was Jeffrey Archer doing a signing

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David Wheatley @nemoloris.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Today someone was telling me about the domestic squalor Maggie Smith lived in, all smashed windows and broken doors, and wondering how his various wives put with it, and only afterwards did I realise they had been talking about Mark E Smith.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Scremerston, Spittal and Tweedmouth are surely a form of lawyers in a Gothic horror

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Black Shuck (and Blythborough church) on a stamp!

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Born #onthisday in 1799, the English botanist Anna Atkins. As well as being considered by many to be first woman to create a photograph, her stunning 1843 book of algae cyanotypes is thought to be first book illustrated with photographs: buff.ly/2HCCTc8 #OTD

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