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byelilo @byelilo.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

We need a Care Bear that radiates common sense out of its belly

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W. James Chan, Author @wjameschan.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Having read and reviewed a stellar debut novel by a fellow UoW creative writing alum, I am giving myself permission to read some tradpub for a bit -- sometimes an indie just sets the bar that high and you're not ready to be let down again. Asimov first, "The Ninth" series by Muir after that. :)

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WIBR Review #27: "Wastelands: The Parched Earth 1" by Samira Lloyd

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Kate @ Rouge Aerie @rougeaerie.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

She's not a lion, but if you buy The Lion, Hazel gets treeeeats.

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about a cayce in the kinki region @cayce.zone · 08/08/2025

BLAME! insane that this is the second page of the book. Nihei is unreal

Two page spread of the first issue of BLAME! by Tsutomu Nihei. A tall and short figure traverse an aged steel sci-fi bridge across a seemingly endless chasm with endless sci-fi ceiling above them. Manta Ray like figures fly off into the distance. The level of detail is bonkers

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Author - Willow Zane -The Forgotten Staircase @willowzane.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

You can't keep raising prices while gutting value and expect a generation with less money and time than ever to make that kind of bad sacrifice. People are tired of being scammed. The experience offered is no longer worth venturing for.

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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 06/08/2025

Yes, yes; keep it secret.

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Author - Willow Zane -The Forgotten Staircase @willowzane.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️SPOILER-FREE REVIEW for BLACKCLOAK by W. James Chan🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️ ko-fi.com/post/REVIEW-...

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REVIEW - BLACKCLOAK: A Contrarian Masterwork

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Kate @ Rouge Aerie @rougeaerie.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

'Then' no longer sounds like a word. Neither does 'just'. Aughh.

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Spooky Pickle 🧚‍♀️Beware the Fairy Seasons🧚‍♂️ @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

My submission for #PoemsAbout #WaxedTears @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk This poem is called 'Hardly the Time (to Cry)' Poem is included in the alt text of the corresponding screenshot. #poetrysky #writingcommunity

I don't have the time

or the energy

to have a good cry

And I mean the

lips quivering,

face scrunching,

body shaking,

noise making sort

aka-

the ugly cry

Where your eyes

and cheeks burn,

the taste of salt

lingers on clammy skin,

the head throvs

with the efforts

of shedding grief

I could use

an ugly cry-

or three-

right now

But the tears never come

When I have the time,

if they ever come

at all

It's part of the curse

of growing up like I did,

crying was an inconvience,

a way to get attention-

or yelled at

Now,

I hardly cry at all,

not even when I'm alone,

in my room,

the way

I've always preferred

Instead,

I wax poetic

about my woes,

subjecting you

to my little sob story

On and on,

my inky tears flow

In the very way

I wished

my real ones would

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Spooky Pickle 🧚‍♀️Beware the Fairy Seasons🧚‍♂️ @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

@willowzane.bsky.social has a book. I'm going to be reading it very soon. I've heard many great things, and I know she's an amazing writer. I've read her blog posts. The ebook is free today! I have the paperback. It feels really nice! #booksky #writingcommunity www.amazon.com/Forgotten-St...

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Amazon.com: The Forgotten Staircase eBook : Zane, Willow: Books

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Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I kinda hate it when they use the movie poster for the book cover 💚🩷 #BookSky #Wicked

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Sara Alfageeh @saraalfageeh.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Life is worth living bc sometimes a cat will reach out and put a paw on u

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 15/07/2025

great scientific quotes of our times www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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David Higgins @davidhiggins.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

My daughter has been making little books, including The Adventures of Esther’s Cats, Why Cats Meow, and an untitled one about a dog, a cat, some snails, and a monster with 40 heads. When I told her that I liked them, she said that she would bury one with me in my grave!

Three books of different sizes, hand written by a small child, with drawings of cats. Colourful star stickers on the biggest one.

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Tyche Books 🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Excited to show off the cover for the upcoming short story collection, Harvesting Moonshine & Other Stories by @mldcurelas.bsky.social. The fantastically retro cover is by @skyladawn.ca. Harvesting Moonshine will be out in August! Ebooks on pre-order now: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHJGHGRS

Book promo post. Text says Cover Reveal. A 3D mock-up of a short story collection, Harvesting Moonshine & Other Stories, by M L D Curelas. The cover is teal and gold-toned. On the gold, right-hand side, a flying saucer soars over towering skyscrapers. The teal left-hand side lists a few stories collected in the the volume, finishing with the tag line ... and more! The cover is distressed and creased to give it a vintage, pulp feel. The background image is the same retro flying saucer hovering over the buildings, but now the colour is teal instead of gold.

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Author Alexa Shay @authoralexashay.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Using the word "clean" in book marketing is far from the worst thing ever, it's just something I personally dislike. What do you think? #booksky #authorsky #bookishquestions #bookmarketing #bookishopinions #indieauthor

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Your Own Personal Elle Boyd @theelleboyd.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

A shy store clerk. A plain Jane. A near-hermit. An unlikeable jerk. An ambitious perfectionist. Their common link? A new pill that promises lucid dreams, but delivers scary side effects. The line between dream and reality blurs as they discover its origin. #BluePit📖 #Q #SF

Three vertical fantastical images: Reddish tree in distance, some reddish-coloured grass, what looks like sand; Asian woman sitting holding glowing white orb in blue "room"; city scape at night.

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🦋Jordan the Goblin Queen 🍄 @jordangoblinqueen.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

KPop Demon Hunters has provided me with at least two key tracks in one of the villain romances I'm writing, and for that alone I must watch it ten thousand times

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 30/06/2025

*delicate cough* I mean, since I am being tortured to answer, I am a LITTLE bit partial to my own THE RIDER, THE RIDE, THE RICH MAN'S WIFE :D A Wild West Wild Hunt with a pair of identical twins trying to outsmart a supernatural sacrifice! pspublishing.co.uk/the-rider-th...

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The Rider, The Ride, The Rich Man's Wife [eBook] by Premee Mohamed

TITLE The Lives Of The Savages A NOVELLA by Robert Edric PUBLICATION DATE May 2011 EDITION eShort INTRODUCTION Jon L Breen ISBN 978-1-848631-71-7

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Elle S. Hodge, Author @elleshodge.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Fantastic book, deserves to be read. ko-fi.com/post/The-Lio...

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The Lion, by Lee Burton (Review)

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Stephanie Lisa Tara @stephanielisatara.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

🐇"Once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."🐇 ~The Velveteen Rabbit, 1922 #MarjoryWilliamsBianco #ChildrensClassics #Booklover #Kidlitart #childrensbooks #illustration #kidlit #picturebooks #books #BookSky #BookClub #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #KidLitCommunity #rabbits

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🦋Jordan the Goblin Queen 🍄 @jordangoblinqueen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I can't write an ampersand for the life of me Yes, it's easy. No, I will not stop drawing an 8 with a fancy sash It's the prettiest 8 in the world and it just won a pageant. Show some respect

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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad is very much worth your time.

Holding up a copy of ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS by Omar El Akkad

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

The paint that slipped onto the research; the photography, that lay underfoot on the studio floor that built up over time to create layers and new stories without a contrived shape. Francis Bacon called it ‘the compost’ - call it what you will, it has incredible value ... @intantainicus.bsky.social

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Stephanie Lisa Tara @stephanielisatara.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

🌺"Unlike all the other little bulls, who butt their heads together in fights—Ferdinand would rather sit and smell the flowers."🌺 ~The Story of Ferdinand, 1936 #MunroLeaf #Kidlitart #childrensbooks #illustration #kidlit #picturebooks #books #BookSky #BookClub #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #KidLitCommunity

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Undressing you in reverse chronological order

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Spooky Pickle 🧚‍♀️Beware the Fairy Seasons🧚‍♂️ @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

That...sounds absolutely amazing.

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Contract signed, so I’m happy to say my SF story, “And I Will Read to You About Butterflies,” about the parent-child bond, will be published in @heartlines-spec.com at the end of next month.

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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

absolutely wilding out at the idea of air fryers that do NOT respect your right to privacy

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

#BookSky

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Monica Wilcox @monicawilcox.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Skip the man cave and the she shed. Give me the attic #library. #books #booksky #WritingCommunity #design

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🦋Jordan the Goblin Queen 🍄 @jordangoblinqueen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Power's out, so I'm letting six different scented candles fight for dominance while a storm rages and I write on what's left of my laptop battery Wish me luck & inspiration demons in my little ritual circle, friends 🕯

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Sam Wise Masks @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I know it is totally normal to struggle to be creative while your rights as a human to exist are constantly up in the air, but damn I wish I felt creative at all right now. I want to bury myself in making something beautiful just for me, to make some joy— but it is just NOT happening. 😔

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Fern Sparx @handle.invalid · 05/06/2025

Finding bones is so weird, where’s the rest of ya?

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stabke @stabke.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

If we evolved from babies then why are there still babies

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Author - Willow Zane -The Forgotten Staircase @willowzane.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I used to feel a lot of shame about this, too. My most lasting friendships are with people who understand why it happens and that it isn't personal. It can feel unfair because it's a one sided compromise, but to me it feels natural for my outward life to ebb and flow with periods of inner focus.

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Shu Qing Tan @the-i-of-qing.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

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Spooky Pickle 🧚‍♀️Beware the Fairy Seasons🧚‍♂️ @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Whenever I eat a boiled egg, I feel like a happy, little raccoon.

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Author - Willow Zane -The Forgotten Staircase @willowzane.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I find out some new way that you are awesome every day.

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

You guys, I have become a victim of Big Dumbbell. I bought a pair of ten-pound dumbbells, but after a few months, they were too light. Same with 15s and 20s. Now I have to buy 25s. It's like they're preying on my ability to gain muscle! When will this madness end?

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Kate @ Rouge Aerie @rougeaerie.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

🎵 Maybe she's born with it ... Maybe it's Crohn's Disease! 🎵

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