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Tanweer Dar

@tanweerdar.com

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Indie author & artist (No AI). Teacher. Muslim. I love nature, walking, gardening, house plants, history, art, poetry, books and films of all kinds (especially horror). Love for all, hatred for none. Website: tanweerdar.com Birmingham, UK

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 17d

As #Autumn arrives and #Shocktober creeps up, read my novella 'Apex' for a quick but brutal trip to the English countryside where something that shouldn't be there is lying in wait...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A great read!'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Great little book'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Wowser'

#BookSky #Indie #Horror

➡️ mybook.to/Apex

Front cover of my novella, 'Apex', featuring my digital painting of a snarling black panther on a black background.

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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 20h

Word of mouth is important to a book's success. So, if you'd like to see the authors who wrote your favourite stories commissioned to write more, please keep talking about all the #books you love.

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Andrew Hawkins @beardeduniverse.bsky.social · 17h

'autumn aura'

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 13h

a baby is laying on the ground with leaves and the words `` not fair '' .

Alt: a baby is laying on the ground with leaves and the words `` not fair '' .

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 13h

😁

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Havetsavain Academy of Arcane @havetsavain.bsky.social · 17h

Hiya! I haven't done one of these for October!

I'm Kim, I'm 27, Author & love Halloween!

Love:
🐱Cats
📝Writing
🍣Sushi
📖 Reading
☁️Daydreaming
👗Cosplay
⚔️DnD
💍LOTR
🖋Drawing
🏐Volleyball
🐉Dragon Age
💻Streamer
👟Overwatch

↻+♡ appreciated 😊

#promosky #promo #oomf #moot #booksky #Twitch

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 13h

You seen this one? 😜

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 13h

#DavidsMonthOfHorror

Day 14 - British horror

#MovieChallenge

Scene from the 2013 British horror film 'The Borderlands', with three men (including a priest in the middle) walking up a misty hill towards a church partially hidden behind trees.

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 1d

#PennedReveries #vss365

Just so you know
I felt the #undertone
Beneath your words
Though they were warm
Underneath them
Ran a river of ice
And I shivered
At your hate

#Poetry

David Middleham @dmiddleham.bsky.social · 14d

Here's October's #pennedreveries writing prompt list...

RTs appreciated 🙏

#writingprompt
#WritingCommunity

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 1d

What?! 😱

You MUST watch this film! It's brilliant.

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 1d

#DavidsMonthOfHorror

Day 13 - underrated horror

#MovieChallenge

Theatrical poster for the 2014 film 'Backcountry', with a black bear roaring over a waterfall while a woman (Jenn - played by Missy Peregrym) hangs on to the rocks. Vast forest in background.

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 2d

What an absolutely gorgeous creature, and what a spectacular photograph!

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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 2d

My most recent interview with @locusmag.bsky.social was in February this year. You can read a sizeable extract on their website.

locusmag.com/feature/gare...

Gareth L. Powell: Big Universe

GARETH LYN POWELL was born September 3, 1970 in Clifton, Bristol, England; he grew up in Bristol, and lives there still. He studied humanities and creative writing at the University of Glamorgan (l…

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 2d

سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّٰهِ

Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 2d

This ☝🏽

Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 2d

Ooh, I like this!

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Rebecca E. Reyes @rebeccareyeswriting.com · 2d

The mission is to get a perfectly preserved cadaver with a mysterious implant back to her home world, but will the reward be worth it?

☄️Firefly x Dracula
⚰️Sci-fi Gothic Mystery
💉Female Doctor MC
🖤No Romance
⌛️ Short read

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#BookSky💙📚 #ScienceFiction #Scifi #Mystery #Books

Ad for the Sarcophagus of Lamia with a picture of a blonde woman resting on red velvet to the right.

The text says:
The Sarcophagus of Lamia
A gothic sci-fi adventure!
For only 99 cents

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 2d

Love it!

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 2d

#PennedReveries #vss365

Ever since I saw them
In the river
With their red bellies
And razor sharp teeth
The have always been
On my mind
Little hands flashing
In the water
Bringing terror
Piranha

#Poetry #horror

David Middleham @dmiddleham.bsky.social · 14d

Here's October's #pennedreveries writing prompt list...

RTs appreciated 🙏

#writingprompt
#WritingCommunity

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 2d

That's wild!

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 2d

When you park up just to take a picture of a tree, because it's just so stunning...

#Autumn #Tree #Photography

Photograph of a tree with vivid red and yellow leaves.

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 2d

#DavidsMonthOfHorror

Day 12 - in black and white

#MovieChallenge

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 2d

#Sunday #Skircle

skircle.me

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 4d

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · 3d

My verse novel Hekate has spent 3 weeks on the NYT bestseller list, but also it has been #1 and #2 on the Indie bestseller list because Indie bookstores and booksellers have championed the book so much. Words cannot express how much that means to me.

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Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com · 3d

Right?!