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Alice Slater

@aliceslater.bsky.social

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damn girl that looks yummy as fuck. what’s your email address?

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · Feb 21

*tap tap* 🎙️

My second novel LET THE BAD TIMES ROLL is bringing the rancid vibes to bookshops on July 10th, but you can preorder it NOW!! 🔮🐊⚜️

www.waterstones.com/book/let-the...

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 12h

books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 18h

Wanna see an entire log covered in the most beautiful translucent porcelain mushrooms??

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So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · 4d

I'm a committed small press author & editor. Small presses are the seed-heads of the books world & they are scorched. Pls read and share this excellent letter on the situation & what's needed in @thebookseller.com, signatories inc Peninsula Press, @cipherpress.bsky.social @silver-press.bsky.social

Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK

The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.

www.thebookseller.com

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 4d

She went missing for twenty minutes in the forest, presumably chasing the dream of catching a squirrel, and then jumped into the nastiest muddiest bit of the pond she could find to cool down. my lil swamp witch 🧙🏻‍♀️

Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 5d

Ahhh bless her!!

Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 5d

Oooh love this 🥹

Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 5d

🤞🏻

Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve been on the internet for a long time, so I know the most effective way to get her identified: I’m gonna post pics to threads, an app in which every single poster is unhinged, and declare I’m about to pick and eat her.

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 5d

Update on potential death cap for cutie: she’s flattened a little and lost her green tinge, but hasn’t developed the expected toffee apple colour. Maybe a false death cap?

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 5d

This is sick!!

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Sachaaaargh Coward 👻 @sachacoward.bsky.social · 5d

This is an 'Arrrgh help! I need more work, there are moths in my wallet!!' post.

I do queer history, build escape rooms, talk about mythology and run museumy workshops and tours!

Get in contact if you want to do something cool. X

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 5d

I did not ☹️

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 5d

today I did none of the jobs on my list which is not very the orange by wendy cope of me

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 7d

Yesterday’s crop for my fellow mycology lovers. I think the first green-tinged girl is a deathcap? There was a sweet, almost fruity perfume in the air around her.

Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 7d

Moonwatch: she’s a super harvest or hunter’s moon. Round, honeyed and bright as a freshly minted pound coin

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 8d

Imagine you're at a writers' retreat with the lads and you're all showing off a draft after dinner and then your mate's girlfriend goes here is the novel Frankenstein which I just wrote

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 8d

I only learnt about mast years this year and I’m telling EVERYONE 🍄‍🟫🌰

Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 8d

Truly my pleasure! If you see anything cool, you must send it to me

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Amanda Watson @amndw2.bsky.social · 8d

I couldn't resist. #pleasingterror

A bingo card for the ghost stories of M.R. James. Boxes read:
"Spiders
Terrible hotel stay
Narrator makes fun of golf
Latin passages
Eerie disembodied voices
Confirmed bachelor main character
Vengeful spirit
Evil magician
Working-class character as comic relief
Bleak East Anglian coast
Visit to an archive
Narrator in guidebook mode
FREE SPACE
Unholy doings in a church
Frogs or toads
Queen Anne style house
Cursed artifact
Don't buy that rare book!
Something hairy and horrible
Someone gets too curious
Tentacles
Story told via old manuscript
Research trip gone horribly wrong
Beds are scary
Tactile horror

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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 8d

Every 3-5 years, all the trees focus on producing seeds rather than growth. Huge volumes of acorns, sycamore seeds, conkers and the like drop all at once, which gives the natural world a huge boost of go-go juice and everything else kicks off too

Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 8d

This is a very good year to take a peep as it’s a mast year! So everything’s kicking off

Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 8d

Neat huh

Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 8d

I also spotted the beautiful ladies of the forest sunbathing. A rare treat! This is only the second time I’ve seen them 🥹

Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 8d

The forest looked me in the eye, winked and said “today’s your lucky day babe”

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