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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 6h

Today's update in the Kickstarter campaign is about Walter Map, a 12th century writer of amusing stories, some of which featured Welsh folklore.
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The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd).

The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left.

Art by Josh Arklin.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 5h

Wes Streeting extended the puberty-blocker ban on 6 November 2024.

Leia died by suicide on 11 November 2024.

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner

A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

www.thepinknews.com

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Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 21h

The word for this week's #BookQW is STRONG. Eilert is not enjoying his time back "home".

Fulmorn, Maestro Bass, pretended not to notice me as I entered. He had three of his students with him, favoured not for their aptitude with their voice but for their eagerness to share his bed. I did my best to keep my distaste hidden.

Katka, Maestra Soprano, with the face of an angel. It belied her proclivities behind closed doors. She took a special interest in her most talented students, and when they became full cantors they were, without exception, brilliant, disciplined and irreparably broken.

Dieuwke nodded at me. Before she had started drinking in earnest her unusually deep voice had been the most powerful the Cathedral had seen in generations. She had never quite returned to her full strength even after getting her consumption under control.

Athol, Maestro Alto. His thin, expressionless face said that if he had any vices, they were so rarefied as to be almost unrecognisable as such. He had propelled himself into becoming the undisputed first among equals in his twentieth year, and was still going strong a century later. I knew to fear him above all else.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 1d

"I will read anything Chaz Brenchley writes. His prose is melted butter with tarragon, and his characters and worldbuilding equally delicious. Open this book to any page, and you will find something to delight you." - Ellen Kushner on Of the Emperor's Kindness
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Cover of Of The Emperor’s Kindness by Chaz Brenchley. Art by Ben Baldwin.

Image is of a young woman in a long pale dress stood outside the gates of a large, wooden mansion. The word ‘Verantha’ is written on the gates. White birds fly above her.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 1d

There's no news as yet from PayPal regarding the credit card fraud attacks on their payment gateway. We have therefore re-opened the store using a payment gateway from Square. This is credit card only. We will restore PayPal functionality as soon as we can do so safely.

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 22h

Happy World Cephalopod Day! 🐙This sucker for adventure feels its way through the world!

With thousands of chemical receptors and millions of texture receptors packed into each sucker, the giant Pacific octopus has a real sense for exploration.

A red-colored giant Pacific octopus with one eye poking out from its body while stretching out its arms, and showing off its white, round suckers

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 1d

Among the addons for our Kickstarter campaign are these lovely folklore-themed bookmarks made by Welsh writer, Hazel Hitchins.
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A selection of folklore-themed charmed used on the bookmarks. The designs include a fairy, a dragon, a pixie and a ghost.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 1d

Today's update on the Kickstarter campaign is all about the Lady of Lake, and all her sisters, because there are lots of them. Come and meet the Grawgedd Annwn: www.kickstarter.com/...

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it's frank-en-SCHTEEN 🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 1d

your very small update that there are five (5) early-bird-price decks left 👀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/fra... #tarot #tarotsky

Queer Crow Death Magic Tarot

A 78-card potent jewel-coloured tarot deck created with linoprinting. Artwork is complete & project is ready to print.

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 1d

Probably “AI” generated

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 1d

This post especially for International Lesbian Day 👩‍❤️‍👩

Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 1d

It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'strong'. In Of the Emperor's Kindness by Chaz Brenchley, Malance has had a terrible shock and Vivi thinks she needs a distraction. #BookQW
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Vivi was apparently in another mood, imperious, explicit. No surprise.
Vivi’s hand on her cheek. turning her head: gentle, firm. Irresistible, yes.
Vivi’s eyes, wide and dark, determined.
Vivi’s lips on hers: exploratory, insistent, assertive. Nothing tentative or suggestive, nothing like her own ways of seduction. No offer of pulling back, or waiting longer.
Malance could lean into that certainty and find comfort there, and support. It was too soon for promises, but tonight she’d take this gladly. Someone who could seem stronger than herself, someone who knew what they wanted. Someone to take charge, just for the night. In the morning she would need to be herself again, ambassador again, mistress in her own house. Tonight, though—tonight she could yield, and follow Vivi’s determined lead, and let her choose the way.

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 1d

I have had a ridiculous number of spam emails for mine. Several a day since the pre-launch went up.

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 1d

Wait, so the only profitable use of “AI” is stealing other people’s work? What about all those business efficiency cases, Nick? What’s that? Businesses are telling you that “AI” is more trouble than it is worth? Oh dear…

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 1d

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'strong' #BookQW
Dan and Fin know there's a threat out there, but it really would help if they knew what they were dealing with...
From Wizard’s Tower Press on 30th October 2025
For preorders, check your preferred retailer
www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-H...

Cover for The Green Man's Holiday by Juliet E. McKenna. Artwork and layout by Ben Baldwin.

A mysterious animal with very sharp teeth peers out from a hollow in a pile of grey stones. Green foliage and white flowers surround it.

Book extract reads: ‘I don’t think we should split up. Not now. Not if there’s any chance that beast-thing will turn up again.’ I couldn’t decide which possibility worried me more: coming face to face with it on a hillside on my own or being away from the cottage when it smashed its way in and attacked Fin.
‘I agree.’ She sounded relieved.
We carried on stripping fibres from the nettles. We soon had enough for me to plait bundles of three or four into longer lengths. I could have made a much stronger, twisted cord, but I didn’t want to tie anything around these trees that would stay there long enough to damage them.
When Fin had finished stripping the last few stalks, I fetched the bucket from the shower room and filled it from the kitchen tap. I grabbed the cleanest-looking tea towel and picked up the tyre iron from the kitchen counter. I gave the tyre iron to Fin as she handed me a last handful of damp nettle strands.
We walked down the garden.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 1d

It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'strong'. In this excerpt from 'The Sheltering Flame' by Ruthanna Emrys in Wiz Duo #3, our heroes need to come up with a magical ritual, which is a challenge for middle-aged academics.
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“Sounds awfully Crowley-ish,” says Candace.
“I mean yes, that’s where the tradition comes from, and also fuck the British Empire,” says Chloe. I guess magic “workers” are up there with Neopagans for having strong views on 19th Century cult leaders. Not that I’m personally short on opinions about either Crowley’s fashion sense or his basic grasp of consent, mostly based on Candace’s rants.
“We’re not big drinkers,” says Del, “and I definitely don’t want to magically reinforce my stoned level of stupidity. But music works, and I could paint something?”
“In here!” I wave my hands at the blank wall where we’ve talked about hanging a tapestry. “We could make a mural—Candace’s storytelling, your art, my, um, I realize home improvement is not the most excitingly Bohemian demonstration of identity, but I’m not actually an excitingly Bohemian girl.”

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 1d

I will be there, and can't wait to have this out in the world!

Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 1d

Happy editor @rozc.bsky.social with the next @wtpress.bsky.social Wiz Duos from @r-emrys.bsky.social and @aknighton.bsky.social - launching at WFC!

Riz, a white lady with curly red hair and oval glasses wearing a grey cardie, holding two copies of Duo 3

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 1d

I had curry for breakfast (curried leek & potato hash, with curried scrambled eggs).

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, that’s all they have left

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 1d

Happy editor @rozc.bsky.social with the next @wtpress.bsky.social Wiz Duos from @r-emrys.bsky.social and @aknighton.bsky.social - launching at WFC!

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 1d

The person who couldn’t spell Britain wants to axe English degrees

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 1d

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'strong' #BookQW
Dan Mackmain's physically fit and mentally tough. That means nothing in this situation. Want to find out what happens next?
The Green Man's War is a 99p Kindle UK deal for October.
www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-W...

Cover art by Ben Baldwin shows a lethal, pale-scaled serpent-dragon or wyrm lurking in woodland. It looks straight at you as its forked tongue flickers between open, sharp-toothed jaws.

Book extract reads: The man by the door with the mattock said something I didn’t catch, but he was obviously warning the others. Sledgehammer guy looked around again. His mate with the pickaxe took a couple of steps towards a jewellery seller at the other end of the barn. She was tiny, wearing a long black dress, with purple hair that matched her lipstick and eyeshadow. If she was next on their list, there was nothing I could do.
I’d have to take that sledgehammer off the short-arse in front of me, then get past his mate with the mattock. No chance. My mother’s a dryad, but that doesn’t give me superpowers, not really. A dryad’s daughters take after their mothers and live for centuries in the unseen world alongside normal life. I’m tall and strong and hardly ever get ill, but I’ll grow old like my dad.
Billhook guy called out. I realised I hadn’t misheard mattock man guarding the door. Whoever these thieves were, they weren’t speaking English between themselves

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 1d

But there are many other fine products on offer. We'd like to particularly draw your attention to the tarot set being sold by our good friend, Frank Duffy:

Queer Crow Death Magic Tarot

A 78-card potent jewel-coloured tarot deck created with linoprinting. Artwork is complete & project is ready to print.

www.kickstarter.com

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 1d

Our Kickstarter campaign is part of the Witchstarter collection being featured throughout October. All of the campaigns in the collection have some connection with the supernatural. Ours, of course, has lots: www.kickstarter.com/...

The Witchstarter badge. Purple with a big W in the middle.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 2d

With stories by Danie Ware, Juliet McKenna, Anna Smith Spark and many others, Fight Like A Girl #2 has been a feature on award short lists this year. Find out why people love it so much:
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Cover of Fight Like A Girl #2. Art by Oisin McGann.

Image is of a brown-skinned girl in light armour wielding a Very Big Sword. She is surrounded by images of other things she might use to fight, not all of them obviously weapons.

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 2d

Us: What do we want?
Him: Transgender for everybody!
Us: For free, obvs…

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