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Laura Duthie

@darkonelf.bsky.social

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Just another Twitter peasant trying to survive the attention economy. Writer and creator @auntysocialworld.bsky.social. Cycling. All views my own. Sapere aude. Web: auntysocialworld.com

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · May 1

A few months ago I had my first fiction acceptance in Divinations Magazine. I’m so happy to be a part of this.

Sleep is a deeply personal thing, and we all have our stories that come from it. This one is mine.

‘Liar-Liar, Lyla Knight’

#writing

Divinations Magazine ✨️ @divinationsmag.bsky.social · May 1

✨ ISSUE 5: SLEEP✨

She’s here! And she’s bringing nightmares. Issue 5 of Divinations Magazine will drag you into the dark side of sleep with horror & supernatural fiction. Available in web & PDF.

🔗 divinationsmagazine.co.uk/issue-five-s...

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 5h

When you see your family cat on the street and she pretends not to know you.

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 1d

He or she was extremely tame. Possibly because this was right beside Stonehenge so likely has a lot of visitors with treats for him / her 🐦‍⬛

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 1d

I bet that was exciting in a group! We rode from Wellow, that stretch is beautiful down to the tunnels and then down into Bath.

Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 1d

We have ridden in some amazing places this week, but there is nothing like the hills of home.

#cycling

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 2d

He will be deeply disappointed either way 😂

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 2d

The WIP has just taken a tone that means it can now never be proofread by my dad.

#writing

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 2d

Peace and quiet 😊

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 2d

That’s the one (Combe Down), it’s incredible isn’t it? We then rode through Bath which was quite the experience too, completely different to our Pembrokeshire lanes!

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely one for the memory bank

Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 3d

Home after a great few days away. Loved riding down this beast of a tunnel, over a mile of darkness.

Unforgettable.

#cycling

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 3d

It was, just what we needed.

Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 3d

Early birds.

#writing

An early morning sky with a tree, the stars and the moon.

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 4d

Love that I (inadvertently) caught a stranger’s smile here today. Wish I knew them to share it.

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Steve

Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 4d

Peaceful trail ride this morning across fields, through woodlands and quaint villages. Friendly people along the way, holding gates open for us etc. Gentle pace, beautiful place, much needed after our mad ride in the city yesterday.

#cycling

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 4d

The places we pass.

#cycling

A monochrome photo of my bike on a railway line with some old engines to the right of the frame.

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 5d

My bike in a long dark tunnel with another bike up ahead (J).

Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 6d

It was sulking because we left the Campags behind and it didn’t want to do gravel (neither did I). Thankfully mostly road riding, it was beautiful. Thanks ☺️

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 6d

Won’t forget this one.

#cycling

My bike with its gravel wheels on, in a vast open field overlooking Stonehenge in the distance.

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks Phil!

Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 7d

Into autumn, holiday time.

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 8d

When the thing you are writing is the thing that drives and tames your mind, thinking about the people, where they are going and the long ago faces and memories that are hidden within them.

#writing

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Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 8d

Ah yeah, sorry. You mean around ‘27 or the year when the birds change hands.

Laura Duthie @darkonelf.bsky.social · 8d

I’ll fit it in at some point tomorrow, possibly sooner

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