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"Yes, mon ami, there is nothing more amazing than the extraordinary sanity of the insane! Unless it is the extraordinary eccentricity of the sane!"~Hercule Poirot Here for #DrWho #AgathaChristie #JaneAusten #BookWormSat #ShakespeareSunday & #Cats of course

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JD is on the case 🕵‍♀️ @flackjd.bsky.social · Jan 6

HERCULE POIROT WAS RIGHT

1) Live in a cosy home
2) Keep a few close friends
3) Have a signature style
4) Sip hot cocoa before bed
5) Attend house parties with fascinating eccentrics
6) Whenever possible, travel by train
7) Holidays should be educational, frequent & luxurious
8) Work from home whenever you can
9) Bring order and truth to every aspect of your life
10) Be observant and use your little grey cells

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BookWormSat @bookwormsat.bsky.social · 1h

'See! Sweet and sound she sleeps in granny's bed, between the paws of the tender wolf.'
-Angela Carter

@signemaene.com welcomes you to #BookWormSat 's celebration of the short story! :-)

🎨Lucy Campbell

Artwork of a girl with long black hair embracing a wolf. Trees in the background. Blue, white colours.

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Melanie Jackson @mjjaxn.bsky.social · 21h

“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.”
― Terry Pratchett

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Melanie Jackson @mjjaxn.bsky.social · 21h

"It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." ~ Dave Barry

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Beth Death and the Dumb-Belles @shoebillmansion.bsky.social · 1h

'And though he feels unease, he cannot feel terror; so he is like the boy in the fairy-tale, who does not know how to shudder, and not spooks, ghouls, beasties, the Devil himself... could do the trick.'

Angela Carter, The Lady of the House of Love, in: The Bloody Chamber

#BookWormSat
#ShortStories

A boy holds a protest sign on a march, Newcastle, April 2019. It says, 'Blah Blah Blah... Act Now'

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Greg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 3h

When being spooky, its nice to be spooky with a friend.

#SpookySeason_bsky

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𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑎 ⋆˙⟡ @darkacademiah.bsky.social · 11d

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𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲 @tumblrr.bsky.social · 10d

may sarton, from recovering: a journal.

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beatrice ☾ .⁺⋆ @beawiitch.bsky.social · 1d

sweater weather >>>>

a road surrounded by trees and covered in autumn leaves

a hand holding a warm mug in front of a window on a rainy autumn day

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P J Richards @pj-richards.bsky.social · 13h

🪶🌪️🪶"I should at times have perhaps sung more –
Or should perhaps have sung better;
But dark days crowded oft to the fore,
And gales my feathers did scatter."

📖Steen Steensen Blicher
#BookWormSat

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JD is on the case 🕵‍♀️ @flackjd.bsky.social · 5h

"Most details are insignificant; one or two are vital. It is the brain, the little grey cells”—he tapped his forehead—“on which one must rely. The senses mislead. One must seek the truth within—not without.”

-The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
#AgathaChristie
#BookWormSat

Dover Mystery Classics cover of "Poirot Investigates," a Hercule Poirot short story collection by Agatha Christie. A black bowler hat is above the title and Poirot's signature mustache is below with a background of blue sky with clouds.

This collection was first published in the UK in March 1924 and included 11 short stories:

The Adventure of the Western Star
The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge
The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
The Kidnapped Prime Minister
The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
The Case of the Missing Will

The American edition was published a year later and included 3 additional short stories:

The Chocolate Box
The Veiled Lady
The Lost Mine

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 8h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Me. That footstep following. Never passing by. @beckah74.bsky.social · 9h

G’night

May the saints of all the stars and constellations bring you hope as they guide you out of the dark and into the light.

#DoctorWho

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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BookWormSat @bookwormsat.bsky.social · 1d

‘Sometimes I leaned over till my shadow mingled with that of Miss Sophie; then it seemed to me that we two were one.’ ~ Steen Steensen Blicher, The Diary of a Parish Clerk.

This #BookWormSat celebrates the short story for Blicher’s birthday. Do join us.

🖼️ Émile Friant, 1891.

Two lovers; a man and a woman in black, she is standing, he is sitting, she is looking away, he is looking at her, he is holding her hand, they cast shadows onto the wall behind them. Painting.

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 3d

At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to read books in a cottage during a pouring rain in front of a crackling fire whilst enjoying a plate of emotional support cinnamon rolls?

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 9d

omg watch out

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Melanie Jackson @mjjaxn.bsky.social · 1d

"Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall"
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Melanie Jackson @mjjaxn.bsky.social · 1d

Your fingers, on the smoke and flame,
Moved in the mysterious conjuring;
You seemed to call a silent Name,
And lifted like an outstretched wing
Your somber gown against the flame.
-Clark Ashton Smith

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Melanie Jackson @mjjaxn.bsky.social · 1d

This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this.
―CSchulz

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✞nessie✞ @lambkin.bsky.social · 8d

don’t invite me to the function unless this is the vibe

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beatrice ☾ .⁺⋆ @beawiitch.bsky.social · 3d

snufkin and moomin on a walk during autumn with text that reads: “it's october. don't talk to me, i'm busy stepping on crunchy leaves”

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𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲 @tumblrr.bsky.social · 2d

― Susan Sontag, Conversations with Susan Sontag

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Hollow Crown Fans @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · 1d

This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme has been chosen by @lazarustheatre.bsky.social - FORGIVENESS & REVENGE!

stitch from disney 's lilo and stitch is holding a sign that says `` sorry forgive me '' .

ALT: stitch from disney 's lilo and stitch is holding a sign that says `` sorry forgive me '' .

media.tenor.com

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Selenophile 🌒 @selenophile37.bsky.social · 2d

Dark eyes
Hold more
Stars

#poetry

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Habu @flyinghabu.bsky.social · 1d

Two nights of 3:45am alarms, blazing full moon lighting the sky like daytime and washing out the light of everything else, comet included. Then two days of post-processing battles, as comet processing is maddeningly tricky.

But I finally pulled it off: here is C/2025 A6 Lemmon. 🔭

#Astrophotography

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon taken from my backyard

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