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Vanessa Knipe

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Malaysian-born, Scottish writer. Recovering Luddite, DIY house renovation, likes canoeing, decorates a mean cake, a highly biased mother. Mastodon: @[email protected] Website: https://vanessajknipe.wixsite.com/vanessa-knipe

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · May 19

#TimeTravelAuthors
Thrown out of the Guardian Angels, Jack will search the Ends of Time for Lizzie.

Will History Ever Recover?

Last Days Forever is now available from
vanessa-j-knipe.itch.io/last-days-fo...
www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Days-Fo...
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

A flier for the novel Last Days Forever. An angel flies over a Texan oil field.
Text reads: Overhead, high overhead I saw the flight of angels and wept. Without my wings I was nothing. Flotsam on the drifts of time.

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Benedict Terry | COMMS OPEN @3enedict.bsky.social · 20h

ITS HERE! My latest song "Too Many Broken Parts" is now available on all platforms! #newmusic #newmusicfridays #comedymusic #parodysong www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHmP...

Benedict Terry- Too Many Broken Parts (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Benedict Terry

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Benedict Terry | COMMS OPEN @3enedict.bsky.social · 6h

Did you know... I have an album?

And you can listen to it (AND BUY IT) from Bandcamp! Check it out right here: benedictterry.bandcamp.com/album/the-ve... #album #comedymusic #comedy #parodysong

The Very Worst of Benedict Terry, by Benedict Terry

12 track album

benedictterry.bandcamp.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Elainecolliar (Still Yes) @elainecolliar.bsky.social · 22h

Noticed today that despite the fact that a woman won the Nobel Peace Prize …. The whole freaking day has been about centring an angry elderly white man instead!!

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 10d

We've got a big announcement to make! For the entire month of November, we're going to be hosting an event celebrating indie and self-published SFF authors that we're calling... A Month of Rain and Reads!

But we'd like YOU to get involved! Find out more:
www.readindiefantasy.com/announcing-a...

A banner image showing a planner with autumnal decorations and stickers along with calligraphy spelling out A Month of Rain and Reads. There is a stack of indie books in the background and a cup of coffee.

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 23h

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

A poster in green ink on off white paper. In the center is a woodcut style illustration of a protester wearing an inflatable frog costume standing up against two ICE agents. The text above and below reads:

VIVE LA
RIBBITSTANCE

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 23h

It's nailed to its perch.

Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 23h

Not that weird or Victorian. My Mum served it to me in the 70s. The recipe is in my Dad's WW2 cookbook. 😂

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Elizabeth St.John 📚💙📜Author and Historian @elizabethstjohn.bsky.social · 11d

Just researching Sir Edward Herbert for my WiP and came across this miniature by Isaac Oliver, which is exactly the kind of selfie I would love my boyfriend to give me. Apparently, he's chilling in the woods after a joust. #EarlyModern #17thC #KeepitStuart #ComeHither

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 1d

Antiphibian

Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 1d

I thought fatty liver was last month's wellness quackery. This month it's turning off your excess cortisol.

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 1d

Give in to the brain weasels.

My brain weasels just want to draw pretty pictures.

A line drawing of a robin sitting on broken spear.

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not so keen on the early Miles stuff, except for Cetaganda which shows what he will become. But my late L&M loved them all. Once the story line hits Memory, I'm an addict.

The Penric and Desdemona novellas (fantasy) that keep me running back for more.

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Kevin St. Alder @kevinstalder.bsky.social · 1d

Statement from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee 👏 🙏

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Ewan Downie @ewandownie.com · 1d

So proud to have been involved in Close, the Citizens' Young Company show about the legendary Close Theatre.

On until Saturday.

Close | Citizens Theatre citz.co.uk/whats-on/clo...

Close | Citizens Theatre

Young Co. takes you on a journey back to the legendary Close Theatre as we look at the heritage of the Citizens Theatre.

citz.co.uk

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 2d

You look fabulous today!
It's not easy to pull off that bold mix of rumpled sweaters, exhaustion, and the dusty darkness of a cluttered used bookstore.

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 2d

Envious. I never got any of the historical animals.

Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 2d

The armoury is hung over the stairs. Probably not going to put book shelves there.

Thanks for the hint about plywood. I never thought of that. Makes sense.

Chunkier shelf good too, but that one is perfect for all my wade whimsies.

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 2d

It's all sound, unfortunately, or I could justify ripping it out and replastering the wall. And beside, it's extra insulation. I'm thinking of lining paper, adding beading to create raised, mock-Edwardian panels. The house is 1908, so it might work as a concept. And more removeable than paint.

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remotecore @remotecore.bsky.social · 2d

You know what? Now seems a good day remind people that Gallus exists. A collective anthology by members of the @gsfwc.bsky.social community, put together for the Glasgow Worldcon. My story is about the end of the world, and witches looking for hope. #gallus #gsfwc40
gsfwc.wordpress.com/gallus/

GALLUS

Gallus celebrates Glasgow’s third home turf Worldcon and showcases brand new work from our authors. Some of the writers featured here have been around since the beginning, some are brand new. Some …

gsfwc.wordpress.com

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 2d

Just the axe. I'm pondering what to do with that 70s wood panelling.

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 3d

*SUBMISSION WINDOW NOW OPEN 5 DAYS ONLY*

We're open to unagented subs from 6-12 Oct. For this submission period we are looking for novellas only (35K-50K). We're specifically looking for novellas that play w horror, mystery, weird & the unusual.

More info 🐐
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/pop-up-...

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 3d

Another rose is a temporary bed for this sleepy guy.

Some kind of stinging insect, likely a Yellowjacket napping in an apricot rose.

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Kernow 〓〓 @kernow.bsky.social · 16d

Cornish MP Andrew George:

'It’s a moment of truth for Cornwall. We can either accept a future where we submit ourselves to the authority of others, or stand together, stand up for ourselves and give the people of Cornwall a greater say on how we run our own affairs"

#CornishDevolution

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Susan Murray @pulpthorn.bsky.social · 2d

Today's #BookQW word is STRONG.

In this extract from Waterborne Exile (sequel to The Waterborne Blade), Brett's spotted unfamiliar horses approaching their remote settlement.

First two ebooks available here: angryrobotbooks.com/books/the-wa...
and here: angryrobotbooks.com/books/waterb...

“Halt and state your business.”

“My business? Putting food on freemerchant plates, as it ever has been.”

With a flush of relief Brett recognised his father’s voice. Rogen eased his bowstring and returned the arrow to his quiver, before pushing himself to his feet. Brett followed him out from behind the cover of the rocks. Close to he had no difficulty recognising his father’s taller figure, riding a grey horse without the benefit of saddle or bridle, only a meagre halter. Behind him, the other two riders were women, both mounted the same way as his father, without saddle or bridle. Both women slumped on their horses. They must have been riding half the night. Their heads were wrapped in scarves to protect them from the heat of the sun and the dust. They rode side by side, until the track they followed narrowed and the slighter- built one reined in her horse, dropping to the rear. She had tanned skin and freckles. Wisps of hair escaped from beneath her scarf; her forearms were wiry, strong.

Brett moved his attention to the woman who rode behind his father, eyeing her with curiosity. She had fair skin, ill-suited to the desert heat. There was something ethereal about her, something he couldn’t quite name, some sense of – what, he wasn’t sure. As if aware of his scrutiny she looked up and her eyes met his. Brett caught his breath. For a moment it was as if she could read his innermost thoughts. But that was silly. No one could do such a thing. There was a slight twist of her mouth that might have been a smile then she nodded and he found he could turn his eyes away at last, aware of a sudden sense of great grief. Such a sorrow as he’d never known before. He felt strangely guilty, as if he’d intruded somehow.

He fell in behind their horses as they picked their way up the valley. This was something important here, something momentous.

Cover of Waterborne Exile by Susan Murray. A woman dressed in a blood-spattered white gown moves past the viewer, holding a bowl of blood before her in both hands. A bloodstained dagger is tucked in her belt. Cover art by Paul Young.

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