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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.
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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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edmondsscanner.bsky.social
Your daily fortune:
Today you will find success. Success at feeling overwhelmed, and spilling wine on your favorite sweater.
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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skullsandsheets.bsky.social
Just about 2 days left
skullsandsheets.bsky.social Skulls and Sheets @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · Nov 28
Mari Lwyd Charity Auction Info

Artwork, books and goodies raising money for @womensaid.bsky.social @refugecharity.bsky.social @galopuk.bsky.social @lovingmeuk.bsky.social and Mankind Initiative

Preview page: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com

Auction page: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/skullsns...
December 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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lawriebhoy.bsky.social
I’m no fan of Nigel Farage but credit to him for highlighting the brilliant work of the SNP government in ensuring that over a third of Scottish school children are fluent in multiple languages.

Thanks, froggy.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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britannica.com
velociraptor = distanceraptor / timeraptor
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
A: Who gives a fuck apart from racists?

B: His figure is wrong. 71.2% of Glaswegian children speak English as their first language.

C: So that's 28.8% who speak it as a second and I'll bet you they speak brilliant English and that it's much better than most Reform voters I've met online.
Nearly 1 in 3 schoolchildren in Glasgow do not speak English as their first language. This is not diversity. This is culture smashing Reform UK will make this a big issue in our campaign.
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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martinrowson.bsky.social
Latest Graun toon up already www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Martin Rowson on Israel’s participation in Eurovision – cartoon
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands will boycott next year’s Eurovision after Israel was given the all-clear to compete
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December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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womenof1000.bsky.social
Looking for a gift for the history lover in your life? Consider the Women of 1000 calendar! Meet a different woman each month from the year 1000. This year, we've got a few throwbacks to the first calendar mixed in with the most recent illustrations.

#MedievalSky 🗃️

www.lulu.com/shop/meg-hyl...
Picture. Cover of the 2026 calendar. Shows the illustration Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese writer in a moonlit room, as the cover image. Picture. The back of the 2026 calendar. Shows three rows of four images labelled with the title and location of each illustration.
December 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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hierath77.bsky.social
Hello! @wtpress.bsky.social are open for submissions for a Welsh Mythology anthology edited by myself and @rozc.bsky.social , to launch at Eastercon. Details here

wizardstowerpress.com/submissions/...
Anthology Submissions
They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd) Times are hard. Perhaps not quite hard enough for Arthur to awaken from his long sleep, but other characters from mythology and history may still be here to…
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December 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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3enedict.bsky.social
Wishing on a winter star.

Prompt: wish
#arcticfight2025 #artfight #arcticfight #squirrel #winter #xmas #christmas
Pasha MacNutt wishes on a passing winter star flying over a snowy field. The little squirrel wears a blue woolly sweater and green trousers, gloves and hat.
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
vjknipe.bsky.social
These card are beautiful especially if you want something a little different from robins.
skullsandsheets.bsky.social Skulls and Sheets @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · Dec 4
6 packs left!
skullsandsheets.bsky.social Skulls and Sheets @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · Nov 27
Christmas Card Sold out atm but Preorders are reopened!

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December 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
vjknipe.bsky.social
I'm sending these out as Christmas presents this year. Though I bought one sneaky bag of Mulled Wine truffles for me.
December 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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gailcarriger.bsky.social
20 of the Cutest Queer RomComs (or at least ones that I love)
20 of the Cutest Queer RomComs (or at least ones that I love)
NYT bestselling author Gail Carriger: comedic, urban fantasy, steampunk, historical, romance, mystery, queer joy, heroine's journeys, and more sub-genres than one can shake a parasol at. Books include Soulless, Etiquette & Espionage, and Prudence.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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skullsandsheets.bsky.social
Very close to 50 auctions bidded on out of the 63!!!!

Every bid gets you a wonderful item (mostly original artwork) and you help a charity!
skullsandsheets.bsky.social Skulls and Sheets @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · Nov 28
Mari Lwyd Charity Auction Info

Artwork, books and goodies raising money for @womensaid.bsky.social @refugecharity.bsky.social @galopuk.bsky.social @lovingmeuk.bsky.social and Mankind Initiative

Preview page: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com

Auction page: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/skullsns...
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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rhunedhel.bsky.social
Check out my poem "The Last Man on Mars" in The Brazen Head for a dystopian take on a near-future Mars colony ...

brazen-head.org/2025/12/01/t...
📚🪐 📚 #mars #colony #scifi #poem #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse
The Last Man on Mars
PAUL DEANE first read The Lord of the Rings at age 11, when one of his father’s co-workers gave him a copy. Not long after, he was assiduously reading science fiction and fantasy – Asim…
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December 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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social-hell.uk
Every penny I make in book sales between now and Satanmas day will be donated to the RNLI.

Wanna piss off a racist and read a book? Your time has come

Come on internet; show me what you can do.
social-hell.uk Satan @social-hell.uk · Dec 3
This is the best quarter my human has ever had! Thank you kindly everyone!
Books sold = 0
December 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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taxjusticeuk.bsky.social
Unlike the debunked “millionaire exodus”, Britain’s young workers really are leaving in droves— 174,000+ since March 2024.

The motor of our economy walking away is a crisis that really should worry us.

🧵So, why are they leaving and how can we stop it? 1/9
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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pulpthorn.bsky.social
Today's #BookQW word is 'world'. Alwenna's crossing a rough sea on a tiny boat.

This moment is where her story first came into being. It evolved from a creative writing exercise, extracted alongside - it fascinates me how a distinct narrative takes on its own shape from little more than a vibe.
Paragraph from The Waterborne Blade by Susan Murray: A fresh onslaught of rain all but obscured her vision as they pulled out from the shelter of the trees on the mainland; it pelted against her cheeks, stinging her eyes, weighing down her cloak. She clung there, wretched, sliding on the wooden seat as the boat pitched on the growling water. Her world dwindled until she was trapped in a limbo devoid of all sound but the buffeting of the wind and the grind, lap, slap of the oars, devoid of all sensation but the stinging rain and dull tug of nausea at the pit of her stomach. Cover of The Waterborne Blade by Susan Murray. A woman clad in an ornate gown is moving past the viewer, a long dagger held in her blood-spattered right hand. Cover art by Paul Young. Extract from original exercise: The oarsman ground the oars against the locks, water lapped and slapped and they pulled away from the jetty towards the bank of mist that hid the island from view. Towards the island where she, too, would soon be hidden from view. She twisted round to look back at the jetty. Hooded figures watched in silence, until the grind, lap and slap of the oars drew her into the mist where she would be forgotten. Moist air clung cold to her face, weighed down her hair; the vapour leeched away the morning sunlight, weighed down her heart. Her world dwindled until she was trapped in a limbo devoid of all sound but the grind, lap, slap of the oars; her courage dwindled until she was once more a frightened child travelling through darkness, unable to understand what her sin had been; her hope dwindled to a dry husk, trailing across the dark water, only too well aware of what her sin had been.
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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hierath77.bsky.social
Added to this, if you're a trans inclusive group wanting to do green woodworking or forest bathing or permaculture or naked drum circles (look, i work in a hippie field, sorry) or what-fucking-ever, you come to us and we will keep you safe. Promise.
hierath77.bsky.social Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · Dec 3
Just to say, apropos of nothing, we don't allow trans-exclusive groups to set up at Nantymeillion to do things (things being wild women camps or womens drumming workshops). This has come up in the past. If your "feminist" group excludes trans women you can go somewhere else. We don't want you.
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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hierath77.bsky.social
Right, my trans homies! If you are trans (or non binary) and would like to take the 2 day Introduction to #Permaculture course on a pay-what-you-feel basis, give me a shout and we'll make it happen next summer....
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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julietemckenna.bsky.social
Book Quote Wedneday's word is 'world' #BookQW
Being able to see those who live in the supernatural realm is all very well, but there's a lot which Dan Mackmain and his girlfriend Fin don't know, and that can land them in a world of hurt. Modern fantasy rooted in British myths and folklore #Booksky
Cover art by Ben Baldwin shows a creature crouching in a low tunnel entrance lined with grey stones and partly hidden by green undergrowth and white flowers. The creature has pale skin covered in sparse black hair and it looks a bit like an ape, a bit like a bear, and completely unlike either of those. Book extract reads: ‘But the Hunter…’ Fin shook her head, uncertain. ‘I mean, I know he’s turned up when we’ve been sorting out trouble for the Green Man, but he’s had his own reasons for getting involved. Ask him directly for help and you’ll owe him a favour. A big one. What do you think he’ll want in return?’ ‘I have no idea.’ I understood Fin’s hesitation. The Green Man and Wade are aeons-old, mysterious powers whose realms are the ancient greenwood and long-lost wetlands. No one knows much about them, even those of us who’ve seen them in person. Most people believe they’re guardians of the natural world. As long as you don’t piss them off, they seem to be benign. The Hunter, though, he’s different, whether you call him Herne or Cernunnos or the Horned One. Those names are tied to tales of bloody violence. Those aren’t only stories. I’d seen one person who’d got on the Hunter’s shit list die an agonising death.
December 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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3enedict.bsky.social
Snow 'Mons! #pokemon #pikachu #charmander #squirtle #bulbasaur #xmas #snow #winter
Pikachu, Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur build snow 'Mons on a snowy day.
December 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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skullsandsheets.bsky.social
39 auctions bidded on!

still lots of original artwork awaiting homes!
skullsandsheets.bsky.social Skulls and Sheets @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · Nov 28
Mari Lwyd Charity Auction Info

Artwork, books and goodies raising money for @womensaid.bsky.social @refugecharity.bsky.social @galopuk.bsky.social @lovingmeuk.bsky.social and Mankind Initiative

Preview page: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com

Auction page: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/skullsns...
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Time for the annual roundup!
2025 ROUNDUP
It's that time again: December with a vengeance, and time to take stock my creative year. On the surface it feels like it was a quieter year compared to 2024, but that's no bad thing. Fiction-wise, in 2025 I published three new short stories. At the start of the year, Her Little Ray Of Sunshine graced the first issue of Andy Cox and Richard Wagner's brilliant new zine, …
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December 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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number10cat.bsky.social
On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me: two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. Ate them.
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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number10cat.bsky.social
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM