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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 9h

Shocked to find my gif search for Tony Hancock fruitless... (Sadly, another Hancock appeared instead.)

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 10h

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 12h

Gen X nostalgia train for the win!

Mike Cooper @mikecooperrp.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yes! Thanks to @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social for sharing that Moonlighting is now on STV Player! Really impressed by the quality to be fair as well.

Screenshot from the first episode of Moonlighting on STV Player.

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 16h

Why are we like this tho

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 1d

a scarecrow from the wizard of oz is talking to a girl

Alt: a scarecrow from the wizard of oz is talking to a girl

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 1d

If the app's telling me to, who am I to disagree?!

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 1d

When your health app lives in a different time zone to you...

A screenshot of AI health advice to go to bed between 5.50pm and 7.20pm for a better night's sleep.

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Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social · 2d

Today is the final day to send us your submissions for Issue 108 ⏰

mslexia.co.uk/submit-your-...

We can't waiting to read what you're writing!

#AmWriting #Mslexia #SheWrites #WritingCommunity

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 4d

Good luck! I might try for one liners again but depends on how BTN goes...

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks!
(It was just a couple of one liners - one about a welding centre and the other about a statue on the Royal Mile. I'm just chuffed to be in the mix!)

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Allan Miller @mrallanmiller.bsky.social · 7d

If you like short stories AND raising funds for wildlife then you’ll LOVE “What Comes to Light”. “What Comes to Light” is available to buy from Trash Cat Lit and all for the low, low price of £9!! Seriously folks, it’s a treasury of brilliant stories by brilliant writers and it’s for charidee!!

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 10d

We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 5d

Really chuffed that something of mine was included in the news-poking fun this week.

Congrats to everyone else who contributed to this episode!
#satire #comedy

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Noising Up - 03/10/2025 - BBC Sounds

An uproarious mix of topical comedy sketches.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 5d

I watched when i was younger. I find it a bit painful now.

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 6d

Mood.

a cartoon cat is crying while sitting on a bench

Alt: a cartoon cat is crying while sitting on a bench

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 6d

Hope you feel better soon.

I'm waiting for for freshers' flu to make it to our house. Any day now...

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Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social · 6d

Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Let's hear it for the poets and poetry publishers who enrich our lives! Here are just a few to get us started ❤️

@serenbooks.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @emiliejelinek.bsky.social @niaandthepoems.bsky.social @courtneyconrad.bsky.social @alisonbinney.bsky.social

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 7d

I'm taking a break from my latest "impossible" jigsaw to read the stories again in print.

Thanks again to @therelphian.bsky.social for working so hard to get this fantastic anthology out!

Get yours at: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

#shortfiction

A copy of the short fiction anthology "What Comes to Light", laying on an unfinished jigsaw.

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 7d

🤣

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations!!!!! 😀

a cartoon badger standing in a grassy field with its arms outstretched

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you!

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 8d

I got published three times in September! (Two online journals, one print anthology.) Not sure I can live up to this in future though...

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 8d

ICYMI

Your local badgers need you!

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 10d

We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

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Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social · 9d

Don't miss the launch reading of our 2024 Poetry Pamphlet Prize competition winner, Emilie Jelinek!

She'll be launching The Sky Around My Father and reading alongside Clare Pollard and Jessica Traynor at the Bloodaxe Books launch event on 30 September, 7pm BST.

Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 9d

Our three September titles will be launched online at our joint event tomorrow, Tuesday 30 September, at 7pm BST.

With readings and discussion from @emiliejelinek.bsky.social, @poetclare.bsky.social & @jesstraynor.bsky.social.

Watch live/later via YouTube.
youtube.com/live/He4JaXN...

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Leigh Loveday @leighloveday.bsky.social · 10d

Warms my frosty heart to be part of this. 27 gloriously snackable stories! Out now for nine quid! For The Wildlife Trusts! Even if you hate my story, you can't possibly hate all 27 AND animals AND the concept of charity!

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 10d

We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 10d

Very proud of this beautiful baby! 🦝
If you love short fiction and want to read 27 amazing writers' interpretation of "treasure in unexpected places", then please do grab a copy and help raise money for UK wildlife 🦡🦊🦢🦌

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 10d

We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

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