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C. M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · 10h

Some thoughts in the post, plus a rec for a film & a book that the story reminded me of. I really loved the tone of the letters, the way they sounded really natural, and the contrast from the day-to-day to the horror of the rented house. Also loved that it was literally indescribable. #AScareADay

C. M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · 13h

#AScareADay="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#AScareADay – Day 8 – The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing but the Truth by Rhoda Broughton

#AScareADay - Day 8 - Today's short story is epistolary and I really enjoyed it! Rhoda Broughton is worth a read. My response to it is non-fiction this time, in honour of the title, with some…

#AScareADay – Day 8 – The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing but the Truth by Rhoda Broughton

#AScareADay - Day 8 - Today's short story is epistolary and I really enjoyed it! Rhoda Broughton is worth a read. My response to it is non-fiction this time, in honour of the title, with some recommendations for other media on similar themes, plus folklore it reminded me of (yes, the vampire furniture of course!)

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Bruce Arthurs @brucearthursaz.bsky.social · 12h

#AScareADay

Another vintage book illustration from a "Spooky Booky" series on my old "GOBI -Great Old Book Illustrations" Twitter account.

A skeleton riding a pegasus, holding an upraised sickle in one hand.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 11h

This #buyastrangerabook offer from @notmoro.bsky.social is still up for grabs.

Jess is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £20!

So, if there's a particular book you're after, let us know!

UK only

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 19h

More #buyastrangerabook day action!

@notmoro.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £20!

So, if there's a particular book you're after, let us know!

UK only

Jess (Eldritch mode) 🎃 @notmoro.bsky.social · 19h

Yes please, I would like to BUY A STRANGER A BOOK, up to £20. ("Strangers" can include mutuals I don't know very well, unless I have already bought them a book previously.)

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Sarah @sarahalba.bsky.social · 11h

We are left to imagine what sort of ghastly visitation could have driven one person mad and frightened another quite to death, but I often prefer this to a description that ends up falling quite flat (terror is such a personal thing).

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Sarah @sarahalba.bsky.social · 11h

#AScareADay Day 8 – The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing but the Truth by Rhoda Broughton.

A ghost story told through letters today. The tone shift from the everyday exchanges to the terrible events in the house worked really well I thought.

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C. M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · 13h

#AScareADay="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#AScareADay – Day 8 – The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing but the Truth by Rhoda Broughton

#AScareADay - Day 8 - Today's short story is epistolary and I really enjoyed it! Rhoda Broughton is worth a read. My response to it is non-fiction this time, in honour of the title, with some…

#AScareADay – Day 8 – The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing but the Truth by Rhoda Broughton

#AScareADay - Day 8 - Today's short story is epistolary and I really enjoyed it! Rhoda Broughton is worth a read. My response to it is non-fiction this time, in honour of the title, with some recommendations for other media on similar themes, plus folklore it reminded me of (yes, the vampire furniture of course!)

cmrosens.com

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Sachaaaargh Coward 👻 @sachacoward.bsky.social · 14h

This is an 'Arrrgh help! I need more work, there are moths in my wallet!!' post.

I do queer history, build escape rooms, talk about mythology and run museumy workshops and tours!

Get in contact if you want to do something cool. X

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ShropsFidgetPie 🇭🇰🇪🇺♿️Trans ally. @shropsfidgetpie.bsky.social · 20h

Today is my favourite day on Bluesky.

Seeing the offers and the replies is such a pick-me-up.

I've done both in the past, and the kindness of the people out there is so heartwarming.

If you can make an offer, that's amazing. If you see something that appeals to you, don't be afraid to ask. ❤️🫂

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 20h

If you pick two people, I'll send a signed copy too (sans rip)

It is #buyastrangerabook day after all!

www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.

The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people

www.biggreenbookshop.com

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 18h

And what’s the bad news?

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

Covid is not over.

People are still dying and becoming disabled every day.

We rushed “back to normal” for the economy, not because the threat had passed.

When you wear a mask, you’re not only protecting your health, you’re saying you don’t believe anyone is expendable.

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cupofmin @cupofmin.bsky.social · 1d

Meet some of the lovely pets I’ve had the joy of drawing in their little teacups!
Commissions open on Ko-fi! ⋆˚꩜｡

Digital illustration of a black cat and dog inside pink and blue teacups. Text: Your pet in a teacup. Commissions by cupofmin.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 22h

This absolutely looks like the sales process for a successful product that everyone wants.

your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 2d

youtube comment

> Lol the timing; I work in IT for a large publishing company - and my god the meetings with microsoft sales team is all AI AI AI COPILOT COPILOT COPILOT.
> I had to flat out tell their VP we're not buying any fucking copilot - whereupon she revealed that the only thing she is being measured on for Q4 is sales of copilot, so if that's off the table the conversation is not interesting. LMAO

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 1d

There is no Prime Day sale over at my tiny shop. But you can buy a hand-sewn little guy that took me many hours to create.

jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · Jul 9

Hi Bluesky! I just launched my Big Cartel fabric art shop, and I was wondering if you could help spread the word?

All of my creations are designed, hand-sewn, and hand-embroidered by me. Any sales are colossally appreciated.

jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Here's a lovely photo of a plethora of hand-sewn fabric art creatures. There's a watermelon creature with a red face, eight black seed-like eyes, and a wide mouth with five sharp teeth. There's a white ghost trinket bag covered with purple embroidered flowers. She has a gray face, sparkly black eyes and a little frown. There's a strawberry creature with three bulbous green eyes. There's a watermelon ghost, a strawberry ghost bag, and a black creature with sharp teeth. There's a white egg with yellow embroidered flowers and purple eyeshadow and purple lips. All the creatures are sitting on green fur and there's a galaxy print fabric in the background. The watermelon creature and the watermelon ghost are sitting on metal doll chairs.

Here's a lovely photo of the cosmic ghost bag. She's a black ghost with various stars and planets embroidered on her body. There are little white stars, larger white stars, yellow stars, purple stars, a dark purple planet, a light purple planet, a red planet with a yellow ring. She has a gray moon-like face with large sparkly black eyes and a little frown. She's wearing a black fabric witch hat. She's resting on my palm and there's green fur in the background of the pic.

Here's a lovely photo of three fabric art eggs watching the tiny witch homunculus balancing on one foot on a small broom. The eggs are purple, pink and white, and they're covered with embroidered flowers. The eggs have mouths with lip colors that match their flowers. They have two flat teeth poking out of their mouths. The pink egg is wearing a small sun hat. The tiny witch homunculus is green with large sparkly red eyes and a little frown. There's green fur in the background of the photo.

Here's a photo of fabric art creatures with a white fabric background. There's a cute and creepy mothman with a black body and a gray face with twinkly red eyes and sharp teeth. There's a green Kentucky goblin with a lighter green face and large pointy ears. He has twinkly yellow eyes and he's wearing a black party hat covered with red googly eyes and a big red poof at the top. There's also a red death worm with nine cream-colored eyes and sharp teeth. The tiny homunculus witch is sitting on the worm's head. She's very small, with large twinkly red eyes and a green body. She's wearing a small version of the party hat the goblin's wearing.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

"The Big Green Books 500 Club".

UPDATE

We reached our first £500!

I contacted the first school to let them know I was going to send them £500 of books.

They sent me a long list of stuff they want.

I'm posting the books tomorrow.

I LOVE THIS!

Thanks!!

www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 1d

Horrible and incredibly short-sighted decision. Absenteeism, pressure on hospitals, long covid...death. And terrible messaging: restricting eligibility suggests reduced risk.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pharmacies facing angry patients over Covid jab confusion

Up to half of patients coming to some pharmacies are being turned away because they are not eligible.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 1d

⚠️The NHS once protected us.

Now, millions of Clinically Vulnerable people are being told we don’t qualify for a Covid vaccine - even as new variants spread.

This is a dangerous, preventable mistake.

#KeepCovidBoosters

NEW CVF BLOG - Screenshot of top of page

A Preventable Winter Crisis: Why Clinically Vulnerable People Need Your Help

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C. M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · 1d

#AScareADay="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#AScareADay – Day 7 – The Last House in C____ Street by Dinah Mulock

#AScareADay - Day 7 - Today's scare is not really a scare, but a lovely sad ghost story about love and loss. I wrote a short piece on similar themes.

#AScareADay – Day 7 – The Last House in C____ Street by Dinah Mulock

#AScareADay - Day 7 - Today's scare is not really a scare, but a lovely sad ghost story about love and loss. I wrote a short piece on similar themes.

cmrosens.com

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Sarah @sarahalba.bsky.social · 1d

Quite a sad one for #AScareADay Day 7; The Last House in C____ Street by Dinah Mulock. I do love a moment of death phantom (generally speaking) but I certainly felt for the protagonist's realisation at the end.

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 1d

-Thread-
Archway
7th of the #Emberlings of Oct.
Originals £35 (plus post) each, in UK because people should be able to afford human art.
Message or reply to claim. First come, First served. She is A5. All will be collected in a book with words by @taliskimberley.bsky.social. #witchsky

An archway of woven sticks with a quartered circle. Floating in the centre of the shape, a hat and cloak with eyes where the head would appear.

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 1d

Writers and artists: if you're interested, post a link to your stuff! And if you'd like, let us know a bit about your work.

Everyone: let's spread the word and check out these creations and support some creators.

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impossible knot @burnyourbones.bsky.social · 1d

this is such nakedly textbook eugenicist framing I'm actually somehow shocked in spite of the bar being underneath hell already

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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Sarah @sarahalba.bsky.social · 1d

Joy has arrived in the form of some very lovely corvid art from @gingertotty.bsky.social

Not going to lie, I coveted this the moment I saw Amelia working on it so I am beyond thrilled it now lives with me.

A miniature portrait of two magpies in a pine tree on a textured pebble gilded with gold leaf.

A box decorated with two magpies who appear to be chattering under a sun with a happy face. The words "Two for joy" are above them inside a heart.

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 2d

Day 6 of #AScareADay and we're on with another poem! This time it's Emily Bronte with a technically untitled poem (I think) about a mysterious stranger and his basilisk eye...

I recorded it with my new mic so better sound quality!

youtu.be/AwSRhzB4ueo

Emily Brontë – ‘And now the house dog stretched once more’ (1839)

YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic

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Sarah @sarahalba.bsky.social · 2d

A silence settled on the room,
The cheerful welcome sank to gloom;
But not those words, though cold or high,
So froze their hospitable joy.
No—there was something in his face,
Some nameless thing which hid not grace,
And something in his voice's tone
Which turned their blood as chill as stone.

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Sarah @sarahalba.bsky.social · 2d

Day 6 of #AScareADay give us an Emily Brontë poem, ‘And now the house dog stretched once more’

I love the way this captures that creeping discomfort of knowing something in your cosy familiar setting is just...wrong.

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