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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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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 20h

*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 · 19h

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 · 14d

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 · 18h

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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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 23h

Among the addons for our Kickstarter campaign are these lovely folklore-themed bookmarks made by Welsh writer, Hazel Hitchins.
www.kickstarter.com/...

A selection of folklore-themed charmed used on the bookmarks. The designs include a fairy, a dragon, a pixie and a ghost.

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Dawn Colclasure Wilson @dmcwriter.bsky.social · 19h

The release date for my deaf poetry book was delayed but I am just happy it will still be published at all.

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 18h

Have Cohen the barbarian barge in and rescue the sacrifice?

Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 22h

♫... on the left you'll find my favourite axe.♪

I've added to the armoury at Wolf's Head Hall.

A plain painted wall enlivened by his and hers rapiers (for settling differences a la the Addams family), an enlistment poster for the HMS Pallas (launched in 1804) 2 truncheons, a sword with replica flintlock pistol inset, a replica flintlock pistol, a french calvary sabre from Waterloo, and the new acquistion a replica viking axe.

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 1d

“In an unjust society the only place for a just man is prison.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 1d

@ericderoulet.bsky.social discusses the nature of totalitarianism as depicted in @premeemohamed.com's One Message Remains collection in this new (free!) essay... kinda feels timely...

www.speculativeinsight.com

Purple background, white text, which says ... the imperial system is propped up by ideological frames that rationalise and valorise the wants of the core while dehumanizing those living on the periphery. Such rationales are recorded by and embodied in Tzajos in the novella One Message Remains... "Lives Under Empire: Imperial Subjugation and resistance as depicted in One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed" -- Eric de Roulet

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 1d

If it comes in the post I can't accidentally delete it. I really ought to attend Luddites Anonymous. 😕

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💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 1d

My printer sent me double my order, which is weird so I have like 30 extra copies - if anyone wants a copy let me know (unsigned)

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 1d

Seagull with bag of chips it has snatched. Done in the pictish style. 😂

Yes I'm probably getting a bit silly now.

A line drawing of a seagull that hads just snatched a bag of chips (french fries for the US) using pictish symbols found carved on stones all over Scotland.

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Nancy Jardine @nansjar23.bsky.social · 2d

Tailored Truths, Book 2 of the Silver Sampler Series is #99p/99c for a few more days during the Blog Tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club.
#Womensfiction Victorian Saga #Scotland
mybook.to/TTsss

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caasbrey @caasbrey.bsky.social · 2d

Reading is dreaming with your eyes open.

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 1d

I'm pretty sure all paperless billing was for was to increase the profits of the various companies. I refused until they just stopped. My bank has noticed that I forget to pay the credit card unless they send a paper reminder, so they started up again. (it wasn't deliberate)

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 1d

Is the Floof still annoyed with you about the V E T?

Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 1d

While I deplore the way things are shrinking, it's probably better for my expanding waistline. 😕

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, overseas friends! We've got a lot of spooky story news coming this week, so why not throw us a follow if you're not already?

@hexthervvv.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 2d

I think I'm getting a bit carried away by all these pictish symbol beast-y things I'm drawing. I've just drawn a robin and I'm halfway through a seagull. 😕

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 2d

♫The Fletcher Memorial Home for incurable tyrants and kings♪

Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you. 😀

Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 2d

Fun new project, I'm creating a colouring book, The A-Z of British Mythology. I've put up the first page, A is for Albion King of the Giants, on my Kofi account, if anyone wants a preview of what the book will look like.

ko-fi.com/s/5f8608667b

A is for Albion colouring page - Vanessa Knipe's Ko-fi Shop

In my A-Z of British Mythology, I'm starting right at the beginning. Albion was king of the giants and the country took his name.

ko-fi.com

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder from your resident high school lubrarian: if you plan to do a Banned Books Week display and programming, prioritize living marginalized authors. Use this time to help those who need it the most.

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 3d

Drew another one of my animals using Pictish designs. This is a fox by the way.

A line drawing of a fox highlighting designs from Scottish rock carvings.

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