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West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 9d

Ahoy, lovelies! ⛵️🦑💙✨ www.westofcanon.com (our hand designed ship built over the course of the past several years) or gmail (for letter in a bottle outreach) for our multi-art and scholastic Ship where existing works can be found and new projects are starting to flourish. ⛵️🦑💙✨

West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 10h

Nice! Looks like a good show.

West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you!

a large octopus is sitting on a rock in the ocean

ALT: a large octopus is sitting on a rock in the ocean

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West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 11h

It's world octopus day which means you should be reading The Last Boy on Earth! From the @rebelsatori.bsky.social publisher or wherever fine books are to be found 🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙 #queerreads #debutnovel #books #mlmreads #queerspec

The Last Boy on Earth

Uncover the magic of The Last Boy on Earth by West Ambrose. Join Julian and Vern on their profound journey to find each other. 🌊

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West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 18h

im not encouraging ppl to use the platform at all and Im putting it on pagebound too it's just literally that gr will not take down someone's old approximation of the book and its inaccurate which is really unhelpful for when people actually WANT to read/find info on it besides the website

West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 18h

Can't wait for West to be rejected as a goodreads author for the umpteenth time while race fakers etc are permitted this vaunted status. Unfortunately gr is a necessary evil for now 🤷‍♀️

West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 1d

The shape of things are there but half the words I might as well just have made an audio only version of a wheel of fortune type puzzle omg

West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to audio to transcribe but the rain in the back is SO loud that I lost half the recording so I’m back to figuring out what on earth I was writing last night 😮‍💨☔️

West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to audio to transcribe but the rain in the back is SO loud that I lost half the recording so I’m back to figuring out what on earth I was writing last night 😮‍💨☔️

West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 1d

“love the aesthetic” but why did you not compliment the deep and troubled yearning in my eyes then? 🖊️ ✨ 🖤☕️

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Adrianna Amari @4aamari.bsky.social · 2d

everybody’s moon

October’s moon rises soft and low in the sky’s pastel marsh where we stand amidst the green gold grass

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West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 2d

Sending out some more conference notices this week! There’s also a few people where even if their work is not right for the conference guidelines I’m eager to ask them if they are interested in other projects we are heading into this next little bit of time as well, so stay tuned! 💙✒️💌✨

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Nemi 📚🎶 @nemimeli.bsky.social · 3d

Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳

„Now, with the subordinate phantoms, what wonder remained soon waned away; for in a whaler wonders soon wane.“

Herman Melville
Moby-Dick
CHAPTER 50 AHAB'S BOAT AND CREW • FEDALLAH

#AmericanReadalong

Fedallah
Claus Hoie, 1911-2007
NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

Framed and matted watercolor with Fedallah wearing white pans and turban looking out from mast. Blue-white color combination in foreground depicting ocean. Green-grey color alternation in background to show horizon.

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ROSSINI, Vinicius @vsrossini.bsky.social · 3d

18° Livro: Moby Dick - Herman Melville

Acho que Melville deve ser uma das pessoas mais inteligentes e cultas do mundo. É um absurdo a quantidade de referências desse livro. Muito denso mas vale muito a pena a leitura. Uma das melhores da vida.

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West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 2d

“and unpeopling all the sea for naiads to swim round him; so that mysteries are evoked as in exhalations by this Love;—what wonder then that Love was aye a mystic?” Book III, Pierre, Herman Melville 🌊 ✨ 🌙 💙#MelvilleMonday #nature #ocean #naturephotography #bloomsky #literature #booksky

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 5d

So excited to have a new story in one of my very favorite magazines today. Super proud of this one, and I hope you all like it.

Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 5d

"...I'm overcome with the sudden certainty that she'll vanish, the door transporting her to the moon or Siberia. But before my fear can get away from me, she's already through."

"Door in the Woods" by @iamchrisscott.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

Door in the Woods by Chris Scott

Sarah is hiking up ahead of me, so she’s the first to see it. She goes around the bend, says “Hey now,” and stops in her tracks. Then I see it, too. Right there in the middle of the trail is a sing…

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 3d

#BirdOfTheDay theme is all sea birds, so let's bring them out!

All the Gull(s)

#Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin
#Birds 🪶 🌿🖌️ #BlueSkyMonday

Check out some more of my #Photography at bsky.app/profile/did:...

a white bird with slight grey wings, black tips of wings.
the beak is orange and thick with a black tip tapering.

a flock of gulls about to land in the water. mostly white birds with black marking on edge of the wing feathers.

Photograph of possibly a lesser black backed gull flying.

It's mostly a white bird with shades of brown in the wings and shoulder. the body has spots all over.
short tail with dark tp, and you can see legs - pink.
the beak has a dark black portion towards the tip.

two birds flying in opposite direction one above the other..

bird above - is white with shades of browns in its wings. has a black spot near the eyes. and beak us yellow with black tip.

bird below -- white bird, with grey and white wings, and black on the edge of the wings. the feet and beaks are red.

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West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats!!! Can’t wait to read 🎊

West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 2d

🙏 🙏 🙏

IN Magazine @inmagazineca.bsky.social · 2d

What started for Aaron Radford-Wattley as a hobby collecting Victorian-era thirst traps turned into a viral Instagram account and a newly released book Hot Victorians:

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Pining Over Hot (And, Sadly, Dead) Victorian Men - IN Magazine

What started for Aaron Radford-Wattley as a hobby collecting Victorian-era thirst traps turned into a viral Instagram account and a newly released book.

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West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 3d

“What do ye do when ye see a whale, men?” Is a little long but it still gets the message across just fine 🐳 🌊 ✨ 😭 #mobydick #hermanmelville

CNBC @cnbc.com · 3d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

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Raven @ravenbranhard.bsky.social · 3d

your touch
smooth as wine
a soft flow
of gentle rain
waking me to love

#Photography Jackie Jones
@mookyshi91.bsky.social

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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 5d

October vibes at the shop

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 6d

Do you not see how necessary a world of pain and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

Keats, Letters of John Keats

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West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 6d

Busy week, hopefully after conference announcements and Infernas updates October will have some cause for rest and good news even if it feels like a small step 💙

West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 8d

You can read The Last Boy on Earth on Libby through @queerliblib.bsky.social- there's a couple of copies available so grab a buddy too! #queerreads #books #sff #queerspec

Libby

All over the world, local libraries offer millions of ebooks and audiobooks. You can borrow them — for free, instantly — with a library card and Libby: the award-winning, much-loved app for libraries.

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West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 8d

Replace any word in a Star Trek title with "knob."

What Are Little Knobs Made Of?

night-forager.bsky.social @night-forager.bsky.social · 8d

Replace any word in a Star Trek title with "knob."

The Knobs of Command

Trekkie Bill 🖖🏻 @trekkiebill.bsky.social · 8d

Replace any word in a Star Trek title with "knob."

The Knobs of Zetar

West of Canon Press- Last Boy on Earth Out Now! @westofcanon.bsky.social · 9d

re-uploading insta stuff today bc i found better designs hooray but also more formatting 😅