With only 4 (!!!) days left before wide publication day, this week's Thursday snippet comes from A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence. Preorder now for the special advance price of $2.99/£2.49: books2read.com/honeymoonGrave #romancelandia

Comic strip by my husband @gareth-thomas.bsky.social.

#booksky #bookqw word: LAST. The fairy-smiths of Gyrford are trying to help Alice Brady, whose husband is a malevolent man. So far it's proving difficult. (To follow - a tale of ACCIDENTAL AI.)

Drop some snakes! 🐍

Do we have a new anthology project in mind? Oh yes! Find out more here: www.kickstarter.com/...

Close your eyes. Lower your head. Say aloud, 'Good day to all honoured friends, who I do not see.' #AskAFairySmith Artist: Evan Cagle

Artist @fennecdesign

I know a fae trap when I see one

My latest Ginger Nut! Check it out.

I turned my back and my husband rearranged the ornaments. Either that or the poltergeist is trying to start a cult again.

For #WyrdWednesday a couple of adorable spider vessels from Colina, Mexico 🕷️ (L.) c. 300 BCE-300 CE, private collection (R.) c. 200 BCE-600 CE, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City

It's #BookQW and the word is 'idea'. In Daughters of Nicnevin, Mairead and Constance use magic to subtly influence men from the Black Watch. Out 11th November, pre-order now: www.flametreepublishing.com/daughters-of...

If we were serious about bringing the House of Lords into the 21st century we would confer the title of Edgelord as an actual rank of the peerage, perhaps intermediate between the ranks of Viscount and Baron

So... are any of you fossil hunters? I have some writing questions and would love to chat with a proper hobbyist.

#booksky #bookqw word: IDEA Elder fairy-smith Jedediah has always protected his family. But now his abusive father has returned from some unseen path. He's been gone thirty years, but he hasn't changed. Not at all. He's still abusive - and now he's younger than his son.

In Perth last week, I went to the museum @perthmuseum.bsky.social to say hello to my favourite smiley Pictish stone. It features four faces and was found near Abernethy. #ReliefWednesday

Pass me the iron pruning shears, Matthew. The horse chestnut's getting ideas again. #AskAFairySmith Source: Ideas magazine

Ello. Artist: Dick Twinney

No, the People won't have stolen it - they don't like silver - but do make sure it wasn't some commoner beast before you shout at your wife, eh? #AskAFairySmith Artist: William James Webbe

There is a point in a cold where you apparently need your fingers to hold in your eyeballs.

After you master the Love Triangle, they let you move on to more advanced romantic configurations like the Obsession Square, the Poetic Pentagon, and the Regrettable Weekend Dodecahedron.

For some reason the algorithm recommended this to me. For some reason, I shall do the same to you. youtu.be/miFCWJDjL1w?...

Spooky season approaches, so here's a favourite of mine: Odilon Redon's 'It Is a Skull Wreathed with Roses. It Dominates a Woman's Torso of Pearly Whiteness,' 1888.

Alex always runs brilliant events.

Rene Lalique perfume bottle ‘In The Night’, 1924

Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction

Who's up for a scare? If you don't know Ben Unsworth, you're missing a treat, both as a writer and a person. Check out an exciting young writer! UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FQ2S7Z1J USA: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQ2S7Z1J

Behold this excellent person! Aren’t they cool? Aren’t they sexy? Don’t you want to be just like them? Maybe if you find YOUR new favourite read here, you can do it! tinyurl.com/nvvetupj

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'pour' #BookQW Every wedding's at the mercy of the weather. Will Dan Mackmain face something equally unpredictable and impossible to control? The Green Man's Holiday - 30th October 2025 - from @wtpress.bsky.social For preorders wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/book...

#booksky #BookQuoteWednesday word: POUR Apprentice fairy-smith John is trying to reason with some uprooted bramble bushes. They have strong views about having been disturbed; unfortunately they're taking it out on the wrong people.

One for the Tolkien fans. Was here recently doing writing research.

We’ve got fey in the garden again. Let’s dig around them; they won’t respect our planting if we don’t respect theirs. #AskAFairySmith Artist: Olga Schmidt

Dear teachers, nurses, and other strangers who call me ‘Mum’: I am not YOUR mum. If you really can’t handle calling me something specific, I go by ‘Whatsyername.’

Come closer, closer still, and take a long look at the “Anatomy of a Haunted House” by Avi Burton in our issue 21. Don’t worry, it won’t bite. Much.

Art in the morning to you! Artist: Courtney Moore

Is it autumn? Just about, yes. Is it autumnal enough to do soup in a bread bowl? OH YES. Nice recipe here: thefirstmess.com/2023/08/16/s...

When you’re sick it’s like the bed wraps its arms around you.

Titles without books: ‘There Used To Be A Place Here’

I would absolutely pay money for an early modern-style moral instruction volume composed of ominous aphorisms paired with pictures like this

Hey hey it’s new @thestupendium.bsky.social day! Boy is that always good news. youtu.be/iXZX_HAmbTU?...

Having writer friends and supporting each others’ work is both a lifeline and a treat! Find your buddies, writers, it’s the best. xxx

Did you know that primates and rodents are the only mammals with thumbnails? In fact, thumbnails might help to explain how rodents became the biggest group of mammals, allowing them to spread to every continent except Antarctica! Discover the rodent rule of thumb 👇 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

AUSTEN TAKE, babies! Or rather, an Austen factoid. In MANSFIELD PARK, little Fanny Price is scorned by her more accomplished cousins for being uneducated. Which she is, compared with them, but there's a hint she's more in touch with reality. 1/

I don’t know whose chocolate Cadbury is subtweeting here, but man those are some moderate promises.

I think, in light of all the rotten people out there spreading terf nonsense, today would be a good day to support trans creators. Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!

Found this again, a primer to my work by @readingtheend.bsky.social. If you need books...

Hoo boy it is term time again and I am once more reminded that 'writing brain' only combines with 'getting up at six o'clock' if I go to bed early like a child.

#booksky #BookQuoteWednesday word: FLESH The fairy-smiths of Gyrford tried to persuade a bothersome fairy to take more interest in birds than humans. Their elder, being a ruthless man, began by killing a crow, and made his sister-in-law Mabbie - who can speak to birds - act as its spokesman.

Flower fishes #sciart