Absolutely thrilled to have poem in Lighthouse Literary Journal. Many, many thanks to editor @julwe1.bsky.social. I really recommend this journal, so many wonderful poems and prose inside. It’s a great read. Thank you 🌸

@racheldeering.bsky.social *brings tea*

Happy Sunday from the Sports Bar

‘I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness- a real thorough-going illness.’ ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground. @racheldeering.bsky.social here, consciously and otherwise, for the rest of #BookWormSat

‘While the storm was erupting, she stayed, staring at it, watching the shafts of lightning, like someone who could see serious things, far away in the future in these sudden flashes of light.’ ~ Emile Zola, L'Assommoir. #BookWormSat

Day 1 Center Parcs, Longleat. Wildlife encounter #Caturday

Story: Rational Thinking Thing www.abctales.com/story/sean-m... Antagonistic publishers, racist companions, and celestial aspirations.

Look at this beauty that just arrived in the mail

New poem, Clever, Clever Body first published in the brilliant Heron Clan XII. Many thanks to thanks to editor Doug Stuber. Submissions are now open for the next issue. Message for more info. Go for it!

My latest story - Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (8) Desert island discs or something like that www.abctales.com/story/marand...

The most wonderful review of Circulaire is now up at @abctales.bsky.social 💛 ☕ abctales.com/blog/insertp...

‘Excuse me, I said. I thought you were a trout stream. I'm not, she said.’ ~ Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America. 🖼️ Joseph Crawhall

Delighted that my latest story is a Pick of the Day at the wonderful @abctales.bsky.social 💙 Thank you! 🙏

A poem of mine from In the Shadow of Gods. 👇

‘I, Fenrir, am only ever the monster you make me’ ‘Fenrir’ by @racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’ www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering

Happy #Caturday by Janet Pidoux

Welcome to Saturday #Caturday

My latest story: The Boy with the Rubik's Cube www.abctales.com/story/marand...

Story: Antilogical Elements www.abctales.com/story/sean-m... Goofs, gimmicks, and noxious ideas.

Oh look! A poem for my collection ~ In the Shadow of Gods ~ also available for purchase below 👇

Story: In Slumber www.abctales.com/story/sean-m... Prejudice, compliance, and closure.

‘We all have forests in our minds. Forests unexplored, unending. Each one of us gets lost in the forest, every night, alone.’ ~ Ursula K. Le Guin. #BookWormSat 🖼️ Moonlight in the Forest, Joséphine Bowes.

Sycamore shoulders oak, Bines the slim sapling yoke, Ivy-spun halters choke Elms stout and tall.’ ~ Hardy And @racheldeering.bsky.social lost in the woods of this #BookWormSat 🖼️ Shishkin

A poem from my 2024 collection ‘In the Shadow of Gods’ 👇

Welcome to Saturday #Caturday

#BlogPost "Hello To All That" : a visit to Berlin in a few words and pictures ewanlawrie.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/h...

Here's the link if you fancy listening. I’m on about 1 hour 5 minutes: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 🙂

Great to have been included in this issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social with my story 'Basslines of War' -- congrats to the winners & everyone who took part in the comp www.frazzledlit.com/p/basslines-... #writingcommunity

It's not been read by many people but I'm very happy with the feedback on 'Coo' from those who did. Really glad to hear Linda enjoyed my short novel &, as always, grateful for the review. www.amazon.co.uk/Coo-Mark-Bur... #indieauthors #writingcommunity

My latest story: Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (7) Strange shenanigans at Brean Fort www.abctales.com/story/marand...

Just a reminder that you can buy my latest collection here: amzn.eu/d/5btDV8t Do share.

Happy #Caturday art by Jacqueline A. Gaylard

‘The essential quality of life is living' the essential quality of living is change; change is evolution; and we are part of it.’ ~ John Wyndham, The Chrysalids. #BookWormSat

Welcome to Saturday #Caturday

I'm only in it for the money, you know ... tinyurl.com/EwansBooks

A poem of mine 👇

Annual duck race - Cheddar Gorge

Sunset over the estuary

A poem by me 👇

‘Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.’ ~ William Ernest Henley And @racheldeering.bsky.social here for a fortitudinous #BookWormSat 🖼️ Fortitude, Botticelli.

Woven through with magic, Marandina evokes so well the landscape and weather of England's west coast through the experiences of his teenage protagonist. This part of his fabulous wip is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can www.abctales.com/story/marand...

These seagulls with their offspring (on chimney) are like family these days. They never venture far away. You come to realise how territorial they are.

My latest story: 'Prophesy - The Immortal Witch (6)' The long walk of Brean Down www.abctales.com/story/marand...

I buy books based off of seeing them here on Bluesky all of the time. Just picked up @racheldeering.bsky.social "In The Shadow Of Gods"

My second collection available for sale here: amzn.eu/d/i5wEL21

‘We have eyed the mystery of one another’ 👁️ ‘Wren’ by @racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’, out now on Amazon. www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering

Welcome to Saturday #Caturday

Happy Friday folks 🍻

My latest poem: 'Borealis' A re-write of a re-write of a re-write www.abctales.com/story/marand...

My latest story: 'Prophesy - The Immortal Witch' Part 5 - shenanigans on Brean beach. www.abctales.com/story/marand...