"Daddy, why don't I remember my mind being made?"

"I knew It knew I was there... And I awoke trembling to feel that something in the darkness was poised an inch or two above me, and then drip, drip, drip, something began falling on my face." H R Wakefield - 'The Red Lodge' #PhantomsFriday #BookChatWeekly #booksky #horror #ghost #HRWakefield

New #vinyl! #cypresshill #hiphop

Sparrows feeding in my garden this morning while the fox has a nap in the background.

"When a book is this ambitious, either it is a thumping success or it falls on its face. Happily, The Actual Star is a stone-cold masterpiece. It is one of the most moving novels I have read and surely a contender for major awards." Welp. 😳

Performative art with a good dose of talent smeared in.. 😮 #art #timing #performativeart #visualart #creative

John Constable's watercolour of Old Sarum: an Iron Age hill fort, taken over by the Romans, before becoming the early medieval Salisbury. The site was abandoned when the city grew too big for the enclosure. #HillfortsWednesday #Constable #landscape #watercolour #medieval #Wiltshire

In sports news today, a big football team spent all their money on one man and then someone kicked him so now he has to lie down for a whole year. And now, the weather.

We're all shallow, really. I mean deep down.

It's chaos in my garden at the moment. Go home, crane flies, your drunk!

Stanley Winston - No More Ghettos In America [United States, Soul] (1970) A beautiful soul tune from 1970 that appeared in legendary DJ John Peel's box of favorite records found soon after he passed away https://redd.it/yv6flm https://youtu.be/cYzFdU_gC9c

Guess what? Savage Strangehollow, my new book, is LIVE!! If you are into fantasy, folklore and creature art, then this might be right up your street! You can pre-order yours here: buff.ly/MtZUyIc #kickstarter #dragon #fantasyart #artbook #folklore #watercolour #art

'Stand back! I'm going to harvest this fantasy fruit with my whim-sickle!' 🙃 My book, Savage Strangehollow is now available via Kickstarter! Don't miss it! There are also original paintings from the book available. You can get yours here: buff.ly/MtZUyIc #whimsy #magic #fantasyart #folklore #art

David James (born 1945) Water's Lea.

A modern abstract interpretation of Michelangelo's masterpiece. Joanna Green is a British abstract artist whose artworks seamlessly blend bold and delicate hues with textured brushstrokes to tell vivid and emotional stories. Here, she's reinterpreting an iconic painting abstractly. #art #abstract

Pablo Picasso ~ Le Hibou de la Mort (Owl of Death) (1952) (Oil on canvas) #PabloPicasso #Owls #ModernArt

'The heavy, grey sky weighed on the world. A thick, layered fog reaching from the ground to the upper atmosphere, exerting that heavy burden like an immovable melancholy, a sadness without end. For days, everything remained dull and dark.' -Stijn Streuvels 🎨Ernst Ferdinand Oehme #BookWormSat

"Before it is possible to gather the harvest of thought and observation the summer has passed, and we must bind the hastily stitched book with the crimson leaves of autumn." - Richard Jefferies, 'Among The Nuts'. Painting by Samuel Palmer #BookWormSat #RichardJefferies #SamuelPalmer #landscape

"And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime Of something far more deeply interfused, Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, And the round ocean and the living air, And the blue sky and in the mind of man;" - William Wordsworth #BookWormSat

A new book of #poetry is available and if you like my #haikus on Bluesky then you should enjoy DAY BREAKS that also includes longer #poems. And though not expected, it would be deeply appreciated if you could help spread the word. 🙏✌️

On my walk, a moment of peace. & wishing you all a creative weekend. ✌️ #butterfly #nature

“In God's wildness lies the hope of the world.” — John Muir Wishing you an inspirational evening and a great start to your weekend! A photo taken by my granddaughter on her trip to Yosemite this week. #scape #landscape

he pretended at tenderness but he was fire and he taught her how to be wood taught her to burn as only he could #poetry

I interrupt your doom scrolling to report this novel has completely gone off the rails and I’m having a blast with it.

I was invited to design a tour shirt for the band Big Thief for their Double Infinity tour! My first band work :) Thank you Big Thief for an amazing opportunity Also, buy all these up so those guys don't feel like they lost money if a bunch of my shirts get stuck in storage and discount racks 😕

Are you an indie or self-published author of SFF books? Then follow @blog.readindiefantasy.com because we promote authors like YOU! 😎 LET US LOVE YOU.

It's been a while since I wrote an entirely new book in an entirely new world... but here it is! It's only the first draft, but it's now with my trusted alpha reader who will see if I did a job good enough. If I did, it'll be revisions time, and I'll finally be able to share more about it too. Yay!

Did you know I have 8 books out? Check them all out at authorjm.com/books

Petals shiver on the edge of memory, vines coil around worn stone, sunlight pools in restless hollows, leaves murmur over empty paths, branches sway with unspoken longing, soil cradles each quiet footprint, hearts lean toward shelter, an uneasy shadow drifts across the orchard. #Emoetry #uneasy

The 15th C Hall-i-the-Wood, #Lancashire, was taken off the Royalist family who'd owned it for generations and given to a Parliamentarian instead. One ancestor is still so angry over this that he has a habit of riding his horse noisily up and down the staircase (invisibly). #PhantomsFriday #folklore

In renaissance art the Holy Spirit is often depicted as a dove but it's actually a type of seagull.

Portishead released their eponymous second studio album ‘Portishead’ 28 years ago on September 16, 1997 album.ink/Portishead97

#WyrdWednesday "Bishy Bishy Barnabee, Tell me when your wedding be: If it be tomorrow day Take your wings and fly away. Fly to the east, fly to the west, Fly to the one I love the best." In Norfolk, it is bad luck to kill a Bishy Barnabee [Ladybird] - instead make a wish & let it go ... 🐞

Answer hate with hate? What perfect futility When love asks for nought.

broken grasp • 11”x14” • gouache & watercolor on paper

Dear Authors & Writers, A world in which you and your stories don't exist is an unbearable and unimaginably sad world. Whether you realize it or not, you are shaping this world into a better place and giving voice and hope to lives far beyond your own. Keep writing. #writingcommunity #writerslife

Backdoor Escape. Watercolour and pencil crayon on board. The mice are in big trouble and they need your help. More soon. Tally Ho!

Listening to some #vinyl. #hiphop #KRSONE #TheHu #Wu-tang

Michal Sawtyruk is a digital painter and art director based in Warsaw. Michal has been creating illustrations and production art for projects since 2012. He is inspired by cinematography, interesting stories/places, and other cool stuff. michalsawtyruk.com #loveart #thattick #illustration #animation

A little girl invites the ocean to her birthday party. At first she thinks it isn’t coming, but then a soft rain begins to fall. And she smiles because it smells of the sea. #TinyStories

Work continues on the third Gwelf book, The Haunted Garden. More soon.

Supply Run - Watercolour. Gonna be featuring Mice and Pine Martens in the new story. Turtles too cuz they're tough and snappy. Work continues unabated. More soon. Tally Ho.

Husky - Squad Leader. Elite Guard Unit. Smart, bold, capable. Work continues on the third Gwelf book. More soon. Tally Ho.

The Southern Woodlands - illustration from the second Gwelf book. Watercolour. More soon.

"Daddy, what happens when the tooth fairy has a wobbly tooth?"

I don't know how many useful things there are in my house that I can't find, but it's a lot.

"Daddy, look at this! This is you on the toilet about to get hit by an asteroid!"

"Daddy, what would you do if there was a rice flood?" "Curry flood, of course."

A seagull shit the size of an 8oz steak on top of my gazebo. Why must that species continue to be so unreasonable?