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And so here we are. 55 today! A walk along the beach in Saltburn, watching out for the killer seals, and mermaids, and then off to a party at the Flamingo Hotel.

Happy new year's, lovelies! If you see us in January, our little ship is currenrly buried under deep, deep drifts of snow and... archival work that we are currently processing! ❄️📖🌊 (1/2)

POMPEY Truly, sir, I am a poor fellow that would live. #MeasureforMeasure_2026 Act II s1 (l. 198) #TheBard_ProblemPlays

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I was inspired by everybody being thoughtful and looking back on the year, so I did the same thing with my infrequent personal newsletter. Talked about the year as I lived it, and put together some lists of books, movies, shows, and short stories from pals that I wanted to share.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 22 Seagull on the fountain. There are lots of seagulls near us because we live near the sea but they seldom come into my backyard. This one stopped to drink from my fountain. I was inside when I took this but it seems he saw me.

Ahoy, Shipmates & Friends! Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳 A wall of whales

Taking submissions: Sci-Fi Ireland Winter 2025 🚀 SF that only works because of the science or tech at its core. 🌌 Pays £75 · 2k-6k words 👾 Born in or living on the island of Ireland 👽 Deadline Jan 31 2026 🛰️ Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #SciFi #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

Happy December, Shipmates & Friends! Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳

Happy #MelvilleMonday 🐳! „Oh! how immaterial are all materials! What things real are there, but imponderable thoughts?“ Herman Melville Moby-Dick CHAPTER127 #AmericanReadalong Antony Gormley (1994) The British Museum

Remember if YOU think the year is already over, The Pequod sails out of Nantucket on Christmas and sets the tone for the most chaotic, mesmerizing, and absolutely monstrous year yet. It is NEVER too late to take on a giant white whale and…bring the whole crew to ruin! 🐳 ⛵️ ✨ 😭 #melvillemonday

“It was a short, cold Christmas; and as the short northern day merged into night, we found ourselves almost broad upon the wintry ocean, whose freezing spray cased us in ice, as in polished armor.” Moby Dick #MelvilleMonday #nature #sky #winter 🐋🐳 🧑‍🎄 ✨💙

You know what? To hell with being circumspect. @sfwa.org is saying it’s perfectly fine to use the plagiarism machine *”trained” on work stolen from its dues-paying members* to qualify for a Nebula, and that it in fact encourages doing so. This is utterly shameful.

read 'f🩸ck me a mouth full of blood' in The Morgue Magazine!! #litmag #poetry #writersofbsky www.themorguemagazine.com/autopsy-three

Little sweetie pie!!!

PLEASE SHARE: WoodPig Press is a new micro-press specialising in speculative fiction and non-fiction. We open to submissions on 5th January 2026. When we do, we're going to be doing things a bit differently... (thread) #books #booksky #writingcommunity #authors

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Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 11 ‘Mam Tor’ Artist: SR Badmin

Hope everyone is looking forward to a generous and warm holiday ahead. ☺️Tis the season for books and reading! It is very snowy by me today and I hope if it’s snowy by you you’re having a magical time (ie not digging out too much from sheets of slushy ice!) 📖📚 ❄️💙❄️💙❄️💙❄️📖📚

#MelvilleMonday "As for those majestic, magisterial truck-horses of the docks, I would as soon think of striking a judge on the bench, as to lay violent hand upon their holy hides." - Herman Melville (Redburn, Ch. 40)

Ahoy, Shipmates & Friends! Happy #MelvilleMonday ! “The port would fain give succor; the port is pitiful; in the port is safety, comfort, hearthstone, supper, warm blankets, friends, all that’s kind to our mortalities.” #MobyDick C23 “The Lee Shore”

“And of all these things the Albino whale was the symbol. Wonder ye then at the fiery hunt?” #MelvilleMonday

PROTEUS For Orpheus’ lute was strung with poets’ sinews; Whose golden touch could soften steel and stones, Make tigers tame, and huge leviathans Forsake unsounded deeps to dance on sands. #TwoGents_2025 Act III s2 (78-81)

They’re never getting out of that maze

I really admire/enjoy holiday markets for books but…I think there should be more Valentine’s Day ones though. Lots of celebrating love in a bunch of different ways, great ways to make any gift giving for that holiday about loving what others make and enjoy and not just something fancy.🎄🌲☃️

Signed books make great gifts! Here are two last chances to get my books signed!! @sfwp.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social @justbuffalolit.bsky.social

I wrote a mean letter on behalf of The Chicago Public Library because I care maximum that their budget might be getting slashed. Give it a gander if you give a fuck about public libraries: thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...

Since many universities are hidden under layers of pay-for-play models it is no surprise corruption extends to those it employs, from the very top to its students. This is an endemic but innate problem of capitalism.

This is TONIGHT! You can still register, fun writing workshop courtesy of @venusenvyhfx.bsky.social

The sled began to move down the hill. “Here we go!” said Frog.

I'll take better photos when it's done, but this is what I've been working on for the past 2 weeks. I'm done making multiples of things, but the amount of food this caterpillar eats is *really* out of hand.

Me when I send out books

“At any rate, it is pleasant to read about whales through their own spectacles, as you may say.” #MelvilleMonday Whale stamp entry: www.sturgislibrary.org/blog/stories...

Ahoy, Shipmates & Friends! Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳 Coastal watch

Were geologists to assert that the continent of America had been formed by the simultaneous explosion of a train of Etnas laid under the water all the way from the North Pole to Cape Horn, I am the last man in the world to contradict them. Typee. XX. Happy #MelvilleMonday, dear friends!

Doing some website editing today and I am putting the LBOE section under construction until I fix the widgets— probably early in the new year, if not right for holiday break time! Excited to throw up some stories/bite sized interviews/FAQ’s related to the book there. When the links work 😭 🙏 🌊

Checking in on Cyber Monday — or as we call it here at the bookshop, “Monday.” Browse our gift guide: us4.campaign-archive.com?e=%5B0d99c9b...

HAUNT DONT HAULT, FLOAT DONT GHOST, AND GET READY TO READ THIS INCREDIBLE ISSUE OVER @necksnapmag.bsky.social 👻🖤✨

@westofcanon.bsky.social shares his 1st novel The Last Boy On Earth. We discuss navigating our world when it's unrecognizable & finding the agency to define one's self! Plus a way to view climate fiction that addresses science and experience. buff.ly/Ma0BttX #booktalk #queer #specfic #scifi #clifi

#blackfriday sale on our creative and all expansive workshops at the indie press! Come join us for a rollicking, jolly good time! There’s also a 20% off code FRANKSGIVING through eventsbrite but emailing through the press is the best discount tbh ☺️😇💙📚🎄#writingcommunity #academia #writing

Come see me and @aplante.com until 4pm today at the Wolseley Winter Farmer's Market!

well, my Nov 26th interview with Kentucky Writers Roundtable is up on RadioLex/MediaLex... Kevin & Jay are absolute jewels & local legends in the poetry community & i enjoyed myself way more than my grumpy ass expected 😂 medialex.us/shows/kentuc...

I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me. Roland Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text

Best hot chocolate and winter book recs? #writingcommunity ☃️📚🖋️✨

The sea urchin is a great philosopher. -Michael McClure

Made a new shelf talker because a customer said I was doing a bad job highlighting the books (it was a fair and generous read)