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A man emerged, tall and heavily built, his stomach falling to a paunch that suggested he was fond of rich food and ale, and he had a slight limp. Under a drooping moustache, his lips hung in a frown which deepened as he saw the priest. βBrother Gonzaluo, what trash have you brought me this time?β βBernaldus, you old fraud, would I ever bring you trash?β The priest spread his hands in a supplicating gesture, and the slave dealer burst out laughing, clapping his meaty hands on both of Gonzaluoβs upper arms. βMy friend, you bring me nothing but! Can you stay for a drink?β Gonzaluo sighed, shaking his head. βI have to get back. This one,β he shook Astaβs rope, βhas caused all manner of chaos. Sister Margoli in her mercy sends her to you to spare her life.β βMargoli the fanatic? She didnβt want to throw them onto a sacrificial knife?β βIt would seem not, this time.β
It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'laugh'. In this excerpt from The Summer Goddess by Joanne Hall, our heroine, Asta, appears to be in deep trouble. #BookQW
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Wednesdays on the Hive mean #SPFBO and this week, TO and the team share their next round of eliminations and announce their third semi-finalist!
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But lacks the ability to relocate you to a castle. Unless you get it from the weird magick shop, you know the one.
Metronome?
*cleans glasses and tries again*
Ok, that makes slightly more sense.
Yes. Definitely.
Ask them βBut if itβs your idea and you use AI to create it, is that not the same thing?β most of them see right through it. As one of them put it, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, βNah, bruv. Cause you didnβt *make* it.β
Your subconscious is doubling down. Feel free to sit in a corner, but make sure you have a cup of tea, a biscuit and a book before you are seated.
See, this is the shit bit about life peerages. It's just going to turn in to a huge exercise in partisanship, a la the US Supreme Court.
Hereditary peers out of the Lords at long long last - delivering the rather simple principle that you donβt deserve a vote in Parliament by virtue of which family your were born into www.gov.uk/government/n...
The Magic Noir Bundle - Curated by Simon Kewin:
Welcome to a collection of works that fall under the magic noir umbrella: gritty worlds full of supernatural danger and mystery. And rain. Quite a bit of rain. storybundle.com/magic
My latest review for The Hive! β€οΈπ
I was with Hastings, they expect you to haggle on renewal. Difference in my case was Β£400. Otherwise yeah, they were ok.
TODAY IS THE DAY, consider getting your copy!
Most economists agree that by the time you're 50, you should be living in a book-filled cottage at the edge of the forest and solving minor mysteries in your village with the aid of a curious ghost cat.
New horrors on the way for trans adults in the UK... (When they did a similar review for trans teens, they threw out 97% of all studies and then basically went "wow, there's not any research to demonstrate this if effective; guess we gotta ban it.") Now it looks like they're doing same for adults.
"that'll do donkey. That'll do"
Image text reads: From pen to print: Alethea Lyons on The Dreamwalker. The images at right are the book's cover, plus the author herself.
It's publication day for the third instalment in the Seer of York series! Author @alethearlyons.bsky.social takes us through the genesis of this latest release - out now via @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social - plus a bit more about the writing process.
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Apparently at least 25 WIs have now closed as a result of threats by βgender critical feministsβ.
GCs do not represent (cis)women.
*innovations catalogue flashback triggered* can I offer you a pig that makes snuffling noisesβ’?
β’No pig will be provided, that would be an act of cruelty in a hoarder-adjacent scenario
quick reminder that NT's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring human ray of sunshine Ncuti Gatwa, will be streaming FOR FREE on YouTube this weekend
www.radiotimes.com/movies/ncuti...
I generally assume that political parties know what their constituencies think better than the rest of us do: they spend so much money on polling and focus groups.
But I would be *amazed* if they understood how viscerally they are loathed by young progressives for pushing trans people under a bus.
Fantasy tales of resistance rooted in Welsh myth from @wtpress.bsky.social
They Are Still Here seeks contemporary stories where communities face modern threats with help from myth and history.
Β£150 per story
Up to 7k words
Deadline March 21
Details:
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#Fantasy
I don't know the book series at all, but that cover is AMAZING.
Also pirates, dinosaurs, and penguins sound like a winning combination.
Cannot wait!
Solidarity against AI theft means everyone. You can't campaign for 'don't use the word plagiariser' while using the image plagiariser. @societyofauthors.bsky.social
