@silicasun
Author - Poet Award-winning Pushcart & Best of Net nom. Writer & Poet- Nature Nomad, Science Scarab, Art Aesthete -Stories, Poems, CNF, Flash Fiction, Haiku, Published in Over 100+ Literary & Genre Journals & Anthologies https://www.silicasun.wordpress.com
#TuesdayTips - Born #OTD #OnThisDay Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
'flamingoes and mustard both bite. And the moral of that is--"Birds of a feather flock together."' --Alice's Adventures in Wonderland π
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GIRLS WHO MARRIED SNAKES
'As soon as the snake saw Grannonia, it wound its tail round her & kissed her. Then leading her into a room, it shut the door', 'The Enchanted Snake', Green Fairy Book, 1892 illustrated by H. J. Ford & 'King Lindworm', Pink Fairy Book, 1897.
#FairyTaleTuesday
A rather dashing looking Piper lounges in the grass, a baby otter at his cloven feet.
βThis is the place of my song-dream, the place the music played to me,β whispered the Rat, as if in a trance. βHere, in this holy place, here if anywhere, surely we shall find Him!β
β βThe Wind in the Willowsβ by Kenneth Grahame, born #OTD in 1859.
π¨E.H. Shepherd, 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'
Yesterday's walk through the backstreets of #Llandudno offered lots of #photo opportunities. I do love a moody #Noir shot, with lots of long shadows. #photography
#IrishHeritageMonth #WomensHistoryMonth
MELISSA FITZPATRICK @melissafitz.bsky.social
βThe Cougar in the Atticβ β in Moonpark Review @moonparkreview.bsky.social
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Honoured to have a new eco prose poem out with the brilliant Heavy Feather Review - a magazine which publishes startling work on urgent eco and socio-political themesπ₯
Huge thank you to EIC Jason Teal for selecting my work. Excerpt belowπ
Full piece here:
heavyfeatherreview.org/2026/03/11/defβ¦
βAnd ice, mast-high, came floating by,
As green as emerald.β (Coleridge)
Jacques Tardi's 1974 graphic novel βLe dΓ©mon des glacesβ takes us on an epic steampunk journey into the Arctic with all the glories of a Jules Verne novel illustrated by DorΓ© himself.
#wyrdwednesday
First Contact, 2023 gouache and ink on postcard
This Land, 2019, detail of installation gouache and ink on postcard
Charismatic Megafauna, 2024 gouache and ink on postcard
Fourth Wall, 2015β2020 gouache and ink on postcard
Vintage travel postcards of David Opdyke
#art #travel #wyrdwednesday
#ThursdayTreats - Chuffed to learn I won 3rd π₯ prize for #prose in CEArts The Polk Street Review 2026 The Ties That Bind with my #shortstory THE EDGE π Congrats all winners #poetry prose #arts π Thanks, Alys, Sarah π Print copies : www.amazon.ca/Polk-Street-... π #silicasun πΉπβ€οΈ
Medieval manuscript image of blue horse with spots.
frid-hengest, m.n: of uncertain meaning but βhengestβ is βhorseβ: one idea is βhorse-horseβ (tautological); (less likely) βbeautiful-horseβ, βpeace-horseβ or βwar-horseβ. (FRID-HENG-gest / ΛfrΙͺd-ΛhΙΕ-gΙst)
Image: Bestiary; England, 1220-1240; @theul.bsky.social Kk.4.25, f. 59r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Engraving from 1864 showing βDruidical Circles at Stanton Drew.β
In local folklore, the stones at Stanton Drew in Somerset were believed to drink at night from the river Chew. #FolkloreThursday
Blakemere formerly k/as Blackmere in Stafford Moorlands, UK - home to either a mermaid or a witch ......
Mermaid from a medieval manuscript - source unknown - tail's flipped upwards, the mermaid's looking into a mirror.
Blakemere is a pool of black water nestled in the Staffordshire Moorlands. There are two legends linked to these black waters. One tells of a land-locked mermaid who, following the death of her mariner-lover, would lure young men to a watery death if they passed by at night 1/2 #FolkloreThursday
Does this story have something important to say or is it just nuts? If you have thoughts about either the jokes or the serious topics in this story or the others in Issue 14, we'd appreciate comments or reviews. translunartravelerslounge.com
@lamplitmag.bsky.social is a new online journal of #poetry, #fiction, and #nonfiction, sharing writing βfor the sheer joy of it.β
They also nominate #writers for The #PushcartPrize and Best of the Net.
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Why not get yourself a copy of Scratch Moss?
folk horror down t'pit - out on Thursday - the third part of @davidmbarnett.bsky.social Withered Hill series
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#FridayFavorite - Out today! My #haiku SNOW βοΈ Thrilled! Thanks, Dagmara, thanks Spillwords π #silicasun βοΈππ spillwords.com/snow/
4. Bird at Dawn, February In the deep ogive of the dawn freshness, to hold still and so be given this first voice so far, so early in the dark that will be spring, that will again and still be all tendril, freshet, frond unfolding, song again and still again and still.
βBird at Dawn, Februaryβ appears in Sixty Odd (Shambhala, 1999)
Cover art by Pascal BlanchΓ© features a blue skinned person wearing red-orange partial armor and helmet. They are sitting on a raised red piece of machinary in front of a large yellow sun on a bright yellow background. Smoke trails in from the lower right. Their helmeted head looks forward while they hold a large round device in both hands. Cables lead from the device to the helmet. Art is titled "Long Distance Call." Also in this issue: interviews with J.M. Sidorova and Rebecca Roanhorse, article by Benjamin C. Kinney, and the final results our annual readers' poll.
Our March 2026 issue features stories by David D. Levine, R.L. Meza, Carolyn Zhao, Thomas Ha, Wanxiang Fengnian, Thoraiya Dyer, and Marissa Lingen.
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Hildegarde Haas (1926β2002)
Trees and Water, woodcut, 1949
Today is Patreon story day! And my weird little escapist sf adventures probably aren't for everyone.
But 1,300+ people seem pretty happy they joined.
www.patreon.com/kameronhurley
A photo of the Cloudwatcher book cover with text reading Forthcoming April 7
Cover Art: SeamlessOo Cover Design: Gopa and Ted2, Inc.
Forthcoming April 7: CLOUDWATCHER by MICHAEL BAZZETT, winner of the 2025 Stern Prize from The American Poetry Review!
In today's #coverfeature, BAZZETT tells us about the uncanny resemblanceβand rightnessβbetween his speaker, self, and cover figure:
"The sun didnβt set. Tomorrow hovered on the cusp of Midnight."
Poetry by Richard Gessner. Winter '25 DADA issue.
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The early days of the new year seems a good time to share this delightful news from Stained Glass Qtly Vol 120 No 2 'summer' reading series just out for the #HolidaySeason π Features 4 of my #poems THE SKY ITSELF, MOON JAR, WHO AM I, THE LARK'S SONG stainedglass.org/stained-glas... π #silicasun π¦πβ€οΈ
Bird migration fascinated early observers. Their seasonal returns became symbols of hope and renewal. #FairyTaleTuesday
Art: Lewis Lumen Cross
Marie de France, from an illuminated manuscript now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France: BnF, Arsenal Library, Ms. 3142 fol. 256. A woman is depicted standing and leaning slightly forward over an open book resting on an elegant white lectern with a decorative pedestal base. She wears a flowing pale cream or white robe that pools softly at her feet, with blue sleeves visible beneath, and a white veil or wimple covering her hair. Her face small, calm features with a downward gaze directed at the page. One hand reaches toward the open book as if reading or writing. The lectern stands on a terracotta-red bench or platform. Behind her, a trefoil arch frames the scene. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_de_France#/media/File:Marie_de_France_1.tif
How Medieval Women Expressed Their βForbiddenβ Emotions
Upper-class women used letters and embroidery to reflect on their inner lives
by Pragya Agarwal (from the archives)
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Medieval women @ PG
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#books #literature #womeninart
This week Ice Floe Process series begins w/ extraordinary feature from 2 leading contemporary surrealists in collaboration: Chilean/Canadian #poet Beatriz Hausner & influential Dutch surrealist #painter Rik Lina.
Enjoy these evocations of interior alternative worlds
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"clever and richly detailed and there's real treasure in the notes at the end of each tale which share fascinating bits of #historical and cultural research adding depth without ever overshadowing the narratives." From Cornish devils, to #Welsh witches, six tales with a twist #cozy
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The nursery rhyme "One for Sorrow" was originally about magpies, but there are now countless variations about crows, jackdaws, and other birds. According to superstition, the number of birds you see determines what kind of luck you'll have, or what major life event will happen. #FairyTaleTuesday
Remembering Jane Austen born #OTD 250 years ago 1775 #novelist π Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Emma...
βThe contents of his letter threw her into a flutter of spirits, in which it was difficult to determine whether pleasure or pain bore the greatest share.β Pride & Prejudice #JaneAusten π #silicasun π
Introducing the Famous Five: Cat, Mouse, Weasel, Mole and Hedgehog
BL Harley 3244; Bestiary;13th century; England; f.49v