Great. More research to do for my feminist dystopia novel. This should be fun. #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #WriteSky #WriterSky #amwriting #WritingCommunity
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@ncsayers.bsky.socialGreat. More research to do for my feminist dystopia novel. This should be fun. #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #WriteSky #WriterSky #amwriting #WritingCommunity
@ncsayers.bsky.socialIf you’re able to attend, I hereby order you to do so. #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #nyc #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
@pynchokami.bsky.socialAn ambulance is only four blocks away. #BerkeleyTapes #SpecFic #WriteSky 🧵
Photo: Bibby Stockholm, Falmouth Docks, Cornwall, England.
![Aerial photo of the Bibby Stockholm, a large gray barge banded with pink and red stripes, docked at Falmouth Docks shipyard, Cornwall, England, mid-2023, before its relocation to Portland. The vessel's flat roof holds rooftop railings and ventilation units. Workers in hard hats and high-visibility jackets move along the dock and an adjacent pier, an orange lifeboat moored nearby. Other ships, cranes, and shipyard buildings fill the harbor behind it under a flat gray sky. "BIBBY STOCKHOLM" is stenciled along the hull near the waterline.
The barge was originally built to house 222 people. It was retrofitted to hold up to 500 single adult men seeking asylum in the UK, an increase the Home Office justified as cost savings, and campaigners called a deliberate deterrent. Within days of the first men boarding in August 2023, Legionella bacteria was found in the water system and all thirty-nine were evacuated; the UK's Fire Brigades Union had already called the vessel a "death trap." Men returned that October. In December 2023, a twenty-seven-year-old Albanian man, Leonard Farruku, was found dead aboard. His sister later told reporters he'd described being treated by the guards "like animals." The barge's operator, Bibby Marine, was founded by a family with documented ties to the Atlantic slave trade, a fact more than fifty human rights organizations pointed to directly, in an open letter asking the company to stop housing asylum seekers on its ships.(By Ashley Smith - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=131699686)
[Field Notes: Veda Day] In this photograph, the barge isn't finished yet. A crane still reaching into it. Men in hard hats walking its deck the way men walk through any unfinished building. They check welds, check joints, unbothered by what the building is for. It would be so easy to mistake this photograph for the beginning of something ordinary.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:bthzgfejijfarr6lay2fxhil/bafkreihohaosaexulnvyqqp54jjmzwyhefeykbi7w4ipbk4szraepgsymu@jpeg)
@cbdroege.bsky.social🦄Trauma makes choices for us
🎙️ Manawaker Studio presents:
"This, Too, is Magic" by Celia Winter @crossingwinter.bsky.social
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@honeygloom.bsky.socialA new God, created from cat fur... is this a good idea?
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@honeygloom.bsky.socialA new God, created from cat fur... is this a good idea?
#horrorsky #horror #fiction #psychology #eco #absurdist #specfic #surrealist
@amandabridgeman.bsky.socialRepost from @ frankenbookie on Instagram:
“Science Fiction September!
These are five of my all time favourite sci-fi novels. Have you read any?
The Subjugate by @bridgeman_books”
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@dannyechase.bsky.socialIt's trekking season at Lake Roopkund, aka Skeleton Lake in the Himalayas, where thousands of bones lie on the shore. DNA analysis deepens the mystery. Read the whole story & get writing prompts on my blog!
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#writingcommunity #specfic ✍️ 🔱 #Horror 📚😱 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ #write
@augursociety.bsky.socialAs well, a huge shoutout to our award-winning Cover Designer, Lorna Antoniazzi, for the FANTASTIC artwork!
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@danricewrites.bsky.socialRetired Air Force Colonel and award-winning author Diana Fedorak shares essential advice for writing authentic women warriors. Quick 2-minute read packed with craft tips and real-world perspective. Read more: wix.to/sJfWgwD #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #SpecFic #WomenInFiction
@dannyechase.bsky.socialIt's trekking season at Lake Roopkund, aka Skeleton Lake in the Himalayas, where thousands of bones lie on the shore. DNA analysis deepens the mystery. Read the whole story & get writing prompts on my blog!
dannyechase.com/blog/roopkund/
#writingcommunity #specfic ✍️ 🔱 #Horror 📚😱 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ #write #dcblogs
@ammcdow.bsky.socialIf you've already read Mystical Greenwood, be sure to catch up with the second book in my YA epic fantasy series! #booksky #fantasybooks #fantasybooksky #speclit #specfic #indieauthor #indiebooks
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@ammcdow.bsky.socialThe first book in my YA epic fantasy trilogy has magic, adventure, good vs. evil, forests, gryphons, dragons, unicorns, sorcerers, and more! #fantasybooks #booksky #fantasybooksky #speclit #specfic #indieauthor #indiebooks
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@thenwt.bsky.socialA major goal of "The Nod/Wells Timelines - A Primer" is to provide an effective point of entry into The Timelines for new readers. Once again, it has succeeded.
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@victoriajanssen.bsky.socialThe newbie's going to have to learn fast and not die.
Breathless adventure! Former telepath Talia struggles with trauma while embroiled in a perilous mission on an icy planet, and working to trust her new compatriots.
#specfic #sapphicseptember #QueerBooks 💙📚 🌈📚 🪐📚 🧡🦄📚
@reader-views.bsky.socialA village where nobody owns anything, and outsiders who cannot leave it alone. Shadows from the Sun runs on a quiet Odyssey structure and some beautiful writing. Would that paradise survive you? #BookSky #IndieAuthor #SpecFic
@danricewrites.bsky.socialMeet Kyt — a bold rax who clashes with General Bane and quickly bonds with Allison Lee. Dive into this character interview from The Bane Dragons and learn what makes Kyt tick. wix.to/jMsY4Fg
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@ammcdow.bsky.socialI've got two novels out in a YA epic fantasy trilogy and a collection of short works, and I've contributed poetry and/or fiction to horror and fantasy anthologies. #booksky #fantasybooksky #spookyrecs #fantasyrecs #speclit #specfic
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@ammcdow.bsky.socialIf you like #fantasybooks, the first novel in my YA epic fantasy series has magic, adventure, good vs. evil, forests, gryphons, dragons, unicorns, and more. #speclit #specfic #booksky #fantasybooksky
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