Phil was aware of her hypocrisy, and rather hoped that God would take her good intentions into account if she were to, oh, fall out of a window tomorrow and fail to have time to repent everything. #graynes2 #editing
@genevievecogman.bsky.socialGenevieve Cogman
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Author of Invisible Library and Scarlet Revolution series, classifications specialist, quilter, knitter, tired. Pronouns she/her.
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@scumbelievable.bsky.socialReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.socialWilliam J. Webbe, The White Owl (1856)
@thetnholler.bsky.socialReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.socialThis seems like a very bad idea
@athenepallas.bsky.socialReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.socialLatest far right malign effect - unfounded accusations of immigrants stealing wild birds to eat have led to a physical assault on a volunteer rescuing a cygnet. The Greenwich Wildlife Network statement is long, but worth a read - it's thoughtful, courageous and impeccably argued:
@oddthisday.bsky.socialReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.socialIt was, if the spirit of Iain Banks will forgive me, the day the pope exploded. Well, to be strictly accurate, today is the 68th anniversary of the day a botched embalming saw Pius XII’s rotting torso break open while he was lying in state. (Yes, sorry. This thread is absolutely disgusting)
@genevievecogman.bsky.social“The Head is still applying pressure through telephonic means, Mistress. Her prefects and minions are proposing more vigorous solutions, but she wishes to be . . . deniable. Our hands must be clean, she says.” #graynes2
@genevievecogman.bsky.socialPhil looked around the theatre cellar: the shadows that concealed the walls, the numerous bits of scenery and stage props piled up around the place which turned it into something from German Expressionist cinema, where a murderous somnambulist might come prowling out at any moment. #graynes2
@rdansky.bsky.socialReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.socialIf you want to read what I have to say about a movie performed entirely in Sasquatch - and why wouldn’t you? - then back this Kickstarter!
@p-h-lee.bsky.socialReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.socialshe said "you can do anything in fiction as long as the situation afterwards is more interesting that the situation before." since then i have been keeping an eye on character death in fiction. many writers seem to think that character death "raises the stakes" but actually just makes things boring
@bookishsff.bsky.socialReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.social"St Trinian’s meets the legend of Faust" in @genevievecogman.bsky.social's brand new, and very entertaining, A Scholar's Guide to Demonology & Other Dark Arts, in which a slightly unprepared Phil takes on the role of Latin mistress at an unusual, windswept school on the Yorkshire moors...
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#SFF
@xuetingni.bsky.socialReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.socialPast national day, new book's out in the world, I can post spooky stuff! Chinese #horror storytelling and detective fiction have traditionally been closely related, a connection that's very much kept alive. Released this year, 民间奇案录 Chronicles of the Extraordinary, Republic Era crime mystery #Cdrama
@tomgauld.bsky.socialReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.socialMy latest @newscientist.com cartoon
@pmamtraveller.bsky.socialReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.social"La Femme-Escargot" circa 1900
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@gwillow.meReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.socialWe're back. 💫
@btravern.bsky.socialReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.socialIt's a hidden gem of design for a horror RPG!
@rowanrookanddecard.bsky.socialReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.socialIt's FREE👏SHIT👏FRIDAY👏 This spooky season it's 📺Dead Channel📺
Late night channel surfing brings you to the Next Big Horror Movie, the only question is will you make it to the credits?
Get it here: buff.ly/sd7r25Y
@melissacaruso.bsky.socialReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.socialJust a little more than one month until THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID comes out! Still time to catch up with the rest of the trilogy!
If you like your books fast-paced, sapphic, a little bonkers, and full of sword fights and banter, check it out!
@andreapeterson.bsky.socialReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.socialInside of the Segrada Familia at golden hour with the setting sun shining through the windows
#Barcelona #Spain #SegradaFamilia #Gaudi #Scape #StainedGlass #Photography
@wtalabi.comReposted by @genevievecogman.bsky.socialAfricanfuturism is an anchor point for science fiction that is not just by Africans, or set in Africa, but about Africa. This is an excellent sampler from my brilliant publisher @dawbooks.bsky.social
Its a great deal!
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