Haven't drawn consistently for decades and I'm currently on holibobs so thought I'd have a go at #AuGhost #AuGhost2026 First 3 days... 1. Any and ALL 2. Framed 3. Wispy

Here's the prompt list for my unofficial #AuGhost #AuGhost26 🎨👻 Tagging all those who expressed interest, but anyone can feel free to join (and share): @nollthere.bsky.social @renandpen.bsky.social @elementalamber.bsky.social @onesingleheck.bsky.social @verati404.bsky.social @ericklw.bsky.social

⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie)@stinasdemons.com · 4d ago

🎨👻 I will be pulling from the 5 yrs of past #AuGhost lists I found online (some official, some just ones people made) & making a prompt list from them If anyone wants a tag once I post it, reply here Since I haven't made it yet, and today is the first day Day #1 prompt will be: ANY & ALL GHOSTS

Friendly reminder: BUY (and read) ALL THE QUEER BOOKS!

Excited to be signing books at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social next month whilst in Toronto. I'll be at the shop (Dundas St W) Sat 29 Aug from 5pm. Come talk to me about 🏳️‍🌈 queer horror 💀 and 😈 queeird romance! 🌈 (I'll also be bringing some little goodies to give away 👀) #toronto #queertoronto

Summer is HERE! Summer Nights, Cigarettes & Spearmint Toothpaste by @jecwrites.bsky.social goes on sale on Amazon and other sellers on the 30th, but we've released the paperback and ebook in our own shop NOW! acoupofowls.com/shop/ Advance reviews have been great, we know you're going to love it!

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Peter Jackson didn’t use forced perspective, scale models, adjustable and ‘“split-scale-sets,” where set pieces, such as tables, chairs, doors, and even some other props, were built in multiple sizes’ and children to double as Hobbits in LOTR, just for sloppy losers to tell us ‘AI is inevitable’.

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Jim Henson & Co didn't use camera tricks & human-drawn animation alongside skilled puppety in The Great Muppet Caper just so idiots could tell us "AI is inevitable."

Absolutely gutted. Having to miss #QueerTheShelves in Nottingham this weekend as all the trains between Chepstow and Nottingham have been cancelled due to the weather 😭🥵

Hey #Bristol folk! Do you have your tickets yet for QueerLit South West (in assoc. with #BristolPride)?! I will be there selling and signing, along with a great line-up of authors and vendors! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queerlit-s...

So Max, how chronically offline are you these days? Well my phone just autocorrected reblog to reboot and I was like, what's a reboot? Like, a second boot, isn't that just a pair of boots? Took a moment.

COVER REVEAL: We're thrilled to share the amazing cover art for our upcoming novella - Summer Nights, Cigarettes & Spearmint Toothpaste by @jecwrites.bsky.social. Cover art by the wonderful @pangaea.bsky.social

Have fallen down a hole of watching multiple music focused YouTube channels reacting to hearing Alanis Morisette's You Outa Know for their first time.

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Alt: short gif of Alanis Morisette in the movie Dogma - she is standing on steps that are slightly burning behind her and she breaks into a wide grin.

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SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN ⌛ 1st to 7th March 📖 Summer Issue 📝 100 to 8000 words ☀️ Any rating, theme or genre, but please note if you send something very clearly related to Winter etc, it probably won't make this issue. #writersofbsky #submissionsopen #booksky acoupofowls.com/submissions/

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Love these murals at Exeter St David's. Though one has definitely not aged as well as some of the others (the book not the art...)

Do check this out! I love System Error, and there are some great add-ons available too!

Marielle Bouleau@mariellewrites.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Early-Birds are about to end! TONIGHT is the last chance to catch them. Early-bird rewards for System Error Volume 1 - A Post-Apocalyptic Graphic Novel available here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sim... @bluefoxcomics.com @systemerrorcomic.bsky.social

Is this a not-UK thing or an I'm Old thing? Because when I was at school the only time they played us a movie was during a joint special History, Humanities and RE session when I was about 14, and it was Escape from Sobibor 😶

Doug Fink ✌🏻@ickybooley.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Now I need to know what movies people were shown in school on movie days or when the teacher didn't feel like it. • The Ten Commandments (many times) • Ben-Hur (at least twice) • The Breakfast Club (my high school loved this one) • Remember the Titans • Monty Python & The Holy Grail (idk, man)

Confession: If I don't like a book I've read and know I will never even attempt to read it again, I give it to a charity shop. This has been the case for all but one book, that I hated so much I still have it on my shelf as I don't want to inflict it on others. 😬

So, I made a little digital horror film on my phone with photos I took around my apartment building 😌

My child just spent ten minutes putting on a one person show of the zombie invasion of our village. The ending had their teacher arrive, with an eye patch, bearing incense that killed the zombies. Me: incense? Spawnling: yes, she has some in class Me: why? Because you all smell? Spawnling: yes.

Do you enjoy the works of @johannestevans.co.uk, @cinnamaldeide.bsky.social, Leigh V Twersky, Clinton Seiter, @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social & @amandamblake.bsky.social? We sure do! In fact we've published them in our two recent novelette collections! Shop: acoupofowls.square.site/s/shop #Booksky 🌈📚

My 10yo spawnling: Baba, can we watch the Ice Hockey Show? Me: WHAT!?!? Absolutely not. Them: ... the... the animation? Me: Yuri on Ice? Them *looking at me like I'm bonkers*: yeah... Me: oh, sure. Haha. Of course *nervous sweats* #yurionice #heatedrivalry

Something I posted on the bird site several years ago. It still rings true.

We're really excited to share with you the cover of Light Paths, releasing soon! The artwork is by Marika Bailey, an Afro-Caribbean illustrator, designer, and author. She illustrates book covers for indie authors. Her art has also been featured in Khoreo magazine.

Across the UK, our team are experiencing the variety of British Winter weather, but we're already planning for Spring! Submissions for our Spring issue are OPEN! Please be sure to read our submission guidelines before submitting via our form at the bottom of the page. acoupofowls.com/submissions/

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At the end of the day, don’t we all just want a bookshelf with a rolling ladder?

Now I'm finally under the NHS GIC, I've had my first voice coaching session. It went really well and was incredibly informative. Looking forward to getting to know my voice as an instrument much better!

The one thing I love to do to annoy my spawnling is to sing songs at him with changed lyrics. Not quite as fancy as Weird Al, my go to is: What if cod was one of us Just a fish like one of us Just a sturgeon on the bus Trying to swim his way home?

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We're on to our seventh author preview, and the time is flying by! @maxturneruk.com is today's Author, and he's gifting us a little highlight that may trigger thalassophobia or curiosity. Or both. We like both. Preorders are still open until Dec. 12th! monstermashzine.bigcartel.com

Every year I make my son a Halloween costume in the hopes he'll wear it. In 2023 it was a Camerman costume (Skibidi toilet), and at the last minute he decided to go as Pink Among Us. 2024 I made a Moon (FNAF) costume and at the last minute he got into his Ghostbusters costume...

Hey look, it’s the monthly annoucement of blood money acceptors - aka Harry Potter actors. Which actor I loved will I be sad is here? Which will show their ass in an interview & reveal how little they give a shit about trans people? Such a fun game this has become… fml. deadline.com/2025/10/harr...

Harry Potter Audiobooks Adds Bill Nighy, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísu & More To Cast

Pottermore Publishing and Audible have announced additional casting for Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions, including Bill Nighy.

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