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Rhianwen@rhianwenbeint.bsky.social · 15h ago

“With a caw, the Crow settles on a lichen-spattered headstone engraved with the name Desmond C Jones and looks around the graves with satisfaction. An avenue of ivy-cloaked mausoleums, yews draped in cobwebs, holly studded with ruby-bright berries. All Souls, the Crow thinks happily…” #BookSky

A page of text, page 27 of The Apple and the Pearl: “With a caw, the Crow settles on a lichen-spattered With a can; the Crow settles on a lichen-pattered headstone engraved with the name Desmond C Jones and looks around the graves with satisfaction. An avenue of ivy-cloaked mausoleums, yews draped in cobwebs, holly studded with ruby-bright berries. All Souls, the Crow thinks happily, and yes, this is the place to bring the humans to mourn their dead. A gift from Crow to her beloved cast and crew, the day of the year for the ancestors. Dead mothers, dead fathers, dead lovers, dead dreams. She turns on the pocked stone to face the Grit and rearranges her wings. Every night the show is the same, curtain up seven thirty sharp on these old dances to older tunes, but every morning the Grit sinks itself into different earths on the thresholds of different worlds and it is Crow who guides them. Today on the day of dead things there's a new crew member to pledge a year and a day in service of the Crow,…”Front cover of the The Apple and the Pearl by Rym Kechacha.Back cover of The Apple and the Pearl by Ryn Kechacha “As dawn breaks on All Souls Day, the lingering mists part to unveil an unending vista of serried gravestones. Between them looms a theatre like a haunted house and the sleek iron carapace of a steam train - the Pearl. On board are the cast, orchestra and crew of a travelling ballet company, performing The Apple and the Pearl. As he stumbles toward the restaurant car the lighting director, Zach, asks the new recruit, Lara, "Have you ever worked in ballet before?" "Have you had any contact with the supernatural?" Everyone from the principal ballerina to the first violinist, from the wardrobe mistress to the newest members of the corps de ballet, have committed their lives to the perfection of the show. But every night they must also confront the malevolent glamour of their audience of Fae creatures only too eager to snatch them away into the Otherworld.”
Anne Louise Avery@annelouiseavery.bsky.social · 2d ago

"See October thinks it's the King of Autumn," said Wolf to Old Fox as they wove along a boggy path across the fields from the cottage. It was one of the first true fogs of the season, and they could barely see in front of them.

November TreesDear WolfFireworks!
Rhianwen@rhianwenbeint.bsky.social · 3d ago

Halloween film: The Sixth Sense. I think this might be only the second time I’ve seen it, so I knew the twist and was looking for the clues, and ended up entirely focused on how brilliant Haley Joel Osment is as such a young actor.

Film poster for The Sixth Sense (1999)
RSPB@rspb.bsky.social · 4d ago

Halloween is creeping closer... and those sweet, innocent birds you thought you knew? Well... swipe if you dare. 👻

Wil Wheaton ❌👑@wilwheaton.net · 5d ago

It's only been like ten minutes since I found out, just before it hit the press, so I'm staggered and doing my best to process everything, while my phone is blowing up.

I wish I really were a Traveler of all of space and time.

It’s only been like ten minutes since I found out, just before it hit the press, so I’m staggered and doing my best to process everything, while my phone is blowing up. There will be wonderful obituaries and reflections from so many people who knew him. I’m going to do...

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Suki DN ♡@gardevoir.online · 5d ago

All good things must come to an end. I cannot overstate what an impact Sir Patrick Stewart has had on who I am today. On and off the screen, he was more than a legend; he was a truly good man. We will keep moving forward. For all that is good. For mankind. For all of us. Goodbye, sir.

Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5d ago

Oh man! Rest in power 😢 Very few actors have had such a big impact on my life from an early age - first as Captain Picard and then as Professor Xavier. What a loss. What an actor. Also, a loud critic of Trump and Brexit and a proud socialist.

Patrick Stewart Dies: ‘Star Trek’ & ‘X-Men’ Actor Was 86

Sir Patrick Stewart, the star of Star Trek: The Next Generation, died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles following a battle with Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia. He was 86. A statement fr...

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