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Writer, editor, reader, journalist, DIY enthusiast. See my website www.geoffreydavidwest.com for regular short stories
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Dark medieval fantasy with monsters? YES PLEASE I received a copy of Once was Willem by M. R. Carey which will be out from Orbit Books in March Thank you! From the description: “twisted folklore, macabre magic and the strangest of found families” I love the sound of this!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 20/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 18/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge

Books/audio that have mentored, influenced or tickled my curiosity. One book per day for the month of February, in no particular order. Day 13 #Books #Authors #BookChallenge #PutMeOn #Readthis #NowReading #Psychology #Artist #SophiaChang

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers. 19/20 🩵 📚 #booksky

THE BAD HAIL MARY #freebook #mystery #crime #hardboiled Sean Delaney's third mystery is now FREE! When Sean is asked to paint the portrait of a dead man from photos he doesn't realise he's stepping into the mystery of the century mybook.to/Mrc1F

Book 2 of 14 mybook.to/Betrayal-Boo... Betrayal is the sequel to Untitled: Crimes Against the Crown. Lissa and Mile are married and should be on their honeymoon. Instead, they are in Somerset to celebrate Christmas with their families. But before long, the bodies start to pile up...

NEW COMIC! Bailed Part III Lulu, the World War II flying ace causes havoc before finding the resistance. It’s late, sorry about that. The last few days have been busy with work and I’m exhausted, so it’s a silent one again. Please like, share, comment, and follow for more! #daniandlulucomic

"The record player breaks the stillness of the parlor. She takes my hand and moves with me to the beat. Her body brings the soft jazz, and my form is pure bluegrass. Finding that clearness in the cacophony. Meshing notes, hearts, hands, lips, lives. Guitar and saxophone in a second-hand lust dance."

When Uggi tries to yawn but he’s lying next to my daughter.

Good morning #BookologyThursday We look forward to your tales and images of Tricksters and Shapeshifters! @samanthaslk.bsky.social with you for the next few hours looking forward to your tricky tales!

Simone Weil wrote “Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.” I think about this truth a lot.

The face of an absolute varmint who decided, at midnight, to full volume yowl an inch from my face, knock everything off my bedside table, steal some earrings, climb the curtains, hiss at *something in the corner* and then bugger off.

@literarybulletin.bsky.social thank you

I appreciate all of you so much.

#NEW #NEW #NEW Acid Yellow. Dominic Piper. "Terrific, sexy, well-written and exciting modern thrillers. Bought the first one, one-clicked the others within minutes." mybook.to/AcidYellow #NEW #MustRead #PrivateInvestigator #Thriller #DanielBeckett #KindleBooks #London #CrimeFiction

It's Thursday and time for your daily #writerslift and to promote yourself! Post your links, websites, books, art, audiobooks, pages,#WhateverItTakes! #ShamelessSelfpromoThursday BUY A BOOK! Weekly pinned tweet promo spots a top 5 profiles open on X, DM for details :) No follow = No repost

Woke up this morning, Got myself an ARC. Thanks to @quercusbooks.bsky.social @petemc666.bsky.social

Wild Sonnet #385 from my book, The Wild Sonnets: Volume IV (301-400) Please feel free to repost if you would like to share this work with others. For more from this collection: www.wildsonnets.com. Thanks for reading!

I’m doing it. I’m starting #AnnaKarenina. The heated blanket is ready and the pups are pumped for the long stretches of napping as they take this journey with me. #Books #reading #sleepingdogs #russianlit

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 1/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #books 💙📚👀

What you'll find in Stubbed Toes & Dating Woes? - A disaster human of a cinnamon roll - the grumpy bear who adores him - a may-december romance - A sweet ace mm romance readerlinks.com/l/3273618 #mmromance #autistic #asexual #booksky

In celebration of the upcoming release of the third book, North Hangar Avenue, in my Austen-inspired series, the first book, The Darcy Dilemma is now only 99c/99p. Buy from Amazon here 👉 books2read.com/u/49Vklw #KindleUnlimited #JaneAusten #KU #romancebooks #booksky #PrideandPrejudice

Looks l like The Pariah has been reprinted in Germany. Das ist gut! #booksky

We're super excited to have chosen the stories for our Spring issue, and we can't wait to read more! Looking forward to getting our teeth into these juicy longer stories once submissions open for our short novelette call. Make a note! Submissions open 1st Feb!! #writersky #booksky

#BookSky admin here! 💙📚🪐📚🌶️ There are a bunch of improvements and expansions I'd like to make to the BookSky ecosystem of feeds and I'm hoping to crowdfund some of the costs associated with upgrading and running these feeds. If you've enjoyed BookSky, please consider chipping in (see comments!). ⬇️👇🏻⬇️

Sci-fi and snuggling dogs make for the best morning off. What’s everyone reading? #booksky #dogsky

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #TLSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 17

How about a book you can read in a sitting, full of character driven weird tales? A little bit of everything in these seven stories. Check it out! #WritingCommunity #horrorcommunity

I hide my affections in advance with a cloak of insouciance crushed velvet, unlike my hopes but there is no getting away you hit me acerbically like lemon on the palette or tonguing a 9 volt battery my mouth contorted in rictus I want you, now and forever #Vss365

THE IRISH GOODBYE The second Sean Delaney mystery thriller is free now: 'Would make a terrific TV show' 'pacey and compelling plot' 'held my attention from page one to the end' mybook.to/PpPYfh

Day 4 Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge

#Promptshare: Woman, modeling, glowing gown with glowing purple and amber fractal details, long glowing cape, glowing jewelry, (glowing eyes:1.8), glowing fiber-optic cables, dark (futuristic cityscape, science-fiction:1.2)

Popped into ⁦‪@DubrayBooks‬⁩.bsky.social #DúnLaoghaire and signed some more copies of #Charlotte my #Bronte novel. Really appreciate their support. ⁦‪@Lilliput.bsky.social #books

Reread: mafia meets brat with unhinged characters and behaviors. Tatum is absurd. I'm loving it. 💙📚 🌈📚

It's Sunday and time for your daily #writerslift and to promote yourself! Post your links, websites, books, art, audiobooks, pages,#WhateverItTakes! #ShamelessSelfpromoSunday BUY A BOOK! Weekly pinned tweet promo spots a top 5 profiles open, DM for details :) No follow = No repost

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 26/20 (I just can’t stop) #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

Congratulations Carla Espana! MS you need this #book #literacy #reading #writing

With the release of my novel, Final Judgment, the first Jericho Mystery, I thought I'd offer up a take on the types of mystery fiction and some recommended authors to read. Have a favorite? #mystery #books #AgathaChristie #mysterynovel #writer tonyacree.com/2025/01/11/e...

History of reading: choose a book a year for your reading life (not the year the book was published). Here’s the best book I read in 1978. Animal Farm By George Orwell #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #BestBookReadIn1978

“It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” ― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent #booksky 📚💙

Moon shot A #poetry thread in seven parts — i. I’m walking by the dimming remains of a building of future past: its once stylish streetlight, now decayed, points at the Moon that’s rising fast. 🧵👇🏼 #poem #poemaday #writing #photography #Berlin #architecture #futurism #sunset #moon #symmetry

'5⭐️ - An enjoyable blend of western romance and time travel. Sweet story (by Sandra Cox) with plenty of intriguing characters & plot twists to keep you turning pages.' https://tinyurl.com/GellersFind #timetravel #western #romance #paranormal #pnr #ebooks #bookX #Kindle #books

BLACK ICE #freebook #mystery #murder #thriller Here is Sean Delaney's first murder mystery FREE today. . 'Fast moving crime mystery full of suspense'. . . mybook.to/emY6vs

EXPERT ADVICE Read or listen to what happened when I tried to get fit wp.me/paK2fw-aJ