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[?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
@fictograma@mastodon.social

"Los viajes de Shin: 16": “Abrace la idea de ser solo yo al final porque su sombra era más pesada a medida que más cerca de ella estaba” —Princesa de Exquema, Azaria Lorian. La guerra, los recuerdos y el abismo que habita...
fictograma.com/d/3183-losa-via

    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
    @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

    KNOWLEDGE BOX. The head.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

    --
    @histodons

    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KNOWLEDGE BOX. The head. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KNOWLEDGE BOX. The head. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

      Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 boosted

      [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
      @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

      Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Katharine Hayhoe

      To everyone who believes the difficult issues in life are worth talking about

      Alt...To everyone who believes the difficult issues in life are worth talking about

        [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
        @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

        Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell

        To all the gods I cannot please.

        Alt...To all the gods I cannot please.

          [?]Flipboard Culture Desk » 🌐
          @CultureDesk@flipboard.social

          Nearly 47 years ago, writer Charles Bukowski took to the stage of the Viking Inn, East Vancouver. Kerry Banks was there, and for @MONTECRISTO_mag, tells the story of Bukowski's most notorious reading.

          flip.it/umZKNK

            [?]Isaac Asimov » 🤖 🌐
            @CuratedAsimov@mastodon.social

            "If you're going to write a story, avoid contemporary references. They date a story and they have no staying power."

              [?]Bob the Traveler » 🤖 🌐
              @bobthetraveler@mastodon.world

              Pulp author Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian, died OTD in 1936 cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/n

                [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                En un mundo dividido por glaciares donde todos nacen con dones, Raiden es "La Blasfemia": chico sin poderes repudiado por todos. Tras una brutal paliza, su abuelo...
                fictograma.com/d/3180-una-gran

                  [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                  @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                  Mente fragmentada, trajes devorando la carne y una megaestructura hostil que respira por costumbre. Luxvier y Veltyr avanzan conectados a medias, atrapados...
                  fictograma.com/d/3177-travesia

                    [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                    @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                    Bajo la ducha, Alejandro colapsa entre el pánico y el placer involuntario que le inflige Felipe, un intruso impredecible que lo somete psicológicamente. Tras una pesadilla premonitoria...
                    fictograma.com/d/3176-punto-y-

                      [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                      @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                      El miedo es buen consejero pero pésimo piloto. Una caminata a paso militar con una embarazada de 9 meses, café de por medio y la certeza de... ☕️👶🏻⚡️
                      fictograma.com/d/3181-eventos-

                        [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                        @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                        Las rodillas de chatarra de Gorgonzola contra el paso de marcha militar de Lueur a dos semanas de parir. Una charla de cafetín de barrio para espantar fantasmas...💨🔥
                        fictograma.com/d/3182-eventos-

                          [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                          @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                          My Grandmother by Fethiye Çetin

                          I would like to thank my dear Ayşe, Nadire, Necmiye, Zeynep, Zehra and Handan, who gave me the courage to write this book, and did everything in their power to help me persevere, casting aside any excuse I made to shirk from the task; if it hadn't been for you, this book would never have come into being. I am so fortunate to know you, and to have you as my friends.

                          Alt...I would like to thank my dear Ayşe, Nadire, Necmiye, Zeynep, Zehra and Handan, who gave me the courage to write this book, and did everything in their power to help me persevere, casting aside any excuse I made to shirk from the task; if it hadn't been for you, this book would never have come into being. I am so fortunate to know you, and to have you as my friends.

                            [?]Isaac Asimov » 🤖 🌐
                            @CuratedAsimov@mastodon.social

                            "[S]cientific writing is abhorrently stylized and places a premium on poor quality."

                              [?]Michael Martinez » 🌐
                              @michael@middle-earth.xenite.org

                              Q: Why Didn’t Dwarves Obsess Over Returning To The Ered Lindon?

                              ANSWER: I received this question from a reader in May 2025 (slightly reformatted to improve readability):

                              I have been re-reading information on the Dwarves, in particular Durin’s Folk. Like a bolt out of the blue this one thing has struck me.

                              Why didn’t the Dwarves obsess over returning to their halls in the Grey Mountains as […]

                              https://middle-earth.xenite.org/why-didnt-dwarves-obsess-over-returning-to-the-grey-mountains/

                              A picture of northern mountains under the words 'Why Didn't Dwarves Obsess Over Returning To The Grey Mountains?'

                              Alt...A picture of northern mountains under the words 'Why Didn't Dwarves Obsess Over Returning To The Grey Mountains?'

                              [?]Walt » 🌐
                              @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

                              Died this day: 06/11/1936 (b. 01/22/1906) Robert Ervin Howard was an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. The main outlet for his stories was Weird Tales, where Howard introduced Conan the Barbarian in the December 1932 issue.

                              en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E


                              @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

                              astralcomputing.com

                              Illustration of Conan by Mark Schultz. First appearance in Weird Tales (December 1932). Created by Robert E. Howard The illustration features a medium shot of a muscular man with dark, shoulder-length hair, positioned in the center of the frame. He faces forward with a serious expression. He carries a long sword over his right shoulder, gripped by a hand with a brown leather-like wristband. His left arm is obscured behind a large, circular shield. The man wears a light-colored, textured tunic that appears to be made of small, scale-like pieces or chainmail, finished with a gold-colored, beaded trim around the neckline. A brown leather belt with rectangular metallic studs sits at his waist. The shield is prominent in the lower right foreground, featuring concentric rings of dark blue, red, and tan. A large, stylized black eagle with spread wings is centered on the shield. In the background, the hazy, pale beige and cream-colored sky contains the faint, silhouetted shapes of stone towers or castle walls, suggesting an ancient or fantasy setting. The lighting is soft and diffused, with no harsh shadows, creating a muted, atmospheric effect. At the bottom left, the handwritten text "71/100" is visible in black ink. To the right, a large, stylized, and illegible signature in black ink spans across the bottom of the artwork. The overall color palette is composed of earthy tones: browns, tans, creams, and deep blues, with the gold trim providing a small point of brightness.

                              Alt...Illustration of Conan by Mark Schultz. First appearance in Weird Tales (December 1932). Created by Robert E. Howard The illustration features a medium shot of a muscular man with dark, shoulder-length hair, positioned in the center of the frame. He faces forward with a serious expression. He carries a long sword over his right shoulder, gripped by a hand with a brown leather-like wristband. His left arm is obscured behind a large, circular shield. The man wears a light-colored, textured tunic that appears to be made of small, scale-like pieces or chainmail, finished with a gold-colored, beaded trim around the neckline. A brown leather belt with rectangular metallic studs sits at his waist. The shield is prominent in the lower right foreground, featuring concentric rings of dark blue, red, and tan. A large, stylized black eagle with spread wings is centered on the shield. In the background, the hazy, pale beige and cream-colored sky contains the faint, silhouetted shapes of stone towers or castle walls, suggesting an ancient or fantasy setting. The lighting is soft and diffused, with no harsh shadows, creating a muted, atmospheric effect. At the bottom left, the handwritten text "71/100" is visible in black ink. To the right, a large, stylized, and illegible signature in black ink spans across the bottom of the artwork. The overall color palette is composed of earthy tones: browns, tans, creams, and deep blues, with the gold trim providing a small point of brightness.

                              Weird Tales vol 20 number 6 (December 1932) - featured story: Buccaneers of Venus by Otis Adelbert Kline. Cover art by J. Allen St. John. The tagline reads MYSTERIOUS IMAGINATIVE FANTASTIC. The cover price is 25c. The illustration depicts a large, dark green and black serpent with a wide-open mouth and pink interior, positioned in the upper and middle portions of the frame. A woman with blonde hair, wearing a white, long-sleeved garment and a gold headband, is positioned in the upper right, with her right arm raised toward the serpent's head. Below and to the left of the serpent, a green, humanoid creature with large eyes and a wide mouth holds a long, thin pole or spear. This creature wears a dark belt around its waist. In the lower foreground, a man with dark hair and a red cape is visible from the waist up, facing left toward the green creature. He wears a brown loincloth and holds a thin, silver-colored sword. The background consists of shades of yellow, orange, and light brown, suggesting a sky or barren landscape. The ground area is composed of light tan and grey tones. The serpent's body curves behind the woman and down toward the center of the image. The man's red cape extends toward the right side of the frame. The entire scene is rendered with visible brushstrokes in shades of green, white, red, brown, and yellow. The serpent's scales are dark, with light green highlights. The woman's clothing is bright white, contrasting with the darker tones of the serpent.

                              Alt...Weird Tales vol 20 number 6 (December 1932) - featured story: Buccaneers of Venus by Otis Adelbert Kline. Cover art by J. Allen St. John. The tagline reads MYSTERIOUS IMAGINATIVE FANTASTIC. The cover price is 25c. The illustration depicts a large, dark green and black serpent with a wide-open mouth and pink interior, positioned in the upper and middle portions of the frame. A woman with blonde hair, wearing a white, long-sleeved garment and a gold headband, is positioned in the upper right, with her right arm raised toward the serpent's head. Below and to the left of the serpent, a green, humanoid creature with large eyes and a wide mouth holds a long, thin pole or spear. This creature wears a dark belt around its waist. In the lower foreground, a man with dark hair and a red cape is visible from the waist up, facing left toward the green creature. He wears a brown loincloth and holds a thin, silver-colored sword. The background consists of shades of yellow, orange, and light brown, suggesting a sky or barren landscape. The ground area is composed of light tan and grey tones. The serpent's body curves behind the woman and down toward the center of the image. The man's red cape extends toward the right side of the frame. The entire scene is rendered with visible brushstrokes in shades of green, white, red, brown, and yellow. The serpent's scales are dark, with light green highlights. The woman's clothing is bright white, contrasting with the darker tones of the serpent.

                                [?]BookShelves eBook Reader » 🌐
                                @getbookshelves@mastodon.social

                                📅 This Day in Literature — June 11

                                Published on this day: Walden (1854)

                                Thoreau went to the woods. Two years of deliberate living became a classic.

                                lk0.eu/bks169m

                                  [?]North Sea Armed Forces Lodge » 🌐
                                  @North_Sea_829@norden.social

                                  The first, and probably best known, American Lexicon of Freemason was compiled by Albert G. Mackay in 1845. The work relies for much of its information on the German Lenning-Mossdorf Lexicon, published in about 1822.

                                  An earlier German Lexicon was published in 1818 by Johann Gaedicke, in Berlin.

                                    [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                                    @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                                    Specials by Scott Westerfield

                                    To all the fans who've written me about this series. Thanks for telling me what was right, what was wrong, and which bits made you throw the book across the room. (You know who you are.)

                                    Alt...To all the fans who've written me about this series. Thanks for telling me what was right, what was wrong, and which bits made you throw the book across the room. (You know who you are.)

                                      [?]michael » 🌐
                                      @proseandpassion@mastodon.social

                                      meet the most famous in my .

                                      proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2

                                        [?]Assoc for Scottish Literature » 🌐
                                        @scotlit@mastodon.scot

                                        Someone is waving a white handkerchief
                                        from the train as it pulls out with a white
                                        plume from the station and rumbles its way
                                        to somewhere that does not matter…

                                        —George Bruce (1909–2002), “Departure and Departure and…”
                                        published in The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-Century Scottish Poetry (EUP 2005)

                                        Departure and Departure and ... George Bruce Someone is waving a white handkerchief from the train as it pulls out with a white plume from the station and rumbles its way to somewhere that does not matter. But it will pass the white sands and the broad sea that I have watched under the sun and moon in the stop of time in my childhood as I am now there again and waiting for the white handkerchief. I shall not see her again but the waters rise and fall and the horizon is firm. You who have not seen that line hold the brimming sea to the round earth cannot know this pain and sweetness of departure.

                                        Alt...Departure and Departure and ... George Bruce Someone is waving a white handkerchief from the train as it pulls out with a white plume from the station and rumbles its way to somewhere that does not matter. But it will pass the white sands and the broad sea that I have watched under the sun and moon in the stop of time in my childhood as I am now there again and waiting for the white handkerchief. I shall not see her again but the waters rise and fall and the horizon is firm. You who have not seen that line hold the brimming sea to the round earth cannot know this pain and sweetness of departure.

                                          [?]brosnung » 🌐
                                          @Brosnung@mastodon.world

                                          => ancient Mesopotamian maxim = ca 2000 BCE

                                          " Hard work is a dog, walking always behind a man."

                                          - source =>
                                          substack.com/@theacademicarcha

                                            [?](Older) RJT » 🌐
                                            @one@subconscioussignature.earth

                                            There are no more strangers in the terebinths

                                            subspacewagon.systems/there-ar

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                                            archive.org/search?query=creat
                                            subspacewagon.io
                                            selections.directory
                                            letters.directory
                                            patience.earth
                                            _____

                                            @poetry
                                            @writingcommunity@fedigroups.socia

                                              [?]Izaskun Gracia Quintana » 🌐
                                              @IzaskunGraciaQuintana@mastodon.world

                                              unlibroaldia.blogspot.com/2026

                                              Reseña de «Mal de bosque» en el blog unlibroaldia

                                              Alt...Reseña de «Mal de bosque» en el blog unlibroaldia

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                                              [?]Izaskun Gracia Quintana » 🌐
                                              @IzaskunGraciaQuintana@mastodon.world

                                              unlibroaldia.blogspot.com/2026

                                              Reseña de «Mal de bosque» en el blog unlibroaldia

                                              Alt...Reseña de «Mal de bosque» en el blog unlibroaldia

                                              Reseña de «Mal de bosque» en el blog unlibroaldia

                                              Alt...Reseña de «Mal de bosque» en el blog unlibroaldia

                                              Reseña de «Mal de bosque» en el blog unlibroaldia

                                              Alt...Reseña de «Mal de bosque» en el blog unlibroaldia

                                              Reseña de «Mal de bosque» en el blog unlibroaldia

                                              Alt...Reseña de «Mal de bosque» en el blog unlibroaldia

                                              [?]Bob the Traveler » 🤖 🌐
                                              @bobthetraveler@mastodon.world

                                              Ben Jonson the poet, playwright, and critic was born OTD in 1572 toilet-guru.com/shakespeare.ht

                                                [?]Dead Poets Daily » 🌐
                                                @deadpoetsdaily@mastodon.social

                                                ‘Little Feet’ by Gabriela Mistral

                                                deadpoetsdaily.com/p/gabriela-

                                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                  @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                  TANTWIVY. Away they went tantwivy; away they went full speed. Tantwivy was the sound of the hunting horn in full cry, or that of a post horn.

                                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                  --
                                                  @histodons

                                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TANTWIVY. Away they went tantwivy; away they went full speed. Tantwivy was the sound of the hunting horn in full cry, or that of a post horn. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TANTWIVY. Away they went tantwivy; away they went full speed. Tantwivy was the sound of the hunting horn in full cry, or that of a post horn. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                    [?]Blair » 🌐
                                                    @EnglishTeacher@pixelfed.social

                                                    This week’s #ThursdayBooksandBeer is taking me to an all too plausible near future of climate collapse and AI, via Helen Phillips’ new novel Hum (which is what they call the humanoid robots in this society). It’s accompanied by a ‘Resting My Eyes’ Oat Cream IPA, here at the Brunswick Brewroom of WA brewery Rocky Ridge. “But now the forest of her childhood was receding even in her memory. She needed to picture some other forest, not that particular forest, which was gone, burned.” #reading #literature #clifi #craftbeer

                                                      [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                                                      @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                                                      Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall

                                                      For the girls who hide their hearts

                                                      Alt...For the girls who hide their hearts

                                                        [?]Assoc for Scottish Literature » 🌐
                                                        @scotlit@mastodon.scot

                                                        Robert Burns & Black Lives
                                                        24 June, Alloway – free

                                                        Clark McGinn, author & honorary research fellow at the Centre for Robert Burns Studies, examines Burns’s connections to the transatlantic slave trade, highlighting the paradoxes & moral conflicts of the poet’s time

                                                        eventbrite.co.uk/e/highlight-t

                                                          [?]Assoc for Scottish Literature » 🌐
                                                          @scotlit@mastodon.scot

                                                          Clark McGinn’s book, BURNS & BLACK LIVES (Luath Press, 2025), does not shy away from uncomfortable truths, & presents a nuanced portrait that challenges readers to reconcile Burns’s literary genius with the ethical ambiguities of his time

                                                          luath.co.uk/products/burns-and

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