Juré al olvido del mundo. Ya da igual. Al escribir esto, tal vez tu recuerdo me deje en paz. ¿Cómo dejar atrás lo que tanto tiempo me acompañó? Extraño el frío de la condena que me ataba a aquel viejo lugar...
https://fictograma.com/d/3151-versos-de-poniente

#books #literature #writing

En el rincón del tiempo, olvidados y tristes,

los ídolos oscuros yacen, desvanecidos y mochos,

sus hazañas, su gloria, su vanidad, estas ya no...
https://fictograma.com/d/3152-sobre-los-olvidados-idolos-oscuros

#books #literature #writing

BLUBBER. The mouth.--I have stopped the cull's blubber; I have stopped the fellow's mouth, meant either by gagging or murdering him.

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

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLUBBER. The mouth.--I have stopped the cull's blubber; I have stopped the fellow's mouth, meant either by gagging or murdering him. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

🎸 Una niña contempla cada día una guitarra tras un escaparate. Un viejo luthier observa su fascinación hasta comprender que ese instrumento siempre le perteneció a ella. Un encuentro sencillo, emotivo y lleno de magia.
https://fictograma.com/d/3153-el-templo-la-semilla-iv

#books #literature #writing

Agujeros devorando planetas. Bestias imposibles emergiendo de la oscuridad. Y Shin, atrapada en el fin de todo, viendo morir a quien juró proteger.

"¿Hacia dónde?"
"¡Hacia adentro de esas cosas!"
https://fictograma.com/d/3154-los-viajes-de-shin

#books #literature #writing

En la ACC, pasas de contener entes que te discuten que tu abuela es una bicicleta a gritarle a un bloque de mármol que insulta en latín. ¿El motivo? El inútil de Vargas...
https://fictograma.com/d/3144-eventos-no-tan-anomalos-eyjafjalla-cambio-chico

#books #literature #writing

Un día normal en el Nivel -5: un ente alienígena que se estresa por la bolsa de Tokio, el Caballero de la Entropía quejándose del aire acondicionado y salvar a una novata...
https://fictograma.com/d/3145-eventos-no-tan-anomalos-eyjafjalla-el-carcelero

#books #literature #writing

Bajar al Nivel Sub-12 ("Olvido") es el equivalente burocrático a ir al infierno a hacer inventario. Tras 26 años en estasis, despertamos a la Agente Rila Alassio... 🐍💼
https://fictograma.com/d/3146-eventos-no-tan-anomalos-eyjafjalla-desclasificacion

#books #literature #writing

Un asiento demasiado grande, un interrogatorio y la inocencia rota de un niño de nueve años. "¡Porque mamá y papá están juntos!", sonríe Elian en mitad del pasillo de la comisaría, sin entender el... 💔🏢 👇
https://fictograma.com/d/3147-medio-vacio

#books #literature #writing

Un asiento demasiado grande, un interrogatorio y la inocencia rota de un niño de nueve años. "¡Porque mamá y papá están juntos!", sonríe Elian en mitad del pasillo de la comisaría, sin entender el... 💔🏢 👇
https://fictograma.com/d/3147-medio-vacio

#books #literature #writing

"El mago, Parte 3, Cap. 6": Perseguido por los callejones de la Galería y acorralado por cazadores, el mago cae en una trampa de oscuridad, máquinas prohibidas y encierro... 👁️✨
https://fictograma.com/d/3149-el-mago-tercera-parte-vi-1

#books #literature #writing

"El mago, Parte 3, Cap. 7": De deidad legendaria a prisionero en las profundidades de la Fortaleza. El mago logra romper sus cadenas usando el zoon, solo para descubrir un submundo de... ⏳⛓️
https://fictograma.com/d/3150-el-mago-tercera-parte-vi2

#books #literature #writing

"There is a measurable, generational collapse in sustained reading and writing," writes Tyler Jagt, a university literature teacher, in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Here's what he attributes it to. [Registration required to read article]

https://flip.it/vQVXAp

#Education #Literature #Reading

Harold Norse, who died OTD in 1916, was one of the Beat Generation figures who lived in the Beat Hotel, an unnamed pension on the Left Bank of Paris, in the period 1957-1963 https://toilet-guru.com/beat-hotel/?s=mb #Beat #literature #history

#literatura #literature #novela #prosa #literaturafrancesa #literaturefrancaise
Autor: #AntoinedeSaintExupéry ✒️📖✒️
«Eres el dueño de tu vida y tus emociones, nunca lo olvides. Para bien y para mal.»

Peter Orlovsky, born OTD in 1933, was one of the Beat Generation figures who lived in the Beat Hotel, an unnamed pension on the Left Bank of Paris, in the period 1957-1963 https://toilet-guru.com/beat-hotel/?s=mb #Beat #literature #history

Juré al olvido del mundo. Ya da igual. Al escribir esto, tal vez tu recuerdo me deje en paz. ¿Cómo dejar atrás lo que tanto tiempo me acompañó? Extraño el frío de la condena que me ataba a aquel viejo..
https://fictograma.com/d/3151-versos-de-poniente

#books #literature #writing

En el rincón del tiempo, olvidados y tristes,

los ídolos oscuros yacen, desvanecidos y mochos,

sus hazañas, su gloria, su vanidad, estas ya no...
https://fictograma.com/d/3152-sobre-los-olvidados-idolos-oscuros

#books #literature #writing

🎸 Una niña contempla cada día una guitarra tras un escaparate. Un viejo luthier observa su fascinación hasta comprender que ese instrumento siempre le perteneció a ella. Un encuentro sencillo...
https://fictograma.com/d/3153-el-templo-la-semilla-iv

#books #literature #writing

🌌⚠️ El universo se rompió.

Agujeros devorando planetas. Bestias imposibles emergiendo de la oscuridad. Y Shin, atrapada en el fin de todo, viendo morir a quien juró proteger.

"¿Hacia dónde?"...
https://fictograma.com/d/3154-los-viajes-de-shin

#books #literature #writing

EL MAGO (III-VI) ✦ Erian

Despertó entre cautivos y comida áspera, hasta que una presencia en el aire lo obligó a advertir: alguien venía. En segundos, la oscuridad se volvió sangre, gritos y...
https://fictograma.com/d/3155-el-mago-tercera-parte-vi-3

#books #literature #writing

No more #AI - influenced #writing go to the #forest
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jun/08/can-trees-boost-creativity-forest-walks-changed-how-i-write?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4
My take here http://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2026/03/09/writing-critical-thinking-and-ai-where-are-we-headed/ #tech #environment #literature #books #novels #artificialintelligence #trees #fiction #nonfiction #psychology

The Hearth and the Strangeness by N. Martin Kramer #books #literature #dedication

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If this novel warrants any sort of appreciation in the reader's mind it does so largely as a result of Jeanne A. Frank's constructive and sympathetic editing.

Bloody Scotland 2026
18–20 September, Stirling

Tickets are now on sale for Bloody Scotland 2026, Scotland’s international crime-writing festival.

https://bloodyscotland.com/whats-on/

#Scottish #literature #books #bookfestival #CrimeWriting #BloodyScotland

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Poster showing an array of partial closeups of covers of crime novels, all with the word "TOMORROW" in their titles. There is also a large red blood-splatter in the shape of a map of Scotland and its islands. The poster reads: BLOODY SCOTLAND 18TH–20TH SEPTEMBER 2026 TICKETS FROM bloodyscotland.com

Harold Norse, who died OTD in 1916, was one of the Beat Generation figures who lived in the Beat Hotel, an unnamed pension on the Left Bank of Paris, in the period 1957-1963 https://toilet-guru.com/beat-hotel/?s=mb #Beat #literature #history

Angels and Demons Novel by Dan Brown. An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war. #BookSky #Novel #literature #art #photography

PUBLIC WARNING ~ I READ BANNED BOOKS!
Act Out Tees ~ www.ActOutTees.com
#bannedbooks #reading #books #freedom #reader #literature #knowledge #curious #bold #think #PrintOnDemand #Tees

Samuel Hemming, the first Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England, defined Freemasonry as being "a beautiful system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols."

#Freemasonry #Freimaurerei #Masonry #2B1ASK1 #History #Literature #London

Some Mistakes of Moses by Robert Ingersol #books #literature #dedication

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TO MRS. SUE M. FARRELL, IN LAW MY SISTER, AND IN FACT MY FRIEND, THIS VOLUME, AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT AND LOVE IS DEDICATED

Columba returns, his curragh, shuddering
on the angry tide. As oyster-catchers wrestle
the whipped air, he gives thanks to this ancient highway,
to this rosary of isles and sea that links all supplications…

—Finola Scott, “Maelstroms”

Today, 8 June, is World Ocean Day

https://worldoceanday.org

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #WorldOceanDay

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Maelstroms Finola Scott Camas Cuil an t-Saimh, Iona Columba returns, his curragh, shuddering on the angry tide. As oyster-catchers wrestle the whipped air, he gives thanks to this ancient highway, to this rosary of isles and sea that links all supplications. Alone now, he will rest and speak to his God. Soul lightened, feet solid, he blesses the deep shingle, the sweet dulse of this rock. With wind-tangled shells rattling his shins he praises the hungry cries of south-skeining geese, sings halleulia to the watery gift of this isle, his sanctuary. He doesn’t know to pray against the Warming, that will shift the Stream over time. He knows the heavens, the promise of light. Knows nothing of ozone layers, of coral reefs dissolving, of the whirlpool of plastics swirling, of oceans rising, of drownings.

‘A Poet of One Mood’ by Alice Meynell

https://www.deadpoetsdaily.com/p/alice-meynell-poem-a-poet-of-one-mood

#poem #poetry #english #literature

The latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast speaks to writer Martin MacIntyre about his novel A Summer Like No Other – a translation from the original Gaelic version, Samhradh ’78 – discussing the characters, the key role the Gaelic language plays in terms of character & plot, (even in this translated adaptation), the use of footnotes, the importance of telling & sharing stories from all parts of Scotland, & more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ciWrUckirM

#Scottish #literature #novel #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #translation

Peter Orlovsky, born OTD in 1933, was one of the Beat Generation figures who lived in the Beat Hotel, an unnamed pension on the Left Bank of Paris, in the period 1957-1963 https://toilet-guru.com/beat-hotel/?s=mb #Beat #literature #history

“SCABBY QUEEN is a life and death struggle of a book: wounded, angry, beautiful, righteous, beaten and triumphant”
—A.L. Kennedy

Currently on BBC Sounds: award-winning writer Kirstin Innes talks about her second novel, SCABBY QUEEN. Published in 2020, the book explores the life of one-hit wonder & political activist Clio Campbell, who is found dead three days before her fifty-first birthday

@bookstodon

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xdch

#Scottish #literature #novel

Born this day: 06/08/1928 (d. 03/08/2018)
Kate Wilhelm was an American science fiction writer. "Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang" was the winner of: Hugo, Locus, Jupiter, John W. Campbell Memorial, & Nebula Awards in 1977.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Wilhelm

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
#KateWilhelm @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

https://astralcomputing.com

Art by M.C. Escher

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Cover art for "Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang" by M.C. Escher The upper half is dominated by a massive, dense flock of birds sweeping diagonally from the top right toward the center-left. The birds are rendered in a rhythmic, repetitive reverse black/white puzzel pattern that fits together, fading in/out of the background of the fields below. Below this flight path, the landscape unfolds as a complex mosaic of geometric fields and winding waterways. Two prominent rivers frame the composition: on the far left, a light-colored, meandering river is defined by crisp, dark outlines, while on the far right, a solid, opaque black river cuts through the terrain. Tiny, black silhouetted boats are positioned within both watercourses. The surrounding fields create a checkered, polygonal patchwork of agricultural plots, rendered in alternating black and off-white shapes. In the bottom corners, small, dense clusters of architectural structures represent villages, featuring sharp, pointed steeples, gabled roofs, and tiny rectangular windows. Sparse, vertical black lines representing thin trees line the edges of certain fields. The style mimics a woodcut or linocut print, utilizing uniform, graphic lighting with no gradients. Depth is achieved solely through the stark interplay of heavy black shapes against a flat, off-white background.

Weird Tales vol 10 number 01 (July 1927) - featured story: The Return of the Master by H. Warner Munn.

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
#HWarnerMunn
@books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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Cover art by C. C. Senf.

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Weird Tales vol 10 number 01 (July 1927) - featured story: The Return of the Master by H. Warner Munn. Cover art by C. C. Senf. The tagline reads The Unique Magazine. Other contributors include Eli Coltar, Seabury Quinn, Roscoe Gilmore Stott, Bassett Morgan, Hugh Irish, and Victor Rousseau. The price is 25 cents. The illustration depicts a woman and an older man in a dark indoor setting. The woman is positioned in the center-right, oriented toward the right. She has dark hair and wears a sleeveless, light pink dress. Her left arm is raised toward her head, and her right leg is lifted slightly off the floor. A dark blue fabric extends from behind her shoulders toward the left. To the left, an older man with grey hair and a pale complexion is visible from the chest up with his right hand raised near his chest. The background consists of black and deep blue tones. On the floor near the bottom right, a small glass oil lamp contains a yellow and orange flame. The floor is light grey. A small, white, vertical object is in the bottom left corner. The scene is contained within a rectangular frame with a red border. The title Weird Tales appears in large white letters with a black outline. All text is in a stylized font. The magazine title occupies the upper third of the cover. The names of the contributors are printed in a smaller, white, sans-serif font below the title. 25 cents is located in the top right corner.

"I recognize the necessity of animal experiments with my mind but not with my heart."

#literature

I’m not sure how to classify this article. I’ve added it to the Trivia category but it’s not really trivia. And the article was inspired by a question I received from a reader in June 2025:

Hello, Michael!

Do you know exactly how to pronounce the name ‘Éowyn’? According to the LotR’s Appendix E, éo- sounds like “eh-ah” with the “ah” just barely pronounced, while y is the modified u,nwhich […]

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A picture of an ancient or medieval manuscript laid out in book form under the words 'How To Pronounce Names In The Lord Of The Rings'

MAIDEN SESSIONS. A sessions where none of the prisoners are capitally convicted.

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

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American Panda by Gloria Chao #books #literature #dedication

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For Anthony, always, for believing in my words, for helping me find my inner mĕi, for giving me the world And for anyone who's ever felt like they didn't belong