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w37 links and recs
but that was okay, because i had an assignment to finish anyway
hooks for
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w36 links and recs
things that are funny but not funny really
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2025 august reading roundup
sometimes if your phone is far enough away you can feel your brain being grateful as you read
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2025 july reading roundup
20 books
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2025 june reading roundup
tl;dr 13 books, mostly short, blame the merge games
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links to other people's short stories 01
The backstory: Pocket is closing, right? and you can one click export a csv of your stuff, great, well done them, I guess. Naturally I imported that csv to Readwise Reader without looking at the file itself and some chugging later realised it was not a csv of my 55
my fiction
three stories not about birds: owl 2017
"Don’t move her. I’ll find the house phone."
my fiction
four stories not about fruit: redcurrant
She turned back to Opal. "Shame your nosing about didn't include any research into my finances. I don't have that kind of money to throw at things I like, never mind grasping little tarts in Argos earrings."
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2025 may reading roundup
tl;dr 14 books, oddly none of them 5 stars
my fiction
four stories not about fruit: grapefruit
When I look back down the three women have trailing afterimages. Dance through it, I think, you've danced through worse.
my fiction
three stories not about birds: crane 2052
He had too many cranes to flock on his windowsill, so a few days earlier he had borrowed a slim piece of wire and stacked them all on it, piercing them through the crests of their backs like beads.
my fiction
four stories not about fruit: apple
I go to rinse out my teacup and look out of the kitchen window. My good ash-handled iron fork is upright, kicked down into the earth at the edge of my calendula bed. I wonder who will bring it indoors before rain if I can't.