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Stephen Baird

@bigbeardybooks.bsky.social

Book lover, film watcher, food maker, image taker https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.uk https://ko-fi.com/bigbeardedbookseller

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If you're a Woman in Horror, be it artist, illustrator, author, writer, reviewer, director, WHATEVER-

Say hi and link to your work here!

Let's make a thread of Horror from Women that people can peruse & discover some cool, new stuff

I'll start, in the comments/replies :)
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Final Girl I got this starter pack at 2024’s UK Games Expo in Birmingham when I worked the weekend on the Waterstones stand and had a great time demoing Azul Mini and […]

I got this starter pack at 2024’s UK Games Expo in Birmingham when I worked the weekend on the Waterstones stand and had a great time demoing Azul Mini and […]

03.03.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
final state of game, retaliate and guard are flipping brilliant as is getting Laurie's final power, can mean so much more time to buy decent actions especially with the Fresh Meat event that put six more 'victims' on the board

final state of game, retaliate and guard are flipping brilliant as is getting Laurie's final power, can mean so much more time to buy decent actions especially with the Fresh Meat event that put six more 'victims' on the board

Oh my head, finished my first playthrough of Final Girl: Camp Happy Trails!

followed a video to get some of the nuances, and each turn took an absolute age as I made sure that I was doing everything correctly...

I slaughtered the butcher! (lost a few 'victims' though 😒)

should be easier next time

03.03.2026 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm UK and it's out on Thursday, sorry

03.03.2026 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In addition to being a woman in horror, I'm also primarily a self-published woman in horror, so thank you to everyone who shared my post! Word of mouth is the only marketing I have, so I appreciate you taking a moment and sharing your platform to give my books a boost πŸ’š

03.03.2026 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Side view of the AV1 tank. Painted mainly in light grey it has a rotating turret to the front (left), side sponsons painted dark grey, cupola on the roof and an upright boiler on the back (also painted dark grey). The lower hull is dark grey along with the tank tracks. Suitable weathering all over but the officer who’s standing in front isn’t overly impressed

Side view of the AV1 tank. Painted mainly in light grey it has a rotating turret to the front (left), side sponsons painted dark grey, cupola on the roof and an upright boiler on the back (also painted dark grey). The lower hull is dark grey along with the tank tracks. Suitable weathering all over but the officer who’s standing in front isn’t overly impressed

Photo showing all the parts. There’s quite a few…

From left to right. Upright boiler, two sets of tank tracks, main hull, two sponsons, relatively unhappy officer, lower hull (at the back) cupola and cupola hatch and the the main turret on the right.

Photo showing all the parts. There’s quite a few… From left to right. Upright boiler, two sets of tank tracks, main hull, two sponsons, relatively unhappy officer, lower hull (at the back) cupola and cupola hatch and the the main turret on the right.

The engineering option with VSFA36 in place of the main turret. No reason why it couldn’t go on top of the hull instead of at the front.

The engineering option with VSFA36 in place of the main turret. No reason why it couldn’t go on top of the hull instead of at the front.

Rear view with the officer completing his inspection. Someone is going to get a reprimand for having the tank so rusty.

Rear view with the officer completing his inspection. Someone is going to get a reprimand for having the tank so rusty.

There's a medium sized steam tank in the webshop now. The AV1 😬

It has an option for an engineering version but there's no reason why you couldn't add any of the turrets or other bits that have the 25mm plug/slot.

www.oshiromodels.co.uk/vsfvehicles

#oshiromodels
#wargaming
#vsf
#nerdlings

03.03.2026 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Car Trouble (Parts 1 & 2)
YouTube video by Adam Ant - Topic Car Trouble (Parts 1 & 2)

Don't know why but it feels like the right kind of day for Adam before the pirate period

black leather for the win

youtu.be/TOkwxV76OiE?...

03.03.2026 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

thanks 😊

03.03.2026 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Framed - The daily movie guessing game Guess the movie from 6 frames. Come back each day to see if you can guess the daily movie, or visit the archive to answer the days that you missed!

Framed #1453
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03.03.2026 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
circular London Book Fair logo

circular London Book Fair logo

Looking forward to showcasing member presses March 10-12 at the London Book Fair! Visit Stand 7B71 to see Bristol University Press, UGA Press, City University of Hong Kong Press, IMF Publications, @iupress.bsky.social, Hopkins Press, University Press of Kentucky...

03.03.2026 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sun Dragon's Song Illustrated Edition is available now Download your exclusive extra to Joyce Chng's wonderful children's tale today.

🐲🧧πŸ”₯πŸ’–

scarletferret.com/news/sun-dra...

03.03.2026 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stephen Baird Photos Shop | Redbubble Stephen Baird Photos is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.

68 photographs up on my Redbubble now

www.redbubble.com/people/BigBe...

03.03.2026 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Posting a comic cover I love

Dwellings by Jay Stephens

#ComicSky #HorrorSky

03.03.2026 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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In the last 5 years - BM Books short listed for Lit prizes.

The Accidental Immigrants - Jo McMillan
Christ on a Bike - Orla Owen
I Am Not Your Eve - Devika Ponnambalam
Should We Fall Behind - Sharon Duggal
Ghost Signs - Stu Hennigan
Panenka - RΓ³nΓ‘n Hession

Magic!

@thebookseller.com

03.03.2026 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thanks!

03.03.2026 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Five Star Reads 2025 Checkout out this list on Bookshop

I think I may have forgotten to post this at the start of the year there was that much going on

my five-star reads in 2025

#BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #FiveStar #2025Reads

uk.bookshop.org/lists/five-s...

03.03.2026 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Book cover based on stylised painted art of someone digging in a large pile of soil with a shovel.

Book cover based on stylised painted art of someone digging in a large pile of soil with a shovel.

We're delighted to announce publication of 'Grasping Soil: A Syllabus and Essays for The Environmental Humanities' (E. Brownell, ed.) – exploring #soil as a vessel of human #history and point of view for inquiry. Available print or #openaccess here: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... #envhum #envhist

03.03.2026 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it *can* be read alone but they are all building up to something in Twisted Pike later this year so I think I'd read them in order if you can

03.03.2026 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

pleasure is all mine

03.03.2026 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it has been so far, another coffee and some biscuits seem called for at this point in time

03.03.2026 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Scratch Moss | Big Bearded Bookseller

my mini review, my only five star read of the year (so far)

bigbeardedbookseller.uk/scratch-moss/

03.03.2026 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scratch Moss: The most original folk horror novel of the year from the author of Withered Hill The most original folk horror novel of the year from the author of Withered Hill

Why not get yourself a copy of Scratch Moss?

folk horror down t'pit - out on Thursday - the third part of @davidmbarnett.bsky.social Withered Hill series

uk.bookshop.org/a/140/978183...

03.03.2026 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

and the smell!

03.03.2026 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

same, difficult mentality to get out of, we're also going to be shrinking our front lawn to make more space for birds, etc

03.03.2026 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

now a couple of really angry male blackbirds on the back fence

03.03.2026 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

beautiful, we'd love it if they decided to nest

we've been making a garden for wildlife over the few years we've been at this house, more native plants, letting plants seed, and then letting the plants overwinter, not mowing until the end of May and we have so many birds and insects now

03.03.2026 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Watching a couple of male robins flying up to the pots on the galvanised shelves we have near the shed and squabbling, possibly looking for a nesting space!

03.03.2026 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Upcoming Books These are the books I'm really looking forward to coming out in the near future, all genres, fiction and non-fiction. No apologies.

added a few more books to the Upcoming Book list over on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social

uk.bookshop.org/lists/upcomi...

03.03.2026 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

grab the sun when we can!

03.03.2026 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've decided to wrap up warm and get the garden table and seats out and settle in the garden with all our resident sparrows for the day (well once it's warmed up a little)

reading and blogging out there in the sun with lots of coffee

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