@silicasun.bsky.social
Author - Poet Award-winning Pushcart & Best of Net nom. Writer & Poet- Nature Nomad, Science Scarab, Art Aesthete -Stories, Poems, CNF, Flash Fiction, Haiku, Published in Over 100+ Literary & Genre Journals & Anthologies https://www.silicasun.wordpress.com
#ThursdayTreats - Chuffed to learn I won 3rd ๐ฅ prize for #prose in CEArts The Polk Street Review 2026 The Ties That Bind with my #shortstory THE EDGE ๐ Congrats all winners #poetry prose #arts ๐ Thanks, Alys, Sarah ๐ Print copies : www.amazon.ca/Polk-Street-... ๐ #silicasun ๐น๐โค๏ธ
05.03.2026 22:47 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Medieval manuscript image of blue horse with spots.
frid-hengest, m.n: of uncertain meaning but โhengestโ is โhorseโ: one idea is โhorse-horseโ (tautological); (less likely) โbeautiful-horseโ, โpeace-horseโ or โwar-horseโ. (FRID-HENG-gest / หfrษชd-หhษล-gษst)
Image: Bestiary; England, 1220-1240; @theul.bsky.social Kk.4.25, f. 59r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Engraving from 1864 showing โDruidical Circles at Stanton Drew.โ
In local folklore, the stones at Stanton Drew in Somerset were believed to drink at night from the river Chew. #FolkloreThursday
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Blakemere formerly k/as Blackmere in Stafford Moorlands, UK - home to either a mermaid or a witch ......
Mermaid from a medieval manuscript - source unknown - tail's flipped upwards, the mermaid's looking into a mirror.
Blakemere is a pool of black water nestled in the Staffordshire Moorlands. There are two legends linked to these black waters. One tells of a land-locked mermaid who, following the death of her mariner-lover, would lure young men to a watery death if they passed by at night 1/2 #FolkloreThursday
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Does this story have something important to say or is it just nuts? If you have thoughts about either the jokes or the serious topics in this story or the others in Issue 14, we'd appreciate comments or reviews. translunartravelerslounge.com
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@lamplitmag.bsky.social is a new online journal of #poetry, #fiction, and #nonfiction, sharing writing โfor the sheer joy of it.โ
They also nominate #writers for The #PushcartPrize and Best of the Net.
authorspublish.com/lamp-lit-now...
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...
#FridayFavorite - Out today! My #haiku SNOW โ๏ธ Thrilled! Thanks, Dagmara, thanks Spillwords ๐ #silicasun โ๏ธ๐๐ spillwords.com/snow/
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4. Bird at Dawn, February In the deep ogive of the dawn freshness, to hold still and so be given this first voice so far, so early in the dark that will be spring, that will again and still be all tendril, freshet, frond unfolding, song again and still again and still.
โBird at Dawn, Februaryโ appears in Sixty Odd (Shambhala, 1999)
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Cover art by Pascal Blanchรฉ features a blue skinned person wearing red-orange partial armor and helmet. They are sitting on a raised red piece of machinary in front of a large yellow sun on a bright yellow background. Smoke trails in from the lower right. Their helmeted head looks forward while they hold a large round device in both hands. Cables lead from the device to the helmet. Art is titled "Long Distance Call." Also in this issue: interviews with J.M. Sidorova and Rebecca Roanhorse, article by Benjamin C. Kinney, and the final results our annual readers' poll.
Our March 2026 issue features stories by David D. Levine, R.L. Meza, Carolyn Zhao, Thomas Ha, Wanxiang Fengnian, Thoraiya Dyer, and Marissa Lingen.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_234
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Hildegarde Haas (1926โ2002)
Trees and Water, woodcut, 1949
Today is Patreon story day! And my weird little escapist sf adventures probably aren't for everyone.
But 1,300+ people seem pretty happy they joined.
www.patreon.com/kameronhurley
A photo of the Cloudwatcher book cover with text reading Forthcoming April 7
Cover Art: SeamlessOo Cover Design: Gopa and Ted2, Inc.
Forthcoming April 7: CLOUDWATCHER by MICHAEL BAZZETT, winner of the 2025 Stern Prize from The American Poetry Review!
In today's #coverfeature, BAZZETT tells us about the uncanny resemblanceโand rightnessโbetween his speaker, self, and cover figure:
"The sun didnโt set. Tomorrow hovered on the cusp of Midnight."
Poetry by Richard Gessner. Winter '25 DADA issue.
Subscribe for full access.
https://www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19-winter-2025/travels-of-a-shrew-on-the-summer-solstice/
The early days of the new year seems a good time to share this delightful news from Stained Glass Qtly Vol 120 No 2 'summer' reading series just out for the #HolidaySeason ๐ Features 4 of my #poems THE SKY ITSELF, MOON JAR, WHO AM I, THE LARK'S SONG stainedglass.org/stained-glas... ๐ #silicasun ๐ฆ๐โค๏ธ
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Bird migration fascinated early observers. Their seasonal returns became symbols of hope and renewal. #FairyTaleTuesday
Art: Lewis Lumen Cross
Marie de France, from an illuminated manuscript now in the Bibliothรจque nationale de France: BnF, Arsenal Library, Ms. 3142 fol. 256. A woman is depicted standing and leaning slightly forward over an open book resting on an elegant white lectern with a decorative pedestal base. She wears a flowing pale cream or white robe that pools softly at her feet, with blue sleeves visible beneath, and a white veil or wimple covering her hair. Her face small, calm features with a downward gaze directed at the page. One hand reaches toward the open book as if reading or writing. The lectern stands on a terracotta-red bench or platform. Behind her, a trefoil arch frames the scene. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_de_France#/media/File:Marie_de_France_1.tif
How Medieval Women Expressed Their โForbiddenโ Emotions
Upper-class women used letters and embroidery to reflect on their inner lives
by Pragya Agarwal (from the archives)
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...
Medieval women @ PG
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc...
#books #literature #womeninart
This week Ice Floe Process series begins w/ extraordinary feature from 2 leading contemporary surrealists in collaboration: Chilean/Canadian #poet Beatriz Hausner & influential Dutch surrealist #painter Rik Lina.
Enjoy these evocations of interior alternative worlds
icefloepress.net/2026/02/23/f...
"clever and richly detailed and there's real treasure in the notes at the end of each tale which share fascinating bits of #historical and cultural research adding depth without ever overshadowing the narratives." From Cornish devils, to #Welsh witches, six tales with a twist #cozy
shorturl.at/ToS1R
The nursery rhyme "One for Sorrow" was originally about magpies, but there are now countless variations about crows, jackdaws, and other birds. According to superstition, the number of birds you see determines what kind of luck you'll have, or what major life event will happen. #FairyTaleTuesday
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Remembering Jane Austen born #OTD 250 years ago 1775 #novelist ๐ Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Emma...
โThe contents of his letter threw her into a flutter of spirits, in which it was difficult to determine whether pleasure or pain bore the greatest share.โ Pride & Prejudice #JaneAusten ๐ #silicasun ๐
Introducing the Famous Five: Cat, Mouse, Weasel, Mole and Hedgehog
BL Harley 3244; Bestiary;13th century; England; f.49v
A small grebe with red eye, golden ear tufts swims in a reedy water margin.
Slavonian or horned grebe
#BirdOfTheDay
#WaterDroplets
Another great week for books, and we love to pick 'em.
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image of book cover in red and pink with linocuts of bat, bath, scissors and other objects. Title says Queen of Bats and other stories, Rachel Reeher, Coming soon, with the text of blurb from the linked page.
Congratulations to contributor Rachel Reeherโwhose SmokeLong story, "Lobster", is beloved of manyโon her upcoming short story collection, Queen of Bats, available for pre-order now in this gorgeous limited edition, hand-crafted linocut version: www.susqupress.com
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The 2nd piece this week was remarkable deconstruction of modernist/art viewing while partaking of modernist tropes & ruminative inquiry from experimental #Scottish poet & artist @mdbolsover.bsky.social
curated @rfredekenter.bsky.social & @vikkicwrites.bsky.social
icefloepress.net/2026/02/20/s...
#MondayMagic - For #MythologyMonday ๐ celebrating #LunarNewYear ๐ฎ the tale of the Legendary Flying Fire Horse ๐ time to pet one, ride one, or get one anytime this year while the auspicious season lasts ๐ may good luck, prosperity, good fortune be yours ๐ silicasun.wordpress.com ๐ด #silicasun ๐งจ๐โค๏ธ
16.02.2026 18:51 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
According to an 1876 edition of the 'Illustrated Police News', a South Londoner choked to death when a startled mouse leapt into his mouth and got stuck in his throat. Whether the mouse survived is not recorded.
#WyrdWednesday #Victorian
โI mean, I father. I man. I husband. I carry the weightโฆโ
Read โWhen I Grow Up I Aspire to Be Nothing Like My Fatherโ and โHighland,โ two poems by National Youth Poet Laureate Evan Wang:
buff.ly/Ul0liGC
