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This really has "strange individual with a placard on Oxford Street" energy.

But he was definitely harmless.

I despise these ads so much, they are *cringe*. Special hatred for the ones in which grown humans are asking how to get dressed. JUST USE YOUR BRAIN.

It's really wonderful, thank you for writing it.

It's fabulous (in both senses of the word). I felt a real connection to the characters, which may be because I'm old now and so have old old friends, as well as new ones; and to place, I do love Dorset. I enjoyed the little echoes from other books a lot.

...which doesn't need explanation, it just IS. Looping through time and landscape (Dorset mainly, so brilliantly captured here) it's a world to get completely lost in - I need that these days, at least for some of the time, isn't that what all the best books do?. I really loved it. 2/2

I can't remember the last time I read a story about deep and lasting friendship, of all the joy AND melancholy, it can bring. At its heart that's what I think "Everything Will Swallow You" is about. It has that wonderful strangeness Tom Cox (@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social) brings to his fiction...1/2

Oooof, I hear you.

And I just said to my husband that being on the social media, even for this lovely event and with all the support from the team, has reminded me why I massively cut down my social media use in the first place!

Fabulous, the joy of old things!

I love living here, surrounded by trees! This cherry is next door, ours died sadly. We put three silver birches (waving from the side here) in her place. 🧡🌳

Some cups in my Super Seconds sale shop: www.ficooperceramics.com/ceramicsshop...

#supersecondsfestival

I've created starter pack of as many #SuperSecondsFestival makers on here, some more active than others, but if you look in the posts section you'll see lovely deals from myself, @abistevensart.bsky.social @ficooper.bsky.social @or8design.bsky.social @jemgoodingart.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/4pntMHf

It's a fab thing called Super Seconds Festival this weekend! 250 independent makers & artists are offering bargains today and tomorrow.

You don't even need to battle storm Amy because it's all online: www.supersecondsfestival.co.uk/makerlineup/

...and here are some of my sale items 🛍️:

A flat lay of a selection of original bird illustration prints by Loadofolbobbins. They’re all muddled together overlapping to create a joyful mass of birds. The birds you can see as illustrations are a goldfinch, pukeko, white browed tit warbler, curl crested aracari, brown hooded kingfisher, Californian sage grouse, king penguin, red billed oxpecker, bluejay, harpy eagle, Bluethroat, white created helmetshrike and a red and yellow barbet.

A photo of a double page spread from the 2025 Birbs Zine by Loadofolbobbins. The page on the right shows an ooriginal illustration of a Wyandotte Chicken strutting across some grass. The hen is side on to the viewer head facing to the left and has one foot raised caught mid stride. Its feathers are a mixture of black and white, with black being particularly prominent. The white feathers are particularly distinct on the wings and chest and are bordered in black creating a lacy patterned effect. Like most chickens its wattle is the familiar pinky red with a yellow beak and striking yellow legs. The chicken is striding amongst short clipped lush green grass that has been drawn in a sketchy pencil effect. The rest of the background is white.The page on the left tells you the common and latin name of the bird as well as a facts and it's conservation status, least concern. There's also a black outline map showing where the bird originates from. Text says The Wyandotte Chicken was first bred in the United States in the 1870s and was originally known as the American Sebright. Alongside the original silver-laced there are many other colour variants.

Okay my beautiful bargain hunters, my mega seconds and sample sale is now live! There's lots of bird prints and a handful of my birb zines available, US shipping is also back up!

www.loadofolbobbins.com/collections/...

#BirdArt #SciArt #Illustration #ArtistSupport #Nature #Wildlife

This is absolutely true:

I'm so sorry to hear this Tom - it does feel like it justifies the move, though you have had enough hassle over the past few years to fill a lifetime and surely it's time for the universe to just stop it!! How bizarre of these subscribers to behave in this way.

This, even 🙄

Those looks excellent!

I'm taking part in #SuperSecondsFestival on 4th and 5th October. Lots of bargains in this online event, from loads of lovely independent makers!

#ssfoct2025

Some things (not many!) I just order the minute they're available...

I love nothing more than a time-slip tale (I was deeply into A Traveller in Time and Tom's Midnight Garden at the same time as this).

All the best Tom, this is completely understandable - you must be beyond exhausted! Here's to simplicity.

I found Rumplestiltskin even more terrifying...

He's a splendid cat, a rescue after I think a difficult time in the wild, which means he's now a complete tree hugging hippy and no dead pigeons have ever been delivered through the cat flap. Unlike his beautiful, but dangerous, predecessor Spooky, (who enjoyed a gothic tale).

It's a look usually reserved for "Please can I have Dreamies. PLEASE".

I've found many of our cat overlords to be very keen readers/generally good bookish company...when not actually sitting on top of the book I'm trying to read.

Oh Tom! (he's already in his tuxedo for the Award Ceremony...).

And huge congrats on finally getting this book out into the world!

"Here is that book 'Everything Will Swallow You' by @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social that I heard about from Jim on the cat-telegraph" says Woody, "you should drop everything and read it now!"

Congratulations!

Yes.