@shortstories66.bsky.social
Writing historical fiction with vampires, ghosts, war criminals. Coming this spring, FELICITY, a thirteen-year-old vampire in Gilded Age Philadelphia.
Our featured album today for Black History Month is Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix. His 3rd & final studio lp, it includes his cover of Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower," "Voodoo Child," "Crosstown Traffic," and is considered by many to be one of the greatest classic rock albums of all time.
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Today's Black History Month featured album is Miles Smiles by Miles Davis. Recorded in 2 days in October 1966 w/ the classic quintet: Herbie Hancock (piano), Wayne Shorter (sax), Tony Williams on drums and Ron Carter on double bass.
16.02.2026 14:32 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0I always thought of SCTV when I saw her in something.
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A woman flees from a Gothic house under a moody sky.
Good morning!
(art by Jack Thurston)
Bruce Springsteen has released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a protest song condemning ICE violence and memorializing Renee Macklin Good and Alex Pretti, who were fatally shot by federal agents this month.
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Bette, a tabby cat with striking green eyes, sits attentively at my lap in my home office. Her front paws rest gently on my leg as she gazes directly at the camera. Behind her, a wooden table with a dangling black cable, a patterned rug, and blue-and-white leaf wallpaper add cozy detail to the scene.
‘may i?’*
*tear into your thigh with my claws in a half-assed attempt to get on your lap?
Monochrome photograph of a young standing white woman in bold stance, wearing a cap, shirt and breeches, smoking, in a photography studio
Norwegian photographer, women's suffragist Marie Høeg (1866-1949) made late 19thc and early 20thc photography including self portraits which challenged how women were expected to be portrayed #WomensArt
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The problem is the Pastors. #minnesota #ice #christiannationalism
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See if you can make sense of the plot this time around.
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First time seeing one of my stories in print. Felicity is coming in April.
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Coming this April: Felicity, the thirteen year old vampire on the Philadelphia Mainline.
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The local radio station used to play this song all the time. Just heard it again, on cassette!
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Me too. Mostly.
22.01.2026 14:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I've seen this one maybe 10-15 times. Just saw Asta in The Awful Truth as "Mr. Smith"
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I find this to be a pretty good trailer.
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Well ok, my book cover is in black and white. Not many like it.
17.01.2026 12:50 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Springfield Vermont? Quite likely the theater I saw Mary Poppins back in the day.
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A figure in a black dress stands under a bare tree over the book title, Felicity, by J.L. Short
Coming this Spring, Felicity, vampire of the Mainline.
12.01.2026 20:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Lived there once, in Binghamton NY, without the "P"
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Sleep man in his pajamas offers a holiday toast with a coffee mug.
Here's to the New Year. I wish you all find agents and publication in 2026, or whatever is your heart's desire.
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Happy New Year! 🎉
Walking into 2026 like Victor Laszlo ... 🗃️ #HATM
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Haven't given much thought to the Boy, until now.
01.01.2026 12:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Can't quite live up to your standards. Finished the year with a small glass of prosecco watching The Road to Avonlea.
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‼️ Kindle Daily Deal alert! ‼️ My debut #romantasy A KISS OF HAMMER AND FLAME ❤️🔥 has been selected and is now on sale ✨today onlyyyyy✨ for £0.99 in the UK!
Get in fast to get your dose of what The Express called ‘the perfect read for fans of Sarah J. Maas’! 📘
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Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger.
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Include a little kaidankai in your holiday by listening to the annual reading of The Goblins who Stole a Sexton by Charles Dickens.
It's NOT scary!!
#Christmas #christmas2025 #christmasstory #CharlesDickens #achristmascarol
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Tonight! Join @djrobertdrake.bsky.social for his 33rd annual 24-hour nonstop live takeover of XPN for The Night Before from midnight to midnight. Listen live worldwide, watch it all on the JingleCam. They even have the quad speakers set up on the North Pole! Listen/watch here:
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My pleasant discovery in the recent WXPN cover countdown was Phoebe Bridgers covering The Cure.
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