A high-contrast, cinematic photograph of a traditional whitewashed stone cottage nestled against the steep, dark crags of a Cumbrian fell. Focus on the tactile textures: the gritty, uneven roughcast of the walls meeting the jagged, ancient quarry-stone. Moody, overcast April light with a heavy mist clinging to the peak. The atmosphere captures the tension between fragile human architecture and the enduring geological landscape. Sharp detail, earthy tones, 8k resolution. The book *Cumbria In Verse - Lakes To Fells In Poetry* stands in the corner.

"The fell shoulders the whitewash into a collision of roughcast and quarry-stone."

From "Hawkshead"—one of 87 poems exploring Cumbrian geology, weather, and the weight of accumulated time.

Cumbria In Verse - Lakes To Fells In Poetry, Amazon now.

#FridayReads #ContemporaryPoetry

#FRIDAYfling “I don’t think I hate you,” he told her. “I could never feel anything for someone like you. I can’t see how anyone could.” To his surprise, her eyes started glistening with tears. “I think you’re right.” She dropped her gaze to the grass. “It’s probably why I could never be sure if Rudro loved me.” His eyes narrowed. “It’s because he didn’t. If he did, I’d have known.” He twisted on the spot and walked away. He didn’t care what everyone made of this, he couldn’t stand the sight of her any longer.

“do they hate each other?”

Worse🙊

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#FridayFling prompt: ‘tear’
Snippet from Heir to the Throne #2

#romancelandia #FantasyBooks #booksky #fridayreads

Mason Gorey: A Haunting Catskill Elegy Mason Gorey: A Haunting Catskill Elegy - Kindle edition by Keene, Shane, Ellis, Stephanie. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Mason Gorey: A Haunting Catskill Elegy.

This is, I believe, a unique format for a slasher horror, co-authored with @mothfrenzy.bsky.social . And absolutely perfect for #NationalPoetryMonth.

Sleepy Hollow v Friday 13th

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#booksky #poetry #FridayReads

almost finished As I Lay Dying (Faulkner), and while i appreciate its craft, i'm struggling to really connect to it; the language is striking, but i only get caught up in fits and starts. Faulkner may just not be for me, although I'm sure I'll try more of him later. #FridayReads

Cover of the book “The girl who made a mouse from her grandfather’s whiskers” by Kenneth Hunter Gordon

Cover of the book “To 2040” by Jodie Graham

Cover of the book “Who’s needs friends” by Andrew McCarthy

Cover of the book “News to me” by Laurie Hertzel

Best 📚 since last 📚

#FridayReads #PubLibs #BookSky

Hardback copy of The Institute by Stephen King. The cover shows a person rowing a dinghy at night, across water that reflects trees and the lights of a large building.

#FridayReads The Institute by Stephen King. Thematically vintage King: psychic kids, small towns, shadowy government agencies. Not one of his more complex novels but still an absorbing read.

#fridayreads THE SNOW WAS DIRTY by Georges Simenon, translated by Howard Curtis, & PREQUEL: AN AMERICAN FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM by Rachel Maddow, read by Rachel Maddow

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My #FridayReads is @dannyfunt.bsky.social's EVERYBODY LOSES, a comprehensive look at the rise of sports betting in this country, which is exactly the sort of Michael-Lewis-esque narrative nonfiction I'd love to represent. #mswl

Galactic Gastronomy (Boundary Shock Quarterly Book 34) Galactic Gastronomy (Boundary Shock Quarterly Book 34)

Hot off the presses, issue 34 of Boundary Shock Quarterly. Galactic Gastronomy

My story “A Dish Best Served” is to die for.

There’s a full menu of delectable tales, try them all for #FridayReads

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Cheers Gabino! Happy #FridayReads. Here's my modern fantasy set in and around the tunnels of the London Underground railway. All the mythical beasts of the UK, trapped in the centre of the city for—reasons. And even monsters need to see a doctor from time to time...
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Peter O'Keefe - Human Authored Works - White Flight by Peter O'Keefe   Released by Uncomfortably Dark Horror - November 4th, 2025 The website and author page for Peter O'Keefe, writer, filmmaker, author Counted With the Dead.

Thanks Gabino! #FridayReads
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785 Literature in an Age of Anti-Immigration Sentiment (with Dan… Daniel A. Olivas, the grandson of Mexican immigrants, is a fiction writer, poet, playwright, book critic, and attorney. In this episode, Jacke talks to Daniel about…

Happy #FridayReads, hermano! My 2024 novel, Chicano Frankenstein, is still alive with book clubs and podcasts interviews. And some BIG news will be coming soon. In the meantime, here's a History of Literature interview I did about my horrifying book. www.historyofliterature.com/785-literatu...

Profoundly depressing that THE KITE RUNNER isn't historical 25 years later and, although I've only just started THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD, I don't expect a novel about Black life in the 30s will seem like a quaint artifact either. #FridayReads

Cover of ABSOLUTE BATMAN Vol 3: ABOMINATION by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta. An enormous Bane looms over Batman seen from behind

It’s #FridayReads on #BookSky and I wanna highlight this rad continuation of the ABSOLUTE BATMAN story. @ssnyder1835.bsky.social is back to his maximalist best and I’m here for it!

This week’s #FridayReads is The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones 💙📚

It's All in Your Head: True Stories of Imaginary Illness is a work in which neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan explains how people can experience real physical symptoms without a clear medical cause, originating from psychological and emotional processes.
#FridayReads #BookSky

A photograph of cherry blossom trees, with a decal superimposed reading: "It's Friday / What Are You Reading? / #FRIDAYREADS"

It's Friday. What are you reading? #FridayReads #💙📚 #Booksky

Join our discussion over in Talk: www.librarything.com/topic/383515

It's been a while since we've done a #FridayReads! Library Director Adam Pellman tells us about Marks of Excellence by Per Mollerup today on the blog: shulibrary.blogspot.com/2026/04/frid...

Thanks Gabino! My tale of broken families, vengeful ghosts and hidden evil could do with a bit of boosting.

#FridayReads #horror

Check out Ruins here: mybook.to/Ruins

41: An Autobiography 41: An Autobiography [Buffington, J D] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 41: An Autobiography

Budget minded? Your Kindle just get dust-binned by Amazon? Well, Amazon is selling the paperback of 41 for 52% off! $7.19 for a physical book.
I ain’t after your money, I just wanna tell you a story of trying to be a better human than the traumas that came before me.
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Neil Datson, The British Air Power Delusion 1906–1941 #FridayReads

Today’s the day! I’m back, Gabino! I’m back!
A BETTER KIND OF HATE is now available everywhere! #FridayReads

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House of Bone and Rain Amazon.com: House of Bone and Rain: 9780316427012: Iglesias, Gabino: Books

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a story about storms, friendship, magic, ghosts, revenge, love, and monsters. And the hardcover is only $14! Go ahead, share what you love.
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#FridayReads Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher

TGIF #FridayReads #BagelFriday 🥯

#FridayReads Tana French THE KEEPER Once again, an Irish mystery to enthrall.

Reading John Banville's Venetian Vespers, which includes remarkable descriptions of both drunkenness and urination. #FridayReads

The Drift Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at r…

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#BookSky
The Drift
by C.J. Tudor

Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at redemption in this audacious, utterly gripping novel of catastrophe and survival at the end of the world, from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man.

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#FridayReads at the end of a short work week. What’s everyone reading?

📗: THE HIVE by Ronald Malfi*
📱: THE CARETAKER by Marcus Kliewer
🎧: BLACK CHERRY BLUES by James Lee Burke*

*I’ll finish these today