We are pleased to announce the Translation Fund is open for a new round until the end of August. This fund, supported by @creativescots.bsky.social offers financial support to international publishers seeking to translate Scottish writers. www.publishingscotland.org/what-we-do/s...

ICYMI, I’m offering a 1-on-1 consult on engaging with archaeological themes in SFFH to help raise funds for @cymerafestival.co.uk I’ve been an archaeologist for the last 18 years & recently curated a repatriation in Mexico. I’ve also done authenticity reads for upcoming SFF novels!

I am hosting an online panel with Neil this Friday for Cymera Festival, this collection is brilliant!

Hand-Me-Downs Absolutely beside myself to announce that my new short story collection, Hand-Me-Downs, will be published very soon. In the past, the contents of my collections have been a mixed bag of genres and styles selected from everything I'd published in the previous decade or so, but…

Submissions Open We are reading Poetry, Blended & Beyond, Flash Fiction and Creative Nonfiction through June 15th (CNF and Flash Fiction will cap at 40 submissions)

George Henry and E A Hornel The Druids bringing in the Mistletoe 1890

Happy #Pride month! For your reading pleasure, check out my latest sapphic historical, The Miseducation of Caroline Bingley! If you like the simmering yearning of Francesca/Michaela from #Bridgerton, you'll love this book. Miseducation is the 2nd book in my *Austentatious* series 🏳️‍🌈

For my spec fic peeps, here's a great list of markets open in June! www.chasej.xyz/2026/05/31/n...

Painted at the very beginning of the 20thC, this work is among Klimt’s most abstract of paintings. Depicting the waters of the Attersee (Atter Lake) in Austria, it marks a key moment in his career, as he pioneered a new and distinctive approach to landscape painting.

This means we are also now open for submissions for We're Here 2026, which will be edited by Shingai Njeri Kagunda! Those guidelines are here: www.neonhemlock.com/were-here

The cover is by wonderful Baltimore-based artist Ashanti Fortson. Check out their website here: ashantifortson.com

Sneaking this announcement out before the weekend: We are pleased to announce the ToC and share the cover for We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2025! www.neonhemlock.com/news/cover-r...

For a limited time at HarperCollins.com, use code SUMMER10 for 10% off your order, or save 15% on purchases of $50 or more with code SUMMER15. Even better, select titles are already up to 20% off! Perfect if you want to stock up on queer 🏳️‍🌈 Austen stories like mine!

Okay since I made that query post a few days ago, people have been asking—here's my Easy Guide To Writing A Query, broken down into three sections! I've seen them done in other ways but (in my experience) these have received the most positive reception and had a good success rate. #querying

You can pry my em dashes—those beautiful slashes of punctuation—from my cold, dead hands.

There's been push back against the idea of Gen AI taking em dashes away from us, with various people pointing out that the algorithm deploys em dashes because it's trained on writing where many authors use them. Personally, I'm continuing to use em dashes because I don't want to cede that ground.

Spent over an hour perfecting a paragraph summary of my debut novel (with @lindzmcleod.bsky.social edits, thank you) only to worry ...are we still allowed to use em dashes even though some people say they are ai-coded? I like em dashes 🥲

Random thread of the more random films I've liked in recent years, because I want your opinion... 1) have you seen these? 2) did you like them? *will add more

Random thread of the more random films I've liked in recent years, because I want your opinion... 1) have you seen these? 2) did you like them? *will add more

Only a couple of people in my hat so far. If you want in, you have to QUOTE POST with the name of the workshop not just repost (if that makes sense!) - sure there are a few of you who'd like to come along for free! (Sessions are recorded if you can't make them live)

Gordon Parks, 1941

Must-read essay by @drrebeccawinthrop.bsky.social about using AI for brainstorming. "Brainstorming is the work that’s fundamental to writing. As a researcher studying A.I.’s effects on education, I have concluded that these tools only superficially improve writing." 1/

🗓️ Whether you’re drawn to books, digital narratives, spoken word or interactive experiences, we’ve got something to spark your imagination. See what's on Wednesday, 3 June at the Festival of Storytelling. All our events are free and open to all 🧵⬇️

Near the end of their career, someone I knew who’d worked for decades in sustainability told me “I wanted to save the world, but the world didn’t want to be saved.” I’ve heard similar laments from people near or after the end of their career working on the environment. I think about this a lot. 🧵

full guidelines for Barrelhouse NF subs below. We'll be open till 6/28 or 500 subs, whichever comes first

Have you heard about fantastic new horror film OBSESSION 🙅‍♀️🙏 or the epic, James-Cameron-directed Billie Eilish concert doc, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT🎶🧊? Check out what the Cinema Worms had to say about both!

Cinema Worms reviews BILLIE EILISH and OBSESSION! Hear/see us discuss Billie Eilish being very spectacular and her fans screaming/crying/throwing up, and the new buzzy super fun/horrible horror film OBSESSION!

1. Caste. Most people in the west don’t understand that the waves of engineers and doctors who immigrated out of India in the 70s and onwards were ‘high’ caste folks, who resented the Indian equivalent of affirmative action for caste. Caste solidarity is very powerful…/

My second book is coming out with my favorite press!!! 🥰😍 I might be the star that is about to explode lol

Well I see the feed has been very busy while I was weeding! Congrats to my BFA shortlist crew - @bethkesh.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com, @jamesbennett.bsky.social, @jolantru.bsky.social, @neilwilliamson.bsky.social, @annabelcwrites.bsky.social, @lyndseycroal.bsky.social

Catastrophe can be plausible without being preordained, and treating every danger as destiny does not make us more prepared. My latest.

📘 Book lovers! Spend an hour listening to live #AuthorReadings via Zoom featuring #womenauthors #fictionbywomen #enbyauthors. 6 authors, 8 minutes each - it’s fast, it’s fun, and best of all #FreeBooks! #ScienceFiction, #Fantasy, #Horror, #SWSWQR

My summer workshop series is now open for bookings. Two in-depth workshops full of writing craft tips and techniques, and exercises to get you embedding new skills. "A Snow Globe on an Iceberg" and "What is Learnt in the Cradle" Full details below...

I have like 12,000 things to do today and this wasn't on my list but there are currently 2 ways to support the Ignytes: General Donations: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/ Sponsorship: donorbox.org/sponsor-the-... If you're local to the ATL area, I'm also looking for help packing trophies.

You have to support the projects you love with money. I am sorry we do not live in a world where that is not the truth.

Difficult post, but past time to rip the band aid off. FIYAH is going on hiatus indefinitely, with issue #40 currently set to be our last for the time being. The mag cannot continue running at a loss, and needs time to reassess operations from top to bottom if a viable path forward is to be created.

The next announcement for the upcoming crowdfund is a short story collection! We are hype to announce LET THE STAR EXPLODE, a collection of short stories by @shingai-be-like.bsky.social 💫 Shingai Njeri Kagunda's work is tender and sharp, vulnerable and powerful. We can't wait to share it with you.

I know you've been waiting for this Cinema Worms episode in particular! Listen to me eviscerate horrible blockbuster biopic MICHAEL 🕺🦒 and be baffled about why everyone is so into ghostly horror HOKUM 👻🏨

We are now open for New Writers Awards 2027 applications. In the comments, tag the talented writer, poet, or spoken word artist in your life to encourage them to apply for a year of tailored development and support. Deadline: 29 July 2026 ✍️

this is a masterpiece

Cinema Reviews HOKUM and MICHAEL! Here are review of two horror films...☠️

Gearing up to start promo for our next novella series! This will be another set of novellas alongside a short story collection, with an especial interest in queer speculative fiction. You can sign up here to get notified when we go live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

If you've never read my flash, 'The Wife Hunters', then you just found a great reason to do so now...

I didn't win my category (Debut, for The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet) but I remain absolutely delighted to have been a finalist at the Romance Novelists Awards in London! Z and I had such a wonderful time and met so many amazing people 🥳

One of my favourites by @lindzmcleod.bsky.social in this awesome list:

I mean... wouldn't you?

"On Christmas Eve, I picked up a book called The Butter Did It, the first in a series called Mashed Potato Mysteries. I fell asleep when I got to the part where a rich woman fell down her marble stairs..." @ivygrimes.bsky.social offers a treat today, hilarious and horrid, just how we like it! 🍊🥃👇

Just hit triple figures in reviews on The Miseducation of Caroline Bingley! "Reading the story I wondered [...] how two women at that time would have McLeod themselves." Petition to make 'McLeod' a synonym for... uh... queer lovemaking? 🤣

It was really fun (and meaningful) to write this article for Medscape on ADHD social media content! I think about attention personally and professionally a lot, so this felt like an important topic to delve into. LINK BELOW! #adhd #adhdsocialmedia #adhddiagnosis #adhdmisinformation #adhdadvocacy

A fun music / video experiment, I really like this one! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeuB...