Nice review of Rose Biggin's Make-Believe and Artifice in @strangehorizons.bsky.social by @williamshaw.bsky.social - and not just because it tags me and @runalongwomble.bsky.social in! Honestly, this is a really good collection that you'll enjoy.

“Reading Make-Believe and Artifice, the new short story collection by Rose Biggin, I often found myself thinking about confectionary.” @williamshaw.bsky.social is always especially essential on short fiction. Here he is on Rose Biggin’s collection from NewCon Press.

My review of Make-Believe and Artifice by Rose Biggin is now live at Strange Horizons! Check it out over here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

I'm very pleased to say that my short story, 'Cold Cuts,' is now available in That Old House: The Kitchen, the new anthology from @frommausoleum.bsky.social ! I enjoyed writing this story. You can find the book (including several other amazing stories) over here: www.amazon.com/That-Old-Hou...

This is a good poem: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Since my timeline is full of people posting their Hugo-eligible works, I'll repost my 2025 essay on AI girlfriends and why they're a very bad idea. If you'd consider it worth nominating, I'd be very grateful: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

This is a good story: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

My short story 'On The Other Hand' is now live at @100footcrow.bsky.social! You can read my little sequel to 'The Monkey's Paw' over here: 100footcrow.com/on-the-other...

This is a good poem: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

What are people's favourite pieces of writing on the history of the Hugo Awards? I'm especially interested in the award for Best Short Story. I know I need to read Jo Walton, but what else do people recommend?

Also happy to see @strangehorizons.bsky.social pieces from @williamshaw.bsky.social @hararereview.com and Paul March-Russell on this longlist. Reading the second two pre-pub, I hoped for a wide readership; Will’s, edited by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social, is as insightful as all his reviews. Fab stuff.

My essay "Neither Girls Nor Friends: the Artificial Woman in American Science Fiction," is longlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award for short non-fiction! My thanks to everyone at Strange Horizons, and to everyone who read and shared the piece. www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

The exciting new @frommausoleum.bsky.social anthology That Old House: The Kitchen, featuring my short story, 'Cold Cuts,' is now available to pre-order! Check it out over here: www.amazon.com/That-Old-Hou...

🔥💀Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol 4💀🔥 Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down. Weird is strong🖤☠️ tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8

I'm so thrilled to have my story, "The Universe’s Best Erotic Writing, Volume 1: A Book Review by Ian Harrison" shortlisted for the 2025 Brave New Weird Award! You can read more about it, and check out the other cool as hell nominees, here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2026/1/...

I was very pleased to contribute to @strangehorizons.bsky.social's wrap-up of 2025. Favourites included Ali Smith, Torrey Peters, and Thomas Ha. You can read more over here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Part 3 of @strangehorizons.bsky.social's 2025 In Review is here. Among others, @subham6.bsky.social, @rtbm.bsky.social, and @williamshaw.bsky.social pass their judgements on the year gone by. Nileena Sunil rounds things off: "2025 was a fantastic year for me in terms of SFF." Agree/disagree? Say!

My poem 'The Commuter' has just been published in BRAWL! I'm very proud of this poem. It's about the dystopian future we seem to be careening towards in the US. You can read it over here: www.brawllit.com/2025/william...

My poem 'The Commuter' has just been published in BRAWL! I'm very proud of this poem. It's about the dystopian future we seem to be careening towards in the US. You can read it over here: www.brawllit.com/2025/william...

I'm so proud of this story, and it was a privilege to publish with The Pink Hydra.

Since Francis Fukuyama is apparently feminising and anthropomorphising ChatGPT now, here's a long essay I wrote this year about why that's a very bad idea: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

It was the only place I could find to stream The Stepford Wives when I was working on the AI girlfriends essay. Crazy.

My review of Like Shards of Rainbow Frolicking in the Air by L. Timmel Duchamp is now live at Strange Horizons! I liked this collection a lot: amusing and strange meditations on gender and utopia. Check it out over here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Also, my essay "Neither Girls Nor Friends: the Artificial Woman in American Science Fiction" is on @strangehorizons.bsky.social's list of award-eligible works for 2025! I'm proud of this essay, and honoured to be included among so much fantastic criticism. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

It's a good'un. Click through.

It's always a good Monday when it's a Will Shaw review Monday ... especially so when it's of a book from Aqueduct.

Also, my essay "Neither Girls Nor Friends: the Artificial Woman in American Science Fiction" is on @strangehorizons.bsky.social's list of award-eligible works for 2025! I'm proud of this essay, and honoured to be included among so much fantastic criticism. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

My review of Like Shards of Rainbow Frolicking in the Air by L. Timmel Duchamp is now live at Strange Horizons! I liked this collection a lot: amusing and strange meditations on gender and utopia. Check it out over here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

I will stop plugging this essay when it stops being relevant. Find out about the history of the "AI Lover" as a science fictional concept, and the troubling history of the fantasy tech bros want to sell us: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

In which I talk Lester del Rey, Chan Davis, Ira Levin, Sylvia Plath, Rachel Ingalls, Sierra Greer, and... Cliff Richard. Also, tradwives! Find out what they all have in common: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

This is a very good story: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

This is a good story: inner-worlds.ghost.io/inner-worlds...

My short story, 'Commuter Special,' was just published in Hawthorn and Ash! Check it out over here: ironfaeriepublishing.com/2025/10/06/h...

Uncertain Sons and Other Stories by Thomas Ha reviewed by William Shaw Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V edited by Olivia Kidula & Somto Ihezue reviewed by Amritesh Mukherjee Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake reviewed by Subham Rai Link to latest issue in bio! #bookreviews

Very thoughtful, comprehensive review, diving into some older more conventional stories, discussing more recent slippery ones, and pulling in researched interview quotes. Wow. Really enjoyed reading this one. Thanks, @williamshaw.bsky.social.

It's UNCERTAIN SONS and @thomasha.bsky.social all the time now. Apologies, but reviews are dropping. Please check out this fab one from @williamshaw.bsky.social at Strange Horizons. bit.ly/41TpG7l

That @williamshaw.bsky.social is back at @strangehorizons.bsky.social, talking Thomas Ha’s debut short story collection from @undertow.bsky.social - and whatever weird fiction might be. “Ha’s current slippery and enigmatic style,” Will shows us, “emerges from a firm grasp of genre fundamentals.”

My review of Uncertain Sons by Thomas Ha is now live at Strange Horizons! I really enjoyed this collection; it will probably end up as one of my favourite books of the year. Check it out over here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

My short story, 'Children Singing,' is now free to read on the Iron Faerie Publishing website! Check it out over here: ironfaeriepublishing.com/2025/09/01/h...

Minizine bundle here: itch.io/s/158108/min... Stories by Miranda Jensen and @williamshaw.bsky.social.

After last week's issue of @samovarmag.bsky.social, we're back to a regular @strangehorizons.bsky.social week ... which means reviews! Tip: always read @williamshaw.bsky.social. Here he is on Debbie Urbanski's Portalmania: "metafictionality allows Urbanski to turn ambivalence ... into ... horror."

My review of Portalmania by Debbie Urbanski is now live at Strange Horizons. Check it out over here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

My review of There's Nothing Left For You Here by Allegra Solomon is now live on my blog. I really enjoyed this book, and I think it deserves more coverage. You can read my review over here: williamshawwriter.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/r...

My poem, 'When Shall We Three Meet Again?' has just been published in the anthology Gathered Here Today from @gravesidepress.bsky.social! I'm very pleased with how this poem turned out. You can check out the book over here: gsp-shop.fourthwall.com/products/gat...

I will stop plugging this essay when it stops being relevant. Find out about the history of the "AI Lover" as a science fictional concept, and the troubling history of the fantasy tech bros want to sell us: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Remember, kids, neither girls nor friends. It's dangerous to sell the idea that your partner shouldn't have any needs of her own. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

The weirdness of this sci-fi was why I was immediately interested in publishing this story. The Pink Hydra exists for work that sits on the edge of today's publishing ecosystem: too sexy, too queer, too thoughtful or strange, etc. Get William's story here: linktr.ee/sosn_no1

My short story, "The Universe’s Best Erotic Writing, Volume 1: A Book Review by Ian Harrison" is now available in the July edition of The Pink Hydra Minizine. Check it out over here: thepinkhydra.itch.io/something-ol...

The weirdness of this sci-fi was why I was immediately interested in publishing this story. The Pink Hydra exists for work that sits on the edge of today's publishing ecosystem: too sexy, too queer, too thoughtful or strange, etc. Get William's story here: linktr.ee/sosn_no1

Really excited for people to read this story; for a long time I thought it was just too odd to get published. Emmylou has been fabulous to work with, and The Pink Hydra is a delightful venue. I couldn't be happier to be working with them.