If you've still not experienced a reading by Anna Smith Spark @annasmithspark.bsky.social, here is your chance to listen to her read from the opening chapter of A Sword of Gold and Ruin. youtu.be/jDq_hqgwAVo

Writing the Magic has been shortlisted for the BSFA Awards! Absolutely thrilled by this, our contributors wrote such fantastic essays. Link to the full shortlists below! bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Ahhh this is amazing news! Congratulations!!!

Delighted to announce that two of my artworks have been shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association awards this year! The artworks are: - The cover for DARK CRESCENT, by @lyndseycroal.bsky.social, published by @lunapress.bsky.social - MUSHROOM FAIRY, published to instagram

Genuinely chuffed to see my @uncannymagazine.bsky.social novelette "The Life and Times of Alavira the Great as Written by Titos Pavlou and Reviewed by Two Lifelong Friends" be a @bsfa.bsky.social finalist alongside such great authors!! bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Also, it’s wild to be listed alongside dreamboat writers @rickandwrite.bsky.social, @foxesandroses.bsky.social, @bethkesh.bsky.social & A.J. Van Belle. All the stories are amazing and you should go read them! bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Woo, just spotted that @bethkesh.bsky.social is on the BSFA Award shortlist with her great story podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p..., congratulations! Also congratulations to @stewarthotston.com on being nominated for the excellent Project Hanuman (lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/... )

The BSFA finalists are out now! I see some great books and awesome folk on there. @emilyinkpen.bsky.social @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @jennicoutts.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @garethlpowell.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @stewarthotston.com @bethkesh.bsky.social @amalelmohtar.com

Overjoyed to see fabulous friends @bethkesh.bsky.social @stewarthotston.com @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @jennicoutts.bsky.social & others on there too. What an excellent bunch you are 🤗

I'm both overwhelmed and very grateful to have 5 items on the @bsfa.bsky.social award short list. It's an honour to be nominated against pieces from: @foxesandroses.bsky.social @slashnburnett.bsky.social @drfionamoore.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social @emilyinkpen.bsky.social Congrats all 🙌

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ahem *nudges this at you diffidently while pretending she is only interested in the bottom of this teacup....* Innit pretty?

It’s the weekend and here is the latest Wombling Along rounding up the reviews and other things that caught me online www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...

www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb... Edinburgh and adjacent folks! Come join me and the illustrious @mkhardywrites.com for the launch of one rather haunted submarine on Friday 26 June ⚛️⚰️ <sanity will not be refunded>

Due to Interzone Digital being shuttered - I have now transferred the story to my Kofi. So, the "is it hopepunk or solarpunk?" story is finally up together with the two other stories in the arc. ko-fi.com/post/The-Bar...

Don't forget to sign up for the Speculative Fiction Salon this Saturday! 🪐🌱🏳️‍🌈 Featuring a stellar panel of authors from ECO24: Best Speculative Ecofiction and We're Here: Best Queer Speculative Fiction. Sliding scale tickets for both in-person and virtual attendees available here! ⬇️

Met some very round bois this morning. Very windswept, new romantics vibe etc

Met some very round bois this morning. Very windswept, new romantics vibe etc

My Crossfades duology is now all up on Audible, narrated by the very talented Omari Douglas from Black Doves. If dark queer fantasy is your jam, then you might like this in your ear holes. www.audible.com/search?searc...

It's easy to feel like art doesn't matter. But I've been thinking about the songs we played for my mom while she was dying. The shows that got me through years of pandemic quarantine. The audiobooks and podcasts that are the only media my disabled wife can still enjoy. Somebody created those things.

Get 'em, Tom. www.youtube.com/shorts/kVh8T...

Would any LGBT+ writers/artists creating in the dark SFF/horror genres be interested in being interviewed for the Divination Hollow Review's annual Pride month event? If you are, please drop a comment or send me a DM 😊 #booksky #writingcommunity

Incredibly Gaelic and incredibly funny that the throughline of a lot of Gàidhlig games has been “I am just trying to do my job no thanks to THE ENTITY…..”

I have been a fan of Amal's since The Truth about Owls and Seasons of Glass & Iron. Love that I get to chair her in Manchester for her forthcoming short story collection. Come join us!

loads of sirens today. I wonder what's gone down round our bit?

TK-15_ACTIVE // COUNTDOWN_BEGINS pre-order here: linktr.ee/benedictanning

When will I grow out of thinking everyone hates me 🥲 Comic archive adhd-alien.com Patreon patreon.com/adhd_alien/

Cheers @davegoodman.bsky.social for letting me know Shadow Jack got a shout out in @acwise.bsky.social's fiction round up of 2025. I loved writing that story, and that's so e damn fine company it's in. locusmag.com/feature/the-...

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the shortlist from this prize is always incredible. if you read a book last year that hits these notes, you can nominate it! www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-overview

2026 is the year of the horse The horse:

I said there was big news today, there is! The kickstarter hit its big funding goal of unlocking a full studio recording setup for the 'Call of the Black Wing' audiobook. Our ambition since day one - this unlocks moving on to production! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...

It’s not the crack you expect. It’s more a soft whump, then an elegant leaving, like a grand piano dropped from a silent-movie window… —Karen Ashe, “The Sound of an Iceberg Calving” in SOUND OF AN ICEBERG: New Writing Scotland 37 (ASL, 2019) #poem #poetry asls.org.uk/publications...

"If you enjoy Gothic settings with supernatural mysteries and a main character with a hidden past and 'proper' ghosties you have to pick up this book. Evocative, mesmerising, & mysterious!" Fab review from lovely indie bookshop in Stonehaven But n' Ben Books - now in stock! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @lunapress.bsky.social

"If we put the fakey lie machine in here, how can anyone prove we did anything? If they find any evidence, we can just say it was the AI making stuff up!" "Now I see why you keep saying you're a jeeniyus, Elawn."

After being served the same unskippable AI-gen ad 20 times over the weekend I lost my rag a bit in the latest TCE post. Felt good though... www.thisconstantexperiment.com/tce013/

It’s finally announced. So grateful for @evalongoria.bsky.social and everyone who believed in me and my stories. deadline.com/2026/02/the-...

Safe - Gator Days

The Artful Corvid #oldknees

If you're inspired by the recent winter games, and you live Fife-side, come get a taster session at my club

I’m sorry, I know it’s a minor point, but crack dens are traditionally indoor establishments. What the scaremongering Labour minister is describing here is a crack paddock.

Discord: You'll need to supply to age verification if you want access to certain features. Users: Hang on, wasn't there a thing in October where user ID data was leaked? Discord: Ok, yes, but the chances of that happening again are-- **one week later**

Ah, I see America is doing "British food bad" again. Try not to take it personally, they lash out like this when they are upset. It's really about themselves, not you.

GUYS! The sequel to THE OUTCAST MAGE is coming out THIS YEAR! Book 2 of The Shattered Lands is going to be called THE VOID DRAGON, and despite everything IS COMING OUT THIS YEAR. THE VOID DRAGON will be out October 2026 and you can PRE-ORDER NOW. Come on an adventure with me!

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN JANUARY 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's December's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...

Neurodivergent writer in the South West? Want a free ticket to Beyond the Spectrum's online festival? Come along to a creative writing taster session on Monday 9th March! Free, online, all abilities welcome, no diagnosis needed, no obligation to be on camera. Come as you are and get to know BtS!

Welcome @tadethompson.bsky.social and the superb Antara, an historical fiction novel, on the pre-Islamic warrior poet of renown 😍 Big thanks to Alexander Cochran at @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social! Antara will be out in 2027. Cover by @alisonsampson.bsky.social. @publishingscotland.bsky.social

Head of police: So we're going to arrest Andrew Officer: sure boss, no sweat Head of police: yup, that's the guy

I had a dream that all the latest Epstein files shenanigans led the Sun newspaper to pretend they had *always* said Brexit was a bad idea. And it makes sense if you know any of that context so we can but hope.