hey GUESS WHAT
Sword and Kettle Press is kickstarting their TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY and it contains me (along with a bunch of other rad writers)
$3000 goal, digital and/or print copies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/swo...
well, I said I'd do it and I did
A new blog exclusively for reviewing salt and vinegar flavour snacks.
thesaltandvinegar.wordpress.com/2026/04/21/w...
"Reform's manifesto for the Senedd election says the party will tell museums how to display history if it wins, saying they will present events in chronological order and "in context"."
So, History Reclaimed but in government.
History without rigour, compassion, or reflection.
#skystorians
It's Lesbian Visibility Week 🏳️🌈👩❤️👩
So...
Go ahead: perceive me, textually!
(I'm happy to say, there are dykes as far as the eye can see in every book I've written: horror dykes; con artist dykes; Dykes To Watch Out For, Lest They Turn Into Werefoxes...
You can't go wrong)
#Booksky 📚💙
Today's blog post is about autism and disability and a reminder that even if an autistic person you know drives, has a job, etc., they can still be disabled by being autistic.
JFC, how awful.
Some indy research that I'll be sharing results of for everyone to see / use! This survey is on short fiction anthologies. You can take it even if you never read them, as there are Qs about that, too. The aim is to help anthologies shine, so please share it!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Mr blobby
I have walked in the ashes of dead worlds
Bathing in the light of black suns
Where I tread I leave only dust and despair
Your tears are my drink
Your sorrow, my meat
And I have supped well.
The pits of howling galaxies
And screaming stars will not hold me for long.
My time is soon
Cover of a manga volume: Pet Shop of Horrors collector's edition #3.
14/2026: Pet Shop of Horrors collector's edition, #3. I'm not sure I can really separate my enjoyment of this series from the nostalgia, but regardless, this volume includes some of my favourite chapters.
As so many of us have said so often for a year now, any predatory man already ignoring laws forbidding assault isn't going to obey a 'bathroom ban'. Making life harder for trans people and many others with restrictions which will be impossible to enforce will do nothing to make any women safer.
Just FYI, there is a tiny indie bookshop in Afflecks Palace in MCR that ONLY sells fantasy (and a tiny bit of horror). Not even SF. Bugbear Books - check them out if you're in the area. I was very well behaved because I was already broke but I got a copy of The Fox Wife which looks great.
Pls share?
As a father, the weight is heavy — trying to provide for my family from nothing, rebuilding life piece by piece after losing everything.!!!!
Every support means warmth, food, and safety to our little ones.💔
Read this earlier today and it's very good
One of the best parts about earning an English degree where you actually paid attention to historical context of the works you studied... you know this statement isn't true!
It's actually bonkers levels of untrue!
A lot of books that are the most popular of their time are pretty mid.
Assumption Parish marquee: “LORD, EMPTY ME. FILL ME. USE ME.”
which Nine Inch Nails song is this
Penblwydd hapus!
Coroners across England and Wales have been asked to do more to question the role of the Department for Work and Pensions in the deaths of benefit claimants before they carry out inquests.
#DWP #Inquests
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/coroners-are...
WoodPig Press is now open for its second round of submissions!
They are a Welsh small press specialising in speculative fiction and non-fiction.
Learn more about the press and their submissions process:
www.ambobdim.cymru/en/profile-c...
Novella writers! You have just over two weeks left to submit your novella manuscript to our open call.
Remember, we're looking for dark speculative fiction, crime noir, or dark thrillers. Send us your work!
Guidelines: links.ruadanbooks.com/Novellas26
#WriterSky #writingcommunity #AuthorSky
The cover for Fight Like A Girl #1, edited by Roz Clarke & Joanne Hall. The images shows a woman with short red hair wearing a vest, combat trousers and boots. She carried a machine gun. Around her are images of various playing cards showing items that she might use to fight with. Art by Oisin McGann.
We will be appearing at the Llandeilo Lit Fest on April 26th to celebrate the success of our Fight Like A Girl anthologies
www.llandeilolitfest...
No, no, I absolutely do not need any more story ideas
Ironically the BBC stumbled on a really important story: Desperate asylum seekers being forced to turn to fraudulent fee-charging “advisors” to navigate a system that is intentionally impossibly baroque and from which all sources of free advice have been removed.
But no: they chose Fake Gay Panic.
Book cover of Deadbeat Druid by David R Slayton
13/2026: Deadbeat Druid by David Slayton. Much of a muchness with the rest of the series, though I think the spooky carnivalesque underworld is my favourite setting of the lot.
New Review - a fascinating story that is definitely not quite what it seems - I highly recommend The Sword Garden by Peadar O Guilin out now! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/4/...
Pausing my re-read of the SD Perry Resident Evil books to read @haileypiperfights.bsky.social's upcoming SHE ISN'T HERSELF TONIGHT. If you haven't read A GAME IN YELLOW I highly recommend you go get that one now, it rules.
“authors have no obligation to listen to the opinions of their readership on how the work should progress” does not mean “you aren’t allowed to criticize the work” it just means the author doesn’t have to obey feedback from the general public. Like hello
"I run a private community of 1,500+ voracious readers and reviewers " well fucking have at it you don't need my permissions to buy 1500 copies of any of my books
Ahead of the Senedd Elections in May 🏴, here is what each party hoping to form the next Welsh Government have to say in their manifestos about trans people 🏳️⚧️...
A Thread 🧵👇
