spectopia on Instagram: "The Sirens, by Emilia Hart⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I loved Weyward, but I think, if anything, I might love The Sirens even more.Again we have thre…" The Sirens, by Emilia Hart⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I loved Weyward, but I think, if anything, I might love The Sirens even more.Again we have three female point-of-view characters: Lucy, a student who, one night in 2019, wakes up with her hands around her ex-boyfriend’s throat; Mary who, along with her sister Eliza, is shoved belowdeck on a convict ship sailing from Ireland to Australia in 1800; and Lucy’s older sister Jess, whose story we discover through her diary entries.And again, it is an exploration of female trauma, both historical and contemporary, through layered, interwoven narratives that provide mystery, drama and psychological insight, and bring in elements of folklore and magical realism. And it is all done with the most beautiful, evocative yet unfussy prose. It is totally immersive, if you’ll forgive the pun.A contemporary tale with mythic echoes, The Sirens is a haunting mystery that had me gripped!#bookstagram #bookreview #booksbooksbooks #fiction #speculativefiction

A contemporary tale with mythic echoes, The Sirens is a haunting mystery that had me gripped!

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It’s so well done, really worth watching, but it’s not easy viewing!

It’s very well done - I’m sure it will start conversations, which has to be a good thing.

I needed something that would completely absorb me. Job done! 😀😭🫠

It does feel very real. Nothing very explicit or violent, but emotionally it hits hard.

Not sure why I decided to binge watch this with a hangover, but if I wasn’t in bits before, I certainly am now. As a mother of preteens, it was incredibly affecting. #AdolescenceNetflix

Hi! Lovely to see you over here 👋😊

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Fantastic! Congratulations 🙌

"The village folk bring pies and cakes, but never stay to eat them. I don’t take it personally. They don’t trust the land to hold, here on the edge of things. They think I’m mad to stay. There are places in town, they say. More houses than people these days."

Do you like beautifully written stories? Do you enjoy bird lore? How bout stories that draw attention to climate change? You're in luck! "Two for Joy" by @raeswabey.bsky.social checks all of those boxes and it's live now in Entwine 79!

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Bet you smashed it 😍 X

You’re Queenie! Brilliant - love her 🤩 X

Thank you so much! 😊

Thank you so much for sharing 😊

Yay! Entwine 79 has dropped. Here's a link to my little contribution. Looking forward to digging into the other stories.

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Rae Swabey (@spectopia) on Threads In an issue packed with brilliant small stories, I also particularly enjoyed this funny yet sinister tale of "the biggest, cleanest, friendliest, most welcoming beaches in the world!" Bathing regula...

@raeswabey.bsky.social loves it, and she has excellent taste. So if you have excellent taste, you'll love it too, right? www.threads.net/@spectopia/p...

Definitely, I’d say!

Or—and hear me out here—absolutely do.

These all sound great! I can't decide whether From Below or We Were Students is my favourite.

Thank you so much! I’m enjoying writing it 😊

Sounds epic! 🤩

BRAVE NEW WORLD x THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS

Anxious Neoliberal World, if you will.

👶 Babies in pods
🌱 Cli fi with elements of solarpunk
🧑‍🦳 Difficult women
👩‍🦰 Chloe is pregnant—the old-fashioned way
🧑‍🦰 Bridget's husband is leaving, and he's taking their unborn child

#WIPPIT #Spec #DS

Ooh, I hadn’t realised it was happening, but maybe!

This is very well timed for me - thank you 🩷

Aw, thank you ☺️

The next issue of @rfpress.bsky.social goes live on Sunday, and it includes a little story by me, featuring a magpie called Reggie 🖤

an older woman is sitting at a table and says the possibilities are overwhelming . ALT: an older woman is sitting at a table and says the possibilities are overwhelming .

Reading the post about the ones I didn't post is making me think about more I didn't post!

a man is standing in a room filled with lots of books and talking on a cell phone . ALT: a man is standing in a room filled with lots of books and talking on a cell phone .

It’s day 21, so the #bookchallenge is over, but what about about The Handmaid’s Tale, The End We Start From, 1984, When We Were Very Young/Now We Are Six, Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, A Clockwork Orange, Waiting for Godot, The Book of Koli, The Children of Time… the list goes on.

The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge

Day 20: Beloved by Toni Morrison