There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Science is good. We should fund it.

A background of rainbow clouds. Title with BFS logo on one side and QueerLit/Social Refuge logo on the other. Photos of the four authors. Title: The British Fantasy Society and Social Refuge present: An evening of Short Stories and Poetry Authors: Rachel Handley, Elizabeth Hopkinson, Dominic Berry, Alex Penland. “And You” Tickets £5 Wednesday April 22nd: 27 Great Ancoats St., Manchester, M4 5AJ Open mic: 7pm, bring along a poem or 5 minutes of a story. Panel: 8pm, Listen to our panel then ask them your own questions. https://www.socialrefuge.com/event-details/an-evening-of-short-stories-poetry

The BFS is excited to announce our next in-person Manchester event, An Evening of Short Stories & Poetry.

April 22nd, 7-9:30pm

Social Refuge, 27 Great Ancoats St.

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Man, that’s a romance for the ages right there.

Am I allowed to use the Cambridge Latin Course as a comp when querying or is that too obscure/weird/outdated/unpublishable

Because honestly like I don't know any other textbooks I would qualify as a cult classic

I don't "feel" my work has been stolen.
I know it.
This kind of language use by the NYT is part of the problem.
Framing it as some kind of emotional woo woo instead of a clear copyright breach...

I swear it's good y'all one of them burns down a library

Babel meets the Cambridge Latin Course meets Pride and Prejudice (but only if they were two gay professors in their forties in a weird magical 1990s AU)

is this anything

anyone

beuller

Am I allowed to use the Cambridge Latin Course as a comp when querying or is that too obscure/weird/outdated/unpublishable

Because honestly like I don't know any other textbooks I would qualify as a cult classic

Doing a minor dig into my old conlangs and stuff from my childhood. Discovering I had a weird habit of using words in languages I didn't actually know. There's a city in one of my childhood novels that translates to "Town of Scholars" in Hebrew. It's accurate to the vibes??? How???

I'm sure that nearly every academic has had the singular experience of reading an interpretative text and then looking at the broader literature for different interpretations only to discover everyone just cites what you've just read or is it just me #academicsky

Did no one else know Esperanto was actively suppressed all over the world because the idea of a neutral lingua franca terrified fascists everywhere

Like did no one else know that H*tler name checked Esperanto in his terrible book or is that just me

Apparently we were gonna force everyone to speak it if he didn't immediately kill millions of people in defense

Waiting for my late-nineteenth-century period piece about Esperanto speakers in the Tsar's Russia, just saying.

Thank you!!!

God, I can’t blame you. This really shows how much they value us…

ELGIBLE FOR THE URSULA K. Le GUIN PRIZE BY JENDIA GAMMON / J. DIANNE DOTSON TO WONDER AND STARSHINE Jendia Gammon By Longlisted FOR A BSFA AWARD The Secret of the Sapphire Sentinel By Jendia Gammon writing is J. Dianne Dotson FINALST FOR A BSFA AWARD

Nominations for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize are now open until the end of March. I have two eligible books: TO WONDER AND STARSHINE and THE SECRET OF THE SAPPHIRE SENTINEL. Both books feature themes of hope, resilience, beauty, working together to create better futures, and ecological elements.

This is one of the most beautiful toponymic etymologies I have ever encountered

a woman is covering her mouth with her hand while holding a bow and arrow and says `` wish me luck '' . ALT: a woman is covering her mouth with her hand while holding a bow and arrow and says `` wish me luck '' .

Just finished an interview for a teaching position over the summer.

God, I miss teaching. It would be an absolute dream. Wish me luck!

I got about fourteen pages into Ilium before I got tired of how little respect he had for the culture he was referencing, and also disgusted by his description of an old man lusting after teenage girls.

That’s a beautiful soundscape—cypresses are one of my favorite trees!

Maybe cones in the next one? 😁

I love the motion of the trees here—I can feel the movement of the air.

Seriously, if you can't stay at home and study for whatever reason, at least wear a mask and use some hand sanitizer. This is a solveable issue.

People who go out in places while sick drive me up a wall. I don't want your germs.

Remember when the whole "everyone has a minor superpower" thing was circulating online? I feel like everyone also has a curse.

Mine is that sick people always find a way to be like, right up next to me.

Looking at you, guy who came to the library to study while clearly deeply unwell.

Cinema Worms reviews TWINLESS and SEND HELP!

Your favourite worms are back at the cinema! 🎥

We've got a really fun episode this week; corporate survival horror-comedy SEND HELP ✈️🌴🩸 and indie dark comedy TWINLESS 🙍‍♂️🙅‍♂️ #filmsky

TWINLESS is in UK & Irish cinemas 6 February. For cinemas visit: bit.ly/m/twinlessfilm / PARK CIRCUS

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Thank you!!

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