Cymera's new Writer in Residence is hosting an online workshop this Sunday 26 April at 11am BST!
Multi‑award winning author Katya de Becerra will explore how horror uses monsters, the uncanny and fear itself to reflect identity, trauma and transformation.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/writer-in-re...
Striking Purple and read background, with a gnarled old tree with flashes bursting from the leaves. The artist must have been on some sort of alternative medication, but I have never asked him! Shoreline of Infinity's Event Horizon rides to Dundee with Gavin Cameron (poet) Rafael Torrubia (prose) Erin Farley (storyteller) Ash Alexander (another local poet) and featuring T L Huchu (prose) Hosted by MK Hardy 7.30pm-9pm 23rd April 2026 Stenecki Coffee 18a Exchange St Dundee DD1 3DL Tickets £5/£0 - www.shorelineoflnfinity.com
Thursday night in Dundee! Shoreline of Infinity's Event Horizon for a *GREAT* night of fantastical readings, poetry and storytelling
with
Gavin Cameron
Rafael Torrubia
Erin Farley
Ash Alexander
T L Huchu
Hosted by MK Hardy
www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/even...
I happened to finish Alien Embassy (1977) in the week that we learned Ian Watson has died. Here is my new essay on the novel, about astral projection and set in Tanzania, Miami, and Tibet.
You have no idea…
You are looking up at the flywheel of the Edinburgh reality distortion engine that was built in 1898. It hasn’t operated for some decades, but in its time was renowned for generating flying basking sharks. They drifted over the city and entered the Forth at Leith Harbour. No one knew why, or cared.
Good Morning, #WritingCommunity! What are you working on this week? I'm prepping for an #AuthorInterview with @lindzmcleod.bsky.social about her book An Honour and a Privilege. I loved the short stories in this collection! So imaginative. Join our discussion Thursday, on #WomenWritersNet
Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.
my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Striking Purple and read background, with a gnarled old tree with flashes bursting from the leaves. The artist must have been on some sort of alternative medication, but I have never asked him! Shoreline of Infinity's Event Horizon rides to Dundee with Gavin Cameron (poet) Rafael Torrubia (prose) Erin Farley (storyteller) Ash Alexander (another local poet) and featuring T L Huchu (prose) Hosted by MK Hardy 7.30pm-9pm 23rd April 2026 Stenecki Coffee 18a Exchange St Dundee DD1 3DL Tickets £5/£0 - www.shorelineoflnfinity.com
Thursday night in Dundee! Shoreline of Infinity's Event Horizon for a *GREAT* night of fantastical readings, poetry and storytelling
with
Gavin Cameron
Rafael Torrubia
Erin Farley
Ash Alexander
T L Huchu
Hosted by MK Hardy
www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/even...
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...
Striking Purple and read background, with a gnarled old tree with flashes bursting from the leaves. The artist must have been on some sort of alternative medication, but I have never asked him! Shoreline of Infinity's Event Horizon rides to Dundee with Gavin Cameron (poet) Rafael Torrubia (prose) Erin Farley (storyteller) Ash Alexander (another local poet) and featuring T L Huchu (prose) Hosted by MK Hardy 7.30pm-9pm 23rd April 2026 Stenecki Coffee 18a Exchange St Dundee DD1 3DL Tickets £5/£0 - www.shorelineoflnfinity.com
Shoreline of Infinity's Event Horizon rides to Dundee
with
Gavin Cameron (poet)
Rafael Torrubia (prose)
Erin Farley (storyteller)
Ash Alexander (another local poet)
and featuring
T L Huchu (prose)
Hosted by MK Hardy
23rd April
www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/even...
Only a few days left to register to vote!
In Scottish elections: Students CAN vote. International students CAN vote. Migrants CAN vote. Refugees CAN vote. Homeless people CAN vote.
Register by 11:59pm on 20 April 2026
www.mygov.scot/vote-electio...
#VoteScottishGreens
If you needed another reason for having a writer website than "it looks professional", today's been a good example.
(I run these things, prices are reasonable. Go take a look, if you can even see this.)
Meet our Writer in Residence! 🖊️
Katya de Becerra is a horror writer from Melbourne, joining Cymera thanks to our friends at Melbourne City of Literature.
Katya will be in conversation with Mo Hannah, one half of MK Hardy, on Sun 19 Apr at 11am BST via Zoom: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/writer-in-re...
Congratulations to our own Christopher Caldwell on making the Locus Top Ten Finalists for Best Collection! And alumna Amal El-Mohtar for making the finalists for Best Novella! Best of luck to all shortlistees for May's ceremony.
@locusmag.bsky.social @seraph76.bsky.social @amalelmohtar.com
Post from IFLSScience "Scientists thawed an acient sample from teh Alazeya River in northeastern Siberia, and to their surprise the creature woke up" "A Rotifer got buried in the Siberian Permafrost. 24,000 Years Later It Came Back To Life." Picture of "something" under a microscope getting ready to destroy all life as we know if probably.
If Science Fiction has taught me anything...
DON'T DO THIS!
First Mage On The Moon by Cameron Johnston. Against a twilight blue background, a rusty magical rocketship readies for launch, with engineering diagrams off to the side.
Happy Launch Day to me!
First Mage On The Moon is out today.
Want an astronaut book about 5 women in space with the world at risk?
#DundeeIsScrievin - and then readin it out loud… at this:
This is such a well deserved award for a writer who combines gorgeous prose, clear sight of our futures and a heartbreaking degree of empathy in her wonderful stories.
You can hear/read it here (and you really should!):
podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...
Thinking of attending @cymerafestival.co.uk this year? To celebrate the programme launch, CYMERA will be at the Leith Walk Police Box from 11am, tomorrow (Friday, 10th April). There may also be FREE BOOKS...
www.cymerafestival.co.uk
#writingcommunity
Striking Purple and red background, with a gnarled old tree with flashes bursting from the leaves. The artist must have been on some sort of alternative medication, but I have never asked him. Shoreline of Infinity's Event Horizon rides to Dundee with Gavin Cameron (poet) Rafael Torrubia (prose) Erin Farley (storyteller )Ash Alexander (another local poet) and featuring T L Huchu (prose)Hosted by MK Hardy 7.30pm-9pm 23rd April 2026 Stenecki Coffee18a Exchange St Dundee DD1 3DLTickets £5/£0 - www.shorelineoflnfinity.com
Two weeks today! Join Event Horizon in Dundee, for a GREAT night of fantastical readings, poetry and storytelling by
Gavin Cameron
Rafael Torrubia
Erin Farley
Ash Alexander
and
T L Huchu
Hosted by MK Hardy
www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/even...
Green cloth covered table laden with Shoreline of Infinity magazines, and books. Behind, are two banners standing tall, one for Shoreline of Infinity and the other for Cymera festival.
Come say hello to Shoreline of Infinity and Cymera festival, all the way from Scotland. #eastercon2026
Having a final squizz through my reading for this morning.
I decided on Magie Vol, Ogies Toe, published earlier this year in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, and now I'm wondering how I'll manage.
It's probably the most personal story I've written, so if you like quiet aftemath of generational trauma...
The Artemis II videos make me cry bc ever since I was a little girl, I just wanna be yeeted off this planet
A pile of copies of The Recollections by Christopher Priest. The book has a strong yellow cover, and the title and author are in bright red. The surface they are sitting on is black.
Publication day! The Recollections by Christopher Priest is out today. Get your copy from our website or in other places where books are sold. briardenebooks.uk/product/the-...
First Mage On The Moon by Cameron Johnston, featuring a rocket ship made from a cobbled-together mix of medieval construction and magical engineering.
Only 12 days until First Mage On The Moon is published! (Preorders up on book sites and Audible too)
With the Artemis II NASA mission under way, it seems to be the perfect time to be publishing a novel about wizards building a magical rocket ship.
Our Ewan Downie's on a roll! Check out 'Semele', the latest story in his ongoing exploration of the Dionysus myth, in the new issue of Carmina Magazine.
@ewandownie.com
carminamagazine.com/issues-main/...
This was such a good event!
Finally, we're excited to announce that Fonda Lee, Heather Fawcett and Shannon Chakraborty will be joining us for #Cymera2026 🤩
Don't forget, tomorrow is your LAST CHANCE to grab your Weekend Pass at early bird prices: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/weekend-pass
