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Allyson Shaw

@allysonshaw.bsky.social

Writer, cat botherer, firebrand based in Orkney.Author of Ashes & Stones-shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize.🍉🏳️‍⚧️ally. Any pronouns 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://linktr.ee/AllysonShaw More active on Mastodon. https://wandering.shop/@AllysonShaw

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Allyson Shaw@allysonshaw.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm honoured to have readers as magnificently talented as @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social ! Thank you, Ariel for this review. I was actually in tears reading it.

Ariel Marken Jack@arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · last mo.

So I started a blog/newsletter/something to enthuse about things I adore without the constraints of writing for magazines. I'm a tiny bit obsessed with @allysonshaw.bsky.social this summer so the first book I've chosen to enthuse about is her brilliant Ashes & Stones: buttondown.com/SongsFromaRi...

Allyson Shaw@allysonshaw.bsky.social · last mo.

"Allyson Shaw’s Ashes & Stones is a remarkable book, one I imagine I will return to over the years when I want to be reminded of how magic works in literary form." —Ariel Marken Jack, @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social Songs from a River’s Edge buttondown.com/SongsFromaRi... Thank you, Ariel!

001: Ashes & Stones

I have rarely been as moved by a work of nonfiction as I am by Allyson Shaw’s marvellous book Ashes & Stones: A Scottish Journey in Search of Witches &...

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Neal Romanek@nromanek.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"The Protestant Reformation in Scotland was forged in people's bodies" A dynamite conversation with @allysonshaw.bsky.social on the atrocities of the Scottish witch trials in the latest episode of @auworks.bsky.social #MonsterLab

Monster Lab@aumonsterlab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our new #MonsterLab is here! A talk with Ashes & Stones author @allysonshaw.bsky.social on Scotland's mass killings of women as #witches & finding the stories of real humans who history has turned into symbols of monstrosity or victimhood. youtu.be/SvO9SO3M4pI?... #historysky #horrorsky #booksky

Prashanth Srivatsa@prashanthsrivatsa.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Nazir story is definitely AI. Way too many tells to refute it. Shambles that an institution like the Commonwealth Foundation Creative is rewarding slop (regional winner ffs!), which in turn is being published blindly by Granta. We're in the end times, fellas.

Vajra Chandrasekera@vajra.me · 3mo ago

The Eisner-nominated anthology with the AI story (Michael Todasco) gets pulled just as the Commonwealth Prize nominee with the possibly-AI story (Jamir Nazir) is announced

Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Brewing scandal about a possible AI-produced short story winning a prize and published by GRANTA. The story doesn’t seem great but it also doesn’t seem totally like the slop I typically see. Twitter is ablaze about it and so I humbly submit it to this more enlightened audience (see thread)

Miles Klee 🦉@milesklee.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Have reached out to the Commonwealth Foundation and Granta about this. Of note on the Foundation's page announcing the regional short story prize winners is this addendum:

Claire Mullaly@clairemullaly.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Cork, what a county. Its September 1934 and the Derry Journal reports that at a cinema dance in Buttevant, Co. Cork, all the women there refused to dance with the fascist Blueshirts. A Blueshirt announced that they had paid their way in and if no girls would dance with them.. [1/2]

Fight at cinema dance Blueshirt threat to clear the hall. Girls refused to dance with them.
K.M. 🛋️📚✍️@kdscribbles.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Just backed this at the Selkie tier! Woooo - so excited!! And congrats Allyson - I loved your “Ashes & Stones”, so am sure this will be fabulous. 📚 🦭 ✨

Allyson Shaw@allysonshaw.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Yesterday I launched my literary fantasy novel Widdershins on Kickstarter & it was fully funded in 13 minutes. It's a Kickstarter 'Project We Love'-- come see what it's all about kickstarter.com/projects/all... #speculativefiction #orkney #booksky #scottish #folklore #fairytales #fantasybook

two editions of widdershins over a floral, dark blue background. Both covers feature fluid lines and deep colours. One is full colour while the other is silver foil. Two badges say 100% funded in 13 minutes & Projecte we love -- Kickstarter
Ariel Marken Jack@arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I recently started reading Allyson's absolutely stunning nonfiction book, Ashes and Stones, and I was *stoked* to see that she's got a novel coming out this summer that looks just perfectly up my very particular alley! I am so, so, so excited to get my copy 🖤🖤🖤

Allyson Shaw@allysonshaw.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Just FIVE days till 🚀! My literary fantasy novel will be crowdfunded on Kickstarter. The LE HB will be signed and numbered, with a foil cover by @iainmacarthurart.bsky.social Find out more: kickstarter.com/projects/all... #booksky #fantasysky #scottishbluesky #booksky📚

A picture of a book with a swirling modern design of aquatic motifs. A list of trops next to it says Widershins is Viking Age Time Slip/-literary fantasy -weird girl fiction -subversive folklore -selkie myth retelling -cozy apocalypse -atmospheric islands -dark academia vibes -Scotland, but riddled with fae traps -poetic survival story