What an amazing lineup! I can't believe Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology is one of the finalists in the Best Anthology category! locusmag.com/2026/08/2026...

2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists

The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…

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Pssst there's a book giveaway on our Instant Graham btw... www.instagram.com/p/Dbn8KNBgrH...

I think takes like this are deliberately muddying the waters. Using spellcheck in Scrivener is not using AI. Grammarly, otoh, is a whole other ball game and I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot barge pole/ scrivener.tenderapp.com/help/kb/gene...

It's very easy to say 'I did not use AI in my writing and editing.' The fact that certain authors are tying themselves in linguistic knots to not say that while claiming their work is their own, is rather telling.

Did you know that the GSFWC (@gsfwc.bsky.social) is forty years old this year? Well it is, and as part of too much thinking about that, I bring you the first in a (slowly) building set of blog posts with my thoughts on it. www.munchkinstein.co.uk/index.php/20...

Just had a lovely charcuterie and carafe of wine at my pal Isla's wine bistro Chez Bernard. It only opened 2 days ago in Leith, Edinburgh but was absolutely buzzing. If you're looking for a nice glass of wine and some tasty french treats, I highly recommend it.

Important PSA for editors and writers alike regarding external HDD and an AI red flag that is not a red flag at all.

E.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes / Not em faulds@emfaulds.com · 4d ago

Oh cool, this was a fun thing to learn. Apparently if you store your docs in an external hdd, Windows helpfully puts the attribute "Archive Indexed" in its properties. Which it abbreviates, naturally, to "AI". PSA: this is not a "ChatGPT wrote this file" indication!!

Younger Spawn has just pointed out that Manny and Sid from Ice Age have big Geralt and Jaskier energy and now I can never unsee it.

Still get a lil shiver of happiness seeing Salt Oracle on this list!

The Arthur C. Clarke Award@clarkeaward.bsky.social · 5d ago

Have you read the Clarke Award shortlist yet? 📚 Would you like to be one of the first to find out the winner? 🚀 The latest edition of the Clarke Award newsletter has all the details you need and more! 👉 open.substack.com/pub/clarkeaw...

Worldcon programme just dropped. It's in LA this year but they're offering an awesome virtual programme that members can enjoy from any timezone. And I'm part of it! Looking forwarded to talk Justice and Murder and to be hosting my Urban Folk Horror workshop. Sign up if you fancy it. guide.lacon.org

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AI Questions Spoil Book & Movie Heat On 'Call Me, I'll Hide The Body' Novel

That screeching sound you heard from international publishers and film rights buyers was an abrupt application of the brakes after a fevered pursuit of the unpublished debut novel.

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great, another article where a book was pulled after AI claims. I hate AI, I do not use it, but I also hate that now I have to think about how to accumulate 'proof' that a work is mine from snout to tail. People are talking about recording themselves writing? How the hell?

Two months to go now, my fellow woke cannibals! (ps it's only cannibalism if both people are human so...anyway) Preorders are go, and I suspect you can still grab an ARC from PanMac if you are a reviewer! www.panmacmillan.com/authors/cl-h...

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normies watching tv/films with writers must want to strangle us. W: aaand she's going to turn out to be his mother, then die of leukemia N: WHAT? W: They have been hinting at this plot line since the opening *mother dies* N: also, fuck you

Thank you to everyone who reported abuse of this publication that was publishing many many many people's work without their permission after scraping Daily Science Fiction's archives. The site appears to be taken down now, and may it stay that way forever.

Beth Cato@bethcato.bsky.social · 6d ago

Hey! If you were published at Daily Science Fiction, be aware that a site called Science Fiction Weekly has stolen the entire story database & posted it on their site. All of my DSF stories are there without my permission. sciencefictionweekly.com

Love reading a book and spotting the little South Africanisms that have made it past the editors ;) Delicious Monsters, indeed

Two months to go now, my fellow woke cannibals! (ps it's only cannibalism if both people are human so...anyway) Preorders are go, and I suspect you can still grab an ARC from PanMac if you are a reviewer! www.panmacmillan.com/authors/cl-h...

Book 22 Dark Castle, White Horse - Tanith Lee Two short novels, The Castle of Dark and Prince on a White Horse, showcasing the different styles Lee could do. The one - richly gothic and sumptuous, while the other was more a surreal pastiche of fairytales, threaded with very british humour.

CL Hellisen | Preorder The Shape of Monsters@clhellisen.com · 3w ago

Book 21 After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall - Nancy Kress Clinate disaster SF from 2012, survivors in an alien-made habitat grab children from the past, after a climate apocalypse

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Eat, Drink and Be Merry Because Tomorrow You Might Get Hit by a Lorry | CL Hellisen

The Week That Was Another super busy week that wasn't actually that productive? But I did make a LOT of salads, sides, and desserts for a fa

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Hand-Me-Downs by Neil Williamson: The Horror You Inherit https://gnofhorror.com/hand-me-downs-by-neil-williamson-review/

Hand-Me-Downs By Neil Williamson: The Horror You Inherit - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website

Neil Williamson’s Hand-Me-Downs is his first all-horror collection: fifteen tales of toxic inheritance and quiet dread. Read the full Ginger Nuts review.

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I have eaten so many delicious peaches (though not from a can) in the past few days that I feel like a song from 1996

If I* want to photocopy a chapter of a book so that my students can read it (or scan it and upload it to Moodle), then it has to be recorded and reported to the CLA. While this is a pain in the neck it enables authors to be compensated. These guys are just stealing. *Actually the librarian does it

Dan LK (🏳️‍🌈Pride month edition)@2ndlevelbard.bsky.social · last wk.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but the idea that "I bought this book, therefore I get to do whatever I want with the contents" is why the copyright notice exists

I suspected this is what has been happening with our backlist recently, seems I was right. We’ve sold an unusually high number of very old titles in the past few months, including old journal back issues with poor metadata www.news.com.au/technology/o...

AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books

If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.

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I never know how long these things are up for, but if you are a book-blogger/reviewer type human, i believe you can request a proof of The Shape of Monsters from PanMacNews on instagram this week www.instagram.com/p/DbJMtOtkxW...

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Meet-up tomorrow!

Glasgow Eastercon 2027@eastercon2027.org · 3w ago

You’re invited! We’re having our first in-person social - all the fun of the convention bar without having to wait for the convention! The meet-up will be on 30th July from 6pm at Bar Home. 🗓️ Thursday 30th July, 6pm-9pm 📍 Bar Home, 80 Albion St., Glasgow, G1 1NY (1/3)

Not my favourite of my ADHD Nd tics. There's nothing sexy about skin picking, which I have been trying to stop since I was a child. But nope, no ADHD here the NHS says

geistWritten@geistwritten.bsky.social · 9mo ago

BODY-FOCUSED REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR (BFRB) Impulse-control behaviors involving compulsively damaging one's physical appearance or causing physical injury. Associated with OCD, ADHD, and anxiety. Can be focused on skin, mouth, nails, nose, hair, and/or eyes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body-fo...

fantastic. The car people got back to us, like 2 weeks after someone drove into the back of us, and the car is officially deid. fml. Any recommendations for a small, zippy, low petrol, low emissions car (UK)?

i've been super depressed about my writing recently, which kinda makes it hard to write? Anyway, let's see if I can force myself to make 100 words happen.