I wrote a little about my Paris trip. "I walk in 38C heat and tell myself I will buy a portable fan every hour on the hour until I forget to buy a portable fan." notesfromabus.substack.com/p/interlude-...
Rachel Handley 🏳️🌈
@rachelahandley.com
Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool. SFF Author. Poet. 🦉 Possible Worlds and Other Stories (2022) They/Them. rachelahandley.com
I wrote a little about my Paris trip. "I walk in 38C heat and tell myself I will buy a portable fan every hour on the hour until I forget to buy a portable fan." notesfromabus.substack.com/p/interlude-...
I am in Paris and at dinner I was sat next to an American guy who said bro so much I've lost all sense of the word.
"I think about the coffee I will order soon, a part of me thinks it will make me feel whole. I am determined that it will prove to be life in a cup. Hours and hours of curled up sleep." open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
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City Centre Bus
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In my head this means I'll soon be teaching a new cohort of hedgehog students.
Today I went on a fancy stagecoach bus and was almost impaled by how loud the stop announcement system is.
"I think about the coffee I will order soon, a part of me thinks it will make me feel whole. I am determined that it will prove to be life in a cup. Hours and hours of curled up sleep." open.substack.com/pub/notesfro...
7 am
City Centre Bus
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Heard this pigeon again today. WHO is selling him cigarettes? Seems irresponsible.
Rachel Handley 🏳️🌈@rachelahandley.com · 3w agoThere's a pigeon cooing outside my window which sounds like it smokes 40 packs of cigarettes a day.
I started a substack where I post little pieces of writing written during my bus commute. Please enjoy my weird little bus thoughts. "I choose a seat based on whether I think I will turn out to be in the shade or thoroughly destroyed by the sunlight." notesfromabus.substack.com/p/834-am
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There's a pigeon cooing outside my window which sounds like it smokes 40 packs of cigarettes a day.
£185 so far! Thank you everyone! And it's my birthday today! Hint hint hint 👀👀👀
Rachel Handley 🏳️🌈@rachelahandley.com · 2mo agoIt's my birthday on Saturday! 🎂 I'm raising money for Refuge and aiming for £100. We are at £33 so far! If you'd buy me a birthday pint, please consider donating the money instead 🙏 Even one quid would be greatly appreciated! www.facebook.com/donate/21144... ig.me/1TGqOC3ZjGyj...
It's my birthday today! Yay! I am also ill which feels like a quintessential late 30s birthday tbh 😂
£170! Amazing! Thank you everyone!
Rachel Handley 🏳️🌈@rachelahandley.com · 2mo agoIt's my birthday on Saturday! 🎂 I'm raising money for Refuge and aiming for £100. We are at £33 so far! If you'd buy me a birthday pint, please consider donating the money instead 🙏 Even one quid would be greatly appreciated! www.facebook.com/donate/21144... ig.me/1TGqOC3ZjGyj...
We are currently at £119! Thank you so much to everyone who has donated, it means the world to me!
Rachel Handley 🏳️🌈@rachelahandley.com · 2mo agoIt's my birthday on Saturday! 🎂 I'm raising money for Refuge and aiming for £100. We are at £33 so far! If you'd buy me a birthday pint, please consider donating the money instead 🙏 Even one quid would be greatly appreciated! www.facebook.com/donate/21144... ig.me/1TGqOC3ZjGyj...
Oh wow the fundraiser is at £99 now!!! Amazing work everyone!
Rachel Handley 🏳️🌈@rachelahandley.com · 2mo agoIt's my birthday on Saturday! 🎂 I'm raising money for Refuge and aiming for £100. We are at £33 so far! If you'd buy me a birthday pint, please consider donating the money instead 🙏 Even one quid would be greatly appreciated! www.facebook.com/donate/21144... ig.me/1TGqOC3ZjGyj...
Ooo we are at £67 now! Thanks to everyone who's donated so far!
Rachel Handley 🏳️🌈@rachelahandley.com · 2mo agoIt's my birthday on Saturday! 🎂 I'm raising money for Refuge and aiming for £100. We are at £33 so far! If you'd buy me a birthday pint, please consider donating the money instead 🙏 Even one quid would be greatly appreciated! www.facebook.com/donate/21144... ig.me/1TGqOC3ZjGyj...
I made two terrible cups of tea today. Just absolutely shocking tea scenes.
It's my birthday on Saturday! 🎂 I'm raising money for Refuge and aiming for £100. We are at £33 so far! If you'd buy me a birthday pint, please consider donating the money instead 🙏 Even one quid would be greatly appreciated! www.facebook.com/donate/21144... ig.me/1TGqOC3ZjGyj...
For my birthday (13th June) every year I raise money for Refuge UK. Instead of a birthday pint or gift, please consider donating the money to Refuge instead. Refuge is a charity which is very close to my heart, and if you donate even just £1 I would be enormously grateful 🙏 ig.me/1TGqOC3ZjGyj...
For my birthday (13th June) every year I raise money for Refuge UK. Instead of a birthday pint or gift, please consider donating the money to Refuge instead. Refuge is a charity which is very close to my heart, and if you donate even just £1 I would be enormously grateful 🙏 ig.me/1TGqOC3ZjGyj...
📢 Hey friends and fiends! 📢 I'm (finally) working on the 2026 Queer SFF Book list and I want to make sure I don't miss YOUR book! So if you have a adult SFF book coming out this year (2026) that has a queer MC, please take this opportunity to SHOUT IT OUT in the comments or QTs!! 📚❤️🧡💛💚💙💜📚
It's me! I had a blast recording this episode! It includes a reading of my short story, The Sound. PLUS I talk about writing, and the philosophical ideas behind the story. Shares are appreciated! 🪴 🌱 🌿 #philsky
Story Phi Podcast@storyphi.bsky.social · 2mo agoEpisode 04 is out! Join cohosts @chelseaharamia.bsky.social and @kmdoublev.bsky.social as we read the short story "The Sound" and chat about its themes with the author, Dr. @rachelahandley.com. Come for the story. Stay for the phi. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWtW...
It is Pride Month, YAY! Coming out as bi and non-binary were two of the best things I've ever done. It was a joyous freedom and still is. Happy pride! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
On the 3rd June I'll be running an online creative writing workshop all about writing science fiction for @writershq.bsky.social ✍️ I'm so excited for this!!! You can grab a ticket here: writershq.co.uk/whq-event/wr... #speclist
It's me! I had a blast recording this episode! It includes a reading of my short story, The Sound. PLUS I talk about writing, and the philosophical ideas behind the story. Shares are appreciated! 🪴 🌱 🌿 #philsky
Story Phi Podcast@storyphi.bsky.social · 2mo agoEpisode 04 is out! Join cohosts @chelseaharamia.bsky.social and @kmdoublev.bsky.social as we read the short story "The Sound" and chat about its themes with the author, Dr. @rachelahandley.com. Come for the story. Stay for the phi. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWtW...
New @storyphi.bsky.social episode coming soon, featuring the wonderful @rachelahandley.com
It's bank holiday weekend in the UK and all of the banks are having a nice little sit down on the beach with a margarita.