Elliott Gish
@elliottgish.bsky.social
TT, LL. Writer, librarian, too many freckles, not enough sleep. Debut novel GREY DOG available now. She/her. https://linktr.ee/elliottgish
A hipster dude with a mullet came to wait at my bus stop and the whole time we stood next to each other we were engaged in a psychic battle for Juiciest Mullet. (Pretty sure he didn't know it was happening.) (I won, though).
Found a beetle in my hair this afternoon so I think I have to burn down my whole body just to be sure.
Happy (?) "There Will Come Soft Rains" day to all who celebrate! (Pics are from my Broadview Anthology of SF). broadviewpress.com/product/the-... @broadviewpress.bsky.social
have to remember this is my default reading mode when recommending books to other people
Found in downtown Halifax. Someone out there knows what's important, and it's ducks.
Local Idiot To Post Comment On Internet https://theonion.com/local-idiot-to-post-comment-on-internet-1819569981/
yes we are gatekeeping how people get dopamine. We have done this since society began. For instance, we arrested John Wayne Gacy for chasing dopamine his preferred way
“Olive Garden. When you’re here, you’ll need ID.”@schoolbus5.bsky.social · 2d agoSo now we are gatekeeping how one obtains dopamine? The big takeaway from posts like yours and the rest comes down to: Questioning his claim because it is not your experience, so therefore something is amiss.
It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better
Canadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later.
New study finds Canadian trans youth rarely detransition | Xtra Magazine
A group of Canadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later
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Drinking coffee with my wife, watching her do a jigsaw puzzle. Excellent way to spend a Sunday morning.
airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027
The latest @locusmag.bsky.social — which you should subscribe to — has interesting book deal news, including forthcoming titles from @elliottgish.bsky.social @zinrock.bsky.social and @horrorsong.blog
Had another little horror out earlier this year 💀 "Whistle for the Wizened Child" in Cosmic Horror Monthly cosmichorrormonthly.com/store/cosmic...
Suggesting that a woman university professor who is the author of a best-selling translation should have been “kinder” or “more professional” to a male director who has had multiple successful films is both misogyny and willfully ignorant of power dynamics
You know how when you're a kid you sometimes stumble upon things that, for one reason or another, imprint themselves upon your brain? This poem, alongside this very illustration (courtesy of the Childcraft How and Why Library), is one of mine.
Tim Hortons is running a Harry Potter campaign. Boycott Tim Hortons. Every penny that JK Rowling makes goes toward destroying the lives of trans folks. retail-insider.com/retail-insid...
Tim Hortons to launch Harry Potter-themed menu, merchandise and promotions Aug. 12
The limited-time campaign will add themed food and beverages, collectible merchandise, special packaging, an in-store trivia event and a national contest, expanding the company's seasonal promotional ...
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Every writer I know, and for my sins I know a lot of them, is absolutely 100% delighted for you to get their book out from your local library.
This is why you dont try to compromise or concede anything to these horrors
JK Rowling centre says Amnesty apology does not solve ‘reputational damage’ — The Independent
Beira’s Place was among organisations labelled ‘anti-rights’ in a briefing document.
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It is supremely excellent to both be a wife and have a wife. Highly recommend.
Everyone being very normal on God's green internet today.
once you amass a certain level of wealth you should wake up in the dead of night to a ghost telling you that you will be going to hell
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 5d agoAmnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
Can everyone just fucking grow up about Harry Potter, please? They are not good books, they were not good movies, it won't be a good television series, and the author is a literal cartoon supervillain using her money to make trans people's lives worse. It's 2026. Get a fucking personality.
I showed my sister the film version of Rent when she was little, long before she was out as trans. She was fascinated by the scene in the support group where Angel takes off her wig. "Angel just changed her gender," I remember her saying. Her eyes were huge. "How did she DO that?" God, I miss her.
Saying it again: Any "Human Authored" self-certification honesty scheme is bound to fail, because people who use the slop generator to "write books" are by definition dishonest.
madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · last wk.shot, chaser
Manisha Krishnan@manishakrishnan.bsky.social · last wk.Authors and journalists are doing more first-person (hello 2010s blogging) and embracing "mistakes" in writing to prove they're not chatbots. There's even an “anti-Grammarly" app that leaves in typos and signs off "sent from my iPhone" to create more authenticity: www.wired.com/story/more-t...