Luke F. Shepherd
@f-shep.bsky.social
Pulpy genre boi. SFF writer. He/Him Skills include: distance running, disassociation Things I am bad at: writing about myself in third person, the rule of 3 linktr.ee/lukefshepherd
‘But if we don’t platform them and give them money they’ll only get richer and have a bigger reach!’
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3y agoNEW: Substack founders finally respond to Substackers Against Nazis. They say Nazis publishing and earning money on their platform is fine with them. Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
Ruin a book by adding a word: Don’t Matter
RJ Barker@rjbarker.bsky.social · 6d agoRuin a book by adding a word: Microsoft Surface Detail.
18, working at a wildlife park. Man turned up in his truck saying he was ‘here to shag the alpacas’. I was told to walk him through, wait til he finished, walk him back out. That was the day I learned ‘shag’ meant ‘shear’ but fuck me the walk down to the farmyard section was a nervous one.
SMD@anothersmd.bsky.social · last yr.what are some absurd work situations you can share? once i got called into a meeting i had nothing to do with because the consultant brought an engineer and no one in the room could understand him, so they asked me to translate. he was scouse. i translated from english to english.
Trent Reznor gives up trying to control his kids in B&Q. Fine, Pinch Nails.
RJ Barker@rjbarker.bsky.social · 3w agoTrent Reznor takes odd numbers of birds native to the Galapagos on train journeys. Nine Finch Rails.
Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off
What really pisses me off is the ‘author’ of the story claims to be a ‘sustainability advocate’. They’re also CEO of an ‘AI powered personal growth platform’ and boast they ‘embrace contradictions and paradoxes with ease’ They don’t give a fuck, basically. Oh, and they have a deal with PRH.
Apex Magazine and Book Company@apexmag.bsky.social · 4w agoWe have decided to remove a short story from Issue 153 of Apex Magazine. After meeting with our reading and editorial teams, we'd like to share with you what happened, and importantly, how we plan to move forward from here. Thank you for sticking with us. 💜👽
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @stephengrahamjones.com was simply extraordinary. Straight onto my all timers list. Read it now. Before everyone sees the movie adaptation that’s absolutely begging to be made. The voice man, ahh the voice. You want to experience your very own version of this. Trust.
Adrian is a very cool dude and he’s serving up some fungal delight (well… murder/blackmail/tension) from TODAY! Go grab your copy of A Murder Most Fungal and chow down!
ADRIAN M. GIBSON 🍄 SFF Author & Book Designer@adrianmgibson.bsky.social · 2mo agoSpring blooms… and so does death 🌸🔪 A Murder Most Fungal launches on June 16
It’s that special time that only comes around once every 4 years: People sharing vids of the Japanese fans tidying up after themselves and going ‘oh wow the Japanese are so civilised, why don’t we do that?’ and then immediately forgetting about it for another 4 years.
Stop fucking glorifying depression and mental illness as necessities for creativity. You know what I can't do when I'm in a bad mental place? Get out of bed, let alone make art or write. Art doesn't come from suffering, but despite it. Imagine how much more we could do.
"Lots of creatives seem to have mental health issues, adversity must inspire art..."
LOVE this one today from Steff Sirois, and we think you should love it with us! "Eventually, we’ll watch a wrecking ball smash through the curved glass of the sunroom like it never mattered. The last time I was in there, you still had a body..." https://www.havehashad.com/egup9
My Local Wendy’s is Slated for Demolition by Steff Sirois
On the day it happens, a small crowd of us will watch from the smoke shop parking lot across the street in camping chairs. We’ll watch the workers get in their giant machines and bark orders at each…
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This is so much fun! Incredible worldbuilding. Well worth your time (and balance of probability you’re probably doomscrolling a Reddit forum at some point today anyway - so make it this one)
Strange Horizons@strangehorizons.bsky.social · 2mo agoA Funny Thing Happened on the Limbhackers Forum by Katharine Tyndall @katharinetyndall.bsky.social "Hey limbhackers i need help jailbreaking my new enduro bracchio lux. Just got it a few days ago and cant access all systems. The fingers lag..." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
If you suggest police officers shouldn’t kick people in the head, you’ll get the chief of the Met condemning you on national television. If you say the police are institutionally racist against whites and suggest people should riot, you’ll get invited onto a BBC couch to expand upon your theories.
Fraudsters are AI-mincing books and republishing them onto Amazon. This was done to The Isle in the Silver Sea - I assume in the hope people would accidentally click on it. It's been removed, but this is a warning of something to look out for, to my fellow authors.
Never come closer to brushing my own teeth with the dog’s toothpaste and toothbrush. Mouth was open and brush was on its way in before I realised. Time for bed.
Wanna be slightly depressed by some sword and sorcery? *slaps hood* This baby will get you there, no worries. open.spotify.com/episode/4eCd...
Episode 21: Trapped With a Monster by David K. Mitchell
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"WHAT HAS IT GOT IN ITS PANTSES" Taken at Manchester's emergency protest against the EHRC guidance, May 2026
Straight forward romance is out, trash couples are in. Back this and read my story about the addicting, superficial early part of falling for someone.
Marie Vibbert@reasie.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe are Live on Kickstarter! Please help us launch Bad Romance: An Anthology of Trash Couples! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/parsecink/1015533499?ref=2k6q6c
I love CluesBySam but the new directional clues, with that added layer of ambiguity, just read to me like: ‘My FIRST is in left, but never in right, Above or below, there’s a criminal in sight. Which one is guilty, who am I to say? But don’t forget - today is opposite day!’
WE BUILT THIS SHITTY WE BUILT THIS SHITTY WE BUILD THIS SHITTY APP VIBE CODING
Every example used to push the "men are lonely" narrative makes me think "no, men are not lonely enough."
The Economist@economist.com · 4mo agoFrustration with modern dating has fuelled the rise of “passport bros”
Unexpected bonus of research - discovery of a banger podcast. Anyone querying, or thinking about it, give this a listen. Good vibes and bang on the money.
PRINT RUN@printrunpodcast.bsky.social · last yr.NEW EPISODE ....well? Can they? soundcloud.com/printrunpodc...
First and foremost this is a great story about sex work, misogyny, and patriarchy, but it also just has some really fucked up alien sex and guys being absolute freaks. "Tabula Rasa" by Amy Kitcher is now free to read!
"Tabula Rasa" by Amy Kitcher - Seize The Press
An old-fashioned auto-V glides to a stop at the embarkation point, its curved roof gleaming wet in the drizzle like the carapace of a beetle. The passenger door slides open with a faint hydraulic hiss...
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