Come join us at LA Worldcon! With stellar programmes online and in-person across timezones, there's plenty to enjoy this year -- especially if you're a fan of our Christopher Caldwell, E.M. Faulds or Neil Williamson! guide.lacon.org Here comes the GSFWC schedule... (1/6)

What price an extended lunch break? Explore this and the importance of a rabbit called Beans in the new E.N. Auslender tale, 'Feed Them on Your Dreams', out now in Clarkesworld. clarkesworldmagazine.com/auslender_08... @enauslender.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com

Feed Them on Your Dreams by E.N. Auslender

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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...

My newest story, Feed Them on Your Dreams, is now available to read for free at @clarkesworldmagazine.com. Check it out. clarkesworldmagazine.com/auslender_08...

Feed Them on Your Dreams by E.N. Auslender

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Fewer than 30 people need to pick up this absolute ✨bargain✨ bundle of stellar work by Scottish #comics creators for us to hit our target. There is so much good stuff in here. please do consider picking it up if you've got the means 🙏 itch.io/b/3727/scott... #indiecomics #noai

Graphic design is not my passion, but I’ll be at Worldcon

I'm doing some things at Worldcon online! First, a workshop called "Outlining while ADHD". Lot of advice is "you must outline your writing" but then how do you not sap the fun out of it? Also a panel, "Polycrisis: Living Through Many Challenges At Once" - sure to be 🔥🔥🔥 See you there?

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

You might see some familiar names in here... More next week!

Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · 6d ago

The moment we have all been waiting for is finally here: the full program for #LAconV is now live!

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

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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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Time for a long overdue update on Long Story Short, hosted by our Robin C.M. Duncan and David Green! Right now, they've got interviews with Wole Talabi, Joe Abercrombie, Katalina Watt, and an 11th anniversary special on Black Shuck Books. Listen at the link below: @britfantasysoc.bsky.social (1/2)

Happy UK Book Birthday to our alumna Eliza Chan! See you in #Glasgow next month. @littlebrown.bsky.social

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I am back from my very sporadic use of Blue Sky to let you know I'm doing a bunch of Harbour of Hungry Ghosts events in July and August. Would love to see you there if you can! All links in my bio and the thread below.

Looking forward to this event in Aberdeen on September 9th! www.waterstones.com/events/scott...

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On this ✨ #smallpressday ✨ why not grab yourself a deeeeal from Scottish comics creators. There’s amazing work in here. Support small presses and an important cause all in one. Enjoy the first pages from PuddleJumpers Issue 1 in the collection. itch.io/b/3727/scott...

sisyphus but he's sending out pitches and the hill is a stream of non-responses

so many great comics in this bundle. Check it out if you can!

Glasgow SF Writers' Circle@gsfwc.bsky.social · 2w ago

What's this in the latest Itch.io Scottish Comics Bundle? Why, it's Puddlejumpers #1, written by our own Alex Blott with artist Vicky Chen and letterer Buddy Beaudoin! Pick up 30 comics for just $20 at the link below! itch.io/b/3727/scott... @alexblott.com @crowwkui.bsky.social @itch.io

Tis the season to get bundles -- and this time it's our award-winning E.M. Faulds' turn! Curated by Lavie Tidhar, the 2026 Best of British SFF Bundle includes 'Best of British Science Fiction 2025', which features 'Hand of Fire' by E. M. Faulds. Pick it up now from link below: @emfaulds.com

Lavie Tidhar@lavietidhar.bsky.social · 4w ago

I'm delighted to launch the 2026 Best of British bundle today! storybundle.com/bestof w/ @ianmcdonald.bsky.social @julietemckenna.bsky.social @annasmithspark.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social & more! Just $30 for 15 books! Plus supporting @locusmag.bsky.social! Reposts appreciated!

We love a bit of our M. Nesce Drake, and she's got a new poem out about her experiences with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Check it out and buy her a coffee at... well, it's in the name! Link below. buymeacoffee.com/mnescedrake/... @nesce.bsky.social

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What's this in the latest Itch.io Scottish Comics Bundle? Why, it's Puddlejumpers #1, written by our own Alex Blott with artist Vicky Chen and letterer Buddy Beaudoin! Pick up 30 comics for just $20 at the link below! itch.io/b/3727/scott... @alexblott.com @crowwkui.bsky.social @itch.io

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here, to the wee handful of people who have been continuing to buy my books even though it's been six months since I've mentioned them publicly Thank you

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Just bought my @eastercon2027.org membership with today's progress report. I'm really looking forward to it! Love to see and support events in Scotland.

OMG yes!!!

Nnedi Okorafor, PhD@nnedi.bsky.social · 3w ago

Books offer me more than movies and TV. More variety. More originality. More risk. More everything.

Like many writers, I started writing as a kid. Until a teacher gave me critique in such a way that it completely destroyed my (very fragile) confidence and I stopped writing for 15 years. Came back to it as an adult. Joined an online critique group. Entered a short story into a competition.

Ann Leckie@annleckie.com · 3w ago

When you (an editor or a critique partner or a classmate) comment on someone's writing, you can absolutely deal them a disabling injury if you're thoughtless about it. I'm not saying anyone should be dishonest or refrain from pointing out issues. I'm saying

Belated reminder for events. Use a mic, people who are hard of hearing will appreciate it, and none of us like admitting how much we struggle. And, if there is a Q&A with no audience mic, then summarise the question before answering. In turn, if you are asking a question, make it not rambling!

I wrote a thing over on Buy me a Coffee* It's not behind a paywall or anything, and you should read it, not least because it includes the line: "You are filled with high quality snot and letting it out is not a shame." #Disability #writing *Please support me so I can buy some books.

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#Glasgow Keep the GSFWC party going after this week's launch of Neil Williamson's Hand-Me Downs (PS Publishing) and grab your ticket for our alumna Eliza Chan's launch of Harbour of Hungry Ghosts! See you on 11th August. @elizachanwrites.bsky.social @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social

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Today's spotlight for the Scottish Comics itch Bundle is PUDDLEJUMPERS #1, written by @alexblott.com! When pilots Byron and Melia touch down on a remote refill station with empty tanks and only one pump, it's time to have it out. 🩵 Get 30 Scottish indie comics for $20 at itch.io/b/3727/scott...

I'm packing my flat to move, which completely does my head in. In related news I've scribbled enough background notes (worldbuilding) to begin writing some stories #procrastination

Congratulations to our Neil Williamson and Rhiannon Grist on last night's twin horror launch at Waterstones Argyle Street! Becky Wojturska chaired a brilliant chat about Hand-Me-Downs (PS) and Home Sick (Rebellion) -- both out this week! (1/2) @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social

Thank you so much to @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social for hosting me and @neilwilliamson.bsky.social as we launch HOME SICK, THE PACKET and HAND-ME-DOWNS last night! And thank you @beckywojturska.bsky.social for chairing! HOME SICK is officially out tomorrow in the UK from @solarisbooks.bsky.social