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deeply strange, lurid in imaginings, austere in philosophy, a book that lingers in the mind long after you've read it. Nothing really to do with Arcturus

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Birtles Farm, a 17thC house better known to millions of readers as Highmost Redmanhey from Alan Garner's The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. I'll be talking about this & other sites at an event on Alan Garner & Archaeology at Biddulph Grange in 2 weeks, 6 July: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shrops...

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Newly added to SF Caledonia: An extract from A voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay www.sfcaledonia.scot/a-voyage-to-...

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Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity. Coming soon through PS Publishing's, Electric Dream House. A lot went into this one. Thanks to Neil Snowdon and Guy Adams for getting behind the book.

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2 days left to enter your novel or novella into this free competition. Please share!

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Talking of the long 1950s, I also have this essay on Galadriel the Fairy Queen out now in the wonderful @speculativeinsight.bsky.social journal, which I hope you are all subscribing to because it is ridiculously good vale at c£15 pa, and very much worth supporting.

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Since it's almost Midsummer...

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Kirsti Wishart's Tartan Supes serial continues today on SF Caledonia. Chapter 6 – Police Questioning – Under Suspicion – Encounter With A Higher Authority www.sfcaledonia.scot/chapter-6-po...

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Can you believe it's been two whole weeks since #Cymera25 ⁉️

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Had such a wonderful night celebrating the launch of Dark Crescent at @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social! Thank you @lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social for the brilliant discussion and thanks to everyone who joined! Guess that's all official and book properly celebrated, out now with @lunapress.bsky.social! ✨️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

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Kirsti Wishart's Tartan Supes serial continues today on SF Caledonia. Chapter 6 – Police Questioning – Under Suspicion – Encounter With A Higher Authority www.sfcaledonia.scot/chapter-6-po...

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I heard a reading of Dark Matter at @cymerafestival.co.uk - it's so good! Check it out, folks.

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Out now in DRM-free ebook formats! 💜

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Many good points and hard truths here. And tangentially, voice, craft and intentionality are never going to come from generative so-called AI. Because there is no intelligence there.

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Check out the new Shoreline of Infinity, featuring the new column from our Ruth EJ Booth, 'Hold the Chicken' -- discussing AI, LLMs, and why your favourite authors don't want wood glue on their pizza. @ruthejbooth.bsky.social

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It is tonight!!! Join us at the @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social at 7! Come toast with @lyndseycroal.bsky.social and us all, the release of Dark Crescent! @booksfromscotland.bsky.social

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When you live in #Scotland , don't leave work till 9.20pm after an event, but it is mid-June, so it's still light all the stroll home... #Ecosse #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie

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Wee reminder that @lyndseycroal.bsky.social will be launching her terrific new collection from @lunapress.bsky.social , Dark Crescent (inspired by Scottish folklore) at @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social this Thursday (19th) www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/lyn... #books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg

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Indie solidarity. The symbiosis between indie bookshops and indie publishers makes it possible for us to do what we do. Manifesto printed for #indiebookshopweek

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You've made it, @lyndseycroal.bsky.social. You've been Midnight Society'd.

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Welcome new followers! We're glad you've left the Fascist Propaganda Network Known as X to join us here! Let's try and keep this social site a bit less evil. We promote short fiction! Keep an eye on us for reposts of free fiction, AND calls for funding. Give short venues your love and support!

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....meanwhile, in Chile....the 39-meter (128-feet) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) project is humming along. Note the white pickup truck in the upper left, for scale. Amazing.

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Write an essay for The Bottle Imp about sequels, skateboarding, and reflecting upon winning the MacIlvanney Prize in 2023.

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Twenty years ago, when digitised books were rarer, I ended up visiting New College Library solely to track down and type up some of Maxwell's poetry. (Always helps that most academic libraries welcome random curious visitors.) Behold, "A Problem in Dynamics" (1854)

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"I’ve raved about Premee Mohamed’s short stories before, so it’s no surprise that I am delighted by her latest collection." Awwww thank you for the BookRiot shout-out @lmanusos.bsky.social ! 💖 bookriot.com/new-sff-coll...

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This competition was a joy to help judge. Such breadth of talent on display! 🤩🤩🤩 Go read the winning stories here👇🏽

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Shoreline of Infinity 39 is available this very moment. www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/shor... In paperback, PDF and ebook formats. Includes Dark Matter by Caitriana NicNeacail, the winning story of our @cymerafestival.co.uk / Shoreline of Infinity short story competition

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We have published the winners and runners-up for the @cymerafestival.co.uk / Shoreline of Infinity sort stories for Scottish writers. We were very impressed by the quality of all the stories submitted. www.shorelineofinfinity.com/cymera-festi...

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Love @smaychel.bsky.social's poetry in the new issue. Fun yet bittersweet mix of humor & heaviness in "Captain Kirk visits my Daughter’s Ballet Class.” “When they pass I hear him telling her that childhood is an impassable test, and all that matters is how gracefully you’re defeated.”

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"We have calcium in our bones, Iron in our veins, Carbon in our souls And nitrogen in our brains. 93 percent stardust, With souls made of flames, We are all just stars That have people names" (Nikita Gill) Space (ed Gaby Morgan), out now from @panmacmillan.bsky.social #poetry #books #livres

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Giving my paper @bacls.bsky.social WHN25 later today. '"The Situation is Nominal": Ken MacLeod's Critique of the Scottish Programme' including some discussion of his short story 'The Shadow Ministers' which appeared in @shoreinf.bsky.social #31 in 2022 and is available to read online at SF Caledonia

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Deeply honored to have my quantum-entangled starfish & boys struggling with their feelings appear in this issue!

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The paperback reissue of The Folger Variation was launched at @cymerafestival.co.uk last weekend and is out tomorrow through @shoreinf.bsky.social. It's a revised edition and the best version to pick up 🔫 www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/the-...

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Ken MacLeod has a talent for weaving politics, technology, and philosophy into gripping science fiction. In our interview, he discusses Beyond the Light Horizon and the ideas behind it. Read it here: https://oxygenleaks.com/interviews/macleod-light-horizon #HardSciFi #SpecFic #Futurism

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Well that's my day made. ❤️😭

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We're joined by @lyndseycroal.bsky.social for a live recording from @cymerafestival.co.uk on today's episode of The Writing Worlds Podcast. Lyndsey talks about the Scottish folklore inspiration for her new @lunapress.bsky.social collection Dark Crescent. 🎧 pod.link/1812994751

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Excited my short story “All You Ever Wanted” is out now in @shoreinf.bsky.social! A mother struggles to stop her daughter from uploading into an immortal digital form — all while coming to terms with the parenting decisions that drove her child into the virtual world in the first place.

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what a fantastic weekend at @cymerafestival.co.uk! I had my first Panel along amazing creators @vlatinalondon.bsky.social & @lyndseycroal.bsky.social with @clhellisen.bsky.social as chair!!! Thank you so much to all the organisers and the lovely blue shirts! And to everyone that came to my table! 🤖🙏🏽

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New Shoreline of Infinity column out, in which I respectfully explain some of the "AI" issues and why authors don't want wood glue on their pizza. www.ruthbooth.com/2025/06/hold... @shoreinf.bsky.social

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Hey look, the new Shoreline is out! Feat. my new column 'Hold the Chicken', exploring why your fave authors are so outspoken about LLMs and genAI. Also Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award winner Eugen Bacon and #Cymera Short story award winner 'Dark Matter' by Catriana NicNeacail. @genni.bsky.social

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Bringing Folk Horror vibes to @cymerafestival.co.uk day 2 💀🧙‍♀️ See you at the Dark Traditions panel at 3:15pm

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It's today, people! Event Horizon at Cymera And Shoreline of Infinity is in the Creatives Hall all weekend. www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera25-eve...

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The banner is raised. @cymerafestival.co.uk returns to Edinburgh!!

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