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E.M. Faulds / Beth

@bethkesh.bsky.social

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SFF writer, living in Scotland. Podcastle, Strange Horizons, Shoreline of Infinity, Parsec magazines, Nova Scotia vol 2. Co-edited "Gallus" antho. Under the Moon - BFA winner 2023. #scruffyGarden. Runs @bibliotta.bsky.social emfaulds.com No DMs, sorry

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E.M. Faulds / Beth @bethkesh.bsky.social · Aug 4

I poured a lot of guts and angst into this. I wanted to write different SF, about being alive, afraid, and looking for something to fill the hole that lives in all of us.

And look, you get another novella with it! Find out where to buy:
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove...

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Graphic, text reads: "The unwise decisions two sisters make will affect the entire world. Bring Me Home, a science fiction novella by E.M. Faulds. Find it in Wiz Duos book 2. Go to wizardstowerpress.com" background graphic shows a silhoutte of a female figure with a circular hole cut out showing another smaller female figure beneath. Bottom right hand corner is a thumbnail of the Wiz Duos book 2 cover.

Graphic. Excerpt over graphics, text reads: '“Dave, I need you to tell Jayce that I didn’t kick him, I only touched him and then the sun hit my hand and mod sent out some kind of… I don’t know what, but it wasn’t me, I didn’t do it.”
“Yeah, right, so your body tunnel gave you superpowers? Congrats, I’m sure you’ll do well.”
“Don’t be stupid, come on, I’m trying to explain.”
“If I’m so stupid, why do you need me? Can’t you all just hang out and compare mods and leave me out of it?”
“You never got one,” I said out loud, stupidly.
“Oh, you noticed, well done.”
“I mean, why not?”
He rounded on me, nearly spitting in my face. “Because I’m not stupid! You got that elagite stuff. It’s like metal DNA and nobody knows what it does to you.”' Beneath that, the titling info reads: "Bring Me Home, by E.M. Faulds. Available now as part of Wiz Duos 2, from Wizard's Tower Press". Behind is a darkened image showing a two female figures, one larger with a circular hole in its centre, one smaller standing with head visible through hole. Bottom right is a thumbnail of the Wiz Duos book 2 cover.

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E.M. Faulds / Beth @bethkesh.bsky.social · 1h

Absolutely did, ta!

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Sep 11

I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager (republished today), told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't... the-villager.ghost.io/the-village-...

The Village Message Board

Its authenticity was discredited because of his reputation, but also because he was quick with gin at the time and wearing an item of knitwear back to front.

the-villager.ghost.io

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E.M. Faulds / Beth @bethkesh.bsky.social · 3h

One last thing before I drag myself back to work. "And you'll never believe what he said next!"

Two griffon style plinths or maybe capitals, winged beasts in stone, lion heads and raptor legs, displayed in the Grand Masters Palace museum in Rhodes city. Two of the monsters are facing each other like they're having a salcious gossip.

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 1d

This is sooo my jam and it may be yours too

Big recommend for one of my favourite reads of the decade

(@ruthmiranda.bsky.social I think you'd enjoy this!)

CL Woke Cannibal Erotica Hellisen @clhellisen.bsky.social · 1d

My retelling of The Tinderbox -- Thief Mage, Beggar Mage -- is on kindle for 99p, if weird lush stuff about queer mages and clockwork magic and dragons is your jam:

www.amazon.co.uk/Thief-Mage-B...

Thief Mage, Beggar Mage (The Beggar Mage Cycle)

Buy Thief Mage, Beggar Mage (The Beggar Mage Cycle) by Hellisen, Cat (ISBN: 9781739685133) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 22h

ANNOUNCEMENT🎺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:

FANTABULOSA!

Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.

& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘

Bona Books Presents

A new queer literary magazine

FANTABULOSA!

Tales of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical, from radical and unapologetic queer voices.

Science fiction, fantasy and horror
Short fiction & poetry

Submissions open now

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E.M. Faulds / Beth @bethkesh.bsky.social · 3h

These are so joyful! I love the mashups getting slowly more elaborate.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 4h

THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical adventures. These soon multiplied. Significantly.

After much nagging, he has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series:
michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com

Bridget Hangs Out With The Hunters In The Snow

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 4h

Good heavens, I didn't know this fabulous video is on YouTube. It's lovely to see my friends and neighbours Brian and Wendy Froud when they were still so very young! I've spent the last year helping them with a new book (we're not allowed to reveal the subject yet), which will be out in autumn 2026.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 2d

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 17h

I'm going to be on the radio later this month! So that's a first for me.

Come and listen to me on BBC Radio Scotland, Wednesday 29th October between 3:30 and 4pm, talking to the excellent pair of Anna Welander and Len Pennie.

Cameron Johnston in a blue fair isle style jumper in front of standing stones. Red labels say: BBC - I'm getting featured on Upload

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E.M. Faulds / Beth @bethkesh.bsky.social · 4h

Anyway, we decided call it "the shit-faced* sea" after that.

*Absolutely hammered. (Like bronze, eh?) Leathered, bladdered, pished aff its tits, blotto, steaming...
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E.M. Faulds / Beth @bethkesh.bsky.social · 4h

... were colour blind".

Or that ancient people "didn't have a word for blue".

You think our ancestors didn't know how to communicate the concept of clear skies or seas? They had blue paint, FFS!

This how you get to "aliens built the pyramids".

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E.M. Faulds / Beth @bethkesh.bsky.social · 4h

We kept thinking about wine-dark sea while we were out there and wondering why. So I looked it up. Apparently it's more like "wine-eyed" or "wine-faced" but an OG Homeric scholar thought dark suited better. So one guy (or guys, or gal or gals) got poetic once and now it's "ancient Greeks... 1/3

E.M. Faulds / Beth @bethkesh.bsky.social · 4h

"think of a calm blue ocean"

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E.M. Faulds / Beth @bethkesh.bsky.social · 4h

👀👀👀

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 15h

Black queer surfers. Black queer bank-robbers. Black queer sea monsters. Black queer sorcerers. Black queer rootworkers. Black queer sailors. Black queer saints. Black queer sinners.

It’s Black!
It’s queer!
It’s Here!

Now available!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock

A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....

www.neonhemlock.com

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E.M. Faulds / Beth @bethkesh.bsky.social · 4h

"think of a calm blue ocean"

E.M. Faulds / Beth @bethkesh.bsky.social · 4h

Oh I'm back already. At least the leaves are pretty 🍂

E.M. Faulds / Beth @bethkesh.bsky.social · 5h

Off for a week, hence the quiet from me. Rhodes. I like taking photos of random junk, so here you go.

None of these are edited for colour.

A man on a beach lounger by a pool by the sea. Everything is in taupe and shades of aqua or azure, including the man's swimmers. Rhodes, 2025.

Beach umbrellas against an unclouded sky looking like a swarm of jellyfish floating.

More beach umbrellas, these ones closed for the night. A spectacular sunset with clouds of pale blue grey and orange is behind them.

Silhouetted palm trees against a vivid orange sunset.

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Casey Lucas @bimbo.phd · Jan 16

Similar to my post about "liberation means even for that annoying guy you hate" - weird art includes art you personally don't get, don't like, wouldn't spend money on, find unsettling. Games you wouldn't play. Books you wouldn't read. Decommercialise your preconceptions of what art deserves to exist

shaydh 🩸FLEDGLING MANOR OUT NOW🩸 @shaydh.bsky.social · Jan 16

Everyone saying "make weird art!" you better fucking mean it. There better not be an unspoken "but not too weird" tacked on at the end.

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Lisa Marie @lisamarietea.bsky.social · 2d

Me, every day of my life.

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Stewart Horn @thenakedpoet.bsky.social · 2d

Having to throw this out because we forgot we had it. 🤷‍♀️

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Chris Limb @catmachine.com · 3d

The kind of infographic I could stare at for ages - combined maps with space and information.

Infographic comparing the size of London and Manhattan with

MARATHON DISTANCE
WILD 2 (Comet)
4179 TOUTATIS (Potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroid)
PROVEN GLOBAL COAL RESERVES
NEUTRON STAR (1.4 Solar Masses)
PROVEN GLOBAL OIL RESERVES
ALL LIVING PLANT BIOMASS
HALLEY'S COMET
BLACK HOLE OF 1 SOLAR MASS
ALL LIVING BACTERIA
CHIXCULUB IMPACTOR (Caused the extinction of the dinosaurs)
3200 PHAETHON (Asteroid that approaches closer to the Sun than any known object
PHOBOS (Moon of Mars)
EROS (Potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroid)
DEIMOS (Moon of Mars)
VREDEFORT IMPACTOR (Created the largest known crater on Earth)
EJECTA FROM THE 1883 KRAKATOA ERUPTION
EJECTA FROM THE 1815 TAMBORA ERUPTION
EJECTA FROM THE YELLOWSTONE SUPERVOLCANIC ERUPTION 2.1 MILLION YEARS AGO

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Luke SPELLcourt 🧙🏼‍♀️🦇✨ @lukebelcourt.com · 4d

VAMPIRES releases soon!

To celebrate, I'm making the official playlist public! For multiple years, this playlist made my Spotify Wrapped pointless 😂

open.spotify.com/playlist/2cN...

For more info on VAMPIRES IN PARK CIRCUS, visit lukebelcourt.com/witches/two....

Spotify – Web Player

open.spotify.com

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Ms T 🐘💙🎵📚 @elephantlass.bsky.social · 3d

Sunday

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E.M. Faulds / Beth @bethkesh.bsky.social · 2d

See you in Brighton!

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 3d

Current Status: phys.org/news/2025-10...

Escalating Amazement Meme:

Cool: Dinosaur Tracks: Dinosaur footprints: how do they form and what can they tell us? by Emily Osterloff for the Natural History Museum

Very Cool: Fossilized Weaning in Neanderthal Teeth: Austin et al. 2013. Barium distributions in teeth reveal early-life dietary transitions in primates. Nature, 498(7453), 216-219.

So Cool: Giant Sloth Hunt Tracks: Fossilized Human Footprint Found Nestled in a Giant Sloth Footprint by Ed Yong for the Atlantic

AMAZING: Fossilized Mutual Destruction Nimravid Battle: The Dakota Badlands Used to Host Sabertoothed Pseudo-Cat Battles by Riley Black for the Smithsonian

OH HOLY SHIT AMAZING: Fossilized Rock Hyrax Booty Skootch Tracks: Charles W. Helm et al, The unusual, unique ichnology of the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) and possible Pleistocene tracks and traces from South Africa, Ichnos (2025). DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2025.2546373

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