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Miranda Jubb

@mirandamiranda.bsky.social

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Reader and writer living in Bristol. Currently writing about gothic pipe organs and sentient plants.

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Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · Mar 9

You can read my new story in which a sceptical photographer joins forces with an excitable cryptid hunter here: dreamforgemagazine.com/story/the-fi...
Thank you so much to DreamForge for publishing it and especially the artwork; so exciting to see my writing illustrated!

The Fine Art of Faking It

The service I provide is niche, but surprisingly in demand. Owen was a fairly typical client: scruffy hair, practical clothing, and of course that intense expression […]

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Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · 1h

Morag and Seamus stories! Just read all of these and they are great. Such convincing future world building - I love the optimistic but realistic take on how people might behave in a potential post-crisis Britain.

Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 2d

Glad you liked them! Here’s the handy links page: adoctorofmanythings.wordpress.com/tales-from-t...

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Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · 2d

Oh perfect thank you! I have been trying to cross reference with Clarkesworld but this is much easier

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 2d

Oh hey, what's this? Locus liked my Morag and Seamus story "The Walled Garden"! locusmag.com/review/clark...

Clarkesworld: Review by A.C. Wise

Clarkesworld 7/25 The July issue of Clarkesworld opens with “Missing Helen” by Tia Tashiro, a lovely exploration of learning to accept yourself that offers up a satisfying twist on the idea of alt…

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Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · 2d

Great story, thank you. I really loved The Portmeirion Road too so am excited to work my way through the whole series now!

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Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · 4d

I’m in!

Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · 5d

You’re right of course - and indeed there are one or two books on my TBR even older than yours…!

Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · 5d

Loved The Saint of Bright Doors so much, I can’t wait to read Rakesfall! A bit late perhaps but far better than never.

Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 5d

The selectors said: "Rakesfall is an extraordinary achievement in science fiction, and a titanic work of art.”

You can read the panel's full statement and watch Chandrasekera's acceptance speech here: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25

Ursula K. Le Guin — 2025 Prize for Fiction

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 10d

WE'RE OVER HALFWAY TO OUR GOAL!! 🎉🎉🎉 THANK YOU for all your support! 💜👽

We're celebrating with a TON of amazing new rewards (check the 🧵 to see them all!) including signed books, author critiques, WORLDWIDE SHIPPING and more!

🪦 Join the monster mash here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

New Kickstarter rewards are here!!

Author critiques, discounted ebooks from your favorite speculative fiction authors, and more!

Stickers and hoodie now available worldwide!

SHORT STORY CRITIQUES FROM:

Spencer Nitkey, Risa Wolf, E. Catherine Tobler, Jordan Kurella

Plague Birds & We Who Hunt Alexanders

SIGNED copies of Plague Birds and We Who Hunt Alexanders by Jason Sanford.

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 10d

My strongest book-related belief is that the paperback should come first and then the hardback after for people who want a fancy edition.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10d

British.

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Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · 19d

I kept thinking of Black Maria in this episode’s discussion of Arthurian themes! I think it’s a really enjoyable one, quite a tricky take on gender especially from a contemporary perspective. It always reminds me of a trip I did to Dartmouth as a teen and took a wander in a wolfwood…

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Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones @eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social · 22d

We're finally wrapping up S2 today with our last bonus episode for the season -- thank you all so much for the many thoughtful, interesting and insightful letters you sent in for our Q&A!

S2 Bonus Episode 3 - Q&A by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh

The first time round most of the catching-up you do is retrospective. The second time round you see it happening. In our final S2 bonus episode, we do a terrible job of not looking ahead to Hexwood a...

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Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · 19d

Had to pause listening to say how much I LOVE comparing Plague of Peacocks to It’s A Good Life (possibly the most horrifying story I’ve ever read)-it captures what I enjoy about the story. I’d immediately go and read the two together if I could bring myself to reread the Bixby story which I can’t.

Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · 22d

I’m in the UK and they’ve just tightened up the criteria this year for some reason (*cough* funding). I’ve been looking into it and I can get one privately, it just costs £100 which feels like a lot!

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Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · 22d

Disappointed and worried to discover at my vaccine appointment that I am no longer eligible for the covid jab. People with my condition are more vulnerable to covid so I don’t understand why the government has stopped protecting us. At least I still got the flu one…😢

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 24d

We expect to hit 55k signatures in support of our open letter this week, perhaps even today. Thank you to everyone who has signed or shared. Let’s keep this going:

notinourname.org.uk

Home - Not in our name

As women we reject the narrative that trans+ people are a threat.

notinourname.org.uk

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Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · 24d

And her own bathroom! I don’t remember bedsits having private bathrooms…

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 29d

Tony Harrison RIP
I taught Long Distance, his beautiful & honest poem about bereavement to my students for decades.
Eventually, it provided consolation to me as well.

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Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · Sep 26

Love this picture so much!

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · Sep 26

3. ⁠this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.

FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.

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Robert Lloyd Parry @nunkie.bsky.social · Sep 25

A month today "Not Truly Dead", the eighth instalment of The M R James Project, premieres in Salford.
25 October, The Lowry. Matinee and evening shows. Tickets here thelowry.com/whats-on/not...

then on tour nationwide www.nunkie.co.uk/schedule

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Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · Sep 24

The visceral horror of biting into a chocolate spread sandwich at a birthday party only to be assaulted by the marmite taste

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Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · Sep 23

Yes! And while I think some of 'strong smart girls' anthologies can be great, it's lovely to see just a regular old set of stories with plenty of interesting female role models too.

Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · Sep 23

...featuring a wise great-grandmother who spends her time singing to herself and twiddling her thumbs. I remember this picture very clearly and studied it intensely to try to figure out exactly what 'twiddling one's thumbs' looks like. I still think of it now when I hear the phrase!

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Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · Sep 23

Thanks to a recommendation from @effjayem.bsky.social on the Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones podcast I looked up Ruth Manning-Sanders' collections, sure I remember reading them. And the first story in the first book I investigated (A Book of Mermaids) was Sven and Lilli...

A black and white illustration of an old lady sitting in a rocking chair atop the waves, mouth open as she sings to herself and thumbs in an ambiguous position

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