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Steven Poore @stevenpoore.bsky.social · 1d

I love how even in a book officially published *tomorrow* the "Also by Adrian Tchaikovsky" page is already out of date... :)

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Eddie Bowley @eddache.bsky.social · 2d

Very pleased to see MCM London Comic Con taking a hard stance against AI generated stuff.
If you see anyone selling this slop, now we can report them!

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Steven Poore @stevenpoore.bsky.social · 4d

"I can't get with that!"

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Divergent Paths @divergent-paths.bsky.social · 13d

Did you see? Our shiny new website is up and running

David Green @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social · 13d

The @divergent-paths.bsky.social website is up, and we're looking for partners.

www.divergentpaths.co.uk

This isn't about finger pointing or blame. It's about helping all ND people in the publishing industry - writers, editors, agents, artists - find a better path forward ❤️

Excited to start

Divergent Paths

www.divergentpaths.co.uk

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 13d

I feel this is one everybody should read.

Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 14d

I had the worst lunch. Honestly.

Maybe @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social could cover the rise in the far right, in racist attacks and, you know, the effect on millions of British people instead of platforming them every night

I'd settle for @theguardian.com doing even basic coverage of racism in the UK

Today I sat next to racists planning openly planning to murder people in a cafe

How have we come to a place where racists can openly talk about murdering people in public with no consequence?

stewarthotston.com

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Steven Poore @stevenpoore.bsky.social · 14d

"oh, but it can't happen here."
And yet...

And here's the bloody police calling Palestine Action terrorists.

Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 14d

I had the worst lunch. Honestly.

Maybe @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social could cover the rise in the far right, in racist attacks and, you know, the effect on millions of British people instead of platforming them every night

I'd settle for @theguardian.com doing even basic coverage of racism in the UK

Today I sat next to racists planning openly planning to murder people in a cafe

How have we come to a place where racists can openly talk about murdering people in public with no consequence?

stewarthotston.com

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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 17d

If you don’t need convincing that women can fight, this collection is for you.

And if you do need some persuasion, this collection is also for you — though you might end up a little more paranoid than before, as not all fights are direct confrontations or fairly fought.

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Steven Poore @stevenpoore.bsky.social · 20d

Please don't give them free ideas...
Make sure you register that IP.

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Steven Poore @stevenpoore.bsky.social · 20d

It me. :)

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E.M. Faulds / Beth @bethkesh.bsky.social · Jul 17

"BRING ME HOME" is near future, earth-based science fiction novella about women making unwise decisions that could affect the entire world, and beyond.

Buying links for the UK and Internationally here:
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove... or search "Wiz Duos book 2".

#sciencefiction #book

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Steven Poore @stevenpoore.bsky.social · Jun 30

oh, and bring it here - britishfantasysociety.org/get-in-touch...

BFS Short Story Competition – The British Fantasy Society

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Steven Poore @stevenpoore.bsky.social · Jun 30

less than an hour to join the party! The @britfantasysoc.bsky.social Short Story Competition will soon be closed to entries!
bring me liminal dragons! bring me trans-stellar awe!

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Steven Poore @stevenpoore.bsky.social · Jun 30

4 hours! Not 5 hours, 4 hours!

British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · Jun 30

Last chance to enter our annual creative competitions! Both the short story and the art competitions will close at the end of today, 30 June, so make sure you submit your entries before then! Details and submission forms are available at the links in the next post...

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Steven Poore @stevenpoore.bsky.social · May 21

Reboot of True Detective with John Nettles.
Make it happen, please, someone!

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Steven Poore @stevenpoore.bsky.social · May 20

Literally, got out of bed.

Dasha @dashasierra.com · May 19

What's the stupidest way you've hurt yourself?

Oh I'm so glad you asked! I knocked myself out with a frozen bag of omelettes.

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · May 18

Joining the British Fantasy Society offers many benefits including this inventive anthology for free Portraits of Patriarchs edited by Shona Kinsella www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2023/9/...

Portraits of Patriarchs edited by Shona Kinsella — Runalong The Shelves

Publisher – British Fantasy Society Published – Out Now Price – If you join the British Fantasy Society members bet a free copy. At a later date this will be available for purchase for a charit...

www.runalongtheshelves.net

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Steven Poore @stevenpoore.bsky.social · May 14

I have three types of TTRPG character:
1. Comedy routine straight guy
2. Welsh disaster
3. Pelicos the Indefatigable!

Alastor Stuart @alasdairstuart.bsky.social · May 14

I have three types of TTRPG character

1. GM
2. GM
3. Gobshite bard/fixer

Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social · May 14

I have three types of TTRPG characters:
1. Spooky (as fucked up, grounded in folk practice, embedded in particular landscape, and haunting as I can manage)
2. Careworn (often with an underlying skeleton of steel or past violence)
3. Scheming (let me do Intrigues™️)

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · May 4

Once again, not the picture that the media wants you to see

FinnMackay @finnfox.bsky.social · May 4

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · May 1

Northodox have a discount for #IndiePressDay - 25% off every order and preorder using code INDIE at checkout - so now's a great day to try some of their sff. There's my epic fantasy murder mystery The Executioner's Blade, set in a city where monsters go to die...
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · May 1

It is May Day and #IndiePressDay. What better time to try our best-selling title: The Green Man's Heir by Juliet McKenna:
wizardstowerpress.co...

Cover of The Green Man's Heir by Juliet E McKenna. Image is a golden Green Man face against a dark green wooded background. Art by Ben Baldwin.

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Steven Poore @stevenpoore.bsky.social · May 1

I guess you haven't read into the subject of AI encoding discrimination into all algorithmic patterns. An Artificial Revolution by Ivana Bartoletti is a good place to start. Now: go clean up, you shat yerself in public again.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · Apr 20

Unexpected full page in today's Observer on yesterday's protests and it doesn't interview a single GC for 'balance'

United, undeterred and unafraid, trans people rally over court ruling
Thousands gather in London’s Parliament Square to protest at judges’ decision
The Observer20 Apr 2025James Tapper
Stephen Chung/ LNP
LEFT Crowds gather outside Parliament in a huge show of unity and solidarity.
After last week’s supreme court decision, activists had been worried trans people might become fearful of going out in public in case they were abused.

They weren’t afraid in London yesterday. Thousands of trans and nonbinary people thronged Parliament Square, alongside families and supporters waving baby blue, white and pink flags to demonstrate their anger at the judges’ ruling.

The numbers seemed to take the organisers and police by surprise. Protesters from a hastily assembled coalition of 24 groups gathered in a ring against the barriers surrounding the grass and began speeches. But after the roads became clogged with people, a woman wearing a “Nobody knows I’m a lesbian” top ran across with her dog and soon the square was full. “It’s one hell of a turnout and there is a really strong sense of unity and solidarity,” said Jamie Strudwick, one of the organisers. “I think it’s impossible to compare it – it’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before.”

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Steven Poore @stevenpoore.bsky.social · Apr 20

Hola Tempter! Amongst other things, I have started Too Like The Lightning, by Ada Palmer.

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Steven Poore @stevenpoore.bsky.social · Apr 18

Done.
Because if you tolerate this...

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · Apr 18

I was hoping to be spending my birthday enjoying an Eastercon in the company of a few hundred friends. Instead I am spending it doing necessary trans activism work. Please read: www.cheryl-morgan.co...

A Birthday Request | Cheryl's Mewsings

I don't often do this sort of thing, and I am definitely not asking you to give money to anyone. All I want you to do is write a letter. Let me explain. By now the chances are that you have heard of Wednesday's ruling by the UK's Supreme Court which, in a very limited

www.cheryl-morgan.com

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