Alice Rowena Wilson
@alicerowilson.bsky.social
writer from herefordshire. work in X-R-A-Y & elsewhere
website / portfolio: https://alicerowenawilson.wordpress.com/ & https://alicewilson.journoportfolio.com
substack at: https://alicerowenawilson.substack.com
website / portfolio: https://alicerowenawilson.wordpress.com/ & https://alicewilson.journoportfolio.com
substack at: https://alicerowenawilson.substack.com
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The Pope Has Been KIDNAPPED!!! But You Can Help (For A Small One-Time Payment of Sixty Thousand Francs)
Reading #4 - The Vatican Cellars by André Gide, trans. Dorothy Bussy
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I spent today writing 3500 words about André Gide's weird 1914 novel, 'The Vatican Cellars'. Read about kidnapped Popes! Conspiracy theorists and scammers! Amoral aesthetes! A selection of very funny French names!
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Also go along to six foot gallery in Glasgow and you will hear me reading it
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Also go along to six foot gallery in Glasgow and you will hear me reading it
I unintentionally read this with the affect of a contemporary poem and was oddly taken by it
October 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I unintentionally read this with the affect of a contemporary poem and was oddly taken by it
today, I had very exciting news about an acceptance, had two cream scones to celebrate, and I'm now off to a writing group - not a bad day in all!
October 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
today, I had very exciting news about an acceptance, had two cream scones to celebrate, and I'm now off to a writing group - not a bad day in all!
currently working on revisions of the Renaissance Florence vampire novel, and have become incredibly distracted by a gay tour de france novel
October 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
currently working on revisions of the Renaissance Florence vampire novel, and have become incredibly distracted by a gay tour de france novel
I just read this short story by Katy Finnegan and really really loved it
bansheepress.org/read/bl0ss0m...
bansheepress.org/read/bl0ss0m...
‘Bl0ss0m’ by Katy Finnegan — Banshee Press
@ImYourMan he called himself. She liked it, liked the reference to Leonard Cohen and the playful tone of the username. She thought she detected a romantic soul in the photos he had up – a tall, broad ...
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October 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I just read this short story by Katy Finnegan and really really loved it
bansheepress.org/read/bl0ss0m...
bansheepress.org/read/bl0ss0m...
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"No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue."
This week, we bring you the Great American Short Story, a brand new one by @seandowie.bsky.social. This one is a jaw-dropper. Hilarious. Unexpected. Don't miss "Thirst Trap!"
💪💀👇
This week, we bring you the Great American Short Story, a brand new one by @seandowie.bsky.social. This one is a jaw-dropper. Hilarious. Unexpected. Don't miss "Thirst Trap!"
💪💀👇
Thirst Trap by Sean Dowie
No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue.
Travelers often discovered it. Their passion for deserts was as fiery as the temp...
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September 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"No modeling agency praised my biceps enough, so my father bought me an oasis. It became my personal modeling venue."
This week, we bring you the Great American Short Story, a brand new one by @seandowie.bsky.social. This one is a jaw-dropper. Hilarious. Unexpected. Don't miss "Thirst Trap!"
💪💀👇
This week, we bring you the Great American Short Story, a brand new one by @seandowie.bsky.social. This one is a jaw-dropper. Hilarious. Unexpected. Don't miss "Thirst Trap!"
💪💀👇
I have recently been submitting to lit fic magazines where it is just a black hole of work hanging around for months (not complaining, I know it's how it is), and I have just submitted something to clarkesworld, where there is a TRACKER on how many works are before yours in the queue?? crazy
September 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I have recently been submitting to lit fic magazines where it is just a black hole of work hanging around for months (not complaining, I know it's how it is), and I have just submitted something to clarkesworld, where there is a TRACKER on how many works are before yours in the queue?? crazy
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The destruction of the Gaza city mosque is a devastating loss to humanity as a whole. A part of our global medieval heritage destroyed in furtherance to a genocide. I despair.
Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.
My rage knows no bounds
September 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The destruction of the Gaza city mosque is a devastating loss to humanity as a whole. A part of our global medieval heritage destroyed in furtherance to a genocide. I despair.
today's intriguing reading (allegedly for novel research, but sort of just bc I am interested)
August 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
today's intriguing reading (allegedly for novel research, but sort of just bc I am interested)
I know I'm still a classicist at heart bc I was genuinely thrilled by the revelation of what the secret manuscript was in the name of the rose
August 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I know I'm still a classicist at heart bc I was genuinely thrilled by the revelation of what the secret manuscript was in the name of the rose
deeply obsessed with the piece "You are buying a Pope Francis condom, and I, the cashier, hand you a survey" by Adriano noble here: carmenerror.com?page_id=183
Issue 4.5 - Carmen et Error
Limbs, Limbs, Limbs (to the tune of “Bills, Bills, Bills” by Destiny’s Child)by Viola Volée She wore his skin to dinner, but got onto sucking the blood by her mouth like a bitten lip.Little did she kn...
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August 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
deeply obsessed with the piece "You are buying a Pope Francis condom, and I, the cashier, hand you a survey" by Adriano noble here: carmenerror.com?page_id=183
I take an anti-AI stance for many reasons, including that I just literally have 0 use-cases for it in my life, but one of its more egregious impacts on my life is that the spell-check in Word is NOTICEABLY worse after they integrated Copilot, and just hallucinates errors where there are none
July 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I take an anti-AI stance for many reasons, including that I just literally have 0 use-cases for it in my life, but one of its more egregious impacts on my life is that the spell-check in Word is NOTICEABLY worse after they integrated Copilot, and just hallucinates errors where there are none
I feel very sad about the itv4 tour de france coverage ending - I have very fond memories of watching the highlights show with my father as a small child
July 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I feel very sad about the itv4 tour de france coverage ending - I have very fond memories of watching the highlights show with my father as a small child
currently watching Wimbledon, eating frozen strawberries coated in dark chocolate, and drinking a non-alcoholic white wine that I accidentally froze so it's become sort of a slushie
July 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
currently watching Wimbledon, eating frozen strawberries coated in dark chocolate, and drinking a non-alcoholic white wine that I accidentally froze so it's become sort of a slushie
I've begun learning some rlly basic mandarin and I'm so fascinated by words when you get this kind of list of definitions
July 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I've begun learning some rlly basic mandarin and I'm so fascinated by words when you get this kind of list of definitions
Huge discovery for me is that I don't actually dislike audiobooks, I just dislike fiction audiobooks. All my minor tasks over the past few days have been accompanied by Quinn Slobodian's Hayek's Bastards and it has been a truly excellent experience
July 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Huge discovery for me is that I don't actually dislike audiobooks, I just dislike fiction audiobooks. All my minor tasks over the past few days have been accompanied by Quinn Slobodian's Hayek's Bastards and it has been a truly excellent experience
my fun fact for today is that 'Paladin' is recorded as a male name in fourteenth century Venice, and given that the Forgotten Realms are basically late Medieval / early Renaissance, one could very reasonably be a paladin named Paladin
July 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
my fun fact for today is that 'Paladin' is recorded as a male name in fourteenth century Venice, and given that the Forgotten Realms are basically late Medieval / early Renaissance, one could very reasonably be a paladin named Paladin
this is such a wonderful novel that my copy of it is currently doing the rounds with friends because I keep telling ppl they must read it!
One year since Mary and the Rabbit Dream was published! So happy for all the wonderful people who made it happen and have enjoyed and read it since then and all those who continue to read it and enjoy it! 💜 @galleybeggars.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
this is such a wonderful novel that my copy of it is currently doing the rounds with friends because I keep telling ppl they must read it!
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Incontrovertible evidence, now, of *police* investigating families supporting their kids with gender affirming healthcare in the UK. For trying to do the best for your child, following best practice in most of the world, here you get a visit from the police.
Thank you, Wes Streeting.
Thank you, Wes Streeting.
July 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Incontrovertible evidence, now, of *police* investigating families supporting their kids with gender affirming healthcare in the UK. For trying to do the best for your child, following best practice in most of the world, here you get a visit from the police.
Thank you, Wes Streeting.
Thank you, Wes Streeting.
Currently developing a theory that anthony trollope gives his characters ridiculous names as way of trying to normalize his own surname. Like I’m sorry but I have just started Can You Forgive Her, and VAVASOR??
July 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Currently developing a theory that anthony trollope gives his characters ridiculous names as way of trying to normalize his own surname. Like I’m sorry but I have just started Can You Forgive Her, and VAVASOR??
A tiny, beautiful and evil cat who has never quite figured out that lying on grey surfaces where cars come by might be a problem
July 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A tiny, beautiful and evil cat who has never quite figured out that lying on grey surfaces where cars come by might be a problem
I love watching the early parts of of tdf time trials bc the commentators are just like "yeah he's taking it easy....yeah he's not really trying...yeah he's pretty much just phoning this in....so this rider's definitely just rolling around the course"
July 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I love watching the early parts of of tdf time trials bc the commentators are just like "yeah he's taking it easy....yeah he's not really trying...yeah he's pretty much just phoning this in....so this rider's definitely just rolling around the course"
all I do at the moment is read about weird little books, e.g.: "THEDIALOGO DEL GOBBO DA RIALTO, et Marocco dalle pipone dalle colonnedi S. Marco is a rare and little-known pamphlet that stages an oral con-versation between two talking statues about the comet of 1577"
July 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
all I do at the moment is read about weird little books, e.g.: "THEDIALOGO DEL GOBBO DA RIALTO, et Marocco dalle pipone dalle colonnedi S. Marco is a rare and little-known pamphlet that stages an oral con-versation between two talking statues about the comet of 1577"