Fionn MacPherson
@fionnmacpherson.bsky.social
Writer, I suppose. Fiction editor for Lost Souls magazine.
Living as an uninvited guest on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country
I’m more interesting on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/fionnmacpherson
Living as an uninvited guest on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country
I’m more interesting on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/fionnmacpherson
Bumping this! Come and see some of Australia’s best horror writers do readings and talk about horror! (And me MC’ing!)
It’s time for another Lost Souls: Macabre Dreams event! We have some amazing writers lined up including @aarondries.bsky.social and @kaaronwarren.bsky.social to talk about the beauty and struggles of care and how art helps us through it
You can get tickets here: events.humanitix.com/the-horror-o...
You can get tickets here: events.humanitix.com/the-horror-o...
February 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Bumping this! Come and see some of Australia’s best horror writers do readings and talk about horror! (And me MC’ing!)
Genuinely so excited to have been shortlisted for best horror short fiction!! And to be alongside such fantastic writers, truly unreal.
Congratulations to everyone has been nominated, what an amazing year for Australian spec fic!!
Congratulations to everyone has been nominated, what an amazing year for Australian spec fic!!
February 1, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Genuinely so excited to have been shortlisted for best horror short fiction!! And to be alongside such fantastic writers, truly unreal.
Congratulations to everyone has been nominated, what an amazing year for Australian spec fic!!
Congratulations to everyone has been nominated, what an amazing year for Australian spec fic!!
It’s time for another Lost Souls: Macabre Dreams event! We have some amazing writers lined up including @aarondries.bsky.social and @kaaronwarren.bsky.social to talk about the beauty and struggles of care and how art helps us through it
You can get tickets here: events.humanitix.com/the-horror-o...
You can get tickets here: events.humanitix.com/the-horror-o...
January 29, 2026 at 8:01 PM
It’s time for another Lost Souls: Macabre Dreams event! We have some amazing writers lined up including @aarondries.bsky.social and @kaaronwarren.bsky.social to talk about the beauty and struggles of care and how art helps us through it
You can get tickets here: events.humanitix.com/the-horror-o...
You can get tickets here: events.humanitix.com/the-horror-o...
My foot warmer is broken it keeps biting me
January 25, 2026 at 11:57 PM
My foot warmer is broken it keeps biting me
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My local bookshop understands their audience.
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 PM
My local bookshop understands their audience.
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My dad was an editor. Above his desk was a poster that said, “The strongest drive a man can feel is not food or sex but one man’s need to edit another man’s copy.”
The word copy is crossed out and replaced with “change. That’s crossed out and replaced by “fix.” Then, emend, alter, improve, all
The word copy is crossed out and replaced with “change. That’s crossed out and replaced by “fix.” Then, emend, alter, improve, all
January 14, 2026 at 6:41 AM
My dad was an editor. Above his desk was a poster that said, “The strongest drive a man can feel is not food or sex but one man’s need to edit another man’s copy.”
The word copy is crossed out and replaced with “change. That’s crossed out and replaced by “fix.” Then, emend, alter, improve, all
The word copy is crossed out and replaced with “change. That’s crossed out and replaced by “fix.” Then, emend, alter, improve, all
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Book mail! My 2nd cover art but 1st time getting my mitts on a hardcopy! Thank you @deadsetpress.bsky.social REBELS & RAINBOWS eds. Austin P. Sheehan & Leanbh Pearson for the commission + including my Aurealis reprint “Integrated Learning” and all the authors for your wonderful stories. 🌈🦜✨
January 6, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Book mail! My 2nd cover art but 1st time getting my mitts on a hardcopy! Thank you @deadsetpress.bsky.social REBELS & RAINBOWS eds. Austin P. Sheehan & Leanbh Pearson for the commission + including my Aurealis reprint “Integrated Learning” and all the authors for your wonderful stories. 🌈🦜✨
I’m a huge crime fiction fan, and so I’ve set myself the goal of reading all 100 of the Crime Writers Association top crime novels of all time.
I’ve made a Storygraph challenge mostly for me to track my progress, but if you want to join in, here’s the link: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
I’ve made a Storygraph challenge mostly for me to track my progress, but if you want to join in, here’s the link: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
Read all of the Crime Writers Association top 100 crime novels
In 1990 the Crime Writers Association published their list of the top 100 crime novels of all ...
app.thestorygraph.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I’m a huge crime fiction fan, and so I’ve set myself the goal of reading all 100 of the Crime Writers Association top crime novels of all time.
I’ve made a Storygraph challenge mostly for me to track my progress, but if you want to join in, here’s the link: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
I’ve made a Storygraph challenge mostly for me to track my progress, but if you want to join in, here’s the link: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
Obligatory Spotify wrapped post
December 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Obligatory Spotify wrapped post
Yooooo so keen for this!!
🎱Introducing DirtBags🎱
A brand new, 100% hand drawn graphic novel by Americo Alvarenga and Madison Lee is launching next year with @comix_app 💚
www.comix.one/projects/dir...
A brand new, 100% hand drawn graphic novel by Americo Alvarenga and Madison Lee is launching next year with @comix_app 💚
www.comix.one/projects/dir...
DirtBags - Crowdfunding Project at Comix.one
<p class="tiptap-paragraph">Introducing <em>DirtBags</em>; a brand new, 100% hand drawn and painted graphic novel by Americo Alvarenga and Madison Lee
www.comix.one
December 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Yooooo so keen for this!!
Ahhh thanks so much for coming @chpearcewrites.bsky.social it was such an amazing evening and I’m so excited to have my first story in print!
Great launch of Lost Souls Issue 2 at Gang Gang Cafe with Ben O’Mara, @cztacks.bsky.social + fantastic dark, haunting readings from @fionnmacpherson.bsky.social S.R. Underschultz, Dr Cobi Calyx, Imogen Wall + music from Brendan Vincent! Excited to have art in this issue 🖤 Cover by Nic Carey 🌱
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Ahhh thanks so much for coming @chpearcewrites.bsky.social it was such an amazing evening and I’m so excited to have my first story in print!
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Great launch of Lost Souls Issue 2 at Gang Gang Cafe with Ben O’Mara, @cztacks.bsky.social + fantastic dark, haunting readings from @fionnmacpherson.bsky.social S.R. Underschultz, Dr Cobi Calyx, Imogen Wall + music from Brendan Vincent! Excited to have art in this issue 🖤 Cover by Nic Carey 🌱
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Great launch of Lost Souls Issue 2 at Gang Gang Cafe with Ben O’Mara, @cztacks.bsky.social + fantastic dark, haunting readings from @fionnmacpherson.bsky.social S.R. Underschultz, Dr Cobi Calyx, Imogen Wall + music from Brendan Vincent! Excited to have art in this issue 🖤 Cover by Nic Carey 🌱
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I'm so excited to be giving a reading as part of Lost Souls Magazine's latest event Strange Creations!
Thank you so much to Ben O'Mara for letting me be a part of this awesome new publication, it feels unreal!
You can get tickets to the event here: events.humanitix.com/strange-crea...
Thank you so much to Ben O'Mara for letting me be a part of this awesome new publication, it feels unreal!
You can get tickets to the event here: events.humanitix.com/strange-crea...
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I'm so excited to be giving a reading as part of Lost Souls Magazine's latest event Strange Creations!
Thank you so much to Ben O'Mara for letting me be a part of this awesome new publication, it feels unreal!
You can get tickets to the event here: events.humanitix.com/strange-crea...
Thank you so much to Ben O'Mara for letting me be a part of this awesome new publication, it feels unreal!
You can get tickets to the event here: events.humanitix.com/strange-crea...
Thank you so much Celia! It was such an amazing evening and so awesome to see Canberra writing so celebrated!
art by Madison Lee Martin and gold detail by Charis Anderson. Congratulations @fionnmacpherson.bsky.social @captainamerico.bsky.social @cztacks.bsky.social and the CSFG committee for making this anthology and book launch happen 🌼 💀 🖤 📚 🤩
NEVER SAY DIE purchase link:
csfg.org.au/product/neve...
NEVER SAY DIE purchase link:
csfg.org.au/product/neve...
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Thank you so much Celia! It was such an amazing evening and so awesome to see Canberra writing so celebrated!
I'm so excited to be giving a reading as part of Lost Souls Magazine's latest event Strange Creations!
Thank you so much to Ben O'Mara for letting me be a part of this awesome new publication, it feels unreal!
You can get tickets to the event here: events.humanitix.com/strange-crea...
Thank you so much to Ben O'Mara for letting me be a part of this awesome new publication, it feels unreal!
You can get tickets to the event here: events.humanitix.com/strange-crea...
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I'm so excited to be giving a reading as part of Lost Souls Magazine's latest event Strange Creations!
Thank you so much to Ben O'Mara for letting me be a part of this awesome new publication, it feels unreal!
You can get tickets to the event here: events.humanitix.com/strange-crea...
Thank you so much to Ben O'Mara for letting me be a part of this awesome new publication, it feels unreal!
You can get tickets to the event here: events.humanitix.com/strange-crea...
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Great night last night at #SpookyStoriesCanberra at Gang Gang Cafe, thank you #LostSoulsMag for organising, @captainamerico.bsky.social, S.R. Underschultz, and Julia Hood for their fantastic readings and music, and everyone for attending, it was lovely to see you! 👻 🖤 📚 🍻
October 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Great night last night at #SpookyStoriesCanberra at Gang Gang Cafe, thank you #LostSoulsMag for organising, @captainamerico.bsky.social, S.R. Underschultz, and Julia Hood for their fantastic readings and music, and everyone for attending, it was lovely to see you! 👻 🖤 📚 🍻
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It’s Official! CSFG’s latest anthology, “Never Say Die” will launch at Smith’s Alternative in Canberra on November 10th. Come join us for a night of readings and minglings with the writers.
October 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It’s Official! CSFG’s latest anthology, “Never Say Die” will launch at Smith’s Alternative in Canberra on November 10th. Come join us for a night of readings and minglings with the writers.
So exciting!!!!! Congrats!!!
So excited to have @redscribe.bsky.social read Maintenance Phase for PodCastle. I literally cried. podcastle.org/2025/09/02/1...
PodCastle 907: Maintenance Phase - PodCastle
Maintenance Phase by A.D. Ellicott Mary woke in an unfamiliar bed, gasping for breath. She recalled the shots, the dancing, the giggling stumble into a stranger’s apartment while they pulled off each ...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So exciting!!!!! Congrats!!!
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So excited to have @redscribe.bsky.social read Maintenance Phase for PodCastle. I literally cried. podcastle.org/2025/09/02/1...
PodCastle 907: Maintenance Phase - PodCastle
Maintenance Phase by A.D. Ellicott Mary woke in an unfamiliar bed, gasping for breath. She recalled the shots, the dancing, the giggling stumble into a stranger’s apartment while they pulled off each ...
podcastle.org
September 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
So excited to have @redscribe.bsky.social read Maintenance Phase for PodCastle. I literally cried. podcastle.org/2025/09/02/1...
All writing is good writing, right…?
July 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
All writing is good writing, right…?
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the secret to writing is writing, follow for more tips
June 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
the secret to writing is writing, follow for more tips
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impossible to write without my assistants
May 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
impossible to write without my assistants
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Aurealis Awards, presented at an online ceremony this afternoon!
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#AurealisAwards
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#AurealisAwards
May 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Aurealis Awards, presented at an online ceremony this afternoon!
aurealisawards.org/2025/05/04/2...
#AurealisAwards
aurealisawards.org/2025/05/04/2...
#AurealisAwards
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The CSFG is looking for slush readers for our upcoming anthology, Never Say Die!
We’re looking for a strong, diverse group of slush readers to review a handful of pieces each and help determine the fate of the anthology ✨✨✨
If you are interested, please email us below!
[email protected]
We’re looking for a strong, diverse group of slush readers to review a handful of pieces each and help determine the fate of the anthology ✨✨✨
If you are interested, please email us below!
[email protected]
April 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The CSFG is looking for slush readers for our upcoming anthology, Never Say Die!
We’re looking for a strong, diverse group of slush readers to review a handful of pieces each and help determine the fate of the anthology ✨✨✨
If you are interested, please email us below!
[email protected]
We’re looking for a strong, diverse group of slush readers to review a handful of pieces each and help determine the fate of the anthology ✨✨✨
If you are interested, please email us below!
[email protected]
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“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
―Ursula K. Le Guin
―Ursula K. Le Guin
April 21, 2025 at 4:57 AM
“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
―Ursula K. Le Guin
―Ursula K. Le Guin