JL George
@jlgeorge.bsky.social
Author of THE WORD and various other things. She/they | hi/nhw. http://www.jl-george.com
http://www.parthianbooks.com/products/the-word
http://www.parthianbooks.com/products/the-word
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JL George
@jlgeorge.bsky.social
· Nov 20
I've done some searching and couldn't find any starter packs for Welsh and Wales-based speculative fiction people. So, I thought I'd try my hand at creating one. If you'd like to be included, give me a nudge.
go.bsky.app/VaweQ1D
go.bsky.app/VaweQ1D
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Heart-shaped Box of Memories: A "Princess Ai" Retrospective - Megan D explores the origins of Princess Ai, its cynical merchandising and multimedia plans, and its whimper of an exit from the market in a biting essay.
#manga #princessai
#manga #princessai
Heart-shaped Box of Memories: A Princess Ai Retrospective
What began as one of Tokyopop’s first forays into original English language content became a fandom-wide joke thanks to the company’s increasingly desperate attempts to make it a multi-media success. Twenty years have passed since its debut, so it’s time to face the music and trace its rise and fall from grace.
www.animeherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Heart-shaped Box of Memories: A "Princess Ai" Retrospective - Megan D explores the origins of Princess Ai, its cynical merchandising and multimedia plans, and its whimper of an exit from the market in a biting essay.
#manga #princessai
#manga #princessai
In case it's useful for anyone, Specsavers has a tool where you can do it online: www.specsavers.co.uk/glasses/buye...
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
In case it's useful for anyone, Specsavers has a tool where you can do it online: www.specsavers.co.uk/glasses/buye...
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almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
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Lots of cool stories in this book, worth it at full price, never mind this bargain...
UK people, Amazon are currently offering the paperback of Fight Like A Girl #2 for just £4.64. That's less than the book costs to print, and less than the ebook price. It looks like someone is doing a warehouse clearance. There are only 14 copies left, so get yours now.
www.amazon.co.uk/Fig...
www.amazon.co.uk/Fig...
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Lots of cool stories in this book, worth it at full price, never mind this bargain...
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You will never guess what this is in reference to.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
You will never guess what this is in reference to.
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It being award nominating season, here is a graphic with all of the new works we published in 2025. (The Elfstone and The Sea-Stone Sword are reprints so are ineligible for most awards).
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It being award nominating season, here is a graphic with all of the new works we published in 2025. (The Elfstone and The Sea-Stone Sword are reprints so are ineligible for most awards).
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Since one should plug one's own books, here goes.
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
Dragons and Blades - Aliette de Bodard
The Dragons and Blades Reading Order 1. Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders | 2. Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances murderous husband/diplomatic husband, solving crimes without stabbing anyone, healthy relat...
www.aliettedebodard.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Since one should plug one's own books, here goes.
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
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New story day!!! If you need some weird sad eco body horror in your life, this one is for you! 🌊🦀🐠 Thank you for believing in this one @lesleyconner.bsky.social ❤️
"Here, the fish make homes among our bones. The crabs weather the tides nestled between layers of muscle, folds of fat." 🐠💀🦀
New fiction today by @leahning.bsky.social: "We Used to Wake to Song"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
New fiction today by @leahning.bsky.social: "We Used to Wake to Song"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
New story day!!! If you need some weird sad eco body horror in your life, this one is for you! 🌊🦀🐠 Thank you for believing in this one @lesleyconner.bsky.social ❤️
I contain multitudes, and by that I mean I'm fundamentally opposed to doing Christmas shit before December but also really want a mince pie
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I contain multitudes, and by that I mean I'm fundamentally opposed to doing Christmas shit before December but also really want a mince pie
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The voters outside looked from Labour to Conservatives, and from Conservatives to Reform, and from Reform to Labour again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The voters outside looked from Labour to Conservatives, and from Conservatives to Reform, and from Reform to Labour again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
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To suggest that having lived a life so grim that even an English tribunal will grant you asylum, and to have somehow managed to get here at great risk to life, is a "golden ticket" is absolutely fucking contemptible. Shame on this so-called Labour Party.
November 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
To suggest that having lived a life so grim that even an English tribunal will grant you asylum, and to have somehow managed to get here at great risk to life, is a "golden ticket" is absolutely fucking contemptible. Shame on this so-called Labour Party.
Just finished this yesterday. A new Run With the Hunted is always a good time and pleased to report that the pattern holds true 🤖❤️
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Just finished this yesterday. A new Run With the Hunted is always a good time and pleased to report that the pattern holds true 🤖❤️
She's here and she's gorgeous! Saros SF #4 in print ♥️
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
She's here and she's gorgeous! Saros SF #4 in print ♥️
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I see the 'who's really English?' arguments are back, lifted straight from 1970s NF/1980s BNP leaflets scrutinising birthplace, grandparents etc. No surprise. Tolerating debate about LGBTQ+ people's rights to exist and live equal lives as 'reasonable concerns' was always going to lead to this. 1/3
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I see the 'who's really English?' arguments are back, lifted straight from 1970s NF/1980s BNP leaflets scrutinising birthplace, grandparents etc. No surprise. Tolerating debate about LGBTQ+ people's rights to exist and live equal lives as 'reasonable concerns' was always going to lead to this. 1/3
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Opportunity 🏳️⚧️ writers!
3/ ✍️ Writers:
We're looking for pitches from early talent Trans+ writers and journalists to write 700-1000 word history articles - one for each day of Trans+ History Week 🏳️⚧️
Apply 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/telltranshis...
We're looking for pitches from early talent Trans+ writers and journalists to write 700-1000 word history articles - one for each day of Trans+ History Week 🏳️⚧️
Apply 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/telltranshis...
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Opportunity 🏳️⚧️ writers!
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We are exactly four (4!) downloads away from setting a new FF annual record* for most downloads! It's a perfect time to grab yourself a free download of FF#26!
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
Issue #26
“A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above” by Nkereuwem Albert: the city above and the city below / spirit bots / revolution”A White Day Comes” by A.D. Sui: solar destruction…
www.fusionfragment.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We are exactly four (4!) downloads away from setting a new FF annual record* for most downloads! It's a perfect time to grab yourself a free download of FF#26!
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
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Aw, my first author-impersonating scam email! Can't believe Zadie Smith isn't really just emailing me for a chat. 😔
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Aw, my first author-impersonating scam email! Can't believe Zadie Smith isn't really just emailing me for a chat. 😔
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As in JL George's "Little Shade" which finds a person surviving their sister's death in a world-shattering pandemic only to be visited in isolation by a stray cat who helps remind them that there is still life, still things to do. It's heavy and difficult but is limned with hope
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
As in JL George's "Little Shade" which finds a person surviving their sister's death in a world-shattering pandemic only to be visited in isolation by a stray cat who helps remind them that there is still life, still things to do. It's heavy and difficult but is limned with hope
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Short SFF Reading Update #quicksipreviews
Saros #4 (5 originals) from @fusionfragment.bsky.social
The theme of the issue is dystopia/post-apocalypse, and the stories do indeed show some grim futures dominated by inequality, exploitation, and desolation. Through it all, though, there is still hope
Saros #4 (5 originals) from @fusionfragment.bsky.social
The theme of the issue is dystopia/post-apocalypse, and the stories do indeed show some grim futures dominated by inequality, exploitation, and desolation. Through it all, though, there is still hope
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Short SFF Reading Update #quicksipreviews
Saros #4 (5 originals) from @fusionfragment.bsky.social
The theme of the issue is dystopia/post-apocalypse, and the stories do indeed show some grim futures dominated by inequality, exploitation, and desolation. Through it all, though, there is still hope
Saros #4 (5 originals) from @fusionfragment.bsky.social
The theme of the issue is dystopia/post-apocalypse, and the stories do indeed show some grim futures dominated by inequality, exploitation, and desolation. Through it all, though, there is still hope
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Seeing UK Labour try to claim Zohran Mamdani’s victory as a win for their political stances etc, is darkly funny, given that if he was British, he would have been hounded out of Labour asap, that not a single thing one his platform they would be onboard with.
November 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Seeing UK Labour try to claim Zohran Mamdani’s victory as a win for their political stances etc, is darkly funny, given that if he was British, he would have been hounded out of Labour asap, that not a single thing one his platform they would be onboard with.
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have you gotten YOURS yet??
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
have you gotten YOURS yet??