Jonathan Laidlow
LightNews LightNews
jonlaidlow.bsky.social
Jonathan Laidlow
@jonlaidlow.bsky.social
720 followers 630 following 100 posts
Cumbrian in Brum, writes a bit. Stories in Strange Horizons, Liminal Stories, StarshipSofa, Interzone and IZ Digital, and more. Codexian. Short fiction reviews at supernova.reviews, short fiction at jonlaidlow.com, webmaster & editor at ultan.org.uk
Posts Replies Media Videos
jonlaidlow.bsky.social
This was fantastic. Aerth by Deborah Tomkins is a short elegiac literary/spec fic novel where each chapter is a kind of flash fiction. Themes of displacement, ecological collapse and family. A kind of green “Man Who Fell to Earth” but in no way preachy or on the nose weatherglassbooks.com/shop/aerth
Photo of the cover of the novel Aerth by Deborah Tomkins
April 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
jonlaidlow.bsky.social
The lovely podcast that Strange Horizons made of my 2017 story "Darner" is on Spotify here: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/str...

It's a weird one, back when I was thinking about mythologies and cities, remembering Birmingham's old underpasses beneath the Queensway...
A 19th century drawing of a dragonfly
February 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
jonlaidlow.bsky.social
Mark Lanegan singing to Birmingham
November 10, 2024 at 10:26 PM
jonlaidlow.bsky.social
Yes as the mural was behind the barriers I had to ask to be let through. They kindly allowed us but I wanted to be quick. Some of the other photos are better
August 15, 2024 at 11:06 AM
jonlaidlow.bsky.social
“Literary Squirrels”. Detail of Alasdair Gray’s mural at Hillhead underground in Glasgow. #glasgow2024 #aWorldconForOurFutures
Mural detail. Three squirrels holding pens with the caption Literary Squirrels
August 13, 2024 at 5:27 PM
jonlaidlow.bsky.social
My story “Darner” @strangehorizons.bsky.social in 2017 is one of my proudest sales and it was incredible working with them to publish the final version. A long overdue and well deserved Hugo! strangehorizons.com/fiction/darner/
Image from the British Library, drawing of a dragonfly with assorted fruit
August 12, 2024 at 3:35 PM
jonlaidlow.bsky.social
Why didn’t I remember Blackwell sooner?? Thanks @interzone.press and @indrapramitdas.bsky.social !
April 20, 2024 at 10:22 AM
jonlaidlow.bsky.social
Bravo to @amendlocke.bsky.social for considering my tired old brain and including a “previously…” section in book two. Book one was excellent!
A page from Ken MacLeod’s book Beyond the Reach of Earth
February 2, 2024 at 12:42 AM
jonlaidlow.bsky.social
Hey! That's me! So happy you liked it! And a reminder to everyone to subscribe to Interzone at interzone.press or www.patreon.com/InterzoneMag and hopefully they'll buy more tales from Seaforth when they're ready...
Image of a man stretching skin over the face of a well dressed body in his living room, with the first page of the story "Strung along in Seaforth" by Jonathan Laidlow and a QR code advertising Interzone magazine issue 295
November 1, 2023 at 8:49 AM
jonlaidlow.bsky.social
It’s here! The second of the new era of Interzone magazine, featuring my story. Print copies here: interzone.press/iz-295/ and preorder the ebook here scarletferret.com/magazines/in...

@interzone.press
A copy of the science fiction magazine Interzone on a wooden table A page from a magazine showing the story Strung Along in Seaforth by Jonathan Laidlow
September 4, 2023 at 12:54 PM
jonlaidlow.bsky.social
My latest story will be in #Interzone295! It's called "Strung Along in Seaforth" and it is delightfully gruesome...

https://interzone.press/iz-295/
Image with preview page of "Strung Along in Seaforth" opening lines, a drawing of a man stretching skin across the face of a dead body. QR code for Interzone magazine issue 295
August 10, 2023 at 10:00 AM