Helen Marshall
@manuscriptgal.bsky.social
Award-winning Writer, Associate Professor. Author of The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl who Loved Death, Gifts for the One Who Comes After, The Migration and The Gold Leaf Executions.
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These are some of my favorite films and if you love them too, my novel is absolutely made for you! THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH has all the magic, drama, and political edge you crave🔥
Out from @titanbooks.bsky.social (and thanks to @cathtrechman.bsky.social for the fab edits!)
Out from @titanbooks.bsky.social (and thanks to @cathtrechman.bsky.social for the fab edits!)
Just finished "When There Are Wolves Again" by E. J. Swift and I'm still thinking about it. Fierce, gorgeous climate fiction that somehow manages to be genuinely hopeful—not in a naive way, but in a way that feels earned and necessary. This is the kind of story we need right now.
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Just finished "When There Are Wolves Again" by E. J. Swift and I'm still thinking about it. Fierce, gorgeous climate fiction that somehow manages to be genuinely hopeful—not in a naive way, but in a way that feels earned and necessary. This is the kind of story we need right now.
Reposted by Helen Marshall
World Fantasy Con 2015, Saratoga Springs, Kelly Link, me, and Helen Marshall. @manuscriptgal.bsky.social reposted this today and it is a gleeful thing. @kellylink.bsky.social A DECADE AGO.
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
World Fantasy Con 2015, Saratoga Springs, Kelly Link, me, and Helen Marshall. @manuscriptgal.bsky.social reposted this today and it is a gleeful thing. @kellylink.bsky.social A DECADE AGO.
Davey: “What’s that rattling sound in my ear? Is it my adult teeth?”
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Davey: “What’s that rattling sound in my ear? Is it my adult teeth?”
Reposted by Helen Marshall
I was looking up some old horror business and stumbled across this fun interview I did with @manuscriptgal.bsky.social a decade ago!
youtu.be/WMdYdLF5w8E?...
youtu.be/WMdYdLF5w8E?...
Interview with Helen Marshall
YouTube video by Arkham Horror Book Club
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October 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I was looking up some old horror business and stumbled across this fun interview I did with @manuscriptgal.bsky.social a decade ago!
youtu.be/WMdYdLF5w8E?...
youtu.be/WMdYdLF5w8E?...
📢 Call for Papers: Creative Futures
We want to reimagine futures thinking with creative methodologies as rigorous frameworks for anticipating change! Papers due September 2026!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
#FuturesStudies #Foresight
We want to reimagine futures thinking with creative methodologies as rigorous frameworks for anticipating change! Papers due September 2026!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
#FuturesStudies #Foresight
FUTURES & FORESIGHT SCIENCE Call for Papers - Creative Futures: Imagination-Based Methodologies
FUTURES & FORESIGHT SCIENCE is a methods journal publishing advances on the applications & uses of particular methods in future studies, scenario planning & more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
📢 Call for Papers: Creative Futures
We want to reimagine futures thinking with creative methodologies as rigorous frameworks for anticipating change! Papers due September 2026!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
#FuturesStudies #Foresight
We want to reimagine futures thinking with creative methodologies as rigorous frameworks for anticipating change! Papers due September 2026!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
#FuturesStudies #Foresight
In honour of getting the chance to attend World Fantasy in Brighton, I’ve been reading up on my fellow authors. There are some brilliant resonances between the work of Amal El-Mohtar and my own. #StoriesAboutStories #LyricalProse
October 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
In honour of getting the chance to attend World Fantasy in Brighton, I’ve been reading up on my fellow authors. There are some brilliant resonances between the work of Amal El-Mohtar and my own. #StoriesAboutStories #LyricalProse
Just received Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King by Caroline Bicks in the mail! Really looking forward to diving into this one. I had my own experience researching King's archive, which I wrote about here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
October 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Just received Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King by Caroline Bicks in the mail! Really looking forward to diving into this one. I had my own experience researching King's archive, which I wrote about here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Spotted at the Brisbane Writers Festival! #bwf #nounderstanding
October 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Spotted at the Brisbane Writers Festival! #bwf #nounderstanding
Like Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita? The Lady, The Tiger, and the Girl Who Loved Death weaves together magic, political spectacle, and the power of storytelling in a world where reality and illusion blur dangerously together. Out from @titanbooks.bsky.social now!
#DarkFantasy #CircusBooks
#DarkFantasy #CircusBooks
October 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Like Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita? The Lady, The Tiger, and the Girl Who Loved Death weaves together magic, political spectacle, and the power of storytelling in a world where reality and illusion blur dangerously together. Out from @titanbooks.bsky.social now!
#DarkFantasy #CircusBooks
#DarkFantasy #CircusBooks
Catch me Thursday at the Brisbane Writers Festival for “Dark Imaginings”!
Fairytales and historical myths are often readers’ first encounter with the darkness of human nature. In these stunning novels, fable and archetype are reworked in dazzling ways.
brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/dark-...
#BWF
Fairytales and historical myths are often readers’ first encounter with the darkness of human nature. In these stunning novels, fable and archetype are reworked in dazzling ways.
brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/dark-...
#BWF
Dark Imaginings - Brisbane Powerhouse
Fairytales and historical myths are often readers’ first encounter with the darkness of human nature. Explore more at Brisbane Writers Festival.
brisbanepowerhouse.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Catch me Thursday at the Brisbane Writers Festival for “Dark Imaginings”!
Fairytales and historical myths are often readers’ first encounter with the darkness of human nature. In these stunning novels, fable and archetype are reworked in dazzling ways.
brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/dark-...
#BWF
Fairytales and historical myths are often readers’ first encounter with the darkness of human nature. In these stunning novels, fable and archetype are reworked in dazzling ways.
brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/dark-...
#BWF
ICYMI: We're hiring a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in #CreativeWriting at UQ!
-looking for literary fiction, poetry, graphic novels, comics, digital storytelling, new media, or games!
-international applications welcome
Apply: uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo... #HigherEd #AcademicJobs
-looking for literary fiction, poetry, graphic novels, comics, digital storytelling, new media, or games!
-international applications welcome
Apply: uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo... #HigherEd #AcademicJobs
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
School of Communication and Arts – Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Full-time (100%), Permanent position Position can be offered at Level B or C: Academic level B will be in the ...
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
ICYMI: We're hiring a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in #CreativeWriting at UQ!
-looking for literary fiction, poetry, graphic novels, comics, digital storytelling, new media, or games!
-international applications welcome
Apply: uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo... #HigherEd #AcademicJobs
-looking for literary fiction, poetry, graphic novels, comics, digital storytelling, new media, or games!
-international applications welcome
Apply: uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo... #HigherEd #AcademicJobs
Fire as cleansing, fire as transformation. The Bulgarian fire festivals—where dancers walk barefoot across burning coals—shaped how I imagined ritual and renewal in THE LADY, THE TIGER, AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH.
#Fantasy #Folklore #Inspiration #AmWriting
#Fantasy #Folklore #Inspiration #AmWriting
October 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Fire as cleansing, fire as transformation. The Bulgarian fire festivals—where dancers walk barefoot across burning coals—shaped how I imagined ritual and renewal in THE LADY, THE TIGER, AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH.
#Fantasy #Folklore #Inspiration #AmWriting
#Fantasy #Folklore #Inspiration #AmWriting
Life is just one tiny fright after another, isn't it?
September 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Life is just one tiny fright after another, isn't it?
"Why can't AI just do my research?" Because creative research isn't information retrieval. I'm working on a new academic article showing how research methods produce the distinctive textures of literary prose, looking at Octavia Butler, William Gibson, Kim Stanley Robinson and Andy Weir.
September 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
"Why can't AI just do my research?" Because creative research isn't information retrieval. I'm working on a new academic article showing how research methods produce the distinctive textures of literary prose, looking at Octavia Butler, William Gibson, Kim Stanley Robinson and Andy Weir.
Thinking about Octavia Butler's #writingadvice in Furor Scribendi today: "Forget talent. If you have it, fine. Use it. If you don't have it, it doesn't matter. As habit is more dependable than inspiration, continued learning is more dependable than talent."
September 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Thinking about Octavia Butler's #writingadvice in Furor Scribendi today: "Forget talent. If you have it, fine. Use it. If you don't have it, it doesn't matter. As habit is more dependable than inspiration, continued learning is more dependable than talent."
While writing The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death, I found myself captivated by haunting photographs of abandoned circuses across Eastern Europe. #WritingInspiration #DarkFantasy #EasternEurope #Circus #AuthorLife #FantasyFiction #WritingProcess
September 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
While writing The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death, I found myself captivated by haunting photographs of abandoned circuses across Eastern Europe. #WritingInspiration #DarkFantasy #EasternEurope #Circus #AuthorLife #FantasyFiction #WritingProcess
ICYMI: We're hiring a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in #CreativeWriting at UQ!
-looking for literary fiction, poetry, graphic novels, comics, digital storytelling, new media, or games!
-international applications welcome
Apply: uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...
#HigherEd #AcademicJobs
-looking for literary fiction, poetry, graphic novels, comics, digital storytelling, new media, or games!
-international applications welcome
Apply: uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...
#HigherEd #AcademicJobs
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
School of Communication and Arts – Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Full-time (100%), Permanent position Position can be offered at Level B or C: Academic level B will be in the ...
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
ICYMI: We're hiring a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in #CreativeWriting at UQ!
-looking for literary fiction, poetry, graphic novels, comics, digital storytelling, new media, or games!
-international applications welcome
Apply: uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...
#HigherEd #AcademicJobs
-looking for literary fiction, poetry, graphic novels, comics, digital storytelling, new media, or games!
-international applications welcome
Apply: uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...
#HigherEd #AcademicJobs
HUGE news! We're hiring in Creative Writing at UQ!
Looking for an amazing writer working in literary fiction, poetry, graphic novels, comics, digital storytelling, new media, or games! International applications welcome.
This is going to be AWESOME
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...
Looking for an amazing writer working in literary fiction, poetry, graphic novels, comics, digital storytelling, new media, or games! International applications welcome.
This is going to be AWESOME
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
School of Communication and Arts – Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Full-time (100%), Permanent position Position can be offered at Level B or C: Academic level B will be in the ...
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
HUGE news! We're hiring in Creative Writing at UQ!
Looking for an amazing writer working in literary fiction, poetry, graphic novels, comics, digital storytelling, new media, or games! International applications welcome.
This is going to be AWESOME
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...
Looking for an amazing writer working in literary fiction, poetry, graphic novels, comics, digital storytelling, new media, or games! International applications welcome.
This is going to be AWESOME
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...
“Toward the end of a book, the state of composition feels like a complex, chemically altered state that will go away if I don’t give it what it needs. And what it needs is to write all the time.” I feel that, William Gibson — is this universal among writers?
September 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
“Toward the end of a book, the state of composition feels like a complex, chemically altered state that will go away if I don’t give it what it needs. And what it needs is to write all the time.” I feel that, William Gibson — is this universal among writers?
Alexievich's The Unwomanly Face of War inspired my writing by revealing the erased stories of women in conflict. A masterpiece. #TheUnwomanlyFaceOfWar #Alexievich #WritingInspiration #UntoldStories (The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death is out now from @titanbooks.bsky.social !)
September 17, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Alexievich's The Unwomanly Face of War inspired my writing by revealing the erased stories of women in conflict. A masterpiece. #TheUnwomanlyFaceOfWar #Alexievich #WritingInspiration #UntoldStories (The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death is out now from @titanbooks.bsky.social !)
Reposted by Helen Marshall
A beautifully written Slavic fantasy featuring the circus and a tiger from @titanbooks.bsky.social. The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death by Helen Marshall #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-l...
August 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A beautifully written Slavic fantasy featuring the circus and a tiger from @titanbooks.bsky.social. The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death by Helen Marshall #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-l...
Romanian bear dancers inspired the haunting folklore in my novel THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH--ancient rituals of rebirth and demons bleeding from bear skins.
Now out from @titanbooks.bsky.social (edited by the brilliant @cathtrechman.bsky.social) #DarkFantasy #FolkHorror
Now out from @titanbooks.bsky.social (edited by the brilliant @cathtrechman.bsky.social) #DarkFantasy #FolkHorror
September 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Romanian bear dancers inspired the haunting folklore in my novel THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH--ancient rituals of rebirth and demons bleeding from bear skins.
Now out from @titanbooks.bsky.social (edited by the brilliant @cathtrechman.bsky.social) #DarkFantasy #FolkHorror
Now out from @titanbooks.bsky.social (edited by the brilliant @cathtrechman.bsky.social) #DarkFantasy #FolkHorror
Brilliant Guardian piece on how Big Tech is systematically stealing books, music & films to train AI without consent or payment. This isn't innovation. It's digital colonialism threatening our entire creative ecosystem.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Tech companies are stealing our books, music and films for AI. It’s brazen theft and must be stopped | Anna Funder and Julia Powles
If we don’t refuse and resist, not just our culture but our democracy will be irrevocably diminished
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Brilliant Guardian piece on how Big Tech is systematically stealing books, music & films to train AI without consent or payment. This isn't innovation. It's digital colonialism threatening our entire creative ecosystem.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
These are some of my favorite films and if you love them too, my novel is absolutely made for you! THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH has all the magic, drama, and political edge you crave🔥
Out from @titanbooks.bsky.social (and thanks to @cathtrechman.bsky.social for the fab edits!)
Out from @titanbooks.bsky.social (and thanks to @cathtrechman.bsky.social for the fab edits!)
September 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
These are some of my favorite films and if you love them too, my novel is absolutely made for you! THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH has all the magic, drama, and political edge you crave🔥
Out from @titanbooks.bsky.social (and thanks to @cathtrechman.bsky.social for the fab edits!)
Out from @titanbooks.bsky.social (and thanks to @cathtrechman.bsky.social for the fab edits!)
ICYMI! Amazing review from Locus: “I rate Marshall...as one of the best fantasists working in the field....At its core, THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH is a story about stories.” @mondyboy74.bsky.social reviews @titanbooks.bsky.social
locusmag.com/2025/08/the-...
locusmag.com/2025/08/the-...
The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death by Helen Marshall: Review by Ian Mond
The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death, Helen Marshall (Titan 978-1-80336-951-8, $18.99, 368pp, tp) June 2025. I’m a big fan of Helen Marshall’s fiction, both short and long, including he…
locusmag.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
ICYMI! Amazing review from Locus: “I rate Marshall...as one of the best fantasists working in the field....At its core, THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH is a story about stories.” @mondyboy74.bsky.social reviews @titanbooks.bsky.social
locusmag.com/2025/08/the-...
locusmag.com/2025/08/the-...