Una McCormack
@unamccormack.bsky.social
NYT bestselling and BSFA & Scribe award-winning writer. Intersectional feminist science fiction with Gold SF. Fighting the long defeat since December 1981.
https://linktr.ee/unamccormack
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And on, with luck, to Star One.
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
And on, with luck, to Star One.
The signature of Guy Fawkes at 7.10pm, 21 December 1981 and the signature of Guy Fawkes at 8.10pm, 21 December 1981.
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The signature of Guy Fawkes at 7.10pm, 21 December 1981 and the signature of Guy Fawkes at 8.10pm, 21 December 1981.
Finally united with my BSFA award, for #DoctorWho Caged. Thank you to @sjgroenewegen.co.uk for collecting it, and shepherding it around most of the UK!
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Finally united with my BSFA award, for #DoctorWho Caged. Thank you to @sjgroenewegen.co.uk for collecting it, and shepherding it around most of the UK!
Almost too painful to read at this present moment.
October 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Almost too painful to read at this present moment.
Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future.
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future.
Christmas socks in progress
October 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Christmas socks in progress
It’s right at the start! The source is his grandmother.
October 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It’s right at the start! The source is his grandmother.
That moment in the sock construction when I feel most impressed with myself.
October 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
That moment in the sock construction when I feel most impressed with myself.
I got some lovely new sock wool
October 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I got some lovely new sock wool
When the wool arrives like this I can just knit, can’t I? It won’t get twisted up?
October 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
When the wool arrives like this I can just knit, can’t I? It won’t get twisted up?
April marked the 30th anniversary of the first transmission of the BBC’s film of PERSUASION, to my mind the absolute gold standard of Austen adaptations.
I didn’t get round to watching it then, but I’ve put it on this morning, a small tribute to John Woodvine.
I didn’t get round to watching it then, but I’ve put it on this morning, a small tribute to John Woodvine.
October 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
April marked the 30th anniversary of the first transmission of the BBC’s film of PERSUASION, to my mind the absolute gold standard of Austen adaptations.
I didn’t get round to watching it then, but I’ve put it on this morning, a small tribute to John Woodvine.
I didn’t get round to watching it then, but I’ve put it on this morning, a small tribute to John Woodvine.
Oh, there it is!
October 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Oh, there it is!
"Featuring thirteen brand-new stories by A. K. Benedict, Angela Slatter, Mason Cross, Una McCormack, Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Thana Niveau, James Lovegrove, Derek Farrell, MK Hardy, John Llewellyn Probert, Martyn Waites, Aubrey Wood, and James Goss."
October 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"Featuring thirteen brand-new stories by A. K. Benedict, Angela Slatter, Mason Cross, Una McCormack, Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Thana Niveau, James Lovegrove, Derek Farrell, MK Hardy, John Llewellyn Probert, Martyn Waites, Aubrey Wood, and James Goss."
THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR's evil AI Max goes worldwide in this anthology of 13 horror stories set across the globe!
Featuring James Lovegrove, Lavanya Lakshminarayan, James Goss, MK Hardy and many more, including me! Coming from Rebellion Spring 2026; cover by Sam Gretton.
But wait, there's more...
Featuring James Lovegrove, Lavanya Lakshminarayan, James Goss, MK Hardy and many more, including me! Coming from Rebellion Spring 2026; cover by Sam Gretton.
But wait, there's more...
October 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR's evil AI Max goes worldwide in this anthology of 13 horror stories set across the globe!
Featuring James Lovegrove, Lavanya Lakshminarayan, James Goss, MK Hardy and many more, including me! Coming from Rebellion Spring 2026; cover by Sam Gretton.
But wait, there's more...
Featuring James Lovegrove, Lavanya Lakshminarayan, James Goss, MK Hardy and many more, including me! Coming from Rebellion Spring 2026; cover by Sam Gretton.
But wait, there's more...
Here's the full entry, with further annotations, which makes me think the annotator might be a member of the household.
(Awful terminology in that final column.)
(Awful terminology in that final column.)
October 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Here's the full entry, with further annotations, which makes me think the annotator might be a member of the household.
(Awful terminology in that final column.)
(Awful terminology in that final column.)
Fascinating entry on the 1911 census for my paternal grandfather's household: under 'Nationality' the entry 'British subjects all' has been made; at the bottom of the page, someone has added 'All Irish here'. Is this the census taker making notes, or someone in the household sassing?
October 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Fascinating entry on the 1911 census for my paternal grandfather's household: under 'Nationality' the entry 'British subjects all' has been made; at the bottom of the page, someone has added 'All Irish here'. Is this the census taker making notes, or someone in the household sassing?
A privilege to speak about what “The Tombs of Atuan” means to me. Launch of “The Word for World” book and exhibition of the maps of Ursula Le Guin.
October 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A privilege to speak about what “The Tombs of Atuan” means to me. Launch of “The Word for World” book and exhibition of the maps of Ursula Le Guin.
Always nice when HR emails have the personal touch.
September 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Always nice when HR emails have the personal touch.
My Expanse story
September 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
My Expanse story
I have this on my shelf
September 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I have this on my shelf