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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 5h

same! i feel like everyone who’s eligible for the flu vaccination should automatically be eligible for the Covid one, but apparently that’s too much like common sense

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 6h

I wish the UK was doing this! It just makes so much more sense (and also doesn’t limit the jabs to people who can afford them)

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 6h

going to be me this year too 😭 i was on the list last year, off it the year before but wrangled by my GP for a clinic one, on it the year prior and off it the one before - now off again! absolute nonsense

Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 10h

It’s dispiriting that this is what getting a COVID vaccination now looks like to this chronic asthmatic.

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Lorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social · 2d

Happiest of publication days to this beautiful book & the possibly-fae @samkhorton.bsky.social 🖤🖤🖤

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 2d

If you like dark folklore you must check out @samkhorton.bsky.social's Gorse and its sequel Ragwort, which is out today!

Gorgeous inside and out, it's a haunting tale of love, madness, loss, and mysterious secrets, set in Cornwall amid the clash of Enlightenment with the old magical ways

💙📚🪐

A banner from Solaris with a picture of the book and a quote from Lorraine Wilson reading "brimming with love for the wild places, for the folklore and for the fallibility and generosity of the human heart. Horton is a storyteller outside of time, I suspect he may be fae"

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So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · 1d

I'm a committed small press author & editor. Small presses are the seed-heads of the books world & they are scorched. Pls read and share this excellent letter on the situation & what's needed in @thebookseller.com, signatories inc Peninsula Press, @cipherpress.bsky.social @silver-press.bsky.social

Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK

The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.

www.thebookseller.com

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 2d

look at that soft face - he’s incapable of evil 🥹

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 2d

HE’S TOO MUCH

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 2d

oh i am both here and intrigued for a hopeful dystopia 👀

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 2d

When There Are Wolves Again is released today!

@catamaroon.bsky.social's new novel is a hopeful but believable dystopia, tackling speculative themes of biodiversity and environmental disaster, pandemic, justice, and our possible future, all explored in a deeply human & affecting way.

💙📚🪐

A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop. On the cover a wolf in greens and blues fades into sapling trees reaching up to surround the letters of the title with delicate leaves.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 4d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 3d

EARS

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 4d

this is stunning!

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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 4d

Southerness Lighthouse, Scotland (2024)

#ThePhotoHour #Photography

A squareish white lighthouse on rocks with rust and dirt all over. There's a balcony around the top but mostly on the other side of us. In the background is the sea, and the sky is pretty grey and flat

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 4d

ah thank you so much! 🥰

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Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 5d

Project Hanuman has its launch at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social two weeks before it's in shops. There will be cake, wine and merch. 2pm on the Friday of the convention (31st October).

I'm petrified of launching this thing alone so please come along and eat my cakes

There may also be special guest

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Ever Dundas @everdundas.bsky.social · 4d

A brilliant piece by @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social on Dystopian Medicine

"it’s when society feels at its most unstable that we find ourselves turning to the darker genres of fiction... because these stories provide us with a space in which to explore our growing fears."

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 5d

Drawing from stories such as Hiron Ennes' Leech and Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, author @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social reviews the popularity of medical horror, placing it alongside the return of dystopian fiction:

reactormag.com/dystopian-me...

Dystopian Medicine: Why Medical Horror Has a Hold on Us - Reactor

When society feels at its most unstable, we find ourselves turning to the darker genres of fiction...

reactormag.com

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 4d

ahhh pal I’m so glad you liked it! As you know, I will take any opportunity to yell about HellSans 😁

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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 4d

"Say 'Ahhhhhhhhhhggghhh'"

@tinywriterlaura.bsky.social looks at some recent examples of medical horror to investigate why the genre is especially telling in dystopian times.

The doctor will see you now...

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 5d

Drawing from stories such as Hiron Ennes' Leech and Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, author @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social reviews the popularity of medical horror, placing it alongside the return of dystopian fiction:

reactormag.com/dystopian-me...

Dystopian Medicine: Why Medical Horror Has a Hold on Us - Reactor

When society feels at its most unstable, we find ourselves turning to the darker genres of fiction...

reactormag.com

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 5d

I had such a great time writing this piece for Reactor! one of the great things about publishing a book is people let you write about things you’re vaguely obsessed with

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 5d

Drawing from stories such as Hiron Ennes' Leech and Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, author @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social reviews the popularity of medical horror, placing it alongside the return of dystopian fiction:

reactormag.com/dystopian-me...

Dystopian Medicine: Why Medical Horror Has a Hold on Us - Reactor

When society feels at its most unstable, we find ourselves turning to the darker genres of fiction...

reactormag.com

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 4d

I thoroughly enjoyed answering these questions from @lovereading4kids.bsky.social about the Lokifesto - my Loki flavoured provocation in response to the reading crisis. A joy to think about! Do have a read! www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/blog/read-li... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

Read Like a Bad God - The Rights of the Reader

Read Read Like a Bad God - The Rights of the Reader on LoveReading4Kids

www.lovereading4kids.co.uk

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 4d

ah I’m glad you liked it! Always a bit nerve-wracking discussing someone else’s book somewhere 😂💚

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 4d

thank you! 🥰

Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 4d

Yesssssssss! Huge congrats!

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Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · 5d

Very happy to have been awarded Creative Scotland funding to expand a dark SF project (similar vibes to Limelight)! A multi-POV tale of lives intersecting in a dystopian city run by a nefarious corporation (think Gotham meets Panem) with dark health tech, a heist, and an assassination plot...✨👁️

Collage of photos depicting a futuristic society

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 5d

put me down on team foy-yay

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 5d

agreed!!!

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