Erin Bondo
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Canadian in Scotland (via Denmark (got lost on the way home (sorry mom))) | Current fixation: #FlashFiction | #AmWriting | She/Her
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My very first Pushcart Prize nomination (!!) for my 3rd place BFFA flash "Eloise Writes as the World Burns"
Okay I did it, please clap! (I would, but I can no longer feel my hands and feet 🥹)
December 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Okay I did it, please clap! (I would, but I can no longer feel my hands and feet 🥹)
Currently girding my loins with homemade croissants while talking a big talk about joining my partner and his family for their traditional Christmas day dip in the North Sea for the first time 😳🌊
December 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Currently girding my loins with homemade croissants while talking a big talk about joining my partner and his family for their traditional Christmas day dip in the North Sea for the first time 😳🌊
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Romancing the Gothic organises free talks every Saturday all through the year!
Our talks are open to all, happen at two different times (usually) so people can join us from different time zones, and are free (though donations welcome to support the programme)
This year's programme below!
Our talks are open to all, happen at two different times (usually) so people can join us from different time zones, and are free (though donations welcome to support the programme)
This year's programme below!
December 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Romancing the Gothic organises free talks every Saturday all through the year!
Our talks are open to all, happen at two different times (usually) so people can join us from different time zones, and are free (though donations welcome to support the programme)
This year's programme below!
Our talks are open to all, happen at two different times (usually) so people can join us from different time zones, and are free (though donations welcome to support the programme)
This year's programme below!
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I'm planning an informal FREE zoom writing salon about ghost stories on Thurs., Dec. 18, 2025, 11am-12pm (Central). If you'd like to join, please register & I'll send you a link. We'll look at a few short ghost stories, talk about how they work, and end with some prompts.
forms.gle/eHUs4pGLxBVY...
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Holiday Ghost Stories -- Free Salon
In the deep winter darkness, let's tell some ghost stories! This is a free, informal session, in which we'll talk through a few ghost stories and the strategies we might use to write them. Expect clo...
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December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I'm planning an informal FREE zoom writing salon about ghost stories on Thurs., Dec. 18, 2025, 11am-12pm (Central). If you'd like to join, please register & I'll send you a link. We'll look at a few short ghost stories, talk about how they work, and end with some prompts.
forms.gle/eHUs4pGLxBVY...
forms.gle/eHUs4pGLxBVY...
Once more unto the breach, dear friends! #WelkinPrize @welkinprize.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Once more unto the breach, dear friends! #WelkinPrize @welkinprize.bsky.social
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THREAD
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I want to pick up another part of the ‘nature cure’ problem
When a woman writes about the outdoors, people often reach for the same narrative template.
#Scotland #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Books #NatureWriting #Nature
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I want to pick up another part of the ‘nature cure’ problem
When a woman writes about the outdoors, people often reach for the same narrative template.
#Scotland #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Books #NatureWriting #Nature
December 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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I want to pick up another part of the ‘nature cure’ problem
When a woman writes about the outdoors, people often reach for the same narrative template.
#Scotland #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Books #NatureWriting #Nature
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I want to pick up another part of the ‘nature cure’ problem
When a woman writes about the outdoors, people often reach for the same narrative template.
#Scotland #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Books #NatureWriting #Nature
Available through Edinburgh Libraries for anyone in my neck of the woods – and a great read!
Our monthly magazines available via the #Libby app from your local digital library, assuming they have digital books. Just search "After Dinner Conversation Magazine" in the Libby app!
December 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Available through Edinburgh Libraries for anyone in my neck of the woods – and a great read!
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《 NEWS 》
Stanchion Magazine will open for submissions on January 5, 2026, for one day only, one month from today.
And for the first time, there's a theme: MUSIC.
All the pertinent info can be read here:
www.stanchionzine.com/submissions
Thank you for your interest in Stanchion. 🖤🤍
Stanchion Magazine will open for submissions on January 5, 2026, for one day only, one month from today.
And for the first time, there's a theme: MUSIC.
All the pertinent info can be read here:
www.stanchionzine.com/submissions
Thank you for your interest in Stanchion. 🖤🤍
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
《 NEWS 》
Stanchion Magazine will open for submissions on January 5, 2026, for one day only, one month from today.
And for the first time, there's a theme: MUSIC.
All the pertinent info can be read here:
www.stanchionzine.com/submissions
Thank you for your interest in Stanchion. 🖤🤍
Stanchion Magazine will open for submissions on January 5, 2026, for one day only, one month from today.
And for the first time, there's a theme: MUSIC.
All the pertinent info can be read here:
www.stanchionzine.com/submissions
Thank you for your interest in Stanchion. 🖤🤍
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Latest painting (acrylic on canvas)
December 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Latest painting (acrylic on canvas)
Recuperating on the sofa after a busy flash-filled weekend & sending off some new words into the universe. 'Cosmic Chronicler' feels very appropos, cause you can't spell chronicler without chronic [illness]! 💃 #WelkinWritingPrize @welkinprize.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Recuperating on the sofa after a busy flash-filled weekend & sending off some new words into the universe. 'Cosmic Chronicler' feels very appropos, cause you can't spell chronicler without chronic [illness]! 💃 #WelkinWritingPrize @welkinprize.bsky.social
My very first Pushcart Prize nomination (!!) for my 3rd place BFFA flash "Eloise Writes as the World Burns"
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My very first Pushcart Prize nomination (!!) for my 3rd place BFFA flash "Eloise Writes as the World Burns"
Brilliant @flashficfestuk.bsky.social day today w/ generative workshops from @hanakhalique.bsky.social, @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social & @lunchontuesday.bsky.social! Lots of drafts & ideas born out of this one. Thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social for organising & everyone who read/presented/shared 😊
November 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Brilliant @flashficfestuk.bsky.social day today w/ generative workshops from @hanakhalique.bsky.social, @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social & @lunchontuesday.bsky.social! Lots of drafts & ideas born out of this one. Thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social for organising & everyone who read/presented/shared 😊
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Really looking forward to this showcase event on Sunday November 30th for all the shortlisted authors in @walklistencreate.org’s Walking in the Dark competition (supporting the great Women Walking, the City, at Night campaign). Tickets available in the link below
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
Write About Walking In The Dark Showcase
Write About Walking In The Dark Showcase event introduces new writing from 11 shortlisted authors of the walk · listen · create annual writing competition and includes readings of their poetry and pro...
walklistencreate.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Really looking forward to this showcase event on Sunday November 30th for all the shortlisted authors in @walklistencreate.org’s Walking in the Dark competition (supporting the great Women Walking, the City, at Night campaign). Tickets available in the link below
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
Well, looks like everyone's getting MERL merch again for Christmas this year. I'm sure my MIL will be just thrilled to complement her chicken wearing trousers tea towel with a mouse riding a lobster tote bag 😅
It's a beautiful day. We just dropped new merch for the first time in a year.
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Well, looks like everyone's getting MERL merch again for Christmas this year. I'm sure my MIL will be just thrilled to complement her chicken wearing trousers tea towel with a mouse riding a lobster tote bag 😅
So pleased to have been shortlisted for @walklistencreate.org's Write About Walking "In the Dark" competition & included in the forthcoming print & audio anthologies!
Come join us @ the showcase Nov 30th to hear myself and some very talented writers & poets present our pieces. Deets in link 👇
Come join us @ the showcase Nov 30th to hear myself and some very talented writers & poets present our pieces. Deets in link 👇
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
So pleased to have been shortlisted for @walklistencreate.org's Write About Walking "In the Dark" competition & included in the forthcoming print & audio anthologies!
Come join us @ the showcase Nov 30th to hear myself and some very talented writers & poets present our pieces. Deets in link 👇
Come join us @ the showcase Nov 30th to hear myself and some very talented writers & poets present our pieces. Deets in link 👇
Summer's okay and all, but I do love that crisp cold of a sunny day this time of year
(not pictured: my enormous blanket of a jacket and scarf wound up to my eyeballs, I'm not a masochist)
(not pictured: my enormous blanket of a jacket and scarf wound up to my eyeballs, I'm not a masochist)
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Summer's okay and all, but I do love that crisp cold of a sunny day this time of year
(not pictured: my enormous blanket of a jacket and scarf wound up to my eyeballs, I'm not a masochist)
(not pictured: my enormous blanket of a jacket and scarf wound up to my eyeballs, I'm not a masochist)
This story made me so. angry. But like...in a satisfying way? Love!
It's awards season! I have two short stories I'm most proud of this year.
If you only read one thing of mine, make it "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", a piece Locus called a "sharp satire" which should give you lols and catharsis. www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
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If you only read one thing of mine, make it "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", a piece Locus called a "sharp satire" which should give you lols and catharsis. www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
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DP FICTION #123B: “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg – Diabolical Plots
www.diabolicalplots.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This story made me so. angry. But like...in a satisfying way? Love!
Very excited to share that my dark little flash has been longlisted for @walklistencreate.org's Walking In The Dark competition! Congrats to everyone on the longlist, I am in stellar company 🙌
Long list of our #Walking #InTheDark competition announced - terrific poems and stories beautifully penned - read them here wlc.zone/ark
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Very excited to share that my dark little flash has been longlisted for @walklistencreate.org's Walking In The Dark competition! Congrats to everyone on the longlist, I am in stellar company 🙌
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study after study after study shows that literally just handing people money and telling them "do what you want with this" reduces homelessness, increases food security for children, makes it more likely people will find and retain jobs.1
November 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
study after study after study shows that literally just handing people money and telling them "do what you want with this" reduces homelessness, increases food security for children, makes it more likely people will find and retain jobs.1
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**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.
Getting big 'enemies-to-lovers' vibes from this, I predict a Green Party membership in the protagonist's future 🍃
October 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Getting big 'enemies-to-lovers' vibes from this, I predict a Green Party membership in the protagonist's future 🍃
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Folklore conservation in action! Absolutely loved learning about this campaign!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
People submit Welsh placenames to protect linguistic heritage
Entries include Welsh language names for fields and hills in move to ensure preservation of stories and legends
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Folklore conservation in action! Absolutely loved learning about this campaign!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
#climatecrisis #tippingpoint #auspol www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
#climatecrisis #tippingpoint #auspol www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point
Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
www.leeds.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
#climatecrisis #tippingpoint #auspol www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
#climatecrisis #tippingpoint #auspol www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
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Scotland's richest 2% now have more wealth than half the population combined.
At today's #FMQs we asked the First Minister why shooting estates owned by billionaires still pay no business rates.
We’re losing millions of pounds that could go towards our schools, libraries, and hospitals.
At today's #FMQs we asked the First Minister why shooting estates owned by billionaires still pay no business rates.
We’re losing millions of pounds that could go towards our schools, libraries, and hospitals.
September 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Scotland's richest 2% now have more wealth than half the population combined.
At today's #FMQs we asked the First Minister why shooting estates owned by billionaires still pay no business rates.
We’re losing millions of pounds that could go towards our schools, libraries, and hospitals.
At today's #FMQs we asked the First Minister why shooting estates owned by billionaires still pay no business rates.
We’re losing millions of pounds that could go towards our schools, libraries, and hospitals.
As a former English Lit major, this is the kind of pedantry I live for 🤌
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
August 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
As a former English Lit major, this is the kind of pedantry I live for 🤌