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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 11h

When There Are Wolves Again is out in the UK today! I wrote something about the book, and keeping going, and some personal stuff I dithered over but, well, it's been A Year.

I'm so glad the book is out there and thank you so much to everyone who has supported it 🐺🤍

ejswift.co.uk/2025/10/09/w...

Hardback edition of When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. Swift, with cover featuring a wolf and branch/leaf/flower design, photographed in the garden with the author's cat in the background being dramatic

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 12h

Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social I’m interviewing the wonderful Lorelle Meets The Obsolete about their brilliant new album Corporal! @soniccathedral.bsky.social outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - Jonathan Thornton catches up with Mexico's finest psych-garage innovators on the occasion of their latest foray into electronic noise, 'Corporal'. ...the latest story in O...

Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Lorelle Meets The Obsolete

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 1d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

👫Possession
🥩Society
🩰Suspiria (1977)
📌Hellraiser
💥Tetsuo: The Iron Man
🧺The Wicker Man (1973)
🏠Hausu
💉The Substance
📼Videodrome
👁️The Beyond

maxel tov! @max3000.bsky.social · 1d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

☎️ Skinamarink
🫎Evil Dead 2
👁️The Beyond
🔩Tetsuo: The Iron Man
📼Videodrome
🫙Bride of Frankenstein
🚗Titane
👽Attack the Block
🏜️The Outwaters
🩸Braindead (aka Dead-Alive)

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🦇Bram Stoker's Dracula
✝️The Devils
🍼Rosemary's Baby
👻The Medium
👫Possession
📹Lost Highway
💉Audition
🐸The Wicker Man ('73)
⚫Under the Skin
♦️The Neon Demon

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 1d

Today in Jonathan Aesthetics

#HuskerDu #10000Maniacs #Possession #UrsulaLeGuin #4AD

Badges for Lookfar from Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea books, Husker Du, Possession, 10,000 Maniacs and 4AD records on a plaid shirt

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 2d

B and the neighbours no doubt delighted that I finally own this pinnacle of thrash metal on vinyl

Slayer’s Reign In Blood on glorious vinyl!

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 3d

Linked to the Voyager at 50 exhibition, I’ve written a piece on the manuscript of Ian Watson’s The Embedding! manuscriptsandmore.liverpool.ac.uk/voyager-at-5...

Voyager at 50 Exhibition Highlight: The Embedding Manuscript

The Digital Heritage Lab’s Voyager at 50 is a celebration of the Voyager 1 and 2 probes, which were sent into space in 1977 with golden records containing information about humanity in case the pro…

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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks so much to @jonathanthornton.bsky.social and @thefantasyhive.bsky.social for this lovely review of Wolves 🐺🙏

fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/10/when...

WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN by E. J. Swift (BOOK REVIEW) | Fantasy-Hive

Today, Jonathan reviews E. J. Swift's speculative climate fiction WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN: "Beautifully written and sensitively observed... one of the most beautiful and urgent novels of the year"

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 4d

LP five of the next lot of records Al’s lent

Artist: Judie Tzuke
Album: Sports Car
Date: 1980
Label: The Rocket Record Company

What I know about the record going in: absolutely nothing. An unnerving record cover, on the back there’s a photo of a woman with a very 80s haircut

Judie Tzuke’s Sports Car playing on the record player

The end bit that wouldn’t fit in the last screenshot

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 4d

Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social it’s my absolute pleasure to interview one of my favourite bands, the Chameleons! outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

The Chameleons: The Sunday Interview - On their triumphant return with a fantastic new album, Jonathan Thornton speaks to Manchester's most underrated band ...the latest story in Outsideleft

Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is The Chameleons: The Sunday Interview

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 6d

Today on @thefantasyhive.bsky.social I’m reviewing EJ Swift’s wonderful new novel When There Are Wolves Again, a contender for novel of the year fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/10/when...

WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN by E. J. Swift (BOOK REVIEW) | Fantasy-Hive

Today, Jonathan reviews E. J. Swift's speculative climate fiction WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN: "Beautifully written and sensitively observed... one of the most beautiful and urgent novels of the year"

fantasy-hive.co.uk

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 6d

A bumper Week In Music on @outsideleft.bsky.social today, I’m reviewing new singles from The New Eves, Whitelands and Dry Cleaning!

outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

Outsideleft Week in Music: Crash at the Roundabout - We're hearing from... Jackdaw with Crowbar, A Happy Return, Dry Cleaning, Prefaces, Peel Dream Magazine, Doja Cat, Ancient Champion, Penza Penza, G...

Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Outsideleft Week in Music: Crash at the Roundabout

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 7d

I have ten of these PHYSICS FOR CATS pins to give away! Share the post below👇 for a chance to win one. (UK only: you can share from anywhere but I can't send you a pin).

A pin badge depicting a black cat floating in a black void orbited by colourful particles.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 7d

My new book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS is out in a week! Order a copy today from you local bookshop or at one of the links here: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 8d

My essay on @jennyhval.bsky.social ‘s books and music is now free on @typebarmagazine.bsky.social www.typebarmagazine.com/2025/08/29/a...

A Celebration of the Abject, the Queer, and the Arcane: The Work of Writer-Musician Jenny Hval - Typebar Magazine

Hval’s work, both in written and musical form, shows an artist willing to explore the limits of genres.

www.typebarmagazine.com

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Sonic Cathedral @soniccathedral.bsky.social · 9d

The new @whitelands.bsky.social single ‘Glance’ is out now.

Here’s a clip from the video by Cameron Perry, starring @bafta.org Rising Star winner David Jonsson (currently in ‘The Long Walk’) and Honor Swinton Byrne (who appeared alongside her mother, Tilda Swinton, in ‘The Souvenir’).

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 10d

Today on @thefantasyhive.bsky.social I’m interviewing the wonderful @dancoxon.bsky.social about his latest anthology Writing The Magic and more! fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/09/inte...

Interview with Dan Coxon (WRITING THE MAGIC) | Fantasy-Hive

Jonathan interviews Dan Coxon on the latest in the Writing The series, WRITING THE MAGIC: "I’ve had two writers comment already that it was nice to be able to tackle Fantasy as a subject for serious s...

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you!

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 10d

40 and still rocking band T-shirts - my Belly shirt from Friday‘s gig!

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 12d

A masterwork!

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 12d

Belly were amazing last night! Incredible gig

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 14d

Today in Jonathan Aesthetics

#UrsulaLeGuin #Society #TransvisionVamp #Belly #4AD

Badges for Ursula Le Guin’s Lookfar from Earthsea, Society, Belly, Transvision Vamp and 4AD on a plaid shirt

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 14d

Last Wednesday I was lucky enough to interview the wonderful Atrocity Girl before their awesome Birkenhead gig! It’s up today on @outsideleft.bsky.social outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

Hanging out with the Hanging Girls - Jonathan Thornton catches up Seattle's finest, Atrocity Girl at the end of their UK tour ...the latest story in Outsideleft

Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Hanging out with the Hanging Girls

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 15d

Brilliant news! A new @annecharnock.bsky.social book is always a cause for celebration

Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 15d

Thrilled! Goldsmiths Press/Gold SF will publish ALSTON MOOR in Autumn 2026. Epic eco-fiction with two entwined storylines, 500 years apart!
I’ve adored every minute of research for this novel.
@goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social

Goldsmiths Press to publish my latest novel Alston Moor - Anne Charnock

I am totally thrilled that Goldsmiths Press will be publishing my novel Alston Moor in the Autumn of 2026 as part of the press’s Gold SF feminist series.

annecharnock.com

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 17d

Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social I’m reviewing the Chameleons’ brilliant new album Arctic Moon! outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

Chameleons howling at an Arctic Moon - Jonathan Thornton marvels at the power of the Chameleons first new album in 24 years ...the latest story in Outsideleft

Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Chameleons howling at an Arctic Moon

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 19d

Saturday morning vibes - The Darling Buds’ classic Pop Said…

The Darling Buds’ debut album Pop Said… playing on the cd player

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