𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆
@jordanacosta.co
🇬🇧/🇵🇭 Speculative fiction writer and Creative Director at @unseenhistories.com – rep'd by @jjbker.bsky.social.
https://www.jordanacosta.co
https://www.jordanacosta.co
Spotted in Bookazine Hong Kong 🇭🇰 — a trade paperback of @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social’s Quantum of Menace #007
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Spotted in Bookazine Hong Kong 🇭🇰 — a trade paperback of @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social’s Quantum of Menace #007
This is one of my favourite songs and this is just absolutely brilliant.
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is one of my favourite songs and this is just absolutely brilliant.
@bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social is my go to for books now, I love the fact they now do ebooks through their own dedicated reader now.
This is your seasonal reminder that Bookshop.org and libro.fm exist as local-supporting not-Amazon options for all your physical and audiobook needs! Bookshop even gives you the option to add a card and a pretty fabric bag and ship it directly to your giftee!
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
December 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
@bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social is my go to for books now, I love the fact they now do ebooks through their own dedicated reader now.
I’m a ‘two reminders for every meeting’ kind of guy myself. On the day. On my calendar it’s a two day countdown.
“If you’ve got autism or ADHD just get into the habit of setting loads of reminders for yourself”
The reminders:
The reminders:
Well I've got no fucking idea what this reminder was for
December 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I’m a ‘two reminders for every meeting’ kind of guy myself. On the day. On my calendar it’s a two day countdown.
This is a brilliant listen on Audible, definitely worth a credit👇
Voting eligibility post for 2025! If any of these tickled you in strange places, consider adding them to an award list near you ;)
@thepinkhydra.com @giganotosaurus.bsky.social
@thepinkhydra.com @giganotosaurus.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This is a brilliant listen on Audible, definitely worth a credit👇
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Lidl has put Toy Banks in stores where you can donate a gift for a child who wouldn’t otherwise have one on Christmas Day.
Must be unopened and dropped off by 15th. Wonderful thing to do if you can (and there’s loads of cheap but great toy deals online still). www.lidl.co.uk/c/christmas-...
Must be unopened and dropped off by 15th. Wonderful thing to do if you can (and there’s loads of cheap but great toy deals online still). www.lidl.co.uk/c/christmas-...
Lidl's Toy Bank Donation
We’ve brought back our Lidl Toy Bank Donation, in partnership with Neighbourly, where you can make unopened toy donations. Help share joy over Christmas.
www.lidl.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Lidl has put Toy Banks in stores where you can donate a gift for a child who wouldn’t otherwise have one on Christmas Day.
Must be unopened and dropped off by 15th. Wonderful thing to do if you can (and there’s loads of cheap but great toy deals online still). www.lidl.co.uk/c/christmas-...
Must be unopened and dropped off by 15th. Wonderful thing to do if you can (and there’s loads of cheap but great toy deals online still). www.lidl.co.uk/c/christmas-...
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Martin Parr in 1974. RIP to one of the most influential photographers of his generation.
Photo by Geoff Howard.
Photo by Geoff Howard.
December 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Martin Parr in 1974. RIP to one of the most influential photographers of his generation.
Photo by Geoff Howard.
Photo by Geoff Howard.
I immediately thought ‘this is the kind of thing that could be on Ancient Aliens’, then I looked at the account name.
Researchers believe they could be representations of extraterrestrial beings that visited humanity in the past.
alienigenasdopassado.com.br/en/the-myste...
#aliens #ancientaliens #ancientastronauts #ancienthistory #UFOs #ufosightings #UAPs #Ufology #ufolovers #extraterrestrials #mysteries
alienigenasdopassado.com.br/en/the-myste...
#aliens #ancientaliens #ancientastronauts #ancienthistory #UFOs #ufosightings #UAPs #Ufology #ufolovers #extraterrestrials #mysteries
The Mysterious 7,000 Year Old Vinca Figurines - Ancient Aliens
Researchers believe they could be representations of extraterrestrial beings that visited humanity in the past.
alienigenasdopassado.com.br
December 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I immediately thought ‘this is the kind of thing that could be on Ancient Aliens’, then I looked at the account name.
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kind of obsessed with this custom binding for Moby dick by Susan and Chaim Ebanks at Exeter Bookbinders
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
kind of obsessed with this custom binding for Moby dick by Susan and Chaim Ebanks at Exeter Bookbinders
@garethjohnbrown.bsky.social is a great guy and an even better writer 👇
I am very pleased to announce that I am supporting the wonderful Goldsboro Writing Academy to provide funded places on their courses for writers from low-income and under-represented backgrounds in 2026 and in 2027.
For more details contact Phil Vinter or visit the @goldsborowritingacademy website!
For more details contact Phil Vinter or visit the @goldsborowritingacademy website!
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
@garethjohnbrown.bsky.social is a great guy and an even better writer 👇
I like LOTR but it had nowhere near the impact it did to me as a young teenager reading the Redwall series by Brian Jacques.
overheard a dad at the bookstore showing his little girl a copy of Redwall and saying “it’s like Lord of the Rings but with small animals!”
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I like LOTR but it had nowhere near the impact it did to me as a young teenager reading the Redwall series by Brian Jacques.
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How an invasion of purple flowers made Iceland an Instagram paradise – and caused a biodiversity crisis
How an invasion of purple flowers made Iceland an Instagram paradise – and caused a biodiversity crisis
Nootka lupins, introduced in the 1940s to repair damaged soil, are rampaging across the island, threatening its native species
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
How an invasion of purple flowers made Iceland an Instagram paradise – and caused a biodiversity crisis
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In the days before Spotify, I'd look through the CD wallets in customers cars that I was working on. If there was anything in there that I wanted I would burn a copy of it to CDR for myself. Also once added 15% to a bill for finding a Nickelback CD.
December 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
In the days before Spotify, I'd look through the CD wallets in customers cars that I was working on. If there was anything in there that I wanted I would burn a copy of it to CDR for myself. Also once added 15% to a bill for finding a Nickelback CD.
The pleasure is in the execution, not the surprise.
I'm always confused when writers change the plot because a reader figured out what was coming. Surely that's good? Surely that means the breadcrumbs have been laid out appropriately?
December 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The pleasure is in the execution, not the surprise.
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The Needfire by @mkhardywrites.com - set in a perfectly isolated and unforgiving Scottish landscape, it was a gothic dream of a book - atmospheric, full of intrigue, longing, and secrets, deliciously dark, and beautifully haunting ✨️🏴🌊🖤
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Needfire by @mkhardywrites.com - set in a perfectly isolated and unforgiving Scottish landscape, it was a gothic dream of a book - atmospheric, full of intrigue, longing, and secrets, deliciously dark, and beautifully haunting ✨️🏴🌊🖤
Translation: a bunch of entitled nerds are angry that other people are encroaching on ‘their’ interests and they can no longer push their weirdly racist and/or misogynistic views on other impressionable nerds.
Also a big problem with Warhammer.
(Source: been dealing with it for decades)
Also a big problem with Warhammer.
(Source: been dealing with it for decades)
A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Translation: a bunch of entitled nerds are angry that other people are encroaching on ‘their’ interests and they can no longer push their weirdly racist and/or misogynistic views on other impressionable nerds.
Also a big problem with Warhammer.
(Source: been dealing with it for decades)
Also a big problem with Warhammer.
(Source: been dealing with it for decades)
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THE BOOK OF SPORES campaign has exactly FIVE DAYS LEFT! Don’t miss your chance to back this fungal SFF anthology and get in on the exclusive deluxe edition hardcover (only available through our Kickstarter) 🍄
Back it HERE until Dec. 4 at 5pm EST: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
Back it HERE until Dec. 4 at 5pm EST: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
November 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
THE BOOK OF SPORES campaign has exactly FIVE DAYS LEFT! Don’t miss your chance to back this fungal SFF anthology and get in on the exclusive deluxe edition hardcover (only available through our Kickstarter) 🍄
Back it HERE until Dec. 4 at 5pm EST: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
Back it HERE until Dec. 4 at 5pm EST: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
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Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
This is a huge tragedy near where I grew up — once again, we see the fatal consequences of irresponsible profiteering. Cost cutting and negligence kills ordinary people.
I’m just so gutted for innocent residents who have lost loved ones and their homes to this entirely preventable tragedy.
I’m just so gutted for innocent residents who have lost loved ones and their homes to this entirely preventable tragedy.
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is a huge tragedy near where I grew up — once again, we see the fatal consequences of irresponsible profiteering. Cost cutting and negligence kills ordinary people.
I’m just so gutted for innocent residents who have lost loved ones and their homes to this entirely preventable tragedy.
I’m just so gutted for innocent residents who have lost loved ones and their homes to this entirely preventable tragedy.
I am incredibly stoked to have ABYSS by @bingewriting.bsky.social dedicated to yours truly and @benedictanning.bsky.social — for that reason alone I think you should buy this book👇
UK COVER REVEAL
Job description — Isolation, madness, obsession, (light) cannibalism.
Apply at @torbooksuk.bsky.social. Deadline 14 May 2025.
Job description — Isolation, madness, obsession, (light) cannibalism.
Apply at @torbooksuk.bsky.social. Deadline 14 May 2025.
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I am incredibly stoked to have ABYSS by @bingewriting.bsky.social dedicated to yours truly and @benedictanning.bsky.social — for that reason alone I think you should buy this book👇
This is actually quite hard to do in practice, but it’s absolutely worth the effort. Your readers will thank you.
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 33788:
Don't front-load your work with unnecessary backstory and intricate worldbuilding. Give your readers only as much as they need to engage with the plot and characters, and let them discover the rest as and when they need it...
Don't front-load your work with unnecessary backstory and intricate worldbuilding. Give your readers only as much as they need to engage with the plot and characters, and let them discover the rest as and when they need it...
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is actually quite hard to do in practice, but it’s absolutely worth the effort. Your readers will thank you.
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It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
@frasierarmitage.bsky.social am
I missing anything?
I missing anything?
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
@frasierarmitage.bsky.social am
I missing anything?
I missing anything?
Well done @lyndseycroal.bsky.social!
Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! In This City, Where it rains by
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
November 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Well done @lyndseycroal.bsky.social!
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Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
altermag.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...