Melinda Salisbury
@melindasalisbury.com
Athos in the streets. Aramis in the sheets. Porthos in the skeets
Author. https://linktr.ee/melsalisbury
Fix your hearts or die
she/her
Author. https://linktr.ee/melsalisbury
Fix your hearts or die
she/her
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Melinda Salisbury
@melindasalisbury.com
· Oct 10
David Fickling Books has snapped up an 'exceptional' new YA novel by four-time Carnegie Medal-nominated author Melinda Salisbury, sparking a six-figure US deal. Local Gods will publish in summer 2026 👇 #BookSky
Melinda Salisbury’s new YA fantasy goes to DFB and sparks six-figure US deal
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Hello, everybody! I have GREAT NEWS!!!!!
OpenAI retiring GPT-4o the day before Valentine's Day is a real choice
February 5, 2026 at 8:20 PM
OpenAI retiring GPT-4o the day before Valentine's Day is a real choice
My friend Kim wore the most incredible, chic red blouse and I was consumed by such furious envy. And in the bitter haze of coventousness that followed I bought a red gingham blouse with Monchhichi on it
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
My friend Kim wore the most incredible, chic red blouse and I was consumed by such furious envy. And in the bitter haze of coventousness that followed I bought a red gingham blouse with Monchhichi on it
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Mystery of abandoned village in the middle of the Welsh countryside. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Swansea man's surprise after finding abandoned Welsh village
The reason it was abandoned remains a mystery with the local council and developer tight-lipped.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Mystery of abandoned village in the middle of the Welsh countryside. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Honestly, I feel like a little exorcism is exactly what I need. Booking today!
Curious. It was definitely an x ray I had last month. Not an exorcism. 😏
February 5, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Honestly, I feel like a little exorcism is exactly what I need. Booking today!
I did a whole day of school visits yesterday and then slept for twelve hours so the psychic debt has been repaid
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
I did a whole day of school visits yesterday and then slept for twelve hours so the psychic debt has been repaid
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I wrote about 'MELANIA' johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/my-melania...
My 'MELANIA' Experience
Melania, 'MELANIA,' and Me
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
I wrote about 'MELANIA' johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/my-melania...
Well this presents quite the conundrum, because now I want him to live long enough to see them get it
The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.
www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...
The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.
www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...
February 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Well this presents quite the conundrum, because now I want him to live long enough to see them get it
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Chris Bracey, Hands of God, 2013,
Found sculpture, neon and carnival bulbs.
www.godsownjunkyard.co.uk
Found sculpture, neon and carnival bulbs.
www.godsownjunkyard.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Chris Bracey, Hands of God, 2013,
Found sculpture, neon and carnival bulbs.
www.godsownjunkyard.co.uk
Found sculpture, neon and carnival bulbs.
www.godsownjunkyard.co.uk
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Hear me out: can we have Gordon back
Gordon Brown writes to Met to back case for investigation into Mandelson's 'inexcusable and unpatriotic' leaking - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
February 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Hear me out: can we have Gordon back
The hotel room HAS A BATH!!!!!
I have to do an overnight stay while I do some school visits to celebrate ENDGAME coming out, and do you know what that means?
Steak frites dinner and wine in a mug while watching terrestrial TV in the hotel!!!!! THE BEST OF TIMES
Steak frites dinner and wine in a mug while watching terrestrial TV in the hotel!!!!! THE BEST OF TIMES
February 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The hotel room HAS A BATH!!!!!
I think I'm being bullied on the train! The iPhone-face girls started talking about how they hated fringes, then they moved on to hating the emo/goth look, and right now they're hating red lipstick!
February 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
I think I'm being bullied on the train! The iPhone-face girls started talking about how they hated fringes, then they moved on to hating the emo/goth look, and right now they're hating red lipstick!
My favourite search engine is Reddit
February 3, 2026 at 9:57 AM
My favourite search engine is Reddit
I wish I could relax my face
February 2, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I wish I could relax my face
How did men get to be in charge when they're SO RELENTLESSLY CRINGEY
February 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
How did men get to be in charge when they're SO RELENTLESSLY CRINGEY
I have to do an overnight stay while I do some school visits to celebrate ENDGAME coming out, and do you know what that means?
Steak frites dinner and wine in a mug while watching terrestrial TV in the hotel!!!!! THE BEST OF TIMES
Steak frites dinner and wine in a mug while watching terrestrial TV in the hotel!!!!! THE BEST OF TIMES
February 2, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I have to do an overnight stay while I do some school visits to celebrate ENDGAME coming out, and do you know what that means?
Steak frites dinner and wine in a mug while watching terrestrial TV in the hotel!!!!! THE BEST OF TIMES
Steak frites dinner and wine in a mug while watching terrestrial TV in the hotel!!!!! THE BEST OF TIMES
Something I started doing this year is keeping a Done list instead of a To-Do list and after a month of implementation I can tell you it's a much nicer feeling to look at what I've achieved at the end of each day, instead of seeing what I didn't manage to tick off
February 1, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Something I started doing this year is keeping a Done list instead of a To-Do list and after a month of implementation I can tell you it's a much nicer feeling to look at what I've achieved at the end of each day, instead of seeing what I didn't manage to tick off
Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers
February 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers
I adore this story! I'm delighted to see it on the Locus Recommended Reading List!
Congratulations to Catherynne M. Valente! Valente's novelette “When He Calls Your Name” is on the 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List! You can read it here! buff.ly/knDnCyn
February 1, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I adore this story! I'm delighted to see it on the Locus Recommended Reading List!
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Today I finished reading Local Gods by @melindasalisbury.com (out in August) and it was utterly stunning. An A24 folk horror film in the form of a YA novel, with beautiful, hazy and shimmering prose and a sense of creeping dread. Just amazing!! 🦉 #booksky
February 1, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Today I finished reading Local Gods by @melindasalisbury.com (out in August) and it was utterly stunning. An A24 folk horror film in the form of a YA novel, with beautiful, hazy and shimmering prose and a sense of creeping dread. Just amazing!! 🦉 #booksky
I'm considering pivoting away from 'Mel' as a nickname, and going with 'Mindy' instead. I don't feel like a Mel anymore
February 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
I'm considering pivoting away from 'Mel' as a nickname, and going with 'Mindy' instead. I don't feel like a Mel anymore
I think as a precaution we just need to jail anyone with more than five million dollars. Not even pounds. American dollars
January 31, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I think as a precaution we just need to jail anyone with more than five million dollars. Not even pounds. American dollars
Have you ever been sat reading quietly and then all of a sudden you hear the tearing, papery sound of something living splitting apart across the room?
Because I now have and I didn't know daffodils made a sound when they began to bloom
Because I now have and I didn't know daffodils made a sound when they began to bloom
January 30, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Have you ever been sat reading quietly and then all of a sudden you hear the tearing, papery sound of something living splitting apart across the room?
Because I now have and I didn't know daffodils made a sound when they began to bloom
Because I now have and I didn't know daffodils made a sound when they began to bloom
Honestly getting a bit tired of that man banging on about how bad it was to have a bear living under his house, as if it's not my my dream. I can't even get blue tits to visit my feeder and you had a bear? A bear CHOSE YOU? Fuck you, pal
January 30, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Honestly getting a bit tired of that man banging on about how bad it was to have a bear living under his house, as if it's not my my dream. I can't even get blue tits to visit my feeder and you had a bear? A bear CHOSE YOU? Fuck you, pal
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