Lorraine Wilson
@rainewilson.bsky.social
Author, biologist, cat herder | BFA & SoA winner, Kavya & Saltire Awards SL | THE SALT ORACLE out now https://geni.us/saltorac | rep Julie Gourinchas | she/her 🏴
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✨It's Double Publication Day!✨
If you like science fantasy, folklore with a twist, digital ghosts, nature having opinions, and ghost cats/orcas living their best lives please do give these books a go?
geni.us/weallghostsPB
geni.us/saltorac
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
If you like science fantasy, folklore with a twist, digital ghosts, nature having opinions, and ghost cats/orcas living their best lives please do give these books a go?
geni.us/weallghostsPB
geni.us/saltorac
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
Wait. So my elderly uncle *shouldn't* have been arrested for peacefully protesting genocide?
Le fucking gasp.
#FreePalestine
Le fucking gasp.
#FreePalestine
Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban
February 13, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Wait. So my elderly uncle *shouldn't* have been arrested for peacefully protesting genocide?
Le fucking gasp.
#FreePalestine
Le fucking gasp.
#FreePalestine
Is it any wonder this man is my hero?
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Is it any wonder this man is my hero?
I am firmly Team UBI For Everyone, so I am delighted to see the Irish scheme made permanent.
BUT the points in this short thread resonate strongly with me.
UBI for the workers holding up a hugely profitable industry proves that extractive capitalism is rotten to its core
BUT the points in this short thread resonate strongly with me.
UBI for the workers holding up a hugely profitable industry proves that extractive capitalism is rotten to its core
This is wonderful.
Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work.
But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing.
Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.
Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work.
But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing.
Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.
Ireland: a proper country.
February 12, 2026 at 9:28 AM
I am firmly Team UBI For Everyone, so I am delighted to see the Irish scheme made permanent.
BUT the points in this short thread resonate strongly with me.
UBI for the workers holding up a hugely profitable industry proves that extractive capitalism is rotten to its core
BUT the points in this short thread resonate strongly with me.
UBI for the workers holding up a hugely profitable industry proves that extractive capitalism is rotten to its core
Second chance & a ridiculous amount of *understated yearning* sound like your thing?
Writing romance is HARD please appreciate my noble efforts to make my characters suck at dealing with their feelings
Writing romance is HARD please appreciate my noble efforts to make my characters suck at dealing with their feelings
With #ValentinesDay fast approaching Tis the season for love! ❤️
From regency romance to Scifi Shenanigans, demonically attractive bosses, to creepily alluring housekeepers, there's a #RomaticRead for everyone to fall in love with at Solaris!
Hop downthread to see whose included in our selection!
From regency romance to Scifi Shenanigans, demonically attractive bosses, to creepily alluring housekeepers, there's a #RomaticRead for everyone to fall in love with at Solaris!
Hop downthread to see whose included in our selection!
February 10, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Second chance & a ridiculous amount of *understated yearning* sound like your thing?
Writing romance is HARD please appreciate my noble efforts to make my characters suck at dealing with their feelings
Writing romance is HARD please appreciate my noble efforts to make my characters suck at dealing with their feelings
That Big Issue review by the wonderful @dougjohnstone.bsky.social still warms me to think about. So thoughtful and understanding of what I was trying to do with this book 🖤
"Thought provoking and quietly profound." @bigissue.com
Dive into @rainewilson.bsky.social 's WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST, where the internet has collapsed, leaving digital ghosts to wander the world, infecting books, people and nature itself...
Buy https://geni.us/weallghostsPB
Dive into @rainewilson.bsky.social 's WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST, where the internet has collapsed, leaving digital ghosts to wander the world, infecting books, people and nature itself...
Buy https://geni.us/weallghostsPB
February 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
That Big Issue review by the wonderful @dougjohnstone.bsky.social still warms me to think about. So thoughtful and understanding of what I was trying to do with this book 🖤
Love this.
I feel like it also fits for those who like to play oppression Olympics whenever a conversation about marginalisation doesn't center them. Sometimes it's okay to just listen, my loves.
I feel like it also fits for those who like to play oppression Olympics whenever a conversation about marginalisation doesn't center them. Sometimes it's okay to just listen, my loves.
Mornington Crescent: a rant.
Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation.
Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin.
1/18
Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation.
Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin.
1/18
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Love this.
I feel like it also fits for those who like to play oppression Olympics whenever a conversation about marginalisation doesn't center them. Sometimes it's okay to just listen, my loves.
I feel like it also fits for those who like to play oppression Olympics whenever a conversation about marginalisation doesn't center them. Sometimes it's okay to just listen, my loves.
He has several cat beds, blankets, *heated blankets*, sofas & human beds to sleep on.
And yet.
Recycling bin is tops.
And yet.
Recycling bin is tops.
February 7, 2026 at 12:10 PM
He has several cat beds, blankets, *heated blankets*, sofas & human beds to sleep on.
And yet.
Recycling bin is tops.
And yet.
Recycling bin is tops.
Reposted by Lorraine Wilson
Thrilled to see Shadow Jack (@giganotosaurus.bsky.social) included on @wtalabi.com's list!
He calls it, "Weird, dark, intense, beautiful, strange, surreal, unsettling, and vivid..."
Fab to be in the company of excellent writers like @tadethompson.bsky.social - so many cool new stories to read.
He calls it, "Weird, dark, intense, beautiful, strange, surreal, unsettling, and vivid..."
Fab to be in the company of excellent writers like @tadethompson.bsky.social - so many cool new stories to read.
2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author @wtalabi.com recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.
Ten(ish) of the Best African Speculative Short Fiction Stories of 2025 - Reactor
Here are some of the speculative fiction gems that may have flown under the radar in 2025...
reactormag.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Thrilled to see Shadow Jack (@giganotosaurus.bsky.social) included on @wtalabi.com's list!
He calls it, "Weird, dark, intense, beautiful, strange, surreal, unsettling, and vivid..."
Fab to be in the company of excellent writers like @tadethompson.bsky.social - so many cool new stories to read.
He calls it, "Weird, dark, intense, beautiful, strange, surreal, unsettling, and vivid..."
Fab to be in the company of excellent writers like @tadethompson.bsky.social - so many cool new stories to read.
I am HAVERING like a CHAMPION despite special decision-making tea. So someone please tell me what to work on next:
☀️Edit solarpunky stories
🌊New dark oxygen/divergent evolution/class short story
✨Edit braided cyclic clifi/storytelling novella (again sob)
🌳Draft new murder trees wip
🍵Moar tea
☀️Edit solarpunky stories
🌊New dark oxygen/divergent evolution/class short story
✨Edit braided cyclic clifi/storytelling novella (again sob)
🌳Draft new murder trees wip
🍵Moar tea
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I am HAVERING like a CHAMPION despite special decision-making tea. So someone please tell me what to work on next:
☀️Edit solarpunky stories
🌊New dark oxygen/divergent evolution/class short story
✨Edit braided cyclic clifi/storytelling novella (again sob)
🌳Draft new murder trees wip
🍵Moar tea
☀️Edit solarpunky stories
🌊New dark oxygen/divergent evolution/class short story
✨Edit braided cyclic clifi/storytelling novella (again sob)
🌳Draft new murder trees wip
🍵Moar tea
Reposted by Lorraine Wilson
New Review - happy publication day to All That Is In The Earth by @aknighton.bsky.social a trip to a deadly planet also asks questions about why we do what we do! Strongly recommended thanks to @lunapress.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...
All That Is In The Earth By Andrew Knighton — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Luna Press Publishing for an advance copy of this novella in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Luna Press Publishing Published – Out Now Price – £10.66 p...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
February 3, 2026 at 7:18 AM
New Review - happy publication day to All That Is In The Earth by @aknighton.bsky.social a trip to a deadly planet also asks questions about why we do what we do! Strongly recommended thanks to @lunapress.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...
Happiest pub day to @lyndseycroal.bsky.social! Another stunner of a @lunapress.bsky.social novella! 🤩🤩🤩
New Review - happy publication day to this wonderfully spooky atmospheric tale of hauntings - In This City, Where It Rains by @lyndseycroal.bsky.social out now! Thanks to @lunapress.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...
In This City, Where It Rains by Lyndsay Croal — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Luna Press Publishing for an advance copy of this novella in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Luna Press Publishing Published – Out Now Price – 10.66 pa...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
February 3, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Happiest pub day to @lyndseycroal.bsky.social! Another stunner of a @lunapress.bsky.social novella! 🤩🤩🤩
Reposted by Lorraine Wilson
Hey look! A new book!
Some of you may have caught The Packet serialised in ParSec magazine but this is its first outing as physical book. If you like stormy sea voyages and sci-fi, this is the one for you.
Out in April, opening for pre-order now.
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
Some of you may have caught The Packet serialised in ParSec magazine but this is its first outing as physical book. If you like stormy sea voyages and sci-fi, this is the one for you.
Out in April, opening for pre-order now.
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
February 3, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Hey look! A new book!
Some of you may have caught The Packet serialised in ParSec magazine but this is its first outing as physical book. If you like stormy sea voyages and sci-fi, this is the one for you.
Out in April, opening for pre-order now.
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
Some of you may have caught The Packet serialised in ParSec magazine but this is its first outing as physical book. If you like stormy sea voyages and sci-fi, this is the one for you.
Out in April, opening for pre-order now.
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
Reposted by Lorraine Wilson
🎉 We're so excited to see SIX Solaris books on @locusmag.bsky.social 's 2025 Recommended Reading list! https://bit.ly/3ZwRhK5
Feat. @rainewilson.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @isabelcanas.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social and @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social
Locus Awards Voting closes 1 April.
Feat. @rainewilson.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @isabelcanas.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social and @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social
Locus Awards Voting closes 1 April.
February 2, 2026 at 6:10 PM
🎉 We're so excited to see SIX Solaris books on @locusmag.bsky.social 's 2025 Recommended Reading list! https://bit.ly/3ZwRhK5
Feat. @rainewilson.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @isabelcanas.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social and @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social
Locus Awards Voting closes 1 April.
Feat. @rainewilson.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @isabelcanas.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social and @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social
Locus Awards Voting closes 1 April.
Bloooooooock 🚫🧨💥
ICYMI, Gai*man is slinking out of the shadows and posting again, trying to scuttle his way back into the public's good graces.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
February 2, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Bloooooooock 🚫🧨💥
So delighted to see Cat's wild words getting the love here 🥰
I am absolutely thrilled to have work included on the 2025 Locus Recommended List, alongside @rainewilson.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @seraph76.bsky.social @matociquala.bsky.social and many others.
Thank you, and I appreciate any and all votes!
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
Thank you, and I appreciate any and all votes!
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
February 2, 2026 at 1:34 PM
So delighted to see Cat's wild words getting the love here 🥰
In nice Monday news, very grateful to see THE SALT ORACLE on the Locus Recommended Reading List alongside a wealth of brilliant stories.
Without a US release, it's nigh impossible to get seen, but everyone can vote in the Locus Awards, so please go celebrate your favs🖤
poll.voting.locusmag.com
Without a US release, it's nigh impossible to get seen, but everyone can vote in the Locus Awards, so please go celebrate your favs🖤
poll.voting.locusmag.com
Welcome to the Locus Awards Poll. Deadline for voting is April 1. You can return and edit or add to your ballot up until the deadline.
poll.voting.locusmag.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:22 PM
In nice Monday news, very grateful to see THE SALT ORACLE on the Locus Recommended Reading List alongside a wealth of brilliant stories.
Without a US release, it's nigh impossible to get seen, but everyone can vote in the Locus Awards, so please go celebrate your favs🖤
poll.voting.locusmag.com
Without a US release, it's nigh impossible to get seen, but everyone can vote in the Locus Awards, so please go celebrate your favs🖤
poll.voting.locusmag.com
What a great project 👇🏽🤩
£500 given out to a working class writer every month.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
The Creatives Grant
let's make art less middle class
thewhitepube.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
What a great project 👇🏽🤩
lmty now is a *miserable* time to be out of contract and writing outwith the very narrow boxes that publishing is investing in 🥴
ICYDK, publishing is in a decline. Many authors who have had dependable contracts in the past are now scrambling to make ends meet and seeing lower advances and fewer sales than ever. If you see lots of book publicity posts, it's because we're scared and trying to keep our jobs during The Horrors.
January 29, 2026 at 5:23 PM
lmty now is a *miserable* time to be out of contract and writing outwith the very narrow boxes that publishing is investing in 🥴
I've written two short stories in the last fortnight & they're both very gentle* & consciously hopeful
...No idea why I'm looking for that rn...
*aka probably unpublishable 😩
...No idea why I'm looking for that rn...
*aka probably unpublishable 😩
January 28, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I've written two short stories in the last fortnight & they're both very gentle* & consciously hopeful
...No idea why I'm looking for that rn...
*aka probably unpublishable 😩
...No idea why I'm looking for that rn...
*aka probably unpublishable 😩
I am having to read a (very good) book in *light mode* because of horrible inserted documents-as-images and omg how do you heathens live like this??
January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I am having to read a (very good) book in *light mode* because of horrible inserted documents-as-images and omg how do you heathens live like this??
Reposted by Lorraine Wilson
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Come talk to us tomorrow evening! It'll be a lot of fun!
BFS Online is excited to announce our next event, Faith, Science & Folklore, taking place Wednesday 28th January 2026, 7pm (GMT).
Ticket: tinyurl.com/fascifolk
@samkhorton.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social
Ticket: tinyurl.com/fascifolk
@samkhorton.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Come talk to us tomorrow evening! It'll be a lot of fun!
Just seen this #PublishingForMinnesota auction is being organised. Hundreds of very cool offerings raising money for the people of MN 👇
www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
Publishing for Minnesota
Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Just seen this #PublishingForMinnesota auction is being organised. Hundreds of very cool offerings raising money for the people of MN 👇
www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
Missed this coming out & I wrote it a *while* ago, but this was me balancing the shiny debut versus the quieter road into publishing.
Even as I'm struggling atm, I do still think there's strength in being a tortoise not a hare
Even as I'm struggling atm, I do still think there's strength in being a tortoise not a hare
There are many routes to publication, and some require more patience than others. In this thoughtful piece, author Lorraine Wilson looks at what a sustainable writing career might look like.
Read on. https://writ.me/4qv9BPq
Read on. https://writ.me/4qv9BPq
January 25, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Missed this coming out & I wrote it a *while* ago, but this was me balancing the shiny debut versus the quieter road into publishing.
Even as I'm struggling atm, I do still think there's strength in being a tortoise not a hare
Even as I'm struggling atm, I do still think there's strength in being a tortoise not a hare
Reposted by Lorraine Wilson
We are DELIGHTED to see many Solaris titles on the BSFA Longlist!
Ft @edashtonwriting.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @taranhunt.bsky.social @caspargeon.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social & covers by Sam Gretton, Veronica Park & Kate Forrester!
Ft @edashtonwriting.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @taranhunt.bsky.social @caspargeon.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social & covers by Sam Gretton, Veronica Park & Kate Forrester!
January 24, 2026 at 2:14 PM
We are DELIGHTED to see many Solaris titles on the BSFA Longlist!
Ft @edashtonwriting.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @taranhunt.bsky.social @caspargeon.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social & covers by Sam Gretton, Veronica Park & Kate Forrester!
Ft @edashtonwriting.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @taranhunt.bsky.social @caspargeon.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social & covers by Sam Gretton, Veronica Park & Kate Forrester!