Runalong Womble
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Womble of Liverpool. Enjoys geekery, bad jokes & may tempt a bit. pronouns - he/they/Womble Also Book Blogger/Tempter run fast, laugh hard, be kind - https://www.runalongtheshelves.net
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My review of the August issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online!
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Clarkesworld: Review by A.C. Wise
Clarkesworld 8/25 The August issue of Clarkesworld opens with “A Shaky Bridge” by Marissa Lingen, in which a man receives a MindBridge implant after a stroke. It restores his speech and motor funct…
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November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My review of the August issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online!
locusmag.com/review/clark...
locusmag.com/review/clark...
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We Choose Every Day: Hebe Stanton reviews Claire North's SLOW GODS (@orbitbooks.bsky.social)
We Choose Every Day: Review of Slow Gods by Claire North
Hebe Stanton Under Review:Slow Gods. Claire North. Orbit, November 2025. What does it mean? This oldest of questions is the one Claire North sets out to answer in their newest novel Slow Gods. Our …
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November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We Choose Every Day: Hebe Stanton reviews Claire North's SLOW GODS (@orbitbooks.bsky.social)
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MAD SISTERS OF ESI is one of The Washington Post’s 10 best SFF novels of 2025. In the sheer amount of what gets published each year and what gets lost, this feels like a small, precious miracle ❤️
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
MAD SISTERS OF ESI is one of The Washington Post’s 10 best SFF novels of 2025. In the sheer amount of what gets published each year and what gets lost, this feels like a small, precious miracle ❤️
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Jonathan reviews Lauren Du Plessis' debut literary horror TENDER:
"a masterclass in the psychological slow burn"
Read more: tinyurl.com/yj3u3458
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"a masterclass in the psychological slow burn"
Read more: tinyurl.com/yj3u3458
@influxpress.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Jonathan reviews Lauren Du Plessis' debut literary horror TENDER:
"a masterclass in the psychological slow burn"
Read more: tinyurl.com/yj3u3458
@influxpress.bsky.social
"a masterclass in the psychological slow burn"
Read more: tinyurl.com/yj3u3458
@influxpress.bsky.social
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It's finally here! Thank you for your patience but Alien: Cult, the result of nearly 40 years of Loving the Alien* is finally here on 25/11/2025! I hope you guys love it as much as I did writing it: titanbooks.com/8789-alien-c...
*As Bowie would have it.
#alien #aliens
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*As Bowie would have it.
#alien #aliens
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Alien: Cult
In the affluent, technocratic Alexandria Colony, people are disappearing. And witnesses are dying in grisly, mysterious ways—it all reeks of Xenomorphs. At a loss, the Hume City police call in Special...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
It's finally here! Thank you for your patience but Alien: Cult, the result of nearly 40 years of Loving the Alien* is finally here on 25/11/2025! I hope you guys love it as much as I did writing it: titanbooks.com/8789-alien-c...
*As Bowie would have it.
#alien #aliens
@titanbooks.bsky.social
*As Bowie would have it.
#alien #aliens
@titanbooks.bsky.social
Hello Lunchtime Crowd - a tale of hard choices for you today I really liked!
New Review - a fascinating series of novellas exploring our choices concludes with the great The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed out now! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed — Runalong The Shelves
Publisher – ECW Press Published – Out Now Price – £14.99 paperback £6.49 ebook After making a grievous mistake that ended in death, Henryk Mandrusiak feels increasingly ostracised within his...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Hello Lunchtime Crowd - a tale of hard choices for you today I really liked!
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Today I'm on the Write and Wrong Podcast, talking about our series of Writing... books from Dead Ink, ways of worldbuilding in fantasy fiction, and the rather chaotic path I've taken through publishing. Maybe give it a listen!
www.writeandwrong.co.uk/home/episode...
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The Write and Wrong Podcast
Join us as we chat with our amazing guests from the world of professional storytelling. Authors, agents, directors, game devs, editors, journalists, screenwriters and everything in between!
www.writeandwrong.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Today I'm on the Write and Wrong Podcast, talking about our series of Writing... books from Dead Ink, ways of worldbuilding in fantasy fiction, and the rather chaotic path I've taken through publishing. Maybe give it a listen!
www.writeandwrong.co.uk/home/episode...
www.writeandwrong.co.uk/home/episode...
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New Review - a fascinating series of novellas exploring our choices concludes with the great The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed out now! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed — Runalong The Shelves
Publisher – ECW Press Published – Out Now Price – £14.99 paperback £6.49 ebook After making a grievous mistake that ended in death, Henryk Mandrusiak feels increasingly ostracised within his...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
New Review - a fascinating series of novellas exploring our choices concludes with the great The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed out now! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
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just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
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November 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
New Review - a fascinating series of novellas exploring our choices concludes with the great The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed out now! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed — Runalong The Shelves
Publisher – ECW Press Published – Out Now Price – £14.99 paperback £6.49 ebook After making a grievous mistake that ended in death, Henryk Mandrusiak feels increasingly ostracised within his...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
New Review - a fascinating series of novellas exploring our choices concludes with the great The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed out now! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
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Currently reading a Shirley Jackson collection.
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Currently reading a Shirley Jackson collection.
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I just finished an arc of THE REGICIDE REPORT, the culminating Laundry Files novel, by @cstross.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I just finished an arc of THE REGICIDE REPORT, the culminating Laundry Files novel, by @cstross.bsky.social
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Hey Bluesky do you have recs for general maths books that would be friendly towards neurodivergent kids, preferably with illustrations?
We are trying to learn equivalent fractions and the usual metaphors of pies and slices of pies are just not what kiddo needs
We are trying to learn equivalent fractions and the usual metaphors of pies and slices of pies are just not what kiddo needs
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Hey Bluesky do you have recs for general maths books that would be friendly towards neurodivergent kids, preferably with illustrations?
We are trying to learn equivalent fractions and the usual metaphors of pies and slices of pies are just not what kiddo needs
We are trying to learn equivalent fractions and the usual metaphors of pies and slices of pies are just not what kiddo needs
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honestly I'm sick to death of everything cool from space exploration to strength training to norse mythology being ceded to the worst people without a fight. By declaring someone decent can't be into those things, you're not ensuring they won't exist, they'll just exist in the worst possible form
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
honestly I'm sick to death of everything cool from space exploration to strength training to norse mythology being ceded to the worst people without a fight. By declaring someone decent can't be into those things, you're not ensuring they won't exist, they'll just exist in the worst possible form
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Science fiction now is a far smaller part of the industry, and if it wants to regain its prominence and remain relevant, publishers and readers are going to have to find new approaches and stories.
I jotted down some thoughts: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/romantasy-sc...
I jotted down some thoughts: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/romantasy-sc...
Cross-genre takeover
A new report points to 2025 being the biggest year for speculative fiction ever, thanks to the ongoing boom in romantasy fiction
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November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Science fiction now is a far smaller part of the industry, and if it wants to regain its prominence and remain relevant, publishers and readers are going to have to find new approaches and stories.
I jotted down some thoughts: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/romantasy-sc...
I jotted down some thoughts: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/romantasy-sc...
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These of course are the sorts of account that get boosted under Musk’s X. If you’re still on the platform for engagement, you are a mug.
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
These of course are the sorts of account that get boosted under Musk’s X. If you’re still on the platform for engagement, you are a mug.
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Hi, Womble. I'm about half way through Hex and the City by Kate Johnson at the moment
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hi, Womble. I'm about half way through Hex and the City by Kate Johnson at the moment
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I just started Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby.
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I just started Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby.
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Good day, Womble! I just started The Offing by Benjamin Myers but already love it, because it's beautiful.
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Good day, Womble! I just started The Offing by Benjamin Myers but already love it, because it's beautiful.
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"A thunderous, visceral, Sapphic fever dream of a book" @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social
"Furious and staggeringly beautiful" @amalelmohtar.com
We're delighted to have brought August Clarke's Lammy Award-winning novel METAL FROM HEAVEN to the UK!
Buy now 👉 geni.us/metalfhe
"Furious and staggeringly beautiful" @amalelmohtar.com
We're delighted to have brought August Clarke's Lammy Award-winning novel METAL FROM HEAVEN to the UK!
Buy now 👉 geni.us/metalfhe
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"A thunderous, visceral, Sapphic fever dream of a book" @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social
"Furious and staggeringly beautiful" @amalelmohtar.com
We're delighted to have brought August Clarke's Lammy Award-winning novel METAL FROM HEAVEN to the UK!
Buy now 👉 geni.us/metalfhe
"Furious and staggeringly beautiful" @amalelmohtar.com
We're delighted to have brought August Clarke's Lammy Award-winning novel METAL FROM HEAVEN to the UK!
Buy now 👉 geni.us/metalfhe
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Evening! tonight I am reading Ian McQue's narrative art book Mileships, a tale of floating islands and the sky ships that link them.
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Evening! tonight I am reading Ian McQue's narrative art book Mileships, a tale of floating islands and the sky ships that link them.
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Evening Womble! Hope the work admin was swift and painless.
I'm currently reading Gorse by Sam K Horton and Cunning Folk by Tabitha Stanmore, which are making a great pairing. Unintentional but I'm quite happy with it ☺️
I'm currently reading Gorse by Sam K Horton and Cunning Folk by Tabitha Stanmore, which are making a great pairing. Unintentional but I'm quite happy with it ☺️
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Evening Womble! Hope the work admin was swift and painless.
I'm currently reading Gorse by Sam K Horton and Cunning Folk by Tabitha Stanmore, which are making a great pairing. Unintentional but I'm quite happy with it ☺️
I'm currently reading Gorse by Sam K Horton and Cunning Folk by Tabitha Stanmore, which are making a great pairing. Unintentional but I'm quite happy with it ☺️
As always the Womble will have more for you soon!
Coming soon on the blog - trees, the dead, the deep, gods and firstborn
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
As always the Womble will have more for you soon!
The last seven days
And finishing the week off with our weekend supplement Wombling Along - reviews and other things online that caught my eye this week www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
Wombling Along — Runalong The Shelves
Helllooo! Hope you’re ok? Welcome to Wombling Along the blog’s weekend supplement where I share reviews and other things I found online that I think people may enjoy. It’s been a bit of a low energ...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The last seven days