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Shoreline of Infinity
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Science fiction doings - magazine, publications, events and other odds and sods. Based in Scotland, open to the Universe.
https://www.shorelineofinfinity.com

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Shoreline of Infinity @shoreinf.bsky.social · Jun 13
Shoreline of Infinity 39 is available this very moment.

www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/shor...

In paperback, PDF and ebook formats.

Includes Dark Matter by Caitriana NicNeacail, the winning story of our @cymerafestival.co.uk / Shoreline of Infinity short story competition
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rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
I, Rhiannon Grist, am not your boss. I am incapable of making you fill out your timesheet, answer your emails, or preorder my cottagegore horror HOME SICK coming out with @solarisbooks.bsky.social in 2026.

So only do it if you want to. Preorder, I mean.

You should probably do your timesheets.
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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mteasdalewriter.bsky.social
My author copy of 'Ihr Körper, das Schiff: Die besten internationalen Science-Fiction-Geschichten' has arrived. My first reprint but also the first time one of my stories has been translated into another language. Hopefullynot the last. 🤞 Thanks to @shoreinf.bsky.social for publishing the original
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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michaelspicer.bsky.social
I've mounted a landline phone next to my bathroom mirror because every now and then I like to pretend I'm visiting my twin in jail.
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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bylines.scot
Good morning folks! Thanks for supporting #CitizenJournalism! There’s some great reading and listening on the website. Huv a great weekend! Oh, by the way… we qualified for The World Cup!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Bylines Scotland - Powerful Citizen Journalism
Nurturing democracy through not-for-profit citizen journalism
bylines.scot
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Up bright and early heading out to @cymerafestival.co.uk Writers' Conference.

Travel appropriate soundtrack courtesy of To Kill A King's fantastic new *and final :( album.

open.spotify.com/track/7BqOyC...
On the Road
open.spotify.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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lindzmcleod.bsky.social
If you're a writer, I'd go so far as to say it's essential reading to develop your craft, to dig deep into your characters and their emotions (as well as your own), and to go eyeball-close with your line edits!
cristinleach.bsky.social Cristín Leach @cristinleach.bsky.social · 5d
“I would have KILLED for a book like this at university!” Lynn Renee Maxcy

Order now from @stanchion.bsky.social

www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Cover of the book. Mostly rusty orange ish with text only: AN HONOUR & A PRIVILEGE A CRAFT OF WRITING COLLABORATION with Lindz McLeod Contents page: TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Lindz McLeod Foreword Dr. Graham Robert Scott Say Their Names with Sara Hills The Son Ablaze, the Sun Buried with E.A. Petricone The Darkness System for Young Birds with Sage Tyrtle Fishfinger with Thomas D. Lee The Hunter's Blind with Cristín Leach Time Flies Like a Banana with Eugenia Triantafyllou By Which Flesh Is Crost with Jonathan Duckworth A Body Unclouded with Lynn Maxcy Trees in Voice with Pegah Ouji Content First with Melissa Ren Devil Take the Hindmost with Z. K. Abraham Back of book with description and endorsements: A CRAFT WRITING BOOK UNLIKE ANY OTHER In collaboration with eleven writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D! Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou. award-winning author Lindz McLeod delivers original works of fiction and accompanying pieces of non-fiction, demystifying the craft techniques used in each story, as well as discussing the many facets of collaborative work. "Equal parts engaging and instructive, An Honour & A Privilege presents a theory and practice of collaborative fictión writing that will inspire deeper craft and community in your own work. A must read for any writer interested in the creative process." - Michael Wheaton, publisher of Autofocus Books The best way to think of An Honour & A Privilege may be to regard it as a genre all its own, one which depends significantly on its many interconnections, one which marks both an occasion and an invitation, one which offers us both a testimony as to what can be done together and a guide on how to do it." - Dr. Graham Robert Scott STANCHION / BOOKS StanchionZine.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
Preorders are open for HOME SICK 👀🪓🐑
* Cottagegore
* Unhinged women
* Female rage
* Creepy folktales
* I tHiNk I'm GoNnA dIe In ThIs HoUsE

geni.us/homesick
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
A graphic showing the book cover for HOME SICK. Two creepy sheep heads stare out, one with dead shark eyes. All against a sickly pink gradient. Text beneath the book cover reads "A troubled woman seeking a fresh start in the Scottish countryside believes her neighbour may be behind the strange disturbances in her home in this psychological horror debut for fans of THE LAMB and WE USED TO LIVE HERE. The cover for HOME SICK surrounded by text reading "Preorder now" and "14th July 2026".
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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tracywatt1974.bsky.social
Brilliant
eddieburfi.bsky.social Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 7d
The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥

Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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maudmarianw.bsky.social
God, how I hate what kind of society we are becoming... Btw, we can stop it, it depends on us: which kind of world we create, which kind of community we foster, which kind of cities we live in. You can help @argonautbooks.bsky.social by sharing wide and far!

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
I'm never underestimating the @solarisbooks.bsky.social PR team ever again
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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effjayem.bsky.social
PictCon 2, is October 17th 2026, Perth. Tickets are on sale now: £30, £20 concession. A science fiction and fantasy convention in Scotland, about Scotland's science fiction and fantasy.

Our guest is editor and author Neil Williamson.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1794793438...
PictCon2
A Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention for everyone who reads, writes and watches.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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soniasulaiman.bsky.social
Palestine-1 is out! If you’re a fan of speculative fiction from the margins pick up this anthology of stories shot the Nakba. commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
Palestine - 1 - Stories from the eve of the Nakba | Comma Press
£11.99 (Paperback / Anthology) - Mazen Maarouf, Selma Dabbagh, Ahmad Jaber, Anwar Hamed, Mahmoud Shukair and others
commapress.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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stavvers.bsky.social
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming by the perimeter fence day to all who celebrate. A solemn 30 second screaming before vanishing will take place at 11am.
Watchmen panel depicting a human skeleton with some muscle on it screaming by a fence while guards look on in horror. Text box says november 14th: a partially muscled skeleton stands by the perimeter fence and screams for 30 seconds before vanishing
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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lunapress.bsky.social
Huge thanks to @effjayem.bsky.social for organising Pictcon 1 and asking me to be GoH! I was interviewd by the fantastic @megintransition.bsky.social ❤️ & concluded the day on a fab panel with @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social @joannacorrance.bsky.social @shoreinf.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
F Barbini interviewd by M MacDonald at PictCon 1 Anthology Panel with F Barbini, EM Faulds, N Williamson, J Corrance, N Chidwick
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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electricsheepsf.bsky.social
Oliver K. Langmead's verse-novel, Calypso, was shortlisted for the poetry Hugo & a British Science Fiction Association Award, and named one of the best Science Fiction books of 2024 by the Guardian and Esquire magazine.

Wanna hear Oliver read? Register now!
@oliverklangmead.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Pictcon is officially up and running in the lovely city of Perth.

Brilliant to see Scottish SF and Fantasy being celebrated by our excellent community.
Five panelists at a top table in a hotel function room. Lower down attendees city at round tables watching.
November 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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meredithnudo.blacksky.app
Haha yesss. Japanese copyright law doesn't fuck around.

Since I get challenged on this a lot: U.S. and Japan are both Berne Convention signatories, meaning the copyright is recognized between countries. They CAN go after American companies. And they are. And I love it.

variety.com/2025/digital...
Trade Group Representing Studio Ghibli, Other Japanese Companies Tells OpenAI to Stop Using Their Content to Train Sora 2 Video Generator
Japanese content trade group CODA, whose members include Studio Ghibli, issued a letter to OpenAI demanding the AI company stop using their content to train Sora 2.
variety.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
shoreinf.bsky.social
The Tartan Supes are back! Kirsti Wishart's serial, The Pocketbook Guide to Scottish Superheroes, continue with

Chapter 10 – Brother Trouble – The Phantom Fantoosh – Kannyman Comes A-Love-Bombing – Trouble With The Ex

www.sfcaledonia.scot/chapter-10-b...

(You can catch-up from Chapter One)
Lots of weird superheroes exploding out of the dark cover. There's a unicorn too. Text says: Kirsti Wishart The Pocketbook Guide to Scottish Superheroes.
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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neilwilliamson.bsky.social
It's officially launch day for Blood In The Bricks! It's folk horror, but right here in our towns and cities, written by some of my absolute favourite contemporary writers. Get it now (or They'll pay you a visit).

www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
A split graphic. On the left the book cover for a horror anthology, Blood In The Bricks, depicts a sinister figure with a rat's head standing in a dirty lane with a spray can in his hand. The tones are yellow and brown with splashes of red. On the right, "Nineteen chilling tales of urban folk horror" and several glowing endorsement quotes.
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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robertgenaille.bsky.social
This. Always this.
“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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runalongwomble.bsky.social
The BFS Award for best novella went to the excellent The Last To Drown by Lorraine Wilson and you will not forget this story in a hurry www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2024/2/...
The Last To Drown by Lorraine Wilson — 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 – 19/2 Price – £8.99 paper...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
November 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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matociquala.bsky.social
locusmag.com/2025/11/worl...

Congratulations winners and nominees!!
World Fantasy Awards Winners
The World Fantasy Awards winners for works published in 2024 were presented during the 2025 World Fantasy Convention, held October 30 – November 2, 2025 in Brighton, UK. The Life Achievement …
locusmag.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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clhellisen.bsky.social
One of the loveliest human beings I know and an incredible writer, and seeing her win an award made me feel like I'd won. - the incredible @rainewilson.bsky.social pretending to be only a human ;)
A woman with brunette hair in a sophisticated black dress with gold butterflies, looking at her phone because I needed to try take a candid pic
November 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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asls.org.uk
Century Notes: special Naomi Mitchison issue of THE BOTTLE IMP
🧳 travel narrative MUCKING AROUND
🚀 #scifi SOLUTION THREE
🧚 fairy encounters
👻 Mitchison & the supernatural
🚢 Mitchison: traveller & storyteller
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 WE HAVE BEEN WARNED in modern Scotland
3/10
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2016/06/edit...
A portrait in oils of “Naomi (Lady) Mitchison”, by Wyndham Lewis, 1938. Mitchison is seated, wearing a long blue dress. A large book is propped open on her knee, and she holds a pen to it in her right hand. She props up her face with her left hand, and regards us with a frown – although there is a half-smile on her lips. A stylised sketch of the crucifixion leans against the wall behind her.
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM