Lady Kraken
@cjhenderson.bsky.social
Scottish fantasy writer. She/her. Books, cats, more books. SFF, language, history, Twin Peaks, BSG, Star Trek. Co-founder @edinburghsff; member @gsfwc. Latest story is in Gallus anthology.
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Lady Kraken
@cjhenderson.bsky.social
· Nov 13
GALLUS: A Glasgow SF Writers' Circle Anthology: Amazon.co.uk: Williamson, Neil, Williamson, Neil, Faulds, E.M., Milton, Brian M.: 9798328059664: Books
Buy GALLUS: A Glasgow SF Writers' Circle Anthology by Williamson, Neil, Williamson, Neil, Faulds, E.M., Milton, Brian M. from Amazon's Fiction Books Store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
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Hello to my many new followers, and thanks! If you're interested in finding more authors to follow, I can recommend giving the GALLUS: A Glasgow SF Writers' Circle Anthology amzn.eu/d/fF85LLP and Nova Scotia Vol 2: New Speculative Fiction From Scotland amzn.eu/d/fE6er2jant... a go.
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I've written a big piece for the Observer about the Big C. Would be lovely if you find time to read it sometime and feel free to share.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
‘He suggested we go to a quiet room to talk. I knew that was not good news’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I've written a big piece for the Observer about the Big C. Would be lovely if you find time to read it sometime and feel free to share.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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For tonight’s Introduce Stepson To Classic Movies…
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!
December 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
For tonight’s Introduce Stepson To Classic Movies…
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!
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December 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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It's the annual Smashwords sale and a bunch of Space Wizard books are half-off! Try out Robin C.M. Duncan's Quirk&Moth series and dive into a detective series with the space mafia, dinosaurs, and a foulmouthed sidekick!
#sciencefiction #fantasy
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
#sciencefiction #fantasy
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
December 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's the annual Smashwords sale and a bunch of Space Wizard books are half-off! Try out Robin C.M. Duncan's Quirk&Moth series and dive into a detective series with the space mafia, dinosaurs, and a foulmouthed sidekick!
#sciencefiction #fantasy
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
#sciencefiction #fantasy
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
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December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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For the terminally confused trolls, and because people seem to be under the impression I don't know what I bought - Malva melk tert slice and cookie dough brownie from a bakery IN SOUTH AFRICA.
This is a shot of the interior. This is not Canada.
This is a shot of the interior. This is not Canada.
December 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
For the terminally confused trolls, and because people seem to be under the impression I don't know what I bought - Malva melk tert slice and cookie dough brownie from a bakery IN SOUTH AFRICA.
This is a shot of the interior. This is not Canada.
This is a shot of the interior. This is not Canada.
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Scam alert: Someone is pretending to be me and reaching out to authors. The pitch contains enough specific details that it sounds plausible at first.
This is not me! I'm so sorry to anyone who has fallen for this.
This is not me! I'm so sorry to anyone who has fallen for this.
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Scam alert: Someone is pretending to be me and reaching out to authors. The pitch contains enough specific details that it sounds plausible at first.
This is not me! I'm so sorry to anyone who has fallen for this.
This is not me! I'm so sorry to anyone who has fallen for this.
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In fabulous news, I just found out that The Shape of Monsters made an audible best of SFF list!
If you're looking for LGBTQIA+ dark fantasy with non binary rep, where almost everyone is a queer disaster, then look no further
www.audible.co.uk/public-colle...
If you're looking for LGBTQIA+ dark fantasy with non binary rep, where almost everyone is a queer disaster, then look no further
www.audible.co.uk/public-colle...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
In fabulous news, I just found out that The Shape of Monsters made an audible best of SFF list!
If you're looking for LGBTQIA+ dark fantasy with non binary rep, where almost everyone is a queer disaster, then look no further
www.audible.co.uk/public-colle...
If you're looking for LGBTQIA+ dark fantasy with non binary rep, where almost everyone is a queer disaster, then look no further
www.audible.co.uk/public-colle...
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On today's Drafting Notes (last of the year!) we are talking about endings - why a good ending can stay with a reader, and how to write a good one. Plus, we chat about some of our favourite endings (spoiler-free as much as possible!)
Watch now: youtu.be/-oMYs8xN3N4
Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
Watch now: youtu.be/-oMYs8xN3N4
Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
December 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
On today's Drafting Notes (last of the year!) we are talking about endings - why a good ending can stay with a reader, and how to write a good one. Plus, we chat about some of our favourite endings (spoiler-free as much as possible!)
Watch now: youtu.be/-oMYs8xN3N4
Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
Watch now: youtu.be/-oMYs8xN3N4
Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
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Same, fungus. Same.
December 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Same, fungus. Same.
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Some brilliant episodes this week, including the 250th episode of @ukpageone.bsky.social featuring a great interview with Joe Hill!
@theconversation.bsky.social
@theconversation.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Some brilliant episodes this week, including the 250th episode of @ukpageone.bsky.social featuring a great interview with Joe Hill!
@theconversation.bsky.social
@theconversation.bsky.social
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With our 10th review out in the wild, it's time to say goodbye to SPFBO. The Champions' League was fun, and I can't wait for the results! Until then, you can find our final list and every review we posted in the past few months on this page:
queensbookasylum.com/2025/05/30/s... 1/4
queensbookasylum.com/2025/05/30/s... 1/4
SPFBO Champions' League - Queen's Book Asylum
Queen's Book Asylum's main SPFBO Champions' League page, where you'll find a short heads up about the contest, info about our process, the 10 champions - including GR and universal links -, our proces...
queensbookasylum.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
With our 10th review out in the wild, it's time to say goodbye to SPFBO. The Champions' League was fun, and I can't wait for the results! Until then, you can find our final list and every review we posted in the past few months on this page:
queensbookasylum.com/2025/05/30/s... 1/4
queensbookasylum.com/2025/05/30/s... 1/4
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Patreon backers have early access to our 250th (!) episode, with the brilliant Joe Hill! We talked to Joe about his writing career, including why he chose to use a different name to distance himself from his famous dad when he started his career.
Join Patreon to watch now: patreon.com/ukpageone
Join Patreon to watch now: patreon.com/ukpageone
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Patreon backers have early access to our 250th (!) episode, with the brilliant Joe Hill! We talked to Joe about his writing career, including why he chose to use a different name to distance himself from his famous dad when he started his career.
Join Patreon to watch now: patreon.com/ukpageone
Join Patreon to watch now: patreon.com/ukpageone
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You never know, I might be surprised...
But at least readers are enjoying Magic, Maps, and Mischief 😊
But at least readers are enjoying Magic, Maps, and Mischief 😊
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You never know, I might be surprised...
But at least readers are enjoying Magic, Maps, and Mischief 😊
But at least readers are enjoying Magic, Maps, and Mischief 😊
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You might not know this, but I wrote two novels that make great Xmas gifts. The first, The Honours, is set in 1935 in a country house in Norfolk. It has secret passages & mysteries & a 13-year-old protagonist called Delphine. I would describe it as 'weird gothic'.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-hon...
www.waterstones.com/book/the-hon...
The Honours by Tim Clare | Waterstones
Buy The Honours by Tim Clare from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
www.waterstones.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
You might not know this, but I wrote two novels that make great Xmas gifts. The first, The Honours, is set in 1935 in a country house in Norfolk. It has secret passages & mysteries & a 13-year-old protagonist called Delphine. I would describe it as 'weird gothic'.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-hon...
www.waterstones.com/book/the-hon...
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My Lambda Award-winning debut novel THE DEVOURERS, a dark, queer, mythic realist tale about sex, love, violence, & shapeshifting, has finally surpassed 20k sales. Those may be rookie numbers to many authors, but for me, it's a big deal, even if not big money. Sincerest gratitude to my readers 🖤
The Devourers by Indra Das: 9781101967539 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
For readers of Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and David Mitchell comes a striking debut novel by a storyteller of keen insight and captivating imagination. LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER •...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
August 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My Lambda Award-winning debut novel THE DEVOURERS, a dark, queer, mythic realist tale about sex, love, violence, & shapeshifting, has finally surpassed 20k sales. Those may be rookie numbers to many authors, but for me, it's a big deal, even if not big money. Sincerest gratitude to my readers 🖤
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Like free books? Like writing about SFF and its visions? Then get involved. ARB does excellent coverage and thoughtful reviews/discussions of so much.
ARB puts up a call for reviews every month, but: at the end of each year, we find ourselves looking at a *long* list of speculative fiction & related non-fiction that we'd love to cover! Do your part to fight recency bias, and claim one of these!
2025 Reviews: Last Call
The Ancillary Review of Books does focus on newly-released works as they are published. However, we very much want to fight recency bias in book coverage, and the idea that books just vanish if the…
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Like free books? Like writing about SFF and its visions? Then get involved. ARB does excellent coverage and thoughtful reviews/discussions of so much.
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Thank you all, the update than we can barely believe we get to make.
To everyone who supported us through this last month, we couldn’t have even come close to this outcome without you all.
Have a peaceful festive period, we’ll see you in the bookshop soon 🧡
To everyone who supported us through this last month, we couldn’t have even come close to this outcome without you all.
Have a peaceful festive period, we’ll see you in the bookshop soon 🧡
December 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thank you all, the update than we can barely believe we get to make.
To everyone who supported us through this last month, we couldn’t have even come close to this outcome without you all.
Have a peaceful festive period, we’ll see you in the bookshop soon 🧡
To everyone who supported us through this last month, we couldn’t have even come close to this outcome without you all.
Have a peaceful festive period, we’ll see you in the bookshop soon 🧡
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You know I have a new book out, but know what I also have? A book SALE!
All my Virtue #ShifterRomance box sets are $2.99 for 3 days only! #paranormalromance #kindlesale #booksky
OWL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS: books2read.com/owl-zc&store=amazon
Virtue Shifters box sets: www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B0F3...
All my Virtue #ShifterRomance box sets are $2.99 for 3 days only! #paranormalromance #kindlesale #booksky
OWL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS: books2read.com/owl-zc&store=amazon
Virtue Shifters box sets: www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B0F3...
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
You know I have a new book out, but know what I also have? A book SALE!
All my Virtue #ShifterRomance box sets are $2.99 for 3 days only! #paranormalromance #kindlesale #booksky
OWL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS: books2read.com/owl-zc&store=amazon
Virtue Shifters box sets: www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B0F3...
All my Virtue #ShifterRomance box sets are $2.99 for 3 days only! #paranormalromance #kindlesale #booksky
OWL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS: books2read.com/owl-zc&store=amazon
Virtue Shifters box sets: www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B0F3...
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Cymera is an amazing convention based in Edinburgh around June. I’ve always had a grand time there.
Did you know Cymera is a registered charity?
Become a member today to enjoy a closer relationship with the UK’s biggest scifi, fantasy & horror writing festival. You'll receive exclusive benefits, including early booking and an invite to our next AGM.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/membership
Become a member today to enjoy a closer relationship with the UK’s biggest scifi, fantasy & horror writing festival. You'll receive exclusive benefits, including early booking and an invite to our next AGM.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/membership
December 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Cymera is an amazing convention based in Edinburgh around June. I’ve always had a grand time there.
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FINAL book giveaway of the year.
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
FINAL book giveaway of the year.
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
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Did you know Cymera is a registered charity?
Become a member today to enjoy a closer relationship with the UK’s biggest scifi, fantasy & horror writing festival. You'll receive exclusive benefits, including early booking and an invite to our next AGM.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/membership
Become a member today to enjoy a closer relationship with the UK’s biggest scifi, fantasy & horror writing festival. You'll receive exclusive benefits, including early booking and an invite to our next AGM.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/membership
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Did you know Cymera is a registered charity?
Become a member today to enjoy a closer relationship with the UK’s biggest scifi, fantasy & horror writing festival. You'll receive exclusive benefits, including early booking and an invite to our next AGM.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/membership
Become a member today to enjoy a closer relationship with the UK’s biggest scifi, fantasy & horror writing festival. You'll receive exclusive benefits, including early booking and an invite to our next AGM.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/membership