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Ephiny Gale

@ephiny.bsky.social

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Writer of PICK YOUR POTION. Awarded 'Best of the Net' for fiction. 4x Aurealis Awards finalist. www.ephinygale.com This account contains only my personal views and is not representative of any organisation.

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Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · 3h

Whoa, I love this! Congrats! 😀

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Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · 8d

You smashed it! Congrats! 😀🎉

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Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · 16d

Completely understandable. Sorry things are tricky.

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Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · 16d

Please ignore this if this is an undesired/silly suggestion, but could you use the flashlight function on your phone to help illuminate things? Just a thought. I hope you’re able to get back to the movies sometime if you want to go! 💕

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Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you so much, Emmi! ☺️

Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · 21d

Sending so much love to you. That’s heartbreaking. ❤️

Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · 26d

I’m a writer and am potentially interested. :)

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Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · Sep 9

Congratulations, how wonderful! And that is super pretty! ☺️

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · Sep 6

my art director is feeling especially micro manage-y today

My chunky little ferret contemplates my pencil case.

The chunky ferret chomps the hell out of my pencil case

My chunky little ferret peeks out at me from behind my pencil case, seemingly asking permission for the thing he’s about to do anyway

My chunky little ferret, successfully having lodged himself inside my pencil case

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Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · Sep 7

This week marks one year since Pick Your Potion was released. In that time it’s been an Aurealis Awards finalist, longlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Awards, and on the Locus Recommended Reading List. Thank you so much to everyone who has supported it. That means so much to me. 💖

A screenshot of the cover of Pick Your Potion from Amazon.com, with a 4.7 star rating on Amazon and a 4.0 star rating on Goodreads.

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Emmi Khor - Writer @emmikhor.bsky.social · Aug 19

Need a story with your coffee break? This one's a gorgeously sweet story on finding a loved one again, by the wonderful @ephiny.bsky.social in @smallwondersmag.com

smallwondersmag.com/piece/all-th...

#fantasy #cozy #flashfiction #shortstory #cozyfantasy #reincarnation

All the Times I’m Ten - Small Wonders

The first time I turned ten was the most important one. Not because my feats in that lifetime were particularly impressive, but because of Morgan.

smallwondersmag.com

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Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · Aug 19

Oh, thank you so much, Emmi. ☺️💖

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Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · Jul 28

Some excellent recent reads I’ve really enjoyed.

Discount Dan by James A Hunter, Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven, Honeycomb by SB Caves, Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett and Private Rites by Julia Armfield.

Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · Jul 20

Lovely, thank you!

Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · Jul 16

Oh, amazing! 💖 I hope you enjoy! ☺️

Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · Jul 16

Both of my collections (including Pick Your Potion from last year) have interior illustrations! They’re done by Margot Jenner and they’re beautiful!

An illustrated short story collection, open to an illustration of a girl holding a fan of cards in front of her face.

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Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · Jul 15

Sounds like lots of fun!

Foxes in space?

Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thanks so much for alerting me to this, Sylvia! 💖

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Sylvia Heike @sylviaheike.bsky.social · Jul 7

If you've got a moment, read some microfic & vote for your favourites from nearly 4 years of Pete Wood Challenge winners. ⚡ Featuring stellar stories by @ephiny.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @ericfomley.bsky.social & more!

stupefyingstories.blogspot.com/2025/07/its-...

It’s Time To Nominate Your Favorite Stories!

All good things must end someday, and this includes The Pete Wood Challenge. After a four-year run and more than 230 published stories, it’s...

stupefyingstories.blogspot.com

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Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · Jun 20

I had the honour of blurbing this collection and absolutely loved it! 🎉

Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · Jun 19

It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social

www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...

The House of Illusionists by Vanessa Fogg

A sea-witch calls to souls from the deep. In modern suburbia, a middle-aged woman fights to keep her daughter from the clutches of a Faerie Queen. . . and finds herself confronting her own past and de...

www.interstellarflightpress.com

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Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · Jun 19

Congrats, that’s such an awesome achievement! 🎉🎉🎉

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Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social · Jun 6

This cover is *amazing*!

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Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · Jun 5

As NB.1.8.1 spreads, there’s only one thing spreading faster: misinformation. Here, I run down 5 of the most common errors I see circulating about COVID and encourage people to integrate airborne disease mitigation into their lives holistically.

www.thegauntlet.news/p/common-mis...

Common Misconceptions about COVID Hold Strong as New Variant Spreads

Media has the public talking about the "razor blade" COVID variant, but years of inaccurate public health messaging have taken their toll

www.thegauntlet.news

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Willow Nichols-Capra 🤎 @novellamenagerie.com · Jun 1

Happy pride month!! I made a starter pack of amazing queer/LGBTQIA+ speculative fiction authors and I think the best way to kick off the month is to share it around so they can get some recognition for their hard work!

Whether you are queer or an ally, support these wonderfully diverse creators!

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · Jun 1

It's Pride! So if you're a queer horror writer that we have NOT goofed on yet, please post a reply below with your sales pitch and link to where we can buy/obtain/see your writing!

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