2: The River Has Roots by @amalelmohtar.com. Achingly beautiful, gorgeously lyrical, a faerie story about agency & sisterhood. The River Liss flows from north to south, and its magic is grammar. Translation, transliteration, riddles; references to Shakespeare, Dunsany & mythology. Instant favourite😭

sidebar but ough ouch i completed my bachelors six years ago this summer. hate that

1: Broken Ghosts by @jamesoswald.scot. A tragedy that unearths tragedies. A twelve year old girl reckoning with grief and unpicking the memories of the past in a small Welsh valley, told in split time in past and present. A gently gothic tale where the hauntings are deeply human.

Books of 2026:

a collection of snow….,,things i saw today

hey, he survived from last night!

just had a quick peep out the window. the result:

telford mentions (derogatory) aside, im reading broken ghosts at the moment and there’s something that’s probably a mark of a great writer that’s so utterly gut wrenching in how oswald writes a 12 year old scottish girl experiencing grief and loss in such a jarring way
this hurts to read

here they are! (plus shoestring theory, a favourite from this year that i’ve lent to a friend atm)

18: Writing the Uncanny ed. by @dancoxon.bsky.social & @richardvhirst.bsky.social. An excellent collection of essays on unsettling fiction to close out the year! From Freud to Shirley Jackson and every creator of ghostly tales in between. Very glad to have finally got round to this one ❤️