Luke F. Shepherd
@f-shep.bsky.social
Pulpy genre boi. SFF writer. He/Him
Skills include: distance running, disassociation
Things I am bad at: writing about myself in third person, the rule of 3
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Skills include: distance running, disassociation
Things I am bad at: writing about myself in third person, the rule of 3
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… unironically would 100% buy a book that told me to go fuck myself.
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
… unironically would 100% buy a book that told me to go fuck myself.
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
Post your favourite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Post your favourite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
Occurs to me that on this date last year, I ran my first marathon. This year, I’m just getting back from WFC.
Genuinely hard to say which was more tiring.
(And for some mad reason I chose the con to break in brand new DMs. So the state of my feet is *definitely* on a par)
Genuinely hard to say which was more tiring.
(And for some mad reason I chose the con to break in brand new DMs. So the state of my feet is *definitely* on a par)
November 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Occurs to me that on this date last year, I ran my first marathon. This year, I’m just getting back from WFC.
Genuinely hard to say which was more tiring.
(And for some mad reason I chose the con to break in brand new DMs. So the state of my feet is *definitely* on a par)
Genuinely hard to say which was more tiring.
(And for some mad reason I chose the con to break in brand new DMs. So the state of my feet is *definitely* on a par)
Finally on my way back from World Fantasy Con. First ever con, incredible experience. Lovely to meet so many people! (And I discovered that my social battery badly needs an upgrade, next time I’ll bring a power bank… or pace myself 😅)
November 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Finally on my way back from World Fantasy Con. First ever con, incredible experience. Lovely to meet so many people! (And I discovered that my social battery badly needs an upgrade, next time I’ll bring a power bank… or pace myself 😅)
Burning the candle at both ends (and the middle) as I take in more panels than my tiny brain can handle at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social but it’s also release day for this lovely anthology featuring my debut short story ‘And In The Firelight I Will Find You’ 🦀🐴🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN
🎃 ThE hArVeSt BeGiNs! 🎃 It's release day for HARVEST THE NIGHT: AN ANTHOLOGY OF FOLK HORROR edited by C.M. Muller. My story "The Darkness Inside Her" features strange moss, a forest nap, and too many mouths. Check it out! chthonicmatter.wordpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Burning the candle at both ends (and the middle) as I take in more panels than my tiny brain can handle at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social but it’s also release day for this lovely anthology featuring my debut short story ‘And In The Firelight I Will Find You’ 🦀🐴🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN
I won’t be home for Halloween as I’ll be at WFC, but you better believe I still got my (tiny, eensy-weensy) pumpkin carving in. 🎃
October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I won’t be home for Halloween as I’ll be at WFC, but you better believe I still got my (tiny, eensy-weensy) pumpkin carving in. 🎃
✨🎃COMING 31 OCTOBER🎃✨
Chthonic Matter's ‘Harvest The Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror’
14 killer stories for you to enjoy, including ‘And In The Firelight I Will Find You’ my re-imagining of the myth of Montol that might get me run out of town, but I'm absolutely stoked with how it turned out!
Chthonic Matter's ‘Harvest The Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror’
14 killer stories for you to enjoy, including ‘And In The Firelight I Will Find You’ my re-imagining of the myth of Montol that might get me run out of town, but I'm absolutely stoked with how it turned out!
October 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
✨🎃COMING 31 OCTOBER🎃✨
Chthonic Matter's ‘Harvest The Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror’
14 killer stories for you to enjoy, including ‘And In The Firelight I Will Find You’ my re-imagining of the myth of Montol that might get me run out of town, but I'm absolutely stoked with how it turned out!
Chthonic Matter's ‘Harvest The Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror’
14 killer stories for you to enjoy, including ‘And In The Firelight I Will Find You’ my re-imagining of the myth of Montol that might get me run out of town, but I'm absolutely stoked with how it turned out!
Oof that is one good looking anthology
Across dimensions, it creeps and consumes… prepare for your imagination to be consumed by THE BOOK OF SPORES 🍄🍄🍄
FanFiAddict’s first-ever anthology is coming soon to Kickstarter!!! Check out the pre-launch page here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
FanFiAddict’s first-ever anthology is coming soon to Kickstarter!!! Check out the pre-launch page here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Oof that is one good looking anthology
Quite the Friday night vibe making my @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social spreadsheet planner. Colour coded and everything. It’s like being back at school… except, y’know, with enthusiasm.
October 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Quite the Friday night vibe making my @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social spreadsheet planner. Colour coded and everything. It’s like being back at school… except, y’know, with enthusiasm.
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The lesson of genAI has very little to do with genAI.
The real lesson here is that as soon as your bosses found something that could approximate the worst possible worker in your team, they obliterated entry-level jobs.
It's not coming alive. That's nonsensical. But your bosses are already alive.
The real lesson here is that as soon as your bosses found something that could approximate the worst possible worker in your team, they obliterated entry-level jobs.
It's not coming alive. That's nonsensical. But your bosses are already alive.
October 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The lesson of genAI has very little to do with genAI.
The real lesson here is that as soon as your bosses found something that could approximate the worst possible worker in your team, they obliterated entry-level jobs.
It's not coming alive. That's nonsensical. But your bosses are already alive.
The real lesson here is that as soon as your bosses found something that could approximate the worst possible worker in your team, they obliterated entry-level jobs.
It's not coming alive. That's nonsensical. But your bosses are already alive.
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Perhaps spare a thought for the many, many people on Bluesky who are being subjected to unimaginable violence every day in Gaza, begging for help on your platform, only to be systematically silenced and deleted repeatedly by your moderation team.
Violence is always unacceptable, and threats of violence have no place in public discourse. Our thoughts are with Charlie Kirk and his family.
September 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Perhaps spare a thought for the many, many people on Bluesky who are being subjected to unimaginable violence every day in Gaza, begging for help on your platform, only to be systematically silenced and deleted repeatedly by your moderation team.
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Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial
: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex
www.theregister.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
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It can take years to write a story, several more to sell it, and then several more for it to be published. And once it is published, there’s sadly no guarantee the story will find its readers. So if you’re writing stories, you better make sure you’re writing stories that you enjoy.
August 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It can take years to write a story, several more to sell it, and then several more for it to be published. And once it is published, there’s sadly no guarantee the story will find its readers. So if you’re writing stories, you better make sure you’re writing stories that you enjoy.
In a disclaimer that is relatively evergreen:
For anyone monitoring my google activity this morning, I’d just like to clarify I’m a writer.
For anyone monitoring my google activity this morning, I’d just like to clarify I’m a writer.
July 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
In a disclaimer that is relatively evergreen:
For anyone monitoring my google activity this morning, I’d just like to clarify I’m a writer.
For anyone monitoring my google activity this morning, I’d just like to clarify I’m a writer.
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Same, little pepper, same
March 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Same, little pepper, same
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Sci-fi safety concerns...
June 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Sci-fi safety concerns...
IT WORKS. Just ordered my copy, feeling cleansed already.
OUT NOW!!
Sing and rejoice, brothers and sisters! Your redemption is here. Let fire purge whatever ails you.
🐁☀️🐀
Grab it in comments.
Sing and rejoice, brothers and sisters! Your redemption is here. Let fire purge whatever ails you.
🐁☀️🐀
Grab it in comments.
June 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
IT WORKS. Just ordered my copy, feeling cleansed already.
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If a human told you things that were correct 80% of the time but claimed, flat out, with absolute confidence, that they were correct 100% of the time, you would dislike them & never trust a word they say. All I'm really suggesting is for people to treat chatbots with that same distrust & antagonism.
June 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If a human told you things that were correct 80% of the time but claimed, flat out, with absolute confidence, that they were correct 100% of the time, you would dislike them & never trust a word they say. All I'm really suggesting is for people to treat chatbots with that same distrust & antagonism.
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Chris Eubank Jr once walked into my cafe and asked me for a tuna baguette. It wasn’t on the menu, my colleague found that fact so hilarious that she started laughing.
I watched confusion shift to indignation shift to fury in the middleweight champion boxer’s eyes as they bore into mine.
I watched confusion shift to indignation shift to fury in the middleweight champion boxer’s eyes as they bore into mine.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Chris Eubank Jr once walked into my cafe and asked me for a tuna baguette. It wasn’t on the menu, my colleague found that fact so hilarious that she started laughing.
I watched confusion shift to indignation shift to fury in the middleweight champion boxer’s eyes as they bore into mine.
I watched confusion shift to indignation shift to fury in the middleweight champion boxer’s eyes as they bore into mine.
I’ve got a joke about Icarus but it doesn’t tend to land very well.
I've got a joke about Narcissus, it's brilliant. Honestly, I don't think anyone has ever made a joke this good.
I've got a joke about Cassandra, you won't believe it.
June 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I’ve got a joke about Icarus but it doesn’t tend to land very well.
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A friend from the sea.
May 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A friend from the sea.
TFW other people whose opinions you respect hate the same otherwise universally loved book you do
a man in a white shirt and tie is making a funny face and saying vinnnnnndication .
Alt: Maybe the only C that ain’t a B, Captain Holt, fist pumps the air as he shouts ‘Vindication!’.
media.tenor.com
May 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
TFW other people whose opinions you respect hate the same otherwise universally loved book you do
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Good news on this front! Seattle Worldcon will be refunding me my full membership.
If you also applied to be a panelist and are pulling out of the con due to the genAI situation, contact their Registration team and cite the violations to the Privacy Policy in your request for a refund.
If you also applied to be a panelist and are pulling out of the con due to the genAI situation, contact their Registration team and cite the violations to the Privacy Policy in your request for a refund.
I've just sent an email to Seattle Worldcon about all this, but I wanted to highlight this for everyone else:
Their own Privacy Policy does NOT give them permission to share your personal data (even "just" your name) with genAI seattlein2025.org/about/privac...
Their own Privacy Policy does NOT give them permission to share your personal data (even "just" your name) with genAI seattlein2025.org/about/privac...
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy Statement is designed to provide details about how we manage, share, and secure the information we collect.
seattlein2025.org
May 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Good news on this front! Seattle Worldcon will be refunding me my full membership.
If you also applied to be a panelist and are pulling out of the con due to the genAI situation, contact their Registration team and cite the violations to the Privacy Policy in your request for a refund.
If you also applied to be a panelist and are pulling out of the con due to the genAI situation, contact their Registration team and cite the violations to the Privacy Policy in your request for a refund.