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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 2d

I'm pleased to announce that I'll be on a panel at World Fantasy Con! I'll be talking about Queer Horror at 11am on Saturday in the Edinburgh room.

Otherwise, I'm volunteering at the art show, and you can find me sitting behind the desk trying to tempt you into spending money on other people's art.

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 5d

My new story is out in The Pink Hydra today! www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/02022...

The Pink Hydra | Four Flowers in Formaldehyde - Heather Valentine

Four Flowers in Formaldehyde by Heather Valentine

www.thepinkhydra.com

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 4d

That's okay, it's really not common knowledge unless you process right to work checks (like I do). Like 2 factor authentication, a share code + passport is actually a bit more secure than a single digital ID.

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 4d

Quick question, do you know what a share code is?

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 5d

My new story is out in The Pink Hydra today! www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/02022...

The Pink Hydra | Four Flowers in Formaldehyde - Heather Valentine

Four Flowers in Formaldehyde by Heather Valentine

www.thepinkhydra.com

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EmmyKtz 🐙 The Pink Hydra @thepinkhydra.com · 5d

The Pink Hydra #5 is out today, with fiction & poetry by @hexthervvv.bsky.social, @deeholloway.bsky.social, @jasterwrites.bsky.social, @maryjorabe.bsky.social, @slashnburnett.bsky.social, @sarahgracetuttle.bsky.social, @pixieb.bsky.social & @reasie.bsky.social

www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/0202202510

Cover of The Pink Hydra vol. 2.2, a new magazine of unreality. Cover art is "Corn Fire" by Barbara Candiotti. A black-and-white digital artwork featuring a ghostly figure with slanted glowing eyes waving at the viewer, while standing amongst tall corn stalks. Ghostly flames burn in the foreground.

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 8d

We REALLY need your help to fill the Govan Sarcophagus with donations for our urgent fundraiser!

tghts.enthuse.com/cf/graveyard...

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EmmyKtz 🐙 The Pink Hydra @thepinkhydra.com · 7d

"She is far from the first objectionable employer either of us have worked under..."

Pulp horror from @hexthervvv.bsky.social coming this Friday! 🏚️💉🩸🔪

Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 8d

My new story, Four Flowers in Formaldehyde, comes out in Pink Hydra on October 3rd. The story is heavily influenced by "mad science" horror films of the mid-20th century - where deadly experiments are performed in the basements of crumbling gothic manors in pursuit of youth, beauty and immortality.

Poster for The Brain That Wouldn't Die, 1962.

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Luke SPELLcourt 🧙🏼‍♀️🦇✨ @lukebelcourt.com · 9d

COVER REVEAL! 🎉

After what feels like a lifetime, I finally get to show you what I've been working on the last few years! The long-awaited sequel, VAMPIRES IN PARK CIRCUS!

Coming Halloween 2025!

You can pre-order here! lukebelcourt.com/witches/two....

A photograph of the cover for Vampires in Park Circus. It is drawn in the same style as the 2025 Witches cover -- fine black lineart, but the colour scheme is red rather than teal.
A woman with long flowing black hair in a Kate Bush-esque gown runs towards the viewer. She looks behind her, afraid. Park Church Tower, a notable landmark in the centre of Park Circus, looms behind her. The same golden magic from the first book explodes from her head like psychic power.
The photograph is taken in a park, with tree cover behind it.

The epigraph to the book:

"A vampire moves to Scotland and makes friends with a local human at a bar.
'It's hard, not being able to go out in direct sunlight,' the vampire says.
'How long has it been since you've seen the sun?' the local asks.
'Since I died, nine years ago,' the vampire says. 'You?'
The local finishes his drink. 'Fifteen long years. I remember it like it was yesterday.'
- Anonymous

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 8d

My new story, Four Flowers in Formaldehyde, comes out in Pink Hydra on October 3rd. The story is heavily influenced by "mad science" horror films of the mid-20th century - where deadly experiments are performed in the basements of crumbling gothic manors in pursuit of youth, beauty and immortality.

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 10d

I may have got a teeny tiny touch carried away at the library

The Ghost Cat by Alex Howard, Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor, All The Hearts You Eat by Hailey Piper, Awakened by Laura Elliott

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back to saying I’m Jesse @killgoldfish.bsky.social · Jun 2

ME: yeah could i get the impossible burger with cheese.
THE VIZIER WHO'S BEEN ADVISING ME: ahh, an excellent choice sire. an imitation of the genuine article. there are some "friends" of yours to whom it bears a passing similarity
ME: you want anything
VIZIER: [chuckles] what i want is of no import

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 13d

Death Note GIF

ALT: Death Note GIF

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 13d

I'm going!

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 25d

I have made people watch Deep Fried Masters with me at least 3 times

Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 26d

Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.

What's yours?

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 26d

Making Estinien and giving him one of the stinky trash room decors

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 26d

NEW FIRE EMBLEM!!!!!

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · Sep 7

I'm drinking coffee and reading through line edits for a story coming out with @thepinkhydra.com later this month. Emmylou has been a great editor to work with, and I love what she's doing with the magazine - so if you're at a loose end today, why not read some free stories from another issue?

The Pink Hydra | Vol. 2, No. 1

The fourth issue of The Pink Hydra, a new free genre/lit magazine founded in 2024

www.thepinkhydra.com

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Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · Aug 31

I saw so many bugs (and bug related crafts) at the Invertebrate show today

A stall selling taxidermy orchid mantises in glass globes, and moss for living orchid mantises

A taxidermy crab on an elaborate shell plinth

Ceramic mushroom people. I bought the purple one with its arse out.

A sign advising customers that insects are not allowed into Scotstoun Leisure Centre Café.

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · Aug 30

Riding the high of the bag search security guard at Barrowlands telling me I had a snazzy wee bag last night. She looks at hundreds of bags every week, she is an expert.

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · Aug 30

I'm sorry to hear about this Neil, he's such a handsome little guy

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Rach Macpherson @rachmacp.bsky.social · Aug 29

✨Calling all gamers! ✨Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity are looking for you (yes, YOU!) to fundraise for Games for the Weans! So if you’re a streamer looking to raise funds or a studio / publisher / dev looking to support a fab charity, get in touch! 💜

A picture of the Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity esports jersey

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · Aug 24

Fringe day out! Seeing The Bacchae, Ascension and Kanpur 1857, and eating delicious fried chicken with peach hot sauce in the gardens

A red sofa with a painting reading "think about someone you love" above it

A stage before a show, four neon light strips lie in metal containers

A colourful sign in Pleasance Courtyard with various arrows pointing in different directions. "Fringe" and "Comedy" signs are visible

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