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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 23h

EARS

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 1d

this is stunning!

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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 1d

Southerness Lighthouse, Scotland (2024)

#ThePhotoHour #Photography

A squareish white lighthouse on rocks with rust and dirt all over. There's a balcony around the top but mostly on the other side of us. In the background is the sea, and the sky is pretty grey and flat

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 1d

ah thank you so much! 🥰

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Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 2d

Project Hanuman has its launch at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social two weeks before it's in shops. There will be cake, wine and merch. 2pm on the Friday of the convention (31st October).

I'm petrified of launching this thing alone so please come along and eat my cakes

There may also be special guest

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Ever Dundas @everdundas.bsky.social · 1d

A brilliant piece by @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social on Dystopian Medicine

"it’s when society feels at its most unstable that we find ourselves turning to the darker genres of fiction... because these stories provide us with a space in which to explore our growing fears."

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 2d

Drawing from stories such as Hiron Ennes' Leech and Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, author @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social reviews the popularity of medical horror, placing it alongside the return of dystopian fiction:

reactormag.com/dystopian-me...

Dystopian Medicine: Why Medical Horror Has a Hold on Us - Reactor

When society feels at its most unstable, we find ourselves turning to the darker genres of fiction...

reactormag.com

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 1d

ahhh pal I’m so glad you liked it! As you know, I will take any opportunity to yell about HellSans 😁

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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 1d

"Say 'Ahhhhhhhhhhggghhh'"

@tinywriterlaura.bsky.social looks at some recent examples of medical horror to investigate why the genre is especially telling in dystopian times.

The doctor will see you now...

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 2d

Drawing from stories such as Hiron Ennes' Leech and Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, author @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social reviews the popularity of medical horror, placing it alongside the return of dystopian fiction:

reactormag.com/dystopian-me...

Dystopian Medicine: Why Medical Horror Has a Hold on Us - Reactor

When society feels at its most unstable, we find ourselves turning to the darker genres of fiction...

reactormag.com

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 2d

I had such a great time writing this piece for Reactor! one of the great things about publishing a book is people let you write about things you’re vaguely obsessed with

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 2d

Drawing from stories such as Hiron Ennes' Leech and Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, author @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social reviews the popularity of medical horror, placing it alongside the return of dystopian fiction:

reactormag.com/dystopian-me...

Dystopian Medicine: Why Medical Horror Has a Hold on Us - Reactor

When society feels at its most unstable, we find ourselves turning to the darker genres of fiction...

reactormag.com

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 1d

I thoroughly enjoyed answering these questions from @lovereading4kids.bsky.social about the Lokifesto - my Loki flavoured provocation in response to the reading crisis. A joy to think about! Do have a read! www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/blog/read-li... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

Read Like a Bad God - The Rights of the Reader

Read Read Like a Bad God - The Rights of the Reader on LoveReading4Kids

www.lovereading4kids.co.uk

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 2d

ah I’m glad you liked it! Always a bit nerve-wracking discussing someone else’s book somewhere 😂💚

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 2d

thank you! 🥰

Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 2d

Yesssssssss! Huge congrats!

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Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · 2d

Very happy to have been awarded Creative Scotland funding to expand a dark SF project (similar vibes to Limelight)! A multi-POV tale of lives intersecting in a dystopian city run by a nefarious corporation (think Gotham meets Panem) with dark health tech, a heist, and an assassination plot...✨👁️

Collage of photos depicting a futuristic society

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 2d

put me down on team foy-yay

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 2d

agreed!!!

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 2d

(this piece also featuring shoutouts to @everdundas.bsky.social HellSans and Extremophile by @ianthegreen.bsky.social)

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 2d

I had such a great time writing this piece for Reactor! one of the great things about publishing a book is people let you write about things you’re vaguely obsessed with

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 2d

Drawing from stories such as Hiron Ennes' Leech and Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, author @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social reviews the popularity of medical horror, placing it alongside the return of dystopian fiction:

reactormag.com/dystopian-me...

Dystopian Medicine: Why Medical Horror Has a Hold on Us - Reactor

When society feels at its most unstable, we find ourselves turning to the darker genres of fiction...

reactormag.com

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · 3d

Did a little interview for @elspethwrites.bsky.social about writing and neurodivergence.

"I think the way I think, and I write to reflect that."

I think the way I think, and I write to reflect that.

Polly Atkin's (neurodivergent) notes on writing.

open.substack.com

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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 4d

It's weird how nobody ever talks about the fact that we all hear incredibly loud discordant high-tempo circus music in our heads at all times

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 3d

*nods sagely* ah yes, Simon and his well-known book snout

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Rachel Charlton-Dailey @rachelcdailey.bsky.social · 3d

SHEFFIELD (and West Yorks.) I will be at Off The Shelf Festival talking about my book Ramping Up Rights and the ongoing fight for disability rights on October 19th with my amazing pal Laura Elliott (@tinywriterlaura.bsky.social). It's a Sunday lunchtime, but I promise it'll be worth it.

Rachel Charlton-Dailey‘s book is a groundbreaking history of 100 years of disability activism in the UK. 1 in 5 people in the UK are disabled yet disability activism remains overlooked in history books, media, and politics. Blending investigative journalism, social history and a call to action the book looks at protest – from disabled suffragettes to debates about genetic screening. This powerful, timely book shows how often disabled people, and their allies, have fought and won, and the need to keep fighting.

offtheshelf.org.uk

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 4d

always 😂