Ruth EJ Booth (she/they)

slope of darkness with mist over the ocean cliffs

huge antlers over low bushes, in the mist

the bull elk slowing appearing out of the mist

bull elk framed by mist, suddenly come clear to us, casually eating a plant, with plant stalks draped over part of his rack.

The mist-shrouded morning at Point Reyes National Seashore, hiking with @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social, felt not just haunted or ethereal, but otherworldly. The zenith of that sensation came when a huge bull elk appeared out of the landscape as if a ghost from another land entirely.

A mini packet of Goldbears in front of a PC with spinning rainbow fan lights.

I'm hardly the most regular Overclockers customer, but it does delight me, 7 years on from my last PC, that they still include this wee bit of setup fuel for hungry users.

@overclockers.bsky.social

Sorry I won't be joining you for this, but best of luck for it!

Come on, people! It's this kind of equivocation that got one of them filibustering his way through his spot on the Arcane Council!

Well, that's a horribly unclear way of putting it...

Oh FFS!

Details of the launch of Project Hanuman at WFC in Brighton on the 31st October at 2pm in the main room of the convention. The picture includes a picture of me in a natty shirt, the cover of the book and the details included in this alt text.

If you're @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social my new novel, Project Hanuman, is launching there two weeks early.

@aptshadow.bsky.social called it 'A gem, breathtaking in scope and concept, pushing the boundaries of the genre.'

#scifi #projecthanuman @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social

Of course, if only their rich Republican friends can afford to have a ton of kids, that's fine by them.

You know what's even better? There's footage of his interview post-arrest and the outrage of the man about the fact that the cops lied to him, it's just incredible. Man cannot believe they did that to him. Never mind the horrific things he did to his victims, this was the shocker in his eyes.

Sorry to see Pete go, but huge congratulations to Robin on stepping up!

Congratulations to our own Robin C.M. Duncan on becoming the new Editor of BFS Horizons magazine!

For more details, see the embedded post below.

@robincmduncan.bsky.social

Tech Bros, not content with reinventing taxis, food delivery, vending machines, short-term office leases, artists, authors, banks and more, now reinvent erotica. Dumbasses.

Tech Bros, not content with reinventing taxis, food delivery, vending machines, short-term office leases, artists, authors, banks and more, now reinvent erotica. Dumbasses.

there is already a category of pornography centered on narrative, it's called erotica lol and you don't have to destroy the clean drinking water supply to read it

They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd) An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore

I’m getting a lot of new trans writer followers from a Starter Pack at the moment. We love publishing trans writers at @wtpress.bsky.social. Also we have a Kickstarter running for the next anthology. All support gratefully received : www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

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I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news

When there literally was a famous horse called Pope, it feels difficult to come up with anything original.

"Check his teeth before you buy," said the stallion. Etc...

Props to Benjamin for sharing the details of his contract. Unfortunately no props to MRM because there's a lot of extremely outre stuff in here that I'd refuse to sign. Let's run it down. (Context: If you're negotiating a contract with Strange Horizons, I'm the person you're negotiating with.)

Well, one would assume.

Since it's Black Speculative Fiction Month, I thought I'd share a story I love by a Black author each day. Since I'm starting 10 days in, I'll post a bunch to catch up. I'm going to do 15 from the Top 80 of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy and 15 from Lightspeed/Nightmare.

On an orange background, the header from a Spotify playlist for Halloween Americana, including audio tracking visualization, play button and more.

**New Blog** Thank you, everyone, for your kind Birthday greetings! As thanks (as well as apology for missing World Fantasycon later this month), please accept this wee seasonal gift from me...

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The staff here are incredibly patient, as I expect you have to be.

The number of kids who just can't follow a simple instruction to NOT DISTURB THE SLEEPING CATS in this cat café is annoying me greatly. You are 8, not 4.

a woman says they 're the same picture while sitting in front of a window Alt: A woman says they're the same picture while sitting in front of a window.

Lawyers looking at jury selection like.

99.9% chance we're done before Tuesday, pal. I wouldn't worry.

You're kidding me.

We're BOTH on the same citation?!

Congratulations to you both! A fine decision!

16th birthday gift is a trip to the Deed Poll office.

Grounds for estrangement, honestly.