E.M. Faulds / Beth

Collage of photos depicting a futuristic society

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...✨👁️

I admit I had *way* more fun drawing this wee guy than I thought I would for drawtober prompt number 2: Toad Astrologer
What’s the verdict, should I sell prints at World fantasy Convention this year?
#art

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

If I'm able, I'm there!

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

I saw one doing wheelies like this. I wonder if it is a feeding strategy or a disease that makes them do it. Or, like, the dancing plague.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Wise Badger, art by Lily Seika Jones

In Cumbrian dialects, 'broc' is badger

Badger is held in high esteem and 'brocan' means wise man. In lore, badgers protect against witchcraft and other evils

more in: Folklore of the Lake District
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/

#NationalBadgerDay #folklore
art: Lily Seika Jones

Aww lovey. Hugs!

Oh damn no you don't get to see me when I was a kid, or ten or twenty years ago... Unless you're my friend and I've showed you it.
Cos I'm not here to train some damned AI ageing algorithm.

Huzzah!

Oh this is so nice! Thank you Oli!
The book's currently out of print but if you're going to World Fantasy and you'd like a copy, I'm bringing a few along. Just let me know!
And yeah, I have to hurry up and get that out somewhere again.

Have a good one!

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.

NB This article is taken from Cory Doctorow's writing, so is worth reading, in case you were thinking it'd be pointless Sunday opinion piece handwringing.

Depends. If it was something you saw along the way and thought "this person would like that" I guess no? But full Christmas mission shop? Perhaps! Idk how you can contain it, I'd want to give them out so badly.

oh its the thing everyone said was going to happen when this got brought in and it immediately happened

VAMPIRES IN PARK CIRCUS!

🧙🏼‍♀️ Your favourite queer witches return!
❤️ Multiple F/F romances
🦭 The tragic end of your giant selkie gf
🦇 “I’m a vampire, you’re a witch, it can never work, and yet…”
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 More Weegie shit
🔪 Supporting women’s wrongs

CW: death, grief, toxic coping mechanisms

It's a lovely morning on the internet and you are a horrible queer!

Drop your links to queer books! Yours, someone else's, tradpub, indie, share ALL THE QUEER BOOKS to make a fash shit themselves.

Go!!!

🎉🎉🎉

The snoot!

Watching Jay, I realize I am simply exhausted by folks in positions of leadership who are driven to distraction by critique.

If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.

Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.

I don't understand what keeps happening with social media ceos. The fuck

Bsky post from Jay, its ceo : "we're hiring for 2 machine learning roles. A chance to do cutting edge things with MI to make this place a lot more personalized" and a link to the job add with a picture saying "Gem" and a blue cut diamond logo.

Oh ffs I come here to get away from this shit.
Could you personalize it by me being able to choose not have the lying stealing machines anywhere near my fuvking data please. Or my planet.

Someone got jelly while he was here in the UK and saw our money

I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out the "intelligence" was ai bullshit

Apex Magazine 2026 An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

I just backed @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 on @kickstarter.com! Apex is such an amazing cornerstone of the SFFH community. If you are able, I encourage you to pledge support as well to keep their fantastic work going next year.

Oohhh that looks cool!

Dunno but I guess it'll stand out?

well I liked it but that doesn't mean I don't also resent it