E.M. Faulds / Beth

This has lost me thousands of pounds (not to mention book sales) and put me in a state of terror and panic. I urge anyone thinking of moving their list from Substack, or wanting to know more about how Substack works, to read it....

This week a spellbinding novel in Scotland long ago

"Start your collection today! The ECO series RETURNS in 2026. ECO24: Out Now! ECO25: Nominations open Dec 1st-Jan 31st"

What does the ECO series have in common with pears and plums? They all grow back stronger every spring 🍐✨

THANK YOU SO MUCH for supporting ECO24! Don't forget to grab your copy of the first in the ECO series, and watch your bookshelf grow year after year 🌱📚💚

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Cow: "what is this human nonsense now?"

GOOD LUCK!!

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The morning dawns an unseasonal peach

Argyle St Waterstones events space. Meg McDonald, a white woman with long dark hair on left, hosting event. On right, authors Shona Kinsella (white woman with dark hair) and Sam K. Horton (white man with red hair). Standing to the side, D (non-binary person), introduces the event and runs through safety guidance.

Shona reads from her book Daughters of Nicniven.

Sam reads from his book Ragwort.

Meg asks a question while Shona and Sam listen intently.

Good night at Waterstones tonight for the launch of @shonak.bsky.social Daughters of Nicniven and @samkhorton.bsky.social Ragwort, interviewed by @megintransition.bsky.social
Good to see a crowd out, despite hiw cold it was and train issues. (was - 5°C by time I got home from the pub after!)

It's not Icenii?

This story will haunt you - it is somehow harrowing and heartening at the same time. Unforgettable 🖤🖤

Got home from the launch and was supposed to go to bed but ended up staying up to read 😂

Congratulations @shonak.bsky.social! So far I think this is my favourite one yet of yours!

Hi do you want stories about grief and mushrooms? Alien mushrooms?

It is tho! The same as usual!

L-R: Dr Meg McDonald interviews authors Shona Kinsella and Sam K Horton

Book launch for @shonak.bsky.social and @samkhorton.bsky.social in Glasgow tonight.

Ah what! I'm sad to hear it mate.

I've recently wondered if the Geordie / NE England "Howay" or "haway" was an evolution of "ave" as there were a lot of Roman soldiers up there by the wall.
(Sometimes Latin pronounced V as W, so it's not that far fetched to me!)

Courtney sitting near a window at her desk in a black cardigan, holding Higher Magic on a scarf printed with an old map of London.

HIGHER MAGIC is out in the UK today!

If you see it in the wild, please share pics.

A screenshot of the newly updated "Stories" screen on The Submission Grinder's page for Diabolical Plots. Each story has a little rectangular card with a linked story title, author name, publication date, word count, brief teaser pitch, and genre and tags in little boxes below. The stories included are "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything" by Effie Seiberg, "The Rat King Who Wasn't" by Stephen Granade, "The Octopus Dreams of Personhood" by Hannah Yang, "The Unfactory" by Derrick Boden, "The Witches Who Drowned" by R.J. Becks, "The Matador and the Labyrinth" by C.C. Finlay, "In His Image" by R. Haven, and "Application For Continuance: vMingle Restroom Utility (RedemptionMod)" by Ethan Charles Reed

Working on Enhancements to the "Stories" page, where you can find all of Diabolical Plots's published stories on The Submission Grinder. Now with dates! Word counts! Teaser pitch! Genres! And Tags!
Big thanks to @erincairns.bsky.social and the DP team!
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Screenshot of the Audible tags for CL Hellisen's The Shape of Monsters - these include Action & Adventure, Best of 2025, Dark Fantasy, Emotionally Gripping, Fantasy, LGBTQ+, and LGBTQIA+ Creators

I am stoked to see The Shape of Monsters has finally got its #LGBTQ+ and #LGBTIA+creators tags!

And unexpected Best of 2025 tag too

Great way to wind down a work week

THIS! And it benefits us all. The amount of people who hate paying towards things to help someone they see as "undeserving" but then complain about people living rough, crime, drug use, etc...
(To be clear, though, even if it didn't change any of that, it would still be the right thing to do.)

The cover of JITTERBUG features a stylised rocket silhouette at the centre of an orrery, with a space suited figure dangling in its wake

What can you expect from JITTERBUG?

A shattered solar system. A reluctant bounty hunter. A pirate queen. An unlikely attraction. All against the background of a political conspiracy to hide something vast and terrifying.

Preorder now from @titanbooks.bsky.social and all good booksellers.

CC0 though

In these days copyright and IP are necessary evils for writers (and generally just evils in the case of large corporations). Maybe we should go back to troubadours and bards.

Not enough coffee? That's generally my reason for such anyway.

At least she's reading and asking questions. (I'm just very amused by the concept of open source fairies.)

They used to be but they pivoted to the freemium subscription model. And the cancellation clause refs some penalty involving a "firstborn", whatever that means.

I solved it by getting a new kettle. I mean the pot on stove is better but I didn't really want stand in my freezing kitchen watchin it 😂

No, ta

A new one got this morning because you are correct!