Morgan L Ventura (Dr Hilary M V Leathem)

Charlotte Riddell: Queen of Ghost Stories honoured with blue plaque in Carrickfergus Her more than 50 stories explored moral ambiguity and an obsession with the supernatural in the Victorian age.

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My friend and I are very mature adults

a sampling of titles including the war machine, social media central, and the scanvengers and the stray

Check out these queer sci-fi 🚀 promo.amweald.com/lgbtqscifi/621ojk3gti 🪐 and horror 🎃 promo.amweald.com/lgbthorror/fuquzkr9st 👻 ebooks!!

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Woke early this morning to the news of Manchán Magan’s passing. We’d connected last spring but never got to meet. His books and tv series inspired me to begin learning Irish, to reconnect with my grandfather’s land. This soul taught us much & will be deeply missed.

Tá sé imithe ar shlí na Fírinne

Manchán Magan: writer and documentary maker dies aged 55 Author spoke of terminal illness in recent radio interview, saying he did not feel despair

So very sorry to learn that Manchán Magan has passed.

He was a rare talent, and a lovely guy, and still had so much more to give.
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Two Latinx writers in the Rhysling Award!! 💖 Thank you so so much for including me!! :') And enormous congrats to all the finalists and especially @pedroiniguez.bsky.social for winning in multiple categories!! 😱🎉 Love to you friend, you deserve it! 🫂

Thinking of Sarah Clancy, always so good at capturing small bytes of humanity, ever moreso now as she's literally sticking up for humanity, while most of us nod off. A great person, hugely kind. 🙏

My friend Sarah Clancy is currently in IOF captivity, kidnapped last night when her boat, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, was illegally intercepted in international waters.

Some boats are still sailing. Do what you can - wherever you are - to amplify & protest. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social

Glasgow Celtic Green Brigade tonight in their Europa League game against Braga. They're right, UEFA is complicit in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians, by refusing to expel the apartheid state for its endless war crimes. It's long past time to #BanIsrael #FreePalestine

A screenshot of a Zoom screen split into four, with Neil Astley, the editor at Bloodaxe, in the top left hand corner, in front of a bookshelf. Jess Traynor is in the top right hand corner, Emilie Jelinek in the bottom left hand corner, and Clare Pollard in the bottom right hand corner.

Wonderful @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social Zoom launch tonight for three brilliant books by @emiliejelinek.bsky.social, @jesstraynor.bsky.social and @poetclare.bsky.social - can’t wait to get hold of the new collections! Cc @mslexia.bsky.social

I understand the desire to run solicitation-based magazines. Submissions are exhausting, a core burnout driver.

But without subs-based mags, there’d be no one new to solicit 👀✨

The work doesn’t go away—it is redirected to other editors in the ecosystem, who are critical to finding new writers.

Happy to announce that my poem "Perish and Live Forever," which first appeared in MEXICANS ON THE MOON, has just won the @sfpoetry.bsky.social 's Dwarf Star Award for poetry. This award is for best micro poem of 10 lines or less. Many thanks to members who voted. It is a big honor. Much love!

On an Unusual Kind of Spatially Distributed Haunting - Lightspeed Magazine Dear Dr. Erzsébet Krajcsik-Nagy, I am contacting you as a member of the general public, and not as a fellow scholar, though I must say my chosen field of art history does have certain similarities to...

I have a new flash story in Lightspeed!

"On an Unusual Kind of Spatially Distributed Haunting"

Somewhere in the borderlands between folk horror and hard SF... Hard fantasy??? #Hauntology something.

www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/on-a... @lightspeedmagazine.com

List in Progress: Palestinian Literature Forthcoming Fall 2025 or 2026 Although we generally focus on literature in translation, this encompasses literature written by Palestinians in any language (and a few additional titles at the end). Please let us know if you hav…

This should not be limited to English. We've reached out to people who can help with lists of Palestinian lit in Turkish, Indonesian, Malayalam, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German. If you can help with these or other languages, please message.

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Congratulations Jordan!

always love seeing his lil face!

Mitla

If you needed some beauty today

A Rush to Save Ancient Artifacts in Gaza Highlights All That Has Been Lost

A Rush to Save Ancient Artifacts in Gaza Highlights All That Has Been Lost

A bombing delay enabled rescue of some objects, but archaeologists fear the wider loss of antiquities from the many cultures living there over thousands of years.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...

A list of stories included in best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, including Kerry C. Byrne’s “And When She Shatters”

Delighted to see my Aurora-finalist trans Bildungsroman fairytale, “And When She Shatters” included in this years Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, edited by @ourmankoto.bsky.social 🚀🧝

✨ & this little @heartlines-spec.com tale gets to appear alongside many friends & Augur creators !!

It's here.

BAD LANGUAGE
13/11/25

"made with love and horror, & a guidebook for our time" — @adamzmith.bsky.social
"Mayer's words & a gift and a gateway" — @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social
"incantation & spell distil a complex argument" — Lola Olufemi

Pre-order: peninsulapress.co.uk/products/bad...

Very grateful I could make this happen! I’m looking forward to our future collaborations @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social

Jan’s such an example of incredible intelligence, talent, compassion, and generosity

A Bone-y Anniversary - PSYCHOPOMP.COM On September 17, 2024, FROM THESE DARK ABODES arrived in its skeletal glory, and one year later, we are here to celebrate—with bones.

It's A BONE-Y ANNIVERSARY

for @lmanusos.bsky.social and From These Dark Abodes!

we've got some FREE

activity and COLORING PAGES 🎨

we've got an ebook SALE 📚

and we've got a reason to frolick! 💃 💀

check out all the fun here: psychopomp.com/a-bone-y-ann...

Photo of a missing slice of cheesecake that looks like a cheesecake hull floating in a deep blue ocean. The "ocean" is actually the blueberry topping on the large cheesecake that we don't see completely.

All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes

The Fitzcarraldo Editions Spring catalogue just dropped 👀💙🤍🌿 UK edition of ‘plastic’ due January 29, 2026 🫶

A circular infographic chart categorizing cheeses by type of milk and texture. At the center, four sections are labeled cow, sheep, goat, and buffalo, radiating outward into concentric rings for textures: soft, semi-soft, semi-hard, and hard. Each cheese name is placed within its corresponding segment, with illustrated wedges of cheese circling the outer edge. Cow’s milk occupies the largest portion, featuring well-known varieties like Brie, Camembert, Taleggio, Havarti, Gouda, Cheddar, and Parmesan. Sheep’s milk includes cheeses such as Roquefort, Manchego, and Pecorino Romano. Goat’s milk features options like Chèvre, Crottin de Chavignol, and Humboldt Fog. Buffalo is represented by Mozzarella di Bufala Campana and Buffalo Blue. The cheeses are organized visually so that softer varieties appear closer to the center and harder ones toward the edge. Small colored drawings show each cheese’s texture, rind, and tone, from creamy whites and soft rounds to golden blocks, crumbly wedges, and blue-veined interiors. The background is a deep charcoal gray, making the warm oranges, yellows, and creams of the cheeses stand out clearly.

EVERYONE STOP

cheese wheel of cheeses

The ruins of Mitla :) in Oaxaca

Street art

Pretty apt

Mitla

If you needed some beauty today

Ahhh ok how odd