Glasgow SF Writers' Circle

Some good news this morning!

The Dragon Awards have released their 2025 finalist list and The Last Shield was nominated for Best Fantasy Novel!!!
awards.dragoncon.org/2025-ballot/

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#Glasgow Join our Annabel Campbell and Cameron Johnston, along with Justin Lee Anderson, for a night of Epic Fantasy on 28/08! Get your tickets to this Waterstones Argyle ST event below:

@cameronjohnston.bsky.social @annabelcwrites.bsky.social @justinleeanderson.com @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social

Was a delight being on the show - lovely nasty stories all around!

We're delighted to count the inestimable Christopher Caldwell amongst our number, and you can whet your appetite for his forthcoming story for Uncanny Magazine with a new interview!

Check it out at the link below -- and why not support year 12 of Uncanny while you're there?

@seraph76.bsky.social

Christopher Caldwell

Since the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter reached over 825 Backers, here is an exclusive mini-interview with solicited short story writer Christopher Caldwell! buff.ly/nRq527H

PodCastle 902: Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike - PodCastle Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike E.M. Faulds   I remember your mum telling me, after it all went down, that during the lockdowns you washed your hands so often your skin cracked and turned scaly and...

We love a GSFWC double-header, and this one's a prime specimen! E.M. Faulds is back with the magnificently-titled 'Godzilla As A Young Man Named Mike', read by Circle alumna Eliza Chan for Podcastle.

@podcastle.org @bethkesh.bsky.social @elizachanwrites.bsky.social

podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...

Christopher Caldwell

When the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter reaches 825 Backers, we will publish an exclusive mini-interview with solicited short story writer Christopher Caldwell! JUST FIVE MORE BACKERS! buff.ly/HPEcU9t

PodCastle 902: Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike - PodCastle Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike E.M. Faulds   I remember your mum telling me, after it all went down, that during the lockdowns you washed your hands so often your skin cracked and turned scaly and...

It's out and I'm 😭
Awesome job, @elizachanwrites.bsky.social, you did it proud. And thank you once again to @podcastle.org for this special. It's my privilege to have taken part.

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You can also find out more about the story at Brian's blog below.

munchkinstein.co.uk/index.php/20...

Our Brian M. Milton's got a bumper new tale for fans of sentient spinach. Spinach 419 is being serialised this week in The Daily Tomorrow, concluding this Saturday (2/08).

Read parts 1 & 2 at the link below now:

@munchkinstein.bsky.social (1/2)

I'm enjoying the more random 'One like =' threads on here and as one popped into my head and keeps nagging me: One like = One made up story rejection reason
Feel free to ignore.

Join @robincmduncan.bsky.social & @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social for Episode 9, Fun, Games & Medieval Combat, with @aptshadow.bsky.social as they talk writing comedy, fighting in armour, TTRPGs, conventions and, of course, books. britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod... #sff #podcast #fantasy

Here's a quick note from the editors of our next anthology:

"Calling alumni of the #GSFWC!

"If you've yet to hear from us, we're putting together our 40th anniversary anthology and we want to hear from you!

"For more details, get in touch at gsfwc40editors@gmail.com.

"- The Editors"

Check out this reveal of Vincent Chong's cover for for Blood in the Bricks - the new anthology edited by our own Neil Williamson and featuring our Don Redwood and Harvey Welles & Phil Raines. Pre-orders are available now!

It's a GSFWC double-header on the BFS podcast Long Story Short! Our PS Livingstone joins our Robin CM Duncan for 'Myth, Romantasy & Feminist Rage', an interview with Scarlett St. Clair (Hades x Persephone saga).

Check it out at the link below!

@robincmduncan.bsky.social @pslivingstone.bsky.social

‘We’re huge JRPG fans’: Purity Ring on how nostalgia for a gaming era inspired their new single The Canadian electropop duo return with a new track (and forthcoming album) that sounds like a half-forgotten RPG you played in the 00s

Our Meghan Ellis is also a freelance journalist for the likes of the BBC, TechRadar and many more. Check out her latest piece for The Guardian, exploring how JRPG nostalgia inspired the new Purity Ring single.

@meghan0n.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/games/2025/j...

Blood In The Bricks A little over a year ago I approached Ian Whates of NewCon Press about an idea I had for an anthology. Like many horror readers I'd been wholeheartedly enjoying the folk horror boom, but I'd started to notice diminishing returns in terms of the originality in the stories I was reading. At the same time, Charlie Says had just been published, which I'd taken to thinking of as form of folk horror itself ... just one set in a large town instead of a remote, rural village. Urban folk horror? It felt fresh.

Blood In The Bricks

A little over a year ago I approached Ian Whates of NewCon Press about an idea I had for an anthology. Like many horror readers I'd been wholeheartedly enjoying the folk horror boom, but I'd started to notice diminishing returns in terms of the originality in the stories I was…

Here's a quick note from the editors of our next anthology:

"Calling alumni of the #GSFWC!

"If you've yet to hear from us, we're putting together our 40th anniversary anthology and we want to hear from you!

"For more details, get in touch at gsfwc40editors@gmail.com.

"- The Editors"

We are delighted to learn that our own Jenni Coutts is a finalist for Best Artist at the World Fantasy Awards! The results will be announced at this Autumn's World Fantasycon in Brighton. Best of luck to all those shortlisted!

@jennicoutts.bsky.social

I can’t quite believe this, but I’ve been shortlisted for the World Fantasy Awards for Best Artist for work in 2024!
The awards will be announced at WFC in Brighton on Sunday 2nd November 2025.
Ahhh!!
worldfantasy2025.co.uk/world-fantas...

Get on it, you know you need this. If you'd prefer week nights, reply here. If I get enough enthusiasm, I'll stick some up.

Webinars Websites and Webinars for Authors

On 12th July, our E.M. Faulds will be offering another round of her lauded webinars on creating your own author website, with prices starting from just £10!

To book your session, check out the link below:
bibliotta.com/webinars/

@bethkesh.bsky.social

Webinars Websites and Webinars for Authors

On 12th July, our E.M. Faulds will be offering another round of her lauded webinars on creating your own author website, with prices starting from just £10!

To book your session, check out the link below:
bibliotta.com/webinars/

@bethkesh.bsky.social

Lots of fab writers in this...

The cover of Blood in the Bricks, featuring a strange green figure doing Tai Chi-like poses in the middle of an abandoned factory space. Text reads: "Blood in the Bricks: An Urban Folk Horror Anthology Edited by Neil Williamson. James Bennett, Kim Lakin, Tracy Fahey, Steve Toase, E Saxey, Ian Whates, Tim Major, Dan Coxon, Lynsey Croal, Timothy J Jarvus, Phil Sloman, Matthw Hopkins, Harvey Welles & Phil Raines, Angela Slatter, Ray Cluley, Joanna Corrance, James Everyington, Penny Jones, Don Redwood. Coming from NewCon Press October 2025."

Blood in the Bricks (NewCon Press) is the new anthology from our Neil Williamson that explores the horrors that lurk in our cities. With stories from our Harvey Welles & Phil Raines and Don Redwood, it's available for preorder here:
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...

@neilwilliamson.bsky.social

Finished editing chapter 2 of that urban fantasy novella. According to my notes for the next chapter, I need to add more tea, more duels, and a cult.

I've been sitting on this for a while but I've been given the go ahead to start talking about this.

My story will be appearing on @podcastle.org at the end of July! I'm so excited.

More details soon, but I'll just tease you with the title:
"Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike".

Huge congratulations to our own Jenni Coutts, who is now represented by Harry Illingworth at DHH Literary! We can't wait to see the results of this new partnership.

@jennicoutts.bsky.social @harryillingworth.bsky.social

Super grateful to have been shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for Best Artist again! Thank you to everyone who voted for me, and congrats to everyone on the list, every artist here is incredibly talented and it’s a delight to be on the same list as them ✨

Might have some exciting writing news coming soon… 👀