liz yarwood

the sky is forever | Substack I review speculative books and dazzling films, and share poems. I'm interested in magic, future worlds beyond capitalism and aesthetic delights. Click to read the sky is forever, a Substack publicatio...

If anyone #booksky specifically #sci-fi #fantasy #horror or #sffh writers have substacks sharing odd bits of writing or thoughts from the bottom of the psychic ponds within would love to see some. Share yours here 🌌

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Picture of aeroplane zine: an orange and grey gradient with a picture of an aeroplane flying through the sky and aeroplane zine written in orange

My new lil zine ✈️ about aeroplanes and airports. V proud to have this coming out into the world.

#zine #diyzine #magazine #booksky

First page of poem 'broken boots'

Second page of poem 'broken boots'

Sharing the #poem I wrote on my blog here

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Cities on a Sunday morning have a very specific gentle kind of peace

Wow I love all these! As im going to South Korea next i think im reading a fantastical romance thats a retelling of a Korean folk tale. And ive not read much romance so looking forward to it!

i've been reading a spiritually nourishing, mythic, mystical book and i'm learning lots from it. but i am looking forward to gobbling down a sci-fi book when i'm finished. #sciencefiction #booksky

#booksky #writersky

broken boots a poem i wrote on the day before my birthday

I wrote a poem just before my bday. Here it is along with a gummy bear catching the light beautifully.

Wanna find blogs that aren't super motivational 'I can make you 100k richer' or platitudes about writing. Probs asking too much of substak...reckon bsky has it though *prays and searches*

Falling slowly into Fallout it took me a while, but i got there

i wrote about Fallout, my concerns, my cravings, and then somehow The Last Of Us crept in too and I thought about possible pitfalls of video game adaptations in my latest blog

not going to post it but the daily mail front page this morning i stg you gotta laugh. N Korea?!!!!!! the UK????!!!!!!!

Trans Actual's report entitled 'Trans Segregation in Practice. Experiences of trans segragation following the Supreme Court Ruling'.

TW.
Needs to be widely shared with cisgender people, especially politicians. Utterly horrifying that Britain has come to this- that most of Britain is just looking the other way while a whole community is being eliminated from society because of lies and hatred. transactual.org.uk/wp-content/u...

the sink / should not be clean a poem

I wrote a poem and shared on the sub….about sinks and plugholes and all the delicious dirt…and there's bone marrow in there too. 🩸

Mint is The herb of The summer 🌿

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza. Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital.
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One review i enjoy

Kalle Neukölln is not creepy in that exciting atmospheric thrills way, it's creepy in the sad attempts of property moguls trying to make something 'cool' and it staying empty for months. Devoid of any character. Actually impressive to achieve that

Maud my soft big axolotl who lies on me and is very wise is looking fab today x

Amazing!!!!! I love that our queer dear is still getting readers weird & horny.

Unreal, unruly and unleashed sex musings on the speculative anthology Unreal Sex, edited by So Mayer and Adam Zmith

My blog delves into the beautiful strange sensual anthology Unreal Sex that was edited by @suchmayer.bsky.social and @adamzmith.bsky.social - one of my fave reads this year I think 🍑. And big love to @cipherpress.bsky.social who always delivers

Holed up in The Raven Tower my thoughts on Ann Leckie's fantasy novel

new blog is about The Raven Tower by @annleckie.com which I loved and had lots to say about!

A blue worm a poem about a night last week

A poem I wrote following a concert is Up On My Substack Now!!

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Latest blog dives headfirst into John Waters' Trash Trilogy 🗑

REVEALED: Deputy Director of ICE was sent by the ADL for training with the Israeli military - JVP Why does the ADL protest Trump’s family separation policies, while also sending ICE officers for training in Israel?

Hey fun fact did you know for years the ADL flew ICE officers to Israel to be trained with the IDF? Just in case you're wondering where they learned to be such thugs.

www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2018/08/08/i...

Does anyone else listen to desert island discs and sob the whole way through? Recent ones have been so moving, or my sensitive self is just sensitiv-ing

Super happy to be part of this :))) and very excited to get my copy!

haunting, hunting motorways books skidding across my horizon

Wrote about J. G. Ballard's work, motorways and the books I've picked up while being in Glasgow in my latest blog. Pick through it here
And give it a follow if you like, I do my best to write one every other week which is q chill 🪱

Rare New Zealand snail filmed laying egg via its neck for first time Mount Augustus snail, among largest in world, can live for decades and eats slugs and earthworms

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Best way to start the day is by watching this video

Disgusted by the UK Supreme Court ruling today. Trans women are women. Respect queer bodies and give them freedom and justice. I stand in solidarity with trans people and will build my worlds accordingly.

Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 🤮

So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇