Fran Lacuata (she/her)

Every year I forget how overstimulating fireworks night is for me and how terrifying it is for the dogs. I also forget that it lasts all week.

Zero 🙌

Helloooo fellow premenopausal adhd person!

I talked myself out of it sadly but Peach agrees with you

Is it too early to nap?

Scallop in shell with aromatics

Crab stuffed crumpet with poached egg and hollandaise

Steak and salad

Baked Alaska

Spontaneous meal out #food

Buddy

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

Women & URG Sword Class - beginners welcome Sword lessons for femmes and thems!

Free sword class for women+ - beginners welcome. 15 Nov Godalming Surrey. All equipment (AND SWORDS) provided events.bookitbee.com/by-the-sword...

A photo of a newspaper advertisement, showing a zoomed in photo of a hand holding a Pilot brand fountain pen. "Make AI Jealous" is written in Japanese next to the hand, with "Write what AI can't touch" in English underneath.

Pilot had a massive ad spread in a jp newspaper with "make AI jealous" and "write what AI can't touch" written on it

Anyway I think everyone should own a Pilot kakuno pen

c h i r p.

Very excited about my new (old) toy

Saw my first Vote Green poster in rural, old white people Surrey and felt a tiny pang of hope.

Suddenly I can taste hubba bubba soda and hear Home & Away in the background.

preparing for the working world in the age of AI or: seven things to tell your kids when they ask what they should study now, or what the point of studying is

I wrote this yesterday about what to tell young people who are worried about what work will be in the age of AI:

naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...

Holy hell I think I had these!

I enjoyed your panel on what to read next. Some great recommendations.

This was the reason I stopped writing for so long. In 2012 I was falling down the fencing rabbit hole. I’ve given a lot of my time, energy and emotion to it, but now it’s time for a change. I’m dusting off the keyboard, digging out the notebook, and What’s that? Nanowrimo you say? Don’t mind if I do

So sorry for your loss

Is that Winchester?

Dang it! That is simultaneously fascinating and disappointing to learn

Back to work and have put the fire on for the first time this year. Summer is most definitely gone.

Aha! Makes sense. What about to combobulate? Discombobulate is such a fun word

Makes me wonder what rascible might be 🤔

Future Worlds Prize 2026 is open for entries! We're looking for great works of SFF by unpublished writers of colour. If that's you, check out our website for more information: www.futureworldsprize.co.uk/2026-prize/

A stack of the giveaway books against an orange fabric background. The books are: 💀 SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER by C. S. E. Cooney 💫 AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by Run Hutchings ☠️ THE VENGEANCE by Emma Newman ☂️ SINOPHAGIA edited by Xueting C. Ni 👑 QUEEN OF FURY by Natania Barron 🐲 A COVENANT OF ICE by Karin Low 🚀 THE GANYMEDAN by R. T. Ester 🌊 THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell AND... A hardcopy ARC of 🐺 THE GODS MUST BURN by @authortrmoore! At the bottom, white text: "8K Giveaway!"

Against an orange and black fabric background, white text: A hardcopy ARC of Below, the books cover for THE GODS MUST BURN by T. R. Moore!

8K GIVEAWAY!

Win books from @csecooney.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @emmanewman.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social an early ARC from @authortrmoore.bsky.social & more!

Like, follow, repost and drop a book 📙 in the comments to enter! Ends 23:59 GMT on 13/10/25. Open to UK & IE, CAN & US only.

Was fantastic to meet again after all this time!

Congrats ⚔️⚔️⚔️

I attended the Friday at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social after over a decade being out of the scene (due to falling down a sword-shaped rabbit hole). Had a wonderful day meeting old friends and new. Can’t wait for the next con! #worldfantasycon #sff #fantasy

Hey thanks will check it out! What makes this one special to you?