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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm so pleased this article is still bouncing around online. I knew I was onto something, but had no idea it was something that would take wing.

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Typebar Magazine (Issue 11 Out 10/26) @typebarmagazine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Currently the most popular post in the last 7 days despite being published back in July. Generating lots of buzz, still! *** Cybernetic Incels: What Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG foresaw in the future of terrorism and the internet www.typebarmagazine.com/cybernetic-i...

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Cybernetic Incels: What Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG foresaw in the future of terrorism and the internet

An internet that's a fascist neurotoxin. Sound familiar?

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I'm a happy bunny to be in @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social, this time reviewing a new edition of the great Chinese novel about snivelling pseudointellectuals, Fortress Besieged. Recommended to all misanthropes and overusers of long words, like myself. asianreviewofbooks.com/fortress-bes...

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“Fortress Besieged” by Qian Zhongshu

A new English republication of one of the greatest Chinese novels of the 20th century, “Fortress Besieged” by Qian Zhongshu

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Thank you to The Mourning Paper not only for publishing my mad wee story, but also helping it become the official story of the International Gothic Association conference 2026 🐟🦇🖥️🧫 themourningpaper.co.uk/2026/07/30/z...

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Zebrafish

This story shows how AI can be weaponised to evoke truly existential levels of terror, addressing the complicity of AI models in human acts of evil.

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Typebar Magazine (Issue 11 Out 10/26) @typebarmagazine.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"Yes, the world has been curdling for some time. Yet the predictive power of this run of 26 23-minute episodes – full name Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG – has proved stunning."

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Cybernetic Incels: What Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG foresaw in the future of terrorism and the internet

An internet that's a fascist neurotoxin. Sound familiar?

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I first watched this show circa 2013. It felt prophetic then. Come 2026, more so. It merited a rewatch, hard thinking, some sleuthing & an essay. So thank you @typebarmagazine.bsky.social for helping me disseminate my output on the best(?) iteration of Ghost in the Shell. ▶️🎧 Rise, Origa

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Typebar Magazine (Issue 11 Out 10/26) @typebarmagazine.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

🚨Typebar Magazine Issue 10 release date and cover art reveal🚨 Issue 10 will be publishing on MONDAY JULY 27TH. Thanks to @thoughtographic.bsky.social for the wonderful work on the cover.

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

> Open LinkedIn > Repress the invasive urge to comment 'ah shut up' on at least one post > Close LinkedIn > Walk away from the computer

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

It never rains but it pours! Proud as ever to be @asiancha.bsky.social, this time reviewing something very new for me - writing from Tibet. So thank you to Woeser, and to all her translators, publishers, editors, and real life characters who are the stars of her writing, IMO.

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

What a blast to be published once more in @bigothermag.bsky.social - and with some quotes from a few fantasic up and coming literati ~ To sum the book in question up with a few emojis: 🌊🌳🍄🌀 🐆🐋⛺🇹🇼🐦⛵🌪️ Yes that was more than a few, but nature is abundant is it not? bigother.com/2026/05/11/o...

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Oceanic Affinities and Apocalyptic Collapse: What Is Taiwanese Ecoliterature?

By Angus Stewart Modern Taiwanese literature is flush with homegrown genres and movements, many of which bloomed amid the dying days of a Kuomintang Party dictatorship that had taken hold in…

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Books 2 and 3 of the Southern Reach suddenly making a great deal more sense

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Humans: Endless useless pointless struggle Dogs: Hi boss 🙂 I love you 🙂

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Throwing this out to whoever may be reading. What's your experience with Ghost in the Shell?

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NECKSNAP MAGAZINE @necksnapmag.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

as we hunker down and read through Issue Three submissions, we thought it'd be a good time to start a new tradition of shouting out the achievements of our alumni contributors ✨🖤 they've been busy! check out their latest work ⬇️

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Hilarious to see Bluesky fawning over this.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Honestly, much better to be a little rough around the edges and full of life than technically okay but dead on the page.

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

What an honour for one of my stories to have joined the forest - please read Interloper in issue 1 of Gnome and Bone. I am so proud of it, and hope you love it. Yes, you. The gnome reading this. gnomeandbonemagazine.com/2026/03/15/i...

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INTERLOPER, OR A DOOMED DREAMWORLD - GNOME & BONE MAGAZINE

being inside your mind is the best thing I have ever experienced Fairy lights and glowing snowmen mark the waypoints up Guywood Lane, then right on Marsden Road past a crippled bungalow. The wind tugs...

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Upside down, by the ankles, and then treat him like a piñata.

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Briardene Books @briardenebooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Fascinating interview about a fascinating project, with mentions of essays by Paul Kincaid (included in Colourfields) and Niall Harrison (included in All These Worlds), both available from our shop: briardenebooks.uk/shop/

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

You know, I like this Angus guy, his takes are tasty

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

New in @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social: My review of a female bildungsoman of sorts set in Shenzhen (and elsewhere!) amid China's shift to a market economy. Morality, class, and decency are pondered. The word “money” appears 57 more times than the word "life". asianreviewofbooks.com/my-destiny-b...

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“My Destiny” by Liang Xiaosheng

My Destiny is the third Liang Xiaosheng book brought into English translation, but the first novel. It follows the short story collection The Black Button published by Panda Books in 1992, and the …

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Hi new followers! Am here in lieu of a place for lit that isn't 🧟‍♀️ified I ran the Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast for 5 years - after hiatusing it I have focused on 1️⃣ writing weird stories 2️⃣ reviewing Chinese/Sino books 3️⃣ other odd writings Would love to talk. Life is finite so why not?

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

What a ride. A strange dream. A bad dream. An intense dream. And all too real. This book goes incredibly hard - read it 🇭🇰

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Neon Dystopia Network @realneondystopia.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Escape. From the noise in your head to the burden of emotion to your awful past. Angus Stewart brings us a story about escape and rebirth in Desire to Feel Nothing. www.neondystopia.com?p=100043485

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Blissed out to be published by @realneondystopia.bsky.social! Blissed out and dissolving into dream, as in my story: Desire to Feel Nothing ♾️ www.neondystopia.com?p=100043485 It's based on my experience inside a sensory deprivation tank - may it make you feel like you are floating too

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I had totally forgotten that back in 2019, @flashfictionnorth.bsky.social published my wee story 'East Coast West Coast'. This is a good one for dog owners and people who enjoy tasting bittersweet memories. www.flashfictionnorth.com/fictionarchi...

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Flash Fiction North

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

So proud to be inside this gorgeous, ghostly, and at times disgusting magazine. My story is about a guy whose mind is disintegrating while he traverses one of the richest stretches of land in England - also disintegrating. And with zero spite: happy St Andrews Day 🤠🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Chuffed to be in the Asian Review of Books covering a novel that pulled me right in (tr by @jeremytiang.bsky.social 👑) It's about a nanny stuck caring for a boy while his ultra rich parents flee a corruption investigation 🇨🇳 Plus there is a goose 🦢 and it's loose

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Have been sending out a 'mad wee story' today. Very experimental, about a fish digitally spliced with a man. A month or so ago I was sending out a far more normal story, about sensory deprivation. If you the reader know any editors looking for scratchings, lemme know!

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Drugs. Rubber aliens. A paradise of sadness. Thank you @myetcetera.bsky.social for taking my strange writings on two heartfelt Chinese films and only truly debased creation from, of all people, Filthy Frank 👽

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I was a little shy to make such a claim about translated Chinese fiction at first, then had to stop and think: "come on man, you've read a LOT of it"

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

A brutal showdown in a mansion south of Manchester? 28 Days Later has it, and so does my story

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Proud to be in there with my story of a lovely little walk through the 'footballer belt' just south of Manchester. The golden triangle. The Cheshire Plain. And in the near future. Our extremely promising near future...

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Writing something goofy. Title is a working title... I think 👽

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄—In his incisive essay, @anguslikeswords.bsky.social reflects on four works by Fang Fang. "Is 𝑊𝑢ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑦 punk? Yes and no. The format has a certain flippancy—all acclaim aside, it is a sequence of posts written for the internet..." chajournal.blog/2025/08/12/f...

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I worked hard on this and I'm so happy to share it 😭 Go read - go walk down Fang Fang's hall of memories 📖

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

My story 'Aether' is in here. I couldn't have asked for a more appropriate home. Dread, dreaming, and our steadily disintegrating society, scattered like ash across a Stockport suburb. Thank you Mirjana for taking this one on 🧙 It's definitely in the 'pain' corner of this issue.

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Still very proud of my labyrinthine book review 😌

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Angus Stewart @anguslikeswords.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Haven't really followed anyone on here yet but I've muted Chuck Wendig so it's starting to feel like home

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