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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 3h

am I going to take the story on a tangent to tell you the emotions history of the gibbet? yes I am

Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 3h

When an essay that's haunted you since 2018 (on gibbets in the landscape and the emotions history of these, read for a unit called Being Bad: Sinners, Crooks, Deviants and Psychos--greatest history unit I did) springs into story use.

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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

but the Altai *are* the spine of the steppe

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 09/10/2026

Infusing African philosophies into the soul of a First Contact narrative for my new novel THE FIST OF MEMORY got me thinking about the history and present of First Contact in general and in African SF more specifically and so naturally, I wrote an article about it.

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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Moreau's Salome is always going to get my attention.

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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

That whole 'Has Been' album (physical version of which I borrowed in unbelief from a friend) is kind of worthwhile. The song Has Been is pretty funny, but Common People is a work of art.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I love the original Pulp version of Common People. But man, Shatner's cover has something very special going on.

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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Still writing, at noon in Australia. Sketching out a big speech. I just noted defiantly 'yes, he does give a speech'. I'm allowed to once.

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Nathan Long @nathanrlong.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I did some poems for @jebriodo.bsky.social's big book of amazons! Or is that book of big amazons? Either way, if you like that sort of thing, check it out!

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The Salon: A Star Trek Podcast 🖖 @salontrek.com · 14/10/2026

The dramatic lighting of the Original Series is 🔥🔥🔥 Let's talk about it: tinyurl.com/SalonOct15 #StarTrek

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

This is seriously beautiful.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 13/10/2026

Emperor Georgiou is basically if Avon and Servalan were one person #startrek

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Send Us Thine Asteroid, O Lord @dragovian.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A lot of modern writers seem to want to write deconstructions of their genre instead of writing their genre, and while this can have value, far too many of them seem to think "deconstruction" means "mocking the genre while writing it." Which just feels like mocking the readers, as well.

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I've said it before, but snark is insecure and defensive. "I'm worried you're going to laugh at me, so I'm doing it first. Aren't I silly? Haha because I'm in on the joke it hurts less." fuck that, be earnest, be real, let yourself matter

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

We put the first book on the Crawford shortlist last year. It's really good - recognisably epic fantasy but through the lens of Tlingit myth and evocative of oral storytelling.

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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A review by @draq.bsky.social of Leigh Brackett's The Coming of the Terrans. With enviable French art. 'I’ve never hidden my love for Leigh Brackett’s pulp sci fi, particularly her visions of Mars and Venus and her growing anticolonial themes.' swashbucklingplanets.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/r...

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Remembering: The Coming of the Terrans

Life’s not fair. Why do the French get such awesome covers and illos for Leigh Brackett books? Check out this one above from a French Brackett omnibus, and the one below by Philippe Druillet. And …

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Shannon aka Shamwow @shannonxl.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

C'est moi! If you know me then you know I've been obsessed with Julie d'Aubigny for ages. And this story about her is completely true and not embellished in the slightest. ;)

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Scylla Publishing @scyllapublishing.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Our "Who Am I? Sapphic Speculative Fiction of Identity & Purpose" anthology releases on Oct 30! Over the next few weeks we are highlighting the stories to give you a taste of the vibes to expect. Do you love watery, dark, ghostly tales? This is for you. @mac-bowers.bsky.social

A tile showing the Who Am I book cover, the authors name Mac Bowers, a quote from the story: “My love comes with the random rolling of the sea, brought in by a gentle tide and a southerly wind. I always wait for her, even though she tells me not to... She believes the sea to be a callous, fickle thing. But it sings to me, and brings her back to me...” and the story title "What The Tide Takes"

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Jake Casella Brookins @casella.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Personal hobbyhorse, but thinking about AI in publishing is really making me want criticism to go harder on discussing the actual style & substance of books. If we just talk about plot & vibes, we're leaving the door totally open, & missing out on the good stuff besides. "It's just words on a page."

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A daye wythout anachronism ys lyke Emily Dickinson wythout her lightsaber

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 09/10/2026

I am going to need people to recommend more poetry for @renay.bsky.social's spreadsheet, as there are only THREE poems left on the list that I have not read! #DailySFFPoem

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The Hugo Awards (2027)

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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Glad I'm published by a small press that has the strongest ethic against AI. That would no more use it for ad copy, publicity, what have you, than eat your grandmother. That does, yes, have a policy in place (policy is NO). Who wants big trad now?

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“Where the first book opened the door to the Aaní world, this follow-up soars.” Thank you to @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org for this wonderful review of Caskey Russell’s THE EAGLE IN THE MOUNTAIN (sequel to THE DOOR ON THE SEA)! Preorder: buff.ly/811a9eA Read the full review:

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Heroic Relay Race: Review of Caskey Russell’s The Eagle in the Mountain

Aidan Bunker Under Review:The Eagle in the Mountain. Caskey Russell. Solaris, November 2026. For the first 50 pages of Caskey Russell’s The Eagle in the Mountain (sequel to The Door on the Sea), I …

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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Strong on context! I love this the-book-in-its-history kind of review.

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Putri Prihatini @putriprihatini.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I just read "The Last Prophet of Palestine", an indie debut of queer Palestinian writer Noor Al-Ahmad (she's on Threads and IG as noortellstories). She retold the story of the Messiah in modern Gaza as a secret sect, with the deeply flawed "apostles" and a queer Palestinian woman in Jordan. #Booksky

The Last Prophet of Palestine: Enigmatic Emergence from the Ruins of Gaza. Review by: Putri Prihatini. The cover of the novel shows a silhouette of a figure surrounded by a gold halo with an olive tree growing from the halo. The figure is surrounded twelve men in traditional Palestinian robes and keffiyeh. There are embroidery motifs of red poppies on the bottom hem of the figure's robe and the bottom of the book.

What’s the novel about? The Last Prophet of Palestine retells the story of the Messiah in modern-day Gaza, turning it into the tale of the birth of a secret sect, born as a desperate effort to offer hope amidst devastation.

The story centered the viewpoints of the “apostles”: men whose life revolved around Ali, a mysterious young man born amidst the occupation and seemingly without a father.

Meanwhile, a queer Palestinian woman in Jordan found out about the sect from a woman in Gaza that she met online. Struggling to deal with her fraying relationship and wanting to live abroad with her girlfriend, she wondered if she could turn it into a story that would help her application, turning it into a moral dilemma.

The unflattering humanity. Noor Al-Ahmad is not interested in creating a story that flatters Western sensibility about Gaza, Palestine, and Palestinian people.

The book offers a portrait of “the unflattering humanity”: a story born out of survival instinct, with flawed characters and dubious morality. Characters like Kifah, Walid, Anwar, Mohammad, and Naveed were all flawed. Brash, prone to anger, manipulative, backstabber, wanting to run away with a married woman. You name it.

Ali, the stand-in for the “Messiah” they tried to uphold, was the same, with unsympathetic moments that would turn some readers against him.

And that is the key to challenge our assumption.

This novel describes a contrast between curated myth and real humanity.

The stark depiction of destroyed Gaza, the inhumanity, and the violence of the checkpoint (where Ali’s mother was treated harshly by Israeli soldier as she was about to give birth) show you the face of raw humanity.

Instead of comfortable narrative where everyone was flawless martyr, Noor challenges us: “If I made all these characters flawed and even didn’t pass your ‘purity’ test, would you still see their humanity and their rights to live a life with dignity and free of occupation?” Quote: I cannot control the tremors in my body, which always arrive paired with that icy impulse in my loins. Am I afraid? Everyone here is afraid. How could one not be? I lead Ali through the ruins, toward people who might, after all, turn out to be animals. (ch. 1)

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

On a personal level, I feel honored that I've met Carson. On a different personal level, I'm glad that the Nobel is celebrating someone shy, peculiar, intense. May all the weird/funny/creative/dark/introverted people of the world live long and prosper.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

184 new cuneiform tablets ✍️ (total), dating to c.1400 BCE. “Preliminary examination of the texts has revealed references to military activities, epidemics, the death of an infant princess & requests for assistance sent to the king by Hittite military commanders” www.heritagedaily.com/2026/10/184-...

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184 cuneiform tablets discovered in Hittite royal archive

Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Kayalıpınar in Türkiye have discovered a Hittite royal archive containing 184 cuneiform tablets and fragments. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

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E.M. White, load-bearing grad student @emwhite.sadbutbuildingworlds.blog · 09/10/2026

Do you find yourself lacking spooky reading material for this October? Are you hankering for weird, possibly inscrutable fiction that registers at least a 4.0 on the Sickos.jpg scale? You are? Seriously? Well, then you'd surely like my brand new novelette!

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Folk horror AND sword & sorcery? That's right, a new novelette from yours truly!

"The Ones Who Hound Him in the Dark," a genre-blending weird fiction novelette in homage to the pulp novels of yesteryear. By E.M. White.

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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 16/07/2026

The government is designing a "new" (un)employment service to replace Workforce Australia. Once again, they're failing to meaningfully include people affected. If you would like to inform our work on this & ensure we reflect your views, contribute here: bit.ly/MOs2026survey

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Centrelink recipients and compulsory programs 2026 - Intellistack

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Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Trying to keep my nibs very clean because I’m finding it’s essential for keeping a consistent line

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I’m writing about this coin because it’s weird & confusing to me. Is that a Ba’al-style cloud-chariot? Or Ezekiel’s ofanim-mobile? But it’s from such a late date for that, under Persian rule…Is there Zoroastrian stuff going on? The eagle screams “Jupiter,” but the rest of it doesn’t really…

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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Because we have Seas Afire and we have Stars Adrown @darianvjones.bsky.social

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Scylla Publishing @scyllapublishing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Unboxing the first ever delivery of Scylla books! Yes, I was very excited! Dreams coming true.

A brown box with paper full of copies of "Who Am I? Sapphic Speculative Fiction of Identity & Purpose"

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Francesco Meriano @francescomeriano.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Waste Flowers” by @brynhammond.bsky.social is a small gem of a read.

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I would kind of like to read a lady knight book in this recent trend of adult lady knight books where the lady knight is still a knight at the end instead of deciding she would rather live a less knightly and more domestic life with her love interest... maybe the fourth time will be the charm...?

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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

it's fabulous, like the other Northwest Smiths

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

⚔️ 📙 THE HUNT OF A THOUSAND LEAGUES...is out today!🗓️ 🐎 Orhan Timur the Snow Leopard's latest novella-length adventure is now available in mass-market paperback and digital formats. 👉️ newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-tag/...

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APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama) @apgrd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We are very excited about this in conversation event, save the date on your diary! 30 Nov 2026 2pm at the Ioannou Centre and online: Jennifer Ingleheart and A.E. Stallings discussing the recently published book 'A Grecian Lad. A. E. Housman & the Classics'. #classics #housman

Image of a poster with the cover of the book 'A Grecian Lad', with a picture of A. E. Housman, and the writing: 'A Grecian Lad. A. E. Housman as Poet and Classicist. 30 Nov 2026 2pm. Lecture Theatre. Ioannou Centre and online. A conversation with Jennifer Ingleheart and A.E. Stallings'.

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Jon Douglas @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Mark Haddon built a life out of words. Long COVID made the words harder to reach. There’s something especially cruel about an illness that can make your own mind feel just out of arm’s reach. www.brainhealth.com/voices/celeb...

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How novelist Mark Haddon found his way through brain fog

After heart surgery and then long COVID clouded the mind that produced The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the British author discovered unexpected ways back to a creative life.

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