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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 4h

A cathartic read Hurray for lusty mammoths!

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 21h

Someone randomly liked this a year on, and maybe it's a sign to bewaaaare.... 👻

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oop I think I might be getting to a spicy scene... Hopefully my characters will think better of it Fellas, is it gay to share a single blanket while your clothes dry by the campfire? #AmWriting

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Could I sell my wip as Earthsea but the world is broken and Ged is queer and depressed?

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sometimes I see other people's progress and I wonder if I actually am just lazy It's easy to say 'but writing is hard when you're an autistic single parent of a neurodivergent child and it feels like the world is stacked against you' It's harder to stop feeling sorry for myself and put in the work

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The Girl of Lemongrab @mc-hesher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

DS9 should have been gayer and far messier. Bashir, Garak, Miles, Keiko, Dax, and Worf should have all been one big polycule. Could have saved the O'Brien's whole doomed unhappy marriage if Miles had realized just WHY Bashir drove him crazy and smashed that little twink in the racquetball room

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today I am feeling defeated It seems I am the only one not jumping on the GenAI bandwagon at my place of work I have a horrible feeling that I won't be able to continue in this career without pivoting to LLM overseer, so I guess I'm fucked

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 29/09/2026

🏠 You saved the world. Finished the impossible journey. Now you're heading home... Wait. Did you leave the gas on? Seeking stories about what awaits the weary adventurer. 📅 Dec. 1 💰 $5 + royalties 📖 2k–6k preferred 🐉 Fantasy, SF & horror horrortree.com/taking-submi...

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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 29/09/2026

Hey authors fancy doing something fun for Halloween text in the alt description

Hi
Every Halloween week, Ginger Nuts of Horror likes to do something daft. This year it's the Halloween Author Interrogation: five silly questions sent to a batch of horror writers, with the best answers run together in one piece on Wednesday 28 October. We'd love you to be one of the accused.
There are no wrong answers, only answers your publicist might wince at. Answer as many as you like (three or more is perfect), and keep each one short, anywhere from a sentence to about 100 words.
1. You're allowed to keep one cursed object from horror fiction or film. Which one do you take home, and what everyday job do you put it to?
2. Which horror death would be the most embarrassing to explain to your mum?
3. Your house is haunted, but the ghost only has one complaint about you. What is it?
4. Which horror villain would make the worst flatmate, and what does the first passive-aggressive note you stick on the fridge say?
5. A demon offers to write one scene of your next book in exchange for your soul. Which scene do you hand over, and is it worth it?
Along with your answers, please send:
• A one-line bio
• Your latest or upcoming book, with a link
• An author photo we can use
• Your social handles, so we can tag you when it goes live
The deadline is Friday 16 October. Just reply to this email with your answers.
Thanks for playing along. It should be a lot of fun, and a nice way to get your name and book in front of our readers in the scariest week of the year.
Best wishes,
Jim McLeod
Ginger Nuts of Horror

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I can't believe it's so soon! Woohoo!

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Write what you know eh... M: Sorry. Z: What use is sorry? M: None at all, but it's all I've got right now. You have no idea how tired I am. 😴

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What even is the point of napping if I'm going to dream about scrolling bsky...? @clhellisen.com you had some funky trope-related marketing posts up, with Milky Way backgrounds. Perhaps I am prescient now, because you were promoting two books...

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wanted: someone to make me soup then sit through me complaining that I don't like soup then do the dishes

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Got no brain for drafting, but I can copy up handwritten scenes through the pain 💪

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oho, it looks like The Maleficent Seven is on sale at the moment! Bargain! That's a whole lot of mayhem...

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 27/09/2026

This really made me smile at a time when I’m otherwise pretty much run into the ground, so please go watch it! :)

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Spotted in Waterstones, Edinburgh 🎉 @clhellisen.com 👀

Display stand of gorgeous hardback books, including the most gorgeous of all: The Shape of Monsters by CL Hellisen

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S.S. Julian @octopolis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Artists, drop some creepy art

octopus paralarvae being torn apart by other octopus paralarvae. Armless dead paralarvae drifts away. Digital illustration by SSJulian. Excerpt from The Third Spear comic

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 26/09/2026

we’re gonna beat the cute little animated avatar to death with hammers sorry

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is a nice spread. I'll definitely get to at least one event!

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Love the bridges (I mean, I love the bridges, but you may also take it as a command) [Firth Road Bridge, Firth of Forth]

Vertical beams of the Forth Road Bridge and a grey-white sky

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E.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes / Not em faulds @emfaulds.com · 26/09/2026

Guess I'm officially an activist. So funny that terfery and this spouted from the same people. Whoda thunk? 🤔

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hurray and a happy belated book birthday to @mkhardywrites.com 🎉 And kudos for going the extra mile for this video! 😁

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tonight I went out to a queer bar, had a glass of oat milk, was mesmerised by some tiny fish in their tank, then came home to bed I'm not quite sure how to feel about this, but my gum hole is aching and I've got the covid-jab-chills, so it is probably good

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sometimes you get the murder out of your system and want to go back to being a sadsack on a lonely island in the winter-cold sea Hello Zephyr, what is making you miserable today, and is it everything? #AmWriting

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ready for the Shape of Monsters launch at Blackwell's Edinburgh!

A cupcake and a glass of wine on my knee

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Goood morning world, there is a hole in my gum that goes up into my sinus and it huuurts

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am so glad that AI is the future of banking 🙃

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 23/09/2026

In an environment of so many organisations turning to AI slop for their graphic design, *this* is how you do it. Be more cathedral. 🕍👏🏼

Advert from Edinburgh Minute: "Freelance graphic designer - 'St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral is searching for a freelance graphic designer to work with on a regular, long-term basis, for various print and digital media across the year (esp. summer and Christmas), including posters, flyers, and digital assets. "

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Nothing like a steaming cup of salty water to start the day off right

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PictCon @pictcon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

111 tickets sold. Just 6 to go to pass the total for pre-con sales last year.

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I also do not want to have my tooth pulled out by the dentist in five minutes, but I am not morally opposed to it

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Actually no, I don't want to learn how to generate something with an LLM tool. Thank you but fuck off

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Does anyone want a child? It's a fairly decent one, apart from taking TWO AND A HALF HOURS to get out to school this morning 🫠

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

At the album launch for my mum's singing group, in a packed out village hall with fairy lights and bunting and warmth Such community music and love in Cumbria!

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This one kept me guessing! It took me far too long to figure out what was happening when Jessica was speaking 😅

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

BFS Horizons is open for Fiction submissions. Send us your Fantasy, SF and Horror stories, and anything in between! (Guidelines on our website, details in comments below.)

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

On the one hand, I would really like to be asleep But on the other, I would _really_ like my child to stay asleep So I guess I live on his bedroom floor now 🤷

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I would like to stop writing banking app errors and start writing my novels And then I would like to stop writing my novels and start writing some weird short fiction And then I would like to go batshit crazy and write something really cool I feel very uncool and uninspired today

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

How do you start an assassination plot when everyone you speak to might be an informant working for your target...? #AmWriting

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A lunchtime of plotting and trying not to cry #AmWriting

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Scottish Trans @scottishtrans.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

As of May 2026, Police Scotland now ask every person who reports or witnesses a crime for data about their “sex” and their “trans status”. These questions are voluntary - you are not legally required to disclose your sex or your trans status to the police when reporting or witnessing a crime.

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Welp, I didn't write a single word today (other than banking copy and Teams messages and one email) But at least I spent the rest of my time doing housework and accidentally napping... Hmm, I am not sure I have done the day correctly...

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What I need in order to get through this day: coffee, shower, food, more coffee All I really want: sleeeep

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Hexagonal @hexagonal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Big mushroom

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We need your help! We still need donations for this year’s bookbag - a free book for every attendee at Fantasycon. If you can help, whether with 1 book or 100, please fill in the form here: shorturl.at/WD0lZ

static.klipy.com

The Sword In The Stone: Merlin's Magic

Alt: The Sword In The Stone: Merlin is shrinking books to fit in his travel bag

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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 13/09/2026

I have *so much* respect for anyone who works in retail. When I did it, thankfully it was a company with a niche customer base — most of the shops I visit are often occupied by the most entitled arseholes ever who treat the staff terribly. Newsflash: be polite and it’s likely the staff will help.

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