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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I'm thrilled that my story "Beirut" is part of SUMMER IN THE CITY anthology from @ruadanbooks.bsky.social, edited by @rbwood.bsky.social + Anna Koon. It's out 1st Dec! This is a story that I started waaaay back in 2019 - I'm so happy it's found such a scorchingly good home! 🔥 #BookSky

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Whoop! New story out in @naturefutures.bsky.social ky.social 🫖⚛️ A Cavendish physicist uses a #quantum computer to brew the perfect cup of tea, removing the guardrails to speed things up, and accidentally creates… well, you’ll have to read it to find out! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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The recovered notes of Professor Alborough

Time for a break.

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

… I attended an AMAZING wyrd fiction workshop with Artemis writers at the Artyst @theartystcambridge (Cambridge’s Syd Barrett Heritage Venue). I might have to write up the story I started on a demonic hedgehog vase soon…. 🦔 😈 (I did say wyrd guys!) #writers

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

A lovely birthday weekend featuring possibly my favourite jigsaw (not just because it features #terrypratchettdiscworld ) and new books from the wonderful Niche Comics in Huntingdon.

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Publication day! 🎉🎉🎉 I’m so thrilled my story “The Scrump” found a home at the wonderful Orange & Bee 🙂🍎 if you manage to read it, I’d love to know what you think x theorangebee.substack.com/p/the-scrump

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The scrump

Issue nine: fiction by Gemma Church

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I could not be more excited to announce that my short story “The scrump” appear in Orange & Bee on Thursday. It’s a publication I’ve loved reading for a long time, which subverts traditional fairy tales into something rather delicious. You can find the magazine on Substack theorangebee.substack.com

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I did it! I’ve been blown away by everyone’s generosity and that I managed to beat my PB. For someone who only wanted to raise £100 and hit a sub 2 hours, I’m feeling surprised and very grateful: www.justgiving.com/page/gemma-c... @parkinsons.org.uk

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Here we go! www.justgiving.com/page/gemma-c...

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Thank you Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A modest haul from @booknookshop.bsky.social today. Don’t be fooled, I have a funny feeling I might have to return before this holiday is done for more books and some of their yummy bagels… and cakes! Some fantastic secondhand books, fab SFF and lots of lovely indie publishers too. What a find ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Note to self: next time bring some sandwiches in case we stumble on a 🧸 picnic

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Strong headlines have always been my kryptonite - and when I see a gem like this, I just want to say bravo @politico.com! 👏

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I joined Insta the other week, and this intro about me seemed to go down well, so I thought I'd share it here too. You can find me at www.instagram.com/gemmakchurch/ 🙂

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I love it when a new book arrives in the post! I just read “Space has No Frontier”, a biography by john bromley-davenport about Bernard Lovell, radio astronomer extraordinaire of @jodrellbank.bsky.social fame…

Picture of a book “the individual and the universe”

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Recorded this for Instagram and it seems to have made a few people chortle. You can find me on Insta here by the way: www.instagram.com/gemmakchurch/

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

love this artwork on the Abbey-Chesterton bridge in Cambridge. I looked it up and it’s a line from Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem “Let this darkness be a bell tower” Quiet friend who has come so far…

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I realised that all my jellys ran out of date in January. I didn’t realise quite how much 4 pints of jelly would be. Will there be room in my fridge? Stay tuned for another thrilling instalment of my life. #extreme in other white-knuckle news, loving that the daffodils are back 🌼

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

New glasses and I made a monster pie. Quite the day 🥧🤓

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

In a moment of madness, I signed up for a 1/2 marathon today! It seemed fitting as I'll be running on what would have been my Mum's 80th birthday - and it would be great to raise a little money for @parkinsons.org.uk. No pressure: www.justgiving.com/page/gemma-c... 🙏

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Gemma's fundraiser for Parkinson’s UK

Help Gemma Church raise money to support Parkinson’s UK

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

A lovely start to the morning with Kings looking beautiful as the ☀️ rose - and then seeing the Riverlane team’s latest paper in Nature! (I’m particularly proud of this meme btw 😂🐶) #Cambridge

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

📣 I'm thrilled that The QEC Report 2025 is now live! 📣 It's been so much fun writing this in-depth report (short explainer: quantum computers are prone to errors and as they get bigger, those errors get bigger - it's a huge challenge to resolve, which is exactly what Riverlane specialises in) 🧪

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

A shout out for Imaginarium in Lymington - a specialist #bookshop in #SFF where I found this fab read, only to open it last night and see a story by @robertshearman.bsky.social! I know where ill be pointing people to for Christmas… 🎄 www.imaginariumbooks.co.uk 📚

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Think I'll quit my day job, 20+ years in science comms and @bobmort.bsky.social summarises the world of #quantumcomputing in 3 words 😅

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

😀 OMG, this is the finest (and/or funniest) tier I've seen on Patreon: patreon.com/tellinglimin... Unless that last tier is not a joke?! Then, I guess, the joke is on you 👀 WHAT ?!?! Anyway, Paul, Lucy & co are a fabulous bunch of creatives - pls give what you can! 👁️ #horror

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An evening of wonders and horrors beyond your imagining :)

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Could write from here everyday, please?

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Meant to write "feedback on" in an email to a colleague. Wrote "feedbacon" and now I'm really hoping someone appears at my desk with a bacon sarnie 😅🥓

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

🙏 @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social for publishing my #soilpunk story: 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' in Issue 2 'The Garden' As a kid, I had an army of imaginary friends as I built dens in my own garden, including one called Acorn who appears in this #clifi 🤖🌸🌳 www.tractorbeam.earth/story/all-th...

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All Things Bright and Beautiful | Tractor Beam

Could Eden be right here all along?

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Thank you to everyone in my #quantum network who's spared their time to answer this survey - just reposting to give people another chance to help Riverlane understand the QEC community (not to mention some pretty cool prizes that are up for grabs!) 👇

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The #quantum tech isn't the only reason I ❤️ working at @riverlane.com, it's also the people. Huge thanks to Guen + @abrahamasfaw.bsky.social for agreeing to do this (check out the 2nd 'blooper' vid! By golly, it's good!) They're both hiring for their new teams too: www.riverlane.com/jobs#vacancies

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

🌊 I'm thrilled that "The Rising Tide" has found such a beautiful home! This piece draws inspiration from a powerful 2019 exhibition about the history of women at Cambridge University, who were denied degrees until 1948, making #Cambridge the last major educational institution to change this.

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I take a lot of photos of my dog. This morning’s effort is one of my better ones!

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Love love love this publication (and the cover art for issue 302 is amazing!)

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

🐦 🐦 To COMPLETELY contradict my last message, here's a book of short fiction that I ❤️ ! The latest @bathflashaward.bsky.social anthology, available here: bookshop.adhocfiction.com/index.php?ma... (and featuring two of my flashes 🙏)

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Another excellent laptop sticker 📚

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

What a night at The Bizarre Bazaar! 🙏 Paul and everyone from Liminal Tales for your kindness and coaching me through my first tread of the boards. Find out more (if you dare) here: linktr.ee/tellinglimin... 👁️ 👁️

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

🌍 Soilpunk? It's a new genre (to me anyway!) that I am totally here for after reading Issue 1 of @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social www.tractorbeam.earth

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Tractor Beam

A quarterly publication of soilpunk fiction: Radical visions rooted in soil

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

For reference, two lefts do not make a right

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Excited (& a bit nervous) to be reading one of my weirdest stories to a real audience next month 😬 Unlike the trailer below, I won't be sword swallowing (I hope) - but you never know what's going to happen at The Bizarre Bazaar... 7pm 1/6, Water Rats, Grays Inn Rd www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vsJ...

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Liminal Tales: The Bizarre Bazaar (Trailer)

YouTube video by Paul M Bradley

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Scifi Reader @scifireader.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Absolutely! Balancing science with storytelling is key. As Arthur C. Clarke said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” How do you keep that balance? 🪐📚 #SciFi #Inspiration

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

🧪 A speaker at a recent #quantum event called for those working in #quantumcomputing to be "storytellers" to connect with audiences Of course, I 🩷 this! #Storytelling is essential in #deeptech to connect on a human level & explain complex topics like quantum computing. But it’s a long game...

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The Cam is looking quite spectacular this morning ☀️

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

What a show! I’d thoroughly recommend Moonwalkers at London’s Lightroom 🌒🚀

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Potentially, the best laptop sticker ever… #writerslife

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

🤖 + ✏️ = ? I wrote this #sciencefiction story “The Anti-Turing Test” when ChatGPT was having its ‘moment’, imagining a future where even #AI #writers can’t escape the struggles of getting published 🙏 to FlameTree for accepting it. Read free here: www.flametreepress.com/newsletters/... #scifi

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Flame Tree Fiction Newsletter | March 2025 | Synthetic Souls

Seventy-fifth Issue! Synthetic Souls March has arrived—a month of innovation, introspection, and the ever-blurring line between human and machine. As we

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I will cherish many things about this wonderful book by @nnedi.bsky.social, but as a failing writer, this line is one I will come back to: “Those moments of failure were a learning experience for me in finding and trusting my own voice.” ❤️🤖🦾 #writerslife

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Gemma Church @gemmakchurch.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I'm so happy that "The Stars That Bind Us" found a wonderful home at NewMyths Online! I almost gave up on this story, but feedback and rejections shaped it into something better. Fitting, maybe, for a tale about enduring love. ✨ Read it for free here: sites.google.com/newmyths.com...

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