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Gillian Isaacs Russell

@girussell.bsky.social
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Anglo-American psychoanalyst/writer living in foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Non-fiction: "Screen Relations" a.co/d/05glvAML . Published in Persimmon Tree. Shortlisted for Fish Publishing Flash Fiction prize. Writing speculative fiction novel.

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Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Let’s share a warm welcome for the latest featured poet in the Poetic Voice series, the excellent @annestgwilym.bsky.social
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm off screens to concentrate on writing. Here is a morning visitor for you! #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative
Doe in the ponderosa pine forest
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "guard." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Julia's husband unravels:
Hugh spent all day speaking urgently with his colleagues in the Education Executive at Central London University.  Sometimes she could hear him shouting from his home office: “Then we will need more police and security guards!” His students had become the enemy, an unruly, threatening presence, their own uncertainty and abandonment ramping up their terror and anger.
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "well." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Food on Mars:
Here, the taste of sweetness and saltiness is diluted. But, the dimmed sweetness of the tuber comes first, mellow and nutty, then the warmth kicks in—chili, just enough to wake my mouth. Onion too, sweet and sharp, though probably rehydrated. I doubt it was fresh, unless Hydroponics has managed spring onions in the vertical stacks. The chili might have come from the dome as well, or possibly one of the freeze-dried stores. Still, it tasted like my memory of home-cooked food. Not exact—but close enough to pass for comfort.
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey--I'm a local @boulderbookstore.bsky.social !!
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "prime." I used "prepare." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Aya in her consulting room:
The prints hang silently on the walls: Kandinsky’s figures suspended against the sky, Amarok’s ship unmoving on the sea, and Hokusai’s wave cresting, but never breaking.
The duckweed floats in its half-globe on the desk.
The horizontal window glows gold and tan.
The room is silent except for the constant mechanical whisper. I feel the dosimeter against my neck.
I sit in my chair, take out my glass and prepare for my second patient of the day.
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good Morning!!
A brilliant golden sunrise surrounded by ponderosa pines.
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sharing this evening:
A rainbow arcs across a stormy sky.
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T.E. Bean @tebean.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Behold, the 𝙄𝙉𝙁𝙄𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙀 𝙉𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙀𝙔𝙀𝙎 postcards. They are real, they are magnificently cardboard-y, and they are coming for your bookstores 💥 #scifi ♾️ 𝙄𝙉𝙁𝙄𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙀 𝙉𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙀𝙔𝙀𝙎 ♾️ out NOV 17 preorder links ▶︎ ▶︎ www.tebeanwrites.com published by #blackspringpress (UK) → @simonandschuster.bsky.social (US/Can)
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "delay." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Communication from Mars:
. If I record a holo to send to him, we would be cushioned by the emotional dead space, the lag. The fourteen minutes to reach him, the fourteen minutes for him to reach me. That old-fashioned kettle time. The absurd safety of communication orchestrated and delayed, no spontaneity, no risk. If I recorded a holo to send to him, I would miss him so terribly I would want to go home.
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "observe." I used "watch." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Noor describes her research:
“My fieldwork was mostly with older women. In kitchens. During mourning rituals. Minding children. Watching how they moved together — cooking, washing, grieving. The choreography carried knowledge even when the language itself had eroded.”
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "nation." I used "world." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Aya navigates the small enclosed community in the Mars Habitat:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My #microfiction booklet is available from www.lemonjellypress.com/shop @lemonjellypress.bsky.social for pre-order!! #IndiePublishing #Flashfiction #WritingCommunity #wipsnips #writesky #author #writer #fairytale #womenwriters
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "tumble." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Julia is reunited with her daughter, Amelia:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "meltdown." I went for "rage." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Aya's notes on a patient's session:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When your book baby launches... @annettebyford1.bsky.social #writesky #writingcommunity #autofiction #womenwriters annettebyford.co.uk/blogs/f/empt...
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Empty Nest
“Delivered… a beautiful baby book!”
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Gorgeous cover designed by Lottie Begg @lemonjellypress.bsky.social #IndiePublishing #microfiction #fantasy #FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #wipsnips #writesky #womenwriters #fairytale #author #writer www.lemonjellypress.com
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
COVER REVEAL! My #microfiction #fantasy available next week for preorder from @lemonjellypress.bsky.social--coming out 21 October! #IndiePublishing #Flashfiction #WritingCommunity #wipsnips #writesky #author #writer #fairytale #womenwriters www.lemonjellypress.com @taniahershman.bsky.social
Red roses against a red background--The title "Rose Red" at the top.
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Now that's more like it! I can see people queuing up already!
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "signal." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Crew members are displaying symptoms:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "tube." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Aya hears something in the hydroponics bay:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
No #WIPSnips "payment" today. So here is a dragonfly who looks like it has turquoise inlaid in its tail. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social
A dragonfly who looks like it has turquoise inlaid in its tail.
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Are you an older writer looking for somewhere to submit. Here is a great list put together by Trish Hopkins Full disclosure I am one of the editors of @thin-skin.bsky.social #writers #poets trishhopkinson.com/2026/09/16/n...
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No Fee Lit Mags & Journals for Poets Over 50
I’ve been gathering journals and magazines that publish work by older writers As always, a good poem is a good poem, and older writers publish everywhere. But sometimes it helps to know which journ…
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "effort." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Julia and her mother:
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Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sadly, no luck yet getting a response from Craig Mullins of #BottlecapPress. I'll have to read from a different book at my event on Monday. Have lodged formal complaints in a few places. Had hoped to settle this professionally, and am still trying to on my side...
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "call." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Aya is asked to mediate in an argument:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "exterior." I went for "outside." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Aya wants to tell her former lover on Earth what the Mars habitat is like:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "month." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Julia speaks to her daughter:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "distract." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Julia, in her mother's flat, after her death:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "wedge." No wedges anywhere--so I went for "piece"---especially as it relates to cheese and apples! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Julia in isolation:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Prophetic...
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "exhaust." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Aya wakes from nightmares:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Labor of Not Thinking lotusandpen.substack.com/p/the-labor-... So thought provoking @wellwriters.bsky.social ! #WriteSky #writingcommunity #womenwriters #AuthorSky #writers
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The Labor of Not Thinking
Only repetition invites spontaneous innovation.
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "teeth." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Julia clears her late mother's flat.
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy Star Trek Day! #TrekSky #StarTrek🖖
September 8th, 1966. StarTrek Premieres and the World was never the Same. Picture of the USS Enterprise.
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "mental." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Noor describes her symptoms to Aya:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "elevator." I went for "lift." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Julia visits her ill mother:
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A big ask, no pressure & I know people have better things to do but if about 15-20 people buy this from Blackwell's in the next few hours it's likely I'd have the number 1 & 2 books in their chart & that might be enough to finally persuade an American publisher to get my books out over there...
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "sigh." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Aya starts work in the Mars Habitat:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Happy Saturday! Today's #WIPSnips is "panel." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Aya describes her quarters in the Mars habitat:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I will be off #WIPSnips for a few days, as I need more time for writing. Instead, here is a morning offering: #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social
Fox curled on a rock
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "chip." I went for "fragment." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Aya thinks of her family's past:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "soup." I went for "stew." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Dinnertime:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "snuggle." I went for "hug." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Julia sees her daughter for the first time in six weeks:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Good Morning!
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "symbol." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Aya is called to manage a tense situation in Systems Control:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "medal." This is the only instance I have! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Julia and her mother talk about the past:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "album." I've gone with "logs" and "journals." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Aya searches for an explanation of what is happening to her:
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Today's #WIPSnips is "fresh." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Aya lands on Mars:
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