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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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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 18h
Princess Louisa Marine Provincial Park
Low lying clouds over peaks reflected in calm water
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Meanwhile @annettebyford1.bsky.social has already received my #microfiction from @lemonjellypress.bsky.social !
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Here I am in Desolation Sound
Silvery cove of water; island with pines and trees turning colour;small mountain in the background
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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
Thanks for the repost @stitchingfiend.bsky.social
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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 · 30/09/2026
Thanks for the repost @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thanks for the repost @shomedasgupta.bsky.social
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thanks for the repost @stitchingfiend.bsky.social
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thanks for the repost @smoking-gnu.bsky.social and @elizabethtitus.bsky.social
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thanks for the repost @wordwitchlife.bsky.social
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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
Thanks for the repost @sarahward595.bsky.social
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thanks for the repost @stitchingfiend.bsky.social
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On the magpie bridge💖
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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
Thanks for the repost @melostrom.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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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thanks for the repost @smoking-gnu.bsky.social
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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 · 27/09/2026
Thought the same thing!
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thanks for the repost @smoking-gnu.bsky.social
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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
Would I just copy the text into Alt text?
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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 · 24/09/2026
Thank you for the repost @smartreads.bsky.social
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thank you for the repost @jonadcock.bsky.social
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Well that’s a gorgeous description!
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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
Lovely poem!
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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...
annettebyford.co.uk
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
And I will never understand why *anyone* acts with disdain in an interchange...Inexcusable
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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
Please, please may I visit??
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
OMG--you hit the nail on the head!!
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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
Thanks for the repost @smoking-gnu.bsky.social
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm reading Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel. So far, so excellent.
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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 · 19/09/2026
And the school board?? What idiots!
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Don't apologise! That sort of stuff strikes a 10 year old to the bone. ❤️
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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oooh, RIP Stephanie Cole 🪷---and I've just ordered Narrowboat Summer.
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