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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Much writing advice starts from the idea that you either A - meticulously plan everything and then write to the plan B - geniusly improvise the entire story as you go along

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ouugh, the document where I put nice lines I have to cut is really getting a workout this morning

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#Haverin TOC reveal alert! Find out what's in our 40th anniversary anthology, including tales from Christopher Caldwell, Eliza Chan, Hal Duncan, E.M. Faulds, Elaine Gallagher, Gary Gibson, Cameron Johnston, Neil Williamson, and more. Check out the Haverin TOC at the link below: #GSFWC40

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GSFWC 40th Anniversary Anthology

Haverin is a Scots word that means talking nonsense, babbling or chattering. Often that is how stories start, in the nonsense, the babbling, the chattering of writers inspiring each other to keep g…

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Come to the launch of the anthology I'm an editor on! It's been a real labour of love from everyone involved to put together over 40 stories from members new and old of our local writers' group.

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#CoverReveal alert! Behold the cover art for our new anthology Haverin, designed by our own Jenni Coutts. Look carefully and you'll spot some sneaky clues to the tales inside. Celebrating 40 years of the GSFWC, #Haverin is out October 2026 from Taverna Press. #GSFWC40 @jennicoutts.bsky.social(1/2)

The cover of Haverin, the GSFWC anthology, which features a red-haired girl reading while surrounded by books and a cat in a green space. Text reads: Featuring: Neil Williamson, E.M. Faulds, Christopher Caldwell, Eliza Chan and many more. Haverin, Edited by Brian M. Milton, Peter Morrison and Heather Valentine.

The back of the cover of Haverin, continuing the green landscape dotted with various creatures, including a robot head, lion, and a pie. Text reads: Haverin, Scots, Verb: Talking in a foolish or trivial manner, speaking nonsense. Glaswegians enjoy a bit of haverin and few enjoy it more than the Glasgow SF Writers' Circle have for the last forty years, following many hard critique sessions with a bit of a haver in the pub. This anthology is a celebration of those forty years, with more than forty stories of Fantasy, Science and the Odd from members past and present. Join us on this fantastical journey, turning havers into stories and revelling in the full range of writing that has come out of the Circle since 1986.

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

It has been so rewarding working with local writers - some of whom are having their very first publication - to celebrate my Glasgow SF community as both a group with a long legacy and a welcoming and ongoing meet-up to talk writing and get feedback from other creatives

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I think Greggs should do a Sausage Roll Tasting Flight

A photo and accompanying description of a "flight of pork sausage rolls wrapped in puff pastry and served on a stick"

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I baked bread for the first time! I'm really happy with how it came out and have now mostly eaten it. (Not pictured: naughty high-fired top shelf loaf which will become future toast; flour fucking everywhere)

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I did not plan as if this was going to be one of the sunniest weekends of the year, but I did go swimming and buy a new incense burner and resubscribe to FF14

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I climbed conic hill over the weekend, which is great, a big climb for me, I love being in nature, etc, except I do now also make a sound like a thwomp from mario 64 whenever I move between standing and sitting

I am standing in front of a view of loch lomond from the top of conic hill. My face is very red and I'm wearing a penguin pride parade shirt from edinburgh zoo.

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I realised I forgot to share pictures of me having fun at Wyldwood Renfest here - what a fun weekend of dressing up, drinking mead and getting medieval with my friends

A staged "renaissance painting" style scene. In the centre, one person knights another with a sword, while two pairs of people gossip on either side.

I am wearing a mushroom crown and a blue and green hobbity outfit, but also sitting on a bone and fur Krampus Throne

I am preparing to throw a spear. I am going to miss.

A staged "renaissance painting" style photo. To tye left, three people conduct an unscrupulous trade deal. In the centre, one person knights another with a sword. To the right, two people point accusingly at a worried woman.

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

what if I took annual leave for the new fire emblem?

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I saw so many beautiful baby animals at Edinburgh Zoo yesterday that I almost wept

A very excited fluffy penguin baby harangues an exceptionally hungover looking fluffy penguin baby

Bru the baby capybara sniffs the air while sitting in some shrubs

Atty the tiny baby sloth clings to his mother

A juvenile flamingo, grey with the beginnings of pink feathers, ducks its head towards the water

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

🚨 42 brilliant MPs have already signed the motion to reject the EHRC’s cruel guidance: edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... Will you ask yours to join them? Take action now. Has yours already signed? Consider sending them an email thanking them 🏳️‍⚧️ equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

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Draft Code of Practice on Services, public functions and associations - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament

That the draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 May, be disapproved.

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Hannah Lock @hannahlock.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Cleffa and Clefairy ✨

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dr. pseudonymity enjoyer @ulycia.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

reform only hold 13% of the seats in our parliament and reform + tory is fewer than the number of tory seats in the last term in scotland this election has been an unqualified win for progress and human rights and we should be really proud

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I sent in my scottish election postal vote weeks ago and so can safely spend the day in a blanket, but have fun(?) at the polling booth today gang

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Michael Lee Witchardson 🎃 @hrfmichael.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The end of an era, as 404 Ink closes it's doors this Summer - this might be your last chance to get We Were Always Here and Fierce Salvage, two anthologies of queer Scottish writing edited by @ryanvance.bsky.social and I, for half price!

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I had a brilliant day out at Woolly Good yesterday seeing friends, eating fancy Edinburgh porridge, doing some beginner's weaving and, importantly, buying yarn

Fancy stewed pear, ginger and dark chocolate porridge from Hata. Also coffee.

Two small woven squares. One is a green and pink decorative sampler in a variety of stitches, one is a purple and yellow twill square

Four skeins of yarn - two purple/pink skeins from Trava & Wool, two green skeins from Little Grey Girl

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

With voting now open for this year's British Fantasy Awards, we're calling for jurors. Once voting is closed, the shortlist goes to a jury of peers to choose a winner. Fancy being part of the action? Nominate yourself to be a juror for the British Fantasy Awards here: forms.gle/Kv1JTHBeSXaJ...

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I think young men who want women to find them masculine and attractive should get into butchmaxxing (wearing flannel shirts, hiking, adopting shelter animals, doing DIY repair jobs for useless lesbians)

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Fellow creators of horrible chimeras, what do you do with the spare parts? I've got a lot of bird heads, snake middles and human legs lying about the flat and I don't want them to go to waste.

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

started trying to watch evangelion all the way through again lads

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

"You should lower your hand so I can get your beautiful face in the picture"

I am covering my eyes because the sun is shining directly into my eyes

I have lowered my hand and now the sun is indeed shining directly into my eyes

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I had a very relaxed easter weekend of arts, crafts and little trips - I tried lino printing, gave blood, went to Greenbank Gardens and threw together a pair of pyjama shorts from scrap fabric

A beautiful woman with blonde hair and cold-pinked cheeks (that's me) gazes at a wooden sculpture of a hawk

A black lino print of a crow who looks like he has opinions

A pair of shorts made from star wars print fabric

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Dave Fraser/Hatari Teenage Riot @discodave75.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Love Lies Bleeding (2024) Dir: Rose Glass

A still from a black and white Betty Boop cartoon showing a small girl with shaggy curls and big eyes held in the arms of a darker, taller and much stronger-looking similarly-featured person. The diminutive figure is Betty Boop and the larger, her boyfriend Fearless Freddy. Betty is wearing a little black dress and Freddy a pair of short shorts and a white vest with LIFE GUARD written on the front.

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Did some writing, gave blood, read another book, which I think means I get to play Divinity Original Sin 2 the rest of the evening! (I need to live my best life this weekend so I don't get too much Eastercon FOMO)

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I had so much fun starting my easter weekend with CRAFT TIME

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Laurence Datrier @asleepywanderer.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

When you're back in Scotland after being away for a while

Meme of Gordon Ramsay with the subtitles
"Delicious
Finally, some good fucking tap water"

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Gaijin Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Ken Russell showing Vanessa Redgrave how blasphemous he wants her performance to be during the making of THE DEVILS (1971)

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Sorry, but it is an important public health message.

Dune poster generator of the big sun and two dramatic figures at the bottom. The text reads My home bowel screening kit has arrived.

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Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The FantasyCon 2026 team in Glasgow are delighted to open for space applications for the art show!

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Applications for the Fantasycon 2026 art show are now open! The con is 9-11 October, and space applications close 14 April. This year, me and the wonderful @jennicoutts.bsky.social are co-running it - so please get in touch if you've got any questions!

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Fantasycon 2026 – The British Fantasy Society

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Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

CAMARILLA ONE: it's a centuries-old sacred duty that maintains the fragile peace between mortals and the children of caine without which the very fabric of reality would be torn asunder CAMARILLA TWO: i'm just saying it sounds like- CAMARILLA ONE: it's not fucking kayfabe

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Another Glasgow Film Festival over! I tried to make an effort to review most of what I watched this year: boxd.it/RXOPE

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Glasgow Film Festival 2026

Glasgow Film Festival 2026 watchlist

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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 30/01/2026

january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I've booked my Glasgow Film Festival tickets for this year! I know I have followers who are A) Glasgow-based film lovers but B) not as unhinged about reading 126 film listings as me, so here's a few punt suggestions. General ticket sales go up Monday at 10am, loyalty card sales are open now.

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Tracking down Doctor Who, kicking in the doors of the Tardis & demanding to be chauffeured back through time to the 8th Great Puffin Exhibition at once

A black and white magazine page featuring cartoon puffins adoring advertised attractions at the 8th Puffin Exhibition at the commonwealth Institute in London

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Here are my 10 favourite new film releases that I watched in 2025. In theory very loosely ranked, but One Battle After Another, Sinners and Bugonia are so close for me that I could spend the rest of next year finessing their order in a top 3.