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Jonathan Laidlow

@jonlaidlow.bsky.social

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Cumbrian in Brum, writes a bit. Stories in Strange Horizons, Liminal Stories, StarshipSofa, Interzone and IZ Digital, and more. Codexian. Short fiction reviews at supernova.reviews, short fiction at jonlaidlow.com, webmaster & editor at ultan.org.uk

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Jonathan Laidlow @jonlaidlow.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Kim Deal, who seemed to be having so much fun, Wolverhampton June 2025

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Jonathan Laidlow @jonlaidlow.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This was fantastic. Aerth by Deborah Tomkins is a short elegiac literary/spec fic novel where each chapter is a kind of flash fiction. Themes of displacement, ecological collapse and family. A kind of green “Man Who Fell to Earth” but in no way preachy or on the nose weatherglassbooks.com/shop/aerth

Photo of the cover of the novel Aerth by Deborah Tomkins

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Jonathan Laidlow @jonlaidlow.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The lovely podcast that Strange Horizons made of my 2017 story "Darner" is on Spotify here: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/str... It's a weird one, back when I was thinking about mythologies and cities, remembering Birmingham's old underpasses beneath the Queensway...

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Jonathan Laidlow @jonlaidlow.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

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Jonathan Laidlow @jonlaidlow.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

Yes as the mural was behind the barriers I had to ask to be let through. They kindly allowed us but I wanted to be quick. Some of the other photos are better

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Jonathan Laidlow @jonlaidlow.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

“Literary Squirrels”. Detail of Alasdair Gray’s mural at Hillhead underground in Glasgow. #glasgow2024 #aWorldconForOurFutures

Mural detail. Three squirrels holding pens with the caption Literary Squirrels

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Jonathan Laidlow @jonlaidlow.bsky.social · 12/08/2024

My story “Darner” @strangehorizons.bsky.social in 2017 is one of my proudest sales and it was incredible working with them to publish the final version. A long overdue and well deserved Hugo! strangehorizons.com/fiction/darner/

Image from the British Library, drawing of a dragonfly with assorted fruit

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Jonathan Laidlow @jonlaidlow.bsky.social · 20/04/2024

Why didn’t I remember Blackwell sooner?? Thanks @interzone.press and @indrapramitdas.bsky.social !

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Jonathan Laidlow @jonlaidlow.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

Bravo to @amendlocke.bsky.social for considering my tired old brain and including a “previously…” section in book two. Book one was excellent!

A page from Ken MacLeod’s book Beyond the Reach of Earth

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Jonathan Laidlow @jonlaidlow.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

Hey! That's me! So happy you liked it! And a reminder to everyone to subscribe to Interzone at interzone.press or www.patreon.com/InterzoneMag and hopefully they'll buy more tales from Seaforth when they're ready...

Image of a man stretching skin over the face of a well dressed body in his living room, with the first page of the story "Strung along in Seaforth" by Jonathan Laidlow and a QR code advertising Interzone magazine issue 295

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Jonathan Laidlow @jonlaidlow.bsky.social · 04/09/2023

It’s here! The second of the new era of Interzone magazine, featuring my story. Print copies here: interzone.press/iz-295/ and preorder the ebook here scarletferret.com/magazines/in... @interzone.press

A copy of the science fiction magazine Interzone on a wooden table

A page from a magazine showing the story Strung Along in Seaforth by Jonathan Laidlow

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Jonathan Laidlow @jonlaidlow.bsky.social · 10/08/2023

My latest story will be in #Interzone295! It's called "Strung Along in Seaforth" and it is delightfully gruesome... interzone.press/iz-295

Image with preview page of "Strung Along in Seaforth" opening lines, a drawing of a man stretching skin across the face of a dead body. QR code for Interzone magazine issue 295

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