Reposted by Luke BelcourtThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We've had the ability to watch, say, Counterstrike marathons, Street Fighter tournaments, or chess matches between computers since the 90s. Spectacles which, by their very definition, would be at a "higher standard" than human play. And nobody wants it. It's entirely meaningless. It has no appeal. 211478228
Reposted by Luke BelcourtMatt S @coolseemer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026bad-twin.bandcamp.com - my EP is out. It has my most complex, I think complete, work on it. 15 years of churning out this crap and i feel like I’m finally hitting paydirtbad-twin.bandcamp.comthe future of bad twin is ugly - EP, by Bad Twin5 track album 011
Luke Belcourt @lukebelcourt.com · 29/09/2026New EP dropped today, it’s a vibe ❤️ you should check it out! 011
Reposted by Luke BelcourtRuth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oh yeah, "both sides" of the argument, when one "side" in this case intentionally works to spread intimation and fear, and the other seeks safety in their own neighbourhood. Where they live. Sectarianism is a wild one. 0214
Reposted by Luke BelcourtKarie Bookish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I can only second this. If you are in Glasgow, visit Category Is. It's much more than a bookshop. It's a community hub, a place of active resistance, and a big fucking hug. 23715
Reposted by Luke Belcourtᚅᚓᚃ ᚆᚐᚔᚏᚇᚑ ᚃᚆᚑ ᚇᚔᚄ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 22/09/202660 people, a whole concocted panic because 60 people, who've been waiting years, were scheduled to have surgery this year 726661
Reposted by Luke BelcourtDr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The description doesn't really do it justice. She disembowels him 1125577
Reposted by Luke BelcourtLili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 21/09/2026...I updated the OS and now Apple has decided to shove its slopbot into individual app settings instead of providing an all-purpose off switch. Attempting to hide how much slop they're inflicting on customers--and forcing people to go looking to opt out--is not good business practice. 1183
Reposted by Luke Belcourttoril @toril.bsky.social · 21/09/2026i guess i "didn't love it enough" to quit my 9-5, to lose my health insurance, to work in perpetual crunch, for a publisher that wasn't doing anything on their end to market or sell the book. passion exploitation works because YOU think you're not good enough. i'm telling you: you are. 26711
Reposted by Luke BelcourtAssociation for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 21/09/2026My seventy-seven-year-old father put his reading glasses on to help my mother do the buttons on the back of her dress… —Jackie Kay, “George Square” from LIFE MASK, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 2005 Today, 21 September, is the International Day of Peace #peace #poem #poetry www.un.org/en/observanc... 513346
Luke Belcourt @lukebelcourt.com · 21/09/2026This channel is really good but this video in particular is amazing The "Inside you there are two wolves; the one that wants to be confident about your writing, and the one that wants to downplay everything" is so real www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsPu...youtube.comWhen you are your own worst enemyYouTube video by The Cozy Creative 150
Reposted by Luke BelcourtLeaf~ @leaftilde.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Reminded of this banger the glorious days of the Evergiven I posted on Twitter me in my 20s 211778354
Reposted by Luke BelcourtCos! @algernonentity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026idly reading about the rutherglen pigeon war 112459
Luke Belcourt @lukebelcourt.com · 19/09/2026I have a month until I can get the money together for editing costs Which is great, because it gives me a month to work out exactly how to draft the email where I apologise for all the weird formatting and the plot-relevant use of Wingdings 010
Reposted by Luke BelcourtHeather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Come 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. 01311
Reposted by Luke BelcourtBrian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A repost for the morning crew. Yes, it's our Waterstones event. Tell your friends, make them buy tickets and books. If you're local to Glasgow, like speculative weirdos and not going to FantasyCon, this is the one for you. 2109
Reposted by Luke BelcourtMark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Scotland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Huh? Wales: We want to leave the UK BBC: What? Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Lolz Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS #Piddington 7233441002
Reposted by Luke BelcourtGlasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#Glasgow Haverin is nearly here! 'Mon and celebrate 40 years of the GSFWC with our book launch on 21st October at Waterstones Sauchiehall Street. Grab yourself new stories by Christopher Caldwell, E.M. Faulds, Neil Williamson, Eliza Chan -- and maybe some homemade tablet too! #Haverin #GSFWC40waterstones.comCelebrating 40 Years of the GSFWC | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | WaterstonesEvents at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Celebrating 40 Years of the GSFWC today. 02625
Luke Belcourt @lukebelcourt.com · 15/09/2026Yo if I ever refer to you as "the best in the biz", please do not feel flattered by it It's just my deep desire to be a chain-smoking 60 year old woman who refers to her colleagues as "the best in the biz" 140
Luke Belcourt @lukebelcourt.com · 14/09/2026It is wild that I live on a main road and can walk in four different directions to end up in wildly different green spaces within 15 minutes, do so multiple times a week, and I still feel like I'm not touching enough grass Like I don't understand how people in Car Cities manage 220
Reposted by Luke BelcourtBritish Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026We need your help! We still need donations for this year’s bookbag - a free book for every attendee at Fantasycon. If you can help, whether with 1 book or 100, please fill in the form here: shorturl.at/WD0lZstatic.klipy.comThe Sword In The Stone: Merlin's MagicAlt: The Sword In The Stone: Merlin is shrinking books to fit in his travel bag 13125
Reposted by Luke BelcourtNovelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 27/01/2025ME: *writing in my journal with the sole aim of pissing off future historians and archaeologists* I returned to my home - which is built in the usual style - by the normal way, and prepared and ate dinner in the way I often but not always do 270232893307
Luke Belcourt @lukebelcourt.com · 13/09/2026Smashing the "break glass in case of emergency" on the Gilmore Girls DVDs 030
Reposted by Luke BelcourtSarah from the Leftist Cooks @saribo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Only about 1% of people leave comments in website comment sections. The person you're mad at is not representative of any demographic except "loudmouth" 2444
Reposted by Luke BelcourtBURG: Slider Gaiden BEYOND @digijeg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026lol damn 60118792817
Luke Belcourt @lukebelcourt.com · 06/09/2026When you’re writing something that’s already a bit depressing and then your shuffle brings on Laura Palmer’s themestatic.klipy.comAshita No Joe: Joe in the RainALT: Ashita No Joe: Joe in the Rain 010
Luke Belcourt @lukebelcourt.com · 02/09/2026The stress of having to start a new notebook and make sure everything is copied over that I need is awful However it comes with the immediate dopamine hit of New Notebook, which helps 030
Reposted by Luke BelcourtJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 02/09/2026Looking at that pic from 2010 of Mark Ruffalo being smoking hot in his early 40s is making me look at contemporary photos and y'know what, I am loving the Rich Marxist Uncle Energy he is bringing these days 3232
Luke Belcourt @lukebelcourt.com · 31/08/2026Today I was finally emboldened to fix this deteriorating stitch on my favourite bag. Was so convinced it was going to be impossible because there was no way I’d be able to pierce it w a needle Sat down, realised, “oh. The holes are already there, I can just use the ones that already exist. Idiot” 030
Reposted by Luke BelcourtClockwork Librarian @jsands84.bsky.social · 30/08/2026One of the aspects of “Sinners” I enjoy most is the sense of love between the characters. Romantic, platonic, familial, new… it resonates between the characters so strongly. Even when warped by vampirism it rings true. Great writing, direction, and performances really sells the love amongst them.static.klipy.comSammie Sinners Excited ReactionAlt: An animated gif from Sinners (2025)c showing Stack (Michael B. Jordan) reacting enthusiastically to Sammie (Miles Caton) playing and singing the blues. 39921
Luke Belcourt @lukebelcourt.com · 30/08/2026Plotting out some additional meat on the bone for Witches 3. Man, I managed to cram literally every Bone-Deep Special Blorbo Vibe I had as a kid into this story. Have a look at this collage of influences 😆 Maybe when it comes out, you can join Leonardo DiCaprio point meme with me lmao 130
Reposted by Luke BelcourtLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 19/08/2026Being a trans person in the UK is to be held by the throat on national TV as the government punches you in the face while they deliver a speech to camera about how nobody should be punched. 101275293
Reposted by Luke BelcourtJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 29/02/2024Joyce Carol Oates is the Final Boss of Twitter. You defeat Elon, and you think the end credits are about to roll, but then Joyce stabs your love interest through the heart and the music starts pumping. Good luck, motherfucker 1042846
Reposted by Luke BelcourtMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The most surprising thing about getting your book published when you’re not a big name is how little marketing actually happens. 1311627
Luke Belcourt @lukebelcourt.com · 30/08/2026Being on the English bank holidays is usually the worst, HOWEVER if I have a list of 8 writing tasks I need to get done, and you give me the concept of doing them on a MONDAY?? Babes those feet are UP on the Sunday. The big sun hat is out. She's smoking a Camel and nodding off like "chhk mimimimi" 160
Reposted by Luke BelcourtKaty // Genderpunk 2026 @katysaint.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his balls? "No!" Says Lil Jon, "It belongs to the windows! To the walls!" 2835901162
Reposted by Luke BelcourtLily Alexandre 🛰️ @lily-is.online · 28/08/2026Greg Freeman is so fucking good at this. someone please change this man's body ‼️youtube.comGreg Freeman - Come and Change My Body / Tower (Live)YouTube video by Greg Freeman 0122
Reposted by Luke BelcourtFreya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I'll always continue to create, I absolutely love creating, but the online world has become so hostile to people who are passionate about their craft. it's making me want to disconnect entirely 248418
Reposted by Luke BelcourtGef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Saturn Devouring His SunnyD 633671
Reposted by Luke BelcourtT(errifying) C(ryptid) Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I'm sure someone in marketing thought it was a wonderful idea, but unfortunately right now the only answer I've got to "what has the BBC ever done for me?" is "create a succession of moral panics around the ontological validity of me and my loved ones" 25012
Reposted by Luke BelcourtSophie C. Baumert @sophiecbaumert.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Super excited to have a wee story in this anthology, and seeing the beautiful cover makes it all the more real 😍 074
Reposted by Luke Belcourt⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 27/08/2026I saved this as a personal reminder but it's seeming to resonate with people, so I'll share it with everyone. All of you beautiful, weird people: we got this. They showed us how. And we will do our best to make them proud. 🖤 212449
Luke Belcourt @lukebelcourt.com · 27/08/2026The sense of divine empowerment when I do literally anything with a needle and thread that actually works and doesn't result in a massive mess 060
Reposted by Luke BelcourtPatrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I spoke about being queer in a religious upbringing to 200 Scottish teens at book event this afternoon. Had seven (yes, seven) queer students and two trans students come out to me quietly in the signing queue afterwards, one of them in tears. I will never forgive those who make their lives so hard. 291700291
Reposted by Luke BelcourtToss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing 2295269412870