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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 16h

Us! Would be great to see you!

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 29/09/2026

New creepypasta, courtesy of NextDoor

A screenshot of text that reads: The man - He is asking to see your phone.

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 29/09/2026

M had this classic LotR poster alongside a bunch of strategic pictures of pretty men in a futile attempt to convince everybody including herself that she liked boys.

A photo of a classic 1970s Lord of the Rings poster, with a vintage hand illustrated style and a sepia tones colour palette. It features Gandalf and Frodo standing on a hill strewn with the bodies of soldiers with a landscape in the background. Bilbo sits just round the side of the rise with his pipe. There are double layers of decorative border. The inner features renditions of Galadriel, Elrond, Legolas, Gimli, and Gollum/Smeagol, and the outer border is styled like a crawspace full of orcs, with Sauron's Eye at the very top. Decorative ribbons feature text from the book in futhark runes: "To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying, The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying."

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 26/09/2026

Really loved Resident Evil; 'normal guy caught up in Raccoon City's bullshit' was a great idea and it was executed perfectly. Bonus points for Austin Abrams' screaming and some great monster design.

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 26/09/2026

Hey that's us! Come see us yammer on and maybe get an Avis swag pin if you're lucky. 💀

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As #SapphicSeptember draws to a close, here's a compilation of Solaris' Sapphic recs to help you #ReadQueerAllYear! Whether you want you sapphics in space, in fantastical worlds or horrifying situations, we've got you covered! @lavanya.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social MK Hardy & more 1/4

Solaris Recs for Sapphic September and to read queer all year:

REDSIGHT by Meredith Mooring
The FLAVOUR HACKER duology (INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF and INTERGALACTIC FEAST) by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
THE ELYSIUM HEIST by Y. M. Resnik
CRY VOIDBRINGER by Elaine Ho
A SECOND CHANCE FOR YESTERDAY by R. A. Sinn
NETHERFORD HALL by Natania Barron
CODE AND CODEX by Yoon Ha Lee
KNOCK KNOCK, OPEN WIDE by Neil Sharpson
THE WATER OUTLAWS by S L Huang
LADY EVE'S LAST CON by Rebecca Fraimow
SNOWBLOODED by Emma Sterner-Radley
THE NEEDFIRE and THE HAUNTING OF AVIS LOVELOCK by MK Hardy
METAL FROM HEAVEN by August Clarke
RAGWORT by Sam K. Horton

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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There is some incredible literary talent in the North and we love to celebrate it - join us in toasting not one, but THREE queer novels from (4) Northern writers! Experience a hot Edinburgh summer, an eerie haunted ship in the Atlantic and a few years at university... 7PM next Wednesday!

Mairi holds up three books and smiles inside the bookshop.

A grey banner which reads "Queer Northern Talent Showcase, 7PM Weds 30th Sept". There are images of MK Hardy, Alessandra Thom and Chloe de Lullington next to images of their books.

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 26/09/2026

Sounds fantastic, congratulations!!

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 24/09/2026

The Shape of Monsters is finally out in print and ebook from Tor UK! If you're here for a dark gothic fantasy with all the broken people, twisted dynamics, mages, murder and monsters then you have gone through the correct door Get it now from your favourite bookshop

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 24/09/2026

I'm not sure, @solarisbooks.bsky.social are revamping their website but might have an answer...

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 24/09/2026

It was a really lovely swim once we got acclimatised! Make sure you have a glass of fizz on hand as well 🍾

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 24/09/2026

Yes we did ruin a copy of the book and submerge ourselves in very cold water to get this video. Fuck AI, real creatives get wet.

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 24/09/2026

The Haunting of Avis Lovelock is now out in paperback, ebook, and audiobook from @solarisbooks. Join Avis and the other passengers of the Excambion as they undertake a transatlantic crossing full of ghosts, mysterious lights on the water, and hidden secrets... Get your copy today! geni.us/avisl

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 23/09/2026

GUYS I HAVE CREATED THE WORLDS WORST UNBOXING VIDEO! There is nothing polished and filtered and uh...well-groomed about this one. It's the realio dealio

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 23/09/2026

Cat asked such fun questions, and has chosen some awesome pictures to accompany their post about The Haunting of Avis Lovelock (the woman in the dinner jacket 👀). Thanks for having us!

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 22/09/2026

I'm afraid we don't have a US publisher so it's not readily available in the States. If you're looking for a hard copy Blackwells do free international shipping, I believe: blackwells.co.uk

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Blackwell's, books for life and for learning Blackwell's

Trading since 1879, Blackwell of Oxford is the largest academic and specialist bookseller in the UK. Fast dispatch, carefully packaged, worldwide delivery.

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 20/09/2026

Morning Womble! I am just starting @clhellisen.com's The Shape of Monsters and am very excited!

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 19/09/2026

YOU GUYS IKEA has released a Kallax companion for Skyrim adsfhasdhjfasdl;jfl www.ikea.com/gb/en/cat/ka...

An in-game screenshot from Skyrim showing a Kallax storage solution wearing a helmet looking over the mountains while a dragon soars overhead

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 19/09/2026

Think I might just take to my bed until this whole situation improves

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 19/09/2026

We saw it too! A very solid, fun film.

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morag @mordant.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm in a Facebook group that provides advice and help on energy bills in the UK. From time to time I'll click through to the comments on a post from someone who's struggling to pay what they owe, or who has gotten into debt, and friends... We are not ready for what's coming. 1/5

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 17/09/2026

You had to make it dark didn't you.

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 17/09/2026

Feel like Glasgow is a bit less elaborate.

A graph remixing another graph that charts the uses of the word "cunt" in Glasgow.

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 16/09/2026

get different conventions and world-specific details, so we're more open to it than folk who read stuff mostly set in the real world, but it's still a challenge that goes both ways!

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 16/09/2026

Hilariously it goes the other way too; if I'm reading a cop thriller I find myself having to work at keeping stuff like hierarchies and ranks straight, figure out what 'standard procedure' is, etc. I think maybe SFF readers are a bit more used to having to do that bc even within one genre you'll

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 15/09/2026

I feel like the colleague who brought in eggs to share may in fact be three pigeons in a trenchcoat.

A photograph of five eggs (mixed brown and white coloured) resting on some wadded-up paper towels on a white table. The arrangement looks extremely precarious.

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Join us online on Wednesday 16th September 2026 at 6pm BST to hear Erin Edwards and I talk about our sapphic Georgiana Darcy books! ❤️ Event is free but ticketed, so sign up now! Also, you can grab a signed copy of our books, delivered anywhere in the world 👀

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Queering Georgiana Darcy: Lindz McLeod and Erin Edwards

Shining the spotlight on a beloved Jane Austen character and her sapphic lovers, chaired by Emma Butler-Marr.

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 14/09/2026

just wrote 'catharctic' which I guess is when you have an epiphany, but with bears

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 13/09/2026

Reminds me of one of my favorite books as a kid!

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Hello again! If you've been considering joining my online Gothic course with the University of Liverpool... there are still places and we need three more sign ups to run the course. Come join us for a deep dive in the 18th and early 19th century Gothic! www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...

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The Rise of the Gothic: 1764-1820 | Continuing Education | University of Liverpool

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What's This? What's This? The Union's Picking Fights! What's This? What's This? Now Workers Win Their Rights! What's this? I can't believe my eyes, this irregularity Wake up, Jack, it's SOLIDARITY! What's this?

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Absolutely brilliant event at Leeds Waterstones last night with @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social, @mkhardywrites.com and @whyiwrite.bsky.social, superbly organised by @katiebruce.bsky.social for the British Fantasy Society.

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What a fantastic night! Thank you so much to @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @davidmbarnett.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social as well as everyone who attended, the lovely Waterstones staff & @britfantasysoc.bsky.social!

A photo of the five authors on a stage in front of an audience, in a bookshop

A photo of a table with books on: Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist, The Haunting of Avis Lovelock by MK Hardy, Splasher by Billie Host, Withered Hill by David Barnett

A photo of a table with books on: Withered Hill, Scuttler's Cove and Scratch Moss by David Barnett, Splasher by Billie Host and Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton

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makana yamamoto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

howzit fam!!! I want a Switch 2 so here's my pinned post: I'm Makana, a hapa haole lesbian author who writes messy lesbians in situations(hips) in space. my debut novel is HAMMAJANG LUCK, a cyberpunk lesbian heist that I describe as Oceans 8, but it's gay and in space links + more info downthread!

arrow graphic for HAMMAJANG LUCK. the cover is in the center, showing a figure in a red hoodie seated in front of a futuristic cityscape at dusk. the background is a paint splatter lesbian flag. the tropes read "lesbians! so many lesbians. butch lesbians, chaptstick lesbians, femme lesbians, trans lesbians, lesbians of color + their adopted white woman, Indigenous lesbians, they/them lesbians, he/him lesbians" at the bottom the text reads "happy lesbians! be gay do crime!!!"

arrow graphic for THE OBAKE CODE. the cover is in the center, showing a figure looking up at a passing hovercar in a futuristic cityscape at night. the background is a paint splatter lesbian flag. the tropes read "lesbians! so many lesbians. butch lesbians, chaptstick lesbians, femme lesbians, aro/ace lesbians, lesbians of color, Indigenous lesbians, Black lesbians, they/them lesbians, he/him lesbians" at the bottom the text reads "happy lesbians! be gay do crime!!!"

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 09/09/2026

A brief review of @emfaulds.com's latest collection These Broken Little Worlds (spoiler, i loved it) and a chat with Beth about writing neurodivergent characters and finding people who share her world view www.patreon.com/thequietsun/...?

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Enter E.M. Faulds' Broken Little Worlds | CL Hellisen

I have finished reading E.M, Faulds' second collection of short stories These Broken Little Worlds, and like its predecessor Under the Moon,

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🚨TOMORROW!🚨 Spot three Solaris authors @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com @britfantasysoc.bsky.social 's We Are All Haunted: A Folk and Gothic Horror Panel! Leeds Waterstones, 10th Sept, 7pm Tickets: tinyurl.com/HorrorLeeds Ft: @davidmbarnett.bsky.social & @whyiwrite.bsky.social

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 09/09/2026

For the morning crowd! This is going to be a lot of fun; I have a LOT of weird facts about Spiritualism to share.

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 08/09/2026

Glasgow! Come celebrate Sapphic September with two boat lesbians talking about their lesbian boat book at Waterstones Argyle Street on Tuesday September 22nd! It's going to be chaired by Meg McDonald and she does the BEST questions! Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/spiri...

A social media graphic. Text reads: Glasgow Waterstones Argyle Street September 22nd BOOK LAUNCH! There is a picture of a book underneath (The Haunting of Avis Lovelock) and a picture of two gormless women by a really big ship.

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

There's my lil story about teeth, all grown up and out in the world (like the teeth)! I've only read one other story so far but it was a Banger. Would recommend this issue of Trollbreath 😁

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 31/08/2026

M: "OBVIOUSLY this is meant to reference the weregild secured by ECGFRITH of Northumbria from Æthelred of Mercia in payment for the death of his brother Ælfwine following the Battle of Trent in AD679, GAWD."

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 31/08/2026

something something it was great something something excluding me 😆

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