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20% into the rewrite of a novel after a year of other projects. Wrote a whole new 144k words on a new novel over the summer, which was so much fun. But that now has to sit in a drawer for a year because those are the rules (there are no rules).

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m very pleased that I’ve just been announced as one of the guests of honour at Polcon 2027, the Polish national SF convention, to be held in Katowice, 18-21st November 2027! www.slazag.pl/wielkie-swie...

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Wielkie święto fantastyki wraca na Śląsk. Katowice gospodarzem Polconu 2027!

Po kilkunastu latach przerwy najważniejsze wydarzenie dla polskich fanów powraca do kolebki fantastyki. XLI Ogólnopolski Konwent Miłośników Fantastyki –…

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 01/10/2026

@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social why are the West gardens closed today? Rare sunny lunch and a no-go. Sad times!

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 04/06/2026

So excited about this. Behind the scenes we rebuilt all of the ESFF things over the last month: a brand new entirely custom webapp/website & admin tools, and loads of work from the team putting together promo posts for the writing community—just in time for the festival. Phew.

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 03/06/2026

I wrote about frogs and robots and taking cats today. Today was a good day.

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Edinburgh SFF @edinburghsff.com · 03/06/2026

Two sleeps #cymera2026 Check out the brilliant ESFF community authors appearing at Cymera: edinburghsff.com/esff-at-cyme... @cymerafestival.co.uk

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Thunderbirds Are Go: Thunderbird 2 Flying

Alt: Thunderbirds Are Go: Thunderbird 2 Flying

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 01/06/2026

Don't forget – the Cymera 2026 Charity Auction is still live! 🤩 Bids will close on Friday 5th June at 12pm BST. All funds raised will go towards supporting Cymera: www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Edinburgh SFF @edinburghsff.com · 30/05/2026

We have been busy updating our edinburghsff.com website, take a look! www.instagram.com/reel/DY-Fqws...

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 27/05/2026

It has been a wild month: crunching to finish a draft of a novel, and entirely rebuilt the @edinburghsff.com website for from the ground up… and day job has been full on too. I shall sleep in July.

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 27/05/2026

The is probably my fave book promo ever. No notes.

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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Shop to support us! Every purchase makes a difference 📚 When you shop with us, you’re helping Scottish Book Trust bring the joy and power of reading to people across Scotland. Visit our shop today👇 shop.scottishbooktrust.com #ScottishBookTrust

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Scottish Book Trust Online Shop - Bookbug Shop

Browse our range of books, toys and gifts, including Bookbug. All proceeds go directly to supporting our charity and enable us to deliver more of our work.

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 02/04/2026

Beautiful but chilly start to the day, Edinburgh 🥰

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 31/01/2026

Unplanned evening out was AMAZING.

Shirley Manson & Angelfish, on stage at the Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh.

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

man, 2025 has truly been a banner year for people across the board first loudly and enthusiastically tripping over their own dicks, then meekly attempting to frame said dick-trippage as a genteel, perhaps even honorable sort of error born from being too innocently whimsical to have known better

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 05/12/2025

Garbage are playing an Edinburgh castle gig next year. Feels like things have come full circle #garbage. Very excited.

Gold disc for the “beautifulgarbage” album, 2001.

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 03/12/2025

As someone whose children were at Girl Guides Scotland, it impressed me that they were so open and welcoming. To see this change now, because of *one* parent (presumably backed by a bitter GC terf billionaire) is genuinely upsetting. www.change.org/p/allow-tran...

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Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 03/12/2025

The birds sound like they are having battles with laser weapons this morning (sound). Pew pew pew.

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 26/11/2025

Looking gorgeous this morning, Edinburgh.

Clouds illuminated in glorious colours as sunrises over Edinburgh rooftops. Take from George Street.

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 21/11/2025

I love bookshops, but especially indie bookshops for countless reasons @argonautbooks.bsky.social are such an important part of our community. Bookshops need space to breathe. Opening a big chain on their doorstop would be disastrous. c.org/dHJwF52N4W

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We Can Make an Impact.

An Open Letter to Waterstones Regarding a Sixth Edinburgh Branch in Leith

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World Fantasy 2025 @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Best Novella goes to The last to Drown by Lorraine Wilson, Luna Press.

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 13/10/2025

Contrast that last video to the view on the way back from North Berwick yesterday. Makes me wish I could paint.

Layers of fog over the Forth, mountains in distance, winter sky.

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 13/10/2025

The haar has the city this morning…

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 08/10/2025

Incredible sky again. I do love this time of year. All those colours.

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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 Wolf's Path is a finalist! @jolantru.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Like... people should know that publishing IS a business and they do gamble/bet on authors who would bring in the bucks. But apparently, a lot don't - and one-hit wonders are normally abandoned later. It's a horse race. Please support both indie and trad. Not all have that luck and privilege.

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 26/09/2025

Eastwards across Edinburgh this morning. 🥰

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 16/09/2025

I can feel the seasons changing. This is a gorgeous city.

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 16/09/2025

Serious Apple. I work hard at accessibility for things I build. Meanwhile you do stuff like this. Bravo. These buttons are not in a disabled state.

Screenshot of iOS 26 where active buttons illegible due to “glass” effect.

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 28/08/2025

I'm trying to get The Shape of Monsters tagged with the LGBTQ+ lable as I think it's struggling to find its queer readers. Hopefully that tag will also help avoid the "1 star woke bs" reviews Listen to The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1...

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Edinburgh SFF @edinburghsff.com · 19/08/2025

Wooo! Another ESFFer with brilliant news! Congrats, Fi!

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 16/08/2025

Woken by loud evacuation alarms coming from Ocean Terminal, Leith. (I went it check, looks like a false alarm.) Sound travels strangely in a city. It’s actually louder here a few streets away than the street OT is on.

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 13/08/2025

Good morning Edinburgh.

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 07/08/2025

Extra early start at the office before work so I can get some words written. 6 weeks to hammer out this draft, 12 weeks to polish. Then sleep?

Office photo, laptop on wooden desk, writing notes, Edinburgh castle in background.

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 04/08/2025

Gorgeous rainbow over Edinburgh right now

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 25/07/2025

To be used on anyone who says they used AI for something ‘creative’, “Oh, so you’re a Slopper! Well, that’s nice,” and edge out of the conversation.

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Headline in a Scottish newspaper today: CONVICTED US FELON TO ARRIVE IN SCOTLAND

Front page of The National, a newspaper in Scotland. Picture of Trump's gurning face above a headline: CONVICTED FELON TO ARRIVE IN SCOTLAND.

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 25/07/2025

I could get behind this. Sloppers beware.

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 09/07/2025

Are you a writer overwhelmed by what you need to do to get a website up and running? Then this is the webinar you need.

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Edinburgh SFF @edinburghsff.com · 18/07/2025

We’re so, so chuffed for Dave on this win! He’s part of the ESFF mod team and staff, and now we get to call him “award-winning author David Goodman” — how cool is that? Massive congrats from everyone at ESFF! #writingcommunity #edinburgh

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 18/07/2025

... ... (It's a software program that hallucinates. It doesn't "think" and part of the issue there is reproducing puff pieces without thinking about the consequences. And no way in hell do I let that program book stuff for me)

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 03/07/2025

This @edinburghtrams.bsky.social tram needed a sleep in. Driver stopped too far along platform so had to lock front doors. The tannoy is announcing the wrong stops, and there is a physical out of service sign on the front, despite being full of passengers. Good morning!

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Shell @shellbryson.com · 01/07/2025

Dear companies. If you excitedly tell me you’ve added AI to your product, this is not the must-have incentive you think it is. More of a complete turn-off, tbh.

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