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C.A. Yates @shloobee.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

I’ve another story out! Into The Darkness They Go, The Wise and the Lovely was inspired by the @britishfantasysociety’s first writing retreat at @gladstoneslibrary earlier this year, Portraits of Patriarchs is out now! #ShortStory #ShortFiction #Patriarchs #GenreFiction #Horror #Fiction #BookRec

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Shona Kinsella @shonak.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

It’s almost here!!!

Title page: Ashael Falling. The Vessel of KalaDene Book Two by Shona Kinsella. From Kristell Ink.

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Z.K.A. (she/her) @pegasusunder.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

HERE is my story "Vardøger" amongst many amazing stories and writers in @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social Thank you Fiyah and the brilliant guest editor Christian Ivey for the "Belonging" issue ! fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...

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FIYAH #28: Belonging

FIYAH #28: Belonging is available in downloadable PDF and EPUB formats. Buying for someone else? Hit up the Gift Issue for transferable download codes. See the description below for content details��...

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Runalong Womble @fantasycon @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

This weekend I loved my trip to Fantasycon this year - lots to see, read and think about but also how good the SF&F community can be

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Fantasycon - 2024 Birmingham — Runalong The Shelves

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David Green @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

At Eternity's Gates, the FINAL book in my BFS nominated epic fantasy series, is out today! So... The whole series is on sale. 4 books, 700k words for the price of a Dublin pint or large coffee. And, it's done 😌

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

Congratulations once again to all the winners and nominees for the British Fantasy Awards, but especially to our own Jenni Coutts, Shona Kinsella, Neil Williamson, and EM Faulds, who won Best Collection! @jennicoutts.bsky.social @shonak.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social

EM Faulds, a brunette white woman, talks into a microphone, while standing next to Shona Kinsella, a brunette white woman. Photo by Gwen Frazer.

Shona Kinsella, right, a white woman with black hair and a black dress sits next to Ian Whates, a white man with brown hair.

Jenni Coutts, left, is a brunette white woman in a russet dress, sitting next to Karl Ferguson, a white man with brown hair in a blue checked shift.

Neil Williamson, left, is a balding white man with a grey beard, sat next to Ian Whates, a brown-haired white man, behind a table of wares from NewCon Press books.

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C.A. Yates @shloobee.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

I’ll be bringing some signed copies of my BFA nommed (have I mentioned this before?!) collection with me to FCon. They’ll be available at the BFS/Fantasycon table, or find Yates; he’ll be happy to hook you up 😘 #Anthology @britishfantasysociety #FantasyCon2023 #Books #Reading #ShortStories

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 06/09/2023

Forgot this is also coming out next year: a mini-collection picked up by the wonderful and only slightly dead folks at @psychopomp.bsky.social ! 💀 (I'm sorry I'm already forgetting things that haven't happened yet, what is going on)

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Novella Announcement: One Message Remains, By Premee Mohamed - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Nebula, Aurora, and World Fantasy award-winning author Premee Mohamed's One Message Remains, a novella about one man's mission to recover the remains and

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

Fantasycon 2023 kicks off a week today at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in Birmingham. Join us for three days of genre fun and games, with workshops, panels, readings and more from your GSFWC pals. Here's where you can find us: (1/8)

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Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) is at FantasyCon 2026 @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

All being well, I'll be at Fantasycon, where I'll be reading *brand new fiction*. Plus I'll be talking about Fantasy & Gaming (of all kinds), post-COVID genre fandom and ten years on from Sad Puppies, amongst other things. Check out my schedule at the link below. www.ruthbooth.com/2023/09/fant...

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Shoreline of Infinity @shoreinf.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

Our next issue of Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine, the Climate Change Special, is open for pre-order. Please pass on to as many eyes as you can. shorelineofinfinity.com/product/shor...

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

Edited by our own @shonak.bsky.social and featuring a new tale from our @thdray.bsky.social, check out the new anthology 'Portraits of Patriarchs' at the link below!

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

And if you want to just warm up before your Friday reading, or bring some new material to try out, that is absolutely encouraged! 😊

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E.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes / Not em faulds @emfaulds.com · 05/09/2023

At Fantasycon, @thdray.bsky.social and I will be running our "Reading aloud for performance" workshop again at 6pm on the Friday. Helpful tips for reading your work with impact, this workshop is good practice for old hands as well as new, and lets you have a go, too!

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

Is that one of those Midwest salads from the TikTok?

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C.A. Yates @shloobee.bsky.social · 04/09/2023

😊 My story “Into the Darkness They Go, The Wise & The Lovely” kicks off the BFS antho, Portraits of Patriarchs, ed @shona.kinsella. Featuring work by attendees of BFS’s first writing retreat at Gladstone’s, incl Eliza Chan, Jen Williams, David Green & T H Dray; the launch is at 12pm on Sun at FCon.

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Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 02/09/2023

I have finally joined the bluer skies here! I’m a British Fantasy Award winning artist, writer and GP based in Glasgow, Scotland. I’d love to meet new people on here!

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 04/09/2023

Yesssss, knew you'd be snapped up quick!

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C.A. Yates @shloobee.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

Last year I was nominated for 3 British Fantasy Awards. I can’t believe it! It blew my mind to be alongside writers I admire. My work is changing, growing, but you can still buy my debut collection & the s/story (in the also nom’d & excellent antho Dreamland by #BlackShuckBooks) #FoxSpiritBooks

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

Many congratulations to our own @neilwilliamson.bsky.social on the acquisition of his novella Charlie Says by Black Shuck Books!

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BLACK SHUCK BOOKS ACQUIRE FOLK HORROR NOVELLA BY NEIL WILLIAMSON | John Jarrold

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

I hate James so much. It is difficult to express.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

A pretty good day's research! Definitely recommend Mount Grace Priory. Was absolutely worth the trip. /23 and final

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

There's a decent museum in the guest house too. If you're into the Arts and Crafts movement, there's some Morris and Co. wallpaper and furniture, plus a couple of restored rooms. I liked this 14th century stone window looking into an Arts and Crafts lounge. /22

A 14th century stone window looking into an Arts and Crafts lounge.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

There's still some original red plasterwork from the 14th century in the guesthouse museum. /21

Original red-orange plaster with vertical wooden strips spaced at regular intervals to decorate the walls.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

The guest house was in better condition, mainly because Sir Lowthian Bell decided to restore it (and reconstruct the monk's cell). Here it is from the gardens. /20

Large stone building which was once the priory's guesthouse. Light brown stone, lots of mullioned, grilled windows and a red tiled roof. The gardens are in the foreground. Lots of yellow flowers I don't know the names of, sorry.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

Would've been a lovely window here, once. /19

The broken remains of a stained glass window. No glass remains, only the stone arch and the edges of the carved stone frame that would have held glass.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

Can't remember if this is the church or chapter house I'm standing in. /18

Broken walls of a bell tower and Carthusian charterhouse church.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

Once that bell rings, you've got to go to church. A huge covered cloister once connected all those doorways and led to the church and chapterhouse and all the useful places monks had to be. /17

Large expanse of grass and in the background, the ruins of the cell doors are dotted at intervals. The sky is overcast.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

Upstairs, we find the workshop! Spinning, weaving, copying books, woodwork, lots of useful activity. /16

The monk's workshop with a large spinning wheel and loom. Whitewashed stone walls, more diamond grille windows and wooden floor.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

These stairs really are steep. Believe the sign next to the fireplace. You *have* to come down backwards. I am completely serious. My feet are a UK size 5 and they barely fit on the stairs. /15

Dangerous, steep, tiny wooden staircase leading up to the monk's workshop. Dark wood paneling behind them

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

Exterior view of the cell from the garden. You may notice it has more than one floor. Let's go back in and up the stairs! /14

Exterior view of the reconstructed monk's cell from the garden. Two storey stone building with small glazed windows visible through tall fronds of fennel.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

More garden! Small fruit tree and exterior view of the glazed private cloister. /13

In the garden. The private cloister with its overhanging roof can be seen from outside here. There is a small fruit tree growing in a square of grass.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

If you turn right at the entrance, a covered walkway leads to the monk's cell garden, freshwater drinking pipe and latrine (both plumbed in. Monastery plumbing was something else. I've seen the plans for London Charterhouse). /12

Shot of the covered walkway in the monk's cell garden with plants visible and outdoor light to the left.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

If you turn left at the entrance, there's a nice, glazed, private cloister looking out onto the cell garden. /11

Row of arched windows with diamond grilles looking onto a small cell garden.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

Just off of this room, a narrow door leads to a place where you can rest yourself. (The Carthusian schedule is brutal.) The curtain fabric was rough and the bed was pretty solid. More of a, I *suppose* they should maybe sleep, ugh, than a place of comfort. /10

Small four poster box bed in a dimly lit room. Curtains are rough fabric, the pillow and bed are hard.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

In other corner opposite the windows and desk, there is a handy place to rest both yourself and your reading materials. /9

A wooden lectern and stool illuminated by light shining through a diamond grille window.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

In the same room, there's a desk by two windows. Lots of natural light. A peaceful place to write letters, or read, or work, or study. /8

A wooden desk and chair set in the corner of a wooden floored room. Two diamond-grille windows admit light into the room.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

That was for illustrative purpose. Back inside, now! Straight ahead is the living quarters. The fireplace in this cell is smaller than the one found in the sacrist's cell. (The sacrist had rank and more responsibility and maybe one of the few perks was a larger fireplace). /7

Small, rectangular stone fireplace set in a whitewashed stone wall. A sign, top right, warns: steep stairs!

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

Laybrothers cooked, were responsible for upkeep and general day-to-day activities under the watch of the Procurator. (Laybrothering was a prestigious position. Bishops retired to take up the job.) Among other jobs, they delivered food into hatches like this so the monks wouldn't have to interact /6

Cell doorway with hatch to deliver food. Hatch is 90 degrees. One part was outside the door, the other part was inside the door. This enabled monks to take food without interacting.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

Entering the reconstructed monk's cell. /5

Sturdy wooden door with iron ring handle and rivets. Dimly lit corridor leading to a covered walkway in background.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

View of the church with its bell tower and some cells in the background. This is the first thing you see when you enter through the guest house into the priory grounds. (I might call it a charterhouse sometimes. I'm more used to that.) /4

Ruins of Mount Grace Priory, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England. View of the church, chapterhouse and some cells in the background. Sky is overcast.

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

In 1415, it was re-founded by Thomas Beaufort. Mountgrace only lasted until 1539, when the Suppression of the monasteries kicked in. I was keen to look at the reconstructed monk's cell. I took lots of photos. Lots. Here's a few. /3

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

Mountgrace was founded in 1398 by Thomas de Holand, a nephew of Richard II. Carthusians and their brand of piety was super-fashionable at the time (due to the strictness of their Rule and a general post-Black Death rethink) but having a founder connected to Richard II became a problem. /2

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Suna Dasi @sunadasi.bsky.social · 05/07/2023

Quick post for new frens: I wear many hats (sometimes literally) and you can find my main shenanigans in these places: www.ebbband.com www.krowofficial.com www.thelodgeartscollective.co.uk/SteampunkIndia And do visit @eafoundation.bsky.social: I narrate for several of their SFF branches!

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Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

New issue of The Dark is out. Always a cause for celebration...aaannd this one contains a bit of me in the shape of my Thirty-Two Tumbling Teeth (first published in Black Static last year) alongside several other excellently spooky stories. www.thedarkmagazine.com/thirty-two-…

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Omar Kooheji 🍉 @ohmz.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

Finally got round to buying the Best of British Science Fiction 2021 so I could read Henrietta by @thdray.bsky.social . Well worth the price of entry! Absolutely loved it! Now I have a bunch of other short stories to read too!

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

Thanks so much, Omar! And for supporting the anthology. You'll be on there one day, I am sure!

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

Thanks, C.J.! (And for all those first draft comments.)

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

Thanks, Shell! Polished it up a bit since you read that first draft.

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