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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 14h

Multiple people on the train home had the snots, so if I am ill, it won't technically be con crud.

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 17h

🎥 HAPPY [RECORDED] DAY!! 🎞️ My anthology of found media stories has been whisked off to all backers and authors (in ebook form)... AND NOW EVERYONE ELSE CAN PRE-ORDER IT! books2read.com/recorded-ant... If you like found footage? 👀 You will LOVE the 21 stories in this book—I am SO proud of this!

A series of film strips with each cel containing a black and white illustration from the interior, with glitch overlay effects across the artwork; the title [RECORDED] is in red, with subtitle "An Anthology of Found Media Fiction" in white.

The list of author surnames is centered in black text: Kamieniarz * Pearce * Strom * Osha * Loxley * Hort * Kim * Diedericks * Skye * Piveral * Ellison * Kay * Logan * Badot * Crichton * Freeman * Musodza * Cavanaugh * McCaffrey * Brave * Tavares

The anthology is edited by Merc Wolfmoor

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

We did go through a phase of sticking Saint George slaying a dragon on money (the five shilling crown, and the sovereign). Which is probably as close as we got to inspirational figures.

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

My new Genre Grapevine covers the continuing issues with Must Read Magazines, the new owner of Asimov's, Analog and F&SF. Must Read Magazines has pushed the patience of the science fiction and fantasy genre with secrecy, silence, bad contracts, and bad statements. www.patreon.com/jasonsanford...

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Genre Grapevine: Must Read Magazines MUST Change or They’ll Destroy Asimov’s, Analog and F&SF | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine

Reminder: If you like my journalism or my fiction writing, please consider becoming a paid Patreon supporter. I deeply love the so-called “

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Last time I was in Glasgow, I went to see the former headquarters of the SCWS. This time, my trek into the history of the cooperative movement took me back a little further, to the one of the Pioneers inspirations: New Lanark.

View from a roof garden over mills and trees.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Pah, I've walked five miles and visited a World Heritage Site!

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Submissions are open! We're seeking short stories from writers living in the North of England for our anthology of cosmic horror. Find out more and submit: carnyxpress.co.uk/anthology-3-...

Submissions are open for short stories on the theme of cosmic horror, from writers living in the North of England, from the 1st October to the 30th November.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

An early start to go and be a tourist was definitely a good decision after a weekend of con attendance. Whose tired? I'm not tired! I will not fall asleep on this 9am train!

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

NEW PODCAST ALERT! Critical Friends Episode 28: On Literary SFF! Ryan Elliott and Roseanna Pendlebury have recently reviewed some works on the Booker Prize shortlist, so they join Dan Hartland to discuss literary SFF. What is it and what is it good for? Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Critical Friends
The Strange Horizons SF/F Criticism Podcast

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

You were at WorldCon! It's all they were talking about!

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ok, FantasyCon, I've been to my last panel. Now what?!

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I'm a member (and on the Discord) and it's not really. I worked out what was streaming by being in every panel room and seeing a camera set up in one of them. I should maybe have gone to the First FantasyCon panel!

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This is one of the most offline cons I've been to in a while! I don't know where any of the info is.

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Translunar Travelers Lounge is open for submissions for Issue 16, scheduled for February 2027. Speculative fiction stories of 5000 words or fewer. We close on Thursday 15th October. Please read the guidelines! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

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Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

They're definitely live streaming the Flame Tree Room/Panel 1/whatever-its-called. Recording however...

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A Forest, Darkly by @angelaslatter.bsky.social. It's my con/holiday read, and I can be found reading it, sat on the con suite floor, with some tea I forgot to steal milk from the breakfast buffet for.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Three panels attended so far today, and ate a Scotch pie. I've been sitting on chairs for three hours and now I really need to sit on the floor for a bit. Why are chairs?

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Look, FantasyCon, some of us are not at all hungover and had a lovely evening watching Farscape, followed by an early night.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Morning Glasgow FantasyCon! I got up slightly earlier so I could sort my hair...or maybe just so I could go to the 9am panels. That sounds more likely.

Photograph of the Clyde some time after sunrise. The horizon is still a bit sunrise-y but it's really not that early. There's a hotel, a shipping crane, and a bridge.

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

And the full list of winners can be found on our blog: britishfantasysociety.org/who-won-the-...

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Jenny Rae Rappaport @jennyrae.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

There's a lot of talk about publishing contracts lately, but I just wanted to shout out a few markets that have great ones.

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Niall Harrison @niallharrison.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have helped to programme a thing! Who fancies a day trip to Newcastle in November?

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I just go for the panels, and the holiday. I've done entire cons where I haven't had a single conversation with another human and that in itself is kind of nice. I'm just existing among people and there's so many of them, so I disappear.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Day Two of FantasyCon. Today I'll mostly be found maybe regretting an attempt to eat all three meals at one hotel breakfast buffet.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

And the pumpkins.

A bunch of pumpkins and pumpkin people sat around on hay bales.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Glasgow Botanic Gardens in autumn. The bits that weren't being festooned with pumpkins, marshmallows, and lighting rigs.

Photo of a leaf strewn tarmac path through the woods.

Photo of an underpass, looking through to trees outside.

Photo of a greenhouse full of ferns and other plants, and a white statue.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Actually, nevermind that. Panel 1, 2, and 3 are Jura, Shuna, and Staffa. The other islands remain unaltered.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

However, I can confirm that there are two blocks of panel rooms. One block has Panel 1, 2, and 3 printed out and taped to it. The other block is named after islands, so going back to the original question...both exist and are in separate locations.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It's a BFS member Discord, so if you're not a BFS member, it probably means you can't. I don't think there's a con Discord specifically...??

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Glasgow Botanic Gardens in autumn. The bits that weren't being festooned with pumpkins, marshmallows, and lighting rigs.

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Rick Danforth @rickandwrite.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I have a story in Challenging Tides which launches today! A solar punk Anthology from my local area with a great list of authors. Genuinely can't wait to read the stories :)

Challenging the tides book in front of a fluffy white dog

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Well, I'm at FantasyCon. Attending panels and snacking on pork pies. The venue is a little confusing, despite me being here before.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It did rain, while I was inside, and so I put my coat on. And it stopped as soon as I went outside.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

There's a channel for the con in the BFS Discord, if that's any help.

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 09/10/2026

👋 Say hello to the stars of your new bank notes! After a public vote which saw over 2.5 million responses, the Bank of England have revealed the Atlantic puffin, barn owl, European hedgehog and buff-tailed bumblebee will appear on redesigned notes over the coming years.

A close-up of a puffin. A small bird with a black back, white front and brightly-coloured beak.

A hedgehog walks through a woodland floor at night

Two brown and white barn owls on a wooden perch

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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

1) If you're considering submitting a story -- or are approached to create art for any publications that Must Read Magazines owns, including Asimov's -- walk away. Their current contracts are too predatory and do not suitably value you, your work or your rights. There will be other opportunities. 2/

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I think we just found bits of wood they'd chucked in a pit to shore up the foundations... possibly.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've walked the entire wall. It's a sandwich of forts and history, with Carlisle and Newcastle as urban bread. We deliberately did short days in the middle bit so we could dawdle and see the stuff.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I volunteered at the dig there for a week when I left school, but haven't been for years! They're always finding new stuff and expanding. I need to go back.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 08/10/2026

If you are heading into the hills and mountains, don't forget to be #WeatherReady and check the mountain forecast before packing your rucksack 👇 bit.ly/3N8rjHb Here's some more advice from our partners 👇 bit.ly/4hZnap1

Are you WeatherReady? Heading into the hills and mountains? Here's what you need to know

Stay safe in the hills and mountains
Check the weather
Plan your route
Pack the right gear for the trip
Let someone know your plans
In an emergency call 999, ask for 'Police' then 'Mountain Rescue'

Conditions up in the hills are often very different to down in the valleys Our mountain safety partners encourage you to #BeAdventureSmart by following their tips before you head out.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Heading up to FantasyCon in Glasgow. I'm not on programming. I doubt I'll be in the bar. Quite frankly, you probably won't find me.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Have you been up to the roof on the Baltic? Even if the kittiwakes have probably flown off to sea.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Not that I don't advocate spending your tourist money!

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Honestly, you're already getting the best view anyway. Prebands Bridge can be argued, but that doesn't feature the castle.

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Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

On holiday for FantasyCon and made it through my dentist check-up, so rewarding myself with a jam donut from Lidl. Truly I know how to live.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Shhh go quietly... a little Hedgehog is rustling through your feed. 🥹

A small Hedgehog nestles among a blanket of crisp autumn leaves, peering out with a gentle, curious expression as though happily exploring the woodland floor. Warm golden tones surround its tiny face and spiky coat, creating an irresistibly cosy autumn scene.

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