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Vera Brook

@verabrook.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist turned science fiction & fantasy #writer. Stories in Analog, Escape Pod, Cast of Wonders, Utopia SF, Radon. BSFA & BFS member. Based in Edinburgh. verabrook.com. she/her

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
#Glasgow Join us on 21st October at Waterstones Sauchiehall ST to celebrate #GSFWC40! We'll have copies of our new anthology, Haverin, plus readings, chat - maybe homemade tablet too. #Haverin features British Fantasy Award winners Christopher Caldwell, Jenni Coutts and more. Get your tickets now!
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Celebrating 40 Years of the GSFWC | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events 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.
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I just backed Personal Demons #tabletop game on #Kickstarter. A very last minute decision but the #game looks super creative & fun! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tet...
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Personal Demons
Join a therapy ritual to summon and conquer your inner demons in this spatial puzzler game for 1-4 players.
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I just happily backed An Expression of Silence: A Short Fiction Collection by Beth Goder on #Kickstarter. 🎉 Beth is a fantastic writer, and I’m thrilled to snatch an entire collection of her stories to binge (re)read! ✨📚✨ @bethgoder.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/bet...
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An Expression of Silence: A Short Fiction Collection
Beth Goder's debut collection of her celebrated short fiction, with accompanying author notes.
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Lorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A week tomorrow! Fifers assemble!
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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Thrilled to be sharing “My Favorite Bit” of my collection this morning on @maryrobinettekowal.com’s website. Thanks for having me Mary Robinette! I talk a little bit about disability, feminine strength, and post-apocalyptic worlds. Give it a read. maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-f...
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My Favorite Bit: P.A. Cornell talks about THE ASTRONAUT AMONG THE FLOWERS
P.A. Cornell is joining us today to talk about her collection, The Astronaut Among the Flowers and Other Stories. Here’s the publisher’s description: This debut collection by Nebula-nominated autho…
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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
🎥 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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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
APARTMENT WARS AND OTHER STORIES, my short story collection, is out. Ten character-driven stories spanning from #cyberpunk to #solarpunk to #cronepunk. Plus story notes & illustrations. Make my day and check it out? You might like it.
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!
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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
18 days left the Apex Magazine 2027 Kickstarter, and we're 45% of the way towards our goal! Just $1k more will get us to the halfway point, and then it's all downhill (uphill? Whichever metaphor sounds more relaxed and positive) from there! 💪 Donate below: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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Apex Magazine 2027
An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Let's help NIGHTMARE and LIGHTSPEED magazines get across the finish line on their Kickstarter!
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 12/10/2026
Bring out your dead, undead, mostly dead... and your mushrooms. 🍄💀 @diabolicalplots.com seeks speculative stories of rot, decay, undead creatures, fungi & mycelium. 📅 Oct. 18–25 💰 10¢/word 📝 ≤3,500 horrortree.com/taking-submi...
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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 12/10/2026
If you would like to read my British Fantasy Award winning story Shadow Jack, it is still up on @giganotosaurus.bsky.social for your enjoyment Note the content warnings! giganotosaurus.org/2025/05/01/s...
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Shadow Jack - GigaNotoSaurus
Content Note: aftermath of sacrifices, blood, body horror, offscreen abuse, suicide There is a hole in the wall by Shadow Jack’s bed. It is no bigger than a pin prick, and the wind that blows from it ...
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Clarkesworld is my favorite science fiction & fantasy magazine. I’ve supported them for several years, and it’s a great feeling. Join me if you can! Let’s keep a great thing going. ❤️📚❤️
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I am very happy to hear that!
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Hey. I just published my first short story collection, APARTMENT WARS AND OTHER STORIES. 🔹 10 stories from cyberpunk to solarpunk to cronepunk (9 previously pubbed in Analog, Escape Pod, Utopia SF etc.) 🔹 10 story notes 🔹 11 illustrations You might like it. @britfantasysoc.bsky.social #FantasyCon
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
My pleasure. It was a great topic & a great group.
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Likewise! We could have talked for a few more hours. I hope our paths cross again soon.
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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It me! It was a great panel ♡
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Yes! Older adults defying stereotypes and using their knowledge & experience to fight corruption & injustice & everything that’s wrong with the world. I learned the term from @catrambo.bsky.social.
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It was my absolute pleasure to moderate the panel on Climate and Eco Fiction. With thanks to my brilliant panelists, Lorraine Wilson, Brigid Lowe, and Joanne Hall, and to all the participants for joining us in the very last hour of #FantasyCon. 💚 @rainewilson.bsky.social @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
No. But there is locally-sourced 3D printing, plant engineering for post-flooding transport, reversing a psychobioweapon, and a new type of electroacupuncture, to name a few featured technologies.
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Perfect. Enjoy! 🙏
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Hey. I just published my first short story collection, APARTMENT WARS AND OTHER STORIES. 🔹 10 stories from cyberpunk to solarpunk to cronepunk (9 previously pubbed in Analog, Escape Pod, Utopia SF etc.) 🔹 10 story notes 🔹 11 illustrations You might like it. @britfantasysoc.bsky.social #FantasyCon
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
My pleasure. It was great to see you.
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I really enjoyed the panel on Creating Likeable Unlikeable Characters at #FantasyCon. Why do we end up loving the characters we are supposed to despise? And how to write them intentionally & well? A great discussion. @britfantasysoc.bsky.social @clhellisen.com
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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer @princejvstin.com · 11/10/2026
Congrats to @clhellisen.com @annabelcwrites.bsky.social @stephengrahamjones.com and all the winners!
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Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Happy launch to my two talented *British Fantasy Award-winning* pals @clhellisen.com and @annabelcwrites.bsky.social !! Love both of these books so much, and deserving of all the success ✨️🖤
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Come join us!
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
You are very welcome. (Also, I am moderating a panel on climate & eco fiction today at 3pm. So I am here till the end. 😁)
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Now in progress at #FantasyCon: the panel on Folk #Horror and Modern Life moderated by @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @britfantasysoc.bsky.social @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social #folkhorror
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
@tiffaniangus.bsky.social @emfaulds.com A great discussion of short fiction. Thank you!
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
How do short stories work? What can they do? The panel on The Structure of Short Stories is off to a great start at #FantasyCon. #writing #shortstories @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Black queer surfers. Black queer bank-robbers. Black queer sea monsters. Black queer sorcerers. Black queer rootworkers. Black queer sailors. Black queer saints. Black queer sinners. It’s Black! It’s queer! It’s Here! Now available! www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...
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Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock
A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....
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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Massive congratulations to our Christopher Caldwell on winning Best Collection for Call and Response, and to Jenni Coutts on winning Best Artist (a great way to mark her stepping down from BFS Horizons as art editor)! @seraph76.bsky.social @jennicoutts.bsky.social #Fantasycon #BFSawards
Christopher Caldwell is a short-haired black man in a snappy pink suit and tie standing next to a white brunette woman in a green cardy and dark dress. They are both smiling and holding framed awards.
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ann Landmann was also voted in as our new Secretary. Lots of exciting things on the horizon under our new management!
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
On behalf of the entire BFS community, we’d like to thank @shonak.bsky.social for her 5 years as Chair of the society. Shona stood down at today’s AGM, with @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social voted our new Chair.
David Green and Shona Kinsella at the BFS AGM
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And the award goes to Christopher Caldwell! @seraph76.bsky.social
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
First award: best collection. Nominees Dark Crescent, by Lyndsey Croal Call and Response, by Christopher Caldwell Wolf’s Path, by Joyce Chng Who Will You Save, by Gareth Powell Into Wrack and Ruin, by Benjamin Kurt Unsworth
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And the winner is Silk and Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora, accepted by Eliza Chan on behalf of Kristy Park Kulski
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Best anthology nominees: Lesbians in Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before, edited by JS Fields, William C Tracy and Heather Tracy Blood in the Bricks, Ed Neil Williamson This Way Lies Madness, Ed Dave Jeffrey and Lee Murray Silk and Sinew, Ed Kristy Park Kulski
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And the winner is Shadow Jack, CL Hellisen
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nominees for best short story: Godzilla As A Young Man Named Mike, E M Faulds Shadow Jack, CL Hellisen No One Knows the Old Ways Anymore and It Will Be The End of Everything, LJ McMenemy Down Street, James Bennett
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Now in progress at #FantasyCon: Does the World Need to Be Saved? Many plots revolve around saving the world, but what about letting it burn and rebuilding from scratch? The panelists discuss. @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Why the Allure of #Gothic in the 21st Century? A panel of writers is exploring it now at #FantasyCon. @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I just happily acquired two short story anthologies directly from Flame Tree Press at #FantasyCon in Glasgow. Creative Futures and #Solarpunk. The hardback editions are truly gorgeous! Cannot wait to dive in. ✨📚✨ @britfantasysoc.bsky.social #books #FlameTreePress #shortfiction #anthology
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The panel on Authentic Scottish Representation in SFFH now in progress at #FantasyCon in Glasgow. @britfantasysoc.bsky.social @gsfwc.bsky.social @edinburghsff.com #Scotland #writing @lyndseycroal.bsky.social
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The panel on Worldbuilding as a Slice of Life is about to start at FantasyCon in Glasgow. @britfantasysoc.bsky.social #writing #booksky
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The moderator & the panelists.
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