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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks! I'm excited to read your piece too!

William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My poem, 'How I Discovered the Magic of Reading,' is out now in the anthology Cozy in the Apocalypse from @angrygablepress.bsky.social! I'm honoured to be a part of this fun project with so many other cool authors. Check it out over here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKF96XBY

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Cozy in the Apocalypse

Amazon.com: Cozy in the Apocalypse eBook : Lee, Chun Hyon, Borwein, Naomi Simone, Goder, Beth, Grech, Amy, McNish, Cliff, Anderson, Colleen, Kemske, Abigail, Davitt, Deborah, Pichette, Marisca, Satkunananthan, Anita: Tienda Kindle

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"I can't believe so many face eating leopards joined my party" says head of the "Yum yum delicious faces" faction.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My poem, 'Platypus Portal,' is now live at @foofarawpress.bsky.social! Check it out over here: foofaraw.press/platypus-por...

William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I enjoyed this review! Really captured what I liked so much about this book.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's just the red hair, I think. When I let it grow long I'd have little kids sing 'Shape of You' at me in the street. Little swines. When I cut my hair short, I get compared to Prince Harry. I can't bloody win.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've spent most of my life being told I look like him. Can't stand that git.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was all over once we found out Musk liked it.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My vampire haiku, 'Seduction,' is now live at Quotidian Bagatelle! Check it out over here: qb.foofaraw.press/seduction/

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Seduction

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thank you, that's very kind! I'll DM you if that's OK?

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Working on a thing about Donald A. Wollheim. Does anyone know anyone who could fact-check me on a biographical detail about his later life?

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Subscribe to Typebar so I can keep writing weird essays about science fiction books and immigration.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Reposting this for anyone who missed it; I'm so pleased to have this poem out in the world, and people have been very kind about it. It's still available to read at the Ancillary Review of Books!

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is cool as hell, I love those books.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Very pleased to see Thomas Ha's Hugo win. He's consistently put out thoughtful, challenging work. He deserves all the recognition we as a fandom can give him. (I guess I need to go and update "Gernsback's Grandchildren" now).

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My poem "Therapy Garden #739" is in the latest issue of SpecPoVerse! You can read the whole issue for free here: specpoverse.org/vol-2%2C-iss...

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Specpoverse

Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

But Doctor Who wished *me* a merry Christmas! How could he see into my house? What did this have to do the the Dalek Time Destructor? I have to know!!!

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Reposting this for anyone who missed it; I'm so pleased to have this poem out in the world, and people have been very kind about it. It's still available to read at the Ancillary Review of Books!

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thank you for sharing! I'm very proud of this piece, I'm glad people are enjoying it.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My poem, 'Gernsback’s Grandchildren; or, A History Of The Hugo Awards In Seventy Sentences' is now live at @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org! This poem took a lot of work to put together. I'm so excited to have it out in the world! You can read it over here: ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2026/08/21/g...

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Gernsback’s Grandchildren; or, A History Of The Hugo Awards In Seventy Sentences

William Shaw A poem composed of one sentence from every individual winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, 1955-2025. Let us not rely on the dubious assistance of Biblical characters.It is t…

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Re-upping for the Monday morning crowd: I read every winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and before I knew it, a poem happened. Check it out at the link below.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Re-upping for the Monday morning crowd: I read every winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and before I knew it, a poem happened. Check it out at the link below.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

And yes, I did read every individual winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story for this poem. It took me... a while. Feel free to ask me about my Hot Takes on your favourite stories!

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

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Gernsback’s Grandchildren; or, A History Of The Hugo Awards In Seventy Sentences

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Typebar Magazine (Issue 11 Out 10/26) @typebarmagazine.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"But every conversation, every document signed, every desultory email to our lawyer asking for updates, returned the same answer: Not Yet."

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On Waiting: The Heartbreak at the Center of Kim Bo-Young’s “I’m Waiting for You”

On the unfortunate fragility of love.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I'm very proud of this review. Amal El-Mohtar is one of my favourite contemporary writers, and I was thrilled to talk about her new collection.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I'm very proud of this review. Amal El-Mohtar is one of my favourite contemporary writers, and I was thrilled to talk about her new collection.

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Interstellar Flight Press @interstellarflight.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

At Interstellar Flight Mag, Will Shaw reviews Amal El-Mohtar's collection of short stories and poems all about love. magazine.interstella...

text reads Book review while El-Mohtar is loving, she is also clear-eyed; the collection explores reading as a site of sadness, pain, and ambivalence as well as simple pleasure. Image book cover seasons of glass and iron by amal el-mohtar new york times bestselling and award-winning author stories image of a wolf and hare jumping through a portal

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My review of Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar is now live at Interstellar Flight Magazine! You can read it over here: magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/a-book-about...

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A Book About Love

Review of Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Sounds like a good premise for an essay; I'd read it!

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

(There's like three of these reviews and they're all great).

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Just signed the contract, so I'm happy to announce that my poem, 'Fixing Me Up,' will appear in a future issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social! Very pleased to see this poem find a home. I hope people enjoy it once it's out!

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A mix of realism, fantasy, and light weird, but I enjoyed My Dear You by Rachel Khong.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The most fascinating and literatureworthy people in the world, I'm glad you agree.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I picked that up the other month! A delightful little comedy of manners.

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William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

"Secret slumming course" it's called appearing in Dr Who, have some respect.

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