@pippagoldschmidt
Hybrid sci-art ex-astronomer now-author. Writes fiction, poems, essays, reviews. Latest two are 'Deutschstunden' from CulturBooks and 'Schrödinger’s Wife (and other possibilities)' from Goldsmiths Press/Gold SF. https://www.pippagoldschmidt.co.uk
Happy World Book Day! Celebrating Alasdair Gray—novelist, artist and champion of Scottish and Glaswegian identity. Here is his self-portrait aged 16 (1951) writing at his desk, from his illustrated autobiography A Life in Pictures (2010).
Reform fury as someone else wins by Our By-election Editor Tim Shipsink The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost comprehensively to someone else. "It's totally unfair and rigged," said Goodwhinge. "I shouldn't be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost." Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me. Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X. "We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families." Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice. They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green." Reform leader Mr Farage, speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said, "It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either." PLUMBER DEFEATS MATT GOODWIN Photo of Hannah Spencer with speech bubble saying… I've stopped the cock
Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton.
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
Yes it's excellent. Engrossing and moving.
The submission window is now open to 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲, and 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬.
Guidelines are on the website. Link in bio.
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The Balkan Trilogy and the Levant Trilogy are some of my favourite books, the descriptions of place are fantastic and Manning seemed to know exactly how it felt to be a young soldier fighting in north Africa in WWII
Calling all writers of #mystery #southerngothic #darkhumor #offbeat & #literary #fiction! We are seeking short stories. Brown Hound Press is a new venture. We've come out of the gate strong and received a lot of early praise. We pay writers and we respond within 2 weeks.
brownhoundpress.com/submit
The best writing advice ever:
Glühbirne - literally "glow pear" aka lightbulb
Our thoughts about the Daily Mail.
This is amazing.
www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com
"Show what you looked like before you joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
Ukrainian Defenders share photos from before they joined the military and after.
📷: drewndel / Threads
anyone ever run across academic articles about the book Greenwitch
And again
“The guy did a great job for a competitive rate. I’m really pleased with it”
Morning Womble! I've just started to read '1599' by James Shapiro, a non fiction account of a momentous year in the life of Shakespeare
Far Side
Post from twitter on our @clarkesworld account from 11:48AM on Feb 20, 2023. "Submissions are currently closed. It shouldn't be hard to guess why."
Today is the 3rd slopiversary of us having to temporarily close submissions. The problem of "AI"-generated submissions hasn't gone away and is still a huge waste of our time. House policy remains the same: #noAI stories, translation, art, or anything else.
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This LGBT+ History Month we've curated another wonderful #poetry book trio to discover and enjoy.
Just £19.99 for 3 outstanding books by Amaan Hyder @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social and James McDermott
Explore the full Book Bundle collection:
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"After the day I've had there better be fucking cake"
Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.
Winter in the World by William Letford The old lady struggles, footsteps careful, leaving shuffle marks in the snow. No shopping bag, so maybe it’s church, and maybe not. Perhaps she is out for a walk, because she can, and the night is spare, and she is undiminished, and harder than bone.
The old lady struggles, footsteps careful, leaving shuffle marks in the snow…
—William Letford, “Winter in the World”
Published in BEVEL, @carcanet.bsky.social 2012
#bookologythursday #poem #poetry
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Free Flash Competition (Fiction /CNF)
@theprideroars.bsky.social
Free to enter
Open to all women writers
1000 words max
Submissions via google form 14/2-28/2 or until we reach our cap.
Publication for 3 winning stories
1 writer to be invited to join the Pride.
Results within 3 months
A photo of a glass and some cutlery in a washing up bowl. Moderately interesting optical distortions caused by the glass but it really is as boring as it sounds
Am so bored of being ill I'm reduced to taking photos of the washing up
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Me: I've finally finished several pieces of work that all needed to be delivered in the past few weeks and I can relax! Go for walks! Do some art! See some friends!
My body: here's a nice little virus I've been saving up just for this week
We must preserve the solid Scots-Irish American culture of the MacHopi and FitzCree clans.
A collection of six ominous bird valentines set against a background of pink hearts. In the first one, a Canada Goose looks angry and hisses and the text says "Baby, I'll make you fall head over heels if you approach within 10m of my nest." In the second, an American white pelican opens its mouth to eat the reader and the text says "There are plenty of fish in the sea, but I want this one." In the third valentine, a Black Vulture looks suspiciously at the reader and the text says "I will love you until you die. And after that, I'll love you even more." A Southern Cassowary stands proudly against the heart-covered background. The text says "My wattles are red. My head is blue. My deadly reputation has been somewhat overblown, but I'd kill for you." In the fifth valentine, a Northern Giant-Petrel stands open-billed next to a large brown furry object, and the text says "Let's seal the deal by sharing a 3000 kg elephant seal carcass." In panel 6, a happy-looking Bearded Vulture holds a bone in its beak, and the text says "I love every part of you, especially your bones."
Ominous bird valentines.
