GUYS! The sequel to THE OUTCAST MAGE is coming out THIS YEAR!
Book 2 of The Shattered Lands is going to be called THE VOID DRAGON, and despite everything IS COMING OUT THIS YEAR.
THE VOID DRAGON will be out October 2026 and you can PRE-ORDER NOW. Come on an adventure with me!
It's finally here! A Million Points of Light, the sequel to The Shape of Monster, is now live.
Get more of that woke cannibal erotica you e been craving ;)
Or, yanno, mages and monsters and betrayal.
Listen to A Million Points of Light by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0GMRMJTR...
Image of First Mage on The Moon book by Cameron Johnston with a rusty magical rocketship on the night-sky blue cover.
The pre-order sale at @waterstones.bsky.social is on now, and FIRST MAGE ON THE MOON (out April 14th) is part of it!
Enter FEB26 at the checkout to receive 25% off the pre-order price.
Offer ends at 23:59 on 20th February.
www.waterstones.com/book/first-m...
A police procedural in an alternative history Britain split between Celts, Saxons and the Norse? I'm looking forward to this event in Glasgow, come along if you fancy finding out more.
The #BSFA Awards longlist is out - and the GSFWC are all over it! Christopher Caldwell, Jenni Coutts, E.M. Faulds and Neil Williamson are all up for awards this year. Incoming..
@seraph76.bsky.social @jennicoutts.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @bsfa.bsky.social (1/)
That's a lovely idea!
A small green bird perched on a metal bar turns its head towards the camera. Pic by George Kelsey.
Want to help this wee fella? Make sure you regularly clean your bird feeders, tables and baths. Greenfinches have suffered a major population decline in the UK over the last couple of decades, caused by a disease called Trichomonosis that spreads at feeders.
📸 Lovely shot by George Kelsey.👏
“That's where the real power comes from, when you work with others to create change yourself.”
The latest issue of @theskinnymag.bsky.social looks ahead to Scotland's Climate March in Glasgow this Saturday!
Read more 👇
www.theskinny.co.uk/intersection...
#FridayFocus #RLSDay Happy 175th Birthday Robert Louis Stevenson 📖 '“You start a question, and it's like starting a stone. You sit quietly on the top of a hill; and away the stone goes, starting others...”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 📘 #silicasun 💐📗❤️
A split graphic. On the left the book cover for a horror anthology, Blood In The Bricks, depicts a sinister figure with a rat's head standing in a dirty lane with a spray can in his hand. The tones are yellow and brown with splashes of red. On the right, "Nineteen chilling tales of urban folk horror" and several glowing endorsement quotes.
It's officially launch day for Blood In The Bricks! It's folk horror, but right here in our towns and cities, written by some of my absolute favourite contemporary writers. Get it now (or They'll pay you a visit).
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
THE BACCHAE IS GOING ON TOUR!
We're hitting the road across Scotland in 2026, starting at Citizens Theatre and reaching Aberdeen, Dumfries & Galloway, Edinburgh, Melrose, Peebles, Stirling, and Orkney, plus more dates to come!
Check out our website for info!
companyofwolves.org/projects/the...
Happy book launch day! ✨🎉
It’s out!!! It’s left the nest!!!
Available now in paperback and ebook! 😭😭
Thank you for sharing! 😊
A red squirrel perching on a tree stump. A grey squirrel poking its head out from behind a tree. The Great Scottish Squirrel Survey logo is in the top left corner and the Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels logo is in the top right corner. Credit SSRS
Seen a squirrel? Red or grey? In a wood or elsewhere? Help @scotsquirrels.bsky.social by taking part in the #GreatScottishSquirrelSurvey. Report your sightings 6 to 12 Oct ↩️ buff.ly/M2ORzHn
Marker drawing of a Pink-necked Green Pigeon, shown with 3 Copic markers next to the drawing
#Birdtober Day 6: Pink-necked Green Pigeon
The prompt was just "Green Pigeon" so I picked my favorite one. He looks like an ice cream 🍦 They also have a very neat bicolored iris!
#Birdtober2025 is hosted by Andrea Holmes
#BirdArt #SciArt #Copic #dailyartchallenge #ArtYear #FineArt #AnimalArt
My new story is out in The Pink Hydra today! www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/02022...
An image of Jane Goodall and a chimpanzee, from 1965. Photo courtesy CBS Photo Archive / Getty.
The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
Scary news A:
I've finally moved from Substack to Patreon (losing all my subscribers as a result 😱).
If you've ever enjoyed my articles please come subscribe - All my craft and publishing posts are always free because accessibility matters, so I'd love any boosts too🖤
patreon.com/LorraineWilson
Great to see my next book is now up on Goodreads with an actual cover instead of that blank, beige placeholder square.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Hmm, maybe today is the day you put this in your earholes instread:
podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...
Happy 71st Anniversary of the Hunt for the Gorbals Vampire, when school children gathered at Glasgow's Southern Necropolis to seek out the rumoured kidnapper of small boys!
Read our Cameron Johnston's take on the legend, Surviving Life, at the link below.
@cameronjohnston.bsky.social
Bravo to Bernadine Evaristo for setting up the RSL Pioneer Prize for older women writers, and for naming the working-class-born playright, poet, novelist, nonfiction writer, and activist Maureen Duffy as its first recipient.
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
A dark green graphic shows two book covers. Ragwort by Sam K Horton, shows an apparently human skull with small antlers growing from it, and small yellow flowers blooming from it. Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella, shows two women in 18th century highland dress standing back to back in a field, surrounded by the looming presence of straw men. Text on the graphic reads: Waterstones Argyle Street, Thursday 20th November, 7pm. Sam K Horton and Shona Kinsella, in conversation with Meg MacDonald
It's two months until publication and events are starting to open for tickets! I'm so very excited to be talking with Sam K Horton @samkhorton.bsky.social and Meg Macdonald @megintransition.bsky.social in November
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k...
The new 2025 cover for Witches of Merchant City. It is drawn with fine black lineart with teal rumbling clouds in the background on a starry night. The protagonist, Holly Winter, stands in front of the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow City Centre, her leather jacket swirling behind her as golden magic crackles from her hands.
COVER EVOLUTION!!
With the release of the sequel incoming, WITCHES OF MERCHANT CITY has gotten a brand new cover drawn by the inimitable @jennicoutts.bsky.social!
Look at it!! *grabby hands*
A Common Blue butterfly is perched on heather against a pink background. Text overlay reads "Get out for the count" with Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count logo above it. In the bottom right corner, the text reads 'exclusive media partner' with BBC Countryfile Magazine logo. Photo credit Matt Berry
The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is here and butterflies need our help 🦋🚨
This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved.
No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️
Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
😎 It's set to be a scorcher this weekend so while you are slathering on the sun cream take a moment to think how the wildlife is coping with the heat too 🐝
Here are some things you can do to help wildlife this summer 💚
This is the kind of maths that I like, looking forward to reading this!
Promo post on blue and black ground. An image of the cover of THE SHAPE OF MONSTERS, featuring two silhouetted figures against a chaotic void filled with blue and red light. There is a suggestion of eyes peering down at them from the dark. Text on cover reads: Audible Original, The Shape of Monsters, CL Hellisen. Above the image is the line Like. Share. Win.
I have copies of my brand new audio book The Shape of Monsters to give away!
All you need to do is like and share this post, and I'll enter you into Friday's draw.
Book details here: (link fixed) www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Shape...
A trope novel graphic, with the cover of The Shape of Monsters by CL Hellisen in the centre. Around it are the phrases family secrets, the slowest slowburn in existence, divination & sacrifice, betrayal & revenge, dead things that don't stay dead, totally normal relationships yessir, decaying gothic mansions, magic & darkness, sibling rivalry, and terrible bargains.
So yeah it's Monsters day!
Inject direct into your ear holes at www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1M
