Gary McKay

Irish speculative fiction writer. PhD researcher exploring Gothic fiction and trauma @UlsterUni. Needs to eat less chocolate. He/Him.

[Gary McKay @garycmckay]

My @PodCastle_org story is live! 😍 I'm very grateful to Sarah McGowan for wonderfully narrating it and for @Shingaibelike's impeccable hosting! If you're in the mood for something festive, I hope you'll check it out! 🙂

[PodCastle @PodCastle_org]

#pc713 CANDY CANES, COMICS, AND CHRISTMAS by @garycmckay, narrated by Sarah McGowan. Originally published in "Underneath the Tree: Twelve Christmas stories from Writers in Northern Ireland". Hosted by your co-editor @Shingaibelike.

Rated PG. Merry Christmas!

[The Paperclip @ThePaperclipUU]

Tomorrow!

[English at Ulster @at_ulster]

English Students, Postgrads and PhDs
You are invited:
Creative Writing Workshop with Niamh McNally
Monday 21st October
I023 from 4.15-5.30, Coleraine Campus
In Association With Translink
RSVP [email protected]

[The Paperclip @ThePaperclipUU]

Join us on Tuesday October 29th from 5:30pm until 7:30pm for an exciting evening of readings to celebrate the launch of volume 4 of The Paperclip!

We'll be at the Atrium, in the I Block on UU's Coleraine Campus. If you’d like to attend, please email [email protected]

[Carolann North @DrCNorth]

Come along and hear some poetry from me & @NiamhyMcNally as part of @Translink_NI & @at_ulster Poetry in Motion collab! 🚌✍️💜
@UlsterUni

[Samuel Poots @pootsidoodle]

My flash story "She Keeps the Monsters Behind the Ice" is out now from @factorfourmag!
So cool to wake up this morning and find this waiting. Please check it out, and the other flash stories in this month's issue.
https://t.co/OluOnyuAp8

[Samuel Poots @pootsidoodle]

This Saturday, the Coleraine community can vote for the Rainey Day Fund
I'm working on TownTales Coleraine, a project to instil cross-community pride, unity, and creative empowerment for students via comics!
Please come and vote
#Coleraine
#Causeway
#housingforall

[Gary McKay @garycmckay]

@LawlietLollies So sorry for your and your family's loss, Lisa - sending you all love 💛

[Gary McKay @garycmckay]

@LawlietLollies So sorry, Lisa. Love to you and your family.

[The Paperclip @ThePaperclipUU]

Everyone who submitted their writing to us has been sent a response, so if you haven't received it, please check your email's spam folder.

[Dean Burnett (@drdeanburnett everywhere) @drdeanburnett]

"If you're under 25 your brain isn't fully developed, so you can't be trusted to make informed decisions"

I'm seeing this a LOT lately, especially today. And it's utter guff, based on hearsay, misunderstandings of neuroscience, or wilful ignorance.

Why? I'll tell you why

/1

[Gary McKay @garycmckay]

@LawlietLollies So so sorry to hear this, Lisa

Please let me know if there's anything I can do for you

[The Paperclip @ThePaperclipUU]

Submissions close today!

[The Paperclip @ThePaperclipUU]

The Paperclip closes for submissions this Thursday!

If you've been busy polishing your writing until it shines, now's the time to get it submitted!

Please direct all submissions to: https://t.co/yBh2wVgoPy

[Gary McKay @garycmckay]

@LawlietLollies We'll recreate it one of these days, though maybe with less shots!

[The Paperclip @ThePaperclipUU]

Deadline extended!

We're extending our submission window to the end of the month, so there's still plenty of time for you to polish your literary marvels!

Please direct all submissions to: https://t.co/yBh2wVgoPy

We can't wait to read your writing!

[Gary McKay @garycmckay]

@chronicleflask “Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.”

[Tenebrous Press @TenebrousPress]

Announcing THE SKULL & LAUREL, a Quarterly New Weird Fiction Magazine!
💀100% open subs; no invites
💀100% paid
💀Horror/Fantasy/SF/Speculative...just make it Weird.
Editor: @CHPenForHire
EIC: @AlexWoodroe
Crowdfunding begins March 12.
⬇️to be notified
https://t.co/nvcC15bW2y

[The Paperclip @ThePaperclipUU]

The Paperclip closes for submissions this Friday and we need your writing!

This is a brilliant opportunity to be published in an exciting collection showcasing the best of UU’s students, staff, and alumni.

Please direct all submissions to: https://t.co/yBh2wVgoPy

[Samuel Poots @pootsidoodle]

Thaddeus Addlington's Adventure Journal, a little character-sheet-style adventure journal tailored for new players, has just launched on Kickstarter!
It's a really cool booklet, a good way to take some of the pressure off while introducing people to RPGs.

https://t.co/V4lJ89MACS