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THIS PARADISE: Short stories @bhousepress // // Shortlisted Edge Hill Prize 2020; Longlisted Orwell Prize 2020 // I am on Bsky //

[Ruby Cowling's not here ⛅🌧⛈ @rubycowling]

Thanks to my ace publisher @bhousepress for keeping it real in the paradise that is Jubilee Britain. This book might be for you if you're interested in what @badaude called 'the unsteady pulse of the suppurating British body politic' - and other fun stuff https://t.co/66479gqAyI

[Livi @LiviMichael]

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@StevieLMarsden @polyscribe2

[Ruby Cowling's not here ⛅🌧⛈ @rubycowling]

@LNER Many thanks for getting back to me. I see the 10.03 from KGX arr Leeds 12.16 is cancelled though, this looks ominous to me... would it have become the 12.45 Leeds-KGX train - i.e. will there be a knock-on cancellation for that service?

[Ruby Cowling's not here ⛅🌧⛈ @rubycowling]

@LNER Hi there, how bad is it currently at Leeds, genuinely? Hard to tell from online updates whether it's worth attempting to get the 12.45 to KX that I'm booked on. Is anything at all running leeds-doncaster? Thanks

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@KatyaTaylor What the actual.

[Hingston & Olsen @hingstonolsen]

It’s December 1! To officially kick off the 2024 Short Story Advent Calendar, here’s a story about librarians, patrons, and one unusual musical instrument, from Robin Sloan. https://t.co/Z9wWbZOcqW #ssac2024

[Cōnfingō Publishing @Confingo]

ANNOUNCEMENT! The Brutalist Ghost Stories project includes an Arts Council England-funded Emerging Writer Programme, and Confingo is looking to recruit three early stage writers for mentoring and help to contribute to an anthology of short uncanny fiction. https://t.co/3HIYQN30Vu

[Ruby Cowling's not here ⛅🌧⛈ @rubycowling]

@carrie_walsh_ Ha ha, it definitely has that vibe. Things will go dark enough soon enough, since "wherever we go, there we are" (people, that is). At least it's Muskless; that's my reason for shifting that way.

[Ruby Cowling's not here ⛅🌧⛈ @rubycowling]

@seeadarkness @PeirenePress @cialetras @NewDirections @CBL_oficial @BPublishers @GrantaMag Fantastic! Well deserved; wonderful book.

[LondonLitLab @londonlitlab]

Bring along your problem story: the one that never seems to be finished, or gets rejected, or refuses to do what it is told, and practise working through drafts, problem-solving and polishing up with Ruby’s guidance and encouragement. #shortstories #writers #writingcommunity

[LondonLitLab @londonlitlab]

A few places left on this brilliant course

[Ruby Cowling's not here ⛅🌧⛈ @rubycowling]

@beingvarious @NaomiWoodBooks @YanGeMay Dream ticket - wish I could!

[Ruby Cowling's not here ⛅🌧⛈ @rubycowling]

My @londonlitlab short story Bootcamp course is back! Postponed due to illness but now raring to go, this course is somehow both leisurely (lots of writing/breathing/thinking time) and intense (lots of feedback & food for thought). I'd love to have you🫵https://t.co/CJcfGZwrUa

[Ruby Cowling's not here ⛅🌧⛈ @rubycowling]

@VickyGrut @MastersReview Congrats, Vicky!

[Ruby Cowling's not here ⛅🌧⛈ @rubycowling]

@tomconagh @pattonoswalt ... Was that a Ratatouille joke?

[Ruby Cowling's not here ⛅🌧⛈ @rubycowling]

(*Trying not to hyperventilate*) Thank you so much @pattonoswalt - 5 months later - missed this at the time...
As it happens, film rights remain available 🎞️🌪️

[Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt]

@notcapnamerica “Wet Pain” Terence Taylor
“Dolan’s Cadillac” Stephen King
“The Chaser” John Collier
“The Quest for ‘Blank Claveringi’” Patricia Highsmith
“This Paradise” Ruby Cowling
“A Toy for Juliette” Robert Bloch

[Ruby Cowling's not here ⛅🌧⛈ @rubycowling]

@nhealey Well, yes... but writing proper people with proper accents is always a struggle and I want to do some learning!

[Ruby Cowling's not here ⛅🌧⛈ @rubycowling]

Can you name contemporary writers who "do" Yorkshire dialect well (i.e. without sounding like the old duffer out of Wuthering Heights)? Even if it's just a hint of dialect.

[Ruby Cowling's not here ⛅🌧⛈ @rubycowling]

@ailsacox Thanks - I wondered about Ross Raisin, but (shamefully)
haven't read him yet.

[Ruby Cowling's not here ⛅🌧⛈ @rubycowling]

@lunatejournal Always leave them wanting more! Thanks for everything you've put into the six issues - I've got some idea what it takes. Those six brilliant publications made the world better.