t. h. dray ♠️

a peaceful place | British Fantasy Award Short Story Finalist | Best of British SciFi 21 |

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[t. h. dray ♠️ @thdray1]

Normal Monday.

Find out I'm shortlisted for a British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story.

Find out lots of great people are also on the list.

Excellent Monday.

[Lindz McLeod @lindzmcleod]

⭐️⭐️GIVEAWAY TIME⭐️⭐️
To celebrate the official launch of my debut novel, Beast, I'm giving away three bundles of signed books FOR FREE.
One copy of my collection AND one copy each of the Dark Side of Purity prose/poetry volume and graphic novel volume.

Like and RT to enter!

[Lindz McLeod @lindzmcleod]

Before FantasyCon, Z and I wandered around Birmingham and into a lovely 2nd hand bookstore which raises money for charity. I donated a copy of Turducken and, unexpectedly, they put this incredible review on Instagram!

[Lyndsey Croal @writerlynds]

Happy October!! I've been working on a dark wee literary treat in time for my favourite season...!👀📖

NEVER GONE & other tiny haunts - seven tales of ghosts and hauntings! 👻🖤

Out now and free to download here: https://t.co/wnovmaFImh

[Lindz McLeod @lindzmcleod]

Okay so I've had three Best of the Net noms this year, check them out! 👁️🕳️👁️
- 'Overstory' at @havehadhavehad https://t.co/i2kjGngM9R
- 'Half Sestina' at @havehadhavehad
https://t.co/M98uT80j25
- 'Shark Facts My Grandma Told Me' at @icebreakers_lit https://t.co/QsqAaj4BkG

[Hex/ther Valentine @HextherVVV]

The first chapter of No Major Glitches, a romance story about rival speedrunners, is now available to read on:

Wordpress https://t.co/1DVObZUEPS

Ao3 https://t.co/yOTrCVV8fM

WattPad https://t.co/FsoqRkH3SV

Updates Sundays, full content notes on WordPress.

[Manchester City of Literature @MCRCityofLit]

We're so thrilled to announce three artists who have been selected for the inaugural @WordsofColour #PoetsofColourIncubator: @Pabitez, @ilishadoespoetry and @jpaknelson.

Congratulations, poets! Here's to the next 12 months of the project🌟

@McrPoetryLib
https://t.co/5sv2eq7j7H

[Glasgow Science Fiction Writers' Circle - Archived @GSFWC]

Edited by our own @shona_kinsella and featuring a new tale from our @thdray1, check out the new anthology 'Portraits of Patriarchs' at the link below!

[Jen 'mostly updates only, alas' Williams @sennydreadful]

TALONSISTER is here! ❤️ It's always special to hold the first copy of your book in your hands, and Talonsister is an especially tactile delight - my first standard edition hardback fantasy book, she's chonky and compact and just lovely to hold in your hands??

[t. h. dray ♠️ @thdray1]

@SianEOHara I love it! 💛

[t. h. dray ♠️ @thdray1]

Honoured to share a ToC with a bunch of *fantastic* writers for the good cause of raising money to fund a sponsored place at the Gladstone's retreat. The BFS is also giving a platform to Sage Lyons, the young trans artist who designed the cover as one of his first commissions!

[Lyndsey Croal @writerlynds]

Can I interest you in...double story publication day 👀

First up, a Sleeping Beauty reimagining in space, "Sleep Well, My Prince" in @lunaquarterly 👩‍🚀🚀 https://t.co/xtS3cBnbcd

And, a dark cosmic communication tale "Sugarspun" in @hexagonmagazine! ✨️👾 https://t.co/8q8J0cLsn0

[Solaris Books @Solarisbooks]

We're delighted to announce the acquisition of WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST by @raine_clouds!

The internet is dead, and a worldless young boy is entrusted into Katerina's care as rumours of harvest failure and a digital disease start to swirl.

➡️ https://t.co/YoNqCyq3qF

[t. h. dray ♠️ @thdray1]

@Solarisbooks @raine_clouds Oh my goodness! Huge congrats and I am very excited to read 🥳✨️

[Angela Cleland @AngelaCleland]

Can’t wait for this from @neilwilliamson - “CHARLIE SAYS is a sizzling urban folk horror novella that resurrects the universal dread of 1970s British public information films…” - yes please! 💀⚡️🪁⚡️🥏💀

[Bella Pagan @BellaPagan]

If you love cosy fantasy or want to find out just how cosy it really is (…very) @DavidGreenWrite has written a fantastic guide here. Features authors such as @TravisBaldree,
@RebeccaThorne42, @GenevieveCogman and more! 🫖📚🤩https://t.co/XhSgPiBdrj @panmacmillan @UKTor

[Glasgow Science Fiction Writers' Circle - Archived @GSFWC]

Congratulations to everyone on the British Fantasy Award shortlists - but especially to our own @NeilWilliamson (Best Short Fiction), E.M. Faulds (@bethkesh, Best Collection), @Jenni_Coutts (Best Artist) and @Shona_Kinsella (Best Non-fiction and Best Short Fiction)!

[t. h. dray ♠️ @thdray1]

Amazing finalists this year.

[SCKA @SCKAwards]

We've nominated, we've read, we've ruminated, we've deliberated - and we've come to some initial chaotic conclusions! The Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards jurors are delighted to announce this year’s finalists!

#SCKA #SubjectiveChaos #SFF #Awards #Finalists