EC Hallewell
@echallewell.bsky.social
Writer of stories, dreamer of dreams, parent of child, and so on...
I like shiny things 🌟
@em.h.writes.things on Instagram 🦋
I like shiny things 🌟
@em.h.writes.things on Instagram 🦋
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EC Hallewell
@echallewell.bsky.social
· Jan 29
Thought I'd best do an intro, since people seem to do that...
I'm Em (they/them), probably mostly here as a writer of sad, slightly strange, queer and genderqueer sff. I also heard there's some great DS9 chat around...
Here's a picture of me looking somewhat hungover and in an awful mood 😄
I'm Em (they/them), probably mostly here as a writer of sad, slightly strange, queer and genderqueer sff. I also heard there's some great DS9 chat around...
Here's a picture of me looking somewhat hungover and in an awful mood 😄
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Wait. So my elderly uncle *shouldn't* have been arrested for peacefully protesting genocide?
Le fucking gasp.
#FreePalestine
Le fucking gasp.
#FreePalestine
Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban
February 13, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Wait. So my elderly uncle *shouldn't* have been arrested for peacefully protesting genocide?
Le fucking gasp.
#FreePalestine
Le fucking gasp.
#FreePalestine
My phone just deleted all 170 of my notes without warning. And when I tried to undo, the app crashed
I am bereft
I am bereft
February 13, 2026 at 7:20 AM
My phone just deleted all 170 of my notes without warning. And when I tried to undo, the app crashed
I am bereft
I am bereft
Someone was just asking if I really am an assassin for hire, and then I woke up
I think I would make a good assassin. No one would ever suspect me
I think I would make a good assassin. No one would ever suspect me
February 13, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Someone was just asking if I really am an assassin for hire, and then I woke up
I think I would make a good assassin. No one would ever suspect me
I think I would make a good assassin. No one would ever suspect me
Enough gloom. Have some snowdrops
[Water of Leith, Edinburgh]
[Water of Leith, Edinburgh]
February 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Enough gloom. Have some snowdrops
[Water of Leith, Edinburgh]
[Water of Leith, Edinburgh]
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A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 9:30 PM
A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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We're pleased as punch to see our E.M. Faulds' short story 'Hand of Fire' in Best of British Science Fiction 2025! Out on 17th April from NewCon Press, preorders are open now.
@bethkesh.bsky.social
@bethkesh.bsky.social
Delighted to share the full ToC for Best of British Science Fiction 2025. Pre-orders now available on the Newcon Press website! www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
February 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
We're pleased as punch to see our E.M. Faulds' short story 'Hand of Fire' in Best of British Science Fiction 2025! Out on 17th April from NewCon Press, preorders are open now.
@bethkesh.bsky.social
@bethkesh.bsky.social
In other news, I have written 74 fresh words today
Let's gooo 😅
Let's gooo 😅
February 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
In other news, I have written 74 fresh words today
Let's gooo 😅
Let's gooo 😅
I filled in the 'earned settlement' consultation! It was not hard to answer these questions and have my say in the comments boxes...
Please take 10 to 20 minutes to fill this thing in if you're not in favour of kicking people when they're down
Consultation link: www.gov.uk/government/c...
Please take 10 to 20 minutes to fill this thing in if you're not in favour of kicking people when they're down
Consultation link: www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
February 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
I filled in the 'earned settlement' consultation! It was not hard to answer these questions and have my say in the comments boxes...
Please take 10 to 20 minutes to fill this thing in if you're not in favour of kicking people when they're down
Consultation link: www.gov.uk/government/c...
Please take 10 to 20 minutes to fill this thing in if you're not in favour of kicking people when they're down
Consultation link: www.gov.uk/government/c...
Exciting!!
Atomic Coffin by @benedictanning.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/rights/trans...
If Philip K Dick and Stephen King had a lovechild at the height of Cold War tensions, it would look something like this book.
GET THIS ONE ON YOUR TBRs
Trust me
www.thebookseller.com/rights/trans...
If Philip K Dick and Stephen King had a lovechild at the height of Cold War tensions, it would look something like this book.
GET THIS ONE ON YOUR TBRs
Trust me
Transworld acquires debut Cold War horror novel by Benedict Anning
Transworld, a division of Penguin Random House UK, has acquired Atomic Coffin, the debut novel by Benedict Anning.
www.thebookseller.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Exciting!!
Why am I watching people slide very fast down an icy tube...?
February 11, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Why am I watching people slide very fast down an icy tube...?
This.
"Refusing is actually the more hopeful expansive vision of the future."
We don't have to accept AI. We don't have to accept technology that is being created so that the powers that be can treat us inhumanely.
The future is not settled.
We don't have to accept AI. We don't have to accept technology that is being created so that the powers that be can treat us inhumanely.
The future is not settled.
More people should listen to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This.
Oh I actually kind of love this
We need more of the exaggerated and the absurd
We need more of the exaggerated and the absurd
Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
February 11, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Oh I actually kind of love this
We need more of the exaggerated and the absurd
We need more of the exaggerated and the absurd
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beautifully written, E C Hallewell's Down by the Tumbling Stream is worth a read.
Busy day at the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast! We have a double fiction episode, finishing the stories bought last year, and it's the last day to submit stories for this year!
Down By the Tumbling Stream by E C Hallewell
Where You Go by Jennifer Nestojko
alpennia.com/blog/lesbian...
Down By the Tumbling Stream by E C Hallewell
Where You Go by Jennifer Nestojko
alpennia.com/blog/lesbian...
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 334 – Fiction Double-Header: Down By the Tumbling Stream by E C Hallewell & Where You Go by Jennifer Nestojko | Alpennia
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 334 - Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 334 – Fiction Double-Header: Down By the Tumbling Stream by E C Hallewell & Where You Go by Jennifer Nestojko - tr...
alpennia.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:28 AM
beautifully written, E C Hallewell's Down by the Tumbling Stream is worth a read.
Dreamed about stuffing my face with chocolates for breakfast in a fancy hotel. Reality feels a little disappointing now
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Dreamed about stuffing my face with chocolates for breakfast in a fancy hotel. Reality feels a little disappointing now
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I love some of the bland inanity of Olympic commentating
"You get what you get given and that's what you've got to work with."
Fascinating insights 😄 But I'm having fun
"You get what you get given and that's what you've got to work with."
Fascinating insights 😄 But I'm having fun
February 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I love some of the bland inanity of Olympic commentating
"You get what you get given and that's what you've got to work with."
Fascinating insights 😄 But I'm having fun
"You get what you get given and that's what you've got to work with."
Fascinating insights 😄 But I'm having fun
I do like the sycafawn and this plant-deer is also my friend
Also if you liked the sycafawn, I did another tiny plant-deer here 😊
The bluebells are coming out again, looks like it's time to repost this drawing of a Bluejac from the Flowerpunk universe!
They are only tiny, about 20cm in height.
#Flowerpunk #Art
They are only tiny, about 20cm in height.
#Flowerpunk #Art
February 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I do like the sycafawn and this plant-deer is also my friend
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Read that article about the """writer""" generating 200 books a year with AI and needless to say, I had THOUGHTS
Writers Who Use AI Are Not Real Writers
Dorothy Parker famously (but probably not really) said, “I hate to write, but I love having written,” which is a sentiment I don’t largely understand or agree with in the broader …
terribleminds.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Read that article about the """writer""" generating 200 books a year with AI and needless to say, I had THOUGHTS
:)
“I cried when I saw them released. Luckily it was raining so much you couldn’t tell the difference between my tears and the rain" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A beaver blind date’: animals given freedom to repopulate Cornish rivers
Release into Helman Tor reserve marks historical first for keystone species hunted to extinction in UK 400 years ago
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:59 PM
:)
I would like a little sycafawn friend. I think it would like to travel around on my hand when its wings for tired, so it could explore further afield
Doodled up a little #Flowerpunk species, the sycafawn!
One of the tiniest members of the unguligrowth group of magical creatures, they reach a height of just a few inches. They live in and around sycamore trees as the name suggests, disguising themselves as seeds.
#Art #CreatureDesign
One of the tiniest members of the unguligrowth group of magical creatures, they reach a height of just a few inches. They live in and around sycamore trees as the name suggests, disguising themselves as seeds.
#Art #CreatureDesign
February 9, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I would like a little sycafawn friend. I think it would like to travel around on my hand when its wings for tired, so it could explore further afield
I was shy about sharing this, but I do think it's a rather nice story
It is, in fact, my first ever short story publication!
I've been rather touched (and occasionally embarrassed) by the positive reactions from people who don't even *have* to say nice things about my writing
It is, in fact, my first ever short story publication!
I've been rather touched (and occasionally embarrassed) by the positive reactions from people who don't even *have* to say nice things about my writing
Busy day at the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast! We have a double fiction episode, finishing the stories bought last year, and it's the last day to submit stories for this year!
Down By the Tumbling Stream by E C Hallewell
Where You Go by Jennifer Nestojko
alpennia.com/blog/lesbian...
Down By the Tumbling Stream by E C Hallewell
Where You Go by Jennifer Nestojko
alpennia.com/blog/lesbian...
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 334 – Fiction Double-Header: Down By the Tumbling Stream by E C Hallewell & Where You Go by Jennifer Nestojko | Alpennia
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 334 - Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 334 – Fiction Double-Header: Down By the Tumbling Stream by E C Hallewell & Where You Go by Jennifer Nestojko - tr...
alpennia.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I was shy about sharing this, but I do think it's a rather nice story
It is, in fact, my first ever short story publication!
I've been rather touched (and occasionally embarrassed) by the positive reactions from people who don't even *have* to say nice things about my writing
It is, in fact, my first ever short story publication!
I've been rather touched (and occasionally embarrassed) by the positive reactions from people who don't even *have* to say nice things about my writing
This is pleasant news :)
The horticulturists are busy bringing the palms and 800 plants back to the Palmhouses @thebotanics.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This is pleasant news :)
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Sigh
First of all, what a sad c*nt.
Second, she’s not a writer no matter how many books she vomits out. I’m not in competition with her. None of us writers are in competition with her. It’s not a contest. Writing isn’t a race it’s a process, it’s creativity, & she’ll never become one doing this.
First of all, what a sad c*nt.
Second, she’s not a writer no matter how many books she vomits out. I’m not in competition with her. None of us writers are in competition with her. It’s not a contest. Writing isn’t a race it’s a process, it’s creativity, & she’ll never become one doing this.
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Sigh
First of all, what a sad c*nt.
Second, she’s not a writer no matter how many books she vomits out. I’m not in competition with her. None of us writers are in competition with her. It’s not a contest. Writing isn’t a race it’s a process, it’s creativity, & she’ll never become one doing this.
First of all, what a sad c*nt.
Second, she’s not a writer no matter how many books she vomits out. I’m not in competition with her. None of us writers are in competition with her. It’s not a contest. Writing isn’t a race it’s a process, it’s creativity, & she’ll never become one doing this.
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Your Sunday morning long read ⬇️
If you’re not trans and you think trans people protest too much…
I’m the mother of Alice a trans woman who died by suicide…
this stuff matters…mainstream media isn’t reporting it because they’re complicit in it…
Here’s why trans people and allies alike protest…
If you’re not trans and you think trans people protest too much…
I’m the mother of Alice a trans woman who died by suicide…
this stuff matters…mainstream media isn’t reporting it because they’re complicit in it…
Here’s why trans people and allies alike protest…
I've written a blog aimed at cis ppl, on the recent revelations of rising trans suicide rates since NHS England removed gender affirming care for u18s, in particular about my involvement with trying to seek the truth and the trauma the gaslighting by Appleby, Streeting, Cass and the media causes.
Trans youth suicide - the truth we've always known. What it means to me and what I've been doing about it.
Last week Queer AF broke a story that revealed the suicide rate in trans under eighteens is around fourteen times higher than you might expect from census data.As the parent of Alice a trans woman who...
www.carolinelitman.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Your Sunday morning long read ⬇️
If you’re not trans and you think trans people protest too much…
I’m the mother of Alice a trans woman who died by suicide…
this stuff matters…mainstream media isn’t reporting it because they’re complicit in it…
Here’s why trans people and allies alike protest…
If you’re not trans and you think trans people protest too much…
I’m the mother of Alice a trans woman who died by suicide…
this stuff matters…mainstream media isn’t reporting it because they’re complicit in it…
Here’s why trans people and allies alike protest…