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Leigh Loveday
@leighloveday.bsky.social
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Another writer fleeing Twitter. 30 years of videogame-adjacent scrawling and also, these days, weird short stories. Pics of cats, books and foxes likely.
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Leigh Loveday @leighloveday.bsky.social · Dec 31
2024 publications round-up time! Settle in, you love it, I did an image and everything. Listed from long to short and then slapped on top of a photo taken from my back door, with links and word counts further down the thread: 🪐📚
2024 publications by Leigh Loveday. Stories listed are Bad Lore in Mobius Blvd magazine; Playthings and The Choosing One in the Wyrms 2 anthology; Testimony co-written with Salena Casha at Icebreakers Lit; Yes, Drain Minister at Silly Goose Press; The Unknown Life of Luíza at Trash Cat Lit; Put the Knife Down at Bullshit Lit; Bell Clapper, c. 2200 BC at Voidspace; Eight Sins at Paragraph Planet
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Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!

So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale

Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
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HEARTBREAK INCORPORATED Alex de Campi GOTHIKANA Runyx BLESS YOUR HEART and ANOTHER FINE MESS Lindy Ryan THE HACIENDA, VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE and THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ Isabel Canas IF FOUND, RETURN TO HELL and THE DEATH I GAVE HIM Em X. Liu SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER and SAINT DEATH'S HERALD C. S. E. Cooney THE IMMORTALITY THIEF Taran Hunt WANDERERS Chuck Wendig SINOPHAGIA edited Xueting C. Ni GORSE and RAGWORT Sam K. Horton WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST and THE SALT ORACLE Lorraine Wilson THE NEEDFORE MK Hardy RED RABBIT Alex Grecian THE DARK BETWEEN THE TREES by Fiona Benson THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD, THE GRIEF OF STONES, THE TOMB OF DRAGONS and A THEORY OF HAUNTING Katherine Addison THE LIAR OF RED VALLEY Walter Goodwater THE VENGEANCE Emma Newman SIGN HERE Claudia Lux BENEATH THE RISING, A BROKEN DARKNESS, THE VOID ASCENDANT and THESE LIFELESS THINGS Premee Mohamed NORDIC VISION ed. by Margret THE RITUAL CRIME UNIT THE HIDDEN LEGION and THE SILENT EMPEROR by Snorri Kristjansson
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
leighloveday.bsky.social
A real bargain and a total of *counts carefully* an absolute spaffload of stories. Dark Stars, Wyrms 2 and The Book of Drabbles contain stories by me but I'm afraid it's not possible to have those removed before purchase.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Every ad now
[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.] JANET: Ugh... LIZ: What's up? JANET: I am so bored of cooking peas! LIZ: Have you tried... AI peas? JANET: AI peas? LIZ: They're peas with AI! [Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI]. LIZ: Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas JANET: What LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines] Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas? [Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it] LIZ: Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine [Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas] LIZ: With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas! JANET: What LIZ: Shut up LIZ: Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow From opening the bag of peas to boiling the peas to eating the peas To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means. JANET: Is it really necessary to- LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]: THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET [Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan: AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas. [Ends]
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Final teases for our charity print anthology!
It has to be post-apocalypse time (a favourite genre for our Ed).
These three writers truly nailed the end of the world; brutal and beautiful writing 🦝

Grab a copy here: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

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November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Seeing Belém in the news makes me think about my li'l cryptid friend from this story last year. Hope he's up on a roof, watching. He may be a city boy these days but the rainforest made him. trashcatlit.com/the-unknown-...
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
leighloveday.bsky.social
Okay, I'm in (but not specifically for Sam Rockwell's hobo juice).
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Bookmail! October sale pickups! From Influx Press! They arrived over a week ago but the cats liked sitting on the parcel and it is illegal to move them!
Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand, Engines Beneath Us by Malcolm Devlin, and Fizz the cat who is about 13 years old and has still not written a single book
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
leighloveday.bsky.social
Seeing Belém in the news makes me think about my li'l cryptid friend from this story last year. Hope he's up on a roof, watching. He may be a city boy these days but the rainforest made him. trashcatlit.com/the-unknown-...
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
leighloveday.bsky.social
Cheeky lad in the back garden tonight who is this arsed about being observed: not remotely arsed
Young fox standing on a low wall in a dark and rainy back garden, viewed through a kitchen window, staring back with the sass of an animal who has just cleaned out all the cat bowls you forgot to fetch in
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
leighloveday.bsky.social
I can't wait for The Running Man to be in cinemas! Not because I want to see it but because it feels like the trailer has played before EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN FILM I'VE BEEN TO SEE FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS and once it's out they have to stop
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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award season approaching...please consider nominating my works/share this post! all stories are linked on my website www.elenasichrovsky.com/fiction
November 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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I made an awards eligibility post! I always feel a bit embarrassed doing these, but I'm really proud of these stories and extremely grateful to the editors who've published them
A medieval style heart surrounded by devils. Inside the heart reads: R.L Summerling 20205 THE Dancer’s Dozen ergot. - Jan 2025 His Most Feared Constellation The Dark - April 2025 Through Narrowing Veins Nightjar Press June 2025 Vanitas Interzone - June 2025
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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No, I don't want to "quickly hop on a call with you". I want to bump into you at random on a rain-lashed heath, nod at you in silent mutual admiration as we watch a buzzard gliding smoothly over a dramatic chicane in the river, then get the fuck on with my day
November 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
leighloveday.bsky.social
Thanks again to Rat Bag Lit for publishing my sci-fi short about horrible time-sucking tortoise aliens. Been lucky enough to get into Trash Cat, Silly Goose and now Rat Bag, has anyone done a starter pack of quirky animal lit mags?
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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It's genuinely worth a quick check of the advanced moderation settings as there's plenty I'm sure people would like to tweak but aren't aware that they can.
evilbatwitch.cryptoanarchy.network Evil Bat Witch @evilbatwitch.cryptoanarchy.network · 10d
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
Rude Rude or impolite, including crude language and disrespectful comments, without constructive purpose. Highlighted Off, darkened Warn, and darkened Hide buttons.
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Train platform 18_C....Collab with my partner @ekellystudio.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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HEY!

Get yourself a Big Green Books Advent Calendar.

Choose from 4, 6 or 12 books.

Unwrap a new surprise book every few days in the run up to Christmas.

Books will be individually picked based on what you enjoy reading.

Info HERE.

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Twelve books, wrapped in red and white striped paper, adorned with christmas decorations.
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
leighloveday.bsky.social
A distinct Void Baby theme to the cards this year. No complaints.
A row of three birthday cards featuring black cats with Void Baby the black cat glaring out from behind them, correctly suspecting he's being targeted
November 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Today's story is "A Taste for Time" by Leigh Loveday. @leighloveday.bsky.social
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros

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November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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UK folks, THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR is a monthly Kindle deal for November: just 99p! Often this sort of deal leads to price-matching at other online retailers, too. Happy reading!
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Cheers to JP for bumping my bad-tempered dead Medusa story and many more Trash Family wins! www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/under-a...
November 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Love a Luna Novella and these ones couldn't be in two safer pairs of hands...es. Andrew's previous outing Ashes of the Ancestors is also excellent and I have told him so TO HIS FACE.
lunapress.bsky.social Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 28d
Pre-orders are open for Luna Novella 2026: @lyndseycroal.bsky.social gothic tale In This City, Where It Rains, and @aknighton.bsky.social SF story All That Is in the Earth. Out February 3. Pre-order today in all the usual places! Discount bundle in the Luna store. www.lunapresspublishing.com/shop
Pre-orders are now open for Luna Novella 2026! @lyndseycroal gothic tale In This City, Where It Rains, and @knightonandy science fiction story All That Is in the Earth, will be out on February 3, 2026. You can pre-order from today in all the usual places! Discount bundle available in the Luna store. https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/shop #lunanovella #novella2026 #booksfromscotland #smallpresspublishing #gothic #sciencefiction #lunapresspublishing
November 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
leighloveday.bsky.social
Word-related things I enjoyed in Spain:
- The almost-swearing retail outlets Friking and Pasta Basta
- Trips on luxury yatches offered at Puerto Marina
- Marine fauna beachfront sign praising Málaga's wonderful bottoms
Entrance to a merchandise shop called Friking in in Fuengirola's Miramar centre - not shown here but the receipt proudly states 'Friking Fuengirola' Entrance from a Spanish street to a restaurant called Pasta Basta, just two letters from needlessly aggressive culinary glory Sign advertising private boat trips at Puerto Marina that misspells 'luxury yacht' as 'luxury yatch' with hilarious results, no really Sign near a Spanish pier that reads: "A great diversity of fish species live along the coast of Malaga, small and brightly colored creatures adorn our wonderful bottoms, moving with grace as they search for food from here to there."
November 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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So long for now, Spain. Your vibes were immaculate.
View from an apartment balcony across a beach at sunrise, co-starring the lighthearted holiday read of In Ascension by Martin MacInnes and a sweaty can of lime Coke Zero View across the countryside rolling down to the sea from the Spanish hillside village of Mijas, so stunning it is actually quite rude A bay reflecting purple-pink clouds over two stretches of Spanish coastline, one lined with buildings and one behind it with nice chunky mountains in silhouette Window view of an aeroplane engine high above a cloud-dotted landscape of Spanish hills, oh BYE THEN
November 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM