Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne
@rflong.bsky.social
Author, Librarian, general book nerd, SFF, Irish, she/her
(pretty much always a library in my books)
http://www.rflong.com/
Jessica Thorne: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Jessica-Thorne/author/B07KRHB3HR
(pretty much always a library in my books)
http://www.rflong.com/
Jessica Thorne: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Jessica-Thorne/author/B07KRHB3HR
Pinned
Out today in audio, The Lore of Silver, the sequel to The Book of Gold, book 2 of The Feral Gods. A stolen relic, a missing girl, a horror unleashed.
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
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#BREAKING EU Parliament votes to accept a report, that calls for "the full recognition of trans women as women" as part of the EU priorities for the UN CSW on "women’s rights and gender equality."
#Eurovision #EU
#Eurovision #EU
February 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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This is a great book in a great trilogy. :)
Out today in audio, The Lore of Silver, the sequel to The Book of Gold, book 2 of The Feral Gods. A stolen relic, a missing girl, a horror unleashed.
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
This is a great book in a great trilogy. :)
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Loved this book!
Out today in audio, The Lore of Silver, the sequel to The Book of Gold, book 2 of The Feral Gods. A stolen relic, a missing girl, a horror unleashed.
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Loved this book!
Out today in audio, The Lore of Silver, the sequel to The Book of Gold, book 2 of The Feral Gods. A stolen relic, a missing girl, a horror unleashed.
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Out today in audio, The Lore of Silver, the sequel to The Book of Gold, book 2 of The Feral Gods. A stolen relic, a missing girl, a horror unleashed.
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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the cool thing about landsknechts was that they were exempt from sumptuary laws (laws detailing what clothes different social classes could wear) because they were considered to live short, brutish lives. so they fucking rolled with it.
Just ran across a tumblr thread of Slutty Boy 15/16th century mercenaries. Historically accurate costuming! The past was alive, y'all, and it was fabulous.
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
the cool thing about landsknechts was that they were exempt from sumptuary laws (laws detailing what clothes different social classes could wear) because they were considered to live short, brutish lives. so they fucking rolled with it.
Today I am cheering myself up by singing along to the entire soundtrack of both seasons of Hazbin Hotel.
February 11, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Today I am cheering myself up by singing along to the entire soundtrack of both seasons of Hazbin Hotel.
I've been getting a number recently pretending to be from major publishing houses using real names of people working there. Do be careful and check the actual emails they're coming from folks. It's incredibly frustrating but there are so many unscrupulous sharks out there.
February 10, 2026 at 10:51 AM
I've been getting a number recently pretending to be from major publishing houses using real names of people working there. Do be careful and check the actual emails they're coming from folks. It's incredibly frustrating but there are so many unscrupulous sharks out there.
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Elodie was hoping to expand her cake business to open a cafe, but Mal got 'her' cafe space instead. Now she has to work with him to cater a wedding that could change her business for ever.
THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL - buy now in ebook, paperback or audio.
https://books2read.com/manbuns
THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL - buy now in ebook, paperback or audio.
https://books2read.com/manbuns
February 10, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Elodie was hoping to expand her cake business to open a cafe, but Mal got 'her' cafe space instead. Now she has to work with him to cater a wedding that could change her business for ever.
THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL - buy now in ebook, paperback or audio.
https://books2read.com/manbuns
THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL - buy now in ebook, paperback or audio.
https://books2read.com/manbuns
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Meet the 1591 cat man. I am counting 7 cats on and near him. #catcontent
February 10, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Meet the 1591 cat man. I am counting 7 cats on and near him. #catcontent
Just thinking about today's writing and my new project and getting a bit like oh it's crap and juggling to keep the story going and needs so much fixing and....
Oh yes. 24k.
Of course.
Like clockwork.
#amwriting
Oh yes. 24k.
Of course.
Like clockwork.
#amwriting
February 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Just thinking about today's writing and my new project and getting a bit like oh it's crap and juggling to keep the story going and needs so much fixing and....
Oh yes. 24k.
Of course.
Like clockwork.
#amwriting
Oh yes. 24k.
Of course.
Like clockwork.
#amwriting
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I don’t know if I trust people who have written more books than they’ve read
February 8, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I don’t know if I trust people who have written more books than they’ve read
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I want every single one of you who is an artist to find success and happiness making it, and I want every one of who loves to consume art to be swimming in an absolute sea of genius. Every attempt to shortcut that muddies those waters and robs real artists of success. That's my anti-AI stance.
February 8, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I want every single one of you who is an artist to find success and happiness making it, and I want every one of who loves to consume art to be swimming in an absolute sea of genius. Every attempt to shortcut that muddies those waters and robs real artists of success. That's my anti-AI stance.
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Buried in this piece is a throwaway line about how actually her real hustle is selling online courses to aspiring AI hacks, marking an extraordinary symbiosis of my two most hated internet poisons
“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 5:51 PM
Buried in this piece is a throwaway line about how actually her real hustle is selling online courses to aspiring AI hacks, marking an extraordinary symbiosis of my two most hated internet poisons
In happier postings in honour of tonight (& the other half's beloved Seahawks) here's my sketch of the Superb Owl from a couple of years ago
February 8, 2026 at 6:17 PM
In happier postings in honour of tonight (& the other half's beloved Seahawks) here's my sketch of the Superb Owl from a couple of years ago
Plus it's not actually a race
I'm going to win.
February 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Plus it's not actually a race
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Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
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Posting this again to remind you you dont have to be an amazing artist to draw comics!
February 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Posting this again to remind you you dont have to be an amazing artist to draw comics!
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Emily Bronte's classic is back on our collective minds thanks to Emerald Fennell's new "erotic" film, which means it's time to reassess the text, right? After all, I'm talking about a of love and death, and what's more love and death than an obsession that follows you into the afterlife?
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February 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Emily Bronte's classic is back on our collective minds thanks to Emerald Fennell's new "erotic" film, which means it's time to reassess the text, right? After all, I'm talking about a of love and death, and what's more love and death than an obsession that follows you into the afterlife?
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Joining us at Writing the Occult: Love & Death on 14 February, with their OPINIONS and reflections on Wuthering Heights, are gothic and fantasy author @rflong.bsky.social , editor and author @justinleeanderson.com, and horror writer and token Yorkshire panelist @corinnepwriter.bsky.social
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February 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Joining us at Writing the Occult: Love & Death on 14 February, with their OPINIONS and reflections on Wuthering Heights, are gothic and fantasy author @rflong.bsky.social , editor and author @justinleeanderson.com, and horror writer and token Yorkshire panelist @corinnepwriter.bsky.social
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🖤And a special panel discussion about Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, featuring @rflong.bsky.social, @justinleeanderson.com & @corinnepwriter.bsky.social.
It's going to be one big day of gothic delights. Can we add your name to our dance card?
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It's going to be one big day of gothic delights. Can we add your name to our dance card?
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February 5, 2026 at 2:07 PM
🖤And a special panel discussion about Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, featuring @rflong.bsky.social, @justinleeanderson.com & @corinnepwriter.bsky.social.
It's going to be one big day of gothic delights. Can we add your name to our dance card?
🧵⬇️
It's going to be one big day of gothic delights. Can we add your name to our dance card?
🧵⬇️
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February 4, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:45 PM