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
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Pssst... Wildewood is only 99p for a limited time. If Irish gothic romance with ghosts and folklore is your thing, this is for you.
geni.us/B0FX4GQ59Bau...
Welcome to Wildewood. Don't stray from the path.
#booksky 💙📚 #speirgorm #romancelandia
@secondskybooks.bsky.social
geni.us/B0FX4GQ59Bau...
Welcome to Wildewood. Don't stray from the path.
#booksky 💙📚 #speirgorm #romancelandia
@secondskybooks.bsky.social
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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?
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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 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
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'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
February 3, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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It's all go at the moment. My standalone Arthurian novel, The Cleaving, is a frankly incredible price this week from Amazon. This explores the familiar story from the perspective of the women involved. You have until Friday to grab it!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B96NL726/
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B96NL726/
February 2, 2026 at 5:38 PM
It's all go at the moment. My standalone Arthurian novel, The Cleaving, is a frankly incredible price this week from Amazon. This explores the familiar story from the perspective of the women involved. You have until Friday to grab it!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B96NL726/
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B96NL726/
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I am trying to re-establish a habit of reading before bed. Just started Wildewood by @rflong.bsky.social (as Jessica Thorne) and I have already been both properly creeped out and also amused to the point of snorting laughing at the phrase 'potatoes in a GAA shirt'.
February 1, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I am trying to re-establish a habit of reading before bed. Just started Wildewood by @rflong.bsky.social (as Jessica Thorne) and I have already been both properly creeped out and also amused to the point of snorting laughing at the phrase 'potatoes in a GAA shirt'.
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Our next guest announcement is the inimitable Jack Fennell - a writer and researcher who teaches at the University of Limerick. He is the editor of three fiction anthologies collecting lesser-known Irish science fiction, fantasy and horror stories respectively.
February 1, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Our next guest announcement is the inimitable Jack Fennell - a writer and researcher who teaches at the University of Limerick. He is the editor of three fiction anthologies collecting lesser-known Irish science fiction, fantasy and horror stories respectively.
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Get some excellent sci-fi, fantasy, and horror plugged right into your brain by joining me and some fabulous authors for a free online reading!
I'll be reading from Possible Worlds and Other Stories and I am PUMPED.
6th Feb, 5 pm GMT!
TIckets: www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...
#SWSWQR
I'll be reading from Possible Worlds and Other Stories and I am PUMPED.
6th Feb, 5 pm GMT!
TIckets: www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...
#SWSWQR
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Get some excellent sci-fi, fantasy, and horror plugged right into your brain by joining me and some fabulous authors for a free online reading!
I'll be reading from Possible Worlds and Other Stories and I am PUMPED.
6th Feb, 5 pm GMT!
TIckets: www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...
#SWSWQR
I'll be reading from Possible Worlds and Other Stories and I am PUMPED.
6th Feb, 5 pm GMT!
TIckets: www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...
#SWSWQR
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More love & death? Joining us to dissect Wuthering Heights is an Irish writer who says it's NOT romantic - and she'd know, since, as Jessica Thorne, she writes gothic romances!
Meet @rflong.bsky.social in the thread below, or get your tix and full details via writingtheoccult.carrd.co
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Meet @rflong.bsky.social in the thread below, or get your tix and full details via writingtheoccult.carrd.co
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January 31, 2026 at 4:40 PM
More love & death? Joining us to dissect Wuthering Heights is an Irish writer who says it's NOT romantic - and she'd know, since, as Jessica Thorne, she writes gothic romances!
Meet @rflong.bsky.social in the thread below, or get your tix and full details via writingtheoccult.carrd.co
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Meet @rflong.bsky.social in the thread below, or get your tix and full details via writingtheoccult.carrd.co
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Stopped off in Enfield on the way to Galway. Best cooked breakfast I've had in years in Streetside Café.
January 31, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Stopped off in Enfield on the way to Galway. Best cooked breakfast I've had in years in Streetside Café.
Off on a roadtrip to Galway to see the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social folks
January 31, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Off on a roadtrip to Galway to see the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social folks
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Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
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"What is being taken, in plain sight, is the private property of UK citizens, protected by UK law. It is not the government’s to give away."
SAY IT LOUDER. #JusticeForCreators
SAY IT LOUDER. #JusticeForCreators
January 30, 2026 at 11:51 AM
"What is being taken, in plain sight, is the private property of UK citizens, protected by UK law. It is not the government’s to give away."
SAY IT LOUDER. #JusticeForCreators
SAY IT LOUDER. #JusticeForCreators
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The @societyofauthors.bsky.social and other creatives orgs have launched a new report showing the calamitous impact of generative AI on the creative sector. It's doing so much damage.
#JusticeForCreators
societyofauthors.org/2026/01/30/b...
#JusticeForCreators
societyofauthors.org/2026/01/30/b...
January 30, 2026 at 11:48 AM
The @societyofauthors.bsky.social and other creatives orgs have launched a new report showing the calamitous impact of generative AI on the creative sector. It's doing so much damage.
#JusticeForCreators
societyofauthors.org/2026/01/30/b...
#JusticeForCreators
societyofauthors.org/2026/01/30/b...