Shell
@shellbryson.com
Writes sci-fi stories in Edinburgh. Founder of Edinburgh SFF writing community: https://edinburghsff.com - Software engineer by day. Personal site: https://shellbryson.com
Unplanned evening out was AMAZING.
January 31, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Unplanned evening out was AMAZING.
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man, 2025 has truly been a banner year for people across the board first loudly and enthusiastically tripping over their own dicks, then meekly attempting to frame said dick-trippage as a genteel, perhaps even honorable sort of error born from being too innocently whimsical to have known better
December 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
man, 2025 has truly been a banner year for people across the board first loudly and enthusiastically tripping over their own dicks, then meekly attempting to frame said dick-trippage as a genteel, perhaps even honorable sort of error born from being too innocently whimsical to have known better
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As someone whose children were at Girl Guides Scotland, it impressed me that they were so open and welcoming.
To see this change now, because of *one* parent (presumably backed by a bitter GC terf billionaire) is genuinely upsetting.
www.change.org/p/allow-tran...
To see this change now, because of *one* parent (presumably backed by a bitter GC terf billionaire) is genuinely upsetting.
www.change.org/p/allow-tran...
Sign the Petition
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
www.change.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
As someone whose children were at Girl Guides Scotland, it impressed me that they were so open and welcoming.
To see this change now, because of *one* parent (presumably backed by a bitter GC terf billionaire) is genuinely upsetting.
www.change.org/p/allow-tran...
To see this change now, because of *one* parent (presumably backed by a bitter GC terf billionaire) is genuinely upsetting.
www.change.org/p/allow-tran...
I can finish this post- @cymerafestival.co.uk edit in the next 5 days, can't I? Just 60k left to rewrite.
a man is crying and saying `` i 'm tired boss '' in a dark room .
ALT: a man is crying and saying `` i 'm tired boss '' in a dark room .
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December 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I can finish this post- @cymerafestival.co.uk edit in the next 5 days, can't I? Just 60k left to rewrite.
The birds sound like they are having battles with laser weapons this morning (sound). Pew pew pew.
December 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The birds sound like they are having battles with laser weapons this morning (sound). Pew pew pew.
Looking gorgeous this morning, Edinburgh.
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Looking gorgeous this morning, Edinburgh.
I love bookshops, but especially indie bookshops for countless reasons @argonautbooks.bsky.social are such an important part of our community. Bookshops need space to breathe. Opening a big chain on their doorstop would be disastrous.
c.org/dHJwF52N4W
c.org/dHJwF52N4W
We Can Make an Impact.
An Open Letter to Waterstones Regarding a Sixth Edinburgh Branch in Leith
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November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I love bookshops, but especially indie bookshops for countless reasons @argonautbooks.bsky.social are such an important part of our community. Bookshops need space to breathe. Opening a big chain on their doorstop would be disastrous.
c.org/dHJwF52N4W
c.org/dHJwF52N4W
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Best Novella goes to The last to Drown by Lorraine Wilson, Luna Press.
November 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Best Novella goes to The last to Drown by Lorraine Wilson, Luna Press.
Contrast that last video to the view on the way back from North Berwick yesterday. Makes me wish I could paint.
October 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Contrast that last video to the view on the way back from North Berwick yesterday. Makes me wish I could paint.
The haar has the city this morning…
October 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The haar has the city this morning…
Incredible sky again. I do love this time of year. All those colours.
October 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Incredible sky again. I do love this time of year. All those colours.
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Like... people should know that publishing IS a business and they do gamble/bet on authors who would bring in the bucks.
But apparently, a lot don't - and one-hit wonders are normally abandoned later. It's a horse race.
Please support both indie and trad. Not all have that luck and privilege.
But apparently, a lot don't - and one-hit wonders are normally abandoned later. It's a horse race.
Please support both indie and trad. Not all have that luck and privilege.
September 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Like... people should know that publishing IS a business and they do gamble/bet on authors who would bring in the bucks.
But apparently, a lot don't - and one-hit wonders are normally abandoned later. It's a horse race.
Please support both indie and trad. Not all have that luck and privilege.
But apparently, a lot don't - and one-hit wonders are normally abandoned later. It's a horse race.
Please support both indie and trad. Not all have that luck and privilege.
Eastwards across Edinburgh this morning. 🥰
September 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Eastwards across Edinburgh this morning. 🥰
I can feel the seasons changing. This is a gorgeous city.
September 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I can feel the seasons changing. This is a gorgeous city.
Serious Apple. I work hard at accessibility for things I build. Meanwhile you do stuff like this. Bravo. These buttons are not in a disabled state.
September 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Serious Apple. I work hard at accessibility for things I build. Meanwhile you do stuff like this. Bravo. These buttons are not in a disabled state.
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I'm trying to get The Shape of Monsters tagged with the LGBTQ+ lable as I think it's struggling to find its queer readers.
Hopefully that tag will also help avoid the "1 star woke bs" reviews
Listen to The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1...
Hopefully that tag will also help avoid the "1 star woke bs" reviews
Listen to The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1...
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August 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I'm trying to get The Shape of Monsters tagged with the LGBTQ+ lable as I think it's struggling to find its queer readers.
Hopefully that tag will also help avoid the "1 star woke bs" reviews
Listen to The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1...
Hopefully that tag will also help avoid the "1 star woke bs" reviews
Listen to The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1...
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Wooo! Another ESFFer with brilliant news! Congrats, Fi!
I am excited to announce that I am now represented by Judith Murray of @greeneandheaton.bsky.social
I am hard at work getting my manuscript ready for submission for editors. Hopefully we will have more good news in the near future!
Exciting times ahead!
greeneheaton.co.uk/clients/fion...
I am hard at work getting my manuscript ready for submission for editors. Hopefully we will have more good news in the near future!
Exciting times ahead!
greeneheaton.co.uk/clients/fion...
Fiona Leslie
Fiona Leslie is a sci-fi and fantasy author and self-professed board-game geek. She holds a PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Aberdeen. A proud Glaswegian, she now lives in Edinburgh ...
greeneheaton.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wooo! Another ESFFer with brilliant news! Congrats, Fi!
Woken by loud evacuation alarms coming from Ocean Terminal, Leith. (I went it check, looks like a false alarm.)
Sound travels strangely in a city. It’s actually louder here a few streets away than the street OT is on.
Sound travels strangely in a city. It’s actually louder here a few streets away than the street OT is on.
August 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Woken by loud evacuation alarms coming from Ocean Terminal, Leith. (I went it check, looks like a false alarm.)
Sound travels strangely in a city. It’s actually louder here a few streets away than the street OT is on.
Sound travels strangely in a city. It’s actually louder here a few streets away than the street OT is on.