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Vera Brook
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Neuroscientist turned science fiction, fantasy, romance #writer. Stories in Analog, Escape Pod, Cast of Wonders, Utopia SF. Latest novel: THE MISFIT & THE BEAST, YA romance about first love & high school theater. Based in Edinburgh. verabrook.com. she/her
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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · Sep 28
Hello to my new followers!

I’m a neuroscientist by training, a data specialist by day, and speculative fiction #writer by night. Really into climate & environmental fiction, hopeful narratives, the heroine’s journey, and the four-act story structure.

I have some starter packs you might like. 🙂
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tiffaniangus.bsky.social
And we have lift off!

Spec Fic for Newbies Vol. 3 by me and @vallescurarule.bsky.social will be out from
@lunapress.bsky.social at the end of March! This one is .... green! (ooh! aah!)

Pre-order here:
www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page...
Against a background of multi-colored confetti are three book covers. Spec Fic for Newbies Volume 1: The cover is split into thirds with the top and bottom third red and the center third black. Text on the top third reads Tiffani Angus and Val Nolan in yellow font. The middle third reads Spec Fic for Newbies in bold white font. And the bottom third reads A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in yellow font. Spec Fic for Newbies Volume 2: The cover is medium blue on the top and bottom third with the center third black. In the top blue block are the authors’ names in yellow: Tiffani Angus and Val Nolan In the middle black block is the main title in white: Spec Fic for Newbies Vol. 2 In the bottom blue block is the subtitle in yellow: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing More Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Spec Fic for Newbies Volume 3: The cover is bright green on the top and bottom third with the center third black. In the top green block are the authors’ names in yellow: Tiffani Angus and Val Nolan In the middle black block is the main title in white: Spec Fic for Newbies Vol. 3 In the bottom green block is the subtitle in yellow: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Even More Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Beneath that is the text "Soec Fic for Newbies Vol 3 is available for pre-order!" and “Out March 24!” In the center is a QR code and in the bottom right is a Luna Press logo.
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
verabrook.bsky.social
I highly recommend it. Attended last year and excited to attend again this year! ✨✍️✨
February 7, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Hey look! A new book!
Some of you may have caught The Packet serialised in ParSec magazine but this is its first outing as physical book. If you like stormy sea voyages and sci-fi, this is the one for you.
Out in April, opening for pre-order now.

www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
Book cover featuring a steam ship in stormy seas. Lightning in the sky, strange coloured lights beneath the waves. Title: The Packet
February 3, 2026 at 9:25 AM
verabrook.bsky.social
Hiking in Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands. Cold but magnificent! 🥾

#writer #hiking #Glencoe #Scotland @edinburghsff.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:38 PM
verabrook.bsky.social
Congrats!! It was a terrific event. Nothing more inspiring than the sound of twenty some writers typing intently on their keyboards. So many unique stories & novels being written!! ✍️✍️✍️

Thanks, @edinburghsff.com!
lyndseycroal.bsky.social Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · 16d
Have had a ridiculously productive day at the @edinburghsff.com write-in today - maybe some sort of magic writing dust in the air! And I think I've hit the midway of new folk horror WIP, which makes it feel officially like a real book...it's about to get weirder👀🖤
January 24, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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solarisbooks.bsky.social
🚨 ARCS ARE READY🚨

👀The book everyone's talking about
📕The 5th most requested title on Netgalley
⛏️The psychological horror of the summer

@rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's HOME SICK!

Like, repost, follow & drop a 🐑 in the comments to be in with a chance! US/CAN/UK/IE only

https://geni.us/homesick
ARCS are ready for HOME SICK by Rhiannon Grist: Time for Sheep Creep “The healing power of nature” - yeah, right. For fans of “women going through it” psychological horror, The Lamb and We Used to Live Here. Escape to the country, BUT take your issues with you AND find more. Neighbours, they’re a problem amirite? We’re in our Scottish Cottagegore era. There’s things in the walls Folklore vibes You will see the author with an axe a lot - don’t worry about it, it’s fine.
January 17, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Really looking forward to this tonight. Four genuinely brilliant writers in conversation. If you're a fan of SF or Fantasy and wonderful writing, drop in and join us!
solarisbooks.bsky.social Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 19d
🚨 TOMORROW! 🚨

@rainewilson.bsky.social will be taking part in an Evening of Scottish Speculative Fiction with Angie Spoto and Christopher Caldwell/ @seraph76.bsky.social chaired by @theelaineg.bsky.social at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social - tickets £5.
Scottish Speculative Fiction
Feat. Lorraine Wilson - book now!
www.waterstones.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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milfordsff.bsky.social
One of our Milfordites is running a Kickstarter soon, so get in on it early! It looks like it's gonna knock our socks (and glittery platforms) right off!
trip.bsky.social Trip Galey @trip.bsky.social · 27d
Just hit 111 followers on my Kickstarter pre-launch page for THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF VALENZIAGA!

My brain loves numbers like this, so I’m pleased! (Always happy to see that number go higher tho!)

Queer sci-fantasy with family DRAMA and shenanigans, anyone?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
Coming soon: The Fall of the House of Valenziaga: A Special Edition Novel
It’s a dynastic struggle with voguing, all-but-forgotten magics, and drag as the weapons of choice in this post-apocalyptic fantasy!
www.kickstarter.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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milfordsff.bsky.social
Hey, Writers! Milford has spaces available for the
Writers' Retreat 9-16 May at @gladlib.bsky.social. A week of time & space to write, with an en-suite room, breakfast & dinner incl, & access to the quietest library ever?
TAKE MY MONEY!
More info & apply here: www.milfordsf.co.uk/retreats.htm
kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .
Alt: Kermit the frog is typing like a mad thing on a manual typewriter
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January 20, 2026 at 11:19 AM
verabrook.bsky.social
Looking for the color green everywhere I go. Anybody else does that? 💚🍏🍀

#writer #writerslife
December 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
verabrook.bsky.social
Libreria Fahrenheit in Barcelona. So many beautiful books! In Spanish, Catalan, and English. ✨📚✨

maps.app.goo.gl/tVwtCGNZtDvF...

#writer #books #Barcelona
December 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
verabrook.bsky.social
In Barcelona.
December 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
verabrook.bsky.social
I am studying Spanish in Sevilla for two weeks. My gift to myself. Every language is a superpower. #writer #writerslife
December 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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marissavu.bsky.social
NOW OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS
If you published speculative ecofiction this year, we'd love to consider it for ECO25 💚🌿🐾🐚🦋🌿💚
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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eliaseells.bsky.social
Timely and transcendent. I've had a marvelous time recently with ECO24, collecting some of the finest ecofiction of the last year. A chance to reflect on the anxieties of a changing world, and to consider possibilities for transformation and alternative paths. A critical collection for our time!!
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION ed. by Marissa van Uden held up before a viburnum lush with autumn foliage.
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
verabrook.bsky.social
AHHH… so gorgeous. I bet magic happens the moment you touch that book. 🔥🔥🔥
k-a-teryna.bsky.social K.A.Teryna @k-a-teryna.bsky.social · Oct 30
this is what the first photo from @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social should look like
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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mkhardywrites.com
We're finally having our Dundee launch event... and we hope you can make it! Join us and the incredible @rainewilson.bsky.social on November 19th for an event celebrating both The Needfire and her new book The Salt Oracle. Get your tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/na13/...
An event poster that reads "Dundee Book Launch; Dark Folklore and Scottish Gothic Fiction. Join authors MK Hardy and Lorraine Wilson for an evening of chat and refreshments! Wednesday November 19, 7-9 pm, Stenecki Coffee."
October 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
verabrook.bsky.social
Lovely to visit & catch up with a good friend in Lisbon. My first time to walk on the beach this summer. 😎
October 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
verabrook.bsky.social
Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh on a sunny day. ❤️
September 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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susankayequinn.bsky.social
Hello, I'm Sue, I write hopeful #climatefiction cuz HOLY HELL we need a way out of this mess.

Website: many novels, much short stories

NEW: Bright Green Futures! (stories from guests of the pod)

I wish more people would read (free):
SLIMY THINGS DID CRAWL lnk.to/SlimyWebsite
#booksky #solarpunk
Trio of recent releases from Sue: 1) "New Collection"—Bright Green Futures: 2024, a collection of the guests of the Bright Green Futures pod, edited by Sue, releasing Earth Day 2025 (cover is white background with illustrated botanical drawings of wildflowers) 2) "Hopeful Climate Fiction"—When You Had Power (Nothing is Promised 1) by Susan Kaye Quinn, the first in a 4-part series of near-future novels about an energy island Sci-Fi mystery (cover is an underwater diver with a futuristic city in the background) 3) "Solarpunk"—Halfway to Better by Susan Kaye Quinn, a collection of short solarpunk stories by Sue (cover is print art from Eddie Spaghetti showing an assortment of images each representing one of the stories inside)
April 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
verabrook.bsky.social
Hello to my new followers!

I’m a neuroscientist by training, a data specialist by day, and speculative fiction #writer by night. Really into climate & environmental fiction, hopeful narratives, the heroine’s journey, and the four-act story structure.

I have some starter packs you might like. 🙂
September 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
verabrook.bsky.social
I went hiking around the Arthur’s Seat today. Found a lovely quiet spot away from the crowded trails to do some writing. 😎🥾✍️

Also, behold the glorious sunny weather in Scotland!

#writer #Edinburgh #Scotland
September 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
verabrook.bsky.social
Spotted today on a street in Edinburgh. Castle Removals. For when, you know, you get tired of your castle and want it gone. 😆
A truck with the logo Castle Removals and a photo of the Edinburgh Castle on the side, zooming past you on a street in Edinburgh. Too funny.
September 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
verabrook.bsky.social
My writing spot today: a lovely, secluded corner of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. ✨✍️✨
September 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
verabrook.bsky.social
I wrote about my first Milford SF experience. Spoiler: It was terrific.

@milfordsff.bsky.social #MilfordSF #SpeculativeFiction #Writer

milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/m...
My first (but definitely not last) Milford SF experience – by Vera Brook
Let me cut to the punchline: If you can attend the Milford Speculative Fiction Writers’ Workshop, do it. I had a terrific experience, learned a ton about the writing craft, met wonderful writers wo…
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September 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM