Alex
@actually-alex.bsky.social
Ex-archivist, current librarian, future SFF author. Gamer and compulsive snacker. Former Massachusettsian hiding out in the Hebrides. I'm writing a fantasy novel called 'The Tome of Fragments'. She/her
I put too much chocolate into my hot. :( Guess I'm just going to have to eat this delicious chocolate mud with a spoon.
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I put too much chocolate into my hot. :( Guess I'm just going to have to eat this delicious chocolate mud with a spoon.
I came home to some very exciting mail. Heartsick and Other Stories contains, among many other treasures, my first published piece of fiction. It's a joy to see my story on a physical page and an even greater pleasure to be included amongst such talented writers #edinburghwritingawards #flashfiction
December 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I came home to some very exciting mail. Heartsick and Other Stories contains, among many other treasures, my first published piece of fiction. It's a joy to see my story on a physical page and an even greater pleasure to be included amongst such talented writers #edinburghwritingawards #flashfiction
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The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.
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Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
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Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
If you aren't spending your evenings cruising RightMove judging other people's taste in home decor what are you even doing with your time.
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
If you aren't spending your evenings cruising RightMove judging other people's taste in home decor what are you even doing with your time.
I loved The Saint of Bright Doors and Rakesfall is lurking near the top of my TBR pile. I've very much been looking forward to tackling it. Congratulations @Vajra.me!
Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
October 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I loved The Saint of Bright Doors and Rakesfall is lurking near the top of my TBR pile. I've very much been looking forward to tackling it. Congratulations @Vajra.me!
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I survived gaza gencide, but I came out to find that everything I knew my home, my work, my city is gone.
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!
Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...
chuffed.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I survived gaza gencide, but I came out to find that everything I knew my home, my work, my city is gone.
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.
If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Heck yes, I can't wait! I'm a @nghivo.bsky.social evangelist. Her writing is as beautiful as it is sharp. Each installment of The Singing Hills Cycle is like opening up a box brimming with brilliant gems and strange, little, sharp edged bones. Absolute treasure.
How about a new Singing Hills Cycle novella out from @nghivo! #MouthfulofDust
new SFFH books video: youtu.be/wpdoZJM94qk
buy the books: bookshop.org/lists/n...
#booksky @torbooks
new SFFH books video: youtu.be/wpdoZJM94qk
buy the books: bookshop.org/lists/n...
#booksky @torbooks
October 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Heck yes, I can't wait! I'm a @nghivo.bsky.social evangelist. Her writing is as beautiful as it is sharp. Each installment of The Singing Hills Cycle is like opening up a box brimming with brilliant gems and strange, little, sharp edged bones. Absolute treasure.
If I had a pawn shop I'd 100% call it The Emporium of Broken Dreams.
October 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If I had a pawn shop I'd 100% call it The Emporium of Broken Dreams.
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Alright I have a non monetary request to help someone in Gaza!
@rerogaza8.bsky.social is working on her studies and had to produce a podcast episode- so she interviewed @ssaakkhheerr2.bsky.social about his life in Gaza. Part of her grade is based on views- so give it some views!
@rerogaza8.bsky.social is working on her studies and had to produce a podcast episode- so she interviewed @ssaakkhheerr2.bsky.social about his life in Gaza. Part of her grade is based on views- so give it some views!
💔 صرخة من تحت الركام | A Cry from Beneath the Rubble – A Story of Loss and Pain from Gaza
YouTube video by Reem Osama
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Alright I have a non monetary request to help someone in Gaza!
@rerogaza8.bsky.social is working on her studies and had to produce a podcast episode- so she interviewed @ssaakkhheerr2.bsky.social about his life in Gaza. Part of her grade is based on views- so give it some views!
@rerogaza8.bsky.social is working on her studies and had to produce a podcast episode- so she interviewed @ssaakkhheerr2.bsky.social about his life in Gaza. Part of her grade is based on views- so give it some views!
Does Australia just...not want to be taken seriously?
July 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Does Australia just...not want to be taken seriously?
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Well, fuck.
A Bangladeshi lesbian friend has been issued an ultimatum on marriage by her family. She was, in the past, subject to religious conversion therapy to try to 'cure' her, and now will be married off against her will unless she can secure the funds and documents to escape.
Please help.
A Bangladeshi lesbian friend has been issued an ultimatum on marriage by her family. She was, in the past, subject to religious conversion therapy to try to 'cure' her, and now will be married off against her will unless she can secure the funds and documents to escape.
Please help.
Donate to A Lesbian Escaping Arranged Marriage, organized by Lotus Kinsey
Fundraising for a lesbian in Bangladesh. Hera is at risk of being married off she ca… Lotus Kinsey needs your support for A Lesbian Escaping Arranged Marriage
www.gofundme.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Well, fuck.
A Bangladeshi lesbian friend has been issued an ultimatum on marriage by her family. She was, in the past, subject to religious conversion therapy to try to 'cure' her, and now will be married off against her will unless she can secure the funds and documents to escape.
Please help.
A Bangladeshi lesbian friend has been issued an ultimatum on marriage by her family. She was, in the past, subject to religious conversion therapy to try to 'cure' her, and now will be married off against her will unless she can secure the funds and documents to escape.
Please help.
It may be controversial but I'm just not that into tassels.
June 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It may be controversial but I'm just not that into tassels.
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Farrah. Farrah was engaged to Muhanad when the war started and they had just bought a small apartment to start their lives together. It was destroyed before they could move in. They married despite the chaos and are now just trying to survive
April 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Farrah. Farrah was engaged to Muhanad when the war started and they had just bought a small apartment to start their lives together. It was destroyed before they could move in. They married despite the chaos and are now just trying to survive
It's like finding out which parent your conservative family member is going to go live with after the divorce.
I’m very curious as to how my republican dad is going to interpret all this
June 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It's like finding out which parent your conservative family member is going to go live with after the divorce.
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24 hours left in the @cymerafestival.co.uk auction!! Don't miss out on all these incredible lots! From signed and dedicated books to author 1-2-1s to games to critique packages, it's a smorgasbord of bookish delights!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Cymera Auction 2025
Silent auction 'Cymera Auction 2025' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
24 hours left in the @cymerafestival.co.uk auction!! Don't miss out on all these incredible lots! From signed and dedicated books to author 1-2-1s to games to critique packages, it's a smorgasbord of bookish delights!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Can anyone please make a donation to Ruaa today?
June 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Can anyone please make a donation to Ruaa today?
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It's pride, so what better time to do this?
Let's show them that women who would put OUR OWN RIGHTS on the market just to get a chance to bully the vulnerable do NOT represent the majority.
Not In My Name
Let's show them that women who would put OUR OWN RIGHTS on the market just to get a chance to bully the vulnerable do NOT represent the majority.
Not In My Name
The Not In Our Name letter for cis women opposed to transphobia has now exceeded 20,000
Sign the Petition
Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community
www.change.org
June 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It's pride, so what better time to do this?
Let's show them that women who would put OUR OWN RIGHTS on the market just to get a chance to bully the vulnerable do NOT represent the majority.
Not In My Name
Let's show them that women who would put OUR OWN RIGHTS on the market just to get a chance to bully the vulnerable do NOT represent the majority.
Not In My Name
The only difficulty I've experienced adapting to British culture is putting periods outside of quotation marks. It just feels icky.
May 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The only difficulty I've experienced adapting to British culture is putting periods outside of quotation marks. It just feels icky.
*Re-reading Ray Bradbury's There Will Come Soft Rains* “'Today is August 4, 2026,” said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling,...'
Well, shit.
Well, shit.
May 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
*Re-reading Ray Bradbury's There Will Come Soft Rains* “'Today is August 4, 2026,” said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling,...'
Well, shit.
Well, shit.
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To celebrate the completion of The Library Trilogy with THE BOOK THAT HELD HER HEART, I'm giving away the full set of signed Locked Library special editions.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.
April 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
To celebrate the completion of The Library Trilogy with THE BOOK THAT HELD HER HEART, I'm giving away the full set of signed Locked Library special editions.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.