Elliott Gish
@elliottgish.bsky.social
TT, LL. Writer, librarian, too many freckles, not enough sleep. Debut novel GREY DOG available now. She/her. https://linktr.ee/elliottgish
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My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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Tomorrow in Halifax I am hosting a poetry reading to celebrate two years of my micropress, Opaat Press. This reading will feature more than fifteen poets and is free and open to all. I'd love to see you there! Saturday, November 22, 2-4 pm, Halifax Central Library, Paul O'Regan Hall.
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Tomorrow in Halifax I am hosting a poetry reading to celebrate two years of my micropress, Opaat Press. This reading will feature more than fifteen poets and is free and open to all. I'd love to see you there! Saturday, November 22, 2-4 pm, Halifax Central Library, Paul O'Regan Hall.
YAY JEN!!!!!!!
We are HYPED to announce that our 2026 Editor Guest of Honour will be @jenralbert.bsky.social - Jen is an acquiring editor at ECW Press, won a British Fantasy Award for her editing work and has been nominated for the Hugo, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Awards.
So excited to have Jen with us next fall!
So excited to have Jen with us next fall!
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
YAY JEN!!!!!!!
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Ah, the problem is not that we fail to provide everyone with adequate housing or services for people with addiction, the *real problem* is that the rest of us are forced to see the results of these things, under the label "social decay". Got it.
"The longer visible signs of social decay are allowed to fester, the more inclined those with means will be to simply check out ... leaving those without the ability to relocate to deal with playgrounds littered with drug paraphernalia." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: We have normalized delinquent, disorderly behaviour in our cities for too long
There is nothing normal about an encampment forcing toddlers in the daycare next door to stay inside
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ah, the problem is not that we fail to provide everyone with adequate housing or services for people with addiction, the *real problem* is that the rest of us are forced to see the results of these things, under the label "social decay". Got it.
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have you ever posted so bad that the Supreme Court of Canada told you to go to therapy and then the province of Alberta made a whole law about how you have to be allowed to post that bad?
ca.news.yahoo.com/jordan-peter...
ca.news.yahoo.com/jordan-peter...
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
have you ever posted so bad that the Supreme Court of Canada told you to go to therapy and then the province of Alberta made a whole law about how you have to be allowed to post that bad?
ca.news.yahoo.com/jordan-peter...
ca.news.yahoo.com/jordan-peter...
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
It is Transgender Day of Remembrance and I am thinking about my sister Cael, who died by suicide in 2022.
She made the choice she made for many reasons, but one of the strongest factors was how brutally she was treated by the world as a trans woman.
I miss her very much. I wish she was still here.
She made the choice she made for many reasons, but one of the strongest factors was how brutally she was treated by the world as a trans woman.
I miss her very much. I wish she was still here.
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It is Transgender Day of Remembrance and I am thinking about my sister Cael, who died by suicide in 2022.
She made the choice she made for many reasons, but one of the strongest factors was how brutally she was treated by the world as a trans woman.
I miss her very much. I wish she was still here.
She made the choice she made for many reasons, but one of the strongest factors was how brutally she was treated by the world as a trans woman.
I miss her very much. I wish she was still here.
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An incident in a locker room has always been key to Riley Gaines’ anti-trans fame.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
An incident in a locker room has always been key to Riley Gaines’ anti-trans fame.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
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The winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction is ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’ by Omar El Akkad. #NBAwards
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction is ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’ by Omar El Akkad. #NBAwards
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A new CBC investigation reveals that Canadian charities continue to fund organizations, including the Israeli military, that support the ever-expanding settlements in the West Bank.
“We are financing war criminality through our charitable system."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“We are financing war criminality through our charitable system."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canadian charities complicit in helping fund Israeli settlement movement in West Bank, critics say | CBC News
Tax deductible donations made by Canadians to groups that financially support West Bank settlements that are illegal under international law are continuing in the face of escalating attacks on Palesti...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A new CBC investigation reveals that Canadian charities continue to fund organizations, including the Israeli military, that support the ever-expanding settlements in the West Bank.
“We are financing war criminality through our charitable system."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“We are financing war criminality through our charitable system."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I finally got one of the negging publishing scam emails!!!!
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I finally got one of the negging publishing scam emails!!!!
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If you're in #halifax please come out and say hi! I'll be there with @tiffmorris.bsky.social whose novella Green Fuse Burning is one of the books I talk about in the chapter on horror, and I'm definitely in my horror era right now so looking forward to talking about that.
Patty Krawec @daanis.ca is coming back to Halifax! Join us on Nov 27th in the Ko'jua Okuom Room of the Killam Memorial Library. Space is limited so please RSVP at kingsbookstore.ca/badindians
November 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
If you're in #halifax please come out and say hi! I'll be there with @tiffmorris.bsky.social whose novella Green Fuse Burning is one of the books I talk about in the chapter on horror, and I'm definitely in my horror era right now so looking forward to talking about that.
I don't know why, but "Terry's Chocolate Orange now ten dollars" may be the thing that finally breaks me.
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I don't know why, but "Terry's Chocolate Orange now ten dollars" may be the thing that finally breaks me.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Danielle Smith's Alberta government has announced that they will use the Notwithstanding Clause to protect three laws (all targeting trans people) from court challenges.
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
xtramagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Danielle Smith's Alberta government has announced that they will use the Notwithstanding Clause to protect three laws (all targeting trans people) from court challenges.
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
Officially calling for a moratorium on song parodies. We are at capacity. We simply do not need any more.
(Weird Al Yankovic is, as always, grandfathered in.)
(Weird Al Yankovic is, as always, grandfathered in.)
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Officially calling for a moratorium on song parodies. We are at capacity. We simply do not need any more.
(Weird Al Yankovic is, as always, grandfathered in.)
(Weird Al Yankovic is, as always, grandfathered in.)
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At COP30 Canada just got awarded the fossil of the day — first time since 2014 (the harper years). Clear sign of how Carney’s pro fossil fuel agenda and backsliding on climate policy is being noticed internationally.
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
At COP30 Canada just got awarded the fossil of the day — first time since 2014 (the harper years). Clear sign of how Carney’s pro fossil fuel agenda and backsliding on climate policy is being noticed internationally.
The robots are not even trying anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The robots are not even trying anymore.
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
Mr. Parks would very much like to have a bite of his auntie's cake please'n'thanks.
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Mr. Parks would very much like to have a bite of his auntie's cake please'n'thanks.
MS sucks.
"Your brain is covered in cute little spots like a Dalmatian! And the spots mean that sometimes you will just be In Pain, and also Exhausted, and also there will be days when your limbs will suddenly Not Work, and also you will forget Literally Everything, and and and-"
Hate it! Not fun!
"Your brain is covered in cute little spots like a Dalmatian! And the spots mean that sometimes you will just be In Pain, and also Exhausted, and also there will be days when your limbs will suddenly Not Work, and also you will forget Literally Everything, and and and-"
Hate it! Not fun!
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
MS sucks.
"Your brain is covered in cute little spots like a Dalmatian! And the spots mean that sometimes you will just be In Pain, and also Exhausted, and also there will be days when your limbs will suddenly Not Work, and also you will forget Literally Everything, and and and-"
Hate it! Not fun!
"Your brain is covered in cute little spots like a Dalmatian! And the spots mean that sometimes you will just be In Pain, and also Exhausted, and also there will be days when your limbs will suddenly Not Work, and also you will forget Literally Everything, and and and-"
Hate it! Not fun!
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PSA: The Year's Best Weird Fiction (Vol. 1 / 2024) is a revitalizing tonic, a reminder of just how good and strange and fun speculative fiction can be. @undertow.bsky.social has a keen and expansive eye—I look forward to many many installments to come. undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...
Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 1 — Undertow Publications
A showcase of some of the finest weird fiction from 2024, the inaugural volume of The Best Weird Fiction of the Year pays homage to, and builds upon, the critical success of its sibling predecessor,...
undertowpublications.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
PSA: The Year's Best Weird Fiction (Vol. 1 / 2024) is a revitalizing tonic, a reminder of just how good and strange and fun speculative fiction can be. @undertow.bsky.social has a keen and expansive eye—I look forward to many many installments to come. undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...
Come hang out with us at @tridenthalifax.bsky.social on December 22 for some seasonal scary stories!
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Come hang out with us at @tridenthalifax.bsky.social on December 22 for some seasonal scary stories!
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Time to bring back this Patricia Lockwood banger.
November 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Time to bring back this Patricia Lockwood banger.