George Sandison
@georgesandison.bsky.social
Managing Editor @titanbooks.bsky.social. Ran multiple award-winning Unsung Stories. Writer: HINTERLANDS @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social. European (yes, still). Empathy, compassion & ice cream pls.
Just finished the pleasingly weird Mordew by @alexpheby.bsky.social. Shoo-in for any fans of Bas Lag or Gormenghast out there. Also the finest glossary I’ve seen in a long while. A slippery weave of arcane and abstruse sophistry and inalienable truths.
October 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Just finished the pleasingly weird Mordew by @alexpheby.bsky.social. Shoo-in for any fans of Bas Lag or Gormenghast out there. Also the finest glossary I’ve seen in a long while. A slippery weave of arcane and abstruse sophistry and inalienable truths.
Had a great time with TRADWIFE by @tcparker.bsky.social. True crime social horror bringing The Handmaid’s Tale even closer to home, extremely smart riffs on the reportage style/structure to boot. Thank you @almakatsu.bsky.social for the nod!
October 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Had a great time with TRADWIFE by @tcparker.bsky.social. True crime social horror bringing The Handmaid’s Tale even closer to home, extremely smart riffs on the reportage style/structure to boot. Thank you @almakatsu.bsky.social for the nod!
Mild melting moment to discover my local library has the Unsung edition of THE CORAL BONES by E J Swift. Then showing my kid my name in the acknowledgements! Peak imposter syndrome. 🥸 Good people of Wood Street, check this bad boy out though, you won’t regret it!
August 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Mild melting moment to discover my local library has the Unsung edition of THE CORAL BONES by E J Swift. Then showing my kid my name in the acknowledgements! Peak imposter syndrome. 🥸 Good people of Wood Street, check this bad boy out though, you won’t regret it!
IT LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVES! Behold the glorious majesty of BASILISK! All the House of Leaves/Nabokov/Rian Hughes fans of the world, I implore you to check this out. It’s the gleefully enticing nightmare rabbit hole you’ve only just realised you’re craving.
July 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
IT LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVES! Behold the glorious majesty of BASILISK! All the House of Leaves/Nabokov/Rian Hughes fans of the world, I implore you to check this out. It’s the gleefully enticing nightmare rabbit hole you’ve only just realised you’re craving.
Today is nakedly dystopian adverts on the tube and a right-wing sleeper cell activating inside the Labour Party apparently.
Artisan - I hope you fail rapidly & dramatically.
Blue Labour - if you want to have a political party there's a hollowed out Conservative husk you could inhabit instead.
Artisan - I hope you fail rapidly & dramatically.
Blue Labour - if you want to have a political party there's a hollowed out Conservative husk you could inhabit instead.
June 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Today is nakedly dystopian adverts on the tube and a right-wing sleeper cell activating inside the Labour Party apparently.
Artisan - I hope you fail rapidly & dramatically.
Blue Labour - if you want to have a political party there's a hollowed out Conservative husk you could inhabit instead.
Artisan - I hope you fail rapidly & dramatically.
Blue Labour - if you want to have a political party there's a hollowed out Conservative husk you could inhabit instead.
Sorting some old photos and reminded Jeff Noon always brings me joy.
June 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Sorting some old photos and reminded Jeff Noon always brings me joy.
CCG nerds, can I pick your brains? Can someone point to the correct wiki/card list for the other Middle Earth game, the one before the films came out? I’ve got a lot of these, not sure where people buy/sell CCGs these days.
May 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
CCG nerds, can I pick your brains? Can someone point to the correct wiki/card list for the other Middle Earth game, the one before the films came out? I’ve got a lot of these, not sure where people buy/sell CCGs these days.
As for issues 19-29 year olds are facing, not sure if I'm doing this right but...
April 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
As for issues 19-29 year olds are facing, not sure if I'm doing this right but...
EXTREME CHILDHOOD FLASHBACK MODE ACTIVATED
April 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
EXTREME CHILDHOOD FLASHBACK MODE ACTIVATED
Hard to imagine why, absolutely baffling.
April 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Hard to imagine why, absolutely baffling.
Literally, these are the bits of policy the OfS based their ruling on. Now I get (a) - 'positively' being the issue specifically - but honestly, if you're having trouble working with the other three my protected belief is you need to check yourself.
March 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Literally, these are the bits of policy the OfS based their ruling on. Now I get (a) - 'positively' being the issue specifically - but honestly, if you're having trouble working with the other three my protected belief is you need to check yourself.
The 'chilling effect' line is horrendous as well. The 'chilling effect' is specifically that you shouldn't do 'transphobic abuse, harassment or bullying' or distribute 'abusive, bullying or harassing material' because it might restrict your rights to commit harm on a human being.
March 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The 'chilling effect' line is horrendous as well. The 'chilling effect' is specifically that you shouldn't do 'transphobic abuse, harassment or bullying' or distribute 'abusive, bullying or harassing material' because it might restrict your rights to commit harm on a human being.
Perfectly standard day in the Titan offices chatting bollocks with authors and agents in binary. Photo credit @fallintofiction.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Perfectly standard day in the Titan offices chatting bollocks with authors and agents in binary. Photo credit @fallintofiction.bsky.social
"This clever and captivating fantasy from bestseller @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social puts a unique twist on the magical school trope"
An extremely sexy and deeply deserved ⭐ for THE GRIMOIRE GRAMMAR SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION over at Publishers Weekly!
www.publishersweekly.com/9781835411407
An extremely sexy and deeply deserved ⭐ for THE GRIMOIRE GRAMMAR SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION over at Publishers Weekly!
www.publishersweekly.com/9781835411407
February 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"This clever and captivating fantasy from bestseller @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social puts a unique twist on the magical school trope"
An extremely sexy and deeply deserved ⭐ for THE GRIMOIRE GRAMMAR SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION over at Publishers Weekly!
www.publishersweekly.com/9781835411407
An extremely sexy and deeply deserved ⭐ for THE GRIMOIRE GRAMMAR SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION over at Publishers Weekly!
www.publishersweekly.com/9781835411407
Italy has the absolute best ancient-modern traditions. This carnivale is centuries old.
February 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Italy has the absolute best ancient-modern traditions. This carnivale is centuries old.
‘Low confidence’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The message was ‘I’m calling from Specsavers…’
The message was ‘I’m calling from Specsavers…’
February 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
‘Low confidence’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The message was ‘I’m calling from Specsavers…’
The message was ‘I’m calling from Specsavers…’
There are some optimists at The Child’s swimming pool.
February 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
There are some optimists at The Child’s swimming pool.
Day 1 update. Knackered, going to finish tomorrow. All the non-trivial bits done though.
January 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Day 1 update. Knackered, going to finish tomorrow. All the non-trivial bits done though.
Shout out to all the unpublished SFF writers of colour - the @futureworldsprize.bsky.social submission deadline is 26th January. This, right now, this moment NOW is the perfect time to be proud of your work and submit to the award. Literally nothing to lose, and a vast wealth to be won.
January 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Shout out to all the unpublished SFF writers of colour - the @futureworldsprize.bsky.social submission deadline is 26th January. This, right now, this moment NOW is the perfect time to be proud of your work and submit to the award. Literally nothing to lose, and a vast wealth to be won.
You all appear to have been keeping the Gloucester Road shrine to the chestburster quiet for some reason.
January 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
You all appear to have been keeping the Gloucester Road shrine to the chestburster quiet for some reason.
Museum caption burn…
January 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Museum caption burn…
Festive balls and all that, people.
December 24, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Festive balls and all that, people.
Dark Star was the first of Oliver's work I read - so probably the better example - which opens with:
Time to waste, so I escape the city
At one of those seedy establishments
They call 'Glow Shows' because they fill the girls
So full of Pro' it nearly burns their veins
Time to waste, so I escape the city
At one of those seedy establishments
They call 'Glow Shows' because they fill the girls
So full of Pro' it nearly burns their veins
December 18, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Dark Star was the first of Oliver's work I read - so probably the better example - which opens with:
Time to waste, so I escape the city
At one of those seedy establishments
They call 'Glow Shows' because they fill the girls
So full of Pro' it nearly burns their veins
Time to waste, so I escape the city
At one of those seedy establishments
They call 'Glow Shows' because they fill the girls
So full of Pro' it nearly burns their veins
COLD SNAP by Lindy Ryan. So here’s the thing, this excellent novella needs some love out there IRL. Because apparently Publishing is weird and unpredictable.
Slippery, weird, trippy, sparse and unreliable narrated. It’s a chilling and deeply affecting study of grief and survivor guilt.
Slippery, weird, trippy, sparse and unreliable narrated. It’s a chilling and deeply affecting study of grief and survivor guilt.
December 5, 2024 at 12:03 PM
COLD SNAP by Lindy Ryan. So here’s the thing, this excellent novella needs some love out there IRL. Because apparently Publishing is weird and unpredictable.
Slippery, weird, trippy, sparse and unreliable narrated. It’s a chilling and deeply affecting study of grief and survivor guilt.
Slippery, weird, trippy, sparse and unreliable narrated. It’s a chilling and deeply affecting study of grief and survivor guilt.