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Giselle Leeb
@giselleleeb.bsky.social
Short story collection, Mammals, I Think We Are Called (@saltpublishing.bsky.social), Edge Hill Short Story Prize '23 Longlist, Word Factory Apprentice '19, Best British Short Stories '17 https://giselleleeb.com/
I answered some great questions from Joe Bedford, who interviewed me for his 'Writers on Research' series:
INTERVIEW: Giselle Leeb on nature, normality and ‘Mammals, I Think We Are Called’
You can read the interview, and others, here: 😀
joebedford.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
If you are in Nottingham or the environs, me and my book 'Mammals, I Think We Are Called - @saltpublishing.com - will be the guests at the @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social book group on 27 Feb Info: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/febru...
February 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Super-chuffed to have a story in the 1st issue of Remains, edited by Andy Cox. Thanks to @nicholasroyle.bsky.social for inspiration and title 'Inclusions' - see dedication pic. More: remains.uk. More about Inclusions in Nick's bk on @saltpublishing.com's site: tinyurl.com/nr-shadowlines
January 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Out on a ride today:
January 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Free shipping + 10% discount to email subscribers on the@saltpublishing site: tinyurl.com/mammalsleeb #books #shortstories
June 26, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Free shipping + 10% discount to email subscribers on the
@saltpublishing site: tinyurl.com/mammalsleeb #books #shortstories
June 25, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Interzone #299 out today with my reviews of @kellylink.bsky.social 's The Book of Love and @nightjarpress stories by @iancritchley.bsky.social, @troutiemcfish.bsky.social, @charlieratpig.bsky.social & others. @interzone.press @interzonemagfans.bsky.social
May 2, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Free shipping until the end of April on my literary-fantastical short story collection 'Mammals, I Think We Are Called': tinyurl.com/mammalsleeb #books #shortstories
April 15, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Happy Publication Day @nicholasroyle.bsky.social! ‘Royle invests more passion into his subject than EL James did in whips...personally, I haven’t laughed harder with a book for a long time.’ —Nick Duerden, Observer. Available @ tinyurl.com/2dksmjpj pic.twitter.com/pOjTmF5UAr
#books #saltpublishing
March 15, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Sam Szanto interviews me about My debut collection, Mammals, I Think We Are Called, writing and literary-fantastical fiction: www.samszanto.com/post/giselle...
February 9, 2024 at 12:17 PM
If you're near Norwich on 6 Feb and fancy a night of readings, talks and chat with some fantastic authors, including me and some of my fellow @saltpublishing.bsky.social authors, we'll be at the Norwich Book slam with host & Salt author Chris Parker: www.anterosfoundation.com/event-detail...
January 29, 2024 at 12:17 PM
My immense gratitude to @dflewis.bsky.social as I reach the end of his ever-flowing, effervescent real-time reviews of the stories in Mammals I Think We Are Called, making me wonder if I enjoyed reading them even more than writing the stories themselves: tinyurl.com/mammalsdesle...
January 12, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Absolutely loving the ongoing wild and wonderful real-time reviewing of the stories in my collection, Mammals, I Think We Are Called, by the imaginative, free-flowing (un/sub)conscious of @dflewis.bsky.social Thank you, Des :-) tinyurl.com/mammalsdesle...
January 7, 2024 at 4:21 PM
"Everything that makes a great short story is here." - Tania Hershman.15% off my Edge Hill longlisted Mammals on the
Salt Publishing site until 19 DEC 23. Use code at checkout: 14D8BSR85BNY: tinyurl.com/mammalsleeb
Also avail. on Amazon: tinyurl.com/mammalsamazon
December 7, 2023 at 11:30 AM
"This is honestly a ghost story to remember by reading it again and again in many future ghost story anthologies" - Des Lewis (review: tinyurl.com/deslewis) 'The Little Ghost' reviewed by the inimitable @dflewis.bsky.social, available from Nightjar Press: tinyurl.com/litteghost
December 5, 2023 at 11:23 AM
Somewhat apocalyptic lunch cycle
December 1, 2023 at 2:20 PM
Whoo! My short short story, The Picture House (inspired by R. D. Laing), is published today alongside top writers in the beaver moon issue 52 of the brilliant @gonelawn.bsky.social the place to go if you like your fiction delectable and different: tinyurl.com/leebgonelawn
November 27, 2023 at 4:22 PM
My story, The Little Ghost, just available to order on the Nightjar Press site (limited edition signed chapbook). So proud to join such an excellent flock: nightjarpress.weebly.com
November 26, 2023 at 6:54 PM
15% off 'Mammals, I Think We Are Called', and all
@saltpublishing bks from Nov 8 - Dec 19, 2023. To get the code, Subscribe to my Substack (giselleleeb.substack.com) or DM me with yr email & I'll subscribe you. Buy Mammals from Salt here: tinyurl.com/mammalsleeb
November 12, 2023 at 3:47 PM
Happy author: when your barber tells you he saw someone reading your book at a pub in Lanzarote, and they said it was good :-)
October 24, 2023 at 11:54 AM
🎂🦈🐦🐰🦍 🥂HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY!🥂 to my Edge Hill Prize longlisted 'Mammals, I Think We Are Called'. It's been a wild ride! A pic for each of the 18 stories. I'm doing a giveaway later today over on the evil X to celebrate :-) More about Mammals: tinyurl.com/mammalsleeb
October 15, 2023 at 8:24 AM
A depressed young woman working in a lab inadvertently cures herself by advising the lab monkeys. Read an excerpt from: 'Are You Cold, Monkey? Are You Cold?', #11 in my collection Mammals, I Think We Are Called: tinyurl.com/mbxaw2c
October 11, 2023 at 11:36 AM
A boy faces environmental destruction when his electronic toy gorilla comes to life. Read an excerpt from 'The Edges of Seasons', #13 in my collection, Mammals, I Think We Are Called tinyurl.com/mammals-gori...
@saltpublishing
October 4, 2023 at 11:13 AM
A slim young girl wakes from cryopreservation to find that she is too fat for her new world. Read an excerpt from 'Thin', #6 in my collection, Mammals, I Think We Are Called (Salt) tinyurl.com/yc5s9f4w
September 26, 2023 at 11:06 AM
A patient’s scurvy rips open the physical and emotional scars of his past, forcing his doctor to acknowledge the limits of medical practice. Read an excerpt from 'Scaffolding', #7 in my collection, 'Mammals, I Think We Are Called' tinyurl.com/bones-scars
September 14, 2023 at 11:18 AM