Malina
@iridescentwords.bsky.social
Writer of literary and speculative fiction. Published in Odin by Flame Tree Press, Cast of Wonders, Gwyllion, Ellipsis, Eye to the Telescope, WestWord Journal, NFFD Antho & more.
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Gone Lawn 61 : corn moon
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My flash fiction, A Catch Carried Skyward, will be published in Issue 62 of Gone Lawn on December 4th! Check out other great stories from issue 61 in the meantime. gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
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A beautiful, compelling story. Check it out!
ICYMI, my novella THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR, which among other things imagines how the cuisine of an extradimensional diaspora in Calcutta might develop, is out in S. Asia as a paperback, in N. America as a limited ed hardcover, & the world as an ebook:
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A beautiful, compelling story. Check it out!
My flash fiction, A Catch Carried Skyward, will be published in Issue 62 of Gone Lawn on December 4th! Check out other great stories from issue 61 in the meantime. gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
@gonelawn.bsky.social
@gonelawn.bsky.social
Gone Lawn 61 : corn moon
gonelawn.net
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My flash fiction, A Catch Carried Skyward, will be published in Issue 62 of Gone Lawn on December 4th! Check out other great stories from issue 61 in the meantime. gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
@gonelawn.bsky.social
@gonelawn.bsky.social
Read In the Debris Field by Luke Whisnant in a sundrenched field. It's amazing how he shifts between major life events in a few sentences.
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Read In the Debris Field by Luke Whisnant in a sundrenched field. It's amazing how he shifts between major life events in a few sentences.
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“Gossip” began as Old English godsibb for a godparent or god-relative. The meaning came to represent the idle talk of family members.
#etymology
#etymology
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“Gossip” began as Old English godsibb for a godparent or god-relative. The meaning came to represent the idle talk of family members.
#etymology
#etymology
"Charged air as if before a storm, this feeling creeping over him of a thing to come which cannot yet be seen, only silver light in a tight beam to say that this is a moment when something is bound to happen... alone in the jittery privacy of anticipation..." Dutch Angle by Jennifer McMahon, Crannog
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Charged air as if before a storm, this feeling creeping over him of a thing to come which cannot yet be seen, only silver light in a tight beam to say that this is a moment when something is bound to happen... alone in the jittery privacy of anticipation..." Dutch Angle by Jennifer McMahon, Crannog
Enjoyed reading Crannog in the cold morning air of a balcony in the mountains.
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Enjoyed reading Crannog in the cold morning air of a balcony in the mountains.
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Norse sagas feature riddle duels where wisdom, not strength, won battles. Odin himself answered questions disguised as a traveler. If brainy contests appeal, Trivial Pursuit scratches that ancient itch. #FolkyFriday
November 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Norse sagas feature riddle duels where wisdom, not strength, won battles. Odin himself answered questions disguised as a traveler. If brainy contests appeal, Trivial Pursuit scratches that ancient itch. #FolkyFriday
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This year we nominated TWENTY-SEVEN of our contributors for literary awards. We believe the bin is packed with winning words - good luck to all our nominees 🌟💜
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This year we nominated TWENTY-SEVEN of our contributors for literary awards. We believe the bin is packed with winning words - good luck to all our nominees 🌟💜
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In many ghost stories, the White Lady wanders roadsides and ruins, her pale figure glowing against the dark. Monochrome becomes a warning. Grief drained of color, memory turned to mist. #WyrdWednesday
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In many ghost stories, the White Lady wanders roadsides and ruins, her pale figure glowing against the dark. Monochrome becomes a warning. Grief drained of color, memory turned to mist. #WyrdWednesday
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Going to use #InternationalMensDay to say that if you’re feeling low & it’s deepening, please talk to your loved ones, doctor or a mental health specialist for help.
I should have but I was one of those foolish men who thought he should silently push on through anxiety & depression.
Big mistake.
I should have but I was one of those foolish men who thought he should silently push on through anxiety & depression.
Big mistake.
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Going to use #InternationalMensDay to say that if you’re feeling low & it’s deepening, please talk to your loved ones, doctor or a mental health specialist for help.
I should have but I was one of those foolish men who thought he should silently push on through anxiety & depression.
Big mistake.
I should have but I was one of those foolish men who thought he should silently push on through anxiety & depression.
Big mistake.
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got asked, by a very nice person, 'why don't you use chatGPT in your writing' and their argument was that it's just like using google to research: a modern tech that will enhance my work. all the obvious issues aside, I don't want to be modern. I want to be artisanal.
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
got asked, by a very nice person, 'why don't you use chatGPT in your writing' and their argument was that it's just like using google to research: a modern tech that will enhance my work. all the obvious issues aside, I don't want to be modern. I want to be artisanal.
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❄️WINTER READING SALE ❄️
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
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Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
❄️WINTER READING SALE ❄️
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
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i can 100% endorse this one as a terrific example of LGBTQIA & STEM, as i narrated it! absolutely love this story. it's another terrific piece by Ember Randall 🖤🖤🖤
On the back of this, you should really check out this one from our back catalog as a great example of LGBTQIA & STEM ^^ www.castofwonders.org/2023/02/cast...
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
i can 100% endorse this one as a terrific example of LGBTQIA & STEM, as i narrated it! absolutely love this story. it's another terrific piece by Ember Randall 🖤🖤🖤
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You can preorder SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL from your favorite bookseller! Additional vendors are rolling out. This retrofuturistic love story arrives just in time for Valentine's Day: February 3, 2026. www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
You can preorder SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL from your favorite bookseller! Additional vendors are rolling out. This retrofuturistic love story arrives just in time for Valentine's Day: February 3, 2026. www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
What if we could design systems that worked with the Earth instead of against her? This is inspiring.
youtube.com/watch?v=eH5z...
youtube.com/watch?v=eH5z...
3000-year-old solutions to modern problems | Lyla June | TEDxKC
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
What if we could design systems that worked with the Earth instead of against her? This is inspiring.
youtube.com/watch?v=eH5z...
youtube.com/watch?v=eH5z...
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Shell Guide, 1955:
“Between the mild days, November frosts strip the coloured leaves of the shrubs and climbers of the hedgerow so that all the fruits of early winter show more vigourously against a paler sky”
Artists: Edith & Rowland Hilder
Writer: Geoffrey Grigson
“Between the mild days, November frosts strip the coloured leaves of the shrubs and climbers of the hedgerow so that all the fruits of early winter show more vigourously against a paler sky”
Artists: Edith & Rowland Hilder
Writer: Geoffrey Grigson
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Shell Guide, 1955:
“Between the mild days, November frosts strip the coloured leaves of the shrubs and climbers of the hedgerow so that all the fruits of early winter show more vigourously against a paler sky”
Artists: Edith & Rowland Hilder
Writer: Geoffrey Grigson
“Between the mild days, November frosts strip the coloured leaves of the shrubs and climbers of the hedgerow so that all the fruits of early winter show more vigourously against a paler sky”
Artists: Edith & Rowland Hilder
Writer: Geoffrey Grigson
Released my jack-o'-lantern to the wild. Let that puckered, scrunched up face frighten somebody new! 🎃🍁
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Released my jack-o'-lantern to the wild. Let that puckered, scrunched up face frighten somebody new! 🎃🍁
A lovely reflection on our past and present selves. Check it out!
"These Days You're Kinda Okay" by @laurabesley.bsky.social is a beautifully crafted, almost philosophical story about making peace with yourself, past and present. Read here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A lovely reflection on our past and present selves. Check it out!
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"These Days You're Kinda Okay" by @laurabesley.bsky.social is a beautifully crafted, almost philosophical story about making peace with yourself, past and present. Read here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"These Days You're Kinda Okay" by @laurabesley.bsky.social is a beautifully crafted, almost philosophical story about making peace with yourself, past and present. Read here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
Sharing the joy of autumn leaves...
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Sharing the joy of autumn leaves...
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A post- #Halloween treat on my resurrected Substack, & ready for: "The Hand that Takes the Candy", in which a young family finds a #spooky intruder helping themself to one kid's treat bag... #booksky #indiehorror #indiefantasy #indiehorrrorauthor #indiefantasyauthor
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tinyurl.com/handtakescandy
Spooky Fiction: "The Hand That Takes the Candy"
A post-Halloween treat to read while you're nibbling the last of the left-over trick-or-treat candy...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
A post- #Halloween treat on my resurrected Substack, & ready for: "The Hand that Takes the Candy", in which a young family finds a #spooky intruder helping themself to one kid's treat bag... #booksky #indiehorror #indiefantasy #indiehorrrorauthor #indiefantasyauthor
tinyurl.com/handtakescandy
tinyurl.com/handtakescandy
Ready to curl up with a book? Winter Enchantment is on sale now
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ready to curl up with a book? Winter Enchantment is on sale now
"It is a character's silences, uncertainties and sorrows that bring me close to him, not his victories or acts of courage... I pay most attention to the shadowy patches and moments of fragility in my books, as miniaturists do in their paintings..."
-Orhan Pamuk
-Orhan Pamuk
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"It is a character's silences, uncertainties and sorrows that bring me close to him, not his victories or acts of courage... I pay most attention to the shadowy patches and moments of fragility in my books, as miniaturists do in their paintings..."
-Orhan Pamuk
-Orhan Pamuk
Since the cover image didn't show up in the link, here it is:
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Since the cover image didn't show up in the link, here it is:
At my writing group today I spoke with the author of this book on gaining sovereignty and breaking generational patterns. Check it out!
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November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
At my writing group today I spoke with the author of this book on gaining sovereignty and breaking generational patterns. Check it out!
shorturl.at/7VOvW
shorturl.at/7VOvW