JL George
@jlgeorge.bsky.social
Author of THE WORD and various other things. She/they | hi/nhw. http://www.jl-george.com
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JL George
@jlgeorge.bsky.social
· Nov 20
I've done some searching and couldn't find any starter packs for Welsh and Wales-based speculative fiction people. So, I thought I'd try my hand at creating one. If you'd like to be included, give me a nudge.
go.bsky.app/VaweQ1D
go.bsky.app/VaweQ1D
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We are exactly four (4!) downloads away from setting a new FF annual record* for most downloads! It's a perfect time to grab yourself a free download of FF#26!
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
Issue #26
“A Treatise of Significance to Uyo Above” by Nkereuwem Albert: the city above and the city below / spirit bots / revolution”A White Day Comes” by A.D. Sui: solar destruction…
www.fusionfragment.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We are exactly four (4!) downloads away from setting a new FF annual record* for most downloads! It's a perfect time to grab yourself a free download of FF#26!
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-26/
(*I mean we're way ahead if I include Saros, but I still wanna beat the FF-only record)
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The Barthes Studies journal is ten years old today. All eleven volumes published to date are free to read online here:
sites.cardiff.ac.uk/barthes/
sites.cardiff.ac.uk/barthes/
Barthes Studies
An open-access journal for research in English on the work of Roland Barthes
sites.cardiff.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The Barthes Studies journal is ten years old today. All eleven volumes published to date are free to read online here:
sites.cardiff.ac.uk/barthes/
sites.cardiff.ac.uk/barthes/
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Aw, my first author-impersonating scam email! Can't believe Zadie Smith isn't really just emailing me for a chat. 😔
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Aw, my first author-impersonating scam email! Can't believe Zadie Smith isn't really just emailing me for a chat. 😔
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As in JL George's "Little Shade" which finds a person surviving their sister's death in a world-shattering pandemic only to be visited in isolation by a stray cat who helps remind them that there is still life, still things to do. It's heavy and difficult but is limned with hope
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
As in JL George's "Little Shade" which finds a person surviving their sister's death in a world-shattering pandemic only to be visited in isolation by a stray cat who helps remind them that there is still life, still things to do. It's heavy and difficult but is limned with hope
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Short SFF Reading Update #quicksipreviews
Saros #4 (5 originals) from @fusionfragment.bsky.social
The theme of the issue is dystopia/post-apocalypse, and the stories do indeed show some grim futures dominated by inequality, exploitation, and desolation. Through it all, though, there is still hope
Saros #4 (5 originals) from @fusionfragment.bsky.social
The theme of the issue is dystopia/post-apocalypse, and the stories do indeed show some grim futures dominated by inequality, exploitation, and desolation. Through it all, though, there is still hope
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Short SFF Reading Update #quicksipreviews
Saros #4 (5 originals) from @fusionfragment.bsky.social
The theme of the issue is dystopia/post-apocalypse, and the stories do indeed show some grim futures dominated by inequality, exploitation, and desolation. Through it all, though, there is still hope
Saros #4 (5 originals) from @fusionfragment.bsky.social
The theme of the issue is dystopia/post-apocalypse, and the stories do indeed show some grim futures dominated by inequality, exploitation, and desolation. Through it all, though, there is still hope
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Seeing UK Labour try to claim Zohran Mamdani’s victory as a win for their political stances etc, is darkly funny, given that if he was British, he would have been hounded out of Labour asap, that not a single thing one his platform they would be onboard with.
November 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Seeing UK Labour try to claim Zohran Mamdani’s victory as a win for their political stances etc, is darkly funny, given that if he was British, he would have been hounded out of Labour asap, that not a single thing one his platform they would be onboard with.
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have you gotten YOURS yet??
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
have you gotten YOURS yet??
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Skeleton Horses? Rap Battles? How the Mari Llwyd Stole Christmas. www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...
Update 30: Skeleton Horses? Rap Battles? How the Mari Llwyd Stole Christmas. · They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)
With Hallowe'en on the way, it is time to share a truly terrifying creature from Welsh myth, albeit one that is easily bribed with a mince pie and a glass of port. Here's Jo Hall to tell you all about...
www.kickstarter.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Skeleton Horses? Rap Battles? How the Mari Llwyd Stole Christmas. www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...
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IT IS WEDNESDAY HACKERS
RUN WITH THE HUNTED1
Run With the Hunted is my ongoing, FEMALE-LED, cyberpunk heist novella series. 7 books out now, book 8 coming out FRIDAY
💎💎💎
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
RUN WITH THE HUNTED1
Run With the Hunted is my ongoing, FEMALE-LED, cyberpunk heist novella series. 7 books out now, book 8 coming out FRIDAY
💎💎💎
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
October 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
IT IS WEDNESDAY HACKERS
RUN WITH THE HUNTED1
Run With the Hunted is my ongoing, FEMALE-LED, cyberpunk heist novella series. 7 books out now, book 8 coming out FRIDAY
💎💎💎
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
RUN WITH THE HUNTED1
Run With the Hunted is my ongoing, FEMALE-LED, cyberpunk heist novella series. 7 books out now, book 8 coming out FRIDAY
💎💎💎
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
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It's release day for Saros #4, edited by me! It contains five beautiful, character-driven post-apocalyptic stories by fantastic authors. I really enjoyed putting this issue together, and I hope you'll enjoy reading it just as much!
sarossf.com/issue-4/
sarossf.com/issue-4/
Issue #4 - Saros Speculative Fiction
Edited by Hannah Greer “At the Heart of It” by Christina Tang-Bernas: organ harvesting / moon colonies / a fresh start “Brain Leech” by Eric Fomley: memory selling / for the good of the family / corpo...
sarossf.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It's release day for Saros #4, edited by me! It contains five beautiful, character-driven post-apocalyptic stories by fantastic authors. I really enjoyed putting this issue together, and I hope you'll enjoy reading it just as much!
sarossf.com/issue-4/
sarossf.com/issue-4/
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Leaving the job I've done for the last 15 years, and the company I built, because of this "AI" bollocks. It was past time
So, if you fancy buying any of my books for Halloween - individually, or in the kind of industrial quantifies that might keep the wolf from the door -
Now's the time!
So, if you fancy buying any of my books for Halloween - individually, or in the kind of industrial quantifies that might keep the wolf from the door -
Now's the time!
Nefarious Bat Press
We're a female-owned independent publisher specialising in queer horror, crime and dark fiction
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October 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Leaving the job I've done for the last 15 years, and the company I built, because of this "AI" bollocks. It was past time
So, if you fancy buying any of my books for Halloween - individually, or in the kind of industrial quantifies that might keep the wolf from the door -
Now's the time!
So, if you fancy buying any of my books for Halloween - individually, or in the kind of industrial quantifies that might keep the wolf from the door -
Now's the time!
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The bitterly ironic transformation of the iconography of the poppy, from sombre reminder of the senseless futility of a war in which the British ruling class systematically ordered the wholesale slaughter of millions of working-class men, to 'War Christmas', says everything about the current crisis
That's it. Peak remembrancy shop window has been located.
October 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The bitterly ironic transformation of the iconography of the poppy, from sombre reminder of the senseless futility of a war in which the British ruling class systematically ordered the wholesale slaughter of millions of working-class men, to 'War Christmas', says everything about the current crisis
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Saros #4, edited by @hannahgreer.bsky.social, contains quiet post-apocalyptic stories by @ctbideas.bsky.social, @ericfomley.bsky.social, @helenfrench.bsky.social, @jlgeorge.bsky.social, and Lex Chamberlin!
You can also grab this one here: sarossf.com/issue-4/
You can also grab this one here: sarossf.com/issue-4/
October 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Saros #4, edited by @hannahgreer.bsky.social, contains quiet post-apocalyptic stories by @ctbideas.bsky.social, @ericfomley.bsky.social, @helenfrench.bsky.social, @jlgeorge.bsky.social, and Lex Chamberlin!
You can also grab this one here: sarossf.com/issue-4/
You can also grab this one here: sarossf.com/issue-4/
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This is an utterly nonsensical way to report the really relieving news that Plaid Cymru, a party which espouses all sorts of liberal values including trans rights, etc. (and which isn't even mentioned in this headline!!!) won the election by a 47% landslide, well ahead of Reform as well as Labour.
October 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This is an utterly nonsensical way to report the really relieving news that Plaid Cymru, a party which espouses all sorts of liberal values including trans rights, etc. (and which isn't even mentioned in this headline!!!) won the election by a 47% landslide, well ahead of Reform as well as Labour.
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800 words please on why this proves the Labour and Conservative strategy to primarily target Reform voters is working perfectly.
Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result:
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
October 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
800 words please on why this proves the Labour and Conservative strategy to primarily target Reform voters is working perfectly.
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the UK needs more cryptids
December 13, 2024 at 10:03 AM
the UK needs more cryptids
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Almost there...!
October 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Almost there...!
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Morning everyone. Another Welsh history story will be coming your way later today, but first I wanted to do an update to thank everyone for a great weekend, and to give a boost to a few other people.
www.kickstarter.com/...
www.kickstarter.com/...
October 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Morning everyone. Another Welsh history story will be coming your way later today, but first I wanted to do an update to thank everyone for a great weekend, and to give a boost to a few other people.
www.kickstarter.com/...
www.kickstarter.com/...
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want to get away for a little while? RUN WITH THE HUNTED!
fast-paced future female fun, typically at least one heist per novella!
7 books out now, book 8 coming October 31!
blurbs 'n' buy links on my blog!
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
fast-paced future female fun, typically at least one heist per novella!
7 books out now, book 8 coming October 31!
blurbs 'n' buy links on my blog!
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
October 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
want to get away for a little while? RUN WITH THE HUNTED!
fast-paced future female fun, typically at least one heist per novella!
7 books out now, book 8 coming October 31!
blurbs 'n' buy links on my blog!
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
fast-paced future female fun, typically at least one heist per novella!
7 books out now, book 8 coming October 31!
blurbs 'n' buy links on my blog!
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
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New author Interview - today we invite @elizachanwrites.bsky.social back to the blog to discuss their great novel Tideborn, messy mothers, duologies and more www.runalongtheshelves.net/interviews/2...
Interviewing Eliza Chan — Runalong The Shelves
Hellooo! I recently reviewed Tideborn by Eliza Chan a fantastic conclusion to the Drowned World duology where we have a an aquatic themed setting, a glorious mix of mythic folks to meet and s...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
October 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
New author Interview - today we invite @elizachanwrites.bsky.social back to the blog to discuss their great novel Tideborn, messy mothers, duologies and more www.runalongtheshelves.net/interviews/2...
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Another travelogue I wrote for this fundraiser. This one is about St Non’s Well; a historical pilgrimage site with mythical links to Wales’ patron saint.
Today on the Kickstarter we are back with Tej Turner, and a Christian religious site that might be a re-purposed pagan sanctuary:
www.kickstarter.com/...
We are up to 64% funded now. When we reach 67% we'll start talking about stretch goals.
www.kickstarter.com/...
We are up to 64% funded now. When we reach 67% we'll start talking about stretch goals.
October 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Another travelogue I wrote for this fundraiser. This one is about St Non’s Well; a historical pilgrimage site with mythical links to Wales’ patron saint.