Katie McIvor
@mckatie.bsky.social
Scottish writer 🐾 Stories in / soon in Strange Horizons, The Deadlands, The Dark, PodCastle, PseudoPod, The Rumpus, Gamut, Uncharted, Fusion Fragment, Interzone & others 🐾 katiemcivor.com
1-year-old is randomly obsessed with this balti recipe book and it's the cutest thing ever. She just sits on the floor poring over pictures of baltis and saying things like "Is that... tomatoes?" 😭❤️
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
1-year-old is randomly obsessed with this balti recipe book and it's the cutest thing ever. She just sits on the floor poring over pictures of baltis and saying things like "Is that... tomatoes?" 😭❤️
A slow and beautiful autumn with our little leaf obsessive 🍂 ❤️
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A slow and beautiful autumn with our little leaf obsessive 🍂 ❤️
Things I read in October - 3 solid choices for spooky season! Hugely recommend this short story collection by the always brilliant @thomasha.bsky.social . On my third (I think?) reread of @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social 's Area X novels, Authority is still my fave ❤️ And Fevre Dream was just insane fun 🧛♂️
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Things I read in October - 3 solid choices for spooky season! Hugely recommend this short story collection by the always brilliant @thomasha.bsky.social . On my third (I think?) reread of @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social 's Area X novels, Authority is still my fave ❤️ And Fevre Dream was just insane fun 🧛♂️
Scotland y u so pretty 🥺❤️❤️
Photo credit: my 1-year-old for waking me up early enough to see this
Photo credit: my 1-year-old for waking me up early enough to see this
November 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Scotland y u so pretty 🥺❤️❤️
Photo credit: my 1-year-old for waking me up early enough to see this
Photo credit: my 1-year-old for waking me up early enough to see this
The view from my desk today 🩷
October 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The view from my desk today 🩷
I spent baby's naptime today going through edits for my upcoming 3LBE story. It's about a sleep-deprived hitman going slowly insane on an interminable car chase across Scotland, and I can't wait for you all to read it!
And, yes, it has a bog in it :) 💚
And, yes, it has a bog in it :) 💚
October 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I spent baby's naptime today going through edits for my upcoming 3LBE story. It's about a sleep-deprived hitman going slowly insane on an interminable car chase across Scotland, and I can't wait for you all to read it!
And, yes, it has a bog in it :) 💚
And, yes, it has a bog in it :) 💚
Please enjoy this video of a nice ba ba, with commentary by my 1 year old 🐑
October 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Please enjoy this video of a nice ba ba, with commentary by my 1 year old 🐑
Things I read in September! It's not been an easy month as reading, like everything else this preggo, has been making me nauseous, but I managed a couple of new books and a(nother) re-read of the brilliant Annihilation
October 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Things I read in September! It's not been an easy month as reading, like everything else this preggo, has been making me nauseous, but I managed a couple of new books and a(nother) re-read of the brilliant Annihilation
Riverside run the other evening. If you zoom right in in the middle you will see a ridiculously tall heron
September 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Riverside run the other evening. If you zoom right in in the middle you will see a ridiculously tall heron
Husband just spent a week on holiday in Italy with his friends and the thing I am most jealous about is that their villa had a view of the actual big boat from Big Boat Stuck
September 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Husband just spent a week on holiday in Italy with his friends and the thing I am most jealous about is that their villa had a view of the actual big boat from Big Boat Stuck
Things that make me feel sick right now:
Food
Music
Being awake
Literally any smell
Reading ☹️
Being hungry
The only things that don't make me feel sick right now:
Gilmore girls
Cheesy doritos
Baby number 2 arriving next year!
Food
Music
Being awake
Literally any smell
Reading ☹️
Being hungry
The only things that don't make me feel sick right now:
Gilmore girls
Cheesy doritos
Baby number 2 arriving next year!
September 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Things that make me feel sick right now:
Food
Music
Being awake
Literally any smell
Reading ☹️
Being hungry
The only things that don't make me feel sick right now:
Gilmore girls
Cheesy doritos
Baby number 2 arriving next year!
Food
Music
Being awake
Literally any smell
Reading ☹️
Being hungry
The only things that don't make me feel sick right now:
Gilmore girls
Cheesy doritos
Baby number 2 arriving next year!
I've lived here nearly 2 years and run this route about once a week, how have I only just noticed this field is surrounded by a huge border of wild sunflowers? 😭 🌻 💛
September 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I've lived here nearly 2 years and run this route about once a week, how have I only just noticed this field is surrounded by a huge border of wild sunflowers? 😭 🌻 💛
Today I finished writing a short story for the first time this year. I love parenting this wee poppet but it's so, SO hard to find time to write. Trying to feel good about what I've managed to do instead of beating myself up for not being able to do more.
September 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Today I finished writing a short story for the first time this year. I love parenting this wee poppet but it's so, SO hard to find time to write. Trying to feel good about what I've managed to do instead of beating myself up for not being able to do more.
Is it too early in the year for Ghost Malone? 🤔 👻
September 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Is it too early in the year for Ghost Malone? 🤔 👻
Things I read in August 😎 Loved 2666 even if it took me nearly 2 years to finish. Giger's Alien was fascinating, hilarious and so, so bitchy. "People who write scripts never seem to share my opinions." 😂 Short stories in thread! 🧵
September 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Things I read in August 😎 Loved 2666 even if it took me nearly 2 years to finish. Giger's Alien was fascinating, hilarious and so, so bitchy. "People who write scripts never seem to share my opinions." 😂 Short stories in thread! 🧵
I might not have managed to write much (or at all, really) this year, but I did grow all these flowers in my mum and dad's vegetable patch and they are making me very happy 🌸
August 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I might not have managed to write much (or at all, really) this year, but I did grow all these flowers in my mum and dad's vegetable patch and they are making me very happy 🌸
No cheating, post the last pic of your pet
August 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
No cheating, post the last pic of your pet
Look at this beautiful book that came in the post! I'm so happy to be part of the Northern Gravy Fiction Anthology 🥰 can't wait to read through all the other stories!
August 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Look at this beautiful book that came in the post! I'm so happy to be part of the Northern Gravy Fiction Anthology 🥰 can't wait to read through all the other stories!
Things I read in July! No short stories this month (well apart from Ted Chiang) as I've been busy with khoreo submissions, but all of these were excellent. I would especially recommend The Sympathizer for its black humour and general unputdownableness 🇻🇳 ❤️
August 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Things I read in July! No short stories this month (well apart from Ted Chiang) as I've been busy with khoreo submissions, but all of these were excellent. I would especially recommend The Sympathizer for its black humour and general unputdownableness 🇻🇳 ❤️
Nice to see my @pseudopod.org story still getting some love! Here's the link if you missed it 🪼 🌊 🫏 💙 pseudopod.org/2025/05/28/p...
July 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Nice to see my @pseudopod.org story still getting some love! Here's the link if you missed it 🪼 🌊 🫏 💙 pseudopod.org/2025/05/28/p...
The Jehovah's Witnesses leaflet reminded my husband of something...
July 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The Jehovah's Witnesses leaflet reminded my husband of something...
Somehow got ourselves into a situation where the 18mo is COMPLETELY OBSESSED with the Disney song Shiny. It's all we listen to. It is all we know. Shiny. I see the jowly crab's face when I close my eyes. I hear Jemaine Clement's voice every night in my dreams, in my darkest nightmares.
Shiny.
Shiny.
July 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Somehow got ourselves into a situation where the 18mo is COMPLETELY OBSESSED with the Disney song Shiny. It's all we listen to. It is all we know. Shiny. I see the jowly crab's face when I close my eyes. I hear Jemaine Clement's voice every night in my dreams, in my darkest nightmares.
Shiny.
Shiny.
Things I read in June 😎 These were all very different but enjoyed them all. Time War is something special! Short stories in 🧵
June 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Things I read in June 😎 These were all very different but enjoyed them all. Time War is something special! Short stories in 🧵
Our perfect girl has gone. We're so grateful to have had so much time with her, and to be left with so many happy memories. Sleep well, lovely Cora 🩷
Under the new made clouds and happy as the heart was long,
In the sun born over and over,
I ran my heedless ways
- Dylan Thomas
Under the new made clouds and happy as the heart was long,
In the sun born over and over,
I ran my heedless ways
- Dylan Thomas
June 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Our perfect girl has gone. We're so grateful to have had so much time with her, and to be left with so many happy memories. Sleep well, lovely Cora 🩷
Under the new made clouds and happy as the heart was long,
In the sun born over and over,
I ran my heedless ways
- Dylan Thomas
Under the new made clouds and happy as the heart was long,
In the sun born over and over,
I ran my heedless ways
- Dylan Thomas