Shiloh Carroll
@medievalismist.bsky.social
PhD. she/her. Studies fantasy (neo)medievalisms. shilohcarroll.wordpress.com
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Shiloh Carroll
academic | author | smartass
shilohcarroll.wordpress.com
Hello new people! I'm not super interesting, but I do write some literary criticism/analysis; info, short essays, and copies of as many published works as I'm allowed to hand out are at shilohcarroll.wordpress.com. I'm working on some fiction, too, and I'll post here if/when that takes off. 💜
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It's time for everyone's favorite chronologically unanchored holiday, The Story of the Lizard in the Leg.
Because people keep asking, the Story of The Lizard In That Dude's Leg. Some caveats:
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It's time for everyone's favorite chronologically unanchored holiday, The Story of the Lizard in the Leg.
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I know that I have a number of SFF writer friends who nominate for various awards this time of year, so to make life easy on them, here is a list of my 2025 short story publications: alexisamesbooks.com/2025/11/23/2.... #WritingCommunity #SFF
2025 Short Story Roundup
I had 10 short stories published in 2025, and a number of SFF writer friends who nominate for various awards. So, to make life easy on them (and you, dear reader!), here are my 10 publications from…
alexisamesbooks.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I know that I have a number of SFF writer friends who nominate for various awards this time of year, so to make life easy on them, here is a list of my 2025 short story publications: alexisamesbooks.com/2025/11/23/2.... #WritingCommunity #SFF
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This bud's for you.
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This bud's for you.
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I got my first invitation to an event tied to my next novel, Mercutio, and it is Extremely Shakespearean, which delights me. If you or someone you know has a Shakespeare podcast or blog or event next spring/summer/fall, I would like nothing better than to come talk about stuff we like together. 🤓
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I got my first invitation to an event tied to my next novel, Mercutio, and it is Extremely Shakespearean, which delights me. If you or someone you know has a Shakespeare podcast or blog or event next spring/summer/fall, I would like nothing better than to come talk about stuff we like together. 🤓
I *tried* to read this in 2020 but my notes say I quit reading because it went off the rails into some whack philosophy about halfway through. Can't wait to listen to this and see if I remember right.
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I *tried* to read this in 2020 but my notes say I quit reading because it went off the rails into some whack philosophy about halfway through. Can't wait to listen to this and see if I remember right.
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i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
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I’m possibly looking for a sensitivity reader from a Mexican-American perspective. if there are any takers or if you know any please feel free to message me !
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I’m possibly looking for a sensitivity reader from a Mexican-American perspective. if there are any takers or if you know any please feel free to message me !
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every author in the class action, please file the claim.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
every author in the class action, please file the claim.
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I'm back again to annoy my followers by talking about my queer space opera that's coming out in February! I took a pathetic guy and put him in a Situation and make him fall in love with a robot. 🤖
Check it out on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24.... #writerslift #ShamelessSelfpromoSunday
Check it out on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24.... #writerslift #ShamelessSelfpromoSunday
The Chamos Project
Twenty years after an attack perpetrated by androids ta…
www.goodreads.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I'm back again to annoy my followers by talking about my queer space opera that's coming out in February! I took a pathetic guy and put him in a Situation and make him fall in love with a robot. 🤖
Check it out on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24.... #writerslift #ShamelessSelfpromoSunday
Check it out on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24.... #writerslift #ShamelessSelfpromoSunday
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
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Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
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On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you
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Head's up there is a Bluesky ban scam going around. This account just joined 40 mins ago and send me this DM.
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.
Stay safe!
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.
Stay safe!
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Head's up there is a Bluesky ban scam going around. This account just joined 40 mins ago and send me this DM.
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.
Stay safe!
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.
Stay safe!
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I'm on the hunt for ARC readers! Sign up here if you'd like to receive a free digital copy of THE CHAMOS PROJECT a month before publication: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I'm on the hunt for ARC readers! Sign up here if you'd like to receive a free digital copy of THE CHAMOS PROJECT a month before publication: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....
They're only doing this now? These were the rules when I worked at WalMart (checks watch) a long time ago
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
They're only doing this now? These were the rules when I worked at WalMart (checks watch) a long time ago
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Florence and the Machine Covir Bandes:
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Florence and the Machine Covir Bandes:
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
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I am commandir Shepard and thys ys my favourite blue sky on the citadel.
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I am commandir Shepard and thys ys my favourite blue sky on the citadel.
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My queer scifi book is now on 20 (!) shelves on Goodreads, which is 20 more than I was expecting. Check it out if you're looking for scifi with characters over 40, robots, and forbidden love: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24.... #WritingCommunity #SFF #lgbtq
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My queer scifi book is now on 20 (!) shelves on Goodreads, which is 20 more than I was expecting. Check it out if you're looking for scifi with characters over 40, robots, and forbidden love: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24.... #WritingCommunity #SFF #lgbtq
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You don’t have to thank me for doing my stupid job. But it is nice.
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
You don’t have to thank me for doing my stupid job. But it is nice.
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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hey fam, if you like fantasy stories or Arthurian legends, or if you enjoy fucked up existential shit, remember to check out my new book. and please rate and/or review on your platform of choice! It’s a big help to independent authors
💙📚
🪐📚
#booksky #writesky
www.grantpiercy.com/mordred
💙📚
🪐📚
#booksky #writesky
www.grantpiercy.com/mordred
Mordred — Grant Piercy - Author
Fate ends in a field. The hills roll along the countryside like waves, their flowers and blades of grass nourished by soldiers’ blood, spilt for reasons few can ever fathom. The sky overhead a deep, u...
www.grantpiercy.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
hey fam, if you like fantasy stories or Arthurian legends, or if you enjoy fucked up existential shit, remember to check out my new book. and please rate and/or review on your platform of choice! It’s a big help to independent authors
💙📚
🪐📚
#booksky #writesky
www.grantpiercy.com/mordred
💙📚
🪐📚
#booksky #writesky
www.grantpiercy.com/mordred