Noah Medlock
@noahmedlock.bsky.social
Author of queer weird fiction - he/him
A BOTANICAL DAUGHTER - March 2024
A BOTANICAL DAUGHTER - March 2024
The main characters in A Botanical Daughter both have silent letters in their names, X+Y:
Rievaulx is a ruined abbey in Yorkshire, gothic and austere like Simon
Sandys sounds like Sands, a reference to ‘Inspector Sands’ which is a common code for a fire (iykyk)
Art by @angellilou.bsky.social
Rievaulx is a ruined abbey in Yorkshire, gothic and austere like Simon
Sandys sounds like Sands, a reference to ‘Inspector Sands’ which is a common code for a fire (iykyk)
Art by @angellilou.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The main characters in A Botanical Daughter both have silent letters in their names, X+Y:
Rievaulx is a ruined abbey in Yorkshire, gothic and austere like Simon
Sandys sounds like Sands, a reference to ‘Inspector Sands’ which is a common code for a fire (iykyk)
Art by @angellilou.bsky.social
Rievaulx is a ruined abbey in Yorkshire, gothic and austere like Simon
Sandys sounds like Sands, a reference to ‘Inspector Sands’ which is a common code for a fire (iykyk)
Art by @angellilou.bsky.social
I let my main character edit the trope map for his own book:
May 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I let my main character edit the trope map for his own book:
If you’d like a big hug from a plant monster, can I suggest Cʜʟᴏᴇ from A Botanical Daughter?
🌱 tender and inquisitive
🌱 made from 100% recycled materials
🌱 biological imperative to kill for you
🌱 mossy in all the right places
🌱 tender and inquisitive
🌱 made from 100% recycled materials
🌱 biological imperative to kill for you
🌱 mossy in all the right places
January 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
If you’d like a big hug from a plant monster, can I suggest Cʜʟᴏᴇ from A Botanical Daughter?
🌱 tender and inquisitive
🌱 made from 100% recycled materials
🌱 biological imperative to kill for you
🌱 mossy in all the right places
🌱 tender and inquisitive
🌱 made from 100% recycled materials
🌱 biological imperative to kill for you
🌱 mossy in all the right places
I am VIBRATING with excitement to say that I’ll be playing Puck in a few months here in York!
Calling it now — 2025 is my goblin era
Calling it now — 2025 is my goblin era
January 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I am VIBRATING with excitement to say that I’ll be playing Puck in a few months here in York!
Calling it now — 2025 is my goblin era
Calling it now — 2025 is my goblin era
A Botanical Daughter is cheap on Kindle US at the moment!
Go fill your boots with plant-based Frankenstein realness — two gay dads grow themselves a daughter… of sorts 🌿 💀 🥀
If I say it has the found family trope I mean, like, found with a shovel
#queerbooks #horror
Go fill your boots with plant-based Frankenstein realness — two gay dads grow themselves a daughter… of sorts 🌿 💀 🥀
If I say it has the found family trope I mean, like, found with a shovel
#queerbooks #horror
January 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A Botanical Daughter is cheap on Kindle US at the moment!
Go fill your boots with plant-based Frankenstein realness — two gay dads grow themselves a daughter… of sorts 🌿 💀 🥀
If I say it has the found family trope I mean, like, found with a shovel
#queerbooks #horror
Go fill your boots with plant-based Frankenstein realness — two gay dads grow themselves a daughter… of sorts 🌿 💀 🥀
If I say it has the found family trope I mean, like, found with a shovel
#queerbooks #horror
I’m calling this colour ‘soft boy lilac’
January 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I’m calling this colour ‘soft boy lilac’
Throwing my hat back into this platform for now — didn’t quite “get” it first time around
Hi hello hi, it’s me Noah; I wrote A Botanical Daughter, a gothic horror about plant gays and gay plants
Hi hello hi, it’s me Noah; I wrote A Botanical Daughter, a gothic horror about plant gays and gay plants
January 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Throwing my hat back into this platform for now — didn’t quite “get” it first time around
Hi hello hi, it’s me Noah; I wrote A Botanical Daughter, a gothic horror about plant gays and gay plants
Hi hello hi, it’s me Noah; I wrote A Botanical Daughter, a gothic horror about plant gays and gay plants
I attended a wonderful talk on Sporror, and was so thrilled to see A Botanical Daughter up there with her monstrous siblings!
November 28, 2023 at 3:04 PM
I attended a wonderful talk on Sporror, and was so thrilled to see A Botanical Daughter up there with her monstrous siblings!
Oh! The 19th means that A Botanical Daughter will be out in 4 months exactly!
Both an age away and no time at all…
Both an age away and no time at all…
November 19, 2023 at 11:14 PM
Oh! The 19th means that A Botanical Daughter will be out in 4 months exactly!
Both an age away and no time at all…
Both an age away and no time at all…
“Macabre and magnificent. Horrifying and hilarious. Oddly and unquestionably heart-warming. A delightfully gruesome and rather brilliant debut from Noah Medlock.”
—Angela (A.G.) Slatter, award-winning author of The Path of Thorns
—Angela (A.G.) Slatter, award-winning author of The Path of Thorns
November 15, 2023 at 3:12 PM
“Macabre and magnificent. Horrifying and hilarious. Oddly and unquestionably heart-warming. A delightfully gruesome and rather brilliant debut from Noah Medlock.”
—Angela (A.G.) Slatter, award-winning author of The Path of Thorns
—Angela (A.G.) Slatter, award-winning author of The Path of Thorns
I’ve submitted content notices for A BOTANICAL DAUGHTER to Storygraph, so they should be up fairly soon.
If you’re an ARC reader who needs this information sooner I’m happy to provide it directly 🌱
If you’re an ARC reader who needs this information sooner I’m happy to provide it directly 🌱
November 10, 2023 at 2:25 PM
I’ve submitted content notices for A BOTANICAL DAUGHTER to Storygraph, so they should be up fairly soon.
If you’re an ARC reader who needs this information sooner I’m happy to provide it directly 🌱
If you’re an ARC reader who needs this information sooner I’m happy to provide it directly 🌱
I have seen. The insides. Of my book. 🌱
October 18, 2023 at 1:14 PM
I have seen. The insides. Of my book. 🌱
Cross-posting hither and thither, but I’m just damn proud of this blurb from Ally Wilkes
October 13, 2023 at 3:51 PM
Cross-posting hither and thither, but I’m just damn proud of this blurb from Ally Wilkes
This spring, something’s rising up out of the earth… 🌱
October 11, 2023 at 2:00 PM
This spring, something’s rising up out of the earth… 🌱
I had a wonderful time escaping into A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY by @trip.bsky.social!
A gay fantasy romp through a pagan-British alt-London… and under it to the Goblin Market where anything can be bought and sold
A gay fantasy romp through a pagan-British alt-London… and under it to the Goblin Market where anything can be bought and sold
October 4, 2023 at 1:41 PM
I had a wonderful time escaping into A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY by @trip.bsky.social!
A gay fantasy romp through a pagan-British alt-London… and under it to the Goblin Market where anything can be bought and sold
A gay fantasy romp through a pagan-British alt-London… and under it to the Goblin Market where anything can be bought and sold
Here’s the revised cover for A BOTANICAL DAUGHTER 🌱
I’m very glad Titan agreed that the use of AI-generated assets, though unintentional, was not acceptable
I’m very glad Titan agreed that the use of AI-generated assets, though unintentional, was not acceptable
October 3, 2023 at 11:12 AM
Here’s the revised cover for A BOTANICAL DAUGHTER 🌱
I’m very glad Titan agreed that the use of AI-generated assets, though unintentional, was not acceptable
I’m very glad Titan agreed that the use of AI-generated assets, though unintentional, was not acceptable
I’m in cosy mode today, trying to get these acknowledgements done
October 2, 2023 at 2:45 PM
I’m in cosy mode today, trying to get these acknowledgements done
Here we go, lads
September 26, 2023 at 8:15 PM
Here we go, lads
First gig of the day went well 👼
September 23, 2023 at 12:37 PM
First gig of the day went well 👼
This is not our cat…
September 16, 2023 at 5:05 PM
This is not our cat…
Back in technical rehearsal, but this time I have company! Can’t wait to escape into A Market of Dreams & Destiny @trip.bsky.social 🧚♂️✨
September 13, 2023 at 6:10 PM
Back in technical rehearsal, but this time I have company! Can’t wait to escape into A Market of Dreams & Destiny @trip.bsky.social 🧚♂️✨
Tech run fun times… 🎶
September 12, 2023 at 7:45 PM
Tech run fun times… 🎶
Working on my September (!) book-reading tan
September 7, 2023 at 1:07 PM
Working on my September (!) book-reading tan
the shot vs the setup:
September 4, 2023 at 5:13 PM
the shot vs the setup:
Still one of my favourite comments in anticipation of A BOTANICAL DAUGHTER:
August 29, 2023 at 6:26 PM
Still one of my favourite comments in anticipation of A BOTANICAL DAUGHTER: