Siân O’Hara
@sianoh.bsky.social
SFFH reader/writer. BFS member. Human?
She/her 🩷💜💙
She/her 🩷💜💙
Absolutely! We’ve had far too long with hetero-normative assumptions. Give us a break (and some representation) please
my ironclad rule is, it’s always cool to change the pronouns in a cover song to make it *more* queer. Conversely, changing them so the song is *less* queer is always fucked up & bad.
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Absolutely! We’ve had far too long with hetero-normative assumptions. Give us a break (and some representation) please
This was so much fun! Already got my ticket for Glasgow 2026 :)
Hey, folks. We hope you're all recovered from WFC & had the best time.
If you're already suffering con withdrawals, be comforted that Glasgow 2026 is now the official seated Fantasycon. Only 11 months to go!
And here's a little something to whet your appetite!
youtu.be/J8Q8uB0brq4
If you're already suffering con withdrawals, be comforted that Glasgow 2026 is now the official seated Fantasycon. Only 11 months to go!
And here's a little something to whet your appetite!
youtu.be/J8Q8uB0brq4
Toss A Groat To Your Redcloak
YouTube video by British Fantasy Society
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This was so much fun! Already got my ticket for Glasgow 2026 :)
Anyone else spend too long trying to get the last bamboo shoot out the tub? (Really should have learned by now!)
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Anyone else spend too long trying to get the last bamboo shoot out the tub? (Really should have learned by now!)
Reposted by Siân O’Hara
"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Reposted by Siân O’Hara
I would love it if you could join me at one my upcoming events to celebrate the release of Daughters of Nicnevin
Waterstones events here: www.waterstones.com/events/searc...
The Highland Bookshop tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daughters-...
Waterstones events here: www.waterstones.com/events/searc...
The Highland Bookshop tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daughters-...
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I would love it if you could join me at one my upcoming events to celebrate the release of Daughters of Nicnevin
Waterstones events here: www.waterstones.com/events/searc...
The Highland Bookshop tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daughters-...
Waterstones events here: www.waterstones.com/events/searc...
The Highland Bookshop tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daughters-...
Mentioned UBI to a few people over the weekend at WFC, so seems timely to share this 🤓
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
November 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Mentioned UBI to a few people over the weekend at WFC, so seems timely to share this 🤓
Reposted by Siân O’Hara
There’s no screening for ovarian cancer and it’s really difficult to spot: you can’t squidge your ovaries in the shower to check for lumps. Also it’s very good at masquerading at other things, like IBS and diverticulitis.
Please take a look at this list of symptoms - and share if you can.
Please take a look at this list of symptoms - and share if you can.
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
There’s no screening for ovarian cancer and it’s really difficult to spot: you can’t squidge your ovaries in the shower to check for lumps. Also it’s very good at masquerading at other things, like IBS and diverticulitis.
Please take a look at this list of symptoms - and share if you can.
Please take a look at this list of symptoms - and share if you can.
Not me wandering past this sign all weekend and wondering why the accessible toilet had oLS written on it…
November 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Not me wandering past this sign all weekend and wondering why the accessible toilet had oLS written on it…
A Drabble I forgot I had submitted is out in Issue #50 of ScribesMICRO:
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-50.html/
Not spec fic (unusual for me) but prompted by cooking a family recipe that brought bittersweet memories
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-50.html/
Not spec fic (unusual for me) but prompted by cooking a family recipe that brought bittersweet memories
Issue 50
* Managing Editor: Edward Ahern * * Associate Editor: Alison McBain * * Special Features Editor: Matthew P.S. Salinas * * Poetry Editor: Mary Keating * ...
www.fairfieldscribes.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A Drabble I forgot I had submitted is out in Issue #50 of ScribesMICRO:
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-50.html/
Not spec fic (unusual for me) but prompted by cooking a family recipe that brought bittersweet memories
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-50.html/
Not spec fic (unusual for me) but prompted by cooking a family recipe that brought bittersweet memories
I am so so soooooo excited for this! The excerpts I’ve heard so far have made me cry (happy/sympathetic tears) and I just cannot wait to devour this story 💜
Delighted to reveal 'Magic, Maps, and Mischief'.
This has had quite the journey to publication. Want stories about neurodivergent people finding one another in a world trying to limit them, writing *by* and autistic person.
Pre-order now: mybook.to/magicmapsand...
Cover by @lizdelton.bsky.social
This has had quite the journey to publication. Want stories about neurodivergent people finding one another in a world trying to limit them, writing *by* and autistic person.
Pre-order now: mybook.to/magicmapsand...
Cover by @lizdelton.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I am so so soooooo excited for this! The excerpts I’ve heard so far have made me cry (happy/sympathetic tears) and I just cannot wait to devour this story 💜
Enjoying my Duolingo “hack”:
I used to speak passable French although my vocab is rusty. I’m trying to improve my Italian which has been mostly learned from restaurants.
So I’m doing the “Italien” course ie Italian for French speakers
Brush up on one language while learning another = win/win 😁
📚🇮🇹🇫🇷
I used to speak passable French although my vocab is rusty. I’m trying to improve my Italian which has been mostly learned from restaurants.
So I’m doing the “Italien” course ie Italian for French speakers
Brush up on one language while learning another = win/win 😁
📚🇮🇹🇫🇷
May 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Enjoying my Duolingo “hack”:
I used to speak passable French although my vocab is rusty. I’m trying to improve my Italian which has been mostly learned from restaurants.
So I’m doing the “Italien” course ie Italian for French speakers
Brush up on one language while learning another = win/win 😁
📚🇮🇹🇫🇷
I used to speak passable French although my vocab is rusty. I’m trying to improve my Italian which has been mostly learned from restaurants.
So I’m doing the “Italien” course ie Italian for French speakers
Brush up on one language while learning another = win/win 😁
📚🇮🇹🇫🇷
Reposted by Siân O’Hara
It's tonight! We delve into the darkness at 9pm. Be there or admit you're a pod that casts no shadow.
tinyurl.com/shadall
BFS members - free. Non-members - £2.
@katiebruce.bsky.social @pslivingstone.bsky.social @sianoh.bsky.social @laurenwrites.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/shadall
BFS members - free. Non-members - £2.
@katiebruce.bsky.social @pslivingstone.bsky.social @sianoh.bsky.social @laurenwrites.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social
BFS Online is excited to announce our next ‘After Dark’ event, Through Shadows: The Allure of Darkness. Thursday 8th May 2025, 9pm (BST).
Ticket: tinyurl.com/shadall
#BritishFantasySociety #DarkSFF #SFFBooks #ShadowDaddies #ShadowQueens #WritingCommunity #WritingPanel #BookSky
Ticket: tinyurl.com/shadall
#BritishFantasySociety #DarkSFF #SFFBooks #ShadowDaddies #ShadowQueens #WritingCommunity #WritingPanel #BookSky
May 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It's tonight! We delve into the darkness at 9pm. Be there or admit you're a pod that casts no shadow.
tinyurl.com/shadall
BFS members - free. Non-members - £2.
@katiebruce.bsky.social @pslivingstone.bsky.social @sianoh.bsky.social @laurenwrites.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/shadall
BFS members - free. Non-members - £2.
@katiebruce.bsky.social @pslivingstone.bsky.social @sianoh.bsky.social @laurenwrites.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social
Reposted by Siân O’Hara
There are shadows in the garden. Like us, they are children of the sunlight. With the onset of night’s greater dark, they will fade and be forgotten.
tinyurl.com/shadall
@katiebruce.bsky.social @laurenwrites.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social @sianoh.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/shadall
@katiebruce.bsky.social @laurenwrites.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social @sianoh.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
There are shadows in the garden. Like us, they are children of the sunlight. With the onset of night’s greater dark, they will fade and be forgotten.
tinyurl.com/shadall
@katiebruce.bsky.social @laurenwrites.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social @sianoh.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/shadall
@katiebruce.bsky.social @laurenwrites.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social @sianoh.bsky.social
Feels like I should have some big things to share to post here? Sorry just a dumb time check that made me happy
April 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Feels like I should have some big things to share to post here? Sorry just a dumb time check that made me happy
For anyone thinking about the recent UK Supreme Court ruling and wondering why I would be concerned about it (beyond being a decent human being of course), then this came to mind:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_T...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_T...
First They Came - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
April 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
For anyone thinking about the recent UK Supreme Court ruling and wondering why I would be concerned about it (beyond being a decent human being of course), then this came to mind:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_T...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_T...
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollback of trans rights in the UK.https://goodlawproject.org/s/851fc4
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollback of trans rights in the UK.https://goodlawproject.org/s/851fc4
April 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollback of trans rights in the UK.https://goodlawproject.org/s/851fc4
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollback of trans rights in the UK.https://goodlawproject.org/s/851fc4
This was great fun! If you had a ticket but didn’t get chance to see it live, keep an eye out for the rewatch links.
And we're off! First up we're talking about magical systems with @annabelcwrites.bsky.social @amydelaforce.bsky.social Katalina Watt, and moderator @sianoh.bsky.social. What is a magic system? How do you build a system? Do you need to explain it or rely on the action to do that for you?
April 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This was great fun! If you had a ticket but didn’t get chance to see it live, keep an eye out for the rewatch links.
Loving this gin bottle!!
April 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Loving this gin bottle!!
Reposted by Siân O’Hara
It's this Saturday. Only a few tickets remaining!
tinyurl.com/bfsworld
Free for BFS members; £5 for non members
@sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bfsworld
Free for BFS members; £5 for non members
@sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It's this Saturday. Only a few tickets remaining!
tinyurl.com/bfsworld
Free for BFS members; £5 for non members
@sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bfsworld
Free for BFS members; £5 for non members
@sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social
Making the most of the sunshine - Pimm’s and BBQ 😊
March 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Making the most of the sunshine - Pimm’s and BBQ 😊
So, I’m doing a thing with the BFS 😱
I’ve already got more than a few ideas on this topic, but very much enjoying the excuse to “research” - so HMU with your favourite recs for shadow daddies/queens/nbs. Then come along to the event for all the delicious discussion 🌚🥵👑
I’ve already got more than a few ideas on this topic, but very much enjoying the excuse to “research” - so HMU with your favourite recs for shadow daddies/queens/nbs. Then come along to the event for all the delicious discussion 🌚🥵👑
Why are we drawn to darkness? What is the allure of the shadow daddies and queens that tempt us closer, despite the danger? And how do we separate safe fantasy from dark reality?
@katiebruce.bsky.social @pslivingstone.bsky.social @sianoh.bsky.social
@katiebruce.bsky.social @pslivingstone.bsky.social @sianoh.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
So, I’m doing a thing with the BFS 😱
I’ve already got more than a few ideas on this topic, but very much enjoying the excuse to “research” - so HMU with your favourite recs for shadow daddies/queens/nbs. Then come along to the event for all the delicious discussion 🌚🥵👑
I’ve already got more than a few ideas on this topic, but very much enjoying the excuse to “research” - so HMU with your favourite recs for shadow daddies/queens/nbs. Then come along to the event for all the delicious discussion 🌚🥵👑
Storytelling game time - playing DnD Adventure Begins with the kids. Youngest obsessed with using magic to put everything in the dump 🤷♀️
March 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Storytelling game time - playing DnD Adventure Begins with the kids. Youngest obsessed with using magic to put everything in the dump 🤷♀️
Reposted by Siân O’Hara
BFS Online is excited to announce our next ‘After Dark’ event, Through Shadows: The Allure of Darkness. Thursday 8th May 2025, 9pm (BST).
Ticket: tinyurl.com/shadall
#BritishFantasySociety #DarkSFF #SFFBooks #ShadowDaddies #ShadowQueens #WritingCommunity #WritingPanel #BookSky
Ticket: tinyurl.com/shadall
#BritishFantasySociety #DarkSFF #SFFBooks #ShadowDaddies #ShadowQueens #WritingCommunity #WritingPanel #BookSky
March 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
BFS Online is excited to announce our next ‘After Dark’ event, Through Shadows: The Allure of Darkness. Thursday 8th May 2025, 9pm (BST).
Ticket: tinyurl.com/shadall
#BritishFantasySociety #DarkSFF #SFFBooks #ShadowDaddies #ShadowQueens #WritingCommunity #WritingPanel #BookSky
Ticket: tinyurl.com/shadall
#BritishFantasySociety #DarkSFF #SFFBooks #ShadowDaddies #ShadowQueens #WritingCommunity #WritingPanel #BookSky
Reposted by Siân O’Hara
All set up for the #BlackBritishBookFestival at Manchester Central Library today. The @britfantasysoc.bsky.social is in the Media Hall by the cafe, so please stop by and say hello. I have loot!
March 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
All set up for the #BlackBritishBookFestival at Manchester Central Library today. The @britfantasysoc.bsky.social is in the Media Hall by the cafe, so please stop by and say hello. I have loot!
My latest Drabble is published today in #TremblingWithFear. Thanks to the whole awesome team at Horror Tree 🖤🖤🖤
This week's #TremblingWithFear shows us that Hell is for Sinners and Landlords by K.A. Sweitzer w/drabbles by SG Perahim, Sian O’Hara ( @sianoh.bsky.social ), & Shiloh Kuhlman
horrortree.com/trembling-wi...
#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors #horror #Book #Books
horrortree.com/trembling-wi...
#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors #horror #Book #Books
March 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
My latest Drabble is published today in #TremblingWithFear. Thanks to the whole awesome team at Horror Tree 🖤🖤🖤