J. Ashley-Smith
@spooktapes.bsky.social
Author of dark fiction. Shirley Jackson Award winner. Co-host of the Let The Cat In podcast. Also: father, insomniac, moth dust gatherer. he/him. spooktapes.net
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Fantastic thread, thank you! 🙏🏻 I loved “The Beautiful Thing You One Were” by @spooktapes.bsky.social in Bourbon Penn. I also have a FUBF “Bird’s Eye View of the Old City” (magpies again) upcoming in Drabblecast in a few months 🖤
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J. Ashley-Smith > The Beautiful Thing You Once Were > Bourbon Penn
Perhaps I should have been surprised when the magpie first spoke. Strange as it may seem, I had become quite used to the mimicries of those curious backyard birds, with their pristine black-and-white ...
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August 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Fantastic thread, thank you! 🙏🏻 I loved “The Beautiful Thing You One Were” by @spooktapes.bsky.social in Bourbon Penn. I also have a FUBF “Bird’s Eye View of the Old City” (magpies again) upcoming in Drabblecast in a few months 🖤
www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/33/the...
www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/33/the...
Meant every one of them.
July 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Meant every one of them.
A chapter, for sure. I stop noticing it after a para or two.
May 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A chapter, for sure. I stop noticing it after a para or two.
Ha ha, yup. Still writing for Cody. ❤️ (Thanks, Celia!)
May 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ha ha, yup. Still writing for Cody. ❤️ (Thanks, Celia!)
It was pretty close for me. (Didn't recognise that I would always put Libs bottom on principle, but otherwise all good.)
April 17, 2025 at 7:13 AM
It was pretty close for me. (Didn't recognise that I would always put Libs bottom on principle, but otherwise all good.)
It's now made of carcinogenic sugar alternatives, sawdust and my childhood tears.
April 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It's now made of carcinogenic sugar alternatives, sawdust and my childhood tears.
Check out the shortlist here: aurealisawards.org/2025/04/15/2...
And the story @bourbonpenn.bsky.social : www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/33/the...
3/3
And the story @bourbonpenn.bsky.social : www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/33/the...
3/3
2024 Aurealis Awards Shortlist Announcement
Now in its 30th year, the 2024 Aurealis Awards, Australia’s premier speculative fiction award, attracted more than 830 entries across 15 categories, including 34 nominations in the tri-annual…
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April 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Check out the shortlist here: aurealisawards.org/2025/04/15/2...
And the story @bourbonpenn.bsky.social : www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/33/the...
3/3
And the story @bourbonpenn.bsky.social : www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/33/the...
3/3
It's the 30-year anniversary of the Awards, too, so doubly special to get a nod.
Congrats to all on the shortlist, especially the many good friends and colleagues! (I'll spare you all another round of multi-tagging – know that I love you all and think you're ace.) 2/3
Congrats to all on the shortlist, especially the many good friends and colleagues! (I'll spare you all another round of multi-tagging – know that I love you all and think you're ace.) 2/3
April 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It's the 30-year anniversary of the Awards, too, so doubly special to get a nod.
Congrats to all on the shortlist, especially the many good friends and colleagues! (I'll spare you all another round of multi-tagging – know that I love you all and think you're ace.) 2/3
Congrats to all on the shortlist, especially the many good friends and colleagues! (I'll spare you all another round of multi-tagging – know that I love you all and think you're ace.) 2/3
They’re fucking awful. What were we like as kids that that shit tasted like fucking ambrosia?
April 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
They’re fucking awful. What were we like as kids that that shit tasted like fucking ambrosia?
So glad it arrived safe and sound!
April 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
So glad it arrived safe and sound!
I can almost taste it.
March 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I can almost taste it.