Stephen Cox
@stephencoxauthor.bsky.social
Novelist+comms. London, bi, Quaker, parent. Spooky? THE CROOKED MEDIUM's GUIDE TO MURDER. "A pleasure from start to finish"
Also Our Child of the Stars/Our Child of Two Worlds.
https://stephencox.co.uk/ https://linktr.ee/stephencoxauthor
Also Our Child of the Stars/Our Child of Two Worlds.
https://stephencox.co.uk/ https://linktr.ee/stephencoxauthor
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"A book I've been looking for all my life. Queer found family all wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery. Absolute perfection.”
The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder - Out worldwide!
#womensleuths #mystery #sapphic #spooky #books #booksky #LGBT+ #Victorian
stephencox.co.uk/books/upcomi...
The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder - Out worldwide!
#womensleuths #mystery #sapphic #spooky #books #booksky #LGBT+ #Victorian
stephencox.co.uk/books/upcomi...
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The beating, ironically.
His views were accepted after his death.
But, handwashing. Yeah.
Let's not forget what handwashing has done for us.
His views were accepted after his death.
But, handwashing. Yeah.
Let's not forget what handwashing has done for us.
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The beating, ironically.
His views were accepted after his death.
But, handwashing. Yeah.
Let's not forget what handwashing has done for us.
His views were accepted after his death.
But, handwashing. Yeah.
Let's not forget what handwashing has done for us.
Sassy older sapphics in 1881 plunged into a spooky Victorian murder mystery. 1st sentence from a scurrilous newspaper
"We would be failing in our duty to our readers if we did not report that the notorious spirit-monger Mrs Ashton has returned to London ... this sham is up to her old games.
"We would be failing in our duty to our readers if we did not report that the notorious spirit-monger Mrs Ashton has returned to London ... this sham is up to her old games.
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Sassy older sapphics in 1881 plunged into a spooky Victorian murder mystery. 1st sentence from a scurrilous newspaper
"We would be failing in our duty to our readers if we did not report that the notorious spirit-monger Mrs Ashton has returned to London ... this sham is up to her old games.
"We would be failing in our duty to our readers if we did not report that the notorious spirit-monger Mrs Ashton has returned to London ... this sham is up to her old games.
Seven Bonds for Seven Ms
camp SFF musical
camp SFF musical
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Seven Bonds for Seven Ms
camp SFF musical
camp SFF musical
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Project Hanuman is here. I hope you'll take a look as I think it's a pretty good space opera - no hero's journey here - this is about community, how we build back better and, of course, mind bending space battles in sentient ships.
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
Discover Project Hanuman: A Unique Sci-Fi Adventure
Discover 'Project Hanuman', a thrilling adventure of galactic civilizations, survival, and community. Get your copy now!
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November 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Project Hanuman is here. I hope you'll take a look as I think it's a pretty good space opera - no hero's journey here - this is about community, how we build back better and, of course, mind bending space battles in sentient ships.
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
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Alternatively, have him saved at the last second by a multiversal James who needs to share electrons with this one or they both die. Covalent Bonds!
I'll get my coat, and hang myself with it.
I'll get my coat, and hang myself with it.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Alternatively, have him saved at the last second by a multiversal James who needs to share electrons with this one or they both die. Covalent Bonds!
I'll get my coat, and hang myself with it.
I'll get my coat, and hang myself with it.
Commission four diverse filmmakers to riff off the brand franchise
Bond discourse. Realise the power of the brand but... we could do something else.
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Commission four diverse filmmakers to riff off the brand franchise
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London-based freelancer? The co-working space I've used since 2021 is doing a monthly Freelance Friday - a chance to network with other freelancers, chat about the market, and get a free day pass to boot!
www.eventbrite.com/e/freelance-...
www.eventbrite.com/e/freelance-...
Freelance Fridays (Haringey) at Clockwise
Monthly networking for freelancers with opportunities to connect and collaborate with local professionals
www.eventbrite.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
London-based freelancer? The co-working space I've used since 2021 is doing a monthly Freelance Friday - a chance to network with other freelancers, chat about the market, and get a free day pass to boot!
www.eventbrite.com/e/freelance-...
www.eventbrite.com/e/freelance-...
Bond discourse. Realise the power of the brand but... we could do something else.
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Bond discourse. Realise the power of the brand but... we could do something else.
Today's fun #Victorian #writing #research #historicalfiction #fiction
Magistrates hated wife beaters + constantly moaned that they were not allowed to order domestic abusers to be flogged. But in the absence of a social safety net, sending a domestic abuser to jail was a nightmare for the family.
Magistrates hated wife beaters + constantly moaned that they were not allowed to order domestic abusers to be flogged. But in the absence of a social safety net, sending a domestic abuser to jail was a nightmare for the family.
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Today's fun #Victorian #writing #research #historicalfiction #fiction
Magistrates hated wife beaters + constantly moaned that they were not allowed to order domestic abusers to be flogged. But in the absence of a social safety net, sending a domestic abuser to jail was a nightmare for the family.
Magistrates hated wife beaters + constantly moaned that they were not allowed to order domestic abusers to be flogged. But in the absence of a social safety net, sending a domestic abuser to jail was a nightmare for the family.
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Amazing. The Terry Joneses of the animal kingdom.
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Amazing. The Terry Joneses of the animal kingdom.
Going to back this
Boosting this: if you're in the creative industries or have other creative skills or merch (eg signed books/prints) you can donate to our Sudan auction fundraiser, sign up here! If not? Please do share with your networks! #KeepEyesOnSudan #Creatives4Sudan
Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Going to back this
One of the things I love is the way people talk about rugged individualism in early societies. Do you think hunting mammoth wasn't a cooperative exercise?
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
One of the things I love is the way people talk about rugged individualism in early societies. Do you think hunting mammoth wasn't a cooperative exercise?
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Revealing division in my timeline between (1) my insider friends who have lived privileged lives who are very keen that we defend the BBC and think it's important it survives and (2) my outsider friends who feel (at best) ambivalent about the BBC's survival.
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Revealing division in my timeline between (1) my insider friends who have lived privileged lives who are very keen that we defend the BBC and think it's important it survives and (2) my outsider friends who feel (at best) ambivalent about the BBC's survival.
Worth knowing the story behind a truly great song
50 years ago today, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank and 29 lives were lost.
A new excerpt from “Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy” looks at the legal battles families faced in the aftermath.
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/11/fift...
A new excerpt from “Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy” looks at the legal battles families faced in the aftermath.
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/11/fift...
Fifty years later: The little-known story of the families the Fitz left behind | Great Lakes Now
After the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, grieving families faced another storm: unequal insurance payouts, corporate pressure and a legal system stacked against them.
www.greatlakesnow.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Worth knowing the story behind a truly great song
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Most of the print media is owned billionaires, who have used their papers to distract people from the real causes of social problems by instead focusing public anger towards immigrants and minorities.
Now the billionaire owners of social media giants are doing a similar thing with their algorithms.
Now the billionaire owners of social media giants are doing a similar thing with their algorithms.
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Most of the print media is owned billionaires, who have used their papers to distract people from the real causes of social problems by instead focusing public anger towards immigrants and minorities.
Now the billionaire owners of social media giants are doing a similar thing with their algorithms.
Now the billionaire owners of social media giants are doing a similar thing with their algorithms.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Hopefully the next director of the BBC will take note of the fact that you can never ever capitulate enough to satisfy these right-wing maniacs, eventually they will demand your head regardless of how many other people you threw under the bus for them. I won't hold my breath though.
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Hopefully the next director of the BBC will take note of the fact that you can never ever capitulate enough to satisfy these right-wing maniacs, eventually they will demand your head regardless of how many other people you threw under the bus for them. I won't hold my breath though.
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Gibb pushed for Prescott as well
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Gibb pushed for Prescott as well
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Good to see someone involved in the field describing the techbro fantasies as “bullshit”. But note the link between this nonsense and eugenicist ideas from Altman. These people are rich, stupid and influential, which = dangerous.
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Fascination of investors such as Elon Musk with uploading their brains to computers is hindering progress in curing disease, say scientists
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Good to see someone involved in the field describing the techbro fantasies as “bullshit”. But note the link between this nonsense and eugenicist ideas from Altman. These people are rich, stupid and influential, which = dangerous.
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A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
My mate Hiron wrote the nastiest piece of horror, Leech, and also the best written, I have read for like ever, and it is so clever and absorbing that even I, a non horror reader, have to recommend this work and assume Works of Vermin will be at least as nasty
So stoked to share that there is still genuinely, excellently frightening horror out there
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My mate Hiron wrote the nastiest piece of horror, Leech, and also the best written, I have read for like ever, and it is so clever and absorbing that even I, a non horror reader, have to recommend this work and assume Works of Vermin will be at least as nasty