Fionn MacPherson

No shade on the Romantasy fans, of course. It’s more I keep losing the spec-fic sections and it freaks me out. I feel like I’m in House of Leaves

Every time I go into the bookshop the Romantasy section has expanded. Part awe inspiring, part intimidating

I need to stop drinking caffeine after 4pm

Margaret Wakes Up on the Sofa | Banksia Journal Margaret rose to consciousness reluctantly, heavy with the weight of slumber. She blinked as her eyes slowly remembered how to see.

Do you want to read a ghost story?

So excited to have had my story ‘Margaret Wakes Up on the Sofa’ published by Banksia Journal! One of the first stories I ever put up for critique and I’m so happy that it’s found a home.

You can read it here: banksiajournal.com/margaret-wak...

Ahhhh so excited for this to come out!!

Hey everyone! Super excited to be on @longboxpunk.substack.com with Madi talking about all things Dirtbags🎱

Come check us out!

This weekend was so much fun and it was so amazing to meet and connect with so many new people. I’ve loved Brisbane, what a cool place. Can’t believe the made the city from Bluey real 💙

Could her best friend be called Dorothy perhaps? 🧐

A plane at the terminal with a boarding bridge attached, a blue sky overhead

Sitting waiting for my flight to Brisbane ahead of the Aurealis awards tonight, feeling nervous but also excited! I can’t wait to meet everyone.

Naturally my plans to chill out on arrival in Brisbane are to watch a horror film to kill time

Ben O’Mara, Kaaron Warren, J. Ashley-Smith, Jenny Sawer and Aaron Dries in conversation at Gang Gang cafe

Kaaron Warren reading

J. Ashley-Smith reading

Ben O’Mara reading

Great night at Lost Souls’ The Horror of Care with readings by @kaaronwarren.bsky.social @spooktapes.bsky.social Ben O’Mara @aarondries.bsky.social MC @fionnmacpherson.bsky.social & music by Jenny Sawer at Gang Gang cafe! Incredible stories & a privilege to listen to Ben’s nonfiction piece 🖤

Wooo! A worldcon in Aus would be amazing! Full support to the @brisbanein28.bsky.social team, fingers crossed it comes down South 🤞

Not much one can do while getting a full scalp bleach, so using the time to do some writing. Unclear if the chemicals cooking so close to my brain are going to be detrimental or if they will unlock some new potential

Bumping this! Come and see some of Australia’s best horror writers do readings and talk about horror! (And me MC’ing!)

Thank you so much!!

Thank you! And you as well!!

And I can’t not mention Lost Souls and Ben O’Mara for giving me a shot to get my first ever story in print. I wouldn’t be here without them!!!

Genuinely so excited to have been shortlisted for best horror short fiction!! And to be alongside such fantastic writers, truly unreal.

Congratulations to everyone has been nominated, what an amazing year for Australian spec fic!!

It’s time for another Lost Souls: Macabre Dreams event! We have some amazing writers lined up including @aarondries.bsky.social and @kaaronwarren.bsky.social to talk about the beauty and struggles of care and how art helps us through it

You can get tickets here: events.humanitix.com/the-horror-o...

My foot warmer is broken it keeps biting me

Sign in People's Book in Takoma Park featuring the illustration of the werewolf ripping off its shirt in anguish which reads WE ARE SOLD OUT OF THE GAY HOCKEY BOOKS

My local bookshop understands their audience.

My dad was an editor. Above his desk was a poster that said, “The strongest drive a man can feel is not food or sex but one man’s need to edit another man’s copy.”

The word copy is crossed out and replaced with “change. That’s crossed out and replaced by “fix.” Then, emend, alter, improve, all

Book cover for Rebels & Rainbows: An Australasian Queer Speculative Anthology (Deadset Press) shows mixed media art of a bird in a colourful starscape

Book cover for Rebels & Rainbows: An Australasian Queer Speculative Anthology (Deadset Press) shows mixed media art of a bird in a colourful starscape

Back cover for Rebels & Rainbows: An Australasian Queer Speculative Anthology (Deadset Press) shows mixed media art of a bird in a colourful starscape

TOC for Rebels and Rainbows

Book mail! My 2nd cover art but 1st time getting my mitts on a hardcopy! Thank you @deadsetpress.bsky.social REBELS & RAINBOWS eds. Austin P. Sheehan & Leanbh Pearson for the commission + including my Aurealis reprint “Integrated Learning” and all the authors for your wonderful stories. 🌈🦜✨

Post by @fionnmacpherson · 1 image 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · The Daughter of time by Josephine Tey - review · So I finished the first book on the CWA’s top 100 crime novels list, and I’m pushing myself to learn how to do review writing so no…

So I’ve finished The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey! I love this book and actually read it last year too. Truly a delightful little novel. I’ve written out some more thoughts and feelings on tumblr you can read here:

www.tumblr.com/fionnmacpher...

Read all of the Crime Writers Association top 100 crime novels In 1990 the Crime Writers Association published their list of the top 100 crime novels of all ...

I’m a huge crime fiction fan, and so I’ve set myself the goal of reading all 100 of the Crime Writers Association top crime novels of all time.

I’ve made a Storygraph challenge mostly for me to track my progress, but if you want to join in, here’s the link: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...

Obligatory Spotify wrapped post

Yooooo so keen for this!!

Ahhh thanks so much for coming @chpearcewrites.bsky.social it was such an amazing evening and I’m so excited to have my first story in print!

Ben O’Mara, Imogen Wall, S.R. Underschultz, Brendan Vincent, Dr Cobi Calyx, Fionn MacPherson in conversation at Gang Gang Cafe

Lost Souls magazine Issue 2. Cover art by Nic Carey shows a ghostly kangaroo in nature

Internal art by C.H. Pearce of figures gaming and drinking together

Contributor bios for Dr Cobi Calyx, Ashley Capes, Nic Carey, Madison Lee, Fionn MacPherson, Ben O’Mara, C.H. Pearce, S.R. Underschultz, Imogen Wall

Great launch of Lost Souls Issue 2 at Gang Gang Cafe with Ben O’Mara, @cztacks.bsky.social + fantastic dark, haunting readings from @fionnmacpherson.bsky.social S.R. Underschultz, Dr Cobi Calyx, Imogen Wall + music from Brendan Vincent! Excited to have art in this issue 🖤 Cover by Nic Carey 🌱

I'm so excited to be giving a reading as part of Lost Souls Magazine's latest event Strange Creations!

Thank you so much to Ben O'Mara for letting me be a part of this awesome new publication, it feels unreal!

You can get tickets to the event here: events.humanitix.com/strange-crea...

Thank you so much Celia! It was such an amazing evening and so awesome to see Canberra writing so celebrated!