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Author of (mostly) historical + speculative fiction Lapsed biologist πŸ„ she/her found in: PULP Literature, Minola Review, Inner Worlds, Mighty: An Anthology of Disabled Superheroes beatricemorgan.wordpress.com

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I did a double take because I have the EXACT same multi-tier planter lol. That's some exciting greenery!

10.03.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Autistic Fiction Bundle (April 1st -14th) Itchio

Text: This form is for authors to sign up to the Autistic Fiction Bundle, organised by Elise Carlson, to run on Itchio during the first two weeks of Autism Awareness Month (April 1st-14th). Limit of one book per author.

Eligibility & Genre: 
You, the author are autistic
At least one character is autistic (AuDHD is fine, as is autistic coded/ presenting, as opposed to explicitly stated to be autistic)
All genres welcome.

Preorders: Pre-orders are welcome, if your book releases within 5 weeks of the bundle's end date. Please state the release date in your Itch book description, so readers know when they can download your book.

Categories: YA and Adult Fiction, novellas and full length novels.

Autistic Fiction Bundle (April 1st -14th) Itchio Text: This form is for authors to sign up to the Autistic Fiction Bundle, organised by Elise Carlson, to run on Itchio during the first two weeks of Autism Awareness Month (April 1st-14th). Limit of one book per author. Eligibility & Genre: You, the author are autistic At least one character is autistic (AuDHD is fine, as is autistic coded/ presenting, as opposed to explicitly stated to be autistic) All genres welcome. Preorders: Pre-orders are welcome, if your book releases within 5 weeks of the bundle's end date. Please state the release date in your Itch book description, so readers know when they can download your book. Categories: YA and Adult Fiction, novellas and full length novels.

Autistic Authors,
As next month is Autism Awareness Month (yeah, I know acceptance is more important!), I'll be hosting an Autistic Fiction book bundle on Itchio (yes your book must be on Itch to enter.)

Let me know if you'd like me to DM you a sign up form!
And feel free to comment questions.

09.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 3

β€œit’s not that deep” what if i want it to be that deep ???????? you ever think of that !

27.02.2026 05:12 πŸ‘ 164 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I keep getting that flash of emptiness when I open the document that means I've forgotten something. I don't know what, exactly. But something. Absence as a deletion of presence

07.03.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

During my last round of revisions for the faerie book I got out of the habit of writing down shower/falling asleep/middle of the night thoughts. I'm now drafting a new book and having GREAT (I assume) revelations at inconvenient moments, and I have forgotten every single one of them

07.03.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Sir Gawain Fucks the Green Knight


Here’s a tale ripe for telling. Can’t say where I heard it firstβ€”in pretty French or Dutch. Perhaps as a young lady walking β€˜longside the Rijn. I’ll spin it for you in an English tongue, fine as frost on lace, sweet as malmsey wine. So it goes that young Gawain, strength kissed into his limbs, fresh as the bright dawn, comes trembling down to the Green Chapel. You’ve heard this tale, I know. His breath makes peach fuzz in the air, fear into him like worm to apple. Christmas Morn is too soon, time is short. You have your own life to save, he says, picking through thorn and bough to an ivy-clad cave.
The creature is the Jack O’ the Glen / forest prince / the wood’s own laughter. Beard of lichen and eyes like dark elder. I need not repeat their exchangeβ€”my boy’s flinching heartβ€”a songbird in a rattled cage. It is after the blows are dealt, he asks, what god is worshipped in these green trees? Boy, the Knight replies, boy, were you not just down on your knees?
The Knight is the tang of sap / bark rough and petal soft / everywhere leaves scatter / easily crushed / Gawain clings / hardly knows what he clings to / he is the forest and the flower / a turmoil of roots / where god and tree meet and melt / the birch the oak the fern the deer /  mushroom maggot crow / here Gawain is branch and bud / blow returned for blow

Sir Gawain Fucks the Green Knight Here’s a tale ripe for telling. Can’t say where I heard it firstβ€”in pretty French or Dutch. Perhaps as a young lady walking β€˜longside the Rijn. I’ll spin it for you in an English tongue, fine as frost on lace, sweet as malmsey wine. So it goes that young Gawain, strength kissed into his limbs, fresh as the bright dawn, comes trembling down to the Green Chapel. You’ve heard this tale, I know. His breath makes peach fuzz in the air, fear into him like worm to apple. Christmas Morn is too soon, time is short. You have your own life to save, he says, picking through thorn and bough to an ivy-clad cave. The creature is the Jack O’ the Glen / forest prince / the wood’s own laughter. Beard of lichen and eyes like dark elder. I need not repeat their exchangeβ€”my boy’s flinching heartβ€”a songbird in a rattled cage. It is after the blows are dealt, he asks, what god is worshipped in these green trees? Boy, the Knight replies, boy, were you not just down on your knees? The Knight is the tang of sap / bark rough and petal soft / everywhere leaves scatter / easily crushed / Gawain clings / hardly knows what he clings to / he is the forest and the flower / a turmoil of roots / where god and tree meet and melt / the birch the oak the fern the deer / mushroom maggot crow / here Gawain is branch and bud / blow returned for blow

This is a sheer indulgence on my part, but it turns out I never actually shared the poem here, so:

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05.03.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 407 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 8
A portrait of a short eared owl face

A portrait of a short eared owl face

All of our wildlife patients this year so far have been owls, but this is our first short-eared.
You can help prevent car strikes like this by obeying rural speed limits and not throwing any litter out of cars. Even organics like apple cores attract rodents to roads, which attracts their hunters. πŸͺΆ

06.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 465 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

Today I want to talk about Jess’ Rule and Martha’s Rule, two new initiatives across NHS England that I think are really important and you should know about.
Tl;dr: if your symptoms are not improving or getting worse, at home or in hospital, you have the right and Drs the responsibility to review.

06.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 339 πŸ” 132 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 14

Dydd GΕ΅yl Dewi Hapus! "Byddwch lawen, cadwch y ffydd a gwnewch y pethau bychain a welsoch ac a glywsoch gennyf i"

01.03.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Hux holds up four copies of books, spines facing out. They are all by Lizzie Huxley-Jones and from left to right are hits different, make you mine this Christmas, under the mistletoe with you, and reality check.

Hux holds up four copies of books, spines facing out. They are all by Lizzie Huxley-Jones and from left to right are hits different, make you mine this Christmas, under the mistletoe with you, and reality check.

A stack of four books on a bookshelf from top down they are reality check by Lizzie Huxley-Jones, the layover by Beth Reekles, look up handsome by Jack strange, and wooing the witch queen by Stephanie Burgis

A stack of four books on a bookshelf from top down they are reality check by Lizzie Huxley-Jones, the layover by Beth Reekles, look up handsome by Jack strange, and wooing the witch queen by Stephanie Burgis

Hiya book lovers! Today is St David’s Day which is the national day of recognising Welsh people for being hot and talented and cool. How about you go read some Welsh books (here’s some fun romcoms!!) and enjoy a lil Catatonia and several Welsh cakes x πŸ“šπŸ’™

01.03.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Hateful. Disgusting. What do you mean it's not good for me to stew and scroll and catapult myself directly into the day and all the stresses it contains? Awful. Terrible. No.

22.02.2026 11:09 πŸ‘ 153 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Unbroken Check out The Unbroken - <b>On the far outreaches of a crumbling desert empire, two women--a princess and a soldier--will haggle over the price of a nation in this richly imagined, breath-taking sapph...

Excitingly, it’s worth noting that The Unbroken ebook is on sale for $2.99 in the US! Maybe in other places, too. And while yes, that means it is on sale at Amazon, it is also on sale at bookshop.org! So if you haven’t started the trilogy that includes straps, threesomes, and crumbling empires…well!

21.02.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5
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04.02.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 263 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 13

We're still trying to teach my one year old cavalier that he physically can't sit on people's shoulders anymore (and hasn't been able to since he was guinea pig-sized) but the need to be As Close As Possible is difficult to argue with lol

01.02.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Considering that every appearance of police on The Pitt involved them being, at the very least, obstructive in some way towards the people actually trying to save lives...

01.02.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This book sounds extremely cool

28.01.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

people don't need free training sessions on fucking AI bullshit that no-one wanted anyway, they need free training on how to use their email, how to reset their password, how to spot a scam, and most of all how to fill out online forms that you have to do to navigate almost any part of life now

28.01.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I bought some dried mango as a treat to nibble throughout this week, forgetting that I loose all self-control when its presence.

Which mean I have. uh. significantly less dried mango that I did when I opened the packet. Ten minutes ago

27.01.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think at this point the UK has accepted Paddington as the Death Bear, collector of souls. So, I think as a nation we should start smearing marmalade on the eyes of the dead and whisper β€œfare for the crossing”. It’ll feel weird now but, in three of four generations, no one will question it.

26.01.2026 11:36 πŸ‘ 1480 πŸ” 394 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 21

The art made by my friends' kids are my FAVOURITE bits of decor! Highly recommend everyone finds some artistic youngsters in their community for easy access to creations that make you smile

19.01.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The phrase "petroleum mayonnaise" is absolutely chilling

19.01.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People think that anyone can do the job of communicating to the public but the fact is the profession of telling people stuff and doing it a way they understand, process, and engage with is actually an incredibly highly skilled job that many, many people lack the training and ability to do.

18.01.2026 08:59 πŸ‘ 278 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

Residents of London in the Doctor Who universe every six months:

13.01.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 565 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Floppy dog ears. That's it. That's the post.

13.01.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

gonna be sitting with β€œthere’s an assault on giving a shit about anyone besides yourself” for a long time

08.01.2026 11:20 πŸ‘ 611 πŸ” 167 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A simple thing you can do for the trans people in your life in this time of huge hostility for us simply existing in public is to make sure you book venues where we can actually use the bathroom

07.01.2026 20:08 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Kaleidoscope of Romance: LGBTQ+ Romance - 12/21/25 - 1/21/26 We've got your next 5 star read! All reasonable steps are taken to ensure the content in the Kaleidoscope Romance promos is ethically sourced. Each individual author is responsible and liable for ensuring their individual contributions to the promo have the necessary licenses and rights as required by US Copyright and Trademark law.

So you know what happens when a bunch of authors who write gay romance get together ? (I mean virtually for co-promo reasons.) A nice selection of gay romances to peruse, that's what. Everything from gay grumpy/sunshine to rock star, paranormal, etc!

07.01.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The way that people talk about the Holocaust like it’s some kind of thought experiment and not a very real event that still traumatizes its survivors and descendants of its survivors to this day is…not something I can muster words for.

07.01.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 224 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 7

Despite the baffling floorplan and the horrendous boat and the peaky blinders loo and the animals, I somehow can't totally dismiss it? Some of the interior design is genuinely doing it for me. My eyes are bleeding, but it's doing something. I'm going to be thinking about this for the rest of the day

07.01.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you want your brand to be associated with profoundly fucked-up people offending against the laws of man, God, nature, civilisation, and common sense, my DMs are open.

07.01.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 129 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0