Literature & Leftovers

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⚠ CAT FOOD RECALL | An outbreak of a rare condition that causes severe illness in cats has led to a voluntary recall of multiple brands of cat food ➡ whi.ch/CatFoodRecall Please share with any cat owners you know!

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@SelectedWorksOf So sorry this happened to you, HUGE solidarity. Call those fuckers out if you feel comfortable doing so ❤️

Hi guys! L&L will be taking a quick hiatus, as your dear editor is moving house in a week or so and is so stressed she could vomit! We'll be back in early-mid June, from a new location (literally around the corner from here!) & plenty of new stories to read with your sarnie x

[tw: weight loss] I really enjoyed the excerpt from Andrea Bajani's IF YOU KEPT A RECORD OF SINS, deftly translated by Elizabeth Harris, in @GrantaMag. Published by @archipelagobks, it has been voted one of @AppleBooks' best reads for March 2021! bit.ly/3uyBQQc

I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of #EthanRutherford's #FarthestSouth, but my hunger is partially sated by this magical snippet from this week's #RecommendedReading, courtesy of @ElectricLit. Block out some time and get lost in the foxes' den: bit.ly/3h2zBAG

"The costume maker was intrigued. To make a ghost, she had to make death and then unmake it. But why? There were plenty of ways to haunt as a windowpane or a radiator." Totally in love with this spooky wee story - more brilliant work from Debbie Vance! 👻 bit.ly/3udxZrE

@XochitltheG AMAZING!! Congratulations Xochitl! 🥳

🐙 Calling all fans of #saltslow by @JuliaArmfield! 🌊 We are publishing Julia Armfield's debut novel OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA in March 2022. Here's the first line..."The deep sea is a haunted house: a place in which things that ought not to exist move about in the darkness."

@Rhys_Owain @newgothicreview Bless you Rhys! Well thank you for the story, it is 🤌💋👨‍🍳 chef’s kiss! And oh my days yes please, steer well clear of it. It is on Netflix if you fancy torturing your eyes, mind...

@LitAndLeftovers @newgothicreview Thanks so much for sharing it! And for running this brilliant account. Diolch yn fawr! p.s. I hadn't heard of 'You Should Have Left' before now...is it best to imagine I still haven't?

ISSUE 3 OF @newgothicreview IS OUT NOW! We're kicking off with 'Passengers' by the brilliant @Rhys_Owain. It will cleanse the awful metallic aftertaste of 'You Should Have Left' from your palette. Truly, the spooky tale Wales deserves. Mae'n wych! bit.ly/3vkWNya

Straight to the very top of my TBR pile 👀

If you could choose ANY artist (alive or dead) to create an original piece of art to accompany a short story you wrote, who would it be? 🎨

This is now a @newgothicreview stan account. No other fiction exists, thanks. x

Absolutely captivated by this illustration from Zuzanna Kwiecień (@firstaidkiddo), it is unreal. Tattoo the whole thing on my face please.

A taste of Issue 3 (out tomorrow): 1.🚶‍♀️🌊🐬 2. 🤲☠️🌈 3. 👩‍❤️‍👨🪴🧍‍♀️ 4. 💍🪰🌪 5. 🚢⬇️👻 6. 🫀🧐🔪

I am *horrifically* excited for a new issue of @newgothicreview tomorrow, so to celebrate here is one of my favourites from their last issue! 🥳 You can read ‘Let Shadows Slip Through’ by the brilliant @KaliNapier here: bit.ly/3eBGTZl

Just 15 days left to submit to Issue 2! Keep the folklore subs coming: tethersendmagazine.com/submissions

Absolutely enthralled with this one! Happy Tuesday folks ☕️

Monday morning: 👎 Monday morning which brings a new @MargaretAtwood short story... 👀! Stay safe & warm & enjoy lovely readers!

"...the dock is peeling like a sunburn, and water gets under the remaining patches, softening the wood. Still, they may not have to rebuild the dock themselves; this one could last them out. The younger gen will have to do it, assuming they’re up to it."