William Shaw

In which I talk Lester del Rey, Chan Davis, Ira Levin, Sylvia Plath, Rachel Ingalls, Sierra Greer, and... Cliff Richard. Also, tradwives! Find out what they all have in common: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

This is a fantastic essay; @weramamuna.bsky.social unpacks the nature and rhetoric of 'escapism' in fantasy, and asks some tough questions about what we're escaping to and from. Highly recommended. www.typebarmagazine.com/beyond-the-f...

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My poem, 'How I Discovered the Magic of Reading,' is out now in the anthology Cozy in the Apocalypse from @angrygablepress.bsky.social! I'm honoured to be a part of this fun project with so many other cool authors. Check it out over here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKF96XBY

My poem, 'Platypus Portal,' is now live at @foofarawpress.bsky.social! Check it out over here: foofaraw.press/platypus-por...

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This is a good poem: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

My vampire haiku, 'Seduction,' is now live at Quotidian Bagatelle! Check it out over here: qb.foofaraw.press/seduction/

“🥖” Seduction https://qb.foofaraw.press/seduction/

Working on a thing about Donald A. Wollheim. Does anyone know anyone who could fact-check me on a biographical detail about his later life?

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Reposting this for anyone who missed it; I'm so pleased to have this poem out in the world, and people have been very kind about it. It's still available to read at the Ancillary Review of Books!

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My short story, 'Love Letter,' is now live at 100-Foot Crow! Check it out over here: 100footcrow.com/love-letter/

My short story, 'Love Letter,' is now live at 100-Foot Crow! Check it out over here: 100footcrow.com/love-letter/

Very pleased to see Thomas Ha's Hugo win. He's consistently put out thoughtful, challenging work. He deserves all the recognition we as a fandom can give him. (I guess I need to go and update "Gernsback's Grandchildren" now).

My poem "Therapy Garden #739" is in the latest issue of SpecPoVerse! You can read the whole issue for free here: specpoverse.org/vol-2%2C-iss...

Reposting this for anyone who missed it; I'm so pleased to have this poem out in the world, and people have been very kind about it. It's still available to read at the Ancillary Review of Books!

My poem, 'Gernsback’s Grandchildren; or, A History Of The Hugo Awards In Seventy Sentences' is now live at @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org! This poem took a lot of work to put together. I'm so excited to have it out in the world! You can read it over here: ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2026/08/21/g...

Re-upping for the Monday morning crowd: I read every winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and before I knew it, a poem happened. Check it out at the link below.

Re-upping for the Monday morning crowd: I read every winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and before I knew it, a poem happened. Check it out at the link below.

New Feature! @williamshaw.bsky.social's poem "Gernsback’s Grandchildren; or, A History Of The Hugo Awards In Seventy Sentences" is now available to read!

"But every conversation, every document signed, every desultory email to our lawyer asking for updates, returned the same answer: Not Yet."

I'm very proud of this review. Amal El-Mohtar is one of my favourite contemporary writers, and I was thrilled to talk about her new collection.

I'm very proud of this review. Amal El-Mohtar is one of my favourite contemporary writers, and I was thrilled to talk about her new collection.

At Interstellar Flight Mag, Will Shaw reviews Amal El-Mohtar's collection of short stories and poems all about love. magazine.interstella...

My review of Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar is now live at Interstellar Flight Magazine! You can read it over here: magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/a-book-about...

Just signed the contract, so I'm happy to announce that my poem, 'Fixing Me Up,' will appear in a future issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social! Very pleased to see this poem find a home. I hope people enjoy it once it's out!

My short story, 'The Mirror,' is now available to read at 100-Foot Crow! It's about that thing where characters look in a mirror and describe themselves. Check it out over here: 100footcrow.com/the-mirror/

So grateful to be able to publish this piece with Typebar, and in such amazing company! Check out all the other lovely pieces in this issue!

On Waiting: The Heartbreak at the Center of Kim Bo-Young’s “I’m Waiting for You” by @williamshaw.bsky.social www.typebarmagazine.com/on-waiting-t...

My essay on I'm Waiting For You by Kim Bo-Young is now live at Typebar Magazine! You can read it over here: www.typebarmagazine.com/on-waiting-t...

My poem, 'The Library of Lives,' is now available to read at Foofaraw! Check it out over here: foofaraw.press/the-library-...

The Library of Lives #LovelyWords #Poetry https://foofaraw.press/the-library-of-lives/ 〄

This was a terrific conversation, and I was very pleased to take part in this wonderful podcast.

🎙️ RELEASE THE PODCAST HOUNDS 🎙️ In this month’s Critical Friends, @deanleetal.bsky.social and @williamshaw.bsky.social discuss queer SFF with me - where it’s at, where it’s going … and how it might teach us to read all fiction more productively.

I had the privilege of appearing on Critical Friends, the Strange Horizons criticism podcast! Me, Dean Leetal, and Dan Hartland talked about queer literature, censorship, fandom history, and outer space. Check out the episode (including a full transcript) here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

"A Series of Prompts" by William Shaw gets a mention in this great roundup.

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I really enjoyed @williamshaw.bsky.social's #scifi drabble in @100footcrow.bsky.social! 100footcrow.com/a-series-of-...

My short story 'A Series of Prompts' is now live at 100-Foot Crow! I used this story to vent some of my frustrations at our "AI" dystopia. If that sounds like your kind of thing, you can read it over here: 100footcrow.com/a-series-of-...

Dead Boys in Space by Sara Youngblood Gregory  reviewed by William Shaw @williamshaw.bsky.social Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

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From @williamshaw.bsky.social, a review of Dead Boys in Space, a "thoughtful" poetry collection in which the HIV/AIDS crisis is reimagined - and millions live differently. "As the title suggests, this is a collection about grief, both for an individual and for a whole cohort of people."