Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool. SFF Author. Poet. 🦉 Possible Worlds and Other Stories (2022) They/Them. rachelahandley.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mvsfqkkcf22qIt's chucking down outside and I'm delighted to announce that I'm inside with a cup of tea.18 Sep 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsfqkkcf22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mvnkxueaxk2dHair freshly chopped! My body weight in coffee imbibed! Soon: writing group meet-up joy 😊16 Sep 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnkxueaxk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mvkvbprqzc2uThe pigeon which sounds like it smokes 40 packs of cigarettes a day is coo-coughing so loud that I suspect he is calling for his fellow cigarette pigeon brethren to join him in smoking a human sized cigarette. The ultimate cigarette of pigeon culture. Once lit, a human sized pigeon appears.15 Sep 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkvbprqzc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3muztz6pcac2xI'll be reading a short story as part of the Doors Into The Dark event dedicated to weird & wonderful fiction on 26th September at The Seamus Heaney Centre (Queen's University Belfast). Organised by @theactualemma.bsky.social and Niall McKenna. Tickets: https://www.seamusheaneycentre.com/Events/DoorsintotheDarkWeirdFiction/08 Sep 2026 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3muztz6pcac2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3muws5my7e22aI am out of oat milk. A six word horror story.07 Sep 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3muws5my7e22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mupipkfyjs25I walked past Home Bargains yesterday and there were Christmas Trees in their window. CHRISTMAS. TREES. Sirs, it is September.04 Sep 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupipkfyjs25https://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3muar3x7rks2uThere is nothing quite like the tiny joy of clean sheets.29 Aug 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3muar3x7rks2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mu37d5qvm227I received psychic damage from this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu37d5qvm227https://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mu35unfrak2qWriter's problem number 743: the writing machine is also the giant distraction machine. But fear not, noble scribe, the notepad and pen solve problem 743! Writer's problem 744: Writer can no longer write due to being buried under yet another "ooo another new one won't hurt" notebook.27 Aug 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu35unfrak2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mtyljkbqf22iThe pigeon that sounds like it smokes 40 packs of cigerattes a day is back, coo-coughing by my flat window like an unrepentent gran. I've come to expect that, should I ever see this pigeon, it will not only be smoking a cigar, but selling them to easily influenced younger pigeons.26 Aug 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyljkbqf22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mttizbse7c2lToday: resit marking, finishing off a story comissioned by [redacted cool place], drinking my weight in iced oat lattes as is my bisexual right.24 Aug 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttizbse7c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mtlsmpsr5k2b"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"21 Aug 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlsmpsr5k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mst5imfd2s26If you're in the UK, you can get my book of philosophical short stories, Possible Worlds and Other Stories, SUPER CHEAP from Fox Lane Books: https://www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page/possible-worlds-and-other-stories [This post comes to you via me having to google my own book to find the ISBN so that I can reference it in an article.]11 Aug 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mst5imfd2s26https://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3msnxiej5jc2lA few days ago I accidentally left my phone at home and only realised once I got to my office. I got so much writing done and felt so focused it was unreal.09 Aug 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnxiej5jc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mslm3275es2hThe unbridled joy of a new notebook.08 Aug 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslm3275es2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3msbm6iafq22gI wrote a little about my Paris trip. "I walk in 38C heat and tell myself I will buy a portable fan every hour on the hour until I forget to buy a portable fan." https://notesfromabus.substack.com/p/interlude-paris04 Aug 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbm6iafq22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3msbm6iafq22gI wrote a little about my Paris trip. "I walk in 38C heat and tell myself I will buy a portable fan every hour on the hour until I forget to buy a portable fan." https://notesfromabus.substack.com/p/interlude-paris04 Aug 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbm6iafq22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mrs2jr5kdk2eIt is 37C in Paris right now and I am melting.29 Jul 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs2jr5kdk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mrivj365xs22I am in Paris and at dinner I was sat next to an American guy who said bro so much I've lost all sense of the word.25 Jul 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrivj365xs22https://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mrcwtg2lh22a"I think about the coffee I will order soon, a part of me thinks it will make me feel whole. I am determined that it will prove to be life in a cup. Hours and hours of curled up sleep." https://open.substack.com/pub/notesfromabus/p/7-am https://open.substack.com/pub/notesfromabus/p/7-am?r=ypmq7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true23 Jul 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcwtg2lh22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mrffev2ibc25In my head this means I'll soon be teaching a new cohort of hedgehog students.24 Jul 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrffev2ibc25https://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mrfbzg3akc26Today I went on a fancy stagecoach bus and was almost impaled by how loud the stop announcement system is.24 Jul 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfbzg3akc26https://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mrcwtg2lh22a"I think about the coffee I will order soon, a part of me thinks it will make me feel whole. I am determined that it will prove to be life in a cup. Hours and hours of curled up sleep." https://open.substack.com/pub/notesfromabus/p/7-am https://open.substack.com/pub/notesfromabus/p/7-am?r=ypmq7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true23 Jul 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcwtg2lh22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mqu5y6qlqk2rHeard this pigeon again today. WHO is selling him cigarettes? Seems irresponsible. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu5y6qlqk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mqrm4ohyxk2gI started a substack where I post little pieces of writing written during my bus commute. Please enjoy my weird little bus thoughts. "I choose a seat based on whether I think I will turn out to be in the shade or thoroughly destroyed by the sunlight." notesfromabus.substack.com/p/834-am https://notesfromabus.substack.com/p/834-am16 Jul 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrm4ohyxk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rachelahandley.com/post/3mqokfmpwv22oThere's a pigeon cooing outside my window which sounds like it smokes 40 packs of cigarettes a day.15 Jul 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:27b43xve3o4nktor3vaaps52/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqokfmpwv22o