
E F McAdam
Speculative Fiction writer.
Book lover. Coffee drinker.
Works:
Fiction:
'Breach' in Interzone Issue 302 (2025): Purchase Here
First Place Winner of the Language Evolves Competition 2023: (announcement here)
*Read Commentary on this story in my blog post*
'Black Hole Memories' in Tangents, School of the Arts Literary Magazine, University of Liverpool (2025): Read Here
'The Switch' in Liverpool Literary Festival zine: First Place Winner Postgraduate Category of the Liverpool Literary Festival Short Story Competition (2024): (announcement here)
'OS_System Update' in These Starving Bones of Mine, The University of Liverpool Anthology (2023):
Read Here *Read Commentary on this story in my blog post*
'The Scots Valkyrie' in Many, The University of Manchester Anthology (2020): Read Here
Non-Fiction / Critical:
Guest speaker on the Ancillary Review of Books podcast 'A Meal of Thorns' (2025), discussing Hiromi Kawakami's Under the Eye of Big Bird (2025): Listen Here
Roles:
Assistant Editor for the SotA Literary Magazine Issue 1: Tangents (2024-2025): Read Here
Editor for the SotA Literary Magazine Issue 2: Intersections (2025-2026): Read Here
Judge for the Liverpool Literary Festival Short Story Competition 2025 and co-host for the Liverpool Literary Festival event 2025.
Organiser for the Current Research of Speculative Fiction conference. More info


