Had a job interview this week, so this was my life for the 7 days before it. youtu.be/nlDQ_rTuvqQ?...

More tea? Yes please. youtu.be/dAKCpVp_LC4?...

New Jeff Noon novel! Contemporary fantasy and fantastical memoir. Like nothing else he's done but also entirely Noonish. (And quite Garnerish.)

the Command & Conquer series is 30 years old today we so have an excuse to share this iconic moment with Tim Curry

Writing again today, so I made myself a cheese/pickled beetroot/Frazzles sandwich. And honestly I think its the best sandwich ever created.

The extent of my prep for writing this book...

A little visitor dropped by my office this morning.

Sat down to do some writing this morning. So of course I then spent an hour reading all about puttees, their history, and why the British army doesn't use them any more. I also know how to perfectly tie them and blouse the bottom of my trousers.

Hey #WritingCommunity, here's your theme tune for getting that draft done. youtu.be/7W9c3OPzPMc?...

100 days until Christmas. ❄ The Mari Lwyd is coming... 🐴

Who’s game? www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZbC...

The Dark Souls of gameshows.

The Hum was more than a sound. It was the electric ley of the land manifesting. We walked underneath its lines and were transformed. Outsiders called us trespassers, filthy hippies, mad marchers. We just called ourselves Children of The Hum. – Trippy Pete, ex-Pylon Person #VOH

It's September, 12 degrees and raining. Mr. Freeze doesn't give a shit, look at him laughing. Now I am become death, he says.

Newly elected Green Party leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked, would he ever work with Keir Starmer?

Introverts don’t recharge with sleep, we recharge by being left completely alone for 3–5 business days

Boss here. I love learning new tricks and going on adventures but I’m still waiting for my new walking buddy to come and take me home! More: shorturl.at/6HQGX #rescuedogsofbluesky #dogsofbluesky #dogsky #northwales #northwestengland

What perfect album came out when you were sixteen?

Our cover of the theme tune to Maid Marian and Her Merry Men. youtu.be/j3x1E5pLqy0?...

New collector's hardback edition of THE WARLOCK OF FIRETOP MOUNTAIN coming soon, featuring brand new cover art by Karl Kopinski! officialfightingfantasy.blogspot.com/2025/08/new-... #fightingfantasy #gamebooks @ian-livingstone.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social

Just got rejected for a job by some bullshit AI filtering system. Is that even legal in the UK? Anyway, here was my reply email. Fuck these companies.

Cop the official Max Payne Low Resolution shirt! If you are so sartorially inclined. Made from the original game models from Max Payne 1. In the lowest resolution possible. #RMD30 Pre-orders are open until 22 September via @iam8bit.com 🔥 https://bit.ly/8bit-remedy-30th

Thrilled to have a story in this brilliant anthology of Eighth Doctor tales published by Obverse Books. Huge thanks to @paulmagrs.bsky.social & @stuartdouglas.com for asking me to contribute. #DoctorWho #eighthdoctor

Caernarfon Castle. Built in the 13th Century by Edward I. Couldn't be arsed going in as it was full, instead got accosted by a man trying to unload a "found child" onto me for some kind of TikTok japery.

Finally cleared my unread message notification thanks to this (I used method 2, adblock filter). I'm sure they'll patch this out at some point though.

I grew up in whitstable - my weekend job whilst at uni was working in gateway/somerfield supermarket - every time Peter Cushing came in I’d help him do his shopping. He was the loveliest person.

Castle No.6 is Dinas Brân. Built in the 13th Century on the site of an Iron Age fort of about 600BC. Absolutely cream crackering hike to the top for this fat chimp, but the views are worth it.

He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...

Philip has been here for a few years now but please don’t let that discourage you. He really is an amazing boy who’s a favourite among our staff and volunteers. He loves long walks, and playing in water! More: shorturl.at/eLWfb #rescuedogsofbluesky #dogsofbluesky #northwales #northwestengland

(1902, Wuppertal, Germany.) Another era, very stylish. The still-functioning oldest suspended monorail in the world.

I beg to differ

In our quest to visit every Welsh border castle, we reach No. 5, Powis. Book shop was below average, but the dog count is high and they have cream teas. Also, deer.

Off down to Nodnol.

Watching Ice Cube's War of the Worlds. I mean, it's dogshite, but it's quite a lot like if someone stiched together all the FMV cutscenes from a Command and Conquer game. Needs more Tim Curry.

Currently obsessed with @thisisdeepseadiver.bsky.social after discovering them this morning. Phenomenal stuff. youtu.be/M6BaFmgSQoo?...

Avebury, Wiltshire // Sunday 27th July

Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.

Stupid age verification kicked in just as I got a new direct message. So now I have a message I'll never read and a notification that I'll never be able to clear. My brain is itching.

Twm is looking for a quiet home in a quiet location. His ideal home would be in a quiet village or rural area with plenty of space for quiet walks – he loves being out and about exploring! More: shorturl.at/qQmrE #rescuedogsofbluesky #dogsofbluesky #jackrussells #northwales #northwestengland

Some roads seem ghost-carved. Part of a haunted hodology. They cross the land joining places together not only in this world, but also in the Empire of the Dead. We may view them as paths of peril or accept them as part of the psychic infrastructure and walk them with a sense of wonder. – #CJosiffe

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

An old one from 2012

Ok, it's officially too hot now, this is getting silly. Ideally I'd like to see a drop of at least 25 degrees by tomorrow.

Phone Bastards #glastonbury #comic

For every portal dolmen not only provides cover for rain-bullied archaeologists, but shelter for folklore. Shelter for people to stand under it and imagine beyond the confines of the now. Here is a safe space to hold hands with the long dead and feel wonder. - Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday

WIP mood board.

This game was bang up my street and I loved every screen of it. Folk horror Victoriana, lurid pixel-art, Neolithic barrows, regional voices. Lovely stuff.

Finally started on a new book today. Word count 112. Low number even for me, but I've been battling the worst case of task initiation paralysis I've ever had, that felt like a physical wall. Told myself, just write 1 word, wrote 111 more. Let's see what happens tomorrow. Setting for chapter one: