Farthest Star have published my story "Hatchling". Now available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Hatchling-Da... #amWriting #scifi

I am overjoyed to see that my quantum sci-fi/noir detective novel "The Measurement Problem" has made the BSFA awards longlist, along with two of my short stories - "Asylum" and "Divergence" www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-... #amWriting #scifi

My story "Asylum" is on the Tangent Online Reading List 2025 cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/fiction-all/... tangentonline.com/news/tangent... #amWriting #scifi

Here's 3 reasons why we should abolish the monarchy and change the country for good. #NotMyKing AbolishTheMonarchy

Embarked yesterday on this celebrated collection. The first tale, ‘Tower of Babylon’, is an absolute masterpiece, centred on the construction of a colossal tower in the ancient city designed to break through the ‘vault of heaven’. An exceptional debut - no wonder it scooped a Nebula Award in 1990.

The above image is taken from Centenary Viewpoint, Dinas Oleu, Wales. It's a gorse covered stretch of the fell and was the first property the Trust acquired in 1895. Photo: John Miller

2025 summary: 2 stories published: Asylum in Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores Divergence at New Myths 4 stories to be published Self-published novel The Measurement Problem For 2026: 9 stories out on submission, another novel and a story collection coming. www.sixwhits.com #amWriting #scifi

Nepo Baby son of former Labour MP Jack Dromey, Joe Dromey unsurprisingly on the side of privilege. 2 Reeves, 2 Eagles, 2 Milibands, 2 Vaz. McSweeney's wife parachuted a safe seat. Children of Kinnock, Benn, Hoyle, Hopkins all found seats. Labour is a party of privilege & nepotism

If you would like a free epub of my award winning novel The Measurement Problem, it's part of this month's giveaway bundle from Liminal Fiction. All you have to do is sign up for their email list. www.limfic.com/join-our-ema... #amWriting #scifi #sciencefiction

The next chapter of WACOOH is live on YouTube! youtu.be/OCprsWp-E70

A British Republic would change the country for good. #AbolishTheMonarchy #ChangeTheCountryForGood

I don't know whether the Green's would be able to keep their promises if elected, but I do know none of the others will, and I trust the Greens' intentions more than anyone else.

Power to the people. It's that simple. #AbolishTheMonarchy

For years I've paid the subscription for the OS maps app that gives me the complete topographic maps of the UK on my phone. I've recently learned that the French equivalent - Cartes IGN - is as good and completely free. I'm wondering what other European countries have a similar service. #hiking

My absolute favourite festival is back. Got it in the calendar to buy our tickets. #music #festival #womad www.facebook.com/share/r/1Jii...

Watch this to the very end. Thank you, @zackpolanski.bsky.social. You're the only leader of a major UK party who sees me.

NewMyths Readers' Choice Awards voting ends on October 15th: sites.google.com/newmyths.com... My story "Divergence" is one of the nominees. There's time yet to read them and vote. #amWriting #ScienceFiction

I'll be there, and my award-winning debut novel "The Measurement Problem" will be in the dealers room courtesy of Peachfield Press.

When Chartwell came into our care, the Churchill family requested that there always be ‘a marmalade cat named Jock, with a white bib and four white socks, in comfortable residence at Chartwell’ - and to that, we hold true. Photo: Sarah Haile

Newmyths.com Fall 2025 edition is out with my SF short story "Divergence". This is one I'm particularly proud of. It's up on their web site: sites.google.com/newmyths.com... #amWriting #ScienceFiction

I saw this when the Albion ran screenings at the Amex stadium a while ago. A great feelgood story, not that I'm at all partisan or anything. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se... September the 8th. They don't say which streaming platforms it's on though. #bhafc

Well said @georgemonbiot.bsky.social I've thought for some time that the modern labour party sits somewhere to the right of Margaret Thatcher.Even the limited hopes I had of this government have been disappointed. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #ukpolitics

This sounds like a project worth supporting: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025... #music #festival

Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences? Only one explanation now remains. They do. And it is what they want.

What people are saying about The Measurement Problem: "This is the kind of book that has you gripped for the entire ride, and then resonating with ideas and thoughts and ideas for days afterwards" www.amazon.co.uk/Measurement-... www.sixwhits.com #ScienceFiction 2/2

What people are saying about The Measurement Problem: "a rich narrative that delivers a deep sci-fi whodunit—layered with unexpected twists, philosophical depth, and a compelling blend of science and mystery." www.amazon.co.uk/Measurement-... www.sixwhits.com #ScienceFiction 1/2

I'm lazy with tabs and windows. Loads of windows and tabs open on many desktops, leading to high CPU and memory use. I just found the Firefox task manager: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tas... Worst memory hogs: google and amazon. Now I know to close those when I'm not using them. #firefox

Happy Friday, folks! A plea from a humble editor. If you have read and loved any of my anthologies I would really appreciate a review out there somewhere. Doesn't have to be Amazon or Goodreads - could be Waterstones, or a blog. Anthologies don't draw the same fanfare as novels. 😞

For the Amazon averse, my award winning debut novel, The Measurement Problem, is now available direct from Sixwhits Press. UK only for the paperback, worldwide for the epub. It's cheaper, and I still make more on it than for an Amazon sale. sixwhits.bigcartel.com/product/the-... #ScienceFiction

I shall be watching the final on Sunday more in hope than expectation, but this article in the Guardian has made me more hopeful. www.theguardian.com/football/202... #football #euro2025

i am going to be really blunt for a moment: publishing is a brutal enough business to try and write things for an audience that doesn't read your kind of work anyway. write the things you like to write for as long as you can. we get to do that! relish it and hold onto it. okay i'm done.

All possible pasts, all possible futures are real. To protect his sister and to find Erica, Detective Inspector Lewis Drake must solve his own murder. My award winning debut novel The Measurement Problem is out now at Amazon. www.amazon.co.uk/Measurement-... #ScienceFiction

Last week I wrote about yet another of the disastrous outcomes of privatisation. If there's one thing almost everyone in England wants, it's renationalisation of water. But no, we can't have nice things. Just more shit. Literally in this case. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A very brief history of climate from Earth's formation to its demise: www.sciencenews.org/article/clim... #science #climate

A very brief history of climate from Earth's formation to its demise: www.sciencenews.org/article/clim... #science #climate

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

A Spanish version of “the squeaky wheel gets the grease” (about complainers getting the most attention) translates to “he who doesn’t cry, doesn’t get breastfed.” A Korean variant is “crying baby gets one more rice cake.” But my favourite is the Māori “the pet parrot that squawks must be fed again.”

SFWA statement on Must Read Publishing contracts. Boilerplate contracts should not be rights-grabby and writers should not be forced to engage in months long negotiations to get a fair contract for a short story. www.sfwa.org/2025/07/14/p...

My next novel "When The Enemy Comes" has been shortlisted in a competition run by Black Blade Literary. www.blackbladeliterary.com/competition-... #amWriting #scifi

2/2 In 2016, Nick and I co-wrote a novella called The Last Pantheon. NewCon Press is reissuing this in an illustrated hardback and paperback. *All* the proceeds go to the family. I've waived all my entitlements and this should help the family in these uncertain times. Pre-orders are open.

Cover and interior designs done for TMP. I'll have the first proofs soon... #AmWriting #scifi

Hi. If you know me, you know I don't often wade into industry discussion. But this response from MRM is fucked. Not only doubling down on a rights grab but lecturing writers about what scraps they should accept. The arrogance is off the charts. Talk about slamming your dick in a car door.

Them: 'You can't smell a photo!' Us:

TL;DR New owners introduced new contracts that were rights-grabby and deliberately convulted while offering the same (small) amount of money as the old contracts. locusmag.com/2025/07/subm...

Preparation for the publication of my first novel, The Measurement Problem, continues. My new website is live: sixwhits.com Still a work in progress... #amWriting #scifi

So much work in preparing to self-publish my first novel. Done the blurb, now the website, the author page. Got a guy to do the cover and interior design and he's steaming ahead doing a fantastic job. Soon I'll have The Measurement Problem out there. #amWriting #scifi

Reviews like this one make all the work and struggle worth while - my story "Asylum" at tangentonline: tangentonline.com/e-market-mon... #amWriting #scifi

Unintended consequences: Between our house and next door's fence is a narrow alleyway, a dead end that for years I've had to clear of weeds, trees, etc from time to time. Dug it out, levelled it, laid a weed-proof membrane and gravel. Much easier to keep clear. The cats just *love* it. #cats