A free ebook for another two days... This novella was my thousandth story but in fact it consists of 100 flash fictions, so I don't know if it really is a novella... Download or ignore, as you prefer :-) #booksky www.amazon.com/dp/B0FT65CP54

Here we go again. Another free ebook. This novella was my thousandth story, but in fact it consists of 100 flash fictions, so I don't know if it really is a novella... Download or ignore, as you prefer. Thank you :-) #booksky #flashfiction #free www.amazon.com/dp/B0FT65CP54

Thanks to an arrangement with Raphus Press, my book TANGENTS will soon be a cheap paperback and ebook under the Gibbon Moon imprint, as well as the limited edition recently brought out by Raphus itself. The novella was my thousandth story. It is the final piece in my grand story cycle :-) #booksky

One of my more obscure story collections, THE SEASHELL CONTRACT, is a free ebook from any Amazon platform just for today :-) #booksky www.amazon.com/dp/B01N14PJYE

Halfway through this collection and one of the short stories ('The North') is so delightful in style and ambience that I think it might be one of the best short stories I have ever read... 🙂 #booksky

A Brontë-saurus in its natural environment, having come up for Eyre but finding other things instead... #booksky

The ebook edition of my most recent book, THAT OTHER EGYPT, is free for another two days from any Amazon platform 😀 #booksky www.amazon.com/dp/B0FR8F5MLS

It's my birthday! Birthdays are times when presents are given. Thus I have made the ebook edition of my most recent book free for the next three days. That's the present. THAT OTHER EGYPT is a collection of linked fantasy short stories themed around Egypt #booksky www.amazon.com/dp/B0FR8F5ML...

I would dearly like to go fifteen rounds in a boxing ring with Nigel Farage. I am 58 years old, not as fit as I was, not as strong. Nonetheless, I would hugely appreciate the chance to go fifteen rounds with that squirming gammon fascist just to give him a practical notion of what I think of him.

Began reading this last night. Three authors alloted one third of the book each. Alasdair Gray is one of my favourite writers. I know almost nothing about Agnes Owens and James Kelman, but the Kelman selection so far has been excellent, reminding me somewhat of Beckett ☺️ #booksky

One of the poems from my poetry volume, ODD SOCKS. Take the opportunity to read the other 397 poems in the collection by buying the ebook from Amazon. Or don't, if you prefer not to 😊 #poetry #verse #poems

Exactly eight years ago I finished writing my book WORLD MUSES and it was accepted for publication within twenty-four hours. The book consists of eighty short tales, some of which have experimental OuLiPo structures 😊 #booksky

I have always voted Labour. I won't vote Labour next time -- unless they admit that they have been complicit in genocide, and take appropriate moral action to attempt to undo at least some of the immense damage they have done by supporting a rogue state that murders children.

One of my best poetry collections (in my opinion) is a free ebook for the next four days. This is the link to Amazon US but it is available on any Amazon platform 😊 www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5QZDN6C #booksky #freebooks #poetry

Yesterday I posted a photo of my five published books of 2025, but I didn't include my self-published books. Here are my four self-published books of 2025. In my opinion, incidentally, my tribute book to Daniil Kharms is the best of my self-published volumes ☺️ #booksky

Today's poem is about the actor Jeremy Irons ☺️ #poetry #poems #verse #actors

It has been a good writing year for me, with five books issued and a few more to come 😊 #booksky 1) THE DEVILS HALO - Elsewhen Press 2) THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT - Recital Publishing 3) ROBOTS IN LOVE - Eibonvale Press 4) THAT OTHER EGYPT - Eibonvale Press 5) TRUMPET FACE - Incunabula Press

Exactly one year ago, my Weird Western GROWL AT THE MOON was published by Telos Publishing. Copies are still available and I can promise a rip-roaring adventure if you are tempted to give the book a fair trial. I had enormous fun writing it 🤠 #booksky

Exactly one year ago, my Weird Western GROWL AT THE MOON was published by Telos Publishing. Copies are still available and I can promise a rip-roaring adventure if you are tempted to give the book a fair trial. I had enormous fun writing it 🤠 #booksky

My new book is a short novel, a fantasy about an explorer who can turn his head into a musical instrument if he tries really hard. It is the first book in a trilogy but the three books can be read in any order. The other two volumes will be out soon 😊🎵🎶 #booksky

Cover reveal. My novel TRUMPET FACE is an absurdist adventure published by Incunabula Press and features an Introduction by Michael Moorcock. It is the first volume in the "Knick Knack Trilogy" (though the books can be read in any order). I will provide more details soon 😊🎶🎵 #booksky

I have invented a musical instrument made from jelly. It's a keyboard instrument. Every key is formed from a jelly mould. I play King Crimson tunes on it. I call it the Jellotron 🎵🎶

My book of tribute stories to Daniil Kharms is still a free ebook, but only for the next two days. Absurdist flash fiction and dark humour :-) #booksky #freebook #free #ebook #absurdism #flashfiction www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNX3BV7M

Q: Why did the chicken cross the Mobius Strip? A: To get to the same side. Q: What's the difference between a duck? A: One of its legs is both the same.

My book of tribute stories to Daniil Kharms has been published. Fiction that attempts to express and reflect the influence the modes, themes, style and ironies of Kharms had on me. As part of a promotional drive, the ebook is free for the next four days :-) #booksky www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNX3BV7M

Delighted to receive an Introduction to ODDITY O'CLOCK from Paul Di Filippo. This is the third book of the trilogy. TRUMPET FACE already has an Introduction by Michael Moorcock. With luck, THE UNFAIR DINKUM will also get an Introduction from a renowned author. Fingers crossed 🙂 #booksky

Just saw the final proof copy of my TRUMPET FACE novel, with Michael Moorcock's Introduction included. It's looking good to me! I can't wait to share the cover. The book will hopefully be published soon 🙂🎵🎶 #booksky

Finished writing my tribute book to Daniil Kharms. TRIVIALITIES is 30,000 words long and features eighty linked flash fictions that attempt to embody the influence that Kharms' microfictions have had on me. The book should be available in paperback and ebook editions soon :-) #booksky

Just been to The Body Shop. Lots of body parts for sale. The assistant selected a pair of ears for me, but I picked my own nose 👂👂👃

My book TANGENTS has been published. It's a set of 100 flash fictions. It is my 1000th story and the capstone on my "Pandora's Bluff" story cycle. The final flash is a prequel to the first story in the cycle, turning this 33 year project into a gigantic loop. Many thanks to Raphus Press 😊 #booksky

The only Moorcock book from the 1970s that I haven't read is "The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the 20th Century" but the paperback edition I own has a cover I don't like. I am glad the novel also appears in this hardback omnibus with a better cover 😊 #booksky

This book took a long time to come together. I never set out to write a linked series of fictions themed on Egypt. It just happened. Ten stories in total, though one is actually a play. It's another excellently designed volume from @eibonvale.bsky.social and I am as delighted as always :-) #booksky

Three years after I wrote it, my science fiction novella, ROBOTS IN LOVE, is a reality. In other words I have the hardback in my hands. This is one of my very few stories set in outer space. All praise to @eibonvale.bsky.social. Extremely pleased with the way it has turned out 😊🤖🤖❤️ #booksky

Seems that my first audiobook will be out in about ten days. It's the audiobook edition of my flash fiction collection THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT. I just heard this news and I am pleased 😊 #booksky

When I was employed by the university a few years ago, I wrote lots of stories secretly in work hours. But I have never done university work secretly at home in my leisure time.

If you are British but you support the return of Fascism/Naziism you are a traitor and should be hung like William Joyce, John Amery, George Johnson Armstrong, Duncan Scott-Ford, Oswald John Job and Theodore Schurch were.

I was asked to submit to a publisher. Submit? I will never bow down to anyone! Liberté, égalité, fraternité! I might send them a story, though.... 😊

Today's poem is about hair colouring and heavy metal music 🎵🎶 #poem #poetry #hair #metal #BlackSabbath #verse

This yoghurt is so thick that it can't even solve quadratic equations!

Three short poems from my first properly published poetry collection (i.e. not self-published) four years ago... (Not that I have anything against self-publishing, but there is a distinction, namely the submission process) 😊 #booksky

Sixteen years since I began writing stories set in Albarracín. Fourteen years since they were first published in a book. Nine years since the expanded second edition of SANGRIA IN THE SANGRAAL was published. The stories are linked and cover a thousand years of fantastical history :-) #booksky

In the herb garden because I am a sage. I mean, I would be if I had the thyme and other puns 😊

Finished proofreading TRUMPET FACE. So now with the Introduction by Michael Moorcock done, and the cover designed, I think it is well on the way to seeing publication in the near future. And the two other books in the trilogy will follow shortly, I think :-) #booksky

Here's a new game, slightly self-indulgent... Blurb yourselves as if you were a book. I will go first: "Rigorous mischief seems to be his guiding principle. But the mischief is always mild. More a case of Socks and Macaw than Shock and Awe!"

Today I read the Introduction that Michael Moorcock has written for my forthcoming novel TRUMPET FACE. I am delighted by the generous praise of this literary giant! This has proved to be a magnificent conclusion to an excellent week 😊🎵🎶 #booksky

This is true 😊

You think it's hot because it's 37°C in the summer? I am at that temperature all year round. Logically this means you think I am always too hot. Well, I don't rate my attractiveness that high. I am not a narcissist. Take your ludicrous flattery elsewhere! Are you an AI bot? #lateral_logic

Hiking Tip. If you mind getting smelly on long hiking trips, just take a shortwave radio with you. When you notice "mind getting smelly" turn on the radio and listen to the political news. You will be brain-washed in no time. Follow for more tips and don't wander off the path.

When I was young I read the entirety of TITUS GROAN pronouncing Fuchsia as "Fucks-ear" instead of "Phew-sha" #booksky

Finished writing ODDITY O'CLOCK just now. So that's the three books of a loosely connected trilogy completed in three months. "The Knick Knack Trilogy" consists of: (1) TRUMPET FACE (2) THE UNFAIR DINKUM (3) ODDITY O'CLOCK 😊 #booksky