It’s Pynchon season coming up and one of the things he keeps coming back to in his later books is the idea of extremely powerful or straight-up evil people having a Road to Damascus moment where they try to make up for all the horror they’ve inflicted by using that power to make something right.

My novel in progress, Infinity Land, was longlisted in the WestWord First Chapter competition this morning. I should probably post more interesting things on BlueSky. Sorry.

The gang at Liminal Tales are performing my short story 'What To Do When You're Accused Of Being An Interdimensional Being of Pure Evil' at the Camden Fringe next week

To the tens of people who still use Serializd and who keep liking my semi-viral review of an episode of Twin Peaks, please know that you’re keeping me from the edge srlzd.com/r/abd05

Opinions round up for the week: - Lena Dunham is good, actually - Trump can’t draw - Coldplay should be made to apologise to those people who were getting it in

God laughing at me, pissing himself, while I try and make myself feel better saving these images to my phone

Brilliant. Really made me laugh.

My new short story, 'Conversations with God', is in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social today. Thank you also to @davidestringel.bsky.social for picking it out for their beautiful magazine. www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...

My new short story, 'Conversations with God', is in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social today. Thank you also to @davidestringel.bsky.social for picking it out for their beautiful magazine. www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...

Short story "Conversations with God" by Mark Daniel Taylor @Katamazov @katamazov.bsky.social. www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...

You don't have to like her but when she cooks she's Anthony Bourdain

My short story ‘Mister Bubbles’ is in the @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social this week as part of their weekly humour feature. You can read it on their fantastic website below. And thank you to @ankitrajojha.bsky.social for helping me put it together! thehooghlyreview.com/mister-bubbl...

Going to go for a walk and figure out what’s wrong with me

My short story ‘Mister Bubbles’ is in the @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social this week as part of their weekly humour feature. You can read it on their fantastic website below. And thank you to @ankitrajojha.bsky.social for helping me put it together! thehooghlyreview.com/mister-bubbl...

On today's Weekly Features: Candice M. Kelsey muses on kith and kin, and Mark Daniel Taylor comes unstuck in time. thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu... Our publishing concerns, current calls and submission guidelines can be accessed here: thehooghlyreview.com/submissions/

We appreciate a piece that approaches sensitive topics with novelty, and Mark Daniel Taylor's story "A Call from Cobra" definitely does that. We were happy to chat a little with the author in our interview over on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/post/author-... @katamazov.bsky.social

Weirdly this is not the only time I've seen anti-trans ideologues get very weird about adoptive/step-parents where they insist calling them a parent is a polite fiction, rather than i think the more common understanding that there are many routes to becoming a parent.

My short story A Call From Cobra is in the Spring 2025 issue of @weirdlitmag.bsky.social this morning! You can read it, and the other great stories out today, on their site here—https://www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/a-call-from-cobra

My short story A Call From Cobra is in the Spring 2025 issue of @weirdlitmag.bsky.social this morning! You can read it, and the other great stories out today, on their site here—https://www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/a-call-from-cobra