As promised to link to my first actual Hookland book. It is only small, but covers a lot of the ghost soil. If enough of you buy it and like it there will be a Volume Two. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068598123 It will also be available in an actual bookshop soon.

Issue 2 of 13tracks magazine is out in the wild and it's a humdinger! Containing Free Radicals, my story of riots, resistance & rebellion in 2020 Hong Kong. Get your copy now! 13tracks.com

My little Francis Bacon-inspired flash is live at the wonderful Raw Lit mag! Check it out: rawlit.weebly.com/issue9.html

My little Francis Bacon-inspired flash has been paired with a humdinger of a photograph by @mj-anthony.bsky.social in the upcoming Issue 9 of the marvellous Raw Lit mag. Check it out!

Absolutely made up to be included in this stunning line-up for Issue 9 of Raw Lit!

Do yourself a favour and order a copy of Everything Will Swallow You by the brilliant @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social (right after you've pre-ordered your copy of Issue 2 of 13tracks magazine!) 13tracks.com/products/13t...

Everyone rush out and get your advance orders in for Issue 2 of 13tracks magazine, featuring my hip-hop inspired tale of protest and confrontation in Hong Kong - with its own dope hip-hop playlist. Actually, you don't even need to rush out, you can order it right here! 13tracks.com/products/13t...

Suppressed civil servant report warns: without urgent change, our water & food systems risk catastrophic failure. The Water Bill must force companies to build long-term climate resilience.

Friends, I'm doing a new thing (with some help) If you'd like to join me in celebrating, supporting, and otherwise platforming the UK's absolutely wonderful independent literature, please follow, subscribe, share, etc. Let's make some noise for books⚡ #booksky

Thank you lovely @trashcatlit.bsky.social for highlighting my melancholy micro! (Find the whole anthology at trashcatlit.com/read-what-co...)

Check me out being all literary/poetic at the wonderful @saloneurope.bsky.social in Amsterdam!

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Our democracy is literally being sold out from under us. Crypto billionaires putting their man in power to make a killing. It should be front page, headline news every day until the criminal investigation is underway. And Farage is banned from public office. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-cameo-...

"When's Christmas mum?" (She's now a happy, superficially at least very normal grandmother, btw.)

Check it out - truly one of the greats. Endlessly fascinating film. ("The only performance that really makes it, that makes it all the way, is the one that achieves madness.") (And Anita Pallenberg.)

Hey, you, our gorgeous 27-story print anthology is at a bargainous prices for May. Help the wildlife of Britain and get a copy here: mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦌🦡🦊🦉🦋 work by @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social @terryholland.bsky.social @clareobrien.bsky.social @quickasaflash.bsky.social and more

Our Prompted Story spotlight today is from Terri Rose @terri-rose.bsky.social 🦝 We loved the dark, creepy mood in this piece, the quiet desperation and obsession oozes with the smoke and ritual. Such an imaginative use of the prompts. Read here: trashcatlit.com/a-second-too...

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This is what I (and I suspect many others) admire in Zack Polanski: moral clarity. I hope it causes a political earthquake next week. 💚

And just like that, the Spring Prompted Stories Pop-Up is available for your reading pleasure 🦝 Nineteen imaginative and creative flash created from prompts. We love it, you'll love, go get it 💜 trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto... 1/3

"I swallow my fear like raw meat" delicious writing from JP

We almost forgot April is Trash Cat Lit's 2nd birthday! Two years since we were birthed from a bin desperate for treasures. It's been a cracking ride so far, thank you to everyone who submits and supports this wee mag. We will be mostly eating snacksies today 🦝 Stay Trashy 💜

I read this book earlier this year and highly recommend: it left me with an inner smile and feeling of warmth that stubbornly refuses to fade. It's a gently poignant, subltly magickal page-turner with heart and humour aplenty.

Really looking forward to trying out this Kikipan B&W film - will post results - thank you @zdp189.bsky.social !

🚨 First time in British history that a party to the left of Labour have topped a national poll. 💚 Hope is here. It's all of us. ✊🏼 Reject hateful, divisive politics - and let's make hope normal again. Join.greenparty.org.uk

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tWD... #fallfriday

It starts tomorrow peoples! Our spring prompted story challenge begins with Trashie selection (blindly choosing your prompts!). The link to select Trashies will open tomorrow at 9am (BST) until 6th April. We're getting the generator ready🦝 trashcatlit.com/prompted-pop... #submissioncalls

Look what I got from the lovely @longbarrowpress.bsky.social - thank you!

And sometimes they say, hey Mark! You're spoiling all the paintwork. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O11b... #fallfriday

Ban corporate donations to UK political parties to protect elections, says thinktank www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It's a good speech, you should watch it.

Missy Luna, chilling and sunning her paws, watching the young neighbourhood cats doing their cat stuff on the roofs below. 80 in human years and still going strong.

Our dependency on fossil fuels makes us vulnerable. Wars across the world are pushing up prices for households in the UK. Why keep waiting for the next crisis? We need to transition to clean power as fast as we can to protect people and our economy. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I hate AI. (Now where's my badge?)

Just joined UK’s Green Party for a few reasons. Starmer himself suggested ppl like me leave the Labour Party when he assumed leadership. Request granted. But the Greens’ recent success & polling (and more importantly their policy goals!) show them to be robust & viable. join.greenparty.org.uk

The Fall's masterpiece Hex Enduction Hour was released OTD in 1982. Give yourself a Sunday treat and play it in full. Running time, 1 hour. Play it three times on the trot and it'll rearrange your molecules. For the better. Listen here: open.spotify.com/album/3tF3mF...

Fuck VAR. It's killing football.

💚 what is the point of the lib dems look at all those wasted votes

How do I get my AI Hater badge?

The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer. 🧵 1/5

Keir took the gloves off to write some letters. @greenparty.org.uk got 215K members and rising. I prefer the Green alphabet. Join.greenparty.org.uk

As y'all head off to #awp26, I am calculating our author royalties. I cannot stress this enough - buy small press books directly from publishers. It's the way everyone makes the most money and art can continue to happen!

Hopeful !

Biggest missed opportunity the world ever had.

Thousands and thousands of people across the country today are rooting for the Green Party to win. It's so hopeful! Join our movement: Join.greenparty.org.uk

It's our final tease before the Preloved Stories issue launches on Saturday 🦝 @tracierenee.bsky.social sets the table for more than just those in the home, as a way of letting go @jdhellenwrites.bsky.social MC struggles to move forward in life, especially when the cheese is so good

You don't have to be young to spot large-scale intergenerational theft.

The tactical voting sites are saying it's between Greens and Reform, Grafters vs Grifters. #GortonAndDenton 🗳️

Ancient artefacts, monuments and landscapes should not be in private hands. Heritage should be part of the commons, shared by everybody. 30% of England's land and its archaeology is held by a tiny cabal of aristocrats and gentry, descendants of the thugs who stole it. Isn't it time we took it back?