Set up at the table top sale at Parklife Community Cafe in St James Park, Shirley. Come see some cosmic horror from 10-2…

Always a good sign when I feel the mental scratch to write again. Hopefully it becomes more powerful as the days go on…

#WIPSnips - absorb No absorbing in Mr Blank’s world, so we return to Witten Hall and the arrival of an unwelcome guest for some of the Witten family… #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts

It was all going so well until dinner surprised me with anaphylactic shock. Not how I wanted to spend the evening…

Anybody in the Stevenage area have available an accessible room or studio flat to rent? My daughter is starting a PhD next week and the flat that we hoped she be in by now looks like it is going to fall through. Thanks

Tonight’s viewing: some 80s anthology horror featuring legends like Emilio Estevez, Lance Henrikson, and Veronica Cartwright.

Enjoyed reading a bit of proper British pulp noir. Good old fashioned revenge told with tea and violence. If you like Dead Mans Shoes and Get Carter, check out @eamonngriffin.bsky.social East of England. #booksky #writesky amzn.eu/d/5XUoTSB

“Everything felt surreal and dreamlike, eerie, paranoia-inducing, unnatural, and unnerving.” Thank you to @cozywithbooks.bsky.social for their wonderful review of Welcome to Ferrendale! Read more of their thoughts here: cozywithbooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/21/b... #booksky #horrorsky #writesky

#WIPSnips - flurry No spoilers here, just a meeting between Mr Blank and friends… #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts

I am very much looking forward to no longer having Busy Days.

My ten fave sitcoms: Not Like That, Exploding Andrew! The Clinic Stu vs. Stu I Married a Hen The Doggers Help I’m a Liquid No Further Questions M’Lud Graham Cubed The Gravy Men Whatever Happened to the Gravy Men?

#WIPSnips - disagree More in the past tense, but here Mr Blank discusses the fate of an old friend… #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts

Managed to mentally tangle myself in knots over #WIPSnips today, as wasn’t sure whether to continue posting bits from Witten Hall, go back to Bad Dog (Mr Blank 3), or even something else I’m working on. In the end, I’ll stick with Mr Blank. It’s the one I’m currently (allegedly) editing.

#WIPSnips - obvious We return to Mr Blank and his mental breakdown. #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts

First viewing in new flat…

#WIPSnips - yard For today’s snip, we head over to the horror of Witten Hall and it’s decadent COURTyard… #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts

#WIPSnips - red In which Mr Blank gets existential. #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts

Missed #WIPSnips last couple of days and likely to miss #HorrorWritersChat tonight. Moving flat has completely wiped me out physically and mentally. Hope to be back on literary form soon.

Hey. Wanna buy a book from me? Do it . Go on. I dare you. All you have to do is ask. I can get any book (pretty much). Yes. Even that one. No. Not that one though you monster. You can email [email protected] Or DM me if you prefer. Or just ask on here Ta very much

Flat move now at 87%. Apparently the bailiffs are in a state of quantum flux. Belongings have unexpectedly undergone mitosis when not observed. Transported dust wonders what these new surroundings are, and how they’ve gained sentience. I have consumed much Mountain Dew.

Taking a break from packing. No timeline on new flat keys yet. General awareness of tomorrow eviction high. Stress at maintaining levels.

#WIPSnips - other In which Mr Blank rides the subway. #writesky #writingcommunity #writingprompts

Last night in my flat. Lived here 5 and a half years and was my first abode since moving back south. Gonna miss this place…

#WIPSnips - award In which Mr Blank discusses his old pal Robertson’s role in The City. #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts

Thoughtful article about the state of social media and how we save it. Social media has become a vector for talking *at* people rather than *to* them. This is why I go so hard on encouraging #HorrorWritersChat contributors to talk to people. It's a community hall, not a concert hall.

That was possibly the most stressful 2 hours I’ve faced in a while… Long story short: unfairly evicted from my flat. Found new one. Racing to get docs signed so can move before eviction. 🫠

#WIPSnips - pocket In which Mr Blank just wants a drink. #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts

#WIPSnips - worst In which Mr Blank learns of a deal… #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts

#WIPSnips - half In which Mr Blank considers his looks. #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts

Just rediscovered and reread a Reddit NoSleep tale called The New Fish. Definitely one of my favourites. www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/s/...

Glad the crippling depression waited until AFTER the community chat this evening. A mix of post-project completion and housing woes is grinding at me it seems. Time for a temporal lobotomy.

Eh, I got nothing this week. My website is on my profile as well as some book links if you’re interested. Thanks again all (esp Matt) for another fine #HorrorWritersChat though! Some great use of autumn leaves, and some interesting dreams. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a nightmare to temper…

#HorrorWritersChat “Always pile rotting on rotting”, he said. “Crisp autumn leaves over a shallow grave is always a dead giveaway”. Which I found confusing because the screams and kicking against the coffin lid seemed pretty obvious.

Crisp autumn leaves scratch against my throat. Their dust clogs my nostrils. Still the scarecrow doesn't stop. #horrorwriterschat

#HorrorWritersChat You know, I love the feel of crisp autumn leaves. That satisfying crunch, the delicate way it crumbles. So utterly glorious. One day, I hope to get my victims skin to age just the right way. It’s taking a while, but I’m getting there. I am getting there. *crunch*

#HorrorWritersChat Strap in, this one is… interesting. Basically I was on a WW2 bomber, and Neil Warnock encouraged me to parachute out. When I landed, Dame Judi Dench began chasing me on a bicycle, and to escape I had to climb a mountain of old wooden school desks.

#HorrorWritersChat AITA for taking my friends on holiday somewhere they didn’t want to go? Me (52M) convinced my two friends (44M & 7?M) to go to a lovely seaside village for a break, rather than go on separate jaunts. We’ve not been out for quite a while but they say the place is strange. AITA?

Well #HorrorWritersChat, once again you are all subjected to me, Oli Jacobs, cosmic horror writer. My current WIP is about a chirpy fellow who visits some old friends to help find someone. As you do.

So I mentioned Mr Blank in today’s #WIPSnips post, so thought I’d introduce you to him. Mr Blank is my series of revenge thriller books about a man left for dead in the desert, mutilated & with amnesia, looking to find those responsible. Very inspired by Tarantino and various millennial toughs.

#WIPSnips - outside Changing WIPs as one is finished and another needs editing. Therefore say hello to Mr Blank and his journey of revenge… #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts

That post book completion feeling:

Ted’s Terrible Reunion - complete. Coming 202?

Been putting off writing these final 2 chapters all day. You know what it’s like, that maudlin sense before a story ends… #writingcommunity

#WIPSnips - pressure In which Ted goes to therapy. At home. #writingcommunity #writingprompts #writesky

In my early author days I used my fandom of The Thing to write a gloopy horror set on a research station in the North Atlantic. Then I wrote another one based on The Shining, as you do. You can read both for 99p in Station 17, available now: amzn.eu/d/6ft9Sb3

#WIPSnips - ability In which Ted is excited about meeting old friends. Almost. #writingprompts #writesky #writingcommunity

it’s true, though

#WIPSnips - nowhere In which Ted gets frustrated. #writesky #writingcommunity #writingprompts