"Evelyn Fitzmaurice" - Edward Irvine Halliday (1950)

One thing I enjoy when the sun is out is to take Polaroid photos at ancient standing stone sites, something to do, innit! At the time of posting I have five copies of my book Professionally Defaced with a pen drawing along with a Polaroid of said stone site... 👁️ slipperyjack.bigcartel.com

On this day, 31 years ago, Bisexuality was invented.

FILM 1: There's a flight of stairs and there are some things happening at the bottom of them. FILM 2: Love begins with a bit of coal dust

On this day, 31 years ago, Bisexuality was invented.

He's talking about his supporters as Burnhamites. Cult-leader energy is strong with this one.

Hey, this is a great review!

Thought it was Thursday today and now I've realised it's Friday there are things to do this afternoon that I can't get out of and I am so fucked. 😭

Performative book prick

Just rustled myself up a GIGS page for my website, what with all the fuss yesterday :) Calling gig goers in North Wales, Chester, Liverpool and surrounds! penfriend.rocks/gigs

Grace Petrie’s Australian and New Zealand tour is announced for 2027

"The Teardrops Erode" - Dez Quarréll (2013-14)

So, have listened to four episodes of the Scarred For Life podcast today with Andy Bush as a presenter. It's really sad, he's a human being with NO CURIOSITY. He's absolutely unsuited to the show and Dave Lawrence just lets him get on with it, never challenges him.

Andy and Dave would genuinely be too scared to invite me on.

Pictures you can smell

This one is my holy grail though. Had this when I was six? Gave me nightmares even when I wore it! 😂

Not every day you find your childhood halloween mask, but I found mines and now I'm going to display it!

Booked for next week!

Past blogposts that might still be of interest: TERROR TALES OF WALES. paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com/2014/05/here...

Snapshot of the 2018 Brit horror scene. A narrow timeframe, but @johnnymains.co.uk throws as wide a net as possible over a varied range of short, sharp shockers. Surefire proof that horror fiction is in a healthy state in the 21st century. My full review paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com/2020/09/when...

Spurned lovers return from the grave, ghost ships materialise on the sea, a bird’s eerie cry lures the unsuspecting to their deaths. Welcome to the unsettling world of the French weird. Danse Macabre: An Anthology of French Weird is available online and in store today. #BritishLibraryPublishing

Heya Tim - can you DM me, please? @outonbluesix.bsky.social

I pointed this out to them on their Insta and he replied personally with “Tell me you’re a Liverpool fan without telling me you’re a Liverpool fan.” No contrition, no apology, nothing.

In another recent episode he described The Heysel Stadium Disaster (36 dead) thus: "Liverpool and Juventus fans, there was a bit of a chase, a wall collapsed onto Juventus fans and, as an Everton fan... it meant we weren't allowed to compete in Europe for five or six years.”

Listening to ‘scary pop culture’ podcast that we’ll call Traumatised Forever and I’m still wondering how the host (part Partridge/part Brent) got the gig. This morning a listener referenced The Tomorrow People and he said, “What is that? Is that recent?”

Here's just some of our awesome workshoppers for Edge-Lit 12 here in Derby on the 19th September - if you want to learn more about writing genre fiction these could be for you! www.derbyquad.co.uk/whats-on/edg... #writing #writers #authors #writingworkshop #writingworkshops #workshop #workshops

Our incomplete history of music comes to an end tonight. Final episode available from 9pm. Of course, there's a bonus tenth episode coming for patreon subscribers next month though! youtu.be/lp75UZKxRbo

Genuinely excited about this one - includes ten unheard and mostly undocumented songs from a *very* early David Jones?

God help me, I've discovered Def Leppard and I'm having a really good time.

Andy Bush needs to leave the @scarredforlife.bsky.social podcast. What an absolute prick.

"Vernon Watkins Reading from 'The Lady with the Unicorn'" - Ceri Giraldus Richards (1949)

No bank holiday then

Deciding to shut up shop and defend a 1:0 lead was never going to work against Argentina. Even I, a Scotsman, know that...

Anyone have any experience applying for orphan licenses? I have to do one for a title I'd like to include in the Mislaid Books line-up, but fucking hell, it's *daunting*.

I was just there a few days ago

Have to admit, this 1980s punch-up football is hitting a soft spot.

It's not called Argy-Bargy for nothing 🤣

And I bet every single on of them is a bootleg

"Mount Grace Priory" - Edward Clarke (1997)

Caro is by far my favourite booktuber.

You'd never see Scottish celebrities do this...well, maybe the Krankies...

Scanning in a future MISLAID BOOKS title. Came across this 💀

Scanning in a future MISLAID BOOKS title. Came across this 💀

Not really 'free' then, is it?

It's such a shame when you have an influential person to the culture, such as Jennifer (Petal), trying to belittle somebody else just because of how they phrase their own skeets.

We complete our incomplete history with the final episode of For the Record tomorrow night and here's some of the topics we'll be looking at. Watch here from 9pm youtu.be/lp75UZKxRbo?...

Past blogposts that might still be of interest: HOW IT BEGAN: HECK VS THE WEIRDEST KILLERS paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com/2014/06/how-...

"Drop" - Clare Neasham (1993)