A brand new collection of suspenseful short stories, out now! mybook.to/ANIMUS

For the first time – and not for long! – ALL the Chasing Mercury thrillers are reduced to £0.99 / $0.99 here: mybook.to/Chasing-Merc...

"I really like the writing style of the author. The stories flew by and I flew along with them." SpyGuys+Gals is an amazing compendium of fictional spies run by true fan (& sometime doyen of the secret world) Randall Masteller. Very proud to be in there! spyguysandgals.com/sgShowChar.a...

Crime, espionage, history, satire, with undertones of the speculative (perhaps…) And all for less than two quid. Out on 22 November. At Oxford Indie Book Fair 23 November. Pre-orders now available. #vss365 #undertone #oxindiebookfair mybook.to/ANIMUS

Monday morning. One hour late. A hollow voice unanimous – The inanimate will #sublimate! In stories branded ANIMUS #FromOneLine #vss365 #horrorprompt 1960 (Due out 22 November. Pre-order now.) mybook.to/ANIMUS

Not just A chance but THE last chance to pick up THE BORODINO SACRIFICE for only 99¢/99p on a #KindleCountdownDeal today here mybook.to/Borodino. And speaking of the definite #article – I'm very grateful for the great new review from Nik Morton. #vss365 nik-writealot.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

Ah, the #pungent aroma of shameless supplication... but the final part in my postwar spy/action series is newly hatched today – or if you want to start at the beginning, Book One is on a 99p/99¢ deal – so please share! #vss365 #NewRelease Series link here: mybook.to/Chasing-Mercury

Newly hatched! open.substack.com/pub/paulphil...

Last peek into Advance and Retreat on the blog. The hardest decision of Toni's life: tracystjohn.blogspot.com/2025/08/now-... Amazon: bit.ly/4kok3V9 Nook: bit.ly/4lceL0a Smashwords: bit.ly/40AObW3 Apple: bit.ly/4kffGeP Kobo: bit.ly/4lc9GF4 Print: bit.ly/3HdCVbF #scifiromance #spaceopera #booksky

Those boxes outside the bookshops and charity shops in the 70s & 80s had a #mystical draw on me – and they issued a mystical challenge. #vss365 I have a new blog post that gives my books an 'origin story': www.bypaulphillips.com/blog/the-end...

Like Sir Bob, he went on a charm offensive... without the #charm #vss365

We, the mischief makers Do (somewhat) solemnly swear To keep the tyrants on their toes A constant pebble in the shoe A wedgie that can’t be plucked free To laugh, dance, and sing Despite the storm clouds thundering above #vss365 #mischief

Turn that frown upside down Turn that #scowl with a trowel Turn that pout inside-out Turn that duckface… Shut up fuckface! #vss365

Mischief hatches... mischief catches... It all comes home to roost later this month with the release of the series finale! #vss365 #mischief mybook.to/Chasing-Mercury

A tribute to the great Tom Lehrer. Since he was good enough to leave all his songs in the public domain (& they're being sadly misattributed on Google as a result, ho #hum...), you can look it up and #hum along to this shameless adaptation of his ditty about the shameless Wernher von Braun. #vss365

OK folks. #Tear it up – you know the tune! #vss365

I'm not asking for #idolatry, but here's a "Deleted Scene" Easter Egg from Book Two, if you give me a (free) subscribe in return... #vss365 paulphillips44.substack.com

Going for mass market appeal was clearly my #hamartia... Shouldn't I have gone for broke and made it arty-fartier? #vss365 (The Borodino Sacrifice, Chasing Mercury Book One, is only 99p/99¢ here: mybook.to/Borodino)

Yes there is #space on your #kindle on your bookshelf for these... #vss365 mybook.to/Chasing-Mercury

Including yesterday's advance review for THE SAFEHAVEN COMPLEX 😊, the CHASING MERCURY series has been favourably compared to Alistair MacLean, Wilbur Smith, Jack Higgins, Len Deighton, John le Carré... Influences, yes. Can I claim any as my #progenitor? Modesty forbids. #vss365

There once was a fat orange criminal, His intellect, at best, subliminal. Still, a crude limerick About the old prick Should tick off today’s prompt word: #liminal #vss365

If they can't paralyze with fear They'll galvanize with hate Either way, we're puppets In the hands of the warped Dancing on the ends of their strings Unless we go still long enough To hear the small voice The profound voice That teaches the truth Listen #vss365 #small

Could I ask a small favour? If you’ve read my book(s), please go to the Amazon product page and simply leave a rating (or even a short review – one word even!) And if you haven’t read them yet… what’s stopping you, anyway? You see, to me, it isn’t a #small favour at all. #vss365

Lovely family-run motel Not quite like any other Young man at the desk says would I like to meet his mother #vsspic

Four was too many, so I settled on a trilogy – and the final part is now available to pre-order! It would mean all the world if you could #spring for it, or at least spread the word... (I'll be contacting ARC readers asap 🙏🙏😃) #FromOneLine #vss365 mybook.to/Safehaven

A touch of airsickness, she had said. Bradley made sure she was still covered by her blanket and fished for his cigarettes. When his lips drew one from the pack, a hand appeared in the corner of his #vision. A flick, and a blurry flame followed. The man in Seat 7. #vss365 mybook.to/Chasing-Mercury

Now is the time to catch up with MERCURY! mybook.to/Chasing-Mercury

Where I am staying I need no musty store To stir my every sense With #vellichor. And when I leave, today! - If not my head I know my heart will balk At leaving so, so much unread. #vss365

I'm not usually big on spy thrillers, but @paulphillips44.bsky.social novel "The Borodino Sacrifice" is definitely worth the read. Fascinating characters and story. So many twists and turns...you truly don't know how it will end. www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQVR87Y...

Sure, there were extended periods when the hall was a tad footfall-#free, others when the passing punters seemed alarmed to find books at a book festival, but to those wonderful readers who stopped for signed copies – Jess, Kieron, Sarah et al – know how much I value you! #vss365

A reminder: Mark Zuckerberg, a man with all the money in the world, pirated the works of authors who have no money at all – including me. If you think that’s unfair, maybe consider becoming an honest #customer of the many victims of LibGen and Meta. Mine are here: mybook.to/Chasing-Mercury #vss365

It’s almost within spitting #distance now… (although tbh I’d prefer a nicer review!) #vss365 #ARCreaderswanted

This won't even make a dent in your #luggage allowance... #vss365 #AprilFoolsDay mybook.to/Borodino

Looking for a steal? Don’t flash rob the emporia This #HistFic #Thriller’s on a deal And you’ll be in #euphoria! #vss365 mybook.to/Borodino

In his #insatiable greed, Mark Zuckerberg, a man with all the money in the world, pirated the works of authors who have no money at all – including me. If you don’t think that’s fair, maybe buy a book by one of the many victims of LibGen and Meta. #vss365 (mine are here: mybook.to/Chasing-Mercury )

I posted this on the other place and thought I'd better share it here. Not playing #vss365 or anything else today, #WritingCommunity. Feeling pretty violated. Check this link and you may too... theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Takes a while to get it… 🤣

#vss365 pomeranian in the copse, so many trees so little pee #pomeranian #copse

When is Book 3 coming? What's it about? Where can I come and meet you in person? (and other questions answered...) open.substack.com/pub/paulphil...

Half an hour ago, I wrote the last words of the first draft of the last book in the CHASING MERCURY series: ...she was running. #vss365 It would be a shame if they stayed #incognito

As the world melts down around our ears in stalactites of corium, we’re all Pompeians now, I seek my safehaven scriptorium – but all’s become transactional so visit my #emporium: mybook.to/Chasing-Mercury #vss365

Hi #vss365 folks! If you enjoyed my prompts, why not try out the series from which they came? Or if you already have, please consider leaving a rating and/or a review – just a line would be fine! 🙏 mybook.to/Chasing-Mercury

Over the past 2 weeks I've seen you do great things with words from the forthcoming 3rd book in my CHASING MERCURY spy/action thriller series: THE SAFEHAVEN #COMPLEX. It was an honour to host & I wish my #vss365 successor @jamescutley.bsky.social all the best. Follow him if you haven't yet!

It’s February 14th already and my final #vss365 #prompt is #complex – because they’ve all been fiendishly linked! They were all extracts from my WIP, which will be published this year. You’ve all been fantastic. Thanks for playing!

#Safehaven (1944-48) was an intelligence program developed by the US to prevent the Nazis from hiding assets that could be used to start another war. #vss365 I can't imagine why I've been thinking about that lately... www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

A proto-CIA operation? A refuge? A hide-out? You decide. The #vss365 #prompt for February 13th is #safehaven – or, if you prefer, #safe_haven

Two books I read as a child One taught and one beguiled That mercury is a liquid That sulfur finds the wicked The splitting of a cell The burning gates of hell The dawn of nuclear fission The repetition of division That gravity causes the fall That God will judge us all #vss365 #mercury #write

#vss365 #mercury #poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #writer #writerscommunity #gorhyme

#vss365 #mercury She thrusts the tip of the needle into the bulging purple vein on her left thigh. The mercury-laced concoction slithers into her veins, gnawing through bones and sinews and flesh, drinking up her blood and replacing it with the hot urgency of a primal, unadulterated power.