Saw Sammie again today. I only know them from the scar on their back and their eagerness/foolhardiness and they only know me from my black coat and use of the rowing machine (if I’m lacking either Sammie don’t approach). Top pals.

Once Upon A Time In The Midlands. (Wild West themed party at my pub today)

Mum’s gone serious with the lawn bowling. Uniform and everything.

So is Romeo & Juliet technically a rom-traj?

I’ve been playing Warhammer: Total War for ages now and it sucks theres no mod to convert your goblin general into Bowie in Labyrinth.

One of our pub regulars found a pigeon with a bad leg and now he’s nursing them back to health. Apparently their talon grip has improved a whole lot since yesterday. He’s called them Al Pidgeno.

Has sticking a sign in your window saying NO JUNK MAIL ever worked?

A little thing called style. Look it up some time. (Photo by Kylie Bate)

Ozzy the Bull at Birmingham New Street Station is a steampunk delight

Convention numpty #Eastercon2026

Made a friend

They trust me to be alone with all this cheese.

I'm putting together a post of indie and self-published SFF by trans and non-binary authors if anyone would like to be added! (If I miss you for the post, I can also add you to my LGBTQIA+ collection!)

Happy SPD to all in the service industry

He’s got a name now.

I’ve the honour of a story appearing in an anthology honouring fantasy legend David Gemmell. It’s an incredible list of authors. Follow the link and have a gander. Indeed, be a patron! Huzzah! www.kickstarter.com/projects/igw...

The girls at work have decorated me.

One of our pub’s semi-regulars told me about going to France to be a chef. He went into one restaurant and the owner said: “The English can’t cook.” Fella replied: “Yeah? What about Joan of Arc?” Owner gave him the job.

NOT FOR MI?

Opened up at work today and found this lil’ fella behind the bar. Guess I’ve got a new colleague!

QTP with women ❤️‍🔥 Happy Women's Day!!

Spam is basically dogfood for humans.

I was stood at my road’s crossing and the green light took so long I started to imagine a trailer for a 90’s Hollywood movie called The Crossing Man and I was already on to the sequel, The Crossing Man: Final Crossing, before the lights changed and I could actually cross.

This looks a lot of fun! Trip's a spectacular author.

Sending out stories to magazines is like having a gamble on the horses whilst also breeding the horses in the hope they’ll win a race.

It’s a testament to Paramount’s integrity that they haven’t done a reboot of Next Generation yet. But it can only be a matter of time.

Young Peter Falk has serious Chalamet energy…

Congratulations to all shorties!

The curse of living long is to see so many others die.

Sky News just highlighted Sweden and Finland within NATO and I giggled. I’m a child.

My personal mantra when it comes to using descriptions in fiction is ‘invite, don’t impose’. A red Georgian townhouse is enough; the reader will pour in their own details from their own experience, the townhouses they’ve seen or even lived in. Your readers’ memories and imaginations are your ally.

Every adaptation of Dune is simultaneously the best and worst adaptation.

Feeding Sammie on the Park. He’s not backwards about coming forwards, I know that much. Eager lad our Sammie.

Just seen the dental hygienist to have my pegs scrubbed so if you’ve ever planned to French kiss me today’s your optimal window.

The cleanest sweater I have right now is a Christmas jumper and so I’m wearing a Christmas jumper on Valentines Day. Punk as fuck.

Got dat 70’s pub landlord rizz

Currently looking up the roads around the Millennium Dome on Google Street View for the short story I’m working on. Don’t ever tell me writing ain’t a wild and exciting life.

Speaking as a Brit it was nice to see the halftime Super Bowl, a side of America that I hadn’t seen in a while. Joyful and creative and, above all, kind.

The Telegraph can shove its opinion pieces up its arse. #Leicester4ever

One of my favourite moments in a museum was the label underneath a neolithic pot: 'c.4000-2500 BCE. Artist unknown.'

Pennyblade has just had its hundredth review on Goodreads. A… divisive novel, I love to read the reviews, especially the one stars. Thank you to anyone who left a review or rating. www.goodreads.com/book/show/58...

⚰️ Contract signed! Happy to announce that my dark fantasy/horror piece, "Gravefisher", will appear soon in Of Dread, Decay, and Doom, by @starsandsabers.bsky.social. Akela is addicted to the remnant of souls that corpses can offer. What happens when a king offers to reconnect her with her children?

Got given a fancy baguette at work the other day so I made a mushrooms in creamy mustard thing to dip it in. It’s my basic response to any sudden baguette situation.

Am I the only one who thinks ale is a weird choice of alcohol for the Romulans? They just strike me as a wine drinking sort of culture. Ale drinkers are either vikings or folk music fans on wooly jumpers.

Really looking forward to this anthology from @starsandsabers.bsky.social . Just look at the list of authors!

Sat in my favourite Japanese cafe having lunch and they’re playing the theme tune from The Godfather over the speakers. Which, I’ll admit, kinda throws me.

What is it about being in the top percentile of super rich and powerful that turns people into nonces? You see it in just about every era, not just now.

Andrew Tate would never grasp those last ten minutes of Casablanca. Not in a million years.

My 27 year old pal genuinely asked me ‘What’s that famous quote Eisenhower said about what would happen to Generation Z?’