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The lovers

Really loving the 'Listen with Other' anthology series. Fantastic spooky and strange stories. The latest instalment by General Witchfinders Zine alum @raynewman.bsky.social was fantastic - highly recommended. The music and soundscapes really blew me away. Listen now podlink.com/1842661048/e...

12 stories about death and dying, you say? And 25% of pre-orders with the code FEB26? What more could you ask for? @saltpublishing.com

What, this? It’s just something I threw on

No.

It me

Past the yard arm somewhere in the galaxy

I am Venice-bound

Which is your favourite Moomin character and why is it Little My?

Would be the most Scottish rugby thing ever for them to beat England and then somehow lose to Wales

Cor, what a game. Well played, Italy, but the plastic Irishman in me is pleased with the win

Great finish

Sam Prendergast has an incredible skill set but he just doesn’t have the ticker for modern international rugby. Can’t be dropping off tackles as he does, sorry

Happy Furry Valentines Day! to all the woofers🐶🐶🐶❤️ we woof you !! Especially our furry chocolate 🍫 pig 🐷 Charlotte xx. @pgwodelouse.bsky.social

Wake up, little Susie Wake up Wake up, little Susie Wake up The rohypnol’s worn off

STFU m8

Grapefruit-infused hoppy tears being cried by lycra-clad wankers up and down the land news.sky.com/story/brewdo...

I bid thee good night

Wouldn’t quite say it’s a masterpiece but Carnival of Souls (Harvey, 1962) is terrific. Candace Hilligloss is superb as the enigmatic and remote lead, and the cinematography is ace

Some say that the long publisher's lunch is a thing of the past. TELL THAT TO @darkpublisher.bsky.social AND HIS PINTS.

*1930s RADA cockney voice as a kerfuffle between two men sends an old maid’s knick-knacks crashing to the floor* Ooh, me majolica

I should have become a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas but I didn't have the grades

I thought I might prompt people to buy this book - you should, it's very good - but yesterday I learned that an acquaintance had bought *a pinball machine* on the strength of this review, so mind how you go. @litreview.bsky.social literaryreview.co.uk/a-bally-high

I'm thrilled to welcome guest author @raynewman.bsky.social to Listen with Other. In series 5, Ray reads his new story The Interchange, with his own original music and location recordings. Find it at listenwithother.co.uk and wherever podcasts are found. #podcasts #fiction #writing

Ye, who passing graves by night, Glance not to the left or right, Lest a spirit should arise, Cold and white, to freeze your eyes, Some weak phantom, which your doubt Shapes upon the dark without From the dark within, a guess At the spirit's deathlessness J.R. Lowell, The Ghost-Seer #phantomsfriday

You’d feel ten foot tall if Denzel Washington referred to you as ‘My man’

… medically retired. My source for income in this time has been through my income insurance company (hello 👋) and I get the distinct impression they are fed up of this and would do almost anything to make it stop. So I urge you to think of them and don’t buy my book for me, buy it for them.

Amazon has my debut novel Puppet Nation ranked 52,456 in its best sellers for thrillers. In a hugely competitive field I have been told that this is pretty good. So come on people, if you can’t buy Puppet Nation you can help by reposting this, and let’s see if together we can get it to 52,455.

You ever kind of feel like we’re losing?

Have you ever been to Electric Shaver For Lady Parts Land?

I’m in this issue talking about one of my very favourites, and particularly what Marlene Dietrich brings to it.

Won’t go with most famous but Louis MacNeice

‼️ This is not a film review. 🇺🇲 ⛈️ #r4today

Watched Hitchcock’s original The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and, I say, what jolly good fun

Very sad news about James van der Beek

‘I gotta have him… you know that!’ The Firm (Clarke, 1989) was even fackin better than I remember it Brutal, visceral and just so seamlessly naturalistic that it doesn’t feel like you’re watching a film at all

So sad to hear of the passing of Andrew ‘The Clobber’ Ranken. He was a terrific drummer who was absolutely integral to The Pogues raw, unconfined sound - his snare at the start of Sally MacLennane illustrating the point. Thinking of his friends and family. #RIPAndrew #ThePogues

It’s Burt Reynolds’ birthday This is the best, and funniest, Brando impersonation I’ve seen. Unsurprising that Brando hated him. youtu.be/VY2OE6vBxQM?...

Sorry I arranged a double date and brought Baphomet along. He has beastly manners, I know, but thought you might be taken with his majesty and sense of purpose

Marineday Teemingday Wetnessday Torrentsday Floodsday Soakingday Soddenday

Please feel free to do this when mine comes out* *please don’t email if you don’t like it though, thanks

About two-thirds of the Winter Olympics could just have been shown on Eurosport or Transworld Sport, if either of those two things still exist

Sebastian

Initially a slow burn with a kind of off-kilter Lynchian quality, House of the Devil (West, 2009) catches fire in its superb last act Loved it

Bloke in the curling crowd looking bored off his tits