You just died. The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you. (They’ve done it again)

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you? I’m toast.

I remember reading this and thinking, nah. Placebo effect. Also, my hearing has suffered. Even if true, I wouldn’t notice. The difference is night and day. Listened to The Court by Peter Gabriel (sparse but also dense) and the separation of instruments was astonishing. So many details I’d missed.

I've TWO of these beautiful 'Witch & Hare' original linocuts by my mum, Jo, to give away to my Bluesky followers. The print is from my recently republished book, Help The Witch. All you have to do to enter is repost this story from the book (maybe give it a read too?) www.tom-cox.com/robot-2/

Yes I am posting this because I covet that hare, but also I have read the piece and you should too because it's beautiful and fond, and (as someone closer to 50 than 40, with many unfulfilled dreams) inspiring and reassuring.

#100DaysOfWriting day 3. Wrote some dialogue with a brand new character. Made some promises to myself about what I wanted this story to be.

Day 2 of #100DaysOfWriting and it's . . . ok, actually. A handful of words, some of them surprising. Put my glasses on. Added a song to the playlist.

#100DaysOfWriting not exactly off to a flier due to a slight illness and an immense weariness, BUT words were written and I made a chart (which sadly means that the 'I'm being productive because I'm making a chart' phase of the challenge is over).

I’ve conjured up David Foster Gregg Wallace but I don’t know what to do with it.

Biodiversity is a preference for the habitual voyager of what is known as Arklife! And wrathful God can be avoided if you take a route straight through what is known as Arklife! Noah's got brewers droop, he gets intimidated by the white-and-black doves They love a bit of it Arklife!

@patricknessbooks.bsky.social I've just read A Monster Calls. I think it's the best and truest book about illness and grief I've ever read. I don't think I'll ever get over it. (In the best possible way—all of my favourite books are books I've failed to get over in one way or another).

Vengaboys from the Blackstuff

Want to know what you should read this summer? Ask a bookseller. Ask a writer. Ask a librarian. Ask a living, breathing human being. Hell, ask me! It's been a while since I've done one of these, so let's do it: one like = one summer reading book rec.

IT’S DUST!!!!

The wonderful @kathrynjoseph11.bsky.social _’s new album “WE WERE MADE PREY.” is out 2 weeks today! 🐺🩸 Available on CD, red vinyl, & exclusive signed Assai Obi Edition - pre order now at lnk.to/MADEPREY Don't forget Kathryn is supporting @mogwai.scot @ the Barrowlands on Sunday w/ Lomond Campbell 🖤

New Adventures in Hard-Fi. Richard Archer and friends perform the best of late-period R.E.M.

Pavement plants - make us HAPPY.

Season appropriate, and maybe one for @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social. The Green Man, offering a suggestion.

Mooli-vous daikon brassicaceae.

@garypanton.co.uk I gave my daughter The Notwitches at bedtime, and I just went up to see how she was getting on with it. She's not always easy to please with books (I've had a few misses recently!) but her verdict on The Notwitches was: It. Is. Perfect. (And a tiny little 👌).

Breaks my heart that we only have Kyle left.

Baizein’ Squad #snookerpop

I wish I was a little bit taller

Just watched The Staircase, and I’m left with a lingering certainty that Colin Firth should be cast as William Shatner in a dramatisation of the making of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

I love the thematic overlap between Ghost Mountain (a book) by @ronanhession.bsky.social and Mountainhead (an album) by Everything Everything. That two of my favourite recent things deal with the unexpected consequences of unanticipated mountains is enormously pleasing.

This is a lovely thing. Don't think I've ever heard a band on Rock Action I don't like.

Get Coat. Wear Coat. Leave. A Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly tribute act, but with all of the lyrics replaced by dad jokes.

Und ein kleines Veilchen hat sich durch gekämpft.

First time I’ve seen the lampshade. Until today I thought @andrewmale.bsky.social had a tiny easel for his LP sleeves. I actually really liked it (even though it never actually existed).

All of these anthologies look fantastic, but this one . . . This one is something special. Can’t wait.

Mystery solved. These are doors. They were always doors. (Except when they're portals, a tip of the hat to @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social).

The Crow by Kathryn Joseph is just . . . It's almost beyond words. One of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=045P...

It occurs to me that the three non-Morrissey Smiths are the British version of Rush.

Belter of a show from these four lovely lads. (And Ryan popping up from the basement to help the support act with some technical difficulties was a heartwarming sight.) I'm sure Sunny Hull is very proud of you, but Bristol would adopt you in a heartbeat.

I received this lovely pile of books from Tom on Monday (to go with the two copies of Villager I already have). It was so nice being able to buy books directly from their author!

We can't wait for MERIDIAN, a phenomenal genre-bending love story which unfolds across a multitude of settings, from a dystopian near-future to the battlefields of the Second World War. By the beloved @patricknessbooks.bsky.social, coming in 2027! www.thebookseller.com/rights/canon...

Never Forget

Well worth the effort of finding this out for yourself. Having someone tell you would be nowhere near as much fun.

Post a picture of when your pet was little. Snufkin (RIP little buddy, you were the softest and most annoying cat who ever lived) on the exact day in 2010 that I discovered photo filters.

Recently discovered how lovely flowers growing as weeds are.

I looked out of my bedroom window and for a few terrifying seconds I thought that the tripods had landed.

Frodo: you know what, Sam? I fancy some jam tarts. Sam: but that means ... Keith Flint *jumping out of the bushes* I'M THE SHIRE TARTER! TWISTED SHIRE TARTER!

Hello! It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business. My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards. I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing. gailmyerscough.co.uk

@oldfoolspod.bsky.social an unmissable opportunity for your most jazz inclined presenter.

I think about this joke at least once a day. It’s one of the greatest jokes.

Kyeremateng Atwede & The Kyeremateng Stars - Eno Benewa [Ghana, Highlife, Afrobeat] (1981) https://redd.it/npkgqe https://youtu.be/zu2FZdYHJj8