Every novel starts somewhere... (Pic based on an original photo by the author from a shop window display in Manitou Springs, Colorado). #Booksky #Author #Writing #Photography

Borrowed the image below from Lincs Libraries post on X... Looking forward to it - and ironically, given the story is set against a background of climate collapse, it's going to be another sweltering day. Perfect timing! 😄 #libraries #Spalding #author #Lincolnshire #Booksky

Flood Waters Down is an exciting, near-future thriller in a world undone by climate collapse & AI and the choices people make when old certainties disappear. Order through any UK bookshop supplied by Gardners or online - in both paperback & ebook. #ClimateFiction #EcoThriller #BookRecommendations

Lovely indie bookshop in Norwich. Sadly, not interested in stocking #FloodWatersDown despite it being set in eastern UK with super topical #ClimateChange & #AI themes. Thankfully a friend in the city ordered a copy from #Waterstones just down the road. Every new author has a story... #BookSky

FICTION can really bring FACTS to life when it comes to what the FUTURE might have in store for a world riven by the effects of rapid climate change. #fff #factsfictionfuture #Booksky Fighting for the Fens: simcomm.blogspot.com/2025/10/figh...

Bathwater - a steamy, uncertain world is knocking. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thanks to all who stopped by to chat about #FloodWatersDown at The Fictionary Faire, Stockport, on Sunday. Brilliant joint author session too exploring big issues of #AI & #climatechange in fiction with writer of #TheSentientOnes @authorbnugent.bsky.social #Booksky #LiteraryFestival #Authors

Great initiative from Three Kings Organic at Threekingham, Lincs. Very pleased to be part of their Literary Weekend in August along with a host of other authors. Such a brilliant food venue too!

The way the super wealthy respond to the #climatecrisis is one of the underlying themes of my near-future thriller #FloodWatersDown. A page-turning exploration of survival, resistance & moral reckoning in a world undone by climate collapse. Bookshops & online. www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters...

A pleasure to give my first author talk for #FloodWatersDown to The Brass Windmill book club in Helpringham this afternoon. It was wonderful to meet so many enthusiastic readers & there were some excellent questions during the discussion afterwards. It was a great afternoon! #heatwave #Booksky

A hotter globe from the burning of coal, oil and gas means more extreme weather including floods, droughts and heat waves, scientists said. #TheSentientOnes #climatechange #Booksky #FloodWatersDown @cliftop.bsky.social apnews.com/article/clim...

As temps build how about chilling out with the dystopian & AI themes of a climate change thriller? “Well written, intriguing and scary." “...super rich character development... a real page turner.” "... richly descriptive, deftly complex and harrowingly convincing." #heatwave #flooding #climate

As UK & Europe plunge into another record heatwave, here's the opening from a chapter in my climate thriller: "It was barely nine o’clock in the morning and already the outside temperature was edging towards thirty degrees centigrade as the sun climbed into a cloudless sky of menacing blue..." 1/4

Still looking for a Father’s Day gift? Flood Waters Down is a page-turning thriller set in the flooded fens, where climate change & AI reshape society. Signed copies available at the Summer Makers Market at Springfields, Spalding, this Saturday. Or order now from Amazon in time for Father’s Day.

Summer Makers Market at Springfields, Spalding, on Saturday promises a vibrant gathering of creatives & artists. Author @simpsonclive.bsky.social will be there too to chat & sign copies of his new Lincs-set climate thriller. Worth a visit if you're in the area! @lincolnshiremakers.bsky.social

Choose books! A great Father's Day gift for those who care about about the environment and the future - and enjoy a good read in the process. Order online or from your local bookshop today!

Back in #Spalding this Saturday along with a host of local artists & creatives at #Springfields for the #lincolnshiremakers market. Pick up a signed copy of Flood Waters Down - my new climate thriller set in a flooded future version of the South Lincolnshire Fens. #BookSky #ClimateFiction #author

Nice review of Flood Waters Down in @centralbylines.co.uk from Stoke on Trent writer @authorbnugent.bsky.social - certainly brings out the dystopian side of my new novel! Thanks also to Brendan for a top endorsement on Amazon. centralbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/bo...

My review of fellow author Clive Simpson’s novel Flood Waters Down. A dark, near‑future thriller steeped in climate anxiety, AI overreach, and human resilience, and I loved digging into its themes for this piece. ##FloodWatersDown @cliftop.bsky.social centralbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/bo...

"An absolutely amazing book... fully developed characters, well executed plots... with maturity and intelligence." "A warning, a lament... a mirror held up to a civilisation already listing in the water... the ending lingers like an undying ghost in the machine." www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters...

Nice article on @simpsonclive.bsky.social in Lincolnshire Life magazine June issue - and another good promo for his new climate thriller #FloodWatersDown. #BookSky #IndieAuthor #ClimateFiction #Lincolnshire

Yes ‪@carolecadwalla.bsky.social‬ I agree - the BBC Question Time panel of experts seems unbalanced. A wild card author like Brendan Nugent (The Sentient Ones) would offer a different and valuable perspective.

Nice article on @simpsonclive.bsky.social in Lincolnshire Life magazine June issue - and another good promo for his new climate thriller #FloodWatersDown. #BookSky #IndieAuthor #ClimateFiction #Lincolnshire

FLOOD WATERS DOWN by Clive Simpson Recent - and much appreciated - book post 😊 #cliftoppublishing #floodwatersdown @simpsonclive.bsky.social

Like sci-fi, climate fiction works best when it’s just believable enough to challenge normality & make you uncomfortable. Flood Waters Down & The Sentient Ones explore futures that feel unsettlingly close - shaped by climate, tech & choice. How close is too close? #scifi #clifi #booksky #books

Excellent report by @fionaharvey.bsky.social. My main thought on the CCC’s air con recommendations is they risk implying extreme heat in UK is a problem for the 2040s/50s. Decades away rarely gains traction in people’s minds yet adaptation needs to start now. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

With temps set to soar in UK this weekend there's no better bank holiday read than the new climate thriller 'Flood Waters Down'. Written by international journalist @simpsonclive.bsky.social & described as "richly descriptive, deftly complex & harrowingly convincing". From bookshops or online.

With temps set to soar in UK this weekend there's no better bank holiday read than the new climate thriller 'Flood Waters Down'. Written by international journalist @simpsonclive.bsky.social & described as "richly descriptive, deftly complex & harrowingly convincing". From bookshops or online.

One of the pleasures of publishing a first novel is discovering how other people describe it. Huge thanks to my brilliant editor Vanessa Anderson @nightowlfreelance.bsky.social for this wonderful post about Flood Waters Down. “Climate fiction with teeth, tension and meaningful layers…” #Booksky

Modern sci-fi… a scary glimpse of the future…

Nice article and review on my new novel #FloodWatersDown in the Lincs Free Press - the newspaper I started my career as a journalist. Thanks guys! #booksky #Lincolnshire #flooding #fens #climatefiction www.lincsonline.co.uk/spalding/new...

Arrived in Lisbon by train this evening from the Algarve, ready for the European Space Economy Summit which starts tomorrow. A genuinely lovely surprise before departing the Luz Beach Apartments - finding this notice on the bookshelf in reception. Thanks so much Claire and Bethany!

I first joined the BIS as a teenager & later was privileged to serve as assistant editor & then editor of 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙁𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 magazine. To see my novel on the society's library shelves is an honour - especially given the Society’s long-standing commitment to the idea that imagination shapes the future.

Two weeks after publication, our new novel Flood Waters Down is beginning to find its way quietly and steadily into readers’ minds. Early responses have been hugely encouraging ⬇️

It's always a pleasure to visit Lindum Books at the top of Steep Hill in Lincoln. This time it was extra special as I was able to sign copies of my newly published novel #FloodWatersDown #bookshop #author #climatefiction #flooding

Local author signing. This Saturday. The Hub (coffee shop), Navigation Wharf, Sleaford NG34 7TW - from 10:00 to 12:30. If you’re local, or in the area, do pop in and say hello! #FloodWatersDown #Lincolnshire #IndieAuthor #BookSky

The Fens have always been a battleground between human ingenuity and nature. Today, the question is: do we defend, retreat or prevaricate? It's why I wrote #FloodWatersDown – to bring perspective & help us imagine potential consequences of the #climatecrisis. simcomm.blogspot.com/2025/10/figh...

Anyone who thought today's phone-in on BBC Radio 5 Live @bbc5live.bsky.social on #AI disconcerting will find #TheSentientOnes by @authorbnugent.bsky.social of immense interest. It's a scary scenario of what happens when AI really does take over and humans lose control. Doesn't bear thinking about!

It only came out last week but delighted to see my book is already heading far and wide. This copy, on a tour of the Norwegian fjords, is probably the furthest from home so far. Thank you to Ann for the photo of your holiday read! #FloodWatersDown

Just started reading Flood Waters Down by Clive A. Simpson — author, award‑winning journalist, editor, and friend. It’s gripping from page one: gritty scenes, believable characters, and a story that feels uncomfortably prophetic. An amazing read.

It’s release day! Flood Waters Down is out now. A story of #climate collapse, fractured futures and moral reckoning in the #Lincolnshire Fens. Available through bookshops (please support them if you can) and online. (And yes… the tulips might mean something.) #Booksky @simpsonclive.bsky.social

If you like tense, thought-provoking climate fiction, this is for you. Flood Waters Down is out tomorrow. A drowned landscape. A fractured society. A fight for what remains. Available in bookstores and online (paperback and ebook). #ClimateFiction #FloodWatersDown #Booksky #Lincolnshire

‪ Totally agree with you @carbonbrief.org - this article by @priyabharadia.bsky.social is an essential read. I've written my own comment piece, based around the article & Lincolnshire's flooding problem, which is a theme of my upcoming novel #FloodWatersDown simcomm.blogspot.com/2026/03/bost...

The narrative of the original article in The Guardian that prompted my blog is certainly interesting, especially in the light of the forthcoming (9 April) publication of Flood Waters Down which is available for pre-order now at bookshops and online.

"Boston, nestled at the northern end of the [Lincolnshire] Fens, is on the frontline of the UK’s flooding crisis, which experts say could lead to some towns being abandoned as climate breakdown makes many areas uninsurable." simcomm.blogspot.com/2026/03/bost...