George Sandison

Coming soon! The 404 Ink Bursary for small presses and accompanying crowdfunder will launch in mid-March. This will give away at least £3,000 to small presses - we hope to raise more to pay it forward to even more people.

It is extremely tiresome. Especially because if they took even 2 minutes to find out who I am they would have realised I'm really not the easy target they're looking for...

I've had precisely 1 short story out since 11th Feb and I've lost track of how many 'book club' invites I've had. Exhausting really, and I'm not clear where they got my personal email from - I've had to assume brute-forcing it.

Can we extract the Reform nonsense from Labour? These immigration proposals are obscene, but the government can be forced to think again.

No administration with a moral core would have put these plans forward, let alone try to enact them without a vote. Once these proposals are in place, they will not be reversed. Make them think again iandunt.substack.com/p/can-we-ext...

Today!!

I’m a sucker for anything SCP coded.

Did you play Control? Feels like it shares some mechanics with that with the bullet/grenade catches.

Sorry, I will get back to saying nice things about books soon. Just feels like a significant day.

These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.

Labour obvs need a different political strategy nationally because the Denton & Gorton split microcosm of failing to compete for young voters, graduates, liberals, renters + progressives while struggling to compete for dissatisfied voters as well as Lab24 swing voters to right applies across England

Based on what I've seen, I like the plumber more than the hypnotist.

I doubt could ever win General Election if only a third of the population trust that you are not motivated by racism and prejudice (just 35% of white British and one in six ethnic minorities)

Might get 30-33% within that 35% pool but a majority will rally around your opponent in many places

Reform are certainly not going to take the lesson "we are not sufficiently trusted on foundations of race, reputation and Britishness" within minority groups nor by many of the white British and so we risk hitting a 1/3 ceiling by being Trump polarisers in Britain

A very, very public change in the Home Office would also help

Just destabilised the school run with TOND, a ghost story podcast from Broken Veil. Very nicely done, that, really good at ramping up the tension. Definitely recommended.

I don't know all the intricacies of it, but yes, having a low-but-achievable threshold to enter Parliament feels sensible.

Don't know about you, but I'm having a great time with Otaku on NTS.
www.nts.live/shows/otaku/...

(And yes, I do realise PR would mean all those Reform voters get representation in Parliament. It's not about closing out a political party I don't like (and I really don't), it's about addressing a system that distorts everything.)

Whatever the result in Gorton and Denton, everything I hear about the polling makes the case for proportional representation stronger, to me. The idea of a 60% left/progressive vote split 50/50 between two parties giving an extreme right candidate a real chance at winning is insane.

This is A Good Book!

Fun fact - our designer did the interiors for the Doubleday edition. So I could verify this one! Also, if you get into this kind of stuff, you should check out BASILISK by Matt Wixey. Briefing that MS to layout was how I found out our designed did House of Leaves back in the day...!

Yeah I can absolutely imagine why people would hate it. It's exactly my kind of crack, but I also accept that I have a problem.

Pages from Mark Z. Danielewski's HOUSE OF LEAVES.

It is big. Both page count and trim. Once you see inside it makes more sense as well.

Anyone who's excited by this trailer, if you haven't already I heartily recommend reading HOUSE OF LEAVES by Mark Z. Danielewski. Extremely similar vibes, a landmark in the weird horror landscape. I'm entirely assuming nods and easter eggs in the film, because it clearly Gets It.

1) This is a no-shame environment!
2) It's a classic, but I found one of the PoVs very annoying. Everything around the house itself is ace though.
3) Stewart is correct. To the extent that it feels like it really could have been an adaptation...

Congratulations to all of the 2025 Bram Stoker Award® finalists! It’s so wonderful to see so many Titan authors on the list! 🎉

John Davidson Gives First Interview and Explains Tourette’s Tics After Shouting N-Word and Other Slurs at BAFTAs: ‘I Felt a Wave of Shame’ (EXCLUSIVE) John Davidson's explains Tourette's tics and the BAFTA N-word incident in his first exclusive interview with Variety.

Fantastic interview. Everyone should read it:

Oh super cool, congrats!

It really feels like all the wrong people are having a horrible time here. I've been near some of the 'Tourette's is a good excuse to say what you like' chat for instance. So few people taking a moment to try and put themselves in someone else's position.

That was very good, thank you. I've overheard conversations that he's covered here already...