David Gullen

Just been Rick-rolled by the radiotherapy machine.
Classy.

This is rather lovely - "Adventure SF with heart" - my latest story, out now in #analog

That is indeed a great cover.

I could not be more proud.

Thank you!

Wise words.

Does anyone in the UK have recommendations for outdoor wireless garden cameras, please?

Nice.

Patrick Samphire

Reminder that, if you want to avoid big online stores like Amazon, you can get all my ebooks through itch.io.

(And you can buy all the Mennik Thorn books together in a bundle that is far cheaper than buying them separately.)

patrick-samphire.itch.io

So, just the one problem then.

My new album LIAR (Love Isn't A Right) is available to pre-order now from my official store and from @roughtraderecords.bsky.social, @normanrecords.com, Resident Brighton, The Jazz Vault and JPC in Germany!

Pre-order here: linktr.ee/tanitamusic

We sent out our latest newsletter this morning with reminders about several COLOSSIVE events happening this month.

Still, don't subscribe? You've already missed today's #zine fair. (You snooze, you lose.) But you can catch up on the rest of our news here: bit.ly/colossivejun...

Screenshot of the Big Bearded Bookseller blog with several different posts, menu and sidebar visiable

My main blog website is www.bigbeardedbookseller.com and I write about books, tarot, films, home cooking, solo gaming, photography and whatever takes my fancy, the blog also hosts author/illustrator/blogger interviews

Hopefully that is you, and you, them.

Come, on 'Ull!

The streets in this part of Grand Billon were quiet in the evening. Starpenny Line had planted its headquarters well away from the cafés and inns that kept their doors open throughout the night. There was only one man hurrying past, and there could be no mistaking his clothes. It was only a one-storey drop, but Garnas landed hard enough to splay the man on the cobbles like a bearskin. His swearing swiftly turned into tight groans as a cracked rib shifted. “I do not have time for nonsense,” Garnas whispered in his ear. “You will tell me where she is being held, by whom, how many of them there are, and how they are armed.”

The word for this week's Book Quote Wednesday is 'tight', and here's a tense, night-time confrontation in the port city of Grand BiIlon.

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#BookQW

Snowy River hat and reading glasses on a round rusted blue lamp.

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Colossive Cartographies #65 - Hayley Gullen Shares Her 'Adventures in Pictland' – Broken Frontier Hayley Gullen reflects on the pull of history in 'Adventures in Pictland', #65 in Colossive Press's Colossive Cartographies series.

Last week at Broken Frontier... Colossive Cartographies #65 – Hayley Gullen Shares Her ‘Adventures in Pictland’. @hayleygullen.com @colossive.com www.brokenfrontier.com/gullen-adven...

The Broken Spine Summer Competition 2025: Submit Bold Poetry and Fearless Prose for Publication - The Broken Spine This August, I’m opening submissions for The Broken Spine’s Summer Competition 2025, and I want writing that leaves a mark.

No big team. No red tape. Just me—Alan Parry. I run this thing solo, and I’ve published over 30 books that punch above their weight. Submissions open Aug 1–31. 👉 shorturl.at/eTSjI 👤 @alanparry83.bsky.social

Cancer broke me down. I had to build myself back up again. By sharing my story, I hope to help others.

#cansky

This is it. No consequences for Musk, no accountability.

Brighteyes.

Is there nothing he cannot do?

Oh-ho. Oh yeah.

Exploitation, plain & simple. Who would want to work with these utter clowns?

Throw it back in their faces.

Wiz Duos 2 - Song, Stone, Sail, Bone by Juliet Kemp and Bring Me Home by EM Faulds — Runalong The Shelves I would like to thank Wizards Tower Press for an advance copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Wizards Tower Press Published - Out Now Price - £13 pape...

New Review - two novellas in one book exploring characters trying to work out their futures - really recommend Wiz Duos 2 - Song, Stone, Sail, Bone by Juliet Kemp and Take Me Hone by EM Faulds - thanks to @wtpress.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/5/...

"The products you love are tangibly worse. We're richer than ever, especially after all those layoffs. We're also building giant data centers that cost billions of dollars to force new and bad features into products you're already mad at, at the low cost of "the environment and every work of art."