andrew allen

A few more words added to the current collection of short stories at tonight’s Virtual Writers’ Space from Ironclad Creative CIC.

More hours have been added, so check if there’s a time that suits you:

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Just over a week to put yourself forward as a potential actor, or to submit a script, for our next short play script in hand night at the Presuming Ed Coffee House Theatre this November!

Full details on the Cast Iron button via the Linktree in the bio above 👆🏼

The actual hero in An American Werewolf in London

Yes I know about Bargain Town

Weird that the mascot of Toys R Us is a giraffe when it should quite evidently be a dinosaur

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

The Burden Of A Muse
The Daemons Inheritance

For context, Ruby Bridges is younger than Oprah Winfrey and the woman who falsely accused Emmett Till died just two years ago.
The past is not dead, nor even past. (Faulkner kinda)

I can’t say I’ve ever read a single word that Jilly Cooper wrote. But I find it immeasurably lovely and warming that she was still around to see a huge, uncynical revival and appreciation of her work, full of unironic joy.

Steve is deciding which Virtual Wirters’ Space to attend this week - which one will you come to?

NEW SESSIONS
Mondays 1pm!
Saturday at 9am (we might make this a weekly 2 hours if it’s popular)

First session free using the promo code FREE1. Check out the linktree above 👆🏼

Let’s get you writing! Every weekday at 9am
UK time , join us for an online writing sprint to get accountability, body doubling & filing out that word count! £3 per session, free for members of the Creative Cauldron! Not sure? First one free with code FREE1. Check the linktree in the bio above 👆🏼

Creative Catch-up in partnership with Brighton Dome Networking for creative people in partnership with Brighton Dome

The next Creative Catch Up from Ironclad Creative at Brighton Dome is now booking for Tuesday October 14th. A great place to meet fellow creatives, every month & completely free:

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Tawny owl

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

CREATING CHARACTER & STORY

I’m running a course of four acting classes in November / December, and there are a capped amount of spaces available!

Looking for ways to spark your creativity?

£55 for all sessions; for details hit the button on the CAST IRON button via the linktree in my bio 👆🏼

17th century title page

'Where the Land floweth with milk and honey': Daniel Denton's 'A brief description of New York' printed in 1670 was the first English language account of the region & was intended to encourage settlers to the colony.

In memoriam...

Short Story Competition — Ironclad Creative Our latest short story competition is open for submissions now

Just under a month to submit to our next short story competition! Prizes include publication in the next anthology, and £100! Deadline: Halloween!

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If you feel that it’s absolutely fine to use AI actors (and writers, and directors, and lighting designers), then: what precisely is the *point*?

Logistically, the appropriate endpoint is that nobody watches your end product. No human at the start, no human at the end. It’s the same morals.

Whatever else happens with Riyadh, the chances of a ‘wacky’ behind-the-scenes biopic type Hangover style comedy on Prime in a couple of years isn’t exactly zero, is it

They all attend couples therapy together. Each session ends in arguments where they air their frustrations.

Title: VENT

Hove Beach, November 2025

NEW ACTING CLASS IN BRIGHTON:

CREATING CHARACTER & STORY
Nov 18 | Nov 25
Dec 9 | Dec 16
£85 for the entire course

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Yes, and yes. And also yes.

See also: full size quad lobby style posters

OK, fine I’m not going to read anything better today

Hiatus. Wheezing, groaning. A bit (*sniff*) dim.

a woman in a blue dress is standing in front of a microphone and talking into it . ALT: a woman in a blue dress is standing in front of a microphone and talking into it .

I mean if someone did think .. turning an escalator off .. was halfway decent sabotage, wouldn’t the most delicious way to win over the haters be to act like you didn’t even notice? ‘Oh yeah the escalator glitched, was that deliberate?? Oh, we didn’t even notice’

Happy Eternal Birthday to Madeline Khan, born this day in 1942

The HAVOC Files 6 The HAVOC Files 6 Take a trip down memory lane with eight new stories from Candy Jar s Doctor Who spin-off ranges. Join Bill Bishop as the Laughing Gnome plants him outside International Electromatics...

My most recent short story for Candy Jar featuring Anne Travers (DOCTOR WHO: THE WEB OF FEAR) and Harriet Coin (LETHBRIDGE STEWART: THE HAUNTING OF GABRIEL CHASE) is available for preorder now:

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