James Brogden

Same here. I was chuffed enough to see my first book on the shelves of Waterstones on Bromsgrove High Street, back in the day when we actually had one. Everything else since then is a bonus.

Ooh, PLR payment. Pizza night it is. Small pizza, few toppings.

Writers Who Use AI Are Not Real Writers Dorothy Parker famously (but probably not really) said, “I hate to write, but I love having written,” which is a sentiment I don’t largely understand or agree with in the broader …

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That is genuinely impressive.

Small Prophets review – Mackenzie Crook’s magical new comedy is pure, pure pleasure Wonder lies below the surface of this truly fantastic sitcom from the creator of Detectorists. It’s an impossible marvel of TV making

Yes. Yes it is.

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In my previous incarnation as an English teacher I used to love reading this book with my Year 7 classes at this time of year.

"The great grey beast February had eaten Harvey Swick alive. Here he was, buried in the belly of that smothering month, wondering if he would ever find his way out through the cold coils that lay between here and Easter."

Barker nails it.

One of my favourite misspent teen guilty pleasure 80s horror flicks.

Sheep on M6 near Coventry bring traffic to standstill Both carriageways are reopened after the animals were rounded up.

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Sorry I'm late for work. The motorway was rammed.

Pure poetry, man.

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. There's lovely for you.

The thing with ambush predators is that they could be hiding literally anywhere and you just. Wouldn't. Know.

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This evening we are learning all about stoats and ermines. #winterwatch

Neither interesting nor news.

A ginger cat peers in through the kitchen window at my dad making a chicken pie. The cat has a bandage around one paw because he is a scam artist and a fraud.

Steve has very strong opinions on the subject of closed kitchen windows.

That and knitted dildo covers.

Top Travel Tip: a lot of people forget that an important part of your travel preparations involves spring-cleaning the entire house on the morning of your flight, apparently.

I know what you mean. The novella I published recently started out as a full 90k novel, but the only way it was going to see the light of day was at half the length. It was brutal.

Hounds of Tindalos pre-suppose Puppies of Tindalos.

It's a decent feature length Nine Inch Nails music video, I'll give it that.

Well that escalated quickly.

It's a kind of magic.

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I've just had my soul enriched after discovering the existence of "bogan funk" so now you need to know about it too. TW for the c-word. Probably not SFW but hey, I'm not your boss.

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You say that like it's a bad thing.

Re lesson 1: flying via Istanbul is the only way I can get from Birmingham to see my dad in Montenegro (without inflicting Easyjet on myself), which is just bonkers.

Just been to see Hamnet and it's a bit bloody good.

Very pleased and flattered to find that my story 'The Gwyll' made it onto Ellen Datlow's list of recommended horror for 2025. A massive thank you to @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social for giving it a home in Something Peculiar 9.

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Can confirm.