Daniel Gooding

14 — The Crank

My poem “Evensong” has been published in the latest issue of The Crank:

www.thecrankmag.com/issue-14

Keeping the Flame Alive

My poem “Starlings” is now published in the First Anniversary Edition of ‘Keeping the Flame Alive’…

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BBC - Ten Tiny Plays about Gloucestershire This is your opportunity to have write a short radio play broadcast on the BBC.

Deadline for this is on Friday, so better get cracking: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...

My flash fiction piece “Chum” is now up at ‘101 Words’…

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“Roads”: Poems March 2025 Editorial: Suranjana ChoudhuryRoute 322—Michele MekelThe Road I Must Take—Jonathan Chibuike UkahSalvaging—Suzette BishopLeavings—Janet McMillan RivesEverything Roadtrip&#821…

My poem “Deercorpsing” is featured in the Roads issue of Parcham - albeit with the title spelt wrong…

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Gooding2 | Gigantic Tentacles Online literary magazine featuring poetry and flash fiction from both established and emerging authors.

My poem “Cheddar Man” is now live in the second issue of “Gigantic Tentacles”…

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D.P. Gooding dead hues the time I actually thought of myself in the same breath as him, to the point of one day walking those same black-and-white hills… the idea that I might skin a badger – even to lay …

My poem “Dead Hues” has just been published by the good people at The Rusty Truck:

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Writing advice from C. S. Lewis…

“Fascism is just a kind of meaningless wickedness, an aberration, ‘mass sadism’, the sort of thing that would happen if you suddenly let loose an asylumful of homicidal maniacs.”

George Orwell died #OTD 75 years ago - most of his stuff was published in the 30s though so isn’t that relevant anymore.

Still time to submit your MS to @vineleavespress.bsky.social before the window closes again…

Start a big dumb project that's going to go nowhere. It's fun. It's pointless. It's like gambling with free lottery tickets. Any of this shit you just make up could become a bestseller. Give into the literary hysteria in 2025.

Would you drop Of Mice and Men from the exam syllabus? The answer isn’t black and white | Nels Abbey The book will no longer be studied at GCSE in Wales because many find the racial slurs upsetting. That’s culture war fodder, but it shouldn’t be, says author and broadcaster Nels Abbey

No, I wouldn’t- when I was at school this was what they taught to the lower-set English kids, but I’d much rather have read this than “Lord of the Flies”…

S K I N S H I P
My 7th novel is published today!
Endless gratitude to Anti-Oedipus Press and editor @dharlanwilson.bsky.social

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**Book news** Sea Spinners, my herstory prequel to Jason & the Argonauts, is out 15 December. If you'd like it in time for last minute Christmas presents, Amazon have it already... otherwise available via publisher & indie bookshops after Christmas.

THE TENTH BHF BOOK OF HORROR STORIES: ADVENT OF DOOM Buy THE TENTH BHF BOOK OF HORROR STORIES: ADVENT OF DOOM by LLewellyn, Andrew, Taylor, Ian Talbot (ISBN: 9798870911595) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Christmas chills galore. Featuring my story "Kill the Midwife".
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Last year’s Christmas edition of The BHF Book of Horror Stories is still available to order, featuring my story “Beast of Stephen”…

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