Dr Simon Read

Delighted to have a short story included in TYPO 12 from @blackscatbooks.bsky.social
TYPO 12 contains lots of innovative writing and is available for purchase here: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FPXH7SLW

06.10.2025 12:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I have a poem in the summer 2025 edition of Lighthouse magazine!

13.09.2025 22:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A story by yours truly, published by the good people at Blood+Honey. It's about a vending machine, pregnant with a human-shaped man.

14.07.2025 11:15 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Memo - 365tomorrows Author: Simon Read To: All staff RE: Causality Protocol De-prioritisation Null/null/null, 00:00 This communication serves as formal notice. Treisman Industries no longer operates under linear temporal...

Here's a clinical piece of sci-fi I wrote and which 365tomorrows were good enough to publish: 365tomorrows.com/2025/06/08/m...

10.06.2025 19:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Stock Market Speedrunning | Robot Butt Stock Market Speedrunning! The fastest, dumbest way to cosplay as a financial prodigy while burning indispensable cash faster than you can say "liquidity event."

I have a wee satirical piece up on Robot Butt!

Stock Market Speedrunning: www.robotbutt.com/2025/06/05/s...

05.06.2025 19:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

BAXTER STANDS FIRM (GRAVES HOLDS THE LINE) fiction by Simon Read Baxter wrapped his stubby fingers around the handle. His mind was already elsewhere, thinking of deadlines, unread emails, and the quiet despair he brought to the office every…

Kinpaurak published one of my flash fiction pieces in Issue 2 of their journal.

I initially wanted to write it as a play because I think it would be dead funny as a play, but I have no experience in such matters so, if you produce plays, please do be in touch.

kinpaurak.com/2025/04/08/b...

13.04.2025 12:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0