What happens next? FLOOD WATERS DOWN - out now. A climate thriller about rising waters, extreme heat, inequality, AI – and what happens when the systems we rely on begin to fail. Bookshops & online: www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters... #heatwave #drought #climatecrisis #climatethriller #Booksky

Climate change, AI and dystopian futures. There should be plenty for @amylilwall.bsky.social & @simpsonclive.bsky.social to talk about next weekend as they kick-off Threekingham's Boutique Literary Festival. Lots of other authors to meet & chat to as well - all in the lovely Three Kings Organic.

"It was barely nine o’clock in the morning and already the outside temperature was edging towards thirty degrees centigrade..." When I wrote Flood Waters Down, I was imagining a near-future Britain reshaped by climate change & moral ambiguity. Today it feels all too close. Bookshops & online now.

What happens next? FLOOD WATERS DOWN - out now. A climate thriller about rising waters, extreme heat, inequality, AI – and what happens when the systems we rely on begin to fail. Bookshops & online: www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters... #heatwave #drought #climatecrisis #climatethriller #Booksky

Most politicians just don't seem to have a clue what to do. It's just too big. It's a kind of 'reverse denial' manifesting itself as the inability to act. #climatecrisis #heatwave #flooding #Booksky

Cliftop Publishing@cliftop.bsky.social · 2w ago

"It was barely nine o’clock in the morning & already the outside temperature was edging towards thirty degrees centigrade as the sun climbed into a cloudless sky of menacing blue..." Flood Waters Down - this year's must-read climate thriller! #heatwave #books www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters...

"It was barely nine o’clock in the morning & already the outside temperature was edging towards thirty degrees centigrade as the sun climbed into a cloudless sky of menacing blue..." Flood Waters Down - this year's must-read climate thriller! #heatwave #books www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters...

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Flood Waters Down: where the future seems alarmingly close

Flood Waters Down is a novel set in a future that seems ominously close, where the climate crisis and AI have unleashed disaster on humanity

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Your novel beautifully, yet chillingly, captures two of the biggest issues facing humanity today: climate change and AI. Superbly written, vividly portraying the threats. There’s a warning here, one we should all heed. I strongly encourage everyone to read it.

Interesting drought & heatwave discussions in the UK media at last. But drought, floods, heatwaves, fires & food security are all part of the same story. Flood Waters Down is an engaging story about what climate change could mean for people, communities & society www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters...

TBH Adam most politicians just don't seem to have a clue what to do. It's just too big. It's a kind of 'reverse denial' manifesting itself as the inability to act.

The story behind how @simpsonclive.bsky.social wrote his climate thriller #FloodWatersDown, which is set in a near-future version of the South Lincolnshire Fens. Read the author's fascinating introduction on his latest blog post. #Booksky #author #bookshops simcomm.blogspot.com/2026/08/why-...

Why I wrote Flood Waters Down

Topical comment and travel writing

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Delighted to have worked alongside @authorbnugent.bsky.social & @tarynleejohnston.bsky.social of Chronos Publishing (Lincoln) on the editing of this novel. Published the end of 2025, it's a remarkably prescient & unsettling vision of where our relationship with artificial intelligence could lead.

Clive Simpson@simpsonclive.bsky.social · 3w ago

With AI hitting the headlines all the time now, I'm surprised more people haven't discovered The Sentient Ones by @authorbnugent.bsky.social Gritty & thought-provoking, it feels ever more relevant & uncomfortably plausible every day. Sometimes fiction gets there before reality. #Booksky #future

Nine ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon ratings now for Flood Waters Down. "Really good book and different to anything else out there I've read..." If you're looking for climate fiction grounded in today's realities, perhaps it's time to visit the flooded Fens. #ClimateFiction #EcoThriller #heatwave #Booksky

Summer beach reading with purpose. I set my climate thriller #FloodWatersDown some 30 years in an imaginary future. Now I’m thinking a decade might be more realistic! A haunting vision of climate collapse and AI control. Bookshops and online.

My writer’s retreat. #Booksky #Algarve #author #writing www.portugalresident.com/four-decades...

Four decades in the Algarve: How Praia da Luz became a writer's retreat – Portugal Resident

When I arrived in Praia da Luz in 1986, I had no idea I was beginning a relationship with a place that would still be shaping my life

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Liking the reviews and comments! "What makes the book compelling is its grounded realism. The dread accumulates, the stakes feel intimate, and the world’s decay speaks louder than any melodrama." "It’s a warning, a lament and a mirror held up to a civilisation already listing in the water."

Clive Simpson@simpsonclive.bsky.social · 4w ago

Delighted to wake up to another Amazon review for Flood Waters Down today. "Really good book & different to anything else out there I've read... backdrop of the Fens is a show-stealer..." That's 9 five star global ratings so far! (Available from bookshops too). www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters...

A huge thank you to everyone behind this year's Heckington Show – a superb event! And my Lincolnshire-set climate thriller really did go down a storm! Enjoyed many fascinating conversations from residents, farmers & readers. Also people curious about what inspired the story. #Booksky #bookshops

More here on this relentless anti-Miliband campaigning - by @fionaharvey.bsky.social for the Guardian... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Miliband has been relentlessly attacked for net zero; what will happen now?

Tories, Reform, fossil fuel industry and some in his party lined up against decarbonisation target as energy secretary

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Humanity is heading towards a convergence of crises – climate change, AI, failing infrastructure, inequality and weakening governance. FLOOD WATERS DOWN imagines what happens when those pressures collide. A novel for our times – and a future closer than we might like to think. Bookshops & online.

What happens when infrastructure fractures under eco-anxiety & tech over-reliance? Discover #FloodWatersDown, a gripping near-future thriller set in the Fens where climate change brings conflict, AI enclaves & social strife. "Richly descriptive & harrowingly convincing." From bookshops & online.

The line between speculative fiction and reality is blurring. My debut novel #FloodWatersDown takes readers into the flooded Fens of eastern England - a page-turning near-future world grappling with climate devastation, AI enclaves and social divide. Out now. #ClimateRealism #Booksky #ClimateCrisis

“My climate novel Flood Waters Down was years in the writing but it became imperative to get it published in 2026 before reality completely catches up with fiction,” says author @simpsonclive.bsky.social #climatecrisis #Booksky #extremes #bookshops

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‘Unprecedented’ changes in UK climate are normalising extremes, report says

Why climate scientists need to talk more about the very worst-case scenarios and why uncertainty in what lies ahead is a spur for action and hope not despair and denial. My new article published today in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/why-climate-...

Why climate scientists need to talk more about the very worst-case scenarios

London probably won’t disappear beneath the waves. But we still need to understand the most dangerous outcomes that remain possible – and avoidable.

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We're living in an age of climate collapse. Understanding it has never mattered more. Two must-read books. THE FATE OF THE WORLD by @profbillmcguire.bsky.social - explains the science. FLOOD WATERS DOWN by @simpsonclive.bsky.social - imagines the human consequences. Bookshops & online.

A lovely day at @newarkbookfestival.bsky.social literature village in the historic marketplace. Lots of interest in my highly topical climate novel #FloodWatersDown - thank you to everyone who stopped by.

"It was barely nine o’clock in the morning and already the outside temperature was edging towards thirty degrees centigrade as the sun climbed into a cloudless sky of menacing blue..." (Flood Waters Down, 2026) Perfect for a #heatwave weekend. Bookshops & online. www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters...

Looking forward to being part of the Literature Village @newarkbookfestival.bsky.social on Sunday. Our marketplace stall will feature the new climate thriller #FloodWatersDown by @simpsonclive.bsky.social He'll also be on hand to answer questions about writing & publishing. Do come & say hello!

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When reality catches up with fiction

Topical comment and travel writing

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Looking forward to being part of the Literature Village @newarkbookfestival.bsky.social on Sunday. Our marketplace stall will feature the new climate thriller #FloodWatersDown by @simpsonclive.bsky.social He'll also be on hand to answer questions about writing & publishing. Do come & say hello!

Every novel starts somewhere... (Pic based on an original photo by the author from a shop window display in Manitou Springs, Colorado). #Booksky #Author #Writing #Photography