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Will Maclean
@willmac23.bsky.social
Writer. New novel, Solace House, out NOW (UK) from Atlantic Books. Also responsible for The Apparition Phase, the comedy/drama High Strangeness, and co-writer/presenter of the podcast Broken Veil.
Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you've seen live: 1. Huge Chris 2. Cucumber Gnomon 3. Stacey and the Wanks 4. LobSTARR 5. Mint Bingo 6. Whose Knee Is This 7. The Opposite of Pirates 8. Battenberg! 9. Six Cubic Pigs 10. Chris de Burgh
Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: The staff of an Antarctic research station encounter some bumps in the road after adopting a dog
This is out NOW! Or maybe it’s just the Planet Venus? (IYKYK)…
Joel Morris@gralefrit.bsky.social · last wk.New DISCOMFORT BLANKET episode out now. Talking about The X Files: Jose Chung’s From Outer Space — the one where the back falls off the series and all cogs come out. Exclusively on the Broken Veil Channel, on Patreon. Patreon.com/brokenveil
“It was the day I signed a million-legged faster-than-light invisible striker who embodied the concept of “football” in eleven dimensions when I first realised that I, and the other people in my Fantasy Football League, apprehended the word “fantasy” very very differently”.
The Proclaimers walk 500 miles. Then they walk 500 more. On the way, they run into Vanessa Carlton, going the other way. Slight nod of the head of acknowledgement, slight flicker of a smile. Then back to the walking.
Siouxsie second only to Robert Smith as a guaranteed way to make my dad angry and confused #totp
The sad cluster of balloons on the studio floor, like the end of a child’s birthday party, producing in me the same abstract sadness they did 40 years ago #totp
People bang on about the effect of punk, but I Feel Love is such an alien artefact, landing from nowhere, utterly strange and totally addictive. #totp
It’s TRUE. For a limited time, you can buy the critically lauded second season of Broken Veil, for a one-off payment. Immerse yourself in the strange.
Joel Morris@gralefrit.bsky.social · 2mo agoFor a LIMITED TIME, you can get the whole of the acclaimed Broken Veil 2 for a one-off payment. (Or subscribe for as little as £3/month.) “The best thing ever recorded by human beings” - Josh Weinstein, Simpsons showrunner “I was gripped” - Danny Robins www.patreon.com/BrokenVeil?u...
Don't come to book club and say "no spoilers please, I haven't finished it yet." The whole point of the evening is to discuss the book and you're only on chapter 5? Piss off!
Let’s not have a repeat of the 1962 match against Argentina where Borges, playing midfield, opened up an infinite library which contained every possible book ever written, pushing the game into some serious extra time. I’m *so* the natural audience for sport it’s amazing
I note that the very excellent Broken Veil series 2 by @gralefrit.bsky.social & @willmac23.bsky.social is available as a one off payment for £14 (WYKYK). I just finished listening to it and cannot recommend it enough. If you loved the first series then this is a good way to catch up.
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Just a quick reminder that I’m at Crouch End Waterstones TONIGHT, talking though all things Solace House with the excellent staff there. Come along if you can!
While we have the Bayeux Tapestry, I think we should bring it up to date, adding all the events that have happened since then to it. The Renaissance. All the wars. Nasty Nick getting kicked off Big Brother 1. “Sweet like Chocolate” by Shanks and Bigfoot. Cat Bin Lady. It’s the least we can do
Rest in Power Bonnie Tyler. The only time I've EVER done karaoke was about 15 years ago when myself and @gralefrit.bsky.social did "Total Eclipse of the Heart", absolutely battered, at a thing. Victor Lewis Smith was there, and he got up and left.
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"Some stories want to be told..." Podcast created by Will Maclean & Joel Morris. Music by Philip Morris and Joel Morris Theme music by Josienne Clarke
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If you want to know how a singer's career is going, check the celebrity fragrances on sale in B&M. It's not looking good for Nicki Minaj.
Do YOU live in or near Cambridge? Are YOU free on the evening of Thursday June 25th, ie, this Thursday? I will be at Heffer's Bookshop, talking about Solace House, weird geometry, storytelling and all of that good stuff. Come along!
Just a reminder that my novel Solace House is the perfect read for what I’m dubbing “Unsettled Reader Summer” and is currently ONLY 99p on Kindle. Which is a steal, frankly. Here’s a copy with an oyster mushroom growing from it
Dance like nobody’s watching Realise everyone is Relocate to the Midlands Live the rest of your life under a false identity
HELLO EVERYONE WHO HAD MEETINGS WITH US ABOUT BROKEN VEIL AND THEN NOTHING HAPPENED. HELLO. IS THIS THING ON?
Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 3mo agoHollywood agencies are searching Reddit for short stories and ideas that could be turned into movies following the success of 'Backrooms' (via THR)
This is just, as an author, the most marvellous thing you could hope to read. Just wonderful to know someone loves your work like this. theupstairswindow.substack.com/p/will-macle...
Will Maclean’s novels are the best of modern British horror
Exploring hauntology and the role of time in my favourite book of the year so far
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