Splasher is 99p on Kindle for all of August! If you want a fun retro read now's your chance! www.amazon.co.uk/Splasher-hau...
Lynda Clark
@lyndac.bsky.social
Writer, reader, gamer. Still mostly bogling to Aswad. https://wouldyouliketochangethedifficultysetting.wordpress.com/ Any pronouns. No alt text? No follow, no matter how cool & interesting you are. There will be swears.
And on today’s Substack, a first for me, an interview with Andy Leach, chief saint, at @sunburntsaints.bsky.social a brand new short story publisher - please check it out and share if you can. Support short stories. Support indie publishers! substack.com/@drewgummers...
On Sunburnt Saints -an interview with a brand new short story publisher.
My first Substack interview.
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Amie Azoic's house is alive with voices: smug comments from the fridge, needy cries from the smoke alarm, romantic overtures from the toaster. But when her nephew comes to stay unexpectedly, Amie is forced to engage with the outside world. Pre-order now! buff.ly/hUb0S76 🗨️
Have reached the special live episode of Inside No. 9. I know the guy who did the editing on this. When all the shenanigans started, his family immediately turned over to watch something else because they assumed he'd fucked the editing rather than it being part of it 😂
On Sept. 15, we're launching a Kickstarter to fund Year 17 of LIGHTSPEED & Year 15 of NIGHTMARE. Visit the pre-launch page now to check out what we have in store and then click the NOTIFY ME ON LAUNCH button so you can be one of the first to back in Sept. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/kickstarter/...
Just had a guy come round who had a really weird vibe. All his ID literally just said: "Electricity and Gas Company". Like that was the company name. He said he needed to check the meter. I said we had a smart meter. He said it was to make sure we weren't paying an unnecessary standing charge.
It’s coming ! The Nottingham Book Festival! Book sales, top authors, workshops, panels, readings, not to mention the Broadway bar open all day for lunch and dinners ! www.gigantic.com/nottingham-b...
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Buy tickets and see event information for Nottingham Book Festival.
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The reaction to Wicker is giving me hope for when Strange Talk comes out. There are way more nasty little freaks* out there than I thought. *complimentary
Just finished The Killings at Parrish Station. While the ending couldn't live up to everything that came before, what comes before is brilliant, so I still highly recommend. I wasn't expecting so much comedy- it verges on Deadloch does Cosmic Horror at times.
Rewatching Inside No. 9 & by Series 3, think I know all the episode types: 1) Elaborate Revenge 2) That Person has Actually been Dead/Imaginary all Along 3) Ha ha! OH, This Is Tragic, Actually 4) Person Seemingly in Danger Actually IS the Danger 5) Amusing, but Everyone Involved is an Arsehole
Well, I've found 2 very brief mentions in criminology books and a few vague references in various film study journals, so looks like writing this chapter is going to make me the world's leading scholar on Police Academy. I knew I would find my niche eventually.
Lynda Clark@lyndac.bsky.social · 6d agoAlright, weird request, but can anyone point me to academic papers on Police Academy? Ideally the film franchise but will take cartoon series if that's all there is. Have so far found 1 that discusses films in relation to modern representations of police in film but surely there's more than that?!
Had one of these yesterday claiming a cutting edge US tech podcast wanted to interview me about my 2019 short story about talking animals because of its 'prescient qualities' 🤔
Rhys Kaminski-Jones@rhyskamjones.bsky.social · 6d agoYou guys have been talking like the "Scam AI Book Club" e-mails are getting harder to spot, but I just had my first one and it's "a salsa class in Sydney, Australia want to read your academic-press essay collection on Classical and Celtic-influenced British identity formation"
Alright, weird request, but can anyone point me to academic papers on Police Academy? Ideally the film franchise but will take cartoon series if that's all there is. Have so far found 1 that discusses films in relation to modern representations of police in film but surely there's more than that?!
the ideal academic life is being an eccentric Victorian lord. Invent a stamp licking machine at 22. Get elected to the Royal Academy for counting the beetles on your estate. Die in an arsenic explosion. The perfect life.
🎉PUBLICATION DAY!🥳 NAMING THE SNAKES New Writing Scotland 44 Eds: Chris Powici, Allan Radcliffe & Anna C. Frater The best new short fiction & poetry from forty-three writers who are Scottish by birth, residence, or inclination. Available now from all good bookshops! 💙📚 asls.org.uk/publications...
New Writing Scotland 44
Edited by Chris Powici, Allan Radcliffe & Anna C. Frater Published in: Paperback, 244 pages By: Association for Scottish Literature, Glasgow, August 2026 Price: £10.95 ISBN: 9781906841683 Cover image…
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Interesting (depressing) stat about world book day: "Jonathan Douglas told us that a quarter of children on free school meals said that the first book they owned came as a result of the World Book Day £1 book tokens" - but shows it's worth doing!
Get on this!
Scottish Book Trust@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · last wk.There are just two days left to apply for our New Writers Awards 2027! We have five categories: - Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction - Poetry - Children's and Young Adult Fiction - Spoken Word - Scots Make sure you apply by noon on Wed 29 July. www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...
Hey @artsemergency.bsky.social has their call open for mentors again! You get paired with a young person approx. 16-17 and talk to them once a month, it's great and not very much work at all and the organisation is ALWAYS short of mentors who work in games
I strongly believe this goes for every creative thing.
VGC@videogameschronicle.com · 2w agoShigeru Miyamoto says the games that resonate most with players all around the world aren’t those deliberately designed for global appeal, but those based on a developer’s personal interests. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/miyamot...
Very important, and a call for evidence to which UK SHAPE (Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences) researchers are very well placed to contribute. Some good guidance on how to do so effectively here: www.ucl.ac.uk/public-polic...
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David Anderson@bricksilk.bsky.social · last wk.The House of Lords Constitution Committee is starting a wide-ranging inquiry into strengthening our constitutional safeguards - as proposed by (Lord) Peter Hennessy. Look East, look West, and see the urgency. Written evidence requested by 28th of September. committees.parliament.uk/committee/17...
This weekend I have watched the new He-Man movie and the 2nd Mortal Kombat. He-Man was great fun & the first time Jared Leto's been watchable since Fight Club. MK was fine, although it was a little like every finisher strung together in the semblance of a movie & there wasnt enough Kano in this one.
I'm going to use this as an excuse to re-up my own little Medieval-ish Welsh-ish Odyssey-ish story www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, A Whole Giant's Daughter Quest Thing by Jo Lloyd
An original short work for radio by Jo Lloyd. Read by Alexander Vlahos.
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Rhys Kaminski-Jones@rhyskamjones.bsky.social · last wk.Intro card to Nolan's Odyssey: "In an age of apparent magic" Intro card to the ideal medieval Welsh/Irish adaptation: "Look, this is going to get really weird, deal with it"
Been writing about frustrating experiences for vocal disorder memoir & haven't put this in yet, but am reminded of when I took my dog to dog training classes and the instructor noticed I had trained him to hand signals and asked why. I explained my vocal disorder.
There's unconventional romance and then there's whatever the hell I've ended up doing here. Michel Faber told me to do it! (True story) Pre-order here: www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/books/strang...
Google just sent me one of those really annoying "hey remember all these pictures?" recaps and it's the first time I was like... I have no recollection of the point in my life when I looked like Will from Inbetweeners, but apparently that happened.
good job, but i think, with a little work, we can get it lower 😎
The Bookseller@thebookseller.com · 2w agoThe publishing industry has reported the lowest uptake of AI usage at only 6%, reflecting ongoing concerns around copyright and authorship, the Creative Access 2026 Thrive report has revealed. 👇
Train extremely full and extremely hot and I'm very aware my deodorant has been pushed past its limit and I'm on my way to smelling like an old sock stuffed with onions. Keeping arms clamped to sides for sake of everyone else.