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Another writer you've never heard of / books with Confingo and Dead Ink / runs Levenshulme Old Library
@richardvhirst.bsky.social PinnedNew book!
The fifth in the series @dancoxon.bsky.social and I edit for Dead Ink.
Guidance and reflections on creative non-fiction from the likes of @jennashworth.bsky.social, @adamjfarrer.bsky.social, @tracyking.bsky.social, @noreenmasud.bsky.social and more!
@mkupperman.bsky.socialReposted by @richardvhirst.bsky.socialToilet training costumes
@richardvhirst.bsky.socialWhen I run I use an app and, at the end of each run, a voice pops up to say 'One run closer towards your perfect you!' Which I take issue with: it implies I'm either unhealthy or striving through an endless quest for self improvement whereas in fact I run because I have a profound terror of dying.
@jennashworth.bsky.socialReposted by @richardvhirst.bsky.socialI’ve got a story set in Forton Services out next week and here’s a video my friend @richardvhirst.bsky.social made to promote it :)
@kirstyislathomas.bsky.socialReposted by @richardvhirst.bsky.socialLove it when the postman brings me a new book - and perfect for Spooky Season!!
Very excited to read this one - featuring a story by my very talented friend Rachael Fulton, her story inspired by Anniesland Court in Glasgow.
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@richardvhirst.bsky.socialAnother short video for Brutalist Ghost Stories, this time with David Gaffney and the Moore Street Substation in Sheffield.
@richardvhirst.bsky.socialThere's a part two!
@richardvhirst.bsky.socialSpotted this on Instagram - a 1928 home movie recreating some scenes from London After Midnight, with excellent attention to detail on the costume I *think* it's legit. Odd in itself but also because the original of course hasn't survived. h/t @creep_your_socks_off on insta
@richardvhirst.bsky.socialNew creative ambition - to have my books available in Aldi's Halloween aisle.
@richardvhirst.bsky.socialTelling my kids about how I was there for the infamous 'judas' concert.
@richardvhirst.bsky.socialExcellent weekend arrival.
@richardvhirst.bsky.socialA couple of people have been in touch lately asking for advice on putting anthologies together. I sent both quite lengthy replies which I may well turn into a substack, but it did make me realise what an odd, murky process it is, so basically get in touch if you too want whatever "knowledge" I have.
@richardvhirst.bsky.socialI said it before and I'll say it again: fuck gonks.
@richardvhirst.bsky.socialI *knew* there must be a reason gonks drive me absolutely fucking potty.
@verityholloway.bsky.socialReposted by @richardvhirst.bsky.socialThe annual murder-gonk cull is upon us. I hate these things with a passion. Every year at my old job, we'd be instructed to destroy them on sight because they're a massive fire & cancer risk. I've ripped the heads off so many, I feel like some kind of elven serial killer.
@richardvhirst.bsky.socialCan you imagine??
@richardvhirst.bsky.socialCouple of interesting details in A.N. Wilson's Substack from earlier in the week on Jeffrey Archer. One a quite funny claim that he didn't really actually write his books, the other straightforwardly accusing him of... murder.
@richardvhirst.bsky.socialThere's a track on this album where the MES 'vocals' seem to be him just... chatting away, barely audible in the background, presumably recorded in between sessions.
@richardvhirst.bsky.socialHaha fucking hell - pressing the stop button now.
@richardvhirst.bsky.socialAm listening to this and, while it's nice to hear MES again and there's actually some good music in there, it is sadly an abomination as many predicted - Ed Blaney, who appears to have songwriting credits throughout, has even turned at least one of the tracks into a duet between himself and MES.
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