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Steve Beresford

@lostinmilbury.bsky.social

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Writer. Over 800 short stories published + some non-fiction. Loves books & TV & films. 1970s/1980s nerd. Ex-astrophysicist, currently designing a time machine. Almost died once, can't recommend it.

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · Nov 14

All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension.
Transuranic, heavy Elements may not be used where there is life.
Medium atomic weights are available: Gold, Lead, Copper, Jet, Diamond, Radium, Sapphire, Silver and Steve.
Sapphire and Steve have been assigned.

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 11m

Nor mine. I keep paper copies of everything.

Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 13m

Hello!

Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 43m

Got the music in my head now...

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 1h

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Cartoon of man at a table with a book, a plate, a knife and a jar in front of him. He is touching a blob on a page of the book. Caption: I've got jam on my autobiography! Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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Barrington Stoke @barringtonstoke.bsky.social · 53m

"Black History is all our history. It’s an integral part of the wonderful, fascinating, outrageous, incredible history of this country." Thank you @catwrote.bsky.social for this fantastic blog on the importance of teaching Black History. #BlackHistoryMonth
Full blog: bit.ly/3W4Vkvd

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 52m

Then: the office of the future will be paperless

Now: keep paper records

Have plans on paper in case of cyber-attack, firms told

Prepare to switch to offline systems in the event of a cyber-attack, firms are being advised.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 2h

Some books have tiny print, in a faint grey, with an odd typeface, the lines all squashed up.
Print them clearly!

Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 2h

Use bigger print!
Children's books often have lovely big clear print - use it in adult books too. If a book is easier to actually read I'll enjoy reading it more.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 22h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Mr Jim Moon @hypnogoria.bsky.social · 3h

One from the October vaults! From 1975 to 1984, Barbara Ireson served up six volumes of Spooky Stories, which featured some old classics but lots of new tales too

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 3h

Lovely!

Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 3h

Statue, Donna. Donna, statue.

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 3h

Great piece here, which is basically about how stories are constructed...

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 3h

Because it’s back on the telly, here’s the piece I wrote about how The Traitors is edited, and what it tells us about storytelling.

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'The Traitors', Agatha Christie, and The Kierkegaard Edit

How we consume story, versus how it's made.

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 3h

Great piece! (Even though I've never seen The Traitors.)
It's often how I write my stories. Write & write, reach an ending, which is often not quite where I thought I was heading, then go back to make it work.

Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 3h

A countdown would be good. You'd feel like you were approaching take-off then.
Although I reckon anything *before* the story starts doesn't really need a numbered page. Then: bang, you're off!

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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 17h

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Trev Ellis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 #YES @gingertrevtrev.bsky.social · 4h

Tuesday

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 3h

The best Bond.

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 3h

Absolutely!

Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 4h

Books should start their story on page 1. All that nonsense where the first bunch of pages of pre-story copyright/publishing metadata & blank pages somehow count despite them only deserving invisible page numbers, only for the story proper to start on page bloody 7 or whatever, can bugger right off.

Page 7 of Doctor Who - Fury From The Deep, aka the first actual page of it

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 3h

And again this morning

BBC Weather: 0% chance of rain
but currently raining

Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 1d

Yet again...

BBC Weather: 0% chance of rain

Current Weather: raining

Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 3h

Just read THE WINTERMOOR LIGHTS by Dan Smith
Mysterious lights in the sky affect kids in a terrible way & only one girl sees what’s happening.
A great horror/SF book with a real sense of dread. Nice “investigative” feel to it too.
Wonderful!
@dansmithauthor.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social

Book: The Wintermoor Lights by Dan Smith. The next book in the Night House Files series.
Cover shows some kids in silhouette rising up mysteriously to the sky while being watched by a girl in the foreground.
Illustrated by Luke Brookes.

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 4h

I've not heard this. I keep meaning to get round to it, but haven't caught up yet. Soon maybe.
Quanderhorn is very good though - well worth a listen.

Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 17h

I still love Star Wars, Empire & Jedi.
Prequels are ok.
Sequels feel pointless.
And I've never seen any of the tv ones.
So I'm not a superfan, but I do have a real connection to those three original ones.

Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 17h

Had a bag this afternoon. Lovely.

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 17h

I was 10 - a perfect age for it.
I got obsessed.

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 17h

"Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand"

Pasta
Blade Runner 2049
Brown-eyed Girl

Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 18h

“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”

Tripe
Star Wars
Bohemian Rhapsody

Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 18h

“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”

Heart 🤢

La Chimera 🥱

White Christmas 🤢