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New novel: The End of Everything Serpent's Tail, June, 2026. Blog: https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/about

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m john harrison @mjohnharrison.bsky.social · Nov 29

Landscapes are written about, but there will be no landscape writing. Ghosts appear, but not in the ghost stories. Animals feature heavily, but there is nothing here that might be described as “animal fiction”.

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Edward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 18h

Yonkers - 1916
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105023

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m john harrison @mjohnharrison.bsky.social · 21h

Post you from a different era

Templo Mayer, Mexico City, with Bruce & Chris, 2009

black & white, very bright sunshine in the centre of Mexico City, 2009: left to right: Bruce Sterling, Chris Priest, M John Harrison

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m john harrison @mjohnharrison.bsky.social · 1d

for sure it doesn't want to be narrated or even told--although it might want to be presented as both--it wants to be offered for examination

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m john harrison @mjohnharrison.bsky.social · 1d

very much in the area of "I don't know what I'm seeing here" here

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 1d

H Is For Hawk is a film and it’s really well done! Recommended

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 1d

Publication day! So chuffed to have a story in this @saltpublishing.com #shortstories

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 1d

Celebration day for editor, Nicholas Royle and all the contributors of Best British Short Stories 2025! 🥳🎉🎈🥂

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m john harrison @mjohnharrison.bsky.social · 1d

"portraits of place and self, exploring ideas of connection to time and landscape and the fallibility of human memory"

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m john harrison @mjohnharrison.bsky.social · 1d

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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 14d

MOTION PICTURE by Donna Enticknap @auuop.bsky.social

New for BURNING HOUSE PRESS @thearsonista.bsky.social

LANDSCAPE // LABYRINTH

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Motion Picture by Donna Enticknap

15 minute pinhole exposure, handprinted fibre-based silver print Donna Enticknap works with alternative photographic processes to create portraits of place and self, exploring ideas of connection t…

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Kate Armstrong @katejarmstrong.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely the best picture I’ve ever taken from a moving bus.

(Yes, it’s in colour. Yes, I’ve escaped for a few days to hills.)

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 2d

The Ferry - wood engraving by George Mackley, 1951

several boats, a boat house and a large impressive house higher up on the land

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 1d

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David Frankel @daveyfrankel.bsky.social · 2d

It's been tough going for small publishers for a while, but they continue to publish a lot of the most exciting new work, and are the main supporters of the short story as a form. Support indie publishing when you can!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...

Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK

The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.

www.thebookseller.com

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m john harrison @mjohnharrison.bsky.social · 2d

something is happening in there but we don't what it is, do we Mr Jones

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m john harrison @mjohnharrison.bsky.social · 2d

all told I'm in favour of black boxes remaining black

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m john harrison @mjohnharrison.bsky.social · 2d

all-weather

m john harrison @mjohnharrison.bsky.social · 2d

all-purpose

m john harrison @mjohnharrison.bsky.social · 2d

I don't even

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Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social · 2d

A fire in heaven

A suburban street seen through a car windshield with a beautiful sky above with low fluffy clouds underlit by red from the setting sun.

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Paul McAuley @unlikelyworlds.bsky.social · 2d

Spent the morning sandpapering cracked paint from old window frames and now my iPad doesn’t recognise my fingerprint.

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m john harrison @mjohnharrison.bsky.social · 2d

faint sounds from the pub, as of revolution or football support

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Gretchen von Tongeln @metalligretch.bsky.social · 3d

They fixed the sinkhole before I could look in it, story of my life.

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Paul Griffiths @disgwylfa.bsky.social · 3d

a page of Krasznahorkai

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Marina Benjamin @marinabenjamin.bsky.social · 4d

The future of UK Independent presses hang by a thread. Supporting the sector is vital: this is where ALL the bravery lies. The big houses are risk averse, but copycat small press successes to revitalise their lists. Small presses are the motor!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...

Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK

The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.

www.thebookseller.com

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 4d

I've just realised I don't entirely put it past Trump to scupper the truce for sheer Nobel Prize rejection spite

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