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William Meikle

@williammeikle.com

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Wee sweary Scottish writer, living in Canada, with 30+ novels and 300+ short stories in genre presses over the past 30+ years. Mostly at williammeikle.com ... mostly.

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 22d

New, enlarged FASTER THAN THE HOUND novella. Now only 99c

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 26d

A creature feature for big kids everywhere

Mostly its about bugs. Big bugs. On the rampage. What's not to like?

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Now available on #Kindle, #kindleunlimited, #audible and in PB and HC. Only $2.99

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 1d

"We fucked around and now we're finding out, never had control of the situation, and will whine like big babies about it for the forseeable future."

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

“We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution.”

Trump: I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act. We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution. As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we don't need to purchase it from China.
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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 1d

"Want to piss all over Marilyn Monroe's legacy for a cheap wank? Sora can make it happen!"

There, fixed that shit for you.

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Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 2d

Seconded.

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 2d

Saw some of Trump's Columbus Day speech. We can add Chistopher Columbus... and in fact all the history of colonisation of the Americas, to the big list of things that Trump lies about.

William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 3d

Thank you! I'm in Canada, but from Scotland :-)

William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 3d

<petpeeve>It's FOREWORD, not FORWARD. We're supposed to be writers FFS</petpeeve>

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 3d

5 events that defined your childhood:

The JFK Assassination
The arrival of The Beatles
Colour Television
Celtic Winning the European Cup
First Men on the Moon

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 3d

If Scotland by some miracle get to the Wortld Cup playing like this, they're going to get absolutely slaughtered by the first half-decent team they meet.

William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 3d

Nope, I was right the first time about the turgid shite. It's always the hope that kills you when supporting Scotland...

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 3d

Just when I was starting to think we were in for another game of uninspired turgid shite from Scotland, they pull a goal out of nowhere. Hopefully the first of a few...

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · Aug 8

MY CONAN DOYLE PASTICHES williammeikleblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/01/m...

MY CONAN DOYLE PASTICHES

My Sherlock Holmes books, and my Professor Challenger pastiches have been doing good business

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 3d

"We need a synopsis."

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 5d

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

W B Yeats

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 5d

R.I.P. John Lodge... another voice of my youth gone to the great gig in the sky.

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 6d

Edinburgh

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 6d

Here we have the WSJ getting people who know fuck all about popular music to write about popular music. Johnny Cash and deeply uncool will never belong in the same sentence.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 6d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 6d

Still free today SHERLOCK HOLMES: A FLASH IN THE PAN is #1 in a couple of the Amazon free charts in the USA

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A FLASH IN THE PAN is still free in the USA and #1 in Free Traditional Detective Mysteries on Kindle

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 6d

Spectacular display of daylight robbery from Scotland. Can't complain about the score, but Greece must be wondering how they got their pockets picked.

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 6d

That's more like it, Scotland!

William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 6d

Still free today SHERLOCK HOLMES: A FLASH IN THE PAN is #1 in a couple of the Amazon free charts in the USA

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 6d

Scotland don't seem to care that this is a World Cup Qualifier. No drive or enthusiasm about them. Sad to see.

William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 6d

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William Meikle @williammeikle.com · 7d

Over 700 freebies of SHERLOCK HOLMES: A FLASH IN THE PAN given away since yesterday... wish I could sell books as easily as I can give them away...

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SHERLOCK HOLMES: A FLASH IN THE PAN: Four canonical Sherlock Holmes stories (The London Terrors)

Amazon.com: SHERLOCK HOLMES: A FLASH IN THE PAN: Four canonical Sherlock Holmes stories (The London Terrors) eBook : Meikle, William: Kindle Store

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 7d

My *major* occult discovery POSSESSED, a novel by Rosalie and Edward Synton (real surname Corse-Scott), has a cover! It's out on December 4 - I'm *really* excited for you to read the book and my 5,000 word introduction which gives life to the authors and a critical overview of the novel.

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