Tom Spooner
@dapwearer.bsky.social
Bristol, UK.
Writer - flash and micro. Record Collector.
https://thespoonsterspouts.com/
https://www.mixcloud.com/dapwearer/
Writer - flash and micro. Record Collector.
https://thespoonsterspouts.com/
https://www.mixcloud.com/dapwearer/
Pinned
How To Gift Hippos and Emulate Becca: Hip Hippo Hooray
A true story about ceramic hippos, special friends and making your own stories. Hip hippo hooray.
thespoonsterspouts.com
A couple of years ago I distributed some antique ceramic hippos around a nature reserve to be more like my friend Becca
Here's the story
thespoonsterspouts.com/observations...
Here's the story
thespoonsterspouts.com/observations...
Reposted by Tom Spooner
Friday! Lunchtime! I have battled through illness to bring you words, links, pictures and sounds (ok, fine, I didn't make any of said words, links, pictures or sounds, but wevs, they are still good). CLICK AND SHARE AND ENJOY! Web Curios! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-13...
February 13, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Friday! Lunchtime! I have battled through illness to bring you words, links, pictures and sounds (ok, fine, I didn't make any of said words, links, pictures or sounds, but wevs, they are still good). CLICK AND SHARE AND ENJOY! Web Curios! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-13...
Happy release day to Work Money Death
More spiritual jazz of the highest order
workmoneydeath.bandcamp.com/album/a-port...
More spiritual jazz of the highest order
workmoneydeath.bandcamp.com/album/a-port...
A Portal To Here, by Work Money Death
4 track album
workmoneydeath.bandcamp.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Happy release day to Work Money Death
More spiritual jazz of the highest order
workmoneydeath.bandcamp.com/album/a-port...
More spiritual jazz of the highest order
workmoneydeath.bandcamp.com/album/a-port...
Wistful winter songs spanning continents and several decades, from Moondog to Peggy Seeger, Felt to Ustad Bismillah Khan
www.mixcloud.com/dapwearer/dr...
www.mixcloud.com/dapwearer/dr...
Drink All The Rum & Sad Shuffle The Buckles From Your Shoes
www.mixcloud.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Wistful winter songs spanning continents and several decades, from Moondog to Peggy Seeger, Felt to Ustad Bismillah Khan
www.mixcloud.com/dapwearer/dr...
www.mixcloud.com/dapwearer/dr...
Afternoon
And oof...
Work Money Death - A Dance for the Spirits
workmoneydeath.bandcamp.com/track/a-danc...
And oof...
Work Money Death - A Dance for the Spirits
workmoneydeath.bandcamp.com/track/a-danc...
A Dance For The Spirits, by Work Money Death
from the album A Portal To Here
workmoneydeath.bandcamp.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Afternoon
And oof...
Work Money Death - A Dance for the Spirits
workmoneydeath.bandcamp.com/track/a-danc...
And oof...
Work Money Death - A Dance for the Spirits
workmoneydeath.bandcamp.com/track/a-danc...
Powerful writing, demonstrating just how much you can achieve with 100 words. Congratulations Yara Zgheib.
FIRST PLACE in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "August 4, 2020" by Yara Zgheib. A swirling evocation of destruction and chaos juxtaposed with the haunting beauty of music:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
August 4, 2020 | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Powerful writing, demonstrating just how much you can achieve with 100 words. Congratulations Yara Zgheib.
A couple of years ago I distributed some antique ceramic hippos around a nature reserve to be more like my friend Becca
Here's the story
thespoonsterspouts.com/observations...
Here's the story
thespoonsterspouts.com/observations...
How To Gift Hippos and Emulate Becca: Hip Hippo Hooray
A true story about ceramic hippos, special friends and making your own stories. Hip hippo hooray.
thespoonsterspouts.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM
A couple of years ago I distributed some antique ceramic hippos around a nature reserve to be more like my friend Becca
Here's the story
thespoonsterspouts.com/observations...
Here's the story
thespoonsterspouts.com/observations...
Stunning, powerful, wonderful writing - this one floored me
Today's shortlisted story is "If we'd said yes when you rang home to borrow four hundred dollars" by
@gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social. A one-sentence marvel full of so much sadness and yearning:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
@gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social. A one-sentence marvel full of so much sadness and yearning:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
If we'd said yes when you rang home to borrow four hundred dollars | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Stunning, powerful, wonderful writing - this one floored me
Oof. Another brilliant micro.
Today's shortlisted story is "Pattern" by
David Anson Lee. A micro that uses anadiplosis to such great effect:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
David Anson Lee. A micro that uses anadiplosis to such great effect:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Pattern | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Oof. Another brilliant micro.
Jessie Williams Tender Words And Tender Kisses
YouTube video by Fabrizio Barone
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Brilliant
Today's shortlisted story is "Things My Brother Explains With Absolute Authority" by J.M.C. Kane. Such a deep and philosophical piece.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Things My Brother Explains With Absolute Authority | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Brilliant
Congratulations to all those making the longlist
DRUM ROLL!!!! 🥁🥁🥁
It gives me great pleasure to announce the SPARKLING longlist for the Welkin Writing Prize 2026.
Congratulations to all the writers on this list. And commiserations to everyone else. The standard was incredibly high:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
It gives me great pleasure to announce the SPARKLING longlist for the Welkin Writing Prize 2026.
Congratulations to all the writers on this list. And commiserations to everyone else. The standard was incredibly high:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
Welkin News | MattKendrick.co.uk
A writing prize open to all forms of narrative prose, be that flash fiction, short-short, vignette, haibun, hermit crab, prose poem or work that sits outside such labels.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Congratulations to all those making the longlist
The Blue Nile - Family Life (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Blue Nile Official
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Morning
lobsterfight - The First Time I Didn't Get Fucked Up Was At Weekends During Mr. Brightside By The Killers.
lobsterfight.bandcamp.com/track/the-fi...
lobsterfight - The First Time I Didn't Get Fucked Up Was At Weekends During Mr. Brightside By The Killers.
lobsterfight.bandcamp.com/track/the-fi...
The First Time I Didn't Get Fucked Up Was At Weekends During Mr. Brightside By The Killers., by lobsterfight
from the album My Coat Hanger Is A Necklace
lobsterfight.bandcamp.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Morning
lobsterfight - The First Time I Didn't Get Fucked Up Was At Weekends During Mr. Brightside By The Killers.
lobsterfight.bandcamp.com/track/the-fi...
lobsterfight - The First Time I Didn't Get Fucked Up Was At Weekends During Mr. Brightside By The Killers.
lobsterfight.bandcamp.com/track/the-fi...
Juanita Rogers - I'm So Glad You Love Me (Unissued)
YouTube video by Brandon Schneider (GhostRetro)
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Matt @mattkendrick.bsky.social changed my relationship with writing. He has encouraged & inspired me, and his courses have made me a better writer. I am endlessly thankful to Matt & the community he has built.
Get involved - you won't regret it.
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/starting-t...
Get involved - you won't regret it.
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/starting-t...
Starting the year from the bottom of the slope
I like to think I’m quite a positive person, and the start of the year, for me, usually feels like it amplifies that sense of positivity through its inherent newness, the multiple possibilities lying ...
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Matt @mattkendrick.bsky.social changed my relationship with writing. He has encouraged & inspired me, and his courses have made me a better writer. I am endlessly thankful to Matt & the community he has built.
Get involved - you won't regret it.
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/starting-t...
Get involved - you won't regret it.
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/starting-t...
Inner Beauty, by The Rookies
from the album Play Jazz 3
therookiesplayjazz.bandcamp.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Some different Christmassy music, lovingly compiled from my record collection
www.mixcloud.com/dapwearer/a-...
www.mixcloud.com/dapwearer/a-...
A Snowflake Is Not Unique
www.mixcloud.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Some different Christmassy music, lovingly compiled from my record collection
www.mixcloud.com/dapwearer/a-...
www.mixcloud.com/dapwearer/a-...
Irish Legends with storyteller Eddie Lenihan Ep 3 The Weasel
YouTube video by St Patrick's Festival
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
