Nick Black
@fuzzynick.bsky.social
Library manager. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️-reviewed short stories collection 'POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE' (Ad Hoc Fiction), available now from me or from your local Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Positive-Negative-Nick-Black/dp/1915247128/
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Available now, in time for all your favourite holidays!
Slinky enough to fit any stocking. Positive and Negative enough to light up any shelf.
#booksky 📚💙 #BuyNow #shortstories #flashfiction
Slinky enough to fit any stocking. Positive and Negative enough to light up any shelf.
#booksky 📚💙 #BuyNow #shortstories #flashfiction
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I’ve posted this before. One of my favorite paragraphs / panels ever.
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I’ve posted this before. One of my favorite paragraphs / panels ever.
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In my corner of the bass-playing universe there was life pre- and post-Mani. He brought a liquid, melodic funkiness that EVERYONE copied. And when I finally met him he was exactly how you imagined him: joyful, generous, unstarry (& more of a star because of it) and wickedly funny. A life well lived
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
In my corner of the bass-playing universe there was life pre- and post-Mani. He brought a liquid, melodic funkiness that EVERYONE copied. And when I finally met him he was exactly how you imagined him: joyful, generous, unstarry (& more of a star because of it) and wickedly funny. A life well lived
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‘Last week, it was the lengthening of a day to more than twenty-four hours. A week before, it was the weight of the air. She is dependable like this.’
Devastatingly precise and precisely devastating; @mattkendrick.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review ⛅️
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
Devastatingly precise and precisely devastating; @mattkendrick.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review ⛅️
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
Nothing certain ~ by Matt Kendrick
The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…
milkcandyreview.home.blog
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
‘Last week, it was the lengthening of a day to more than twenty-four hours. A week before, it was the weight of the air. She is dependable like this.’
Devastatingly precise and precisely devastating; @mattkendrick.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review ⛅️
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
Devastatingly precise and precisely devastating; @mattkendrick.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review ⛅️
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
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Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
Nothing certain ~ by Matt Kendrick
The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…
milkcandyreview.home.blog
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
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A place of honor and goodness. A bastion of hope. A lighthouse in the long dark. A pillar of the community. YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY, BABY!!!
November 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A place of honor and goodness. A bastion of hope. A lighthouse in the long dark. A pillar of the community. YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY, BABY!!!
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RIP Mani
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The Stone Roses - Waterfall (Live On The Other Side Of Midnight) 1989 1080p 60fps
YouTube video by Mucky Fingers
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November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
RIP Mani
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Listening to Bob Seger just to feel something
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Listening to Bob Seger just to feel something
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A few nights away from finishing Iris Murdoch's A WORD CHILD, going to miss it the second I do.
I re-read/loved A SEVERED HEAD over the summer, have previously read UNDER THE NET and THE BLACK PRINCE, got a few more piled up to read.
Pls share any of YOUR Iris love below.
📚💙
I re-read/loved A SEVERED HEAD over the summer, have previously read UNDER THE NET and THE BLACK PRINCE, got a few more piled up to read.
Pls share any of YOUR Iris love below.
📚💙
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A few nights away from finishing Iris Murdoch's A WORD CHILD, going to miss it the second I do.
I re-read/loved A SEVERED HEAD over the summer, have previously read UNDER THE NET and THE BLACK PRINCE, got a few more piled up to read.
Pls share any of YOUR Iris love below.
📚💙
I re-read/loved A SEVERED HEAD over the summer, have previously read UNDER THE NET and THE BLACK PRINCE, got a few more piled up to read.
Pls share any of YOUR Iris love below.
📚💙
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November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Cookin up somethin for the spring issue call...
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Cookin up somethin for the spring issue call...
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Shazam but for what’s causing that sensation of nameless existential dread & creeping anxiety right now
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Shazam but for what’s causing that sensation of nameless existential dread & creeping anxiety right now
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Some of our love can be found here: soundcloud.com/user-548804258
The Iris Murdoch Podcast
The Iris Murdoch Society exists to promote her work, further her philosophical vision, and enhance and extend knowledge. You can find our website here: https://irismurdochsociety.org.uk/
You can find
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November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Some of our love can be found here: soundcloud.com/user-548804258
A few nights away from finishing Iris Murdoch's A WORD CHILD, going to miss it the second I do.
I re-read/loved A SEVERED HEAD over the summer, have previously read UNDER THE NET and THE BLACK PRINCE, got a few more piled up to read.
Pls share any of YOUR Iris love below.
📚💙
I re-read/loved A SEVERED HEAD over the summer, have previously read UNDER THE NET and THE BLACK PRINCE, got a few more piled up to read.
Pls share any of YOUR Iris love below.
📚💙
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A few nights away from finishing Iris Murdoch's A WORD CHILD, going to miss it the second I do.
I re-read/loved A SEVERED HEAD over the summer, have previously read UNDER THE NET and THE BLACK PRINCE, got a few more piled up to read.
Pls share any of YOUR Iris love below.
📚💙
I re-read/loved A SEVERED HEAD over the summer, have previously read UNDER THE NET and THE BLACK PRINCE, got a few more piled up to read.
Pls share any of YOUR Iris love below.
📚💙
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A few nights away from finishing Iris Murdoch's A WORD CHILD, going to miss it the second I do.
I re-read/loved A SEVERED HEAD over the summer, have previously read UNDER THE NET and THE BLACK PRINCE, got a few more piled up to read.
Pls share any of YOUR Iris love below.
📚💙
I re-read/loved A SEVERED HEAD over the summer, have previously read UNDER THE NET and THE BLACK PRINCE, got a few more piled up to read.
Pls share any of YOUR Iris love below.
📚💙
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Submissions to our anthology open on 1 Dec. The theme is BRIDGES. You can read more about our editors @sharontelfer.bsky.social & @karjon.bsky.social here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/20...
2026 Anthology Editors
The 2026 National Flash Fiction Day Anthology Editors are NFFD’s Karen Jones and Guest Editor Sharon Telfer. Submissions are open from 1 December 2025 to 15 February 2026. Sharon Telfer, Gues…
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November 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Submissions to our anthology open on 1 Dec. The theme is BRIDGES. You can read more about our editors @sharontelfer.bsky.social & @karjon.bsky.social here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/20...
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the new Kassi Valazza album is definitely my most played 2025 release so far. I'm such a sucker for moody autumnal psych folk. There are definitely modern elements but they're almost anachronistic because so much of the album feels like it could be 50 years old.
August 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
the new Kassi Valazza album is definitely my most played 2025 release so far. I'm such a sucker for moody autumnal psych folk. There are definitely modern elements but they're almost anachronistic because so much of the album feels like it could be 50 years old.
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Preorder link for physical and ebook for Mother Karma by Sumitra Singam (who is she?) @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Preorder link for physical and ebook for Mother Karma by Sumitra Singam (who is she?) @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
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Who is she? @pleomorphic2.bsky.social 😂 …Sumitra Singam happens to be the most wonderful vibrant flash writer & human I know. I’ve been lucky enough to have a sneak preview of this book and absolutely you should preorder it right now.
Preorder link for physical and ebook for Mother Karma by Sumitra Singam (who is she?) @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Who is she? @pleomorphic2.bsky.social 😂 …Sumitra Singam happens to be the most wonderful vibrant flash writer & human I know. I’ve been lucky enough to have a sneak preview of this book and absolutely you should preorder it right now.
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Matthew McFadyen, insanely keen to be noticed and accepted in 'Death By Lightning'.
Also - my average day on Bluesky
Also - my average day on Bluesky
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Matthew McFadyen, insanely keen to be noticed and accepted in 'Death By Lightning'.
Also - my average day on Bluesky
Also - my average day on Bluesky
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❄️WINTER READING SALE ❄️
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
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Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
❄️WINTER READING SALE ❄️
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
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November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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In many ways, it's a conscious refraction of RISKY BUSINESS, casting of Broderick + Pop music bridging back to the '80s,(there's even a Bob Seger song!), only this time, female nudity is de-eroticised, the rich boy ISN'T confident or horny (or having agency), and the woman's the main character...
Infinitely more likeable than the 'raunchy' trailer suggested. Sweet and charming. #NoHardFeelings
March 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
In many ways, it's a conscious refraction of RISKY BUSINESS, casting of Broderick + Pop music bridging back to the '80s,(there's even a Bob Seger song!), only this time, female nudity is de-eroticised, the rich boy ISN'T confident or horny (or having agency), and the woman's the main character...