Michael S Collins
@pseudlit.bsky.social
Glasgow writer/editor/teller of terrible jokes, mostly knackered.
@davidbloomberg.bsky.social Catching up on Traidar podcast so: did you notice one of your all time favourite Faithfuls (sarcasm preceded) from S1 America has kept their dubious Traitors record, due to the UK Celebs finale? (Hopefully oblique enough to avoid spoiling randomers but understandable!)
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
@davidbloomberg.bsky.social Catching up on Traidar podcast so: did you notice one of your all time favourite Faithfuls (sarcasm preceded) from S1 America has kept their dubious Traitors record, due to the UK Celebs finale? (Hopefully oblique enough to avoid spoiling randomers but understandable!)
Forgot to mention @jonarnold.bsky.social - Sarah is enjoying her first Target novel, Lux by James Goss. Has already interrupted her mums podcast thrice last night to read out her favourite injokes so far!
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Forgot to mention @jonarnold.bsky.social - Sarah is enjoying her first Target novel, Lux by James Goss. Has already interrupted her mums podcast thrice last night to read out her favourite injokes so far!
I hear from the publisher (me) that this an incredible thriller you will all want to buy and read!
www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Sam-...
#thriller #pyschological #mystery #London #Spain #booksky
www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Sam-...
#thriller #pyschological #mystery #London #Spain #booksky
The Running : Dawson, Sam: Amazon.co.uk: Books
The Running : Dawson, Sam: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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September 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I hear from the publisher (me) that this an incredible thriller you will all want to buy and read!
www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Sam-...
#thriller #pyschological #mystery #London #Spain #booksky
www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Sam-...
#thriller #pyschological #mystery #London #Spain #booksky
@davidbloomberg.bsky.social Don't know if you've heard but we're apparently getting a NZ Traitors Season 3 after public funding saved the show.
August 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
@davidbloomberg.bsky.social Don't know if you've heard but we're apparently getting a NZ Traitors Season 3 after public funding saved the show.
@jonarnold.bsky.social @oneeffinjef.bsky.social @chris-egb.bsky.social @totalkhaos.bsky.social @brucetherobert.bsky.social @cm283.bsky.social @firesparkuk.bsky.social @inverseratio.bsky.social So...did you guys officially sign Wirtz in the GB hiatus yet? (Also it was 30C in Govan earlier. Urgh.)
June 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
@jonarnold.bsky.social @oneeffinjef.bsky.social @chris-egb.bsky.social @totalkhaos.bsky.social @brucetherobert.bsky.social @cm283.bsky.social @firesparkuk.bsky.social @inverseratio.bsky.social So...did you guys officially sign Wirtz in the GB hiatus yet? (Also it was 30C in Govan earlier. Urgh.)
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Glasgow writer and editor. Writes on, but not restricted to: football, politics, trains, dinosaurs, film, music... and that's just this year.
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May 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Announcing: Dragon Queen by @journeymouse.bsky.social with art by Mark Hetherington.
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Announcing: Dragon Queen
Glasgow writer and editor. Writes on, but not restricted to: football, politics, trains, dinosaurs, film, music... and that's just this year.
michaelscollinswriter.blogspot.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Announcing: Dragon Queen by @journeymouse.bsky.social with art by Mark Hetherington.
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Dying, not of this flu though it's godawful but of laughter because watching an early episode of Wipeout with Paul Daniels where someone won that nights special prize....not the usual holiday or car or what not, but a bottle of soy sauce from the local supermarket! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
February 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Dying, not of this flu though it's godawful but of laughter because watching an early episode of Wipeout with Paul Daniels where someone won that nights special prize....not the usual holiday or car or what not, but a bottle of soy sauce from the local supermarket! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Play 24 years ago. Me backstage, props and FX: first night smoke machine wouldn't turn off. Entire hall full of smoke, fire alarm briefly on and off. Audience silences, show must go on, Act 1. First actors line? "Remarkably clear night". Audience roared with laughter. I stuck to lighting afterwards.
January 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Play 24 years ago. Me backstage, props and FX: first night smoke machine wouldn't turn off. Entire hall full of smoke, fire alarm briefly on and off. Audience silences, show must go on, Act 1. First actors line? "Remarkably clear night". Audience roared with laughter. I stuck to lighting afterwards.
I have finished the complicated first draft of a novella I've been planning/writing/headaching over for 18 months. SUCCESS!
Well, Step One in a longer process (editing/etc etc) still to do but still....success!
Well, Step One in a longer process (editing/etc etc) still to do but still....success!
November 27, 2024 at 10:53 AM
I have finished the complicated first draft of a novella I've been planning/writing/headaching over for 18 months. SUCCESS!
Well, Step One in a longer process (editing/etc etc) still to do but still....success!
Well, Step One in a longer process (editing/etc etc) still to do but still....success!
John Abineri has just bravely stepped into the pipeline. I'm sure he'll be ok... and he didn't even give me a chance to finish this sentence. Damn that sentient seaweed. #doctorwho 😀
November 23, 2024 at 6:42 PM
John Abineri has just bravely stepped into the pipeline. I'm sure he'll be ok... and he didn't even give me a chance to finish this sentence. Damn that sentient seaweed. #doctorwho 😀
My favourite Doctor Who story? Tis a mystery...
(I really bloody love The Moonbase.)
(I really bloody love The Moonbase.)
November 23, 2024 at 11:32 AM
My favourite Doctor Who story? Tis a mystery...
(I really bloody love The Moonbase.)
(I really bloody love The Moonbase.)
Reposted by Michael S Collins
Etymology of the day: to be ‘blowing a hoolie’ (or ‘hooley’) was probably inspired by the Orkney word ‘hoolan’, a howling gale, with a touch of the ‘hooley’ that is a very noisy party thrown in.
November 23, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Etymology of the day: to be ‘blowing a hoolie’ (or ‘hooley’) was probably inspired by the Orkney word ‘hoolan’, a howling gale, with a touch of the ‘hooley’ that is a very noisy party thrown in.
My better half, Mandy, has joined Blue Sky. You can follow her here:
November 21, 2024 at 6:38 PM
My better half, Mandy, has joined Blue Sky. You can follow her here:
Bad news - this cold has caught me. Urgh.
Good news - The Sea Devils is still amazing.
Good news - The Sea Devils is still amazing.
November 20, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Bad news - this cold has caught me. Urgh.
Good news - The Sea Devils is still amazing.
Good news - The Sea Devils is still amazing.
Also watched Mark of the Rani. First time in 25+ years. The Sixth Doctor being nice/getting on with people v. refreshing. Casting universally good. Love the Rani/Master/Doctor bickering. The trees are daft but treated seriously, there's a dinosaur, and Stevenson shows up. Lots of (unexpected) fun.
November 18, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Also watched Mark of the Rani. First time in 25+ years. The Sixth Doctor being nice/getting on with people v. refreshing. Casting universally good. Love the Rani/Master/Doctor bickering. The trees are daft but treated seriously, there's a dinosaur, and Stevenson shows up. Lots of (unexpected) fun.
Last night I watched Power of Kroll (because a @tobyhadoke.bsky.social podcast told people to give it another go - subliminally persuasive!). It's...OK. Better than remembered. Fun to see Philip Madoc in his moody role, but as a "good guy". Location work great, finally understood the guns plot.
November 18, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Last night I watched Power of Kroll (because a @tobyhadoke.bsky.social podcast told people to give it another go - subliminally persuasive!). It's...OK. Better than remembered. Fun to see Philip Madoc in his moody role, but as a "good guy". Location work great, finally understood the guns plot.
Partick Thistle 5-1 winners? Jeez these painkillers must be strong.
November 16, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Partick Thistle 5-1 winners? Jeez these painkillers must be strong.
1 - Vicki
2 - Jamie
3 - Jo
4 - Leela
5 - Nyssa
6 - Peri
7 - Ace
8 - Charley
9 - Rose
10. - Wilf (to avoid repeats and also Cribbins)
11 - Amy
12 - Bill
13. - Ryan
14 - Donna
15 - Ruby
I am apparently very predictable. 😀
2 - Jamie
3 - Jo
4 - Leela
5 - Nyssa
6 - Peri
7 - Ace
8 - Charley
9 - Rose
10. - Wilf (to avoid repeats and also Cribbins)
11 - Amy
12 - Bill
13. - Ryan
14 - Donna
15 - Ruby
I am apparently very predictable. 😀
who's everyone's favourite companion from each doctor? quote/reply with yours!! 🥰
first: barbara
second: jamie
third: jo
fourth: sarah jane
fifth: tegan
sixth: peri
seventh: ace
eighth: charley
ninth: rose
tenth: donna
eleventh: clara
twelfth: bill
thirteenth: yaz
fourteenth: donna
fifteenth: ruby
first: barbara
second: jamie
third: jo
fourth: sarah jane
fifth: tegan
sixth: peri
seventh: ace
eighth: charley
ninth: rose
tenth: donna
eleventh: clara
twelfth: bill
thirteenth: yaz
fourteenth: donna
fifteenth: ruby
November 16, 2024 at 1:13 PM
1 - Vicki
2 - Jamie
3 - Jo
4 - Leela
5 - Nyssa
6 - Peri
7 - Ace
8 - Charley
9 - Rose
10. - Wilf (to avoid repeats and also Cribbins)
11 - Amy
12 - Bill
13. - Ryan
14 - Donna
15 - Ruby
I am apparently very predictable. 😀
2 - Jamie
3 - Jo
4 - Leela
5 - Nyssa
6 - Peri
7 - Ace
8 - Charley
9 - Rose
10. - Wilf (to avoid repeats and also Cribbins)
11 - Amy
12 - Bill
13. - Ryan
14 - Donna
15 - Ruby
I am apparently very predictable. 😀
@ihaveanopinion.bsky.social How are you keeping? Well, I hope.
November 16, 2024 at 12:23 PM
@ihaveanopinion.bsky.social How are you keeping? Well, I hope.
@jonarnold.bsky.social tbh I still don't quite understand the Uncool 50 concept because to my mind people keep posting amazing music. 😀
November 16, 2024 at 12:22 PM
@jonarnold.bsky.social tbh I still don't quite understand the Uncool 50 concept because to my mind people keep posting amazing music. 😀
The Dave Brubeck/Donald Sutherland version of Agatha Christie's Ordeal by Innocence is on Sky Arts (Freeview) on Sunday night. Absolutely bonkers and probably right up a few folks street here.
November 15, 2024 at 5:55 PM
The Dave Brubeck/Donald Sutherland version of Agatha Christie's Ordeal by Innocence is on Sky Arts (Freeview) on Sunday night. Absolutely bonkers and probably right up a few folks street here.
So many old friends have suddenly shown up again on this, it's like an old episode of This Is Your Life.
Well, hopefully that and not The 12 Days of Christine/Michael. 😮😂
Well, hopefully that and not The 12 Days of Christine/Michael. 😮😂
November 15, 2024 at 5:26 PM
So many old friends have suddenly shown up again on this, it's like an old episode of This Is Your Life.
Well, hopefully that and not The 12 Days of Christine/Michael. 😮😂
Well, hopefully that and not The 12 Days of Christine/Michael. 😮😂
Watched a film I'd never seen, Cash on Demand (1961), Andre Morell threatens timid Peter Cushing into helping him rob a bank, or else Cushing's family will die. Great stuff. A young Richard Vernon shows up looking exactly like he did as an old man in Yes Minister.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_on...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_on...
Cash on Demand - Wikipedia
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November 14, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Watched a film I'd never seen, Cash on Demand (1961), Andre Morell threatens timid Peter Cushing into helping him rob a bank, or else Cushing's family will die. Great stuff. A young Richard Vernon shows up looking exactly like he did as an old man in Yes Minister.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_on...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_on...
With everyone now transferring to Blue Sky it would probably help if I remembered I had an account now and then.
November 13, 2024 at 11:54 AM
With everyone now transferring to Blue Sky it would probably help if I remembered I had an account now and then.