Back cover of the short story flash fiction collection POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE by Nick Black
Front cover of the short story flash fiction collection POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE by Nick Black
My odd, sweet, sad, funny, dark, bright ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐-reviewed book of short stories, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE is now available directly from me, via eBay www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26752117... or through Amazon www.amazon.co.uk/Positive-Neg...
#books #booksky 📚💙 #amwriting #shortstories #flashfiction
27.12.2025 09:02
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Book of Churches - The Quiet Was A Heron
YouTube video by Book Of Churches
youtu.be/vp_eGEh57X0
10.03.2026 17:38
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Book of Churches - All The Good Things
YouTube video by Book Of Churches
youtu.be/DmLyqKoHlXM
10.03.2026 17:37
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Did anyone else react as strongly/positively to #TheLongWalk?
10.03.2026 17:37
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Cover of the 2026 album BOOK OF CHURCHES by Book of Churches
#amplaying #nowplaying 'Book of Churches' - Book of Churches (2026)
Side-project/solo album from @divorcehq.bsky.social’s Felix Mackenzie-Barrow. As pleasing as a warm smooth stone found on the beach.
Recommend to fans of Divorce, Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver.
10.03.2026 16:52
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Anna’s hummingbird profile
🪶 Anna’s Hummingbird in Oregon, showing the iridescent crown that flashes only at the perfect angle.
#hummingbird #naturephotography #birdphotography #birding #birdsofbsky
09.03.2026 23:30
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“I believe the stars are the headlights of angels driving from heaven to save us.” — David Berman 1967-2019
10.03.2026 09:01
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Thanks so much @jmcm.bsky.social for this amazing review!
Why not get your copy of IN THE DESERT today
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10.03.2026 11:21
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"today I have the day off from work to take my son to... an all-day competitive recorder orchestra performance". In 19 words, Stephanie King writes something more terrifying than everything Stephen King ever wrote.
10.03.2026 11:10
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Poster for THE LONG WALK movie.
Absolutely brilliant, a violent, moving adult version of director Francis Lawrence's earlier 'The Hunger Games'. The premise (originally a metaphor for the Vietnam draft) horribly powerfully timely, and less metaphorical than it should be.
@stephenking.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social
10.03.2026 10:09
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Watched tonight, having read the book forever ago.
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social's thoughtful caution is considerate and accurate but/and the film's very good, will stay with me.
#TheLongWalk @stephenking.bsky.social
09.03.2026 23:04
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Watched tonight, having read the book forever ago.
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social's thoughtful caution is considerate and accurate but/and the film's very good, will stay with me.
#TheLongWalk @stephenking.bsky.social
09.03.2026 23:04
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Just a fez I'm going through. Very happy to add to the buzz surrounding the most original, remarkable and enjoyable novel of the year. www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/the_...
09.03.2026 14:52
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Submission Guidelines
We publish short stories, including translations, of up to 2,500 words that have not previously appeared elsewhere, either in print or online (including your own blog and social media). We offer th…
Fictive Dream is open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We look fwd to reading your words... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
09.03.2026 12:15
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A most excellent piece in the Times Saturday Review that I've only just read by Susie Goldsbrough on Beryl Bainbridge. "sweet names and sour ideas". Perfect.
09.03.2026 11:01
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Curtis Mayfield in a white denim western shirt and some patterned polyester flares standing in a field with his arms aloft.
My copy of Roots came with a Curtis Mayfield calender that strangely runs from October 1971 to October 1972. I love it!
08.03.2026 15:43
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Harundale Cinema I & II
Glen Burnie, MD
1980 #marqueespotting
08.03.2026 16:12
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I’m listening to the radio adaptation of Iain M. Banks’ “The State Of The Art” and it’s as gloriously fine as I remembered. I can’t recommend it highly enough - it’s what opened up Banks’ Culture tales for me - so if you can get BBC Sounds, it’s easy to search for. And it really would be worthwhile.
07.03.2026 22:47
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I know The Guardian isn’t what it used to be, but this opinion piece by Simon Tisdall is spot on.
08.03.2026 17:42
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Simon Tisdall, the independent-minded journalist who was pivotal in ensuring the Guardian opposed the Iraq war of 2003, is sounding a loud alarm today…
… en route to this arresting conclusion www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
08.03.2026 16:57
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Bad Feminist is this month’s selection for Dua Lipa’s book club. It’s really neat given that the book is nearly 12. A tween! The number of randos who have written me asking me to connect them to Dua Lipa is so alarming. I don’t know her!
08.03.2026 15:54
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"I have two friends in the world. One is a cat. The other is murderer." Happy 53rd to Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973).
07.03.2026 22:34
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To celebrate today's release of the excellent new @warchilduk.bsky.social HELP2 album (see 👇), if anyone buys my book POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE over the weekend www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26752117..., I'll double the money paid & forward it to warchild.org.uk
#books #booksky #shortstories #flashfiction #music
06.03.2026 13:51
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elmo from sesame street is surrounded by flames and the word chaos is above him
ALT: elmo from sesame street is surrounded by flames and the word chaos is above him
Well, I just outlined a new book
Not that I have one novel half-finished and one novella 2/3 finished and should definitely wrap those up first
So obviously I will now edit some short fiction
07.03.2026 18:14
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Black Country, New Road – Strangers (Visualiser) – HELP(2)
YouTube video by War Child UK
'Strangers' - Black Country New Road
youtu.be/sc3GX9b6mr0
07.03.2026 08:34
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Are we falling out of love with nonfiction?
In the early 2020s, readers flocked to books to explain political turbulence. But is the world now too grim to read about – and are podcasters taking the place of authors?
my view on this is that publishers should stop it with the 80k wordcount obsession, so many contemporary non-fic books are obviously 40-50k pieces of work stretched to the extent that they become very boring to read - just let people write cheaper, shorter books! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
06.03.2026 14:34
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Album cover for the 2026 album 'We Are Together Again' - Bonnie Prince Billy
#amplaying #nowplaying
06.03.2026 17:45
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