Vaughan Stanger

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Tim Burrows has also completed a superb interview with Sue, covering many of the points raised in Oliver’s article. To enjoy the audio recording of Tim’s interview, visit the Film is Fabulous YouTube channel;

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Both are terrific.

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This is the most important book my name has ever appeared in, along with almost 10,000 other writers.
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A future writer, right there.

Days left to act: Ban cruel cages for hens Right now we have a unique opportunity to stop this industrial-scale torture: The UK government has proposed ending the use of cages for hens, and they have launched an official consultation to ask th...

Can you do me a quick favour today? ✍️

The government is finally asking if they should ban cages for hens in the UK. 🐔🐔 Lobbyists are trying to block it, so we need huge numbers to show them that the public wants this ban NOW: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

Yes.

A clean white library space across three floors.

The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) is about to turn 100 ... so they're asking what the next 100 years hold for libraries and librarianship.

They're holding a short story competition (Judged by @maryrobinettekowal.com !!!!)

Details at the link: www.ifla.org/news/li-sci-...

Submit to 100 Word Project Submissions for the 100 Word Project from Manawaker Studio are open January thru May and July thru November. The 100 Word Project is an ongoing project focused on 100 word stories which will be pub…

I’m delighted to announce C B Droege, editor of 100 Word Project, has accepted another of my SF drabbles, Pipe Cleaner, for publication. www.manawaker.com/submit-100wp/
This is my 63rd accepted story.

Congratulations, Neil!

I hope the “human assistant” had increased their rate in the meantime.

End the sewage pollution scandal We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the British Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Words fail me.

Huge congratulations!

Totally agree.

I think they should pursue their dream of living on Mars. As soon as possible. There's no time like the present.

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84 - live updates He died peacefully on Tuesday morning surrounded by his family, they say in a statement.

RIP #JesseJackson - another iconic leader of the #US Civil Right movement gone.

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84

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Very sad news.

The senior editor's comments on my story included: "The story stayed with me long after I finished reading it." and "It’s precise, restrained, and deeply unsettling in the best possible way."

A Literary Magazine of Dark & Unsettling Fiction - The Fifth Corner Each story published in The Fifth Corner is accompanied by commissioned original artwork created specifically in response to the piece. An online literary magazine publishing original fiction that lea...

I’m delighted to announce that my short story Missing Meriel has been accepted for publication in the inaugural issue of The Fifth Corner, a new Canadian literary magazine of dark and unsettling fiction (thefifthcorner.ca).
This is my 62nd short story to find a home.

Published for the first time today, in 50 Give or Take (Vine Leaves Press), here is my 50-word fantasy story, Hat Trick. Free to read with a click...
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Been using this blocklist for awhile now and it's wonderful. A return to a better internet. Highly recommended.

The Nutty Professor?

My favourite song of that year.

Indeed!

And congratulations are definitely in order for you, too!

So much this.

Likewise, I‘m eagerly awaiting reading yours.

Congratulations, Fiona! I'm delighted to be ToC-mates with you again.

Congratulations! I'm very happy to be co-ToC with you.

Thanks!