Mark Fiddes continues his eyewitness account of war coming to the Middle East @fiddes.bsky.social #war #trump #iran #dubai #journal #poetry #witness
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This is a poem about a victim of war so it feels particularly relevant right now what with all the needless ongoing conflict in the world.
It was published in an issue of one of the very best journals out there, The Madrid Review.
Thanks for reading.
We're excited to announce that we'll be playing at Total Bummer Festival at Knockdown Center in NYC May 30th & 31st. Tickets now on sale. link.dice.fm/TOTALBUMMERNYC
You're not going to make any money doing this and no one is going to read it, so you must hope for a secret third thing to happen
Starting today, Spring Journal by Mark Fiddes. A personal view from Dubai at recent events. #dubai #Iran #USA #trump #poetry
A review @outspokenldn.bsky.social
@simonmaddrell.bsky.social #isleofman #hiv #environmental
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Wildflowers, a couple of springs ago, in the churchyard in Buckfastleigh, Devon. This is actually a very spooky spot in winter as it's the resting place of the allegedly Satanic Squire Richard Cabell - inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle's Baskerville legend - whose corpse is boxed in by a somewhat incongruous structure, a little pagoda-ish, but also not unlike the kind of public toilet you might find in a small British town, which sits on the south side of the church. Do NOT walk around it backwards as the Devil will bite your fingers and Cabell will release his hell hounds. Also, the church has been burned down by Satanists not once but TWICE in the last couple of centuries. (I wrote about all this in more detail in my book 21st-Century Yokel, and a couple of the scarier gravestones inspired bits in my novel Villager.
Wildflowers love dead people.
Still one of the coolest covers ever.
Atmospheric flash fiction Saturday reading #fog ##flashfiction
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An oldie but a goodie. From Issue 2. #Friday #poetry #madrid
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Great interview with @cathygalvin.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social's Arena ahead of her launch @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social on 24 March. She was speaking to @rickoshea.bsky.social about her debut Ethnology: a love song for Connemara, and read two poems from the book.
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Today's #photograph is another moody one from yesterday's dawn #cycle ride. This is a view from the #Conwy bridge, looking towards #Llandudno #Wales #photography
My February reads: Wired for Story, Spring is in the Air, The Warehouse, Where We Meet the World, A Scarred Drifter, This is Your Mind on Plants
My February Reads 📚
I was particularly impressed with Sotto Voce’s A SCARRED DRIFTER; and that Spring Kissmet anthology included many delightful stories.
There is so much talent in the Indie Author community. If you’ve never picked up an Indie book, I recommend giving it a shot. 😊
Five persons standing on a patterned rug and smiling near a table in a conference hall.
Grateful to be on a panel with these brilliant, inspiring @sarabandebooks.bsky.social authors today. Thank you to everyone who bought a book and stayed for the signing. 🖤
A publication day interview @littlebrown.bskthemadrid
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#poetry #new #debut
Seven-spot Ladybird seen on a window frame in Cheshire today.
AOC: We already have multiple American service members who are dead for an illegal action that the president has pursued with no plan out. They don’t know why they got into this war. They’re talking about a hundred different reasons, and they don’t know how they’re getting out.
A development such as this has been a goal for HIV researchers for decades. It is important because people who are faced with difficult treatment regimens are less likely to be compliant.
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@artmadrid.bsky.social is on now at the Palacio de Cibeles in Madrid #art #arte #madrid
Starts today at IFEMA and we'll be there! #art #arte #modernart #madrid #artfair
Been wrestling with this one for a while now, and finally completed it this weekend. I am not a religious person, more of an apatheist, but every painter takes a stab at a madonna once right? Even accidentally? Its a tradition.
Madonna of the Garden
36" x 48", acrylic on canvas
Edging towards a finished state with this piece ✍️
#art #drawing #charcoal #darkart
Me at Fiction Fest, and the covers of four of my books including CRAWLSPACE, STRANGER THINGS: DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN, STAR WARS: MASTER OF EVIL and STAR WARS: SHADOW OF THE SITH.
Super stoked to be at Fiction Fest, a brand new literary festival coming to Manchester on April 11. I'm hosting the panel "Monsters in the Margins" featuring @garethlpowell.bsky.social, @manylittlewords.bsky.social, @melliver.bsky.social & @voidcricket.bsky.social! Tickets at www.fictionfest.co.uk!
New Madrid Players show. Tickets and info: www.madridplayers.es/thelioninwin...
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#art #artist #madrid #arco #interview #contemporaryart
My flash story, Delegation, is in this issue! Huge thanks to editor James Hartley for including my work. (Plus he interviews the great Michel Faber. 😍) #WritingCommunity
