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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · 2d

Another quick sketch after writing. Watercolour, acrylic, ink and pencil, 8cm x 8cm.
#watercolour #watercolor #ink #pencil #WatercolourArt #art #minatures #LandscapePainting #LandscapeArt #artwork

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · 4d

Thanks! It was always a bucket-list item to get into just one of these magazines, so three times in a row is pretty special.

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · 4d

Just heard that I have stories in three consecutive issues of AHMM and EQMM: a story in the Nov/Dec issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, one in the Jan/Feb Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, and then another in the Mar/Apr Hitchcock’s! #mystery #crimefiction #mysteryfiction

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · 7d

After a break from art, I finally found time for a quick sketch after writing yesterday. Watercolour, ink and pencil, 8cm x 8cm.
#watercolour #watercolor #ink #pencil #WatercolourArt #art #minatures #LandscapePainting #LandscapeArt #ArtistOnInstagram #instaart #artstagrams #artwork

Crooked house on a crooked hill, behind a crooked wall

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · 15d

I'm at that stage of plotting a new book again where my notes consist of "Stuff happens". #amwriting #crimefiction #mystery

Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · 16d

My latest review: The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin. open.substack.com/pub/drnickgu...
This review first appeared in the Dead East newsletter: deadeast.substack.com

The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin

Book review

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · 21d

New: the October issue of the Dead East newsletter is now available, a free monthly email offering news and exclusive content from crime authors based in East Anglia, in the UK. New releases, events, news and information for writers from across the genre.
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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · Sep 11

New: the September issue of the Dead East newsletter. Original crime fiction by Heather Peck, an extract from Julia Stone's new novel The Expert Witness, plus news and writers' links from across the crime fiction genre.
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Dead East: September 2025

News and features from the Anglian Crime Authors Collective.

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · Aug 13

New: the August issue of the Dead East newsletter is now available. Features by Julia Stone and PN Johnson, a back issue spotlight on Keith Brooke and Eric Brown's crime-sf novel Wormhole, plus news and writers' links from across the crime fiction genre.
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Dead East: August 2025

News and features from the Anglian Crime Authors Collective.

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · Aug 11

A stormy day on the Suffolk coast.

horizontal bands of clouds, horizon, sea, beach, mostly in grey; very upbeat...

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · Aug 1

Non-fiction this time: my feature on the crime writers' collective, Dead East, is in this month's Red Herrings.

Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · Jul 30

I'm very pleased that the excellent Cold Caller magazine has interviewed me:
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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · Jul 24

2000 words into a new short story...

Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · Jul 14

Sunrise at Iken.
#AcrylicArt #acrylics #acrylic #art #painting #textures #LandscapePainting #LandscapeArt #sunrise #suffolk #iken #snape #artwork

Sunrise over the river, reflected in the water. Dark and smudgy.

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · Jul 11

New: the July issue of the Dead East newsletter, a free monthly email offering news and exclusive mystery and crime fiction content.

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · Jul 9

Delayed Sowing of the Seeds: the joy of fixing the things we've got wrong

Delayed Sowing of the Seeds

You know that feeling when you’ve watched what might have been a really good TV series or movie, but instead of thinking about all the good bits you end up dwelling on what they might have done differ...

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · Jun 25

Not a typical view of Orford Ness, but I love the details too. Sea-weathered wood and lichen by the jetty.

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · Jun 17

It's Independent Bookshops Week, and we're lucky to have some fantastic indies here in East Anglia. On the Links page of the Dead East Substack site we've done our best to compile a list of these: deadeast.substack.com/p/links

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · Jun 12

Published today: the first issue of the Dead East newsletter, a free monthly email offering news and exclusive content from crime authors based in East Anglia, in the UK.

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#mystery #CrimeFiction #crime #suspense #writing #publishing

Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · Jun 10

A quick watercolour sketch to capture the stormy skies at Orford Ness, Suffolk, on Saturday.
#watercolour #watercolor #WatercolourArt #art #skies #sky #weather #clouds #LandscapePainting #LandscapeArt #suffolk #orford #OrfordNess #NationalTrust #NT #NationalTrustEastOfEngland

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · Jun 9

Black Beacon, Orford Ness, Suffolk.
#AcrylicArt #acrylics #acrylic #art #painting #buildings #HistoricBuildings #LandscapePainting #LandscapeArt #orford #OrfordNess #NationalTrust #NationalTrustEastOfEngland

Somewhat fuzzy and scratchy image of an old military building on a beach.

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · Jun 4

Typed "the end" on my standalone psychological suspense novel yesterday. Then this morning in the shower I had ideas for a sequel and a third book that would make it a trilogy... Oops! #amwriting #mystery #crimefiction

Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · May 30

That moment when you go to Google Maps to check out a location in your novel, and then you have to remind yourself that the street isn't real: you Made It Up. #amwriting #writing

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Nick Guthrie @nickguthrie.co.uk · May 20

We’ve just sent out the first issue of the Dead East newsletter: news and exclusive content from crime authors based in East Anglia, in the UK. open.substack.com/pub/deadeast... #mystery #CrimeFiction #writing

Dead East: May 2025

News and features from the Anglian Crime Authors Collective.

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