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David K Mitchell

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Average footballer, Mediocre author, Awful self-promoter In anthologies from Infested Publishing & Speculation Publications https://deathknellpress.com/2024/12/09/winter-2024-flash-on-the-fly-winning-story/ https://trashcatlit.com/mulch/ ⚽️ 🥊📚🍺🐩🎮

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David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · Nov 13

"Okay, just gotta hit that word count for the day...."

#DogsOfBluesky

A picture of a dog sat at a laptop.

Cockerpoo Poodle

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David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 13h

I AM A MANLY MAN. AN ALPHA. THE SORT OF MAN THAT STOLE FIRE FROM THE GODS.*

*I changed the headlight on my car instead of going to Halfords and getting a grown up to do it.

David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 18h

........ "Piskies did it..." is still a better explanation than paracetamol.

David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 18h

There's some thought that the Cornish Piskies (Piskys/Pixies/whatever) were an early explanation for autism.

They were said to sneak in and replace peoples' children with changelings, and it was easier for someone to blame the supernatural than to accept their child might be a little different.

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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 1d

Hire me to do grotty black and white drawings in your novel/book/ttrpg sometime maybe :-D i promise maximum GROT and DRAMA

carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · Jun 18

Me! I've been making art inspired by old bookplates and grotty art in adventure books and rpg mags.

spooky crow art by Carly A-F
grotty textured black and white art of a crow on a skull

lonely spire art by Carly A-F
grotty textured black and white art of mysterious mountain

spaceships art by Carly A-F
grotty textured black and white art of spaceships

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David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

So, despite my charming and loveable nature, I continue to exclusively sell horror stories.

I'll fire out more details as soon as I have a release date, but I've been told it'll be pre-halloween.

a superhero says maybe i am a monster

Alt: a superhero says maybe i am a monster

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David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

To continue the jukebox rebellions riff, during the last Euros, our local refused to put the comms on

In response, we put Three Lions on the jukebox. Of course, it prevents you from putting the same song on repeat - luckily, there are (at least) 4 versions of Three Lions. We put them all on a cycle

David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

Im mildly addicted to my iron supplement gummies.

As a veggie, there's very few sweets im allowed, and these daily two little bears have genuinely become a treat.

They taste like peaches and pennies - who knew that would be something I was in to?!

David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

Hmmmmm, yes. Like others, I, too, am working on my @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social schedule.

"Imma walk round, listen to yo talks, and buy yo shit"

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Laura ‘Infested’ Cathcart @cutfingers.bsky.social · 2d

Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 3d

Image by @cutfingers.bsky.social #writingcommunity

$Poster features a fractured skull and a chain link border. Micro publisher of weird fiction aiming to amplify working class voices in the face of corruption. www.infestedpublishing.com$

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David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

"Yer da' stole your bed sheets to call Gary Neville a traitor."

BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · 2d

I can taste the panic these two felt doing their little stencilling. So casual with ‘own goal’ thinking they had all the space in the world. Look at the chasm between own and goal! Then sudden panic about whether there’s enough room for ‘Neville’. Eventually settling for ‘Nev’ after a crisis meeting

David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 3d

The Invisible Management

tharook @tharook.bsky.social · 3d

28 business days later

ian.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 3d

the human resources centipede

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Stephen Cox But Spookier @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Proof whatever the author's intentions, a reader can miss them.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 4d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 4d

@aanpress.bsky.social

Well, isn't that a pretty bit of post? 📦

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Rodeo Punk Parade @rodeopunkparade.bsky.social · 4d

more silly and spooky vibes plz

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David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 4d

Okay, I've just had to message my mum about her sharing Tommy Robinson hate speech and other depressing shit.

Samwise "tales that really matter" speech isn't gonna do it.

Bust out the emergency Ke Huy Quan monologue from Everything, Everywhere, All At Once.

When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It's how I learned to survive through everything. I know you see yourself as a fighter. Well, I see myself as one too. This is how I fight

David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 4d

Potentially polarising opinion, but method actors are wanky and weird. It shouldn't be romanticised.

No one ever "goes method" to play a nice person.

"Oh, did you know, Jared Leto spent 3 years volunteering at the soup kitchen to get into the character of X?" It's not happening.

David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 4d

It's a "wouldn't mind a Samwise pep-talk" sort of morning.

a close up of a man 's face with the words that there 's some good in this world mr. frodo

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words that there 's some good in this world mr. frodo

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Max (VGCartography) @vgcartography.bsky.social · 6d

Manny Calavera approaches Cloud in the FF7 flower church, where he plummeted to his death.

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David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 6d

I've got other things to read first, but I can look at the pretty pictures on and in the book, right?

A map of the Witcher map from Beauclair to Kovir

The Crossroad of Ravens without its sleeve on

David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 6d

I can't wait to buy all your shit at World Fantasy Con.

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Adam Hulse @adamhulse.bsky.social · 6d

Wanna get this crazy about a sci-fi horror mash up?
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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#writing #Booksky

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David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 6d

Look forward to seeing this on one of the football "banter" pages next week!

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BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · 6d

Cole Palmer always looks like his mum is late picking him up from school

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David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 7d

It's also a bleak model - slowly make physical copies obsolete, make everything about subscriptions rather than physical ownership, and then hike up the price. 🤮

David K Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 7d

£30 quid a month for the Gamepass is pretty steep.

Im not crying poverty, I just feel bad for the parents struggling to keep their kids happy.

I was a carboot kid. Buying old Snes or PS1 games on the cheap. We couldn't have afforded an equivalent when I was little.

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