Rhys Timson
@rhystimson.bsky.social
Writer and editor. https://rhystimson.wordpress.com. Stories in 3:AM, Liars' League, Popshot, Litro, Structo, Lighthouse, To Hull & Back, Retreat West
Thanks to @liarsleague.bsky.social for my first-ever Pushcart nomination!
#LiarsLeague #PushcartPrize 2025
- GORGEOUS @alhalcrow.bsky.social
- WE HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE Jennifer Gaboury
- EVERYBODY WANTS LONDON Alix Owen
- SO I TAKE THE BUS UP TO DROGHEDA @davidmcgraz.bsky.social
- CHRISTMAS w/t IN-LAWS Quintin Forrest
- GHOST OF XMAS FUTURE PERFECT @rhystimson.bsky.social
- GORGEOUS @alhalcrow.bsky.social
- WE HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE Jennifer Gaboury
- EVERYBODY WANTS LONDON Alix Owen
- SO I TAKE THE BUS UP TO DROGHEDA @davidmcgraz.bsky.social
- CHRISTMAS w/t IN-LAWS Quintin Forrest
- GHOST OF XMAS FUTURE PERFECT @rhystimson.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Thanks to @liarsleague.bsky.social for my first-ever Pushcart nomination!
Come to the Phoenix near Cavendish Square this Tuesday evening for a night of five festive short stories read by a cast of fantastic professional actors, including my subeditorial take on the Dickens classic! Inc free mince pies!
🎄Meet the #BLESSEDandCURSED Talent 5: actor Clareine Cronin reads author @rhystimson.bsky.social's cautionary tale of a #Scrooge-like subeditor "The Ghost of Christmas Future Perfect" TOMORROW, Tue 9 Dec at The Phoenix W1 🎄
🎟️ Tickets £5! Email [email protected] 🎟️
🎄All info: www.liarsleague.com
🎟️ Tickets £5! Email [email protected] 🎟️
🎄All info: www.liarsleague.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Come to the Phoenix near Cavendish Square this Tuesday evening for a night of five festive short stories read by a cast of fantastic professional actors, including my subeditorial take on the Dickens classic! Inc free mince pies!
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🔔CAST ANNOUNCED for #BlessedAndCursed Tue 9 Dec!
• David Mildon: Victorian opium-fiend
• Aisha Kent: @hannahdownes.bsky.social's Precious Cargo
• Clareine Cronin: @rhystimson.bsky.social's subeditor
• Silas Hawkins: @amy-c-author.bsky.social's sorcerer
& @alexcuddles.bsky.social: Prince Harry! 🎄
• David Mildon: Victorian opium-fiend
• Aisha Kent: @hannahdownes.bsky.social's Precious Cargo
• Clareine Cronin: @rhystimson.bsky.social's subeditor
• Silas Hawkins: @amy-c-author.bsky.social's sorcerer
& @alexcuddles.bsky.social: Prince Harry! 🎄
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🔔CAST ANNOUNCED for #BlessedAndCursed Tue 9 Dec!
• David Mildon: Victorian opium-fiend
• Aisha Kent: @hannahdownes.bsky.social's Precious Cargo
• Clareine Cronin: @rhystimson.bsky.social's subeditor
• Silas Hawkins: @amy-c-author.bsky.social's sorcerer
& @alexcuddles.bsky.social: Prince Harry! 🎄
• David Mildon: Victorian opium-fiend
• Aisha Kent: @hannahdownes.bsky.social's Precious Cargo
• Clareine Cronin: @rhystimson.bsky.social's subeditor
• Silas Hawkins: @amy-c-author.bsky.social's sorcerer
& @alexcuddles.bsky.social: Prince Harry! 🎄
Excited to have a story being read at this year's festive Liars League! Come along if you're in London. Travel here if not!
WINNING STORIES ANNOUNCED! Check out our next event, the festively #BlessedAndCursed #ChristmasStory special on Tuesday 9th December at our usual venue of The Phoenix, W1
🎟️TICKETS £5
🥟FREE MINCE PIES
Congrats @hannahdownes.bsky.social @rhystimson.bsky.social & more!
liarsleague.com/2025/10/29/n...
🎟️TICKETS £5
🥟FREE MINCE PIES
Congrats @hannahdownes.bsky.social @rhystimson.bsky.social & more!
liarsleague.com/2025/10/29/n...
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Excited to have a story being read at this year's festive Liars League! Come along if you're in London. Travel here if not!
Thanks to the brilliant Heroic Fantasy Quarterly for publishing my story 'Great Fire' in issue 66 of the journal, and to Miguel Santos for the superb artwork accompanying it. Looking forward to reading the other stories and poems in the issue!
www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com?p=4554
www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com?p=4554
Heroic Fantasy Quarterly–Q66 | Heroic Fantasy Quarterly
www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Thanks to the brilliant Heroic Fantasy Quarterly for publishing my story 'Great Fire' in issue 66 of the journal, and to Miguel Santos for the superb artwork accompanying it. Looking forward to reading the other stories and poems in the issue!
www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com?p=4554
www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com?p=4554
Thanks to @northodoxpress.bsky.social for some amazing book post. Looking forward to reading both of these
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thanks to @northodoxpress.bsky.social for some amazing book post. Looking forward to reading both of these
Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb?utm_cam...
Sign the petition: Stop all UK support for the Israeli military in Gaza
I've signed a petition calling for Keir Starmer to end all UK military support in Israel.
38d.gs
August 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb?utm_cam...
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HELP PLEASE! 🥰💥 We want to build a movement to save the NHS, because things are terrible for patients and staff, and the media doesn’t explain to people what’s going on 🚨.
Please help us to do this- we’re crowdfunding and we want to get started asap! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-our-n...
Please help us to do this- we’re crowdfunding and we want to get started asap! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-our-n...
April 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
HELP PLEASE! 🥰💥 We want to build a movement to save the NHS, because things are terrible for patients and staff, and the media doesn’t explain to people what’s going on 🚨.
Please help us to do this- we’re crowdfunding and we want to get started asap! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-our-n...
Please help us to do this- we’re crowdfunding and we want to get started asap! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-our-n...
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BREAKING🚨 -We've investigated the financial links between MPs and the private health sector, and can now announce which MP received the highest donation amount from individuals+companies with links to the private health sector between 2023-2025.
It's Wes Streeting. Our Health Secretary. £179,575🚨
It's Wes Streeting. Our Health Secretary. £179,575🚨
March 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
BREAKING🚨 -We've investigated the financial links between MPs and the private health sector, and can now announce which MP received the highest donation amount from individuals+companies with links to the private health sector between 2023-2025.
It's Wes Streeting. Our Health Secretary. £179,575🚨
It's Wes Streeting. Our Health Secretary. £179,575🚨
My god, it's been 10 years and I still don't have an ending for this fucking short story.
March 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
My god, it's been 10 years and I still don't have an ending for this fucking short story.
I am calling for a ban on the word 'vibes' by basically everybody until we have had a chance to properly study its effects
March 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I am calling for a ban on the word 'vibes' by basically everybody until we have had a chance to properly study its effects
I have been a fan of @liamjhogan.bsky.social's stories for a while now so really excited to start reading his new collection from @northodoxpress.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I have been a fan of @liamjhogan.bsky.social's stories for a while now so really excited to start reading his new collection from @northodoxpress.bsky.social
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A tenth of the donation (£312,204) came from companies that already provide services to the NHS🚨
Lobbyists with private healthcare clients donated more than £110,000 to MPs🚨
We will be releasing all info, including our report+ details about which MPs are involved, v soon. Please FOLLOW+SHARE THIS
Lobbyists with private healthcare clients donated more than £110,000 to MPs🚨
We will be releasing all info, including our report+ details about which MPs are involved, v soon. Please FOLLOW+SHARE THIS
March 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A tenth of the donation (£312,204) came from companies that already provide services to the NHS🚨
Lobbyists with private healthcare clients donated more than £110,000 to MPs🚨
We will be releasing all info, including our report+ details about which MPs are involved, v soon. Please FOLLOW+SHARE THIS
Lobbyists with private healthcare clients donated more than £110,000 to MPs🚨
We will be releasing all info, including our report+ details about which MPs are involved, v soon. Please FOLLOW+SHARE THIS
Reposted by Rhys Timson
THIS IS SHOCKING - the financial links between MPs and the private healthcare sector. We have just completed research showing that...
MPs received more than £2.7m in donations from individuals and companies directly or indirectly connected to the private healthcare sector between 2023 and 2025 🚨
MPs received more than £2.7m in donations from individuals and companies directly or indirectly connected to the private healthcare sector between 2023 and 2025 🚨
March 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
THIS IS SHOCKING - the financial links between MPs and the private healthcare sector. We have just completed research showing that...
MPs received more than £2.7m in donations from individuals and companies directly or indirectly connected to the private healthcare sector between 2023 and 2025 🚨
MPs received more than £2.7m in donations from individuals and companies directly or indirectly connected to the private healthcare sector between 2023 and 2025 🚨
I have just pre-ordered my copy of this! Looking forward to it immensely
DID YOU KNOW..?
- that I've got a collection of 42 #sciencefiction #shortstories coming out in March, from @northodoxpress.bsky.social ?
Stand by and buckle up for the #ShamelessSelfPromotion social media countdown tour, beginning - TOMORROW!
- that I've got a collection of 42 #sciencefiction #shortstories coming out in March, from @northodoxpress.bsky.social ?
Stand by and buckle up for the #ShamelessSelfPromotion social media countdown tour, beginning - TOMORROW!
January 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I have just pre-ordered my copy of this! Looking forward to it immensely
2025 is the year I start giving up on books that aren't worth my time rather than sticking it out, starting with this inexplicably popular urban fantasy novel. Begone!
January 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
2025 is the year I start giving up on books that aren't worth my time rather than sticking it out, starting with this inexplicably popular urban fantasy novel. Begone!
Anyone know of a good Acorn Electron or BBC emulator? #retrogaming
December 8, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Anyone know of a good Acorn Electron or BBC emulator? #retrogaming
Was told by a colleague I look like Elon Musk, so that's my day/week/month ruined
December 4, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Was told by a colleague I look like Elon Musk, so that's my day/week/month ruined
Dreamt I was playing old Atari ST games on my toaster last night. Surprisingly good sound quality tbh
December 2, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Dreamt I was playing old Atari ST games on my toaster last night. Surprisingly good sound quality tbh
Still getting used to posting on BlueSky with any degree of regularity but here is Tony Bell's brilliant performance of my @liarsleague.bsky.social story about alchemy and some slightly more 'base' things. I am really proud of how this one turned out!
youtu.be/dWbMYNL8TVg?...
youtu.be/dWbMYNL8TVg?...
Little Man by Rhys Timson, read by Tony Bell
YouTube video by Liars' League
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November 20, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Still getting used to posting on BlueSky with any degree of regularity but here is Tony Bell's brilliant performance of my @liarsleague.bsky.social story about alchemy and some slightly more 'base' things. I am really proud of how this one turned out!
youtu.be/dWbMYNL8TVg?...
youtu.be/dWbMYNL8TVg?...
I still have to go on Twitter/X for work and I absolutely despise it. Just immediately get hit with a load of far-right crap every time.
October 9, 2024 at 8:18 AM
I still have to go on Twitter/X for work and I absolutely despise it. Just immediately get hit with a load of far-right crap every time.
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Great fun rehearsing LITTLE MAN with author @rhystimson.bsky.social & actor Tony Bell. If you like creepy, funny, oddly poignant stories involving frogs, alchemists & knob gags this is your niche choice.
See it live THIS TUE 8 Oct at The Phoenix W1. £5 tix here:
www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...
See it live THIS TUE 8 Oct at The Phoenix W1. £5 tix here:
www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...
October 5, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Great fun rehearsing LITTLE MAN with author @rhystimson.bsky.social & actor Tony Bell. If you like creepy, funny, oddly poignant stories involving frogs, alchemists & knob gags this is your niche choice.
See it live THIS TUE 8 Oct at The Phoenix W1. £5 tix here:
www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...
See it live THIS TUE 8 Oct at The Phoenix W1. £5 tix here:
www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...
Come along to Liars League on 8 Oct for some spooky stories, including my tale of alchemy and artificial life! It may or may not be a bit gross.
🎃 BOO! 🎃 #BellBookAndCandle, our #HalloweenStory special is GO next Tue 8 Oct at The Phoenix, W1.
Listen to six spooky actor-read stories of poison-books & creepy crosswords, body-bags, alchemy, ghost cats & wives who won't stay dead, for just £5!
Tickets here: www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...
Listen to six spooky actor-read stories of poison-books & creepy crosswords, body-bags, alchemy, ghost cats & wives who won't stay dead, for just £5!
Tickets here: www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...
October 1, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Come along to Liars League on 8 Oct for some spooky stories, including my tale of alchemy and artificial life! It may or may not be a bit gross.
Used ChatGPT today to transcribe text from an image of an archive article. Although superficially great, it has just randomly changed wording or rewritten sentences entirely in places, in two instances totally inverting the meaning. Do people understand how fallible this software is?
September 6, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Used ChatGPT today to transcribe text from an image of an archive article. Although superficially great, it has just randomly changed wording or rewritten sentences entirely in places, in two instances totally inverting the meaning. Do people understand how fallible this software is?
I know I can just ignore it, but I find Kindle's 'achievements' system to be really annoying. We don't need to gamify everything. I can just enjoy reading for reading's sake
August 29, 2024 at 10:01 AM
I know I can just ignore it, but I find Kindle's 'achievements' system to be really annoying. We don't need to gamify everything. I can just enjoy reading for reading's sake