Will
@willcouper.bsky.social
Scottish. Writer of unwanted stories. Angry. Frustrated. Watches some films. Plays some games. Sometimes writes about both. Neither award-nominated nor award-winning. Writing enquiries: [email protected]
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Will
@willcouper.bsky.social
· Nov 18
I'm Will Couper, that writer you've never heard of. I toil away, sending out horror, fantasy, and (rare) sci-fi. Mostly responsive to stimuli. I'll block bigots on sight.
I know it's market forces and shit, but the times I've seen a writer list the tropes of their work it makes my skin crawl.
November 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I know it's market forces and shit, but the times I've seen a writer list the tropes of their work it makes my skin crawl.
"The constant upending of the two pillars was wearing on everyone involved. Melvin in particular was struggling. Two pinkies was all he could spare." Nuptials On Bergen (1992).
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
"The constant upending of the two pillars was wearing on everyone involved. Melvin in particular was struggling. Two pinkies was all he could spare." Nuptials On Bergen (1992).
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The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
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tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
"There were worse ways of making the great blocks and Kitten was trying to find it. He would find obscure tools and techniques. It was a vocation." Shaving Cracked Stones (1903).
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"There were worse ways of making the great blocks and Kitten was trying to find it. He would find obscure tools and techniques. It was a vocation." Shaving Cracked Stones (1903).
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The post I keep seeing popping up about how each PM being more hated than the last shows the electorate is impossible to please and we’re inclined to hate governments no matter what feels a bit disingenuous. Maybe we just hate the specific type of craven, bigot-courting government we keep getting.
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The post I keep seeing popping up about how each PM being more hated than the last shows the electorate is impossible to please and we’re inclined to hate governments no matter what feels a bit disingenuous. Maybe we just hate the specific type of craven, bigot-courting government we keep getting.
"Barton lacked the language to describe what he was looking at. Barton had lacked the language to describe what he'd eaten that morning. He lacked a lot or language." Far Off Jingles (1964).
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"Barton lacked the language to describe what he was looking at. Barton had lacked the language to describe what he'd eaten that morning. He lacked a lot or language." Far Off Jingles (1964).
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My review of Bill Wood's brilliant horror sequel 'Be Right Back' is live! A bloody, character-driven triumph that outshines the original. Essential reading for slasher fans.
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Be Right Back By Bill Wood, Review: A Bloody Brilliant Horror Sequel That Gets It Right - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
Is Bill Wood's 'Be Right Back' better than the first? Our review delves into the character-driven horror, meta-commentary,in this unmissable sequel.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
My review of Bill Wood's brilliant horror sequel 'Be Right Back' is live! A bloody, character-driven triumph that outshines the original. Essential reading for slasher fans.
gnofhorror.com/be-right-bac...
@billwood.bsky.social
@scholasticuk.bsky.social
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@billwood.bsky.social
@scholasticuk.bsky.social
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Get inside the mind of David-Jack Fletcher! We discuss his "too queer" rejected novel, writing as mental health catharsis, & the spider god in his attic. A raw look at authentic queer horror.
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He Will Have The World, David-Jack Fletcher On Queer Horror, Mental Health & Writing - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
David-Jack Fletcher on Queer Horror, Mental Health & Writing check out our fascinating interview with the author of He Will Have the World
gnofhorror.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Get inside the mind of David-Jack Fletcher! We discuss his "too queer" rejected novel, writing as mental health catharsis, & the spider god in his attic. A raw look at authentic queer horror.
gnofhorror.com/david-jack-f...
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It’s unbelievable that Starmer, Reeves and Streeting are doing this…🚨
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It’s unbelievable that Starmer, Reeves and Streeting are doing this…🚨
"Summoning a new reserve, Emelia unwound more twine to start tying. No one would expect this." Cobbleham (1958).
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"Summoning a new reserve, Emelia unwound more twine to start tying. No one would expect this." Cobbleham (1958).
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"Has AI achieved true sentience?"
No. You're just really stupid.
No. You're just really stupid.
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"Has AI achieved true sentience?"
No. You're just really stupid.
No. You're just really stupid.
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I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
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As a scholar of colonial law, British history SHOULD be attacked. Frequently and from all sides.
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
As a scholar of colonial law, British history SHOULD be attacked. Frequently and from all sides.
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How badly do you want to change? This review of "I'll Quit When I'm Dead" explores a terrifying way out. A brutal psych-horror that asks what you'd really do for a solution. #HorrorBookReview #LukeSmitherd
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I'll Quit When I'm Dead Review: A Brutal Look At How Badly You Want It - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
Luke Smitherd's I'll Quit When I'm Dead novel isn't just a scary story. It's a brutal, unsettling challenge that asks what you'd sacrifice for a second chance.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
How badly do you want to change? This review of "I'll Quit When I'm Dead" explores a terrifying way out. A brutal psych-horror that asks what you'd really do for a solution. #HorrorBookReview #LukeSmitherd
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I wrote a story for my chronic pain and disability pals.
It would be cool if you gave it a listen.
podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...
It would be cool if you gave it a listen.
podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...
PodCastle 902: Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike - PodCastle
Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike E.M. Faulds I remember your mum telling me, after it all went down, that during the lockdowns you washed your hands so often your skin cracked and turned scaly and...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I wrote a story for my chronic pain and disability pals.
It would be cool if you gave it a listen.
podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...
It would be cool if you gave it a listen.
podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...
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I wrote about this in longer form nearly exactly two years ago but honestly it could have been written anytime in the last two decades.
The only thing that's changed is how terminally online powerful people got instead of just teenage loners
ko-fi.com/post/How-Onl...
The only thing that's changed is how terminally online powerful people got instead of just teenage loners
ko-fi.com/post/How-Onl...
How Online Radicalisation Works
Tristan Gray published a post on Ko-fi
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November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I wrote about this in longer form nearly exactly two years ago but honestly it could have been written anytime in the last two decades.
The only thing that's changed is how terminally online powerful people got instead of just teenage loners
ko-fi.com/post/How-Onl...
The only thing that's changed is how terminally online powerful people got instead of just teenage loners
ko-fi.com/post/How-Onl...
"More mustard that was the ticket. More on the walls. More on the streets. More on the carriages go past." The Mustard Hierarchy (1865).
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
"More mustard that was the ticket. More on the walls. More on the streets. More on the carriages go past." The Mustard Hierarchy (1865).
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I now think the real question is whether journo hacks writing shite like this maybe actually operate as meatsuited LLMs themselves with zero sentience and that's why they just spew out this slop to prompt, I want them prove *they're* capable of thought now
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I now think the real question is whether journo hacks writing shite like this maybe actually operate as meatsuited LLMs themselves with zero sentience and that's why they just spew out this slop to prompt, I want them prove *they're* capable of thought now
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The monsters aren't in the shadows. They're behind desks & on screens. Read a rare essay from unseen author Dario Fero, diagnosing our age of "delayed death" & his new vampire novel.
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Dario Fero: The Unseen Author: When Monsters Hide In Daylight - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
who chooses to disappear? We present a rare glimpse into the world of Dario Fero, an author so elusive he questions the very need for a name.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The monsters aren't in the shadows. They're behind desks & on screens. Read a rare essay from unseen author Dario Fero, diagnosing our age of "delayed death" & his new vampire novel.
gnofhorror.com/dario-fero-t...
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Books aren't expensive.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Books aren't expensive.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social : ""We have a housing crisis, a climate crisis and an inequality crisis, and what we all want to see from this budget is not tough choices for working class communities, for migrants, for disabled people, but tough choices for multi millionaires & billionaires"
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : ""We have a housing crisis, a climate crisis and an inequality crisis, and what we all want to see from this budget is not tough choices for working class communities, for migrants, for disabled people, but tough choices for multi millionaires & billionaires"
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The replacement of forums and things like Gamefaqs (or similar sites with hyper specific static content) by Discord with forever be the point that the internet truly began dying for me.
"Just join the Discord" is the easiest way for me to just stop caring and pick up something else.
"Just join the Discord" is the easiest way for me to just stop caring and pick up something else.
Look at any twitch streamer, responding to the same 3 questions every 30 seconds throughout their whole stream.
Or any discord, where the same 3 questions are endlessly asked over and over.
Or any social media reply thread, where the same 3 replies are made over and over.
Or any discord, where the same 3 questions are endlessly asked over and over.
Or any social media reply thread, where the same 3 replies are made over and over.
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The replacement of forums and things like Gamefaqs (or similar sites with hyper specific static content) by Discord with forever be the point that the internet truly began dying for me.
"Just join the Discord" is the easiest way for me to just stop caring and pick up something else.
"Just join the Discord" is the easiest way for me to just stop caring and pick up something else.
"Frankly it was an affront that Bendal didn't make it to the final show. More than anyone he embodied the role." Crashing Through the Boards (1974).
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
"Frankly it was an affront that Bendal didn't make it to the final show. More than anyone he embodied the role." Crashing Through the Boards (1974).
No one needs to know this, but I'm going to say it anyway: I'd rather have broken glass rubbed in my eyes rather than watch Stranger Things.
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
No one needs to know this, but I'm going to say it anyway: I'd rather have broken glass rubbed in my eyes rather than watch Stranger Things.