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Andrew Hook
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Short story writer, punk, surrealist, sometime novelist www.andrew-hook.com
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · Jan 1
An ongoing thread of 2025 reading:

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"A hundred times, in the middle of an investigation, he'd had the same feeling of helplessness or, rather, futility."
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · 4d
New blog post on the writing of "Mont Blanc", my short story recently published online at House Magazine @saltpublishing.com
andrew-hook.blogspot.com/2025/10/mont...

#shortstories #shortfiction #jeannemoreau #julesetjim #truffaut
Mont Blanc
My short story titled "Mont Blanc" was recently published online at House Magazine  (Salt Publishing) and as usual I'm blogging a few words ...
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · 8d
September reading. What did you read?
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · 8d
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"When I'm less tired I'll try to be more coherent "
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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 8d
Whoa! Hey folks, our new October sale has started.
A massive 25% off selected items – discount applied automatically in our checkout. Don't miss out!

#BookSky
#WritingCommunity
#bookish
#bibliophile
Salt Monthly Sale
Don’t miss out! Each month we spotlight a fresh selection of Salt titles at special prices – but only for a limited time. This month there is 25% off sale items! Happy shopping.
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · 8d
Unboxing video!
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · 8d
Very excited to share this news!
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Eugen Bacon @genni.bsky.social · 9d
Honoured to be chairing the @otherwiseaward.org jury 2025, with fellow jurors Cheryl Ntumy, @andrewhook.bsky.social, Kiini Salaam and Rebecca Fraimow. Recognising #speculativefiction that explores and expands gender, #diversity. Online recommendations close in November. otherwiseaward.org/news
News « Otherwise Award
All the latest news from the Otherwise Award, given to a work of science fiction or fantasy in one year which best explores & expands gender roles.
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · 11d
Thanks!
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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 12d
A new short story from David Rose in House Magazine.
Wormsong and Descant
by David Rose I awoke late and moved through the morning tainted with sleep. I prepared a light breakfast then prepared for the day: dressed carefully, a little something for everyone – light worsted ...
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · 12d
Delighted to advise that my SF novel, "Body and Soul", is now available for pre-order ahead of publication on the 10th October. I hope you'll consider picking up a copy. All possible purchase links (print and e-book) are here: books2read.com/Body-and-Soul
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · 13d
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"She had the kind of imagination that inclined her to believe."
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · 26d
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"I saw language as play within the dirge of a broken world."
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · Sep 7
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"The less these people knew about him the better."
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · Sep 4
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"Saltwater rich in iodine calls to us."
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · Sep 4
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"Saltwater rich in iodine calls to us."
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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · Aug 31
It's a terrific story, well worth reading and re-reading.
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · Aug 30
Very pleased that my short story, "Mont Blanc" (riffing off the 1962 Truffaut film, 'Jules et Jim') has been published by @saltpublishing.com today as part of their online House Magazine. This is one for those who enjoyed my "Candescent Blooms" collection, as it plays with similar themes.
Mont Blanc
by Andrew Hook ‘Bicyclists understand: the beauty, the simplicity, the feeling of almost flying. Surely, few of man’s inventions have been responsible for as much human happiness as the bicycle.’ from...
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · Sep 1
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"I'm not really crying, just thinking of the past."
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · Aug 31
Cover reveal! My SF novel, "Body and Soul", will be published by @elsewhen.press on the 10th October!
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · Aug 31
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"The atmosphere of the house was missing, its contents, its past and present, everything visible and invisible there."
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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · Aug 30
A new short story by Andrew Hook – Mont Blanc. Read now in House Magazine.
Mont Blanc
by Andrew Hook ‘Bicyclists understand: the beauty, the simplicity, the feeling of almost flying. Surely, few of man’s inventions have been responsible for as much human happiness as the bicycle.’ from...
www.saltpublishing.com
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · Aug 30
Very pleased that my short story, "Mont Blanc" (riffing off the 1962 Truffaut film, 'Jules et Jim') has been published by @saltpublishing.com today as part of their online House Magazine. This is one for those who enjoyed my "Candescent Blooms" collection, as it plays with similar themes.
Mont Blanc
by Andrew Hook ‘Bicyclists understand: the beauty, the simplicity, the feeling of almost flying. Surely, few of man’s inventions have been responsible for as much human happiness as the bicycle.’ from...
www.saltpublishing.com
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · Aug 27
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"But what worse fate could there be? To remember love and know it is unattainable?"
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · Aug 23
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"I am a person who cannot remove themselves from the art they create and consume."
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · Aug 20
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"If you looked at it closely, it hadn't been very long, our life."
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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · Aug 9
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"I began at last to understand much that until then I had not."
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