Andrew Hook
@andrewhook.bsky.social
Short story writer, punk, surrealist, sometime novelist
www.andrew-hook.com
www.andrew-hook.com
5:
"You're out of your depth already and this is just the paddling pool."
"You're out of your depth already and this is just the paddling pool."
February 5, 2026 at 8:32 AM
5:
"You're out of your depth already and this is just the paddling pool."
"You're out of your depth already and this is just the paddling pool."
4:
"That's one reason you need other people to stay alive for you. They give you back parts of their life."
"That's one reason you need other people to stay alive for you. They give you back parts of their life."
January 27, 2026 at 7:00 AM
4:
"That's one reason you need other people to stay alive for you. They give you back parts of their life."
"That's one reason you need other people to stay alive for you. They give you back parts of their life."
3:
"I am not exactly in love with her but she is entirely in love with me."
"I am not exactly in love with her but she is entirely in love with me."
January 18, 2026 at 11:02 AM
3:
"I am not exactly in love with her but she is entirely in love with me."
"I am not exactly in love with her but she is entirely in love with me."
For those who've read (and hopefully enjoyed) "Body and Soul" can I ask if you have a moment to pop a review wherever it might matter. Published by @elsewhen.press
In other news: pre-orders for another book I've had in the pipeline for a while will be available from next Friday, so I've been told.
In other news: pre-orders for another book I've had in the pipeline for a while will be available from next Friday, so I've been told.
January 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM
For those who've read (and hopefully enjoyed) "Body and Soul" can I ask if you have a moment to pop a review wherever it might matter. Published by @elsewhen.press
In other news: pre-orders for another book I've had in the pipeline for a while will be available from next Friday, so I've been told.
In other news: pre-orders for another book I've had in the pipeline for a while will be available from next Friday, so I've been told.
2:
"As some writers of the movement observed, punk was not so much a primitive music, it was a primal music."
"As some writers of the movement observed, punk was not so much a primitive music, it was a primal music."
January 5, 2026 at 7:23 AM
2:
"As some writers of the movement observed, punk was not so much a primitive music, it was a primal music."
"As some writers of the movement observed, punk was not so much a primitive music, it was a primal music."
1:
"The grassland is a vast, flat expanse, like the sea."
"The grassland is a vast, flat expanse, like the sea."
January 1, 2026 at 10:33 AM
1:
"The grassland is a vast, flat expanse, like the sea."
"The grassland is a vast, flat expanse, like the sea."
69:
"He hated being asked these questions when they had all just intruded on a family's privacy."
"He hated being asked these questions when they had all just intruded on a family's privacy."
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
69:
"He hated being asked these questions when they had all just intruded on a family's privacy."
"He hated being asked these questions when they had all just intruded on a family's privacy."
68:
"Nobody in Lapvona had gone mad in a century, but the room still held the charge of dread and insanity."
"Nobody in Lapvona had gone mad in a century, but the room still held the charge of dread and insanity."
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
68:
"Nobody in Lapvona had gone mad in a century, but the room still held the charge of dread and insanity."
"Nobody in Lapvona had gone mad in a century, but the room still held the charge of dread and insanity."
67:
"Baum's sleep that night was deep and peaceful and full of delightful dreams except for one where he was crucified upside down in a stalled elevator."
"Baum's sleep that night was deep and peaceful and full of delightful dreams except for one where he was crucified upside down in a stalled elevator."
December 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
67:
"Baum's sleep that night was deep and peaceful and full of delightful dreams except for one where he was crucified upside down in a stalled elevator."
"Baum's sleep that night was deep and peaceful and full of delightful dreams except for one where he was crucified upside down in a stalled elevator."
66:
"It was a passing fit of depression. Or more precisely, of nostalgia."
"It was a passing fit of depression. Or more precisely, of nostalgia."
December 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
66:
"It was a passing fit of depression. Or more precisely, of nostalgia."
"It was a passing fit of depression. Or more precisely, of nostalgia."
65:
"The enigma of life and death goes on."
"The enigma of life and death goes on."
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
65:
"The enigma of life and death goes on."
"The enigma of life and death goes on."
64:
"Whether it came to save or destroy them, he could not say."
"Whether it came to save or destroy them, he could not say."
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
64:
"Whether it came to save or destroy them, he could not say."
"Whether it came to save or destroy them, he could not say."
63:
"This affair only involved old people, who had relationships that did not seem human."
"This affair only involved old people, who had relationships that did not seem human."
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
63:
"This affair only involved old people, who had relationships that did not seem human."
"This affair only involved old people, who had relationships that did not seem human."
Absolutely delighted to receive my contributor copies of Remains #3, edited by Andy Cox, containing my short story, "Hiroshima Was Another Word For Love Then". The whole issue, including the wonderful illustration for my piece by Richard Wagner, is an absolute work of art.
#shortstories remains.uk
#shortstories remains.uk
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Absolutely delighted to receive my contributor copies of Remains #3, edited by Andy Cox, containing my short story, "Hiroshima Was Another Word For Love Then". The whole issue, including the wonderful illustration for my piece by Richard Wagner, is an absolute work of art.
#shortstories remains.uk
#shortstories remains.uk
62:
"I remembered the soft texture of Domino's tongue in my mouth. Wondered if it were still in hers."
"I remembered the soft texture of Domino's tongue in my mouth. Wondered if it were still in hers."
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
62:
"I remembered the soft texture of Domino's tongue in my mouth. Wondered if it were still in hers."
"I remembered the soft texture of Domino's tongue in my mouth. Wondered if it were still in hers."
61:
"The lovely dale were my joy as a lad, but under the moon I creeped in fear of men, or what else might come."
"The lovely dale were my joy as a lad, but under the moon I creeped in fear of men, or what else might come."
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
61:
"The lovely dale were my joy as a lad, but under the moon I creeped in fear of men, or what else might come."
"The lovely dale were my joy as a lad, but under the moon I creeped in fear of men, or what else might come."
60:
"If you need a woman, there's always my little sister-in-law, who's married a fool and is bored."
"If you need a woman, there's always my little sister-in-law, who's married a fool and is bored."
October 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
60:
"If you need a woman, there's always my little sister-in-law, who's married a fool and is bored."
"If you need a woman, there's always my little sister-in-law, who's married a fool and is bored."
59:
"So this is a love story then, and not just for people, but for ideas, and genres, and words, and writing, and learning, and most of all for science fiction, the endless possibilities of the impossible."
"So this is a love story then, and not just for people, but for ideas, and genres, and words, and writing, and learning, and most of all for science fiction, the endless possibilities of the impossible."
October 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
59:
"So this is a love story then, and not just for people, but for ideas, and genres, and words, and writing, and learning, and most of all for science fiction, the endless possibilities of the impossible."
"So this is a love story then, and not just for people, but for ideas, and genres, and words, and writing, and learning, and most of all for science fiction, the endless possibilities of the impossible."
September reading. What did you read?
October 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
September reading. What did you read?
58:
"When I'm less tired I'll try to be more coherent "
"When I'm less tired I'll try to be more coherent "
October 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
58:
"When I'm less tired I'll try to be more coherent "
"When I'm less tired I'll try to be more coherent "
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
September 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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
57:
"She had the kind of imagination that inclined her to believe."
"She had the kind of imagination that inclined her to believe."
September 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
57:
"She had the kind of imagination that inclined her to believe."
"She had the kind of imagination that inclined her to believe."
56:
"I saw language as play within the dirge of a broken world."
"I saw language as play within the dirge of a broken world."
September 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
56:
"I saw language as play within the dirge of a broken world."
"I saw language as play within the dirge of a broken world."
55:
"The less these people knew about him the better."
"The less these people knew about him the better."
September 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
55:
"The less these people knew about him the better."
"The less these people knew about him the better."