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Arthur Mandal

@arthurmandal.bsky.social

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Brit/US writer of uncanny fiction. Best Small Fictions 2025. Over 30 stories in The Barcelona Review, LITRO, december, The Forge, The Los Angeles Review and others. @nightjarpress Based in Eugene, Oregon (but grew up in UK). www.arthurmandal.com

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Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 29d

A short fiction of mine, “On the Outside of Something”, came out in the Southeast Review this week. @southeastreview.bsky.social . www.southeastreview.org/single-post/...

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On the Outside of Something When the couple came to lease her studio, she could see they were rich. There was a…a…what was it? A languor…in the way they talked, the way they sat and stood and yawned, ...

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Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 2d

Had three short fictions accepted in @thebrusselsreview.bsky.social today. In other news: Karen Schauber from Vancouver Flash Fiction kindly asked me to provide a “writing tip” for their FB page, so here it is. It’s not Seneca or La Rochefoucauld, but you’re getting it for free so don’t complain.

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Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 2d

you can't argue with a wizard frog.

Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 5d

insurgency/counter insurgency? but only as a source of information.

Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 8d

I love Grosz. Heartfield too.

Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 8d

yikes! that sounds so absurd.

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Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 8d

congratulations Ian!

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Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 8d

Huge congratulations to Imogen Reid @imogenreid.bsky.social for getting her story “Fabrication” into Best British Short Stories 2025 alongside Ian Critchley, Alison Moore, Pippa Goldschmidt and others. Will definitely buy a copy when I’m back in the UK.

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Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 9d

i have a friend who was a Literaturedozent. It sounded like a very bleak existentialist novel, with no clear ending.

Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 11d

Sure sounds good

Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 11d

It’s not a difficult place to visit, people are very friendly as you move around.

Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 11d

They’re beautiful places

Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 12d

2/2.

Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 12d

More photos from Turkey - this time eastern Turkey. 1/2

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Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 16d

Just watched the indie horror Milk & Serial (2024). Started half-bored, ended impressed: yes, some formulaic turns, but the young director nails the atmosphere and gives us a genuinely disturbing protagonist. Strange age when a phone can outdo a $50m studio. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbzG...

MILK & SERIAL (FOUND FOOTAGE HORROR FILM)

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Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 17d

Hilarious. Maybe all graduates of Oklahoma institutions should also wear kkk gowns.

Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 21d

i can't see these images any more. As a father of a 4yo, they break me in two.

Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 23d

Beautiful piece by the California poet Natalie Marino this week. I loved how the closing lines of this text communicate through images the remembered bigness of everything in childhood without actually saying it.

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Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 27d

I mean, the guy was drinking buddies with Joe Orton. Any interview of Williams will show the first rate intellect he had and breadth of erudition he possessed.

Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 27d

i believe Kenneth Williams - one of Britain's greatest comic geniuses - did this , like he did many Carry On films, purely for the money - and felt ashamed about it too.

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Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 27d

Charlie Kirk wouldn’t have died if only people like Charlie Kirk hadn’t spent so much energy defending the right to weaponise the kind of feelings which ultimately killed Charlie Kirk.

Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 27d

couldn't die quick enough!

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Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks June!

Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 29d

You too!

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Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 29d

Thanks!

Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social · 29d

Not an option i really considered, tbh, David.

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