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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 2h

On Lennon’s birthday, surely one of the best pop songs of all time. Certainly one of my favourites! The track transcends the man imo - by examining his own nostalgia, he touches something universal. youtu.be/HtUH9z_Oey8?...

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

YouTube video by TheBeatlesVEVO

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 23h

The chairs are plotting.

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 1d

It’s in the collection Dark Tales - there’s a big emphasis on a suitcase too, so Gustav would approve. Cool - The Hospice is in Cold Hand In Mine, which is actually the one I’ve picked up!

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 1d

Only a handful of stories left. I have this feeling that I’m in extremely competent hands. Certain stories - ‘Louisa, Please Come Home’, ‘Jack the Ripper’, ‘The Bus’ - are particularly memorable and deft. Quality

Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 1d

I was reading Shirley Jackson’s story ‘The Bus’ today and I thought it’d be up your alley, as it had a real Unconsoled vibe. I’ve been meaning to read some Aickman for a while!

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not a massive fan of all the episodes being on iPlayer at once. I watched three in one day and now feel a bit full.

Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 2d

Love that BBC Sounds advert for Wayne Rooney’s podcast which ends ‘it’s what everyone’s talking about’. You can’t move for people talking about the Wayne Rooney podcast.

Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 3d

A sky of two halves.

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 4d

Alan Partridge means time with my dad. Went over today and we put on the first episode of the new series. This was my favourite joke. Long live Pear Tree Productions. 🌳

Screenshot from How Are You? With Alan (Partridge).

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 5d

This for me is the one I could listen to all day (and do!). youtu.be/sd3CqVVWJws?...

The Beths - "Expert In A Dying Field" (Official Visualizer)

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 5d

Saturday morning reading. Loving this by @theprofrog.bsky.social. Onto the Greek Necropolis now. Such a beautifully written and presented book. ‘To be human… is to be defined by rituals in remembrance of the dead.’

Graveyards: A History of Living with the Dead by Roger Luckhurst.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 6d

Saw E.T. on Sunday.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 7d

FACT OF THE DAY. 2 October 1925. John Logie Baird, a Scottish engineer and inventor, performed the 1st test of a working TV system in his London lab where he successfully transmitted the 1st TV picture which was a greyscale image of the head of a ventriloquist’s dummy.

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 6d

I was listening to the Ratatouille soundtrack at my desk one afternoon and the same thing happened. Très embarrassing.

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 6d

Been on a real The Beths kick since the release of their latest album. I think for me Expert in a Dying Field is still their best overall, but the title track for Straight Line Was a Lie is also brilliant. Quality! youtu.be/vU0Q8DKWhQk?...

The Beths - "Straight Line Was A Lie"

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 6d

New blog post about the story published this week. Ta all x kieranstorieswriter.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/o...

On not being able to let it lie, and a new story

Short post about my new story ‘Why Do You Let Me Lie Here Wastefully’, published by Eunoia Review earlier this week.

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 7d

Finished. I mean, no one needs my review of The Exorcist. But! I found it a very powerful, albeit uneven, novel. Dropped a tear - not ashamed to say - and any book that gives you goosebumps is surely doing something well.

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 8d

Featuring the reanimated corpse of Martin Amis.

Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 8d

I have a new story out today, which is exciting! Thanks to Eunoia Review for publishing it. The title comes from the poem ‘Money’ by Larkin. If you have five minutes, I’ve popped a link below. Cheers all!

eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/w...

Why Do You Let Me Lie Here Wastefully

I saw myself queuing for coffee. I was in the kitchen of the shared house. There was a TikTok of someone stealing my bike. He went at the lock with a pair of pliers. His get-up was funny to me. The…

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 8d

Picked up the new McEwan at lunch. When I heard about it, I thought the world sounded close to Private Rites by Julia Armfield, but looks like it’s trying to do something different. But still - rising sea levels/lots of rain. Looking forward to starting.

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Robin Allender @robinallender.bsky.social · 8d

Sometimes I put an apostrophe in an Excel spreadsheet just to watch it disappear

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 8d

Still there but now obscured by an ornamental plant pot.

Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 8d

Indeed! Thanks for reading, Ray.

Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 8d

I have a new story out today, which is exciting! Thanks to Eunoia Review for publishing it. The title comes from the poem ‘Money’ by Larkin. If you have five minutes, I’ve popped a link below. Cheers all!

eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/w...

Why Do You Let Me Lie Here Wastefully

I saw myself queuing for coffee. I was in the kitchen of the shared house. There was a TikTok of someone stealing my bike. He went at the lock with a pair of pliers. His get-up was funny to me. The…

eunoiareview.wordpress.com

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Eunoia Review @eunoiareview.bsky.social · 8d

Why Do You Let Me Lie Here Wastefully

I saw myself queuing for coffee. I was in the kitchen of the shared house. There was a TikTok of someone stealing my bike. He went at the lock with a pair of pliers. His get-up was funny to me. The balaclava. It was too much of a cliché. The video was ten…

Why Do You Let Me Lie Here Wastefully

I saw myself queuing for coffee. I was in the kitchen of the shared house. There was a TikTok of someone stealing my bike. He went at the lock with a pair of pliers. His get-up was funny to me. The balaclava. It was too much of a cliché. The video was ten seconds long. If they'd kept recording, you would have seen me flapping about, holding my little cappuccino in one hand.

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