Malcolm Dixon
@malcolmdixon59.bsky.social
Writer of short stories in The London Magazine, Aesthetica & elsewhere, and (as F.M.A Dixon) the prizewinning Everywhere Street YA novels.
Chapbooks: 'Death in the Cathedral' and 'Testament' out now.
Triple Pushcart Prize nominee. Bootle boy. Evertonian.
Chapbooks: 'Death in the Cathedral' and 'Testament' out now.
Triple Pushcart Prize nominee. Bootle boy. Evertonian.
Pinned
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Time to treat yourself! Pre-order THE END OF GODS paperback from me and get the eBook version for FREE, today! witchesofwoodville.com/product/the-...
December 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Time to treat yourself! Pre-order THE END OF GODS paperback from me and get the eBook version for FREE, today! witchesofwoodville.com/product/the-...
Job done for another year. Heading home.
December 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Job done for another year. Heading home.
Sobering to realise that I am now older than Hemingway was in any photo taken of him.
December 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Sobering to realise that I am now older than Hemingway was in any photo taken of him.
I would prefer not to.
December 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I would prefer not to.
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Overheard train chat between two tough-looking youths:
Youth one: “I got déjà vu, man. I saw this dog and felt like I’d seen it before.”
Youth two: “That’s not déjà vu. You just saw a dog twice.”
Youth one: “I got déjà vu, man. I saw this dog and felt like I’d seen it before.”
Youth two: “That’s not déjà vu. You just saw a dog twice.”
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Overheard train chat between two tough-looking youths:
Youth one: “I got déjà vu, man. I saw this dog and felt like I’d seen it before.”
Youth two: “That’s not déjà vu. You just saw a dog twice.”
Youth one: “I got déjà vu, man. I saw this dog and felt like I’d seen it before.”
Youth two: “That’s not déjà vu. You just saw a dog twice.”
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
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I’m sharing what I’ve learned from doing 42 comic cons in 2025…
Today, it’s quick fire questions on books: what to stock and how to sell them, engaging with the punters, selling merch, promoting the event and more…
youtu.be/ItZthGfpxmI?...
Today, it’s quick fire questions on books: what to stock and how to sell them, engaging with the punters, selling merch, promoting the event and more…
youtu.be/ItZthGfpxmI?...
December 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I’m sharing what I’ve learned from doing 42 comic cons in 2025…
Today, it’s quick fire questions on books: what to stock and how to sell them, engaging with the punters, selling merch, promoting the event and more…
youtu.be/ItZthGfpxmI?...
Today, it’s quick fire questions on books: what to stock and how to sell them, engaging with the punters, selling merch, promoting the event and more…
youtu.be/ItZthGfpxmI?...
Portal, innit.
December 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Portal, innit.
Picasso’s Two Women Running on the Beach (The Race), 1922, as currently displayed in the V&A Warehouse.
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Picasso’s Two Women Running on the Beach (The Race), 1922, as currently displayed in the V&A Warehouse.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
I recently stayed for a week in Casa Guidi, the home of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning in Florence between 1847 and 1861. Such an inspirational setting (the apartment & the city). Casa Guidi is open to the public for a few hours a week and well worth a visit if you are in the vicinity.
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I recently stayed for a week in Casa Guidi, the home of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning in Florence between 1847 and 1861. Such an inspirational setting (the apartment & the city). Casa Guidi is open to the public for a few hours a week and well worth a visit if you are in the vicinity.
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If you see this please share (i.e. repost, not just like)! The Barbellion Prize is a unique award for writers with disabilities. We need to raise £20k to secure its future, so please make a donation, no matter how large, no matter how small, here: barbellionprize.org/donate/ Thank you!
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December 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If you see this please share (i.e. repost, not just like)! The Barbellion Prize is a unique award for writers with disabilities. We need to raise £20k to secure its future, so please make a donation, no matter how large, no matter how small, here: barbellionprize.org/donate/ Thank you!
Schindler’s lift.
December 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Schindler’s lift.
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DID YOU KNOW that if you bought The Crow Folk from me this year and want to read the rest of the Witches of Woodville series, I have a special bundle offer on my online store? witchesofwoodville.com/product/ive-...
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
DID YOU KNOW that if you bought The Crow Folk from me this year and want to read the rest of the Witches of Woodville series, I have a special bundle offer on my online store? witchesofwoodville.com/product/ive-...
My wife discovered today that her workplace is powered by a Flux Capacitor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
My wife discovered today that her workplace is powered by a Flux Capacitor.
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
Staying with the Brownings for a week at Casa Guidi, Florence. Robert & Elizabeth B. are currently out.
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Staying with the Brownings for a week at Casa Guidi, Florence. Robert & Elizabeth B. are currently out.
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Thanks to @awickenden.bsky.social's suggestion yesterday, I'm now going to be teaching The Waste Land all day while mentally rewriting it to the tune of Eleanor Rigby e.g.
Saint Mary Woolnoth
Keeping the hours with a thunk on the last stroke of nine
It's Stetson time
Saint Mary Woolnoth
Keeping the hours with a thunk on the last stroke of nine
It's Stetson time
Madame Sosostris / Had a bad cold and a Hanged Man that no-one could find
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Thanks to @awickenden.bsky.social's suggestion yesterday, I'm now going to be teaching The Waste Land all day while mentally rewriting it to the tune of Eleanor Rigby e.g.
Saint Mary Woolnoth
Keeping the hours with a thunk on the last stroke of nine
It's Stetson time
Saint Mary Woolnoth
Keeping the hours with a thunk on the last stroke of nine
It's Stetson time
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Somebody at Virgin Media google translated the rugby position 'hooker' into the Welsh for prostitute 😄
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Somebody at Virgin Media google translated the rugby position 'hooker' into the Welsh for prostitute 😄
Pic taken by a pal during the Bonfire night parade in Lewes yesterday evening.
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Pic taken by a pal during the Bonfire night parade in Lewes yesterday evening.
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This cartoon and others are now in the art-for-sale section of my website: www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale
October 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This cartoon and others are now in the art-for-sale section of my website: www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale
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Alexei Sayle's Stuff (20th October 1988). "Well, we apologise for the absence of Alexei Sayle in this week's edition of Alexei Sayle's Stuff. We're attempting to right the problem, but in the meantime the programme will continue in Leslie Crowther only".
October 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Alexei Sayle's Stuff (20th October 1988). "Well, we apologise for the absence of Alexei Sayle in this week's edition of Alexei Sayle's Stuff. We're attempting to right the problem, but in the meantime the programme will continue in Leslie Crowther only".
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"Parking is such sweet sorrow"
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
A 17th-century building that housed William Shakespeare's family has been left damaged after a driver reversed into it.
news.sky.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"Parking is such sweet sorrow"