I feel seen

I imagine the sock as a passenger on a rush hour tube. Pressed against your calf. Sighing. Tutting. Jiggling uncomfortably with the motion.

Full Gummerson achieved. Fantastic offer, too good to turn down.

Loving Cold Light so far. Back to it tonight when the chores are done and the kids in bed. Will definitely check out Notes Made While Falling.
Good luck with Keshed. Can’t wait to read it

This will forever have a special place in my heart for combining as part of my all-time favourite ‘random play all’ sequence.

It followed Victoria Wood’s The Ballad of Barry and Freda.

Perfect

My dad, a town planner, worked on the 2nd floor of the town hall. Christmas meant the ritual dropping of the tea mugs into the bushes below the old sash window. The winner, the owner of the unbroken mug. I loved that day

Jesus Christ Kinski, by @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social and from earlier this year, Base Notes, by @adellestripe.bsky.social are all as brilliant as they are different.

I agree with @stuhennigan.bsky.social on The Benefactors by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social, it’s a fantastic book. But the last few months have been great, it’s impossible to choose just one.
Everything Will Swallow You, by @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social, TonyInterruptor, by Nicola Barker…

Roscoe has my permission to use it on later editions, should he so choose

1983 was one of the best books I read this year. It’s like stepping through a portal into the recent past and hanging out with some really great people. Some of whom may have shared their mushrooms with you

Keep fighting the good fight, Tom!

I still get what I paid for. Direct to my inbox, in fact. And next year, it’ll be cheaper to support someone whose work I admire. It also means I can delete Substack which, to be frank, is irritating me with spam.
Where’s the downside?
If people are, as Tom wonders, aggrieved for Substack, why??

This tale is mind boggling. I subscribe to Tom’s Substack and have watched as Tom left. I didn’t really notice, to be honest.
It’s really odd that people would challenge his decision to leave, demand refunds or raise complaints.
I didn’t subscribe to support Substack. I subscribed to support Tom

The thing that has struck me with JCK is how you have managed also to do this (in a completely different way) with the mind of a narcissistic actor. It feels like a place. Like it has solidity. No less real than the hills above the Calder valley

I’ve seen you mention that some people want another book like the last. I’m not one of those people, but what I do really admire is your ability to create a real sense of place in all of your writing. The settings are so vivid and seem intrinsic to the story being told.

Nearly finished the whole book in a day, which is something I have not done in a while. Compelling stuff. Only stopped because I had to go to work (down with capitalism!)

Also, the lisp sequence. Personal highlight

An acquaintance of mine sold me a copy of this which he got off Tor gratis and added a low quality inkjet printer sleeve to. He had quite the business empire for a while.

Imagined Things Bookshop in Harrogate. First visit for me and it was great. Friendly staff and a relaxed atmosphere. Got a signed copy of the new @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social novel, Jesus Christ Kinski so, naturally, I’m dead chuffed