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@phenryward.bsky.social

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Books, art, theatre. I mainly use social media to tell people that I liked the thing they made.

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Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · Jun 11

New to actually-finishing-and-submitting, and while I had my first acceptance last week, this story with @bristolnoir.bsky.social is my first publication. Something of a milestone.

It's an anti-fascist thriller probably best described as a 'Masque of the Red Harvest'. If you read it let me know!

Bristol Noir @bristolnoir.bsky.social · Jun 11

The Crow’s Portion by Pete Ward

#Noir #ShortStory #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #goodreads

www.bristolnoir.co.uk/the-crows-po...

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Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · 2d

This is great, thanks.

Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · 3d

First experience tonight of both the amazing HAXAN and the very excellent AUTOHAUs - thanks to Screen B14, @hareandhounds.bsky.social for putting together

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Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · 14d

It's so good. On demand on Channel 4 in the UK.
Pairs well with Rian Johnson's BRICK

Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · 14d

As a starting-out writer, I'm taking two positive, "Nearly buddy" rejections in a week as 50% of an acceptance.

Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · 15d

Just watched this and it's so good. Not sure how Bronson Pinchot's performance comes through in the original, but he's terrifying here: becomes quite Carnival of Souls-y after photocopying

Steven Sheil @scsheil.bsky.social · 16d

If you haven't seen this before I'd highly recommend it - it's a totally transformative piece of work - frames are photocopied onto paper then rescanned, but also torn, screwed up and otherwise animated - that creates a truly uncanny atmosphere.

Frankenstonk’s Monster @stonkers.bsky.social · 16d

First watch of today is The Timekeepers of Eternity, the utterly incredible experimental re-edit of 1996’s miniseries The Langoliers. It takes a film that was (apologies to all involved) extremely mid and elevates it into something truly remarkable

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Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · 15d

Really liked this, thanks.

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Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · 18d

I think all the time about the Punisher comics where he unwittingly became black as a way of evading enemies (woke after plastic surgery to find the doctor had taken executive decisions) and lost his mind about how he was treated by everyone from cops to cabbies

Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · 19d

Yeah that's pretty much as I felt - some of which is the usual 'this could have been 75 pages shorter' problem - but I liked its unpleasantness, its human messiness.

Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · 19d

Oh man wrong Changeling, sorry. I stand by my assessment of the other one (Lavalle)

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Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · 19d

There's definitely some half-hearted picking to be done, but he chose not to make things neat and that's commendable.

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Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · 21d

Good

Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · 25d

Literal Larry the Cover Designer: "No, it's okay, don't tell me what happens in the book, I've got this."

Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks, I hate it (complementary). Pairs well with your Wicker Avenue story

Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · 27d

Thomas Chateauton Williams

Also, 'clavicle' to 'dick-line' is such a funny example of different approaches to a joke

Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · 27d

#reclaimtheEm-dash

Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · Sep 8

Completely agree - maybe no other man has had so much opportunity to meaningfully intervene in the last twenty years of politics and technology on behalf of the better angels he purports to represent. He's done nothing with that access other than get richer and attempt to evade responsiblity.

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Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · Sep 7

Oh you've got to name the story!

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Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · Sep 5

Yep. But I tried a different computer, which did the trick. We'll just chalk this up to the caprice of tech demons.

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Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · Sep 5

Dammit, because I've got some paranoid strangeness *and* uncanny dream logic for you

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Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · Sep 5

Still error-ing, at least on my end (I'm slightly worried it's actually submit a dozen times)

Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm getting an error message when I attempt to submit - anyone else?

Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · Sep 4

Really enjoying Why didn't You Just Leave from the @cursedmorsels.bsky.social bundle. @sloiaconi.bsky.social's 'Your Application to Vacate 372 Wicker Avenue is Still Pending' is a great idea, handled with wit: "there are few monsters in this world more frightening than government bureaucracy..."

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Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · Aug 26

Picked up The Whole Shebang earlier. First couple of random selections showed it was a wise choice, including 'AITA for setting my dad's trailer on fire?' a nauseating and unnerving tale (complementary) by @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social. (I recently helped parents move house, so was optimally primed.)

Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · Aug 26

ICYMI: You can get 8 horror/Weird fiction ebooks and 18 digital zines for just $20 through our store. Support us and our authors directly! #booksky #zines #horrorfiction #weirdfiction #horror

Buy it here: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...

The Whole Shebang: Every Cursed Morsels ebook and digital zine (as of August 2025) for $20!

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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · Aug 25

Every now and then I ask this. Does anyone remember the name of a 1970s British children’s book (for 8-12yo) in which a girl lives in a house surrounded by Bronze Age barrows?

Think like Alan Garner, but not him. Almost definitely a Puffin book.

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Pete @phenryward.bsky.social · Aug 22

And in real life. Thanks @sonnyross.bsky.social!

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