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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · 2d

I'm experimenting with writing stories of exactly 50 words. Here is the first entry:

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Micro-fiction: The Suitcase

An entry from my micro-fiction series where I write a story of exactly 50 words.

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · 4d

Don't you just love single people in coffee shops that manage to take up two tables?

Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · 7d

Looking forward to this!

Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 8d

Exciting news! HELLEBORE’s first short story anthology is here! 9 new tales of the supernatural and the strange by Ramsey Campbell, Ally Wilkes, Reggie Oliver, Helen Grant and more, set in some of the most beguiling locations of Occult Britain.

👉🏼 Pre-order now to secure your copy: helleborezine.com

Tales of Occult Britain - edited by Maria J Pérez Cuervo- cover art by Isabella Mazzanti, design by Sam Freeman. Cover shows a skull with a crown, a witch, a faerie, a toad and the moon.

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · 7d

We've developed a tradition over the past couple of years where we aim to watch a horror movie every night of October. This year we'll be starting with Talk To Me.

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · 8d

It's great that Amazon's print on demand service makes it easy for authors to publish books, but it's incredibly frustrating that the text on the left pages always seems to disappear into the gutter.

Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · 8d

I highly recommend Wayward on Netflix if you're into dystopian folk horror.

Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · 11d

Enjoyed the afternoon in Matlock. It was nice to pay a visit to The Lost Cauldron as well.

An old church and graveyard framed by trees

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · 13d

That's great! It's on my list for my next bookshop visit

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · 13d

Up late writing tonight but I think I've finally cracked a story that I've been wrestling with for a while. Let's see how I feel in the morning once I've slept on it.

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · 18d

Back after an inspiring day at Edge-Lit in Derby. The TBR pile has just grown.

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · 26d

Do we need to bring anything for the workshop?

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · 28d

Another 1000 words down on the first draft of my latest story. Typically I have an idea about how it will end but I'm not so sure with this one, but I do like where it's going.

Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · Sep 8

I just hit 500 words on a new story then my cat positioned herself between my hands and my laptop, so I guess that's enough for now.

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · Sep 7

There's something special about watching the Lunar Eclipse of a Blood Moon fade into the evening sky

A Lunar Eclipse of the moon above some trees

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · Sep 6

I'd be interested 😁

Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · Sep 3

My book buying process:

1. Author/publisher directly
2. Local bookshop
3. hive.co.uk (nominate local bookshop)
4. Waterstones
5. Anywhere but Amazon
6. Amazon

This has led to me spending more than if I went straight to Amazon, but I really want small/independent press and bookshops to exist.

Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · Aug 29

TIL that the phrase "Bloody Nora" came about after a 17th century Duke caught his maid killing someone with a stick of celery.

Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · Aug 28

Over the past few days I've been working on an old story. I've completely torn it apart. I still think it's a good story but I've found a better way to tell it.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · Aug 28

From an uptick in comms from wildlife rescue places lately: don't use glue traps, they're so cruel; do not spray paint wildlife, including birds and turtles; do not pick any animal by the tail or you can severely injure their spine. This includes opossums, for whom it can be life threatening.

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · Aug 25

Just picked up the latest @timlebbon.bsky.social book. Looking forward to reading this.

A book called Secret Lives of the Dead by Tim Lebbon. The cover is red with white text and a black illustration of a skeleton with tree branches and roots coming from its limbs

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · Aug 20

I've just submitted a story to a publication for the first time. After writing short stories for around 5 years it feels good to actually put something out into the world. I know it's a long shot and have realistic expectations, but to even submit feels like an achievement to me right now.

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · Aug 10

Bring Her Back. Entertaining, tragic and sad. There was plenty of gore, all of which I felt was jusitified, and I have a pretty strong stomach for that kind of thing, but that one scene... I had to look away.

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · Aug 7

I've had a copy of that sat on my shelf for at least a year. I really should make the effort to watch it.

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · Aug 5

Looking forward to getting stuck into these chapbooks from @nightjarpress.bsky.social

Books by Leila Martin, RL Summerling, David Gaffney and Andrew Humphrey

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Steve Rydz @steverydz.com · Jul 29

Pocket Casts is good. I've been using it for several years now