@monsterlander
Beardy slapheaded quinquagenarian. Computer programmer who likes cooking and rambling and taking photos of stuff. I'm even less fascinating than that makes me sound. Also Mr http://www.alison-moore.com. She gave me a kidney so I have to say that.
Haunted house stories by Chuck Palahniuk, Grady Hendrix, Kirsty Logan, Matthew Holness, Claire Fuller, Will Maclean, Clay McLeod Chapman, Alison Moore, Irenosen Okojie and Ally Wilkes.
Unquiet Guests is available now from Amazon, Waterstones and all good bookshops. Give a ghost for Christmas.
Managed to point a telescope at the Sun, during a quieter moment this morning. Had planned to hitch a camera for a direct photo rather than this projection effort, but the seeing went off soon after. 🔭 1/2
See also gervais
Seagull highlighted by low sun, behind it a grass field with a double track path through it..
Seagull and a field with a path through it.
#birds #photography #landscape
Haha I am solitary witness to your breakdown
Swiss roll cooking on a wire rack
I made my first ever swiss roll and we haven't had lunch yet so we are quickly throwing lunch together to give us an excuse to eat the swiss roll asap
Loved this. Highly recommended
Quote post with your favourite reaction gif of all time
Big fan of CCRs heard it on the grape vine. And the koobas first cut is the deepest.
A heron and a juvenile great cormorant (big black bird, grey chest) in a downed tree protruding into a lake
A heron and what looks to be a juvenile great cormorant today at the lake in Nottingham university
Looking over the lake to one of the buildings of Nottingham university (no idea what it is!) past two Chinese dragon statues. Two orange autumnal trees frame the building.
Nottingham university looking quite nice today
An egg frying in a muffin ring in a carbon steel pan
Homemade english muffin, fork-split, with butter and sliced extra mature cheddar ready to go
The circular fried egg on one of the muffin halves, with cheddar and black pepper
The whole ersatz Egg McMuffin assembled. IT WAS LOVELY.
Realised that thanks to the muffin rings, a homemade Egg McMuffin was within my grasp, and I do not regret it.
11 muffins cooking on racks, with the best looking ones near the camera because I'm only human
I have made a dozen wholemeal sourdough English muffins and I may soon die
This is me whenever I successfully crack a new form of bread. Where is my fucking parade! Parade! Where is my fucking parade! (Repeat until divorced)
That's not so bad is it
It's a lovely game, a ridiculous scope. Sadly, as often happens, depth is lacking, but christ, there's a lot to do and see. Albeit a lot of very similar things :)
It's publication day for this beauty, with stories by David Bevan @iancritchley.bsky.social @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social, Alison Moore, Okechukwu Nzelu, @simonokotie.bsky.social, C.D. Rose, Iain Sinclair, Naomi Wood, lucky old me! et al. Thank you @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & @saltpublishing.com 🔥
Goldfinches perched on twigs, blue sky behind
Goldfinches perched on twigs, blue sky behind
Goldfinch perched on twigs, blue sky behind
Goldfinch perched on twigs, blue sky behind
Dozens of birds in this tree, including goldfinches.
#birds
Hah yeah my son played all though that and I had to get him through a tricky bit. Minimalist work of art really.
I occasionally go so hard on crunchy nut cornflakes my mouth feels like I've eaten a hedgehog.
PRO-TIP: Live your life in such a way that nobody celebrates you being shanked to death in prison.
I don't know who this Alison Moore lass is but she sounds good
Lovely review of Best British Short Stories 2025 up at @manchesterreview.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=13063
Yes I do find myself preferring is face somehow.
Kap? Kap? Thanks phone.
Rather than just sit on my kap, our cat has developed the habit of sticking his arse in my face for minutes at a time while he pads away with his toe spikes.
He's a troublemaker that one.
A dumbass and a captive audience can be an intoxicating brew.
