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Douglas Thompson

@glasgowsurrealist

Glasgow author of more than 20 books of speculative fiction, including novels; Ultrameta, Sylvow, Mechagnosis, Apoidea, The Brahan Seer, The Rhymer, The Suicide Machine, Barking Circus, Stray Pilot, and Retrovival.

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A stack of books:

The Sad Eyes of the Lewis Chessmen by George Berguño
Children of the Crimson Sun by Karim Ghahwagi
The Employees by Olga Ravn
The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson
The Unclean Force by Avalon Brantley
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Oneironauts by Douglas Thompson, art by Pamela Tait
Fabulous Aesop: Classic Tales Revisited by Baby Dee and Friends
How Many Times? by Rhys Hughes
The Moon in a Silver Bag by Colin Insole

A stack of books: The Sad Eyes of the Lewis Chessmen by George Berguño Children of the Crimson Sun by Karim Ghahwagi The Employees by Olga Ravn The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson The Unclean Force by Avalon Brantley The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt Exhalation by Ted Chiang Oneironauts by Douglas Thompson, art by Pamela Tait Fabulous Aesop: Classic Tales Revisited by Baby Dee and Friends How Many Times? by Rhys Hughes The Moon in a Silver Bag by Colin Insole

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30.11.2025 23:20 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Retrovival by Douglas Thompson (book review) - SFcrowsnest At the centre of some books there is a good, original idea. What is important is the way this is

Loving this negative review of my latest novel (I guess To Kill A Mockingbird also had an 'unfortunate streak of racism'): sfcrowsnest.info/retrovival-b...

11.10.2025 11:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Barking Circus: Amazon.co.uk: Thompson, Douglas: 9783945795859: Books Buy Barking Circus by Thompson, Douglas (ISBN: 9783945795859) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

My novels The Suicide Machine and Barking Circus are available again as affordable paperbacks from Zagava of Dusseldorf. Barking Circus contains dozens of beautiful black and white drawings by Ally Thompson.
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Douglas Thompson (he/him) is an internationally published writer and poet. The inspiration for Fabian Dysart came to him in a dream, including the title, and he wrote it down when he woke up. Douglas is online at douglasthompson.wordpress.com or @glasgowsurrealist.bsky.social #ShadowsOnTheStage

19.06.2025 20:50 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Retrovival My new novel ‘Retrovival’ is published today, Monday 16th June 2025, in eBook and Paperback by Elsewhen Press.   In some ways I’ve been trying to avoid writing this…

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16.06.2025 05:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My first book cover created for someone else: and a very fine novel it is too; The Thane Of The Castle Where The Dead Live by Lorn Macintyre, author of Tobermory Tales and other gems. I've also posted a short review of it on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Thane.../dp/...

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About Born in Glasgow, 1967. Won Herald/Grolsch Question Of Style Award 1989. Won 2nd prize Neil Gunn Writing Competition 2007. Won Faith/Unbelief Poetry Prize 2016. Short stories and poems published in …

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27.01.2025 10:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"I made a mental note to investigate later the obscure and potentially fascinating relationship between armadillos and time."
- @glasgowsurrealist.bsky.social's The Drowned Labyrinth

15.01.2025 15:11 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Seagulls are the souls of dead sailors
my father was told
by war-hardened old tars at sea
Then what about pigeons?
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@glasgowsurrealist.bsky.social "Pigeon Industria"

18.01.2025 19:09 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Utopia of Us: An Anthology Inspired by Yevgeny Zamyatin's We edited by Teika Marijia Smits — Runalong The Shelves I would like to thank Luna Press Publishing for an advance copy of this anthology in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Luna Press Publishing Published – Out Now Price – £16.99...

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