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James Brogden

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Writer (Titan, Black Library, PS Publishing and various other ne'er-do-wells), recovering ex-teacher, and Lego addict. Owned by three cats.

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That is terrible. Well played, sir.

03.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hold the line!

02.03.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two feckless feline furballs - one white, one ginger - lying on a blue carpet in the sun doing absolutely sod all.

Two feckless feline furballs - one white, one ginger - lying on a blue carpet in the sun doing absolutely sod all.

My two assistants, Luka and Pumpkin, without whom I would literally get so much more done.

02.03.2026 12:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of the French edition of 'The Strandling.' A sinister, wolf-like creature prowls a desolate shoreline below frowning cliffs. The image is surrounded by a border of thorns and bare tree branches, wuth runes and skulls at the corners.

Cover of the French edition of 'The Strandling.' A sinister, wolf-like creature prowls a desolate shoreline below frowning cliffs. The image is surrounded by a border of thorns and bare tree branches, wuth runes and skulls at the corners.

Now with alt-text, just to see what happens.

28.02.2026 11:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's publication day for the French translation of 'The Strandling', from the lovely people at Maison Pop.

www.editions-maisonpop.com/livres/stran...

25.02.2026 07:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Honestly, you spend perfectly good money on a personal trainer and all he does is sit staring out of the window, watching the construction workers over the road. Is a little professionalism too much to ask?

24.02.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fat, white and angry.

17.02.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My own heavily annotated teaching copy of Wuthering Heights.

It's okay to write in your books - they love the attention.

16.02.2026 09:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Snap! (Okay, this one's '54 so just a youngster in comparison).

16.02.2026 09:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Same here. I was chuffed enough to see my first book on the shelves of Waterstones on Bromsgrove High Street, back in the day when we actually had one. Everything else since then is a bonus.

13.02.2026 10:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh, PLR payment. Pizza night it is. Small pizza, few toppings.

12.02.2026 08:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Writers Who Use AI Are Not Real Writers Dorothy Parker famously (but probably not really) said, β€œI hate to write, but I love having written,” which is a sentiment I don’t largely understand or agree with in the broader …

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11.02.2026 06:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That is genuinely impressive.

10.02.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Small Prophets review – Mackenzie Crook’s magical new comedy is pure, pure pleasure Wonder lies below the surface of this truly fantastic sitcom from the creator of Detectorists. It’s an impossible marvel of TV making

Yes. Yes it is.

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

10.02.2026 06:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WHAT IS IT

08.02.2026 09:10 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In my previous incarnation as an English teacher I used to love reading this book with my Year 7 classes at this time of year.

07.02.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"The great grey beast February had eaten Harvey Swick alive. Here he was, buried in the belly of that smothering month, wondering if he would ever find his way out through the cold coils that lay between here and Easter."

Barker nails it.

07.02.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One of my favourite misspent teen guilty pleasure 80s horror flicks.

02.02.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sheep on M6 near Coventry bring traffic to standstill Both carriageways are reopened after the animals were rounded up.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sorry I'm late for work. The motorway was rammed.

01.02.2026 10:04 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Pure poetry, man.

31.01.2026 10:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. There's lovely for you.

28.01.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The thing with ambush predators is that they could be hiding literally anywhere and you just. Wouldn't. Know.

27.01.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Review: DoesΒ Terror Tales Of ChaosΒ Deliver The Frights? - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website Read our review of Paul Finch's Terror Tales of Chaos. Discover if this global monster anthology of folk horror stories is your next must-read horror book

Chaos is calling. Paul Finch's Terror Tales of Chaos. Is it essential reading? Find out. #Horror #Books

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27.01.2026 07:55 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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This evening we are learning all about stoats and ermines. #winterwatch

23.01.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Neither interesting nor news.

21.01.2026 10:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A ginger cat peers in through the kitchen window at my dad making a chicken pie. The cat has a bandage around one paw because he is a scam artist and a fraud.

A ginger cat peers in through the kitchen window at my dad making a chicken pie. The cat has a bandage around one paw because he is a scam artist and a fraud.

Steve has very strong opinions on the subject of closed kitchen windows.

19.01.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That and knitted dildo covers.

18.01.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Top Travel Tip: a lot of people forget that an important part of your travel preparations involves spring-cleaning the entire house on the morning of your flight, apparently.

17.01.2026 08:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know what you mean. The novella I published recently started out as a full 90k novel, but the only way it was going to see the light of day was at half the length. It was brutal.

16.01.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hounds of Tindalos pre-suppose Puppies of Tindalos.

16.01.2026 06:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0