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Will Maclean

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Writer of The Apparition Phase, the comedy/drama High Strangeness, co-writer/presenter of the podcast Broken Veil. New novel, Solace House, coming next spring from Atlantic Books

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They’ve repainted The Four Bridges since I was a kid (and removed two of them), but that washed-out warship blue is the colour of my childhood

07.03.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ask your smartspeaker to Please make it all stop all of it

04.03.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@gralefrit.bsky.social and I were discussing Russ Hannemann from Silicon Valley yesterday at forensic length. Has there ever been a better music choice for a character in a sitcom than Russ's commitment to "Butterfly" by Crazy Town?

04.03.2026 11:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Well this sucks. Wishing the scourge of demons all the best. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

03.03.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also one of the all-time great fight sequences, and definitely one of the very oddest

03.03.2026 09:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I LOVE this

03.03.2026 09:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I may be overselling it here, and I *was* a bit amped up when I watched it, but I *think* I’m right in saying that Predator: Badlands is the greatest film ever made by human beings

03.03.2026 09:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Alas, it seems that I shall not survive this battle of Trafalgar, Hardy, and e'en now, my precious life ebbs away by the second. But I would have you communicate a message to your mother. Tell her... tell her that I never make a wack jam"

02.03.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ohhhh I know x

02.03.2026 11:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There are SO many people who would disagree with you on this last point. But was great to see you!

02.03.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am constantly in this churn and it never feels comfortable. Best of luck!

26.02.2026 09:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow! Thrilled to be taking part in the Broken Veil panel at Essex Podcast Festival... quizzing @gralefrit.bsky.social and @willmac23.bsky.social about their brilliant series, and we'll probably head off piste to discuss backrooms and the Usborne Book of Ghosts too. A few tickets left...

25.02.2026 11:20 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Unreasonably excited about this

20.02.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is an illusion. And a perfectly normal part of what you’re doing. Keep going! You’re more than halfway through, so the insane thing to at this point would be to stop. Keep going!

06.02.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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22.01.2026 09:04 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Hard relate. Please remember to have fun and talk to people, which I always forget to do at any event which is organised solely so I can have fun and talk to people

16.01.2026 11:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm also doing THIS on Feb 27th/28th so please come along! Something for everyone! (Unless you're a fusty old Edwardian academic who deserves some kind of supernatural comeuppance)

12.01.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fighting in the Hundred Years War

09.01.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reader, I was not able to not think or say the words β€œKill Jester” as I watched this

01.01.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

TV Commissioner: I think the main problem with this IP is that the main character is not connecting with the key demographic. So, instead of β€œAuld” let’s call him β€œIncredible New” and instead of β€œLang Syne” let’s call him β€œShmoo”.

Rabbie Burns: What

31.12.2025 23:06 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Have a jumpy, unsettling NYE, everyone! X

31.12.2025 18:03 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

HAHAHA

30.12.2025 21:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s out in spring! To honour the Old Gods. Amazing Ally Wilkes also has a book out soon I believe

30.12.2025 21:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is so lovely. Thank you!

30.12.2025 19:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

God that’s so nice to hear! Thank you!

24.12.2025 11:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aw thank you Sarah! Merry Christmas! Keep up the amazing work! X

23.12.2025 10:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He’s making a list,
He’s checking it twice
And a third time,
And then he stands accused of losing the list
Yet his is the only name on it,
Franz Kafka is coming to town

21.12.2025 22:02 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THANK YOU! as with all things Veil, we put an excessive amount of care into finding that word. We used genuine demon names at one point but none of them worked as well as, or were as not-right, as ... Tond

19.12.2025 13:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

CONTROVERSIAL

18.12.2025 11:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's here! Joel Morris and I wrote a ghost story for the long winter nights, and Rosie Cavaliero, Carrie Quinlan, Josienne Clark and Victoria Moss breathed strange life into it. Turn off the lights and gather round the fire's glowing embers...

18.12.2025 11:13 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0