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The Turning Point
A new short story
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My Notebook
Plus books, and an offer of some free original free art!
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Things I've Talked To Books About
Friendship in the post-pandemic era, writing, reading, social sacrifice and interesting chats with living and dead people I've never met
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SOME INTERDIMENSIONAL PORTALS I HAVE COME ACROSS DURING WALKS IN THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE
When I was dragged (not as reluctantly as I pretended) on walks as a child by my parents, I often amused myself by going off into my own fantasy world…
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The Garden Of Forking Hannahs
A new short story
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The Most Unsettling Walk I've Ever Taken
This is a piece I wrote when I was very first using Substack.
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December 2024

A Slightly Different End-Of-Year Top Five
I noticed a few people have been marking the year’s conclusion by reposting their most-read pieces on Substack.
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Now Get Back To It, You F***ing Baby
Six New Stories
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8 Questions for... Tom Cox
The Villager
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The Cat: A Folk Tale For Midwinter
Once upon a time, a man, a woman and a cat were walking through a deep forest.
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A Newsletter Where I Write In A Fairly Chaotic Way About Several Ostensibly Unrelated Things, Some Of Which Are Depressing And Worrying…
As (to say the least) an unfestive sort of person, who would ideally prefer to be temporarily deactivated, C-3PO-style, during this darkest, most…
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