Mark Taylor (@markiswrit.ing) Bsky

Excited to announce that my achievements have been recognised in the Literary Review*

*I won the prize crossword

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A tin of chickpeas with a lid from a small Nutella jar sealing it

Important notice: the lid from a small Nutella jar fits on top of a food can

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Razor blade Between her driving licence and her Tesco Clubcard she kept a razor blade. She imagined a thief sliced to the bone, his blood staining the cash like a bank vault's dye packs. She began leaving her handbag open in bars and walking home alone. She left her wallet on the

A tiny story about a razor blade www.scattering.ink/daily/2026/03/27/razor-b...

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The Last Two Stars Stories about a garden, a rollercoaster, a mayfly, and a satellite falling to Earth.

Stories about a garden, a rollercoaster, a mayfly, and a satellite falling to Earth. https://www.scattering.ink/2026/03/the-last-two-stars/

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After the flood After the flood, when everything was rearranged, we left things as they were. The cars haphazard in the streets looked much as they always had. Less so the ice-cream van in my garden, which gaped its serving window down into the mud and wouldn't chime no matter what we tried.

A tiny story about not rebuilding after a flood www.scattering.ink/daily/2026/03/18/after-t...

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Set of keys labelled "H Guest Room"

They have to add these touches because this is where the guy from Steps usually stays.

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The bottom of a heated towel rail, a few inches away from the capped-off valves beneath.

The place we're staying has one of those Bluetooth towel rails. Fancy.

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In the new world In the new world, we made our homes in the mouths of huge carnivorous plants. They seemed not to notice us. We were like nothing else in that strange country. The plants were good hosts: they dissolved the carapaces of the local creatures and, getting all they needed from those

A tiny story about living in giant carnivorous plants. www.scattering.ink/daily/2026/03/13/in-the-...

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Emotion Recycling Centre I set off early to the emotion recycling centre , so it would be quiet. At the barrier a man in hi-vis waved me down. "What have you got?" he asked. "Anger, regret. A bit of old grief. Oh, and some shame." "We can't take shame," he said. I was only

A trip to the Emotion Recycling Centre www.scattering.ink/daily/2026/03/12/emotion...

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Chapter heading: VII - Confusion over the letter U

Things are getting exciting in Les Miserables

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Wearing out Once or twice in the time it takes to wear out a pair of shoes, I might allow myself a small act of destruction. A key dragged along the side of a car, or the last page torn out of a library book. A cigarette lighter held in just the

A tiny story about occasional acts of destruction www.scattering.ink/daily/2026/03/11/wearing...

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Widdershins Stories about ice cream, chalk, birds' eggs, and the sun turning back in the sky.

Stories about ice cream, chalk, birds’ eggs, and the sun turning back in the sky.

https://www.scattering.ink/2026/03/widdershins/

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Widdershins Stories about ice cream, chalk, birds' eggs, and the sun turning back in the sky.

Stories about ice cream, chalk, birds’ eggs, and the sun turning back in the sky.

https://www.scattering.ink/2026/03/widdershins/

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Whenever the cat comes up behind me without me hearing I tell him he must move like a cat but he never laughs.

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Parcelling up all the crap I can't be bothered to take to the tip and leaving it in the porch for someone to steal.

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Original post on social.markiswrit.ing

A couple of years ago I wrote this story, about a non-verbal person having an AI "voice" pressed on them. I thought it would go out of date quickly, but now I think the fact we're all so used to AI bullshit does it good - it gives the human things the story is really about room to breathe […]

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Lungs, Larynx, Lips Stories about rivers, leaflets, a hollow book, and (regrettably) "AI".

Regrettably, this week’s story at @scattering is about “AI”. But it’s also about what our voices mean to each other and ourselves, and other things that actually matter, so I hope that you'll forgive me.

https://www.scattering.ink/2026/03/lungs-larynx-lips/

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Lungs, Larynx, Lips Stories about rivers, leaflets, a hollow book, and (regrettably) "AI".

Regrettably, this week’s story at @scattering is about “AI”. But it’s also about what our voices mean to each other and ourselves, and other things that actually matter, so I hope that you'll forgive me.

https://www.scattering.ink/2026/03/lungs-larynx-lips/

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We made it through February 🙌

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I have filled a bag with old wires to take for recycling, even though some of the wires could conceivably come in handy one day. I am growing as a person.

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Revolt In the streets they were calling for impossible things: lush forests unbound by fences, great public halls full of books to read for free, a teacher for every child. Decent enough folk, turned feral by false promises. None of us liked the medicine we had to dispense that day. Myself,

A tiny story about Sensible Grownup Politics https://www.scattering.ink/daily/2026/02/27/revolt/

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I bought it to hollow out so I could put a non-sugary present inside and thus justify it as a gift to my wife on our sugar wedding anniversary. It turns out that if you do this Alan's wedding photo is at the perfect place in the book to form a backdrop to the hidden compartment. Just a little […]

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I made a hollow book once; I wouldn't normally advocate cutting up books but it was _What You See Is What You Get_ by Alan Sugar so I think it was reasonable to make an exception.

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The Legacy of Mrs Clements After Mrs Clements' passing, a hollow book was found among her possessions, and in its hand-cut void a silver key and an inscrutable map. Her heirs and their hangers-on spent many years searching for the lock that little key opened, with the dubious help of the map and without it.

A tiny story about a hollow book

www.scattering.ink/daily/2026/02/26/the-leg...

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@tante My only dislike about working 80% is that it rankles to be paid 80% less when I'm pretty confident I'm more productive than when I worked 100%

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This story doubtless inspired by this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yl59pATYik

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A day on the river We spent a day on the river. It was changing faster in those days, finding broad new meanders that took us back almost to where we started, cutting through its own banks so that we never saw places we expected to. It was hardly worth planning the trip: you might

A tiny story about spending a day on the meandering river. www.scattering.ink/daily/2026/02/23/a-day-o...
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A Bicycle for the Heart Stories about spring, cats, a bicycle, and sitting in gum.

In this week's @scattering, stories about spring, cats, a bicycle, and sitting in gum.

www.scattering.ink/2026/02/a-bicycle-for-th...

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GitHub - TylerWilliamson/QuickWeather: Weather at a glance! Current and forecast weather for anywhere in the world! Weather at a glance! Current and forecast weather for anywhere in the world! - TylerWilliamson/QuickWeather

Impressively difficult to find a simple Android weather app with high-contrast info on a plain background. Even the BBC think a fancy backdrop that reflects the current weather matters more than being able to read the forecast. Thank you QuickWeather for bucking the trend!

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Sometimes the cat sees me go to the door and thinks I'm going to let him out but actually I'm locking up and I feel like history's greatest mondter

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