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Posts by Steve Rydz

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The New, Old House Excited to begin this new chapter of their lives, Paul and Debbie crossed the threshold of the house they had just purchased...

A new short story: The New, Old House
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Some trees with no leaves and a fallen branch in the woods

Some trees with no leaves and a fallen branch in the woods

Spent a couple of hours wandering around in the local nature reserve this morning doing some field recording

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Writers, how do you organise your stories and different versions? Do you have a system? For me it's the wild west — a bunch of Google Docs in a "Stories" folder. Interested to hear what others do.

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Last year I tracked down a DVD copy of Threads after hearing so much about it, but still haven't got around to watching it. Something I plan to put right this weekend.

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It did make me worry for a second when I saw that post!

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The Antilibrary: The Hidden Value of Unread Books - The antidote to overconfidence is our relationship with knowledge. The antilibrary is the solution according to Nassim Taleb.

This article makes me feel a bit better about my ever growing TBR pile

The Antilibrary: The Hidden Value of Unread Books
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The enshittification of Amazon paperback books · Alex Erhardt

The enshittification of Amazon paperback books

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A field recorder pointing towards a lake in a nature reserve

A field recorder pointing towards a lake in a nature reserve

How I spent the morning

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Let us into train station to help 'suffering' pigeons, volunteers plead One woman says she has seen pigeons missing toes and struggling to walk

As if you need more reasons to find EMR to be an appalling company www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...

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Into the Dark Sea Most days I would stand at the water’s edge, looking out towards a horizon that I couldn’t see through the mist.

New short story: Into the Dark Sea

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Tonights choice for drowning out the music of The Shadows from next door is Transilvanian Hunger by Darkthrone

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Micro-fiction: The Locked Door An entry from my micro-fiction series where I write a story of exactly 50 words

A new micro-fiction: The Locked Door

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On micro-fiction Some thoughts about my recent experiments with micro-fiction

Some thoughts about my recent experiments with micro-fiction

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Micro-fiction: Grazing An entry from my micro-fiction series where I write a story of exactly 50 words

New micro-fiction: Grazing

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Micro-fiction: The Reveller An entry from my micro-fiction series where I write a story of exactly 50 words

New micro-fiction: The Reveller

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I keep the EQ on my stereo flat for the same reason. The music was produced to be heard a certain way.

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Stranger Things Creator Insists Viewers Turn Off "Garbage" Settings For Premiere Stranger Things creator tells fans to turn off "garbage" controls.

I couldn't agree with this more. The first thing I did when I got my most recent TV was to turn off all the "enhancements". Directors have a vision when producing media, so it's a shame to let manufacturers preferences interfere with what they intended.

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Micro-fiction: Rita Lives An entry from my micro-fiction series where I write a story of exactly 50 words

New post-christmas micro-fiction: Rita Lives
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Finally got around to watching Frankenstein on Netflix. It's clear that no expense was spared on the production. There were a few differences from the book, but I felt it still captured the essence of the story.

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Micro-fiction: The Lucky Dice An entry from my micro-fiction series where I write a story of exactly 50 words

After two months, here's another attempt at writing a 50 word story:

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I woke up feeling very unsettled from a dream about writing a story. I wish I could remember the story!

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I highly recommend these publishers to fans of all things weird, uncanny and horror.

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I've read a lot of books this year; novels, story collections, anthologies and so on, but what I've really enjoyed is finding publishers which have led me to new authors that I've been able to explore, such as @nightjarpress.bsky.social, @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social and @remainsmagazine.bsky.social

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Embarrassingly, I hadn't read Frankenstein until recently. I found it to be far superior to Dracula. It didn't feel like I was reading a story written over 200 years ago. It's easy to see why it's a classic.

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Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding Girlguiding says the move is in response to the Supreme Court ruling that said sex meant biological sex in equality law.

"Girlguiding believes strongly in inclusion, and we will continue to support young people and adults in marginalised groups."

Excluding marginalised groups from an organisation is not supporting marginalised groups.

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Today is international unsubsribe from mailing lists that I either hadn't realised I'd signed up for, or have previously unsubscribed from day

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Learning how to use breathing techniques is invaluable when you're prone to anxiety attacks. You have to experiment to find the technique that works for you, but for me, box breathing is often the most effective.

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Nick Helm On Living With Bipolar Disorder
Nick Helm On Living With Bipolar Disorder YouTube video by Happy Hour Podcast

I often find it hard to describe to people what having bipolar disorder is like. Here, Nick Helm does a great job of it.

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Three book covers, M.R. James Ghost Stories, Cunning Folk and the Unquiet Guests anthology

Three book covers, M.R. James Ghost Stories, Cunning Folk and the Unquiet Guests anthology

New additions to the TBR pile. Ghost Stories by M.R. James, Cunning Folk and the Unquiet Guests anthology

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