The Fens have always been a battleground between human ingenuity and nature. Today, the question is: do we defend, retreat or prevaricate?
It's why I wrote #FloodWatersDown – to bring perspective & help us imagine potential consequences of the #climatecrisis.
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Anyone who thought today's phone-in on BBC Radio 5 Live @bbc5live.bsky.social on #AI disconcerting will find #TheSentientOnes by @authorbnugent.bsky.social of immense interest. It's a scary scenario of what happens when AI really does take over and humans lose control. Doesn't bear thinking about!
It only came out last week but delighted to see my book is already heading far and wide.
This copy, on a tour of the Norwegian fjords, is probably the furthest from home so far.
Thank you to Ann for the photo of your holiday read!
#FloodWatersDown
Just started reading Flood Waters Down by Clive A. Simpson — author, award‑winning journalist, editor, and friend.
It’s gripping from page one: gritty scenes, believable characters, and a story that feels uncomfortably prophetic. An amazing read.
Thank you, Brendan.
Creative arrangement of Flood Waters Down paperbacks for UK launch day (9 April) along with a vase of tulips and branded coffee mug. The novel is also available worldwide as an ebook.
It’s release day!
Flood Waters Down is out now.
A story of #climate collapse, fractured futures and moral reckoning in the #Lincolnshire Fens.
Available through bookshops (please support them if you can) and online.
(And yes… the tulips might mean something.)
#Booksky @simpsonclive.bsky.social
Hope indeed. We think you need to read the book!
If you like tense, thought-provoking climate fiction, this is for you.
Flood Waters Down is out tomorrow.
A drowned landscape. A fractured society. A fight for what remains.
Available in bookstores and online (paperback and ebook).
#ClimateFiction #FloodWatersDown #Booksky #Lincolnshire
Totally agree with you @carbonbrief.org - this article by
@priyabharadia.bsky.social is an essential read.
I've written my own comment piece, based around the article & Lincolnshire's flooding problem, which is a theme of my upcoming novel #FloodWatersDown
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The narrative of the original article in The Guardian that prompted my blog is certainly interesting, especially in the light of the forthcoming (9 April) publication of Flood Waters Down which is available for pre-order now at bookshops and online.
"Boston, nestled at the northern end of the [Lincolnshire] Fens, is on the frontline of the UK’s flooding crisis, which experts say could lead to some towns being abandoned as climate breakdown makes many areas uninsurable."
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Drama in the clouds at sunset over the #Lincolnshire Fens, framed by the skeletal silhouettes of early spring trees.
#photography #author #nature
Dubai's desert dreams - how viable are cities like this in a rapidly warming world?
#travel #climatechange #sustainability
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Indie publisher Cliftop Publishing will release the near-future eco-thriller Flood Waters Down by Sleaford-based journalist Clive A Simpson on 9 April 2026. Set in the drowned fenlands of South Lincolnshire, the novel portrays a Britain reshaped by rising seas, systemic breakdown and the gradual expansion of AI governance. Combining ecological realism with a distinctly Ballardian atmosphere, it adds a regional British perspective to the expanding climate fiction market. Simpson, an international journalist specialising in space, climate and environmental reporting, drew inspiration from the 2013 east coast storm surge, which brought parts of Lincolnshire close to catastrophic flooding. “At its heart, this is a story about how people respond when government and the systems built to protect them begin to fail,” he says. Evocative, prophetic and fiercely human, Flood Waters Down is a powerful exploration of survival, resistance and moral reckoning in a world undone by climate collapse.
Took a proof copy of my new novel #FloodWatersDown for an outing to the London Book Fair yesterday. A great day and lots of good conversations. It's due out on 9 April.
#Booksky #climatefiction #flooding
Thank you! 📚😊
The upcoming eco-fiction novel by journalist @simpsonclive.bsky.social puts the Fens of South #Lincolnshire well and truly in the spotlight.
One month to go!
#Booksky #writer #fiction #climate #flooding
We are pleased to announce the official publication date of the near-future eco-thriller 'Flood Waters Down' by Sleaford-based journalist Clive A Simpson on 9 April 2026. Pre-orders now being taken at your local bookshop.
Always read the small print.
In the March issue of “Odyssey,” we continue with our reflections on the future role that robots and AI may play in human society and in space exploration. How long will it be before the voice of HAL 9000 can be heard asking the astronauts of the future to check a faulty AE35 unit? #Odyssey
Good to see debut author @simpsonclive.bsky.social out and about today to kick off his promotion campaign ahead of the forthcoming publication of #FloodWatersDown on 9 April.
#Booksky #bookshops #climatefiction #flooding #thefens
Ah, the author marketing starts! 😁
Lovely to meet with Kayleigh today at The Travelling Bookshop on Sleaford Market and hand over an advance review copy of my forthcoming novel #FloodWatersDown.
Advance review copies now available to interested media - DM me for details.
#Booksky #ClimateFiction #ScienceFiction #BookSky
Flood Waters Down: climate collapse and a world drowning not just in water, but in its own arrogance, greed, and by the uncaring AI built to save it. Keep your head above water if you can — the future is here!
Out 9th April by @simpsonclive.bsky.social
#FloodWatersDown @cliftop.bsky.social
We're on the countdown to the publication 9 April of the new eco-thriller #FloodWatersDown by @simpsonclive.bsky.social
To whet your appetite, here's a preview piece, tying in neatly with the recent floods across the UK.
#flooding #climate #Booksky #author
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It's great to see a new Book Club starting this month in the cafe at my local pub The Brass Windmill in Helpringham. A good read, coffee, food and great company - what more could you want.
#Booksky #Bookclub #Writer #Lincolnshire
What will happen when the real floods come?
My new near-future eco-thriller is published 9 April.
#FloodWatersDown
#Booksky #climatechange
