Daniel Gooding
@dpgooding.bsky.social
“Literature is the ditch I’m going to die in. It’s still the thing I care most about.” Thomas McGuane
Writer | proofreader | works in scientific publishing/peer review | likes books, birds and heavy metal | horror fiction not movies | have dog
Writer | proofreader | works in scientific publishing/peer review | likes books, birds and heavy metal | horror fiction not movies | have dog
My poem “Starlings” is now published in the First Anniversary Edition of ‘Keeping the Flame Alive’…
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Keeping the Flame Alive
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June 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
My poem “Starlings” is now published in the First Anniversary Edition of ‘Keeping the Flame Alive’…
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Deadline for this is on Friday, so better get cracking: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
BBC - Ten Tiny Plays about Gloucestershire
This is your opportunity to have write a short radio play broadcast on the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Deadline for this is on Friday, so better get cracking: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
My flash fiction piece “Chum” is now up at ‘101 Words’…
101words.org/chum/
101words.org/chum/
April 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
My flash fiction piece “Chum” is now up at ‘101 Words’…
101words.org/chum/
101words.org/chum/
My poem “Deercorpsing” is featured in the Roads issue of Parcham - albeit with the title spelt wrong…
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“Roads”: Poems March 2025
Editorial: Suranjana ChoudhuryRoute 322—Michele MekelThe Road I Must Take—Jonathan Chibuike UkahSalvaging—Suzette BishopLeavings—Janet McMillan RivesEverything Roadtrip̵…
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April 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My poem “Deercorpsing” is featured in the Roads issue of Parcham - albeit with the title spelt wrong…
parchamonline.in/2025/04/09/r...
parchamonline.in/2025/04/09/r...
My poem “Cheddar Man” is now live in the second issue of “Gigantic Tentacles”…
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Gooding2 | Gigantic Tentacles
Online literary magazine featuring poetry and flash fiction from both established and emerging authors.
www.gigantictentacles.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
My poem “Cheddar Man” is now live in the second issue of “Gigantic Tentacles”…
www.gigantictentacles.com/copy-of-o-sh...
www.gigantictentacles.com/copy-of-o-sh...
My poem “Dead Hues” has just been published by the good people at The Rusty Truck:
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D.P. Gooding
dead hues the time I actually thought of myself in the same breath as him, to the point of one day walking those same black-and-white hills… the idea that I might skin a badger – even to lay …
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February 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My poem “Dead Hues” has just been published by the good people at The Rusty Truck:
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rustytruck.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/d...
Writing advice from C. S. Lewis…
January 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Writing advice from C. S. Lewis…
“Fascism is just a kind of meaningless wickedness, an aberration, ‘mass sadism’, the sort of thing that would happen if you suddenly let loose an asylumful of homicidal maniacs.”
George Orwell died #OTD 75 years ago - most of his stuff was published in the 30s though so isn’t that relevant anymore.
George Orwell died #OTD 75 years ago - most of his stuff was published in the 30s though so isn’t that relevant anymore.
January 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“Fascism is just a kind of meaningless wickedness, an aberration, ‘mass sadism’, the sort of thing that would happen if you suddenly let loose an asylumful of homicidal maniacs.”
George Orwell died #OTD 75 years ago - most of his stuff was published in the 30s though so isn’t that relevant anymore.
George Orwell died #OTD 75 years ago - most of his stuff was published in the 30s though so isn’t that relevant anymore.
Still time to submit your MS to @vineleavespress.bsky.social before the window closes again…
January 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Still time to submit your MS to @vineleavespress.bsky.social before the window closes again…
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Start a big dumb project that's going to go nowhere. It's fun. It's pointless. It's like gambling with free lottery tickets. Any of this shit you just make up could become a bestseller. Give into the literary hysteria in 2025.
January 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Start a big dumb project that's going to go nowhere. It's fun. It's pointless. It's like gambling with free lottery tickets. Any of this shit you just make up could become a bestseller. Give into the literary hysteria in 2025.
No, I wouldn’t- when I was at school this was what they taught to the lower-set English kids, but I’d much rather have read this than “Lord of the Flies”…
Would you drop Of Mice and Men from the exam syllabus? The answer isn’t black and white | Nels Abbey
The book will no longer be studied at GCSE in Wales because many find the racial slurs upsetting. That’s culture war fodder, but it shouldn’t be, says author and broadcaster Nels Abbey
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
No, I wouldn’t- when I was at school this was what they taught to the lower-set English kids, but I’d much rather have read this than “Lord of the Flies”…
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S K I N S H I P
My 7th novel is published today!
Endless gratitude to Anti-Oedipus Press and editor @dharlanwilson.bsky.social
bookshop.org/p/books/skin...
#sciencefiction #booksky #newbook #dark #writing
My 7th novel is published today!
Endless gratitude to Anti-Oedipus Press and editor @dharlanwilson.bsky.social
bookshop.org/p/books/skin...
#sciencefiction #booksky #newbook #dark #writing
December 16, 2024 at 12:32 PM
S K I N S H I P
My 7th novel is published today!
Endless gratitude to Anti-Oedipus Press and editor @dharlanwilson.bsky.social
bookshop.org/p/books/skin...
#sciencefiction #booksky #newbook #dark #writing
My 7th novel is published today!
Endless gratitude to Anti-Oedipus Press and editor @dharlanwilson.bsky.social
bookshop.org/p/books/skin...
#sciencefiction #booksky #newbook #dark #writing
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**Book news** Sea Spinners, my herstory prequel to Jason & the Argonauts, is out 15 December. If you'd like it in time for last minute Christmas presents, Amazon have it already... otherwise available via publisher & indie bookshops after Christmas.
December 13, 2024 at 5:23 PM
**Book news** Sea Spinners, my herstory prequel to Jason & the Argonauts, is out 15 December. If you'd like it in time for last minute Christmas presents, Amazon have it already... otherwise available via publisher & indie bookshops after Christmas.
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Christmas chills galore. Featuring my story "Kill the Midwife".
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPPJ96Q...
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPPJ96Q...
THE TENTH BHF BOOK OF HORROR STORIES: ADVENT OF DOOM
Buy THE TENTH BHF BOOK OF HORROR STORIES: ADVENT OF DOOM by LLewellyn, Andrew, Taylor, Ian Talbot (ISBN: 9798870911595) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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December 13, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Christmas chills galore. Featuring my story "Kill the Midwife".
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPPJ96Q...
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPPJ96Q...
Last year’s Christmas edition of The BHF Book of Horror Stories is still available to order, featuring my story “Beast of Stephen”…
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPPJ96Q...
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPPJ96Q...
Amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Last year’s Christmas edition of The BHF Book of Horror Stories is still available to order, featuring my story “Beast of Stephen”…
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPPJ96Q...
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPPJ96Q...