Guido Eekhaut
@eekhaut.bsky.social
Writer of crime books and thrillers, speculative and fantastic fiction and the weird. Winner Hercule Poirot Award, and nominated for several others. Please no DM except professional offers.
How to succeed in life:
January 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM
How to succeed in life:
Current political climate...
January 5, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Current political climate...
The state of scientific research:
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The state of scientific research:
I have published eleven new stories in 2025,
of which two in the US,
and six reprints or translations.
Add to that two new books and two English versions of older books (both in the US).
Not a bad year, all considered.
of which two in the US,
and six reprints or translations.
Add to that two new books and two English versions of older books (both in the US).
Not a bad year, all considered.
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I have published eleven new stories in 2025,
of which two in the US,
and six reprints or translations.
Add to that two new books and two English versions of older books (both in the US).
Not a bad year, all considered.
of which two in the US,
and six reprints or translations.
Add to that two new books and two English versions of older books (both in the US).
Not a bad year, all considered.
General feeling right now:
January 4, 2026 at 9:28 AM
General feeling right now:
Now there's a story in here somehow...
And I need to write a couple of new stories...
And I need to write a couple of new stories...
January 2, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Now there's a story in here somehow...
And I need to write a couple of new stories...
And I need to write a couple of new stories...
And this is what Voltaire had to say, in older times:
January 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
And this is what Voltaire had to say, in older times:
You need this. I know you do!
January 2, 2026 at 6:29 PM
You need this. I know you do!
The logic of climate change deniers:
January 1, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The logic of climate change deniers:
"The richest 500 individuals in the world added a record $2.2tn to their wealth in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with just eight billionaires accounting for a quarter of the gains." (The Guardian).
Nice that somebody is having fun.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Nice that somebody is having fun.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025
Just eight billionaires accounted for a quarter of the gains, led by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Larry Page
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"The richest 500 individuals in the world added a record $2.2tn to their wealth in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with just eight billionaires accounting for a quarter of the gains." (The Guardian).
Nice that somebody is having fun.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Nice that somebody is having fun.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
That's the real perspective...
December 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
That's the real perspective...
"IT IS PERHAPS suitable for our weird moment of history that the books that best sum up the early days of living under Donald Trump (..) came out more than two decades ago: Jeffrey Ford’s trilogy about “the Well-Built City,” ruled by a megalomaniacal fascist."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/we-a...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/we-a...
We Are Close, We Are Almost There | Los Angeles Review of Books
Zachary Gillan reflects on Jeffrey Ford’s ‘Well-Built City Trilogy’ in the era of resurgent fascism.
lareviewofbooks.org
December 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"IT IS PERHAPS suitable for our weird moment of history that the books that best sum up the early days of living under Donald Trump (..) came out more than two decades ago: Jeffrey Ford’s trilogy about “the Well-Built City,” ruled by a megalomaniacal fascist."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/we-a...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/we-a...
He's everywhere....
December 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
He's everywhere....
#speclist
This was the first of Thomas Disch' books I read (but not in this edition) in the very early seventies. Dutch readers might remember the translation in the Meulenhoff pocket edition, to my knowledge still the only available translation.
This was the first of Thomas Disch' books I read (but not in this edition) in the very early seventies. Dutch readers might remember the translation in the Meulenhoff pocket edition, to my knowledge still the only available translation.
December 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
#speclist
This was the first of Thomas Disch' books I read (but not in this edition) in the very early seventies. Dutch readers might remember the translation in the Meulenhoff pocket edition, to my knowledge still the only available translation.
This was the first of Thomas Disch' books I read (but not in this edition) in the very early seventies. Dutch readers might remember the translation in the Meulenhoff pocket edition, to my knowledge still the only available translation.
Nice place. Would sit there, coffee, notebook, pen. And write.
December 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Nice place. Would sit there, coffee, notebook, pen. And write.
By the end of this week, that's how things will be...
December 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
By the end of this week, that's how things will be...
The choice isn't hard, is it?
December 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The choice isn't hard, is it?
Now that is a glamorous cover:
December 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Now that is a glamorous cover:
I was going to buy fewer books.
But then this happened...
But then this happened...
December 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I was going to buy fewer books.
But then this happened...
But then this happened...
This explains itself, and it is the kernel of capitalism.
December 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This explains itself, and it is the kernel of capitalism.
Some of the most obvious career choices for those young people...
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Some of the most obvious career choices for those young people...
I read this book in London, more than twenty years ago, and was much impressed. I'm reading it again today. It shows John Crowley at his best as the master storyteller he is.
December 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I read this book in London, more than twenty years ago, and was much impressed. I'm reading it again today. It shows John Crowley at his best as the master storyteller he is.
This will have long-time repercussions.
Very long....
Very long....
December 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This will have long-time repercussions.
Very long....
Very long....
And then there's this -- for my fellow crime writers:
December 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
And then there's this -- for my fellow crime writers: