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Keith Brooke
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Makes up shit. Eloquently. Crime & SF writer, editor, photographer... Author of alt.human/Harmony, The Accord, half of Wormhole, and other stuff. Writes as Nick Gifford for teens. www.keithbrooke.co.uk
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New: How much is that mermaid?
A novelette by Aurealis Award winner and shortlistee for the World Fantasy and William L Crawford fantasy awards, Anna Tambour.

#WeirdFiction #unclassifiable #unlike #AnythingElse #OnlyAnna #BookClub #LitFic #ShortReads #books #reading #BookLaunch #booklover #kindle
How much is that mermaid?
February 5, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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This is it. This is what it's all about.
How much is that mermaid? A new novelette by Anna Tambour, published Thursday 6 Feb (although it's popping up at online retailers already).
Most fantasies don't escape people's mouths.
#WeirdFiction #unclassifiable #unlike #AnythingElse #OnlyAnna #BloodyGood
Book cover: How much is that mermaid? by Anna Tambour Book cover: How much is that mermaid? by Anna Tambour
February 4, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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But... what's it all about?
(Anna Tambour's How much is that Mermaid? published on Thursday 5th February)
#WeirdFiction #unclassifiable #unlike #AnythingElse #OnlyAnna #BloodyGood
Most fantasies don't escape people's mouths...
February 3, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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But what do people think about it?

#WeirdFiction #unclassifiable #unlike #AnythingElse #OnlyAnna #BloodyGood
People are loving the new Anna Tambour novelette!
February 2, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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I wonder what the new infinity plus title, published on 6th February, is called?
#WeirdFiction #unclassifiable #unlike #AnythingElse #OnlyAnna #BloodyGood
February 1, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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What's all this, then?

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Wormhole by Keith Brooke and Eric Brown #thriller #books #scifi #sciencefiction #authors #booktube
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January 31, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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It's been a while...
After a hiatus to concentrate on other projects, infinity plus is back with our first infinity plus special edition.
Published on 6th February 2026.
Can you guess who it's by?
#WeirdFiction #unclassifiable #unlike #AnythingElse #OnlyAnna #BloodyGood
Mysterious segment of a book cover, leaving you to guess that the fabulous Anna Tambour is the author.
January 31, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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Am I right in thinking that these are the sprorangia of some kind of slime mould? Each blob is a fraction of a millimetre in size.
#nature #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #macro #CloseUp #SuffolkWildlifeTrust #swt #slimemold #slimemould #ultracloseup
tiny slime mould sporangia
January 27, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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New: the January issue of the Dead East newsletter is now available, a free monthly email covering new releases, extracts, events, news and other information from across the crime genre.
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#mystery #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #publishing #PublishingNews
Dead East, January 2026 - lots of stuff about crime fiction
January 8, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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Sycamore leaf, breaking down. Orford, Suffolk.

#OutdoorPhotography #landscape #landscapes #LandscapePhotography #trees #leaves #decay #woodland #WoodlandPhotography #forest #winterleaves #winter
Holy sycamore leaf
January 5, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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Do you think the van could do with a bit of a wash? Woodbridge, Suffolk.

#LandscapePhotography #landscape #landscapes #suffolk #vans #OutdoorPhotography #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ricoh #gr3 #ricohgriii #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography
grubby van, caged
December 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Autumn shadows, Bury St Edmunds,, Suffolk.

#OutdoorPhotography #landscape #landscapes #LandscapePhotography #trees #shadows #autumn #ricoh #gr3 #ricohgriii #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography
funky tree shadows
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Available now: Hindsights
A collection of the final seven collaborations between Eric Brown and Keith Brooke.
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#scifi #sf #ScienceFiction #ShortStories #ShortSF
Hindsights
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Scheduling has just been confirmed for some new Eric Brown books! Hindsights, to be published on 21st November 2025, is the second collection of short stories I wrote with Eric, including one previously unpublished novelette.
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Detail of a fossilised scallop shell, found in the coralline crag that comes to the surface in this part of Suffolk.

#fossil #scallop #shells #paleontology #nature #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #macro #CloseUp #raynox #SuffolkWildlifeTrust #swt
close-up view of a fossilised scallop shell
November 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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The sea from Bawdsey, Suffolk.

#coastal #landscape #landscapes #seaside #sky #skyscape #skies #LandscapePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #suffolk #bawdsey #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #boat
boat on a sparkly, sparkly sea
October 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Beech leaf. Captain's Wood, Suffolk.

#OutdoorPhotography #beech #landscape #landscapes #LandscapePhotography #CloseUp #nature #IntimateLandscapes #StillLife #autumn #fall #trees #leaves #leaf #woodland #WoodlandPhotography
beech leaf on dead leaves
October 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Whitley Bay beach. One of my favourites from our recent trip to the north-east.
Ghostly figures on the beach.
September 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Trying to capture the movement in the trees with multiple exposures.
blurry trees
August 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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A trip to Southwold this week.
arty photo of Southwold pier and beach
August 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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I've never really done much portrait photography, but I had a go this week.
Portrait of man in a churchy setting
July 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The latest from our remote part of coastal Suffolk.
Patterns and Cycles
Time for the latest monthly blog post, six months after the last one… Timings – we started out with the best intentions of making this a regular thing, but sometimes it’s just not…
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July 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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New: the July issue of the Dead East newsletter, a free monthly email offering news and exclusive mystery and crime fiction content: deadeast.substack.com/p/dead-east-...

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July 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Published today: the first issue of the Dead East newsletter, a free monthly email offering news and exclusive content from crime authors based in East Anglia, in the UK.

open.substack.com/pub/deadeast...

#mystery #CrimeFiction #crime #suspense #writing #publishing
Dead East
June 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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We’ve just sent out the first issue of the Dead East newsletter: news and exclusive content from crime authors based in East Anglia, in the UK. open.substack.com/pub/deadeast... #mystery #CrimeFiction #writing
Dead East: May 2025
News and features from the Anglian Crime Authors Collective.
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May 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM