Adrian Slatcher
@adrianslatcher.bsky.social
Manchester-based writer. Short story collection "Loners" out now from Confingo publishing. More details www.adrianslatcher.com or subscribe https://adrianslatcher.substack.com/
Finding this compelling, ridiculous, and frustrating in equal measures; the writing veering from brilliant to barely comprehensible. Its 700 pafes but whizzing through it and nothing has actually happened!
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Finding this compelling, ridiculous, and frustrating in equal measures; the writing veering from brilliant to barely comprehensible. Its 700 pafes but whizzing through it and nothing has actually happened!
Felt poorly on my non working day, and a few tech priblems, but, hey, i struggled on. Consoling spending time in a house full of books.
November 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Felt poorly on my non working day, and a few tech priblems, but, hey, i struggled on. Consoling spending time in a house full of books.
I can't say the same....
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I can't say the same....
You've got good taste
October 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
You've got good taste
Enjoying a noisy afternoon
October 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Enjoying a noisy afternoon
All her cultural references are my cultural references. Not often that happens. A strange autofiction, short but satisfying.
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
All her cultural references are my cultural references. Not often that happens. A strange autofiction, short but satisfying.
I am so much the audience for ALL the cultural references in here. I even went to the Basquiat show she attends, as well as being a longstanding Kathy Acker fan. A strange, if slight, autofiction.
October 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I am so much the audience for ALL the cultural references in here. I even went to the Basquiat show she attends, as well as being a longstanding Kathy Acker fan. A strange, if slight, autofiction.
Planning on a series of ltd edition pamphlets featuring unpublished and reissued work. #1 test copy -2 experimental poetry sequences, 36 pages, dressed up like a 1970s H&S leaflet.
October 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Planning on a series of ltd edition pamphlets featuring unpublished and reissued work. #1 test copy -2 experimental poetry sequences, 36 pages, dressed up like a 1970s H&S leaflet.
Catching up on some current affairs
September 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Catching up on some current affairs
Found one of my holy grail albums at the weekend. Only ever seen in the wild once before.
September 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Found one of my holy grail albums at the weekend. Only ever seen in the wild once before.
It can occasionally look impressive
September 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
It can occasionally look impressive
Bloody hell. I don't think I've read anything both so original and devastating in years. Remarkable. Robinson Crusoe meets the Road.
September 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Bloody hell. I don't think I've read anything both so original and devastating in years. Remarkable. Robinson Crusoe meets the Road.
After a really tough fortnight (work, health, bereavement) I am off for 11 days after tomorrow and have a new polo shirt, and seeing Fontaines DC for first time on Friday.
August 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
After a really tough fortnight (work, health, bereavement) I am off for 11 days after tomorrow and have a new polo shirt, and seeing Fontaines DC for first time on Friday.
And then there were six....
So lovely to be part of this collection of art enhanced short story pocket books, and at the David Bevan launch on Wednesday. @confingopublishing.bsky.social
All available here....
www.confingopublishing.uk/shop
So lovely to be part of this collection of art enhanced short story pocket books, and at the David Bevan launch on Wednesday. @confingopublishing.bsky.social
All available here....
www.confingopublishing.uk/shop
July 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
And then there were six....
So lovely to be part of this collection of art enhanced short story pocket books, and at the David Bevan launch on Wednesday. @confingopublishing.bsky.social
All available here....
www.confingopublishing.uk/shop
So lovely to be part of this collection of art enhanced short story pocket books, and at the David Bevan launch on Wednesday. @confingopublishing.bsky.social
All available here....
www.confingopublishing.uk/shop
On the Sabbath bench in Brum last December
July 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
On the Sabbath bench in Brum last December
Gatsby is 100 years old this year, so couldnt resist this lovely new edition
July 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Gatsby is 100 years old this year, so couldnt resist this lovely new edition
Lovely service from @vocebooks they opened up for me (i was there before they opened) and asked "is it Adrian?" having recognised me from social media! 10/10
July 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Lovely service from @vocebooks they opened up for me (i was there before they opened) and asked "is it Adrian?" having recognised me from social media! 10/10
Thats good. I wrote one as well...
July 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thats good. I wrote one as well...
Mindmapping new fiction before I write it. Lets see if it helps.
June 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Mindmapping new fiction before I write it. Lets see if it helps.
Met a friend in Birmingham. Sad to see that Muji closed in February. Compulsory visit to @IkonGalleryUK and @vocebooks though i still need to find a decent pub or bar near New Street.
May 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Met a friend in Birmingham. Sad to see that Muji closed in February. Compulsory visit to @IkonGalleryUK and @vocebooks though i still need to find a decent pub or bar near New Street.
Todays finds....
April 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Todays finds....
Such a good album, not listened for years, now on rotation
April 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Such a good album, not listened for years, now on rotation
Npbody does devastating like Plath. Those last two lines.
April 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Npbody does devastating like Plath. Those last two lines.
Todays chazzer finds
April 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Todays chazzer finds