Andrew Hook
@andrewhook.bsky.social
Short story writer, punk, surrealist, sometime novelist
www.andrew-hook.com
www.andrew-hook.com
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"The lovely dale were my joy as a lad, but under the moon I creeped in fear of men, or what else might come."
"The lovely dale were my joy as a lad, but under the moon I creeped in fear of men, or what else might come."
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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"The lovely dale were my joy as a lad, but under the moon I creeped in fear of men, or what else might come."
"The lovely dale were my joy as a lad, but under the moon I creeped in fear of men, or what else might come."
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"If you need a woman, there's always my little sister-in-law, who's married a fool and is bored."
"If you need a woman, there's always my little sister-in-law, who's married a fool and is bored."
October 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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"If you need a woman, there's always my little sister-in-law, who's married a fool and is bored."
"If you need a woman, there's always my little sister-in-law, who's married a fool and is bored."
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"So this is a love story then, and not just for people, but for ideas, and genres, and words, and writing, and learning, and most of all for science fiction, the endless possibilities of the impossible."
"So this is a love story then, and not just for people, but for ideas, and genres, and words, and writing, and learning, and most of all for science fiction, the endless possibilities of the impossible."
October 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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"So this is a love story then, and not just for people, but for ideas, and genres, and words, and writing, and learning, and most of all for science fiction, the endless possibilities of the impossible."
"So this is a love story then, and not just for people, but for ideas, and genres, and words, and writing, and learning, and most of all for science fiction, the endless possibilities of the impossible."
September reading. What did you read?
October 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
September reading. What did you read?
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"When I'm less tired I'll try to be more coherent "
"When I'm less tired I'll try to be more coherent "
October 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
58:
"When I'm less tired I'll try to be more coherent "
"When I'm less tired I'll try to be more coherent "
Delighted to advise that my SF novel, "Body and Soul", is now available for pre-order ahead of publication on the 10th October. I hope you'll consider picking up a copy. All possible purchase links (print and e-book) are here: books2read.com/Body-and-Soul
September 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Delighted to advise that my SF novel, "Body and Soul", is now available for pre-order ahead of publication on the 10th October. I hope you'll consider picking up a copy. All possible purchase links (print and e-book) are here: books2read.com/Body-and-Soul
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"She had the kind of imagination that inclined her to believe."
"She had the kind of imagination that inclined her to believe."
September 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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"She had the kind of imagination that inclined her to believe."
"She had the kind of imagination that inclined her to believe."
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"I saw language as play within the dirge of a broken world."
"I saw language as play within the dirge of a broken world."
September 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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"I saw language as play within the dirge of a broken world."
"I saw language as play within the dirge of a broken world."
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"The less these people knew about him the better."
"The less these people knew about him the better."
September 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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"The less these people knew about him the better."
"The less these people knew about him the better."
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"Saltwater rich in iodine calls to us."
"Saltwater rich in iodine calls to us."
September 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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"Saltwater rich in iodine calls to us."
"Saltwater rich in iodine calls to us."
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"Saltwater rich in iodine calls to us."
"Saltwater rich in iodine calls to us."
September 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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"Saltwater rich in iodine calls to us."
"Saltwater rich in iodine calls to us."
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"I'm not really crying, just thinking of the past."
"I'm not really crying, just thinking of the past."
September 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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"I'm not really crying, just thinking of the past."
"I'm not really crying, just thinking of the past."
Cover reveal! My SF novel, "Body and Soul", will be published by @elsewhen.press on the 10th October!
August 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Cover reveal! My SF novel, "Body and Soul", will be published by @elsewhen.press on the 10th October!
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"The atmosphere of the house was missing, its contents, its past and present, everything visible and invisible there."
"The atmosphere of the house was missing, its contents, its past and present, everything visible and invisible there."
August 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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"The atmosphere of the house was missing, its contents, its past and present, everything visible and invisible there."
"The atmosphere of the house was missing, its contents, its past and present, everything visible and invisible there."
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"But what worse fate could there be? To remember love and know it is unattainable?"
"But what worse fate could there be? To remember love and know it is unattainable?"
August 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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"But what worse fate could there be? To remember love and know it is unattainable?"
"But what worse fate could there be? To remember love and know it is unattainable?"
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"I am a person who cannot remove themselves from the art they create and consume."
"I am a person who cannot remove themselves from the art they create and consume."
August 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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"I am a person who cannot remove themselves from the art they create and consume."
"I am a person who cannot remove themselves from the art they create and consume."
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"If you looked at it closely, it hadn't been very long, our life."
"If you looked at it closely, it hadn't been very long, our life."
August 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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"If you looked at it closely, it hadn't been very long, our life."
"If you looked at it closely, it hadn't been very long, our life."
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"I began at last to understand much that until then I had not."
"I began at last to understand much that until then I had not."
August 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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"I began at last to understand much that until then I had not."
"I began at last to understand much that until then I had not."
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"The clay-residue on their gloves and boots gives off a bitter scent, almost like the seaside."
"The clay-residue on their gloves and boots gives off a bitter scent, almost like the seaside."
July 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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"The clay-residue on their gloves and boots gives off a bitter scent, almost like the seaside."
"The clay-residue on their gloves and boots gives off a bitter scent, almost like the seaside."
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"He was bluff. He was a man's man. He was a ladykiller."
"He was bluff. He was a man's man. He was a ladykiller."
July 30, 2025 at 6:48 AM
46:
"He was bluff. He was a man's man. He was a ladykiller."
"He was bluff. He was a man's man. He was a ladykiller."
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"There was little chance in escaping their relentless persecution."
"There was little chance in escaping their relentless persecution."
July 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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"There was little chance in escaping their relentless persecution."
"There was little chance in escaping their relentless persecution."
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"On the table, to the left of the computer, a lit cigarette nestles in the curved rim of a glass ashtray, and you watch as the smouldering embers accumulate."
"On the table, to the left of the computer, a lit cigarette nestles in the curved rim of a glass ashtray, and you watch as the smouldering embers accumulate."
July 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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"On the table, to the left of the computer, a lit cigarette nestles in the curved rim of a glass ashtray, and you watch as the smouldering embers accumulate."
"On the table, to the left of the computer, a lit cigarette nestles in the curved rim of a glass ashtray, and you watch as the smouldering embers accumulate."
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"'Its thick skin was dry and leathery, and the scars on its belly ran deep."
"'Its thick skin was dry and leathery, and the scars on its belly ran deep."
July 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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"'Its thick skin was dry and leathery, and the scars on its belly ran deep."
"'Its thick skin was dry and leathery, and the scars on its belly ran deep."
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"'The bag appeared neatly and carefully packed, but all the same he had a feeling that someone with a practised hand had been through it and put everything back into place."
"'The bag appeared neatly and carefully packed, but all the same he had a feeling that someone with a practised hand had been through it and put everything back into place."
July 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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"'The bag appeared neatly and carefully packed, but all the same he had a feeling that someone with a practised hand had been through it and put everything back into place."
"'The bag appeared neatly and carefully packed, but all the same he had a feeling that someone with a practised hand had been through it and put everything back into place."