Mark Barrowcliffe
@barrowcliffe.bsky.social
Writer, also writes as Mark Alder and MD Lachlan. Professional fencing coach too. Slightly alarmingly, I live by the sword. Hobby motorcyclist and friend of dogs.
Just to be clear, it's OK to call my daughter a piece of ass - if you want a punch on the nose.
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July 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Just to be clear, it's OK to call my daughter a piece of ass - if you want a punch on the nose.
Trying to compliment my friend on his new car. Think I may have exposed lack of up to date knowledge. 'Horseless! Nice!'
July 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Trying to compliment my friend on his new car. Think I may have exposed lack of up to date knowledge. 'Horseless! Nice!'
Who is your favourite Queen singer? For me it's Adam Lambert first, Freddy 2, Paul Rogers 3. Very close between Adam and Fred but Adam better singer and just edges it on performance. Other bands who got better when they replaced singer? Iron Maiden wrong answer.
July 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Who is your favourite Queen singer? For me it's Adam Lambert first, Freddy 2, Paul Rogers 3. Very close between Adam and Fred but Adam better singer and just edges it on performance. Other bands who got better when they replaced singer? Iron Maiden wrong answer.
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it is really weird that publishing decided that instead of having a marketing budget, writers should just become cult leaders
June 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
it is really weird that publishing decided that instead of having a marketing budget, writers should just become cult leaders
Ooh, must buy!
June 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Ooh, must buy!
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Hey, North Americans! My book Montgomery Bonbon: Mystery at the Manor comes out TODAY! It's no. 3 in a series of kids' mysteries full of impossible crimes and funny jokes. Buy it for the detective in your life!
www.candlewick.com/9781536241822/montgomery-bonbon-mystery-at-the-manor
www.candlewick.com/9781536241822/montgomery-bonbon-mystery-at-the-manor
June 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey, North Americans! My book Montgomery Bonbon: Mystery at the Manor comes out TODAY! It's no. 3 in a series of kids' mysteries full of impossible crimes and funny jokes. Buy it for the detective in your life!
www.candlewick.com/9781536241822/montgomery-bonbon-mystery-at-the-manor
www.candlewick.com/9781536241822/montgomery-bonbon-mystery-at-the-manor
I've realised the problem with most US sports is that you can't see the ball. Gridiron, baseball, ice hockey, half the time it could be anywhere. Basketball is OK but it's too easy to score. It would be more exciting if the hoop was smaller and they had fewer breaks.
May 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I've realised the problem with most US sports is that you can't see the ball. Gridiron, baseball, ice hockey, half the time it could be anywhere. Basketball is OK but it's too easy to score. It would be more exciting if the hoop was smaller and they had fewer breaks.
Quote post this with a picture of the aircraft you'll accept as a bribe.
May 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Quote post this with a picture of the aircraft you'll accept as a bribe.
Britain's best band. By a street.
New Half Man Half Biscuit song "Horror Clowns are Dickheads" on YouTube.
youtu.be/p6me60Tdm2g?...
Do repost! #HMHB
youtu.be/p6me60Tdm2g?...
Do repost! #HMHB
Horror Clowns Are Dickheads
YouTube video by Half Man Half Biscuit - Topic
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May 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Britain's best band. By a street.
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In Moonfall (2022) a NASA guy reports that the moon has entered an elliptical orbit. And his boss, the director of NASA, is like, 'In ENGLISH please???'
April 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In Moonfall (2022) a NASA guy reports that the moon has entered an elliptical orbit. And his boss, the director of NASA, is like, 'In ENGLISH please???'
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Just a reminder, my forthcoming fantasy book DEVIL INSIDE is now available for pre-order! A paperback version will also be released. And remember kids, pre-orders greatly help an author's tenuous grip on sanity!
April 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Just a reminder, my forthcoming fantasy book DEVIL INSIDE is now available for pre-order! A paperback version will also be released. And remember kids, pre-orders greatly help an author's tenuous grip on sanity!
I think we should start calling SpaceX Space Formerly Twitter.
April 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I think we should start calling SpaceX Space Formerly Twitter.
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DEVIL INSIDE is now available for pre-order! A contemporary fantasy of hidden family legacies, magic, lethal secrets and spies, told by the woman at the heart of it all.
UK pre-order - www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Inside...
US pre-order - www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5QRD1K5/
#booksky
UK pre-order - www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Inside...
US pre-order - www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5QRD1K5/
#booksky
April 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
DEVIL INSIDE is now available for pre-order! A contemporary fantasy of hidden family legacies, magic, lethal secrets and spies, told by the woman at the heart of it all.
UK pre-order - www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Inside...
US pre-order - www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5QRD1K5/
#booksky
UK pre-order - www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Inside...
US pre-order - www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5QRD1K5/
#booksky
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I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
April 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
I have one of these but you're not cool enough to buy one. Sorry!
I see both Doctor Who and Black Mirror are back on the telly. Why not save time on composing your seemingly endless critisisms of something you still take the time to watch with this great T-shirt!
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April 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I have one of these but you're not cool enough to buy one. Sorry!
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Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
I don't want to crush my goals. They've never done anything to me.
April 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I don't want to crush my goals. They've never done anything to me.
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Excuse me, I'm looking for my brother Tweedle Dee.
This asshole raised prices and ruined your retirement savings, and now he's out golfing for the rest of the weekend.
April 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Excuse me, I'm looking for my brother Tweedle Dee.
This is a bit beside the point but how many hours has he spent getting a swing that bad? I can't stand golf but even I know that's bad.
Here he is today, deeply concerned about economic hardship caused by his tariff scheme.
April 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is a bit beside the point but how many hours has he spent getting a swing that bad? I can't stand golf but even I know that's bad.
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Women in SF&F Month starts today with a guest post by @wordsiren.bsky.social! She shares about her concern that it was getting too late for her to publish a book in "Let Your Stories Age Like a Fine Wine, Ladies."
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/04/wome...
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/04/wome...
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐
April 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Women in SF&F Month starts today with a guest post by @wordsiren.bsky.social! She shares about her concern that it was getting too late for her to publish a book in "Let Your Stories Age Like a Fine Wine, Ladies."
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/04/wome...
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/04/wome...
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐
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Virginia service worker Jennifer Piggott voted for Trump knowing others would suffer she just never thought… 🐆💀
March 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Virginia service worker Jennifer Piggott voted for Trump knowing others would suffer she just never thought… 🐆💀
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BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.