Danny Marshall
@dlmarshall.bsky.social
Author / scriptwriter / history geek / Rusty 80s Ford victim
Writes about locked-room murder, car chases, ghosts, and biscuits.
Halifax, Yorkshire
https://dannymarshall.co.uk
Writes about locked-room murder, car chases, ghosts, and biscuits.
Halifax, Yorkshire
https://dannymarshall.co.uk
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Danny Marshall
@dlmarshall.bsky.social
· Nov 30
A Ghost Story For Christmas
Download PDF or read on site The Terror In The LibraryDownload
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A Ghost Story For Christmas!
Fans of M.R James and E.F Benson, instead of an advent calendar this year I’ve written you a slice of freezing cold horror.
Enjoy!
dannymarshall.co.uk/a-ghost-stor...
Fans of M.R James and E.F Benson, instead of an advent calendar this year I’ve written you a slice of freezing cold horror.
Enjoy!
dannymarshall.co.uk/a-ghost-stor...
Saw Weezer last night in the centre of my grim little northern hometown, a week after Deftones played the same venue, where I saw Korn last year, with Limp Bizkit and playing the year before, among others!
15 yr old me would never believe The Piece Hall would become the best music venue in the UK!
15 yr old me would never believe The Piece Hall would become the best music venue in the UK!
July 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Saw Weezer last night in the centre of my grim little northern hometown, a week after Deftones played the same venue, where I saw Korn last year, with Limp Bizkit and playing the year before, among others!
15 yr old me would never believe The Piece Hall would become the best music venue in the UK!
15 yr old me would never believe The Piece Hall would become the best music venue in the UK!
Right. Staring at blank pages in Word again.
Six months to fill them all, hopefully with decent words.
The imposter syndrome is strong, but I have a brew and a double Snickers.
Let’s go!
Six months to fill them all, hopefully with decent words.
The imposter syndrome is strong, but I have a brew and a double Snickers.
Let’s go!
June 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Right. Staring at blank pages in Word again.
Six months to fill them all, hopefully with decent words.
The imposter syndrome is strong, but I have a brew and a double Snickers.
Let’s go!
Six months to fill them all, hopefully with decent words.
The imposter syndrome is strong, but I have a brew and a double Snickers.
Let’s go!
I wouldn’t be a published writer without @newwritingnorth.bsky.social and I also wouldn’t be a published writer without @mariwriter.bsky.social so this is just grand… 👇
I’m so proud to join @newwritingnorth.bsky.social as a patron for their fundraising campaign #WritersForWriters. Please read this thread. You can help to support the next generation of writers by becoming a regular donor or simply by spreading the word. Thank you.
June 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I wouldn’t be a published writer without @newwritingnorth.bsky.social and I also wouldn’t be a published writer without @mariwriter.bsky.social so this is just grand… 👇
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“New Writing North literally changed my life. They opened doors for me when I was struggling to find an agent and publisher for my debut novel. I wouldn’t be the writer I am today without their help” Mari Hannah
June 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“New Writing North literally changed my life. They opened doors for me when I was struggling to find an agent and publisher for my debut novel. I wouldn’t be the writer I am today without their help” Mari Hannah
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A friend told me to write letters to the people I hate, and then burn them. But what should I do with the letters?
June 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A friend told me to write letters to the people I hate, and then burn them. But what should I do with the letters?
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So very close now!
June 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
So very close now!
Just watched Deep Cover on Prime. Absolutely loved it. Orland Bloom is hilarious. I love how unseriously some actors take themselves when they hit middle age and do fun stuff.
June 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Just watched Deep Cover on Prime. Absolutely loved it. Orland Bloom is hilarious. I love how unseriously some actors take themselves when they hit middle age and do fun stuff.
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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Okay!
Here's the new MP letter template to push back on the trans-exclusionary Code the EHRC are trying to bring in.
I'm timing this letter to bolster the @transsolidarity.bsky.social Mass Lobby Day (next Wednesday), creating a swell of protest before, during & after.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Here's the new MP letter template to push back on the trans-exclusionary Code the EHRC are trying to bring in.
I'm timing this letter to bolster the @transsolidarity.bsky.social Mass Lobby Day (next Wednesday), creating a swell of protest before, during & after.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Template MP letter: 3 asks re the EHRC Code consultation
Letter for MPs. Find your MP here: https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP I also recommend that you copy your letter to the Minister for Women and Equalities, Bridget Philippson, via the Women and...
docs.google.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Okay!
Here's the new MP letter template to push back on the trans-exclusionary Code the EHRC are trying to bring in.
I'm timing this letter to bolster the @transsolidarity.bsky.social Mass Lobby Day (next Wednesday), creating a swell of protest before, during & after.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Here's the new MP letter template to push back on the trans-exclusionary Code the EHRC are trying to bring in.
I'm timing this letter to bolster the @transsolidarity.bsky.social Mass Lobby Day (next Wednesday), creating a swell of protest before, during & after.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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June 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Columbo and Midsomer Murders are two of the longest running police shows.
Just once I would like to watch a drama about a detective with a healthy home life and a transparent uncomplicated past, who does things exactly by the book and gets results.
June 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Columbo and Midsomer Murders are two of the longest running police shows.
Spoiler: it was my second child putting her shoes on after only five requests.
BREAKING: Iranian State TV has said: "Tonight, a great surprise will occur, one that the world will remember for centuries."
June 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Spoiler: it was my second child putting her shoes on after only five requests.
Where I come from ‘Moor’ has two syllables.
My wife is constantly berating me for saying this around the kids, despite:
A) her not being local, and
B) us all living… where I came from.
My wife is constantly berating me for saying this around the kids, despite:
A) her not being local, and
B) us all living… where I came from.
June 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Where I come from ‘Moor’ has two syllables.
My wife is constantly berating me for saying this around the kids, despite:
A) her not being local, and
B) us all living… where I came from.
My wife is constantly berating me for saying this around the kids, despite:
A) her not being local, and
B) us all living… where I came from.
Legit worried I’m still too fat for the impending apocalypse.
June 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Legit worried I’m still too fat for the impending apocalypse.
The weird irony being, of course, that all the European countries their ancestors came from that *do* have kings… have more freedom right now.
June 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The weird irony being, of course, that all the European countries their ancestors came from that *do* have kings… have more freedom right now.
That feeling when you work out a plot point and suddenly the whole book falls into place. That.
June 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM
That feeling when you work out a plot point and suddenly the whole book falls into place. That.
And this is why I’m torn on the unelected House of Lords.
On one hand - unelected, life peers goes against my beliefs.
On the other, they’re far less swayed by the politics of the day, and party games.
They do sometimes tend to guard against populism pretty well.
On one hand - unelected, life peers goes against my beliefs.
On the other, they’re far less swayed by the politics of the day, and party games.
They do sometimes tend to guard against populism pretty well.
The UK government was just defeated in the House of Lords for a *fifth* time over AI training data transparency.
Please watch the electrifying end to Baroness Kidron's closing speech ahead of the vote. Creators have no greater champion.
🧵 1/2
Please watch the electrifying end to Baroness Kidron's closing speech ahead of the vote. Creators have no greater champion.
🧵 1/2
June 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
And this is why I’m torn on the unelected House of Lords.
On one hand - unelected, life peers goes against my beliefs.
On the other, they’re far less swayed by the politics of the day, and party games.
They do sometimes tend to guard against populism pretty well.
On one hand - unelected, life peers goes against my beliefs.
On the other, they’re far less swayed by the politics of the day, and party games.
They do sometimes tend to guard against populism pretty well.
You all know how I feel about a 60s/70s thriller mass market paperback cover…
Enjoy 👇
Enjoy 👇
June 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
You all know how I feel about a 60s/70s thriller mass market paperback cover…
Enjoy 👇
Enjoy 👇
Wait I haven’t read all the PD James books, which one is the new series based on? 😄
June 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wait I haven’t read all the PD James books, which one is the new series based on? 😄
Writers need to stand with narrators in pushing back on this bollocks.
Audible announces “fully integrated, end-to-end AI production technology” as it sets a goal that every book will be available audibly and in every language bit.ly/4koIiTD a human comments “In the search for a cheap simulacra to a human, we are prepared to burn down the planet and call it progress”
Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks
Amazon brand will offer more than 100 artificial intelligence-generated voices in English and other languages
bit.ly
May 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Writers need to stand with narrators in pushing back on this bollocks.
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And we are LIVE!! Please repost! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cro...
Lovecraft Investigations: Crowley
A Lovecraft Investigations audio series delving into the (true) life and works of Aleister Crowley
www.kickstarter.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
And we are LIVE!! Please repost! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cro...
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Huge thanks to @dlmarshall.bsky.social
for kindly sending me his John Tyler thriller trilogy. I’ve just read Anthrax Island, and really enjoyed it - murderous goings-on at a scientific research centre on an island in the Scottish Highlands that has a sinister history linked to biological warfare.☠️
for kindly sending me his John Tyler thriller trilogy. I’ve just read Anthrax Island, and really enjoyed it - murderous goings-on at a scientific research centre on an island in the Scottish Highlands that has a sinister history linked to biological warfare.☠️
May 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Huge thanks to @dlmarshall.bsky.social
for kindly sending me his John Tyler thriller trilogy. I’ve just read Anthrax Island, and really enjoyed it - murderous goings-on at a scientific research centre on an island in the Scottish Highlands that has a sinister history linked to biological warfare.☠️
for kindly sending me his John Tyler thriller trilogy. I’ve just read Anthrax Island, and really enjoyed it - murderous goings-on at a scientific research centre on an island in the Scottish Highlands that has a sinister history linked to biological warfare.☠️
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Good to see, but the ongoing decline in writing incomes is surely the biggest factor in driving out 'working class' writers. As with other creative industries.
UK-wide initiative launched to tackle marginalisation of working-class writers
UK-wide initiative launched to tackle marginalisation of working-class writers
New Writing North’s literary venture The Bee includes magazine and podcast, and is supported by Michael Sheen
Writing and publishing in the UK is in crisis, with a growing marginalisation of working-class people whose stories and experiences are not being heard, the backers of a new literary magazine and platform have argued.
The Early May bank holiday has been chosen for the launch of The Bee, a UK-wide initiative that will include a website, literary magazine, podcast and outreach programme. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Good to see, but the ongoing decline in writing incomes is surely the biggest factor in driving out 'working class' writers. As with other creative industries.
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And then, somehow, there were ten. The hardest book I’ve ever had to write. Started it as a son, ended it as an orphan. Hope you all enjoy it…
amzn.eu/d/f3Y6Ta6
amzn.eu/d/f3Y6Ta6
May 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
And then, somehow, there were ten. The hardest book I’ve ever had to write. Started it as a son, ended it as an orphan. Hope you all enjoy it…
amzn.eu/d/f3Y6Ta6
amzn.eu/d/f3Y6Ta6
