Guido Eekhaut
@eekhaut.bsky.social
Writer of crime books and thrillers, speculative and fantastic fiction and the weird. Winner Hercule Poirot Award, and nominated for several others. Please no DM except professional offers.
In case you were wondering, I have the T-shirt:
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In case you were wondering, I have the T-shirt:
And now an editor asks me for a Sherlock Holmes story. Anthology due early 2026. Any sort of story. I might want to invent a Watson-Sim that spills the truth about Sherlock, somewhere in the future.
Or what?
Or what?
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
And now an editor asks me for a Sherlock Holmes story. Anthology due early 2026. Any sort of story. I might want to invent a Watson-Sim that spills the truth about Sherlock, somewhere in the future.
Or what?
Or what?
Links: QNTM -- Steven Hall (The Raw Shark Texts) -- Nick Harkaway (Gnomon).
There's a pattern out there, and I'd like more examples.
There's a pattern out there, and I'd like more examples.
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Links: QNTM -- Steven Hall (The Raw Shark Texts) -- Nick Harkaway (Gnomon).
There's a pattern out there, and I'd like more examples.
There's a pattern out there, and I'd like more examples.
Can't use Hercule Poirot as a character, so I'll call him Simon Dubois, the short Belgian detective.
And he finds himself in Buenos Aires in 1940. Guess who else is there.
Actually, the series of stories I' m writing, does not start with Dubois...
And he finds himself in Buenos Aires in 1940. Guess who else is there.
Actually, the series of stories I' m writing, does not start with Dubois...
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Can't use Hercule Poirot as a character, so I'll call him Simon Dubois, the short Belgian detective.
And he finds himself in Buenos Aires in 1940. Guess who else is there.
Actually, the series of stories I' m writing, does not start with Dubois...
And he finds himself in Buenos Aires in 1940. Guess who else is there.
Actually, the series of stories I' m writing, does not start with Dubois...
Let this be a comfort:
(Tom Gauld, again)
(Tom Gauld, again)
November 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Let this be a comfort:
(Tom Gauld, again)
(Tom Gauld, again)
"Everyone has an opinion. Unless the person is an expert it’s a mistake to treat their opinion as very important." (Naomi Alderman in The Guardian).
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis
Feeling overwhelmed by divisive opinions, endless rows and unreliable facts? Here’s how to weather the data storm
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
"Everyone has an opinion. Unless the person is an expert it’s a mistake to treat their opinion as very important." (Naomi Alderman in The Guardian).
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Can totally identify with this:
November 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Can totally identify with this:
#speclist #scifi&fantasy
Writing (or better, translating) another weird story of post-human sentient 'robots' and a confrontation with alien life (of sorts)...
I'm not even sure this is anything near a decent description of the whole thing.
Writing (or better, translating) another weird story of post-human sentient 'robots' and a confrontation with alien life (of sorts)...
I'm not even sure this is anything near a decent description of the whole thing.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
#speclist #scifi&fantasy
Writing (or better, translating) another weird story of post-human sentient 'robots' and a confrontation with alien life (of sorts)...
I'm not even sure this is anything near a decent description of the whole thing.
Writing (or better, translating) another weird story of post-human sentient 'robots' and a confrontation with alien life (of sorts)...
I'm not even sure this is anything near a decent description of the whole thing.
#speclist #scifi&fantasy #writingcommunity #mysterywriters
I submitted a surreal, weird story about whale hunting to The Berlin Literary Review today. Third submitted story in as many days. One already accepted.
I submitted a surreal, weird story about whale hunting to The Berlin Literary Review today. Third submitted story in as many days. One already accepted.
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#speclist #scifi&fantasy #writingcommunity #mysterywriters
I submitted a surreal, weird story about whale hunting to The Berlin Literary Review today. Third submitted story in as many days. One already accepted.
I submitted a surreal, weird story about whale hunting to The Berlin Literary Review today. Third submitted story in as many days. One already accepted.
#speclist
This is as it always should be done: sending a short story to an editor, and having it accepted a few hours later.
Due in an anthology early spring next year.
This is as it always should be done: sending a short story to an editor, and having it accepted a few hours later.
Due in an anthology early spring next year.
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
#speclist
This is as it always should be done: sending a short story to an editor, and having it accepted a few hours later.
Due in an anthology early spring next year.
This is as it always should be done: sending a short story to an editor, and having it accepted a few hours later.
Due in an anthology early spring next year.
#speclist #writersandwriting #mysterywriters
What's the sense of having so many magazines, and most of the submissions are closed.
What's the sense of having so many magazines, and most of the submissions are closed.
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
#speclist #writersandwriting #mysterywriters
What's the sense of having so many magazines, and most of the submissions are closed.
What's the sense of having so many magazines, and most of the submissions are closed.
How more Zen can you be?
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
How more Zen can you be?
Even so late after his best books where published, Barry Malzberg remains an interesting writer, who even managed to describe the sense of our own times:
zonamotel.substack.com/p/review-by-...
zonamotel.substack.com/p/review-by-...
REVIEW: By Night In America?
Barry N. Malzberg’s "The Last Transaction" is terrifying reading in 2025
zonamotel.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Even so late after his best books where published, Barry Malzberg remains an interesting writer, who even managed to describe the sense of our own times:
zonamotel.substack.com/p/review-by-...
zonamotel.substack.com/p/review-by-...
Reposted by Guido Eekhaut
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Mijn superbe verhaal 'Een Visioen van Gras en Bizons' sluit deze bundel sprookjes af...
Mijn superbe verhaal 'Een Visioen van Gras en Bizons' sluit deze bundel sprookjes af...
November 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Mijn superbe verhaal 'Een Visioen van Gras en Bizons' sluit deze bundel sprookjes af...
Mijn superbe verhaal 'Een Visioen van Gras en Bizons' sluit deze bundel sprookjes af...