Malcolm Dixon
@malcolmdixon59.bsky.social
Writer of short stories in The London Magazine, Aesthetica & elsewhere, and (as F.M.A Dixon) the prizewinning Everywhere Street YA novels.
Chapbooks: 'Death in the Cathedral' and 'Testament' out now.
Triple Pushcart Prize nominee. Bootle boy. Evertonian.
Chapbooks: 'Death in the Cathedral' and 'Testament' out now.
Triple Pushcart Prize nominee. Bootle boy. Evertonian.
Staying with the Brownings for a week at Casa Guidi, Florence. Robert & Elizabeth B. are currently out.
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Staying with the Brownings for a week at Casa Guidi, Florence. Robert & Elizabeth B. are currently out.
Pic taken by a pal during the Bonfire night parade in Lewes yesterday evening.
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Pic taken by a pal during the Bonfire night parade in Lewes yesterday evening.
Began in gladness.
October 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Began in gladness.
Often passed that hotel in my working days, but never made the connection to the great film.
(Took my own photo as I had a pal who once lived in the wee cottage in Jesmond Dene in Newcastle & wanted to show it to her.)
(Took my own photo as I had a pal who once lived in the wee cottage in Jesmond Dene in Newcastle & wanted to show it to her.)
September 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Often passed that hotel in my working days, but never made the connection to the great film.
(Took my own photo as I had a pal who once lived in the wee cottage in Jesmond Dene in Newcastle & wanted to show it to her.)
(Took my own photo as I had a pal who once lived in the wee cottage in Jesmond Dene in Newcastle & wanted to show it to her.)
Madonna: “He’s not the Messiah. He’s a very naughty boy! Wait…he’s behind me, isn’t he?”
September 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Madonna: “He’s not the Messiah. He’s a very naughty boy! Wait…he’s behind me, isn’t he?”
I’ve received spate of these A.I. generated, author-targeting phishing attempts by email these past weeks, but this one takes the biscuit!
Zero marks for effort, full marks for hilarity!
Zero marks for effort, full marks for hilarity!
August 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I’ve received spate of these A.I. generated, author-targeting phishing attempts by email these past weeks, but this one takes the biscuit!
Zero marks for effort, full marks for hilarity!
Zero marks for effort, full marks for hilarity!
Does this count?
August 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Does this count?
The levitating head effect was big back in the day, it would seem.
August 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The levitating head effect was big back in the day, it would seem.
The lord is my Shepherd Neame; I shall not want.
July 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The lord is my Shepherd Neame; I shall not want.
I know, how about a kids’ board game based on an escalating scale of classroom punishments?
‘Black mark!’
‘Detention!’
‘Whack-O!’
‘Black mark!’
‘Detention!’
‘Whack-O!’
June 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I know, how about a kids’ board game based on an escalating scale of classroom punishments?
‘Black mark!’
‘Detention!’
‘Whack-O!’
‘Black mark!’
‘Detention!’
‘Whack-O!’
Meet Mr Turnip, everyone’s favourite 1950’s television puppet. Comes with handy cardboard coffin.
June 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Meet Mr Turnip, everyone’s favourite 1950’s television puppet. Comes with handy cardboard coffin.
An easy trap anyone might inadvertently fall into…and then you just have to go with it.
June 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
An easy trap anyone might inadvertently fall into…and then you just have to go with it.
Chester, 1988, and I look like I’m contemplating that difficult second album.
June 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Chester, 1988, and I look like I’m contemplating that difficult second album.
Nice. I, too, am blessed with an attic writing / reading / napping* space.
*Yeah, a lot of that.
*Yeah, a lot of that.
June 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Nice. I, too, am blessed with an attic writing / reading / napping* space.
*Yeah, a lot of that.
*Yeah, a lot of that.
This one was revealed after a noticeboard was removed from the wall of a corridor at the University of Kent. Waggishly misattributed to Pollock? (See bottom right).
June 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This one was revealed after a noticeboard was removed from the wall of a corridor at the University of Kent. Waggishly misattributed to Pollock? (See bottom right).
Just had a dream in which the plot of the new Fantastic Four movie hinged on the control of the image rights to the cakes the various characters made. Dr. Doom felt his rights were being abused. He also disagreed with the 4’s use of sugar. Hence, aggro. I pray this is the plot to the actual film.
May 31, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just had a dream in which the plot of the new Fantastic Four movie hinged on the control of the image rights to the cakes the various characters made. Dr. Doom felt his rights were being abused. He also disagreed with the 4’s use of sugar. Hence, aggro. I pray this is the plot to the actual film.
The dock of the bay.
May 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The dock of the bay.
7p.m. — and therefore the end of dry Friday.
May 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
7p.m. — and therefore the end of dry Friday.
Active beaming-up circle evident on Margate sands this afternoon.
May 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Active beaming-up circle evident on Margate sands this afternoon.
The early working title for the famous Miles Davis’ album.
April 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The early working title for the famous Miles Davis’ album.
Repost with a photo of seafront/shoreline/beach that you took.
April 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Repost with a photo of seafront/shoreline/beach that you took.