m john harrison
@mjohnharrison.bsky.social
New novel: The End of Everything
Serpent's Tail, June, 2026.
Blog: https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/about
Serpent's Tail, June, 2026.
Blog: https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/about
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Landscapes are written about, but there will be no landscape writing. Ghosts appear, but not in the ghost stories. Animals feature heavily, but there is nothing here that might be described as “animal fiction”.
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We went to a nuclear power station.
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
We went to a nuclear power station.
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We’re going to need a bigger little treat
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We’re going to need a bigger little treat
that partial translucence & sweaty radioactive shine
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
that partial translucence & sweaty radioactive shine
willing to bet that in life the pharoahs looked like boiled sweets
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
willing to bet that in life the pharoahs looked like boiled sweets
politicians influencers royals celebs billionaires: they all look like boiled sweets
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
politicians influencers royals celebs billionaires: they all look like boiled sweets
they all look like boiled sweets anyway
No 10 briefs to embarrass Streeting, knowing he’s on the media round
Streeting excels at morning round, embarrassing No 10
Another triumph
Streeting excels at morning round, embarrassing No 10
Another triumph
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
they all look like boiled sweets anyway
It's so calm in this part of Kent. Except on Garden Control Day.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It's so calm in this part of Kent. Except on Garden Control Day.
M: I thought you were in the study. When you came in from the kitchen I was quite surprised.
C: [smiles] Can the universe have the Bhudda Nature?
C: [smiles] Can the universe have the Bhudda Nature?
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
M: I thought you were in the study. When you came in from the kitchen I was quite surprised.
C: [smiles] Can the universe have the Bhudda Nature?
C: [smiles] Can the universe have the Bhudda Nature?
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the cat we're cat-sitting is out on the patio eating a mouse he caught & killed to celebrate our arrival, while I sit inside eating half a marks & sparks ham and cheese sandwich
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
the cat we're cat-sitting is out on the patio eating a mouse he caught & killed to celebrate our arrival, while I sit inside eating half a marks & sparks ham and cheese sandwich
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Destroyed place https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/destroyed-place-1920
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Destroyed place https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/destroyed-place-1920
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Sighting at Islington cafe of @serpents-tail.bsky.social edition of The Course of the Heart @mjohnharrison.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Sighting at Islington cafe of @serpents-tail.bsky.social edition of The Course of the Heart @mjohnharrison.bsky.social
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Yesterday too bad to describe.
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Yesterday too bad to describe.
it's low tide all over, today
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
it's low tide all over, today
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Cheers👍🏼Great photo, Roy
@tonywhite.bsky.social
Low tide at Twickenham, just after midday
Low tide at Twickenham, just after midday
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Cheers👍🏼Great photo, Roy
R4: Yes! We'll make sure you know all about the show, *as if it's news*, even if you deliberately avoided watching it!
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
R4: Yes! We'll make sure you know all about the show, *as if it's news*, even if you deliberately avoided watching it!
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At last! My translation of Michio Hoshino's The Traveling Tree is out today in the UK! I’ve been dying to translate this beautiful book for more than 15 years.
Read my thoughts on translating it:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Or purchase a copy:
www.amazon.co.uk/Travelling-T...
#japaneseliterature
Read my thoughts on translating it:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Or purchase a copy:
www.amazon.co.uk/Travelling-T...
#japaneseliterature
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
At last! My translation of Michio Hoshino's The Traveling Tree is out today in the UK! I’ve been dying to translate this beautiful book for more than 15 years.
Read my thoughts on translating it:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Or purchase a copy:
www.amazon.co.uk/Travelling-T...
#japaneseliterature
Read my thoughts on translating it:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Or purchase a copy:
www.amazon.co.uk/Travelling-T...
#japaneseliterature
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medusa of the everyday; brilliant cover
"As If Proust Dipped His Madeleine in LSD"
Thank you Steven van Ammel for this fabulous 4**** review for Verbruikt Licht (aka @cbeditions.bsky.social Spent Light) published by Koppernik in the Netherlands & Belgium. Best headline ever!
Thank you Steven van Ammel for this fabulous 4**** review for Verbruikt Licht (aka @cbeditions.bsky.social Spent Light) published by Koppernik in the Netherlands & Belgium. Best headline ever!
“Alsof Proust zijn madeleine in lsd sopt”: ‘Verbruikt licht’ van Lara Pawson is een boek vol excessen dat onder de huid kruipt ★★★★☆
Als de pepermolen aan een handgranaat doet denken en de kookwekker martelfantasieën oproept, weet je dat je te maken hebt met een boek over trauma.
www.standaard.be
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
medusa of the everyday; brilliant cover
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I had similar advice from Tom Disch in the early 1970s, about writing into a niche, changed my life & seems broadly applicable
November 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I had similar advice from Tom Disch in the early 1970s, about writing into a niche, changed my life & seems broadly applicable