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Neil Williamson
@neilwilliamson.bsky.social
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Words and music. Glasgow, Scotland
he/him https://linktr.ee/neilwilliamson

📚 Latest thing: Blood In The Bricks
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Fricking delight to enjoy BC Camplight at the Classic Grand tonight. Lots of tracks off the new album, A Sober Conversation, but they found room for some deep cuts too.

A bug hug of a show on a cold Glasgow night.
A man with a yellow cap, black jacket and moustache singing to an audience. Various musicians play around him.
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Pictcon is officially up and running in the lovely city of Perth.

Brilliant to see Scottish SF and Fantasy being celebrated by our excellent community.
Five panelists at a top table in a hotel function room. Lower down attendees city at round tables watching.
November 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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It's officially launch day for Blood In The Bricks! It's folk horror, but right here in our towns and cities, written by some of my absolute favourite contemporary writers. Get it now (or They'll pay you a visit).

www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
A split graphic. On the left the book cover for a horror anthology, Blood In The Bricks, depicts a sinister figure with a rat's head standing in a dirty lane with a spray can in his hand. The tones are yellow and brown with splashes of red. On the right, "Nineteen chilling tales of urban folk horror" and several glowing endorsement quotes.
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Last up, thanks to everyone that came along and listened to me reading The Sea Gate (and to Tim and Tom for the excellent readings too). As I'm in a seaside frame of mind here are some pics.
White fish in an aquarium. Sign says "please don't touch us: we have sensitive skin" A floating buoy with the words "swim area" and an orange ring float above two rays. A stony beach. A grey sea. A red sign: "DANGER" A cloud of fringed anemones in an aquarium. Blue light.
November 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Thanks also to everyone who came to the launch of Blood In The Bricks, alongside NewCon Press's other new titles. There were too many of us for the table! And we sold all the books. Calling that a win.
A long row of authors seated at a table, and some on the floor beside the table.
November 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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The wonderful @esaxey.bsky.social reading from the crewpy AF Open Studios (in Blood In The Bricks) at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social
A person with short hair and round spectacles reading in front of a purple screen.
October 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Morning Brighton.
A city scene from a high up hotel room window at dawn. Blue, cloud flicked sky. Golden sun behind the buildings on the horizon.
October 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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I'm not known for historical fiction but a while back I wrote a story set in Glasgow in 1960, a time when there were a number of infamous murder sprees. It's a story about the human cost of working on those criminal cases involving absolutely inexplicable inhumanity.
A graphic featuring two swans on an icy canal, a book cover for an anthology called Absolute Zero, and the text: "A former Glasgow policeman haunted by an inexplicably brutal murder. A young couple sleepwalking towards disaster. Cold Case"
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Here he is with the lights on. Gnarly little dude.
A turnip lantern on a wooden surface.
October 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Couldn't fly out to World Fantasy without leaving a tumshie to keep a fiery eye on things while im gone.
A fiery eyed turnip lantern in a dark room.
October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Sometimes the best gigs are the ones you go into knowing zilch.
I now know ALL about a French sustainable farmer duo called The Inspector Cluzo. The main thing to know being... they're epic!!!
Props to Katacombs for a lovely supporting set too.
A grand night out.
The band, The Inspector Cluzo. A bald French man on drums a hirsute French man on guitar. Katacombs. A blonde lady in a black top playing an acoustic guitar. Warm Reekin' Rich. Four dudes with guitars and drums playing blues rock.
October 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Finally on holiday for a week. First order of business, a spot of live music a Tuts with my buddy @ruthejbooth.bsky.social
Blackboard advertising live music this week at King Tuts. Followed by a load of unlikely band names. Are they real? Who can say.
October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Just in time for Halloween...
Thank you NewCon Press for this wondrous bounty.
For which we must pay ... in blood.
Two copies of a book in a nest of shredded brown packing paper. The cover shows a rat-headed man in an alley, holding a knife and a spray can. The book's title is Blood In The Bricks.
October 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Grand set too from Edinburgh's @sarahshaunofficial.bsky.social. A little bit like if Julee Cruise had done an album for Ghost Box. Lovely stuff. Looking forward to catching them again soon.
October 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Cracking night out at Cottiers tonight. Jonathan Millers 'Whistle And I'll Come To You' with live soundtrack from Malmo's awesome @deathandvanilla.bsky.social.

Atmospheric, suspenseful and creepy in all the right ways. Perfect October fun.
Black and white poster of a man's silhouette at sunset, reads: Whistle And I'll Come To You with live score performed by Death And Vanilla with support from Sarah/Shaun A screen bearing the logo Death And Vanilla in a red-lit church. Bottom left a Swedish man plays a Moog synth.
October 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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That's it. Right across from the casino as @remotecore.bsky.social said. Having said that... there wasn't much to fall down.
Screen shot of street view map of Glasgow's Broomielaw. On the right, a corner building stands alone, a gap site next to it.
October 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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This is how we do it in Scotland.
A scary lantern made out of a turnip, eyes aflame...
October 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Celebrating the start of autumn with the annual chili cook off. Half a kilo of spicy meat is always a grand way to warm up on a dreich day.

(Not the same without @halduncan.com tho)
A plastic tub of chili on a wooden table. Sour cream, guacamole, tortilla chip, micro cress. A plastic tub of chili on a wooden table. Sour cream, potato and corn fritter. A plastic tub of chili on a wooden table. Smoky fried tortilla topping. A plastic tub of chili on a wooden table. Cucumber salsa, cheesy cornflakes.
September 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Woke up to a nip in the air. Season is turning, perfect timing for this contributor's copy of the Absolute Zero anthology to arrive!

If you're up for a collection of genuine chills, you can grab yours at:
deadskypublishing.com/portfolio-it...
A book titled Absolute Zero. The cover shows an iceberg whose submerged portion is a creepy skull.
September 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Loved watching EBB last night. Pure porg-tertainment from start to finish.
EBB on stage. A blonde woman playing guitar, a bearded man rocking a bass, a dark haired singer dancing. Bubbles fill the air. EBB on stage. A dark haired synth player watches on as a cloaked crone offers a smoking cauldron to the bass player.
August 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Sadly we've had to say goodbye to this utter prince. Az made it to sixteen which is pretty damn good going, and it was an absolute privilege to have him here for the last three years. Never known a little dude with more love in his fuzzy wee face. Missing him like heck right now.
A lovely black cat. A lovely black cat. A lovely black cat from the bottom up.
August 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Epic book chat tonight. @justinleeanderson.com launching his new one, The Damned King, with @annabelcwrites.bsky.social and @cameronjohnston.bsky.social. And the magical @megintransition.bsky.social asking the Big Questions.
Love these events. Thank you @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social !
August 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Congrats to @dougjohnstone.bsky.social on the publication of The Transcendent Tide, the final part of his Enceladons trilogy!
The most grounded and full hearted sci-fi thriller I've read in ages.
Book cover. Blue with a design kf lines and coloured spheres. Title: The Transcendent Tide. By: Doug Johnstone.
August 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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It's all gone gothic. @mkhardywrites.com and Heather Parry talking to Kirsty Logan about their excellently dark novels The Needfire and Carrion Crow at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social
Heather, a short-haired person dressed in black and Kirsty, wearing a black dress and sporting a black bob listen to MK Hardy - two people with short hair, wearing black and white and smiling.
July 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM