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Paul Phillips
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My bird app went peculiar, so I'm here, but still there. Hmmm...

My post-WWII spy/action thrillers THE BORODINO SACRIFICE, THE HERRENHAUS FORFEIT and THE SAFEHAVEN COMPLEX are available on Amazon here: mybook.to/Chasing-Mercury
A brand new collection of suspenseful short stories, out now! mybook.to/ANIMUS
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
For the first time – and not for long! – ALL the Chasing Mercury thrillers are reduced to £0.99 / $0.99 here: mybook.to/Chasing-Merc...
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Ah, the #pungent aroma of shameless supplication... but the final part in my postwar spy/action series is newly hatched today – or if you want to start at the beginning, Book One is on a 99p/99¢ deal – so please share! #vss365 #NewRelease
Series link here: mybook.to/Chasing-Mercury
August 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
August 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Like Sir Bob, he went on a charm offensive...
without the #charm
#vss365
August 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Mischief hatches... mischief catches...
It all comes home to roost later this month with the release of the series finale!
#vss365 #mischief mybook.to/Chasing-Mercury
August 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
A tribute to the great Tom Lehrer. Since he was good enough to leave all his songs in the public domain (& they're being sadly misattributed on Google as a result, ho #hum...), you can look it up and #hum along to this shameless adaptation of his ditty about the shameless Wernher von Braun. #vss365
July 31, 2025 at 10:46 AM
OK folks. #Tear it up – you know the tune! #vss365
July 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yes there is #space
on your #kindle
on your bookshelf
for these...
#vss365 mybook.to/Chasing-Mercury
June 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Including yesterday's advance review for THE SAFEHAVEN COMPLEX 😊, the CHASING MERCURY series has been favourably compared to Alistair MacLean, Wilbur Smith, Jack Higgins, Len Deighton, John le Carré...
Influences, yes. Can I claim any as my #progenitor?
Modesty forbids.
#vss365
June 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Lovely family-run motel
Not quite like any other
Young man at the desk
says would I like to meet his mother
#vsspic
June 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A touch of airsickness, she had said. Bradley made sure she was still covered by her blanket and fished for his cigarettes.
When his lips drew one from the pack, a hand appeared in the corner of his #vision. A flick, and a blurry flame followed.
The man in Seat 7.
#vss365 mybook.to/Chasing-Mercury
May 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Now is the time to catch up with MERCURY! mybook.to/Chasing-Mercury
May 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Where I am staying
I need no musty store
To stir my every sense
With #vellichor.
And when I leave, today! -
If not my head
I know my heart will balk
At leaving so, so much unread.
#vss365
May 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Sure, there were extended periods when the hall was a tad footfall-#free, others when the passing punters seemed alarmed to find books at a book festival, but to those wonderful readers who stopped for signed copies – Jess, Kieron, Sarah et al – know how much I value you! #vss365
April 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It’s almost within spitting #distance now…
(although tbh I’d prefer a nicer review!)
#vss365 #ARCreaderswanted
April 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This won't even make a dent in your #luggage allowance... #vss365 #AprilFoolsDay mybook.to/Borodino
April 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Looking for a steal?
Don’t flash rob the emporia
This #HistFic #Thriller’s on a deal
And you’ll be in #euphoria!
#vss365 mybook.to/Borodino
March 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I posted this on the other place and thought I'd better share it here.

Not playing #vss365 or anything else today, #WritingCommunity. Feeling pretty violated. Check this link and you may too... theatlantic.com/technology/a...
March 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It’s February 14th already and my final #vss365 #prompt is #complex – because they’ve all been fiendishly linked! They were all extracts from my WIP, which will be published this year. You’ve all been fantastic. Thanks for playing!
February 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
A proto-CIA operation? A refuge? A hide-out? You decide. The #vss365 #prompt for February 13th is #safehaven – or, if you prefer, #safe_haven
February 13, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Three prompts to go and things are hotting up. The #vss365 #prompt for February 12th has risen – it’s #mercury
February 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Catch it if you can… The #vss365 #prompt for February 11th is #chase (or #chasing)
February 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I’m sure this #vss365 #prompt for February 10th will set free all your creative impulses. It’s #liberation
February 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Bigly? Not for me, thanks. I wouldn’t want to overstate the #vss365 #prompt for February 9th, which is #modest
February 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM