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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Now Drumcree has descended into the mess any idiot could have predicted, I'm shamelessly sharing my short story set during the first Drumcree riots www.galleybeggar.co.uk/ssp-short-st...

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SSP Short Story 06 (McKeown) — Galley Beggar Press

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Me reading Ulysses: see those last two pages. I've no idea what was going on in them. People who've already read Ulysses: that's how Joyce wants you to feel.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Still reading Ulysses. Everytime I finish a chapter, I listen to it on audiobook. It helps me I catch anything I've missed. Only today I realised the book is ready by the actor who played Bishop Len Brennan in Father Ted. I hope to hear him call someone a little ballax. Joyce has had him say worse.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Not super informed with the Irish hip-hop scene, but is there an Irish rapper called Leopold Boom?

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Now I've sorted out the SEO settings for my website, Chinese bots are able to find it so much easier.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

When a rejection says "...unfortunately are not able to publish this story..." I think, why not? Did someone break your fingers?

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Any good writing magazine have fiction submission deadlines soon?

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A slow countdown has begun until my short story Every Ballymena Man's Dream disappears from BBC Sounds. Have a listen here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Every Ballymena Man's Dream by Gerard McKeown

An ill-timed attempt to kick a football leads to a trip to the hospital.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Because of Netflix cancelling so many shows in their early stages, there aren't so many classic shows to revist. Only a load of things that ended on a cliffhanger after 2 or 3 seasons.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

When Bitcoin falls, humanity will follow a few short years after.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Is there a collective noun for a mixture of animals. Eg. a frog, a cat, a squirrel, a fox etc

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

When the train you missed was on time, but the one after it is running late. Is it going to be one of those Mondays?

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The Windsors are practically commoners. ChatGPT told me, and Grok agrees!

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

If people wanted you to write more warmly about them, they should have behaved better - Anne Lamott 🤣 🤣 🤣

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Few, if any, fonts have the staying power of Times New Roman.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

She had the kind of benches, that made walking men come be benches that made she-men walking become kind.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Who needs Gordon Lish when you've got Claude!

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Added some updates to my website, including a new short story - Bumper Wordsearch. Have a read: www.gerardmckeown.co.uk

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GerardMcKeown.co.uk – The website for writer Gerard McKeown

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Added some updates to my website, including a new short story - Bumper Wordsearch. Have a read: www.gerardmckeown.co.uk

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GerardMcKeown.co.uk – The website for writer Gerard McKeown

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I keep seeing clips from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, and I really need to watch the full thing. Which streaming services have it? (I'm outside the US but can use a VPN if necessary).

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I wonder if so many marketing companies are using AI in the same way that politicians spout known lies: when people recall a lie, they don't necessarily recall that it was a lie.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Millwall still in with a good chance of making the Premiership. Bring on the play-offs!

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Friend who works in customer support told me she's regularly told she's an AI bot. Humans are already failing the Turing test. Skynet has arrived.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Remember when President Trump was just a funny throwaway reference on The Simpsons. If someone invented a time machine that could take us back to then, they'd rake in the dosh

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Durian tastes and smells like someone wiped a dog's arse with an onion

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I'm making a list of conversation topics for people who don't have a personality. So far I've got pineapple on pizzas and is Die Hard a Christmas movie. Any others?

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Calling it now. Milllwall will be in the Premiership next season.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Watched I Swear tonight - the biopic of Tourettes awareness campaigner John Davidson. It really is a must-watch movie: informative, funny, painful but uplifting, and with a first-rate cast.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

If there was a version of Royal Kingdom that was even half close to the one in the adverts, people might actually play it.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Young Catherine and Hareton > Cathy and Heathcliffe

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Suella Braverman defects to reform. Also in the news: Bears shit in the woods.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

I'm really hoping websites make a comeback this year. They're not as draining as social media and mine could do with the hits. www.gerardmckeown.co.uk if you're interested.

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GerardMcKeown.co.uk – The website for writer Gerard McKeown

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Why is it called Alvin and the Chipmunks? Alvin IS a chipmunk. It should be called Dave and the Chipmunks.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

My short story Baltic Christmas is on BBC Radio 4 this afternoon at 3:45pm. Listen in. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Baltic Christmas by Gerard McKeown

A young man returns home for a charity swim off the north coast of Ireland.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Given the significance of the tarantula in Home Alone (without it Kevin gets caught), should spiders be considered Christmas animals? Sub question: can you reuse Halloween (spider) decorations at Christmas?

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Utterly delighted to be joining Ballerini Book Press, with a new story collection, Blurred Edges, planned for publication in the first half of 2026. Huge thanks to Renée Ballerini for this wonderful opportunity. ballerinibookpress.ch/author-signi...

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I have some short stories on my website that are no longer available online. Wish I'd added UVB-76 just because I might have got a few visits from stray googles.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Even though Scrooge changed his ways and became generous, his name is still used to describe people who are like the old Scrooge. This just isn't right!

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Philomena Cunk's face when she's told Aristotle never said, "Dance like nobody's watching," is comedy gold, all because of some very fine dramatic acting by Diane Morgan

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Been listening to my Spotify Wrapped over the past few days. A number of songs reminded me of my dad and my cat, who both passed away this year, so it's been bittersweet, but overall a good experience.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I have a new story playing on BBC Radio 4 on Boxing Day. Perfect to listen to if you're getting cosy while waiting out a turkey hangover www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Baltic Christmas by Gerard McKeown

A young man returns home for a charity swim off the north coast of Ireland.

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Gerard McKeown @gerardmckeown.bsky.social · 15/11/2025