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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I run a short story I've written through an AI check: "100% human." Relief, followed immediately by: "Wait, does that mean it's badly written?"

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New book time: let's stare at the shelves, scratch our chins, and eventually buy something new.

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Working my way through the Dungeon Crawler Carl series with an equal measure of voracious urgency and reluctance to catch up... @mattdinniman.bsky.social you've created a(nother) monster.

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Get stuck into this short series on demons, world-domination, and alien overlords. Ya know, chilled out stuff. #sciencefiction #writing hedleywjackson.substack.com/p/she-the-ca...

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She, The Catalyst

Where There's Weirdness - Segment I

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Writing gets easier once you stop asking every line to explain itself. Atmosphere can carry meaning before logic arrives.

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Getting back to office working is all fun and games until the person sat beside you starts audibly eating a nectarine.

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

My latest Substackery. Get involved: hedleywjackson.substack.com/p/where-the-...

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

All this chat about an AI Bubble just makes me nostalgic for Flubber

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Nothing makes me feel more powerful than separating two Duplo blocks with one hand.

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

First paid subscriber on Substack has given my imposter syndrome a healthy shot in the arm

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

More BLACK MIRROR!? In THIS economy!?

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

"This is not what we voted for." Oh, get in the bin. Yes, you did. It's the people facing illegal deportation or destitution that didn't.

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

What in the bed-shitting-Liz-Truss is going on?!

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

My first book is currently available for free! It's about political machinations in an increasingly faithless world, which is struggling with the emergence of AI... it's fiction, honest. amzn.eu/d/bdcAXEJ

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Absolution: A White Age Novel (The White Age Book 1) eBook : Jackson, Hedley W.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Can we spare a thought for the authors of dystopian fiction? The news is increasingly looking like my short story drafts.

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Distract yourself from the apocalypse with a short story about a True Crime podcast ruining some decorating tinyurl.com/5t346fw3

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True Crime

a short story

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

A metallic hand removes the dust from an ancient tome revealing its name: HOW IT ENDED. It creaks and crumbles as it's opened. The orange pages flip and a finger traces the words PART THREE and then, further down: "The convicted felon had won the popular vote by a landslide, the world stood aghast."

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

I keep writing short stories, convincing myself they deserve to be larger projects, then consigning them to gather dust in the growing Large Project pile. At least I’m writing, I guess. Does anyone else have a stack of ‘someday’ projects?

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

I cannot put it off any longer, I am going to read The Stand. I will be uncontactable for the foreseeable. @stephenking.bsky.social please forgive my tardiness.

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

18 years of owning The Silmarillion and I've not yet made it past the first page. Anyone else just keeping a copy as a mythical artifact, rather than reading material? Maybe this is the year...

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

The autumn sky is suitably apocalyptic. Clearing the decks for winter.

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

"The lady was dead, the smell suggested it and the riven, hanging skin declared it as fact. The eyes - that stared without blinking - were orbs of crystal cloud: defunct; the cheek was a window to the mouth and rotten stumps of teeth within; the nose was clinging on." #horror tinyurl.com/4nchh2m3

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Treasure

a short story

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

I've entered the last 100 pages of a book I'm reading. My eyes dart to those dusty and pensive on the shelves; the patient, the underestimated. I check my online wishlist and hear a distant groan. 97 pages left, but I haven't been paying attention. I've entered the last 100 pages...

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

The Jinx is breathtaking. It has absolutely everything: unhinged people; absurd actions; legal ineptitude; pure, real-life evil; the relentless, heartrending pursuit of justice. A must watch.

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

Okay, so a crow died in my chimney. Is there a set protocol here for seeing off whatever omen this represents? What are the preferred incantations for this situation?

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Dusted off and whispered words of encouragement to an old screenplay before releasing it into the wild. Be gentle with it. hedleywjackson.substack.com/p/the-euthan...

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The Euthanists

a screenplay - act one

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

Sometimes my mood can only be matched by an overcrowded gig in a record store

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

There's something about reading Hilary Mantel that feels like you're participating in something eternal, timeless. The words aren't on a page they're chiseled into the earth's crust, and now my mind #amreading

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

Bradford Sterling has created a monster... In 2052, religion is abolished globally, thrusting the world into a new reality. My first novel, available now on Amazon. #Scifi #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished amzn.eu/d/egCD85K

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Daytime TV pitch: "Lofty Expectations" two families go head to head, with the assistance of a handy nerd, to complete a random task (e.g. toast some bread) using only the content of their loft/attic. Purpose built items are banned (e.g. a toaster). End results are scored for ingenuity and success.

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

I can't shake this Philip Larkin poem from my head

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

I underestimated the impact an air fryer would have on my life. Just the sight of the oven makes me sick. Everything is now air fried. Nothing is safe. If you enter my house you are at risk of being air fried.

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

“So, how do you think you did?” The voice floated above him and he reached for it. He was prodded and then the world awoke. “At what?” “Life. Living. The thing you’ve been doing non-stop for all of your living memory until about…” she checked a watch, “…two minutes ago.” tinyurl.com/pk39fahu

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Performance Review

a short story

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

Belatedly started watching Fargo season 2, which was released in 2015...!? Where is time going and can it please just stop for a bit?

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Hedley W. Jackson @hedleywjackson.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

Deleted the Bad Place app from my phone and now I can breathe again

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