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Henry Sanders-Wright

@irregularhenry.bsky.social
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Sometimes writing, always a wanker. Writing: sanders-wright.co.uk

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Indie Bites @indiebites.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
When We Were Kings by Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Quests & Quarrels)! www.silversunbooks.com/post/quests-...
A photo of a ruined castle. Text reads:
“I was a man of fifty-two, a king of a magical, fantastical land, in the body of an eleven-year-old evacuee.”
When We Were Kings by Henry Sanders-Wright
FREE in the Quests & Quarrels issue of Indie BitesA stack of paperbacks of Indie Bites 23. The top copy is open to the title page of Henry’s story
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Very excited to have a story that is basically the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe fan-fic published in this issue
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Very happy to have made the list among fantastic company!
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
It's Day 14 of TTL's return to the stories we published this year and today it's A Vertical History Of Ramis' Pillar by @irregularhenry.bsky.social; caught in a timeloop the inhabitants of Ramis Pillar contend with themselves, creating strange and terrible days over and over and over and over and ov
I think it was the three minutes and twenty-two seconds of rain arriving at exactly quarter past two four days in a row that tipped the Town off to what was happening. An over-dramatic hysteria followed when it clicked for us and words like ‘gas leaks’ and ‘divine retribution’ were thrown around like a grenade in Danger Ball.

Ah, sorry — that’s a loop game. Be glad you never have to play, it’s very messy. Although if you did, I’d kick your ass at it. 

A Vertical history Of Ramis' Pillar

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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Watched Tombstone the other night. A fantastic cast of moustaches with the weirdest romance sub-plot — is it adultery if your wife dies of an opium overdose off-screen?
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Just make it exist first. You can make it worse with each new pass while getting increasingly frustrated later.
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
My writing has fallen off massively during May due to day job reasons (I HATE working with footballers) but I’ve started Clair Obscur and it’s the type of game that MAKES me want to write more because it is *chef’s kiss* I just need to put it down long enough to actually write
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Working on a fitting novel chapter this Easter weekend about how my MC killed themselves repeatedly to explore their immortality #writingcommunity #amwriting #specfic
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Moved to a new flat over the weekend and it really had me considering a more minimalist life when I was carrying the fortieth box of books up the stairs
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I’m happy that it’s been renewed for season 3, but if Severance ended with that season 2 finale, I’d be more than satisfied
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I saw Starlight Express tonight and I think it is the campest musical I’ve ever seen
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Ready to talk to GQ about how the goblin under my bed gives me all my best ideas and why Star Wars socks are this season’s hottest accessory
Henry wearing black polar neck, grey-once-green jeans and Star Wars socks, posing like a prestigious twat
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
🚨NEW STORY🚨 “A Vertical History of Ramis’ Pillar” is a Groundhog Day story about a town timelooping through anarchy and insanity, published by @translunartl.bsky.social among other great writers Check it out here: translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/02/15/a... #booksky #writingcommunity #specfic
Cover for issue twelve of Translunar Travelers Lounge
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
V-Day watch with a curry has been The Gorge on AppleTV — took me by surprise how much they committed to the romance and the body horror Would 100% recommend
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Editing the first few chapters of my new project is a much-needed reminder that I can write to, at least, a secondary school level #writingcommunity #amwriting #specfic
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I’m so glad Severance S2 is vaulting over the high bar S1 set — just a fucking fantastic show
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
January Submission Stats: Submissions: 1 Rejections: 1 I only have three stories (soon to be four) on submission at the moment and most are under review, so a not a lot of movement this month #amwriting #specfic #sff
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Very hungover this morning so I’ve had to administer the secret poultice: a McMuffin and a bad coffee
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Very quiet at work in the office at the moment and all I can think about is being at home, working on my WIP novel* *playing Dragon Age: Veilguard whilst I procrastinate my WIP
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
2024 Short Story Stats: 37 Submissions 36 Rejections 2 Acceptances Pretty pleased with my year of writing, especially with the two acceptances (more about those soon 👀) 2025 is going to be less about short stories and more about the novel first draft — wish me luck 💪 #amwriting #specfic #sff
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Bad news: I’ve not done nearly enough writing as I’d hoped over Christmas Good news: my Stardew Valley farm is looking fucking fantastic
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
New Wallace & Gromit was an utter joy — some absolute stellar jokes in there
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
At my in-laws for Christmas and desperately trying to finish the last parts of a novel outline It is not going well…
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
A bit late but — November’s Short Story Stats: Submissions: 2 Rejections: 2 And an assumed market closure/no response? A slow-ish month! Everyone’s getting ready for the end of the year #specfic #amwriting #SFF
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Went to Phantom Peak again last night and was reminded almost immediately how much I love its dumb writing on the very first “quest” when a parody of “Live and Let Die” blasted from the video player
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Why do I, a Brit, love Thanksgiving? Because all my American clients leave me alone for a week
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
How does every subsequent update for Spotify’s UI somehow make it worse to use?
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
I have several projects to work on in the evenings at the moment BUT Stardew Valley has been calling to me the past few nights like a siren to sailors and I’ve been jumping headfirst overboard
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
October Short Story Stats: Submissions: 6 Rejections: 5 Suspicious that a few of the mags I’ve submitted to have gone MIA but that’s a problem for another month… #specfic #sff #amwriting
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
September Short Story Stats: Submissions: 5 Rejections: 4 No run-on from last month’s luck, but some good rejections nevertheless #specfic #sff #amwriting
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
Working on a short story and I think I’ve come up with my most insufferable antagonist yet. Excited for his downfall. #sff #specfic #amwriting
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
August Short Story Stats: Submissions: 6 Rejections: 6 Acceptances: 1 🎉 That’s probably going to be my one acceptance for the year, but chuffed nonetheless 👌 #specfic #sff #amwriting
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 18/08/2024
Finished Dungeons of Hinterburg last night — cozy, low-stakes action game with some interesting thoughts of tourism and capitalism My only criticism is not being able to use the magical skateboard whenever I wanted!
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 17/08/2024
Did a double bill of Trap and Alien: Romulus today. Loved one more than the other, but both were great watches
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 05/08/2024
My July short story market stats: Submissions: 2 Rejections: 2 My ego remains unbroken for this month 💪 #specfic #sff #amwriting
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 06/07/2024
Reading this afternoon for a @spectrumwriters.com critique and it comes with the usual thoughts: 1. Will my comments actually be useful for the writers? 2. What eldritch pact do I need to make to be as talented as them? #sff #speclit #amwriting
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 01/07/2024
Trying to get into the habit—potentially due to masochist insanity—to share my monthly short story submission stats as it’s a tough market out there. Here’s June! Submissions: 3 Rejections: 4 #amwriting #sff #specfic
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 23/06/2024
In France and remembered the French have just got some great words. Faves include: Poubelle Pompiers Gendarme Chevalier Avion
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 10/06/2024
Reading Hyperion at the moment and it is really hitting all of my sweet spots 👌
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 08/06/2024
Recently learned how to create interactive fiction games with minimal coding and it’s taking all my power not to abandon my WIP novel for the labyrinth of a chose your own adventure #sfflit #specfic #amwriting
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 01/06/2024
Finished making this little guy today — eyebrows are giving BTE
Light blue crochet octopus with wicked eyebrows that say “all eight of these arms are swingin’”
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 29/05/2024
Trying to plan my novel properly this time and I love world-building but it does not always come to me easily #speclit #specfic #sff
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 26/05/2024
Spent today trying to edit a short story into a place where it *clicks* and is ready for the wider world Not sure it’s there yet but it’s closer #amwriting
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 09/03/2024
Celebrated eight years with my partner yesterday, but unfortunately that has to come to an end today as we’ve been told our star signs are incompatible 🌟
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 14/01/2024
My story, “Plastic Friends Last Forever”, was published this week in The Colored Lens Winter 2024 issue! It’s basically what if Winnie the Pooh had a sword and spoke like Thor Check it out here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRKKQVF...
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
As a society, I don’t think we’ve ever given the Poncho the respect it deserves. It should stand aside Capes and Cloaks on the list of Fashion Items That Need a Comeback
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
We’re in the full swing of Bake-Off season now, which is great as it inspires my partner to bake every week AND I’ve tricked my colleagues into bringing baked goods in every Wednesday Truly the greatest way to prepare for hibernation
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Henry Sanders-Wright @irregularhenry.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
Started this BlueSky account with the intention of *actually* posting on it (unlike my Twitter) Off to a good start after forgetting about the account for three weeks 👌
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