Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 10hI'd yeet this straight into the sea, but that would annoy the Sea Devils. So let's yeet it into Professor Stahlman's borehole instead. 130
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 15hThis post for my story was kindly shared on Facebook where my wife noted the AI option to find out more about me. Let's just say she is not the only one surprised to hear I have a Guinness World Record. No one sent me a certificate. 4187
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonGlasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If you can't wait for #Haverin for some new Brian M. Milton, why not check out his new tale 'Island in the Fog' in the 2026 edition of Fall Into Fantasy? Brian has promised us anxious holiday homers and lots of fae mischief, and you can get it now at the link below: @munchkinstein.bsky.socialamazon.comFall Into Fantasy: 2026 EditionFall Into Fantasy: 2026 Edition - Kindle edition by Press, Cloaked, Jenkins, T. A. , Brown, Clifton, Stuckless, Sandy R. , Foster, Rab, Minns, Alex, Milton, Brian M., Winchester, Avery, Young, T. J., Erickson, Laurel. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Fall Into Fantasy: 2026 Edition. 097
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonRuth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Event News! #Haverin, celebrating 40 years of the GSFWC, comes out this October. Join me at the launch parties at Fantasycon (9th October) and Waterstones Sauchiehall ST (21st October). Click below for all the details: ruthbooth.com/2026/09/have... @britfantasysoc.bsky.social #GSFWC40 067
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula. 020
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh grief, less than a week to go. My poor legs! 182
Reposted by Brian M. Miltonpeter remote morrison @remotecore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Haverin is an anthology of 43 stories from writers who have been a member of the GSFWC at some point in the last 40 years. My fellow editors are @munchkinstein.bsky.social and @hexthervvv.bsky.social and cover art is by @jennicoutts.bsky.social #GSFWC40 #HAVERIN #booksky 💙📚 0117
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Morning, gone in a gallivant. This morning is quite fancy, the rest of the weekend will be less so. 360
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonP.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’d forgotten I’d plugged The Submission Grinder in this interview. It always amazes me that so many people still don’t know about it. It’s run by @diabolicalplots.com. Definitely check it out if you’re a short fiction writer, whatever the genre. 1246
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonE.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes / Not em faulds @emfaulds.com · 24/09/2026This is me, a writer of modest means, asking you, a brilliant person, if you want a Zoom webinar? I'm a writer and web designer. Let me jam some useful knowledge into your brain! 296
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonCL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 24/09/2026The Shape of Monsters is finally out in print and ebook from Tor UK! If you're here for a dark gothic fantasy with all the broken people, twisted dynamics, mages, murder and monsters then you have gone through the correct door Get it now from your favourite bookshop 137843
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Luckily I have nothing going on at the moment and can fully appreciate that I have a new story out! It's a tale of holiday homers on a wee island over-reacting to some standard fae nonsense and is in the anthology Fall into Fantasy. Kindle link here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKV41QMF Paperback to follow.amazon.comFall Into Fantasy: 2026 EditionFall Into Fantasy: 2026 Edition - Kindle edition by Press, Cloaked, Jenkins, T. A. , Brown, Clifton, Stuckless, Sandy R. , Foster, Rab, Minns, Alex, Milton, Brian M., Winchester, Avery, Young, T. J., Erickson, Laurel. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Fall Into Fantasy: 2026 Edition. 1115
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonCEEFAUX @ceefaux.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"I didn't see that one" "Not many people have, it's probably a bad reference." 59514
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Squeezing a long run in amongst other stuff can get annoying, but it does give the opportunity for some pretty morning skies. 070
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026How long do you reckon it will be before they're refusing to be called British, because that was those dodgy Strathclyders from Dumbarton? Twits. 042
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonGlasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026#Haverin TOC reveal alert! Find out what's in our 40th anniversary anthology, including tales from Christopher Caldwell, Eliza Chan, Hal Duncan, E.M. Faulds, Elaine Gallagher, Gary Gibson, Cameron Johnston, Neil Williamson, and more. Check out the Haverin TOC at the link below: #GSFWC40gsfwc.wordpress.comGSFWC 40th Anniversary AnthologyHaverin is a Scots word that means talking nonsense, babbling or chattering. Often that is how stories start, in the nonsense, the babbling, the chattering of writers inspiring each other to keep g… 12120
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonThis Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One of the weirdest episodes in Glasgow's history began 72 years ago today. On the 23rd of September 1954, rumours began circulating amongst local school children in the Gorbals area of the city that a seven foot tall vampire with iron teeth had kidnapped and eaten two local boys. Cont./ #glasgow 25912
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonAndy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 23/09/2026The actual best website on the internet by a country mile. 88121
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Well, if it’s 23 September... YES, THAT’S RIGHT! It’s the 72nd anniversary of the hunt for the Gorbals Vampire, in which hundreds of children aged from four to 14, armed with dogs, knives, and sharpened sticks went looking for an urban myth 10257102
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonPictCon @pictcon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026111 tickets sold. Just 6 to go to pass the total for pre-con sales last year. 047
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonScarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The first episode of WORZEL GUMMIDGE (1979) sees the loveable scarecrow come alive for the first time, and it's directed like a scene from an Italian zombie film. Lucio Fulci would approve! 26446126
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonWill @willcouper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New issue of Cthonic Matter Quarterly! There I am with other very talented writers: chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/c...chthonicmatter.wordpress.comDark OfferingsChthonic Matter Quarterly #15 — Vol. 4, Issue 3 (Fall 2026)> Order Paperback via Publisher> Order ePub via Publisher> Order Paperback or Kindle via Amazon Table of Contents:”Green A… 022
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Very much the sort of day where I get to remember where the Victorians buried the drainage access hatch in my garden. On the plus side, not only got to buy a drain unblocking tool, but used it effectively. 040
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonHell Dunkin @halduncan.com · 22/09/2026you have two brains inside you... 183
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I live beside a crematorium, I have a scythe, I am available for a modest fee. 081
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It occurs to me I've been posting multiple things about events and dates of late and that's exactly the way to confuse, so here is a summary thread of it all by date. October 4th: Glasgow Half Marathon. I'm running, if you'd like to sponsor me, here is a link: www.totalgiving.co.uk/mypage/brian...totalgiving.co.ukBrian's Glasgow Half Marathon 2026Brian is raising money for Community Renewal Trust & Caledonia Funeral Aid. Donate at https://givi.ng/8n4p 141
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Good morning. Going to start this week on the positive note of discovering the new Shooglenifty album just came out. youtu.be/K7yqIzB8WWI?...youtu.beUP THE MCFUD FINAL CUT HDYouTube video by ShoogleniftyScotland 010
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonThis Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If you like decorative glass, I'd recommend checking out the Scottish Glass Society's annual exhibition, which is on at the Trades Hall on Glassford Street in Glasgow until Wednesday. Cont./ #glasgow #stainedglass #design #scottishglasssociety #decorativeglass 27812
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonAssociation for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 20/09/2026One for #StandingStoneSunday 24723
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Whenever I think of Mara I imagine the evil snake that lurks in the dark places of the mind and destroys civilisations. I see Scottish Labour are in no hurry to make me change that opinion. 110
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonAndrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 18/09/2026Oh that's terribly sad news. She was absolutely wonderful in everything she was in. 2397
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 18/09/2026In yet another demand for your attention, I'm here to tell you I'm running the Glasgow Half Marathon again this year. If you have any spare pennies and would like to encourage me and support a Glasgow charity, then here's a link. www.totalgiving.co.uk/mypage/brian...totalgiving.co.ukBrian 's Glasgow Half Marathon 2026Brian is raising money for Community Renewal Trust & Caledonia Funeral Aid. Donate at https://givi.ng/8n4p 031
Reposted by Brian M. Miltonhuck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026god this is good 375085957
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonHeather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Come to the launch of the anthology I'm an editor on! It's been a real labour of love from everyone involved to put together over 40 stories from members new and old of our local writers' group. 01311
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Haverin copies for sale at Fantasycon have arrived! Huzzah, that's a huge weight off my mind. Now to just worry I didn't order enough. 093
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026a) I keep reading this as Piddlington, as in a Piddling little town b) If England wants to split up into numerous little racist enclaves then fair play to it. Would solve the whole Scottish/Welsh/Norn Irish independence thing and they could probably pick up some nearby, not too bad bits. 120
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonNeil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If you're in Glasgow on October 2nd you definitely want to get along to this. The Shape Of Monsters is such a magical book, and CL Hellisen is a star! 11813
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Obviously this is solely because my wife works there. 040
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026See if I get my free movement in Europe back because of my Dad being born in Canada, I'll laugh like a drain. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comEuropean Union opens door for Canada to become first associate memberCommission president says partnership will create ‘common prosperity’ based on shared democratic values 230
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A repost for the morning crew. Yes, it's our Waterstones event. Tell your friends, make them buy tickets and books. If you're local to Glasgow, like speculative weirdos and not going to FantasyCon, this is the one for you. 2109
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonGlasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#Glasgow Haverin is nearly here! 'Mon and celebrate 40 years of the GSFWC with our book launch on 21st October at Waterstones Sauchiehall Street. Grab yourself new stories by Christopher Caldwell, E.M. Faulds, Neil Williamson, Eliza Chan -- and maybe some homemade tablet too! #Haverin #GSFWC40waterstones.comCelebrating 40 Years of the GSFWC | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | WaterstonesEvents at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Celebrating 40 Years of the GSFWC today. 02625
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Daleks are inevitable and you're foolish to think otherwise, certainly from all the job adverts I'm seeing. 1146
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonLibby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This morning’s First Edition: why the Celtic leaders’ Cardiff meet-up was more than just good optics www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comTuesday briefing: How to understand Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland’s joint call for changeIn today’s newsletter: Plaid Cymru, the SNP and Sinn Féin have signed an agreement for greater powers, as pressure grows on Westminster over the UK’s future 052
Reposted by Brian M. MiltonSteve Morris @stevewmorris.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Alan Moore is one of the greatest comedy writers in comic book history. I’ll prove it to you! I’m reading Alan Moore’s Future Shocks today, with art from Ian Gibson, Brendan McCarthy, Dave Gibbons, Bryan Talbot, John Higgins and many many more. Let’s change the false narrative around Moore >> 1219649
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Back in early August I did a blog post with my thoughts on being in the GSFWC as it celebrates its 40th anniversary. And I promised more. Well, finally, I've done so, it is all about the fun of being an anthology editor, and you can find it here: www.munchkinstein.co.uk/index.php/20...munchkinstein.co.ukOn editing an anthology: A haver – Brian M. Milton, SF&F writing and nonsense 167
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Today's job advert nonsense: Served a job advert in Hamilton that sounds interesting. Read in, have a think, check company website, confirm it is Hamilton, Bermuda, not Hamilton, Scotland. Sigh, go and make tea. 050