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@stewartmack.bsky.social
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Hoarder of books; listener of random music; watcher of utter crap. Enjoys cooking, beer, and writing weird little stories. Glasgow, Scotland

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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Kind of disappointed the publisher hasn’t done them in slim hardbacks, the same as they did for Muriel Spark. Seen them in shops, however, and they do look nice. But looks like I can live with these..
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Easiest on the pocket laureate since Ishiguro. Now just the small matter of reading him.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
This Hallowe’en season, I’m finally reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It’s a far cry from the Ladybird version I (vaguely) remember reading as a child. 🙂
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
U1 Smith John Oat Mötley Man Saint Boy I Man Blink-1 Wu-Tang Man
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The seven titles I plumped for. (Though I wanted more.)
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The new remaindered table at my main Waterstone’s. It’s NYRB heavy, and spoke to me.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
You’ll get through the first story, I’m sure. Walker Brothers Cowboy is great. I love the grand geological scale of its opening that soon settles and dwells on a moment in life.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A poem by David Markson
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Almost booked tickets to a weekend horror event before realising that, as far as I can tell, there’s no public transport to it. A local event for local people.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
It does have a monotony to it, but given the nature of the street, it feels part of the point. But it felt thematically tight, right down to the teacher role, mimicking the wind, and burying the dead birds at the start. A sort of existential horror of what we live - or accept as life - day to day.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Charles Dickens book stand in an antique shop. Never seen anything like this before.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Slow as ever to catch up on films, but I really enjoyed Vivariun (2019). Like an extended Twilight Zone without Rod Serling popping up to explain it. Woof woof! #horrorsky #moviesky #horror
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Just as well. You could have alarmed him.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
If you get inside your wheelie bin during Storm Eowyn, you’ve got yourself a free Segway.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Phew! Was just about to send a Christmas Card to the old address.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
I’d be a terrible live updater. Been such a busy week I’ve only managed the first two chapters. Safe to say the first was great, the prose really capturing the character’s mindset and creating a mystery. Second more a character exploration and a chance to fire up the plot’s movement.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
A pleasant afternoon tasting beers at Epochal as part of their festive drop-in. Cool to see their Burton Union system in place (real heritage there!) Nice setting by a canal. (And it was light when I went in.)
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
I’ve a long standing ‘one in, none out’ policy on books.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
A book can title can only only intrigue me for so many years. I’m going in. #booksky #horrorsky
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
This review of Mark Z. Danielewski’s ‘House of Leaves’ amused me. Guy seems to think the varied styles are some sort of scam.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Last year’s Xmas Love it had some crackers (no pun intended)
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
And that blubbery pink thing with the dead eyes
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I fondly recall your Tutis posts. Personal favourite was the two folk cycling on the cover of Treasure Island.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Good to know: I’ve seen this a few times but hadn’t seen anything (positive or negative) about it. Tentacles sort of pushing me to the ‘buy zone’.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
In the post: two books from @swanriverpress.bsky.social
Book: Atmospheric Disturbances, Helen GrantBook: Uncertainties VII (edited by Carly Holmes)
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Turns out it’s the weekly adult singalong. 😩
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
When did libraries give up the ‘Quiet, please!’ mentality and adopt an acoustic singalong? Went to local for peace to write and now folk are blasting out Scott McKenzie’s ‘If you’re going to San Francisco.’, which I’m not. 🤷‍♂️
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I never bought it. Was on a rack of vintage sci-fi at Abbey Books, a second hand shop in Paisley, Scotland. (For all I know it could have been Christopher Priest’s as he left his books to the shop.)
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Too early to say about foxing, but had no warping issues. And I do get some corkers when I leave a book lying around. And I leave lots of books lying around.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
If you want a closer look. Though just of the covers. Here’s my Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DBygcSkAyWI/
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I don’t have them to hand, as out just now. But I don’t think they’re bad, especially for books printed in decent-sized batches. Paperbacks are just like the Crime Classics. Sturdy cardboard, and thickish paper. Hardbacks. Strong board covers and a decent quality paper.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I read ‘Claimed!’, which was the intriguing one. Started well, but too action-based later. The rest do, as you say, seem half-hearted choices. The lack of introduction to give ‘weird’ context to lay readers and also the copyright page doesn’t say when first published. Just look like 2024 releases.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Just finished reading Trilogy by Jon Fosse Three historical novellas (2007, 2012, and 2014) exploring the circularity of life and the trappings of fate as young lovers Asle and Alida search for a place to call home. Definitely works better as a whole. #books #nobelprizeinliterature #justread
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
A frosty one today.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
The Book of Mormon is coming to Glasgow. Been wanting to see it for a while. Rather cool to see a theatre booking tool offer a photo of the view from the seat. New one on me.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Nothing wrong with a refresher.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
First film of 2024 that I liked #filmsky was ‘How to Have Sex’, watched on 1st Jan. [Favourite of whole year (so far) was The Substance]
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
‘Lucan’, the documentary currently on BBC iPlayer about the son of the murdered nanny looking for Lucan goes to some random places. More a study of one man’s later life consumed by a need to locate the missing lord. Lots of side dramas, its own mystery, and a completely left field conclusion.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Oh, to be 15 again, no responsibilities, and time to luxuriate in reading gulps of a book. 🙂 The truth is, I’ve always got one eye on the next book, so I’d be impatient to be on it. Hence why rationing a chunky to allow others through. If Seth tweeted it, I could maybe doom scroll the novel. 😂
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I can understand books fetching a hefty price, but £130 markup on eBay for a book that you can still get from the publisher for £50. Not even a sub-25 numbering. 🤷‍♂️
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
In the post. Niche booklet on the subject of Cumbrian legend, the Croglin Vampire. Looking forward to dipping into this soon.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Happy to report that all the pages are not stuck together.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Glad Samantha Harvey’s Orbital has won the Booker. Although it’s the only one from the long list that I read, I really enjoyed it. (And it means I need not bother with the others I had in reserve. 🙂).
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
From what I know, the series editor (Isabel Wall) got a promotion, so the series just sort of stopped there. Glad to see it’s returning.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
BluRay arrival. All the Haunts be Ours, the second volume of folk horror from Severin Films. And this ones comes with an accompanying book of short stories.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
Correction to the 14 hardbacks. It’s actually 17. 😀
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Your wallet may have preferred you never did know of this. 😀 In addition, there’s an event this Saturday. www.seetickets.com/event/tales-...
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
I laid them all out when they hit 50. If they reach 100, I’ll do it again. 😀
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Yep. Number 54 came out this month (The Weird Tales of Dorothy K. Haynes). They’re releasing one a month now and have a subscription service, which comes with some ephemera. Second only in numbers to their Crime Classics series, and that had a major headstart.
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Stewart @stewartmack.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
I’m unsure if Penguin will continue this or if it’s a limited set like Penguin Worlds or Penguin Central European Classics. But I suppose as the weird tale peaked in 1920/30s, a lot is falling out of copyright, and makes for a cheap and easy series. Especially as these have no introductions. 2/2
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