Paul Stephenson

Paul Stephenson

@hollowstone.press

Writes horror and science fiction, made by hand to be read by lamplight: Blood on the Motorway, Sunset Chronicles, Bleakwood, Darkness Rises. ATProto enthusiast. Trans rights are human rights. Fuck AI 'art'.

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Paul Stephenson
@hollowstone.press

To say that I was nervous about this weekend would be a bit of an understatement, but Bristolcon was brilliant, and made me feel like I've not been wasting the last decade of my life with this writing nonsense. It may have given me enough hope to tackle the next one, too. #bristolcon

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George Monbiot
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

Paul Stephenson
@hollowstone.press

Okay so when I joined the queue at 10am (had been waiting since 8.45) I was at position 133,933. Now, 23 minutes later, that's gone down by a whopping 1,351. So, if that timing holds, and assuming it doesn't sell out during my wait, I should reach the front of the queue in 37.6 hours. Cool cool cool

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Kathy O'Donnell
@kathyodonnell.bsky.social

Decoding 'grievance artist' Melanie Phillips and the framing of protests in Europe. A very useful and necessary piece from @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

NEW | On Melanie Phillips et al. HORNY FOR CIVIL WAR Riots in France triggered feverish fantasies of chaos closer to home in the British right-wing press. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/horny-for-...

brokenbottleboy.substack.comHorny for civil warRiots in France triggered feverish fantasies of chaos closer to home in the British right-wing press.

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George Monbiot
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Approving the Jackdaw gas field solves none of our problems, while contributing to the existential crisis of climate breakdown. The government has privileged special interests above the general interest. It's a shameful, cowardly decision.

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Dan Howarth
@danhowarth20.bsky.social

Probably the best review I've ever received. Thanks and much love @hollowstone.press

Paul Stephenson@hollowstone.press

Book reviews! Here are some thoughts on some books I've finished recently, starting with the best book I've read this decade by @danhowarth20.bsky.social

popfeed.social★★★★★ review of Lionhearts: Northern Ashes (2025) • PopfeedIt's worth noting that not only is Dan a good friend of mine, but I also designed the cover. None of which should discredit what I'm about to say: This is the best thing I've read this decade, an enth...
Paul Stephenson
@hollowstone.press

And, lastly, there's the very, very silly second Reacher book, in which Reacher takes on the Far Right and beats them all up. Enjoyably Nazi punching, which makes up for the questionable quality otherwise.

popfeed.social★★★½ review of Die Trying (1999) • PopfeedListening on audiobook really brought home how stilted and repetitive Child's writing is, but none of that stopped me being entertained by Reacher rampaging through a far right boot camp. Make this bo...

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Indie Horror Chapter
@indiehorrorchapter.bsky.social

👻 DID YOU MISS US? 👻 With over 60 indie horror authors from the Uk and Europe, Chapter 5: Derby Horror Book Con is going to be epic! Save the date - 3 April 😱 🩸📚😱📚💙📢📚

Paul Stephenson
@hollowstone.press

I once left a really good job as a newspaper editor to go to a new job at a magazine, when I turned up everyone was shooting daggers at me, turned out they’d not been paid for a month and were livid that they were hiring people. By the end of the second day customs and excise shuttered the business.

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Mic Wright
@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

I don’t give a fuck about what the public ‘reckon’ about diagnoses, especially when the reckoning is in large part due to a concerted media campaign over recent years.

YouGov@yougov.co.uk

With much media coverage of a government report that ADHD and autism are being over-diagnosed, a claim which some experts have disputed, half of Britons now believe that the conditions are being over-diagnosed Over-diagnosed: 50% Under-diagnosed: 17% About right: 17% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

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Joanne Harris
@joannechocolat.bsky.social

Radical publishing notion, right here: if your publishers are making a living from publishing and selling your books, then you, the author, should be making a living from writing them.

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Victoria Strauss
@victoriastrauss.com

Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying

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Dewie
@judgedewie.bsky.social

Today's (UK) headlines include a man on trial for murdering his wife, a man who has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman who had been drugged by her husband for men to abuse, and a man convicted of stalking his ex and threatening to throw acid on her. All white British men. No riots?

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Martin Calladine
@uglygame.bsky.social

I think this will be one of the defining images of the Premier League's void years: a proudly working class fanbase celebrating that the ruling family of an oppressive regime had hired a barrister on £10,000-an-hour to try and prevent them suffering consequences for their cheating. Embarrassing.

Paul Stephenson
@hollowstone.press

Dream scenario: City are expelled from the football pyramid, must reapply to their local non-league tier, and work their way back up. City's owners are also forced to sell and are banned from any future ownership.

Paul Stephenson
@hollowstone.press

Of course, there's just as much chance it'll be a two year transfer ban (deferred for one year to allow them to get one last window in), a big fine, and a nominal points deduction.

Paul Stephenson
@hollowstone.press

Dan's COCK looks great, can't wait to get my hands on it.

Daniel Willcocks@danielwillcocks.bsky.social

🐓 OFFICIAL COVER REVEAL 🥚 www.books2read.com/cockreveal This book has been 4 years in the making. First imagined on a beach in Scarborough, alongside a gaggle of writer friends. Now, finally available to pre-order. #Bookstagram #HorrorBooks #HorrorLit #HorrorCommunity #InstaHorror #

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jenny tightpants
@jtp.bsky.social

"i have created the machine that thinks." you fucked up a perfectly good graphics card is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety

jenny tightpants@jtp.bsky.social

i don't care if the danged chat bots are "thinking." that's not my problem. stop putting them in my computers

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🎃 Andy Cull 🎃
@andrewcull.bsky.social

Here's to all the writers, pacing their offices, repeatedly acting out the action they're trying to describe, in the hope they can summon the word for that action from the dark recesses of their brains. I see you, and yeah, I do this most days 🖤

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Kristina Killgrove
@killgrove.bsky.social

This is a good deep-dive into AI slop invading what used to be legit media sites. One thing I’m seeing more and more: slop outlets churning archaeology stories from 1-5 years ago and presenting them as news. 🏺🧪

futurism.comHow Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per MonthBrown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.