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Writes historical thrillers set in Renaissance Italy • SHADOW OF MADNESS out now: https://linktr.ee/D.V.Bishop • Free newsletter: https://dvbishop.substack.com • Rep: @jennybrownagency.bsky.social • Ex-Tharg
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Welcome to the lifeboat party! I'm D. V. Bishop, author of the Cesare Aldo historical thrillers set in Renaissance Italy. Love books, reading, and helping other writers.

In my Copious Spare Time™ I write comics, lead three creative writing programmes, and am trying to finish a PhD.

My fave film?
a close up of a person 's face with makeup and pearls
Alt: Amid flashing lights Dr Frank N Furter looks up in triumph and shouts Oh, Rocky! It's a scene from The Rocky Horror Picture Show starring the delectable Tim Curry. Love that the auto-suggested caption is "a close up of a person 's face with makeup and pearls". I used to go see TRHPS at least once a month at the Hollywood Cinema in Avondale. Dressed up, throw rice, the works. I can still shout most of the audience participation lines unprompted.
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#KindleDailyDeal just a few hours left to get SHADOW OF MADNESS on Kindle for just 99p: www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Madne...
November 2, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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Anyway, look if you have a podcast and you want to talk to me, im a great guest! I can talk and talk! And i can talk about the mark russel written war comic dogtag ive just finished or the 2000ad projects that are coming out next year OR my creator owned work. I’ve Been busy!
November 2, 2026 at 3:19 PM
This thread is great for anyone creative, not just in comics:
November 2, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Absolutely this!!!
Getting a note is not a personal attack on your abilities, your talent, or the quality of your work.

Getting a note means someone is engaging with what you've created and believes there's room to make it even better.

In other words: they believe you're CAPABLE of making improvements.
Ted Lasso and the Believe Sign
ALT: Ted Lasso and the Believe Sign
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November 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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The legendary PAT MILLS, JOHN WAGNER & BRIAN BOLLAND are just three of the headliners for our 50th birthday bash on 6-7 March!

More amazing creator line-up announcements to come!

Tickets go on sale at 6pm GMT on 5 November – check 2000AD.com for details!
November 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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#KindleDailyDeal my latest historical thriller SHADOW OF MADNESS is just 99p on Kindle in the UK today, November 2nd 2026 - And Then There Were None X Shutter Island during a snowstorm in the Tuscany hills:
www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Madne...
@panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social
November 2, 2026 at 7:16 AM
#KindleDailyDeal my latest historical thriller SHADOW OF MADNESS is just 99p on Kindle in the UK today, November 2nd 2026 - And Then There Were None X Shutter Island during a snowstorm in the Tuscany hills:
www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Madne...
@panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social
November 2, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Why do photos of Carl Sagan remind me of Alan Partridge?
“The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.”

― Carl Sagan
November 1, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Soften up a horror film.

Sobsession
The Rexorcist
A Nightmare on Elmo St
The Bridle of Frankenstein
Last Houseboat on the Left
Soften up a horror film.

Dracula:Prints Of Darkness- a film about the Count getting poorly developed holiday photos back from Boots.
Soften up a horror film.

Aardman Animation's Prince Of Darkness
November 1, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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It gives me great joy to announce that at 3.59pm today precisely, it will be the tenth anniversary of one of the finest things ever broadcast
We're just normal men, we're just innocent men (Lauren and Hacker: full clip)
YouTube video by Antigone Journal
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November 1, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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It’s time! The Bert's Books Secret Santa.

Sign up by 30th November, and pick a book you'd like to gift to someone else.

I'll work out the best person to send that book to - and in return you'll get a book to unwrap too!

bertsbooks.co.uk/secret-santa
November 1, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Drop some BOATS ⛴️🚣‍♀️🖤⛵🚤
November 1, 2026 at 12:55 PM
@mirandajewess.bsky.social might enjoy today's Wordle...
November 1, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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If you're looking for a short, spooky, free-to-read story this Halloweekend, I have you covered!

A wee historical horror about a knock on the door in the night...

www.ceinwenlangley.com/i-need-help
I Need Help — Ceinwen Langley
www.ceinwenlangley.com
October 31, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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You can find the full story of the unpublished Superman story written by Dave Gibbons (and drawn by Bolland, Leach, Davis, Gibbons) here: neverwerecomics.wordpress.com/2021/11/24/s...
“Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On”: the Lost 50th Anniversary Superman Story
Writing and researching these blogs can be depressing, because eventually you get to the question of why. Why was this story never published? In a few exceptional cases, it didn’t get publish…
neverwerecomics.wordpress.com
October 31, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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You know which super neat magazine opens to poetry submissions on Nov. 1?

Yep, it's us!

Send us your speculative, narrative poems through the month of November! Any length, but super short is a hard sell for us. Send up to 3 poems at a time, and we pay $60 on publication.
Submission Guidelines - Small Wonders
Small Wonders is looking for original flash fiction (1,000 words or fewer), reprint flash fiction, original poems, and reprint art.
smallwondersmag.com
October 30, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Oh no, not Patrick Stewart. #RIP
Patrick Stewart Toasts with Slàinte mhath!
ALT: Patrick Stewart Toasts with Slàinte mhath!
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October 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Eating avocado on toast in a cafe while Alternative Ulster by Stiff Little Fingers plays over the speakers. Nice!
October 29, 2026 at 1:02 PM
The Rum Bababadook

#DessertHorror
October 28, 2026 at 2:19 PM
This is a cracking read, big recommend!
The Drowning Place is 99p for one day only so fill your boots. Links to order via my bio 💙🧡💚
October 28, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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I created this photo using recent research so it relaxes your brain when you pause to look at the details.
As I'm sometimes too unwell to post here (not good mental health due to PMDD & recovering from a breakdownA) it would help so much if you could maybe RT my photo. Many thanks 🌿
October 27, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Still waiting on the new Crucifictorious album... #FNL
October 28, 2026 at 6:55 AM
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'Entertaining'

So brilliant to see #TheBellsOfFortune by Leonora Nattrass chosen as a top historical novel to read next month from @thetimess.bsky.social 📚 We publish on 5th Nov!
Four historical novels to read this November
Ghosts and horrors on a polar voyage, murder in Edwardian London, plus a follow-up to The Bells of Westminster
www.thetimes.com
October 27, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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Thank you so much to @allisonandbusby.bsky.social for this gorgeous #bookpost. The Berlin Passport Office by @florajowriter.bsky.social is out next month and I can't wait to read it.
October 27, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Why writing short stories and novellas probably won't make you much/any money but is still a valuable endeavour:
dvbishop.substack.com/p/why-write-...
Why write shorter fiction?
The value of short stories and novellas
dvbishop.substack.com
October 27, 2026 at 8:37 AM