Will
@willcouper.bsky.social
Scottish. Writer of unwanted stories. Angry. Frustrated. Watches some films. Plays some games. Sometimes writes about both. Neither award-nominated nor award-winning. Writing enquiries: [email protected]
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Will
@willcouper.bsky.social
· Nov 18
I'm Will Couper, that writer you've never heard of. I toil away, sending out horror, fantasy, and (rare) sci-fi. Mostly responsive to stimuli. I'll block bigots on sight.
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I’m gonna keep saying it.
It‘s not purity tests. Or trans people. Or Black, disabled or queer people that got us Trump.
It’s cishet white guys.
you sound like a fool suggesting otherwise.
It‘s not purity tests. Or trans people. Or Black, disabled or queer people that got us Trump.
It’s cishet white guys.
you sound like a fool suggesting otherwise.
September 18, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I’m gonna keep saying it.
It‘s not purity tests. Or trans people. Or Black, disabled or queer people that got us Trump.
It’s cishet white guys.
you sound like a fool suggesting otherwise.
It‘s not purity tests. Or trans people. Or Black, disabled or queer people that got us Trump.
It’s cishet white guys.
you sound like a fool suggesting otherwise.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 622:
The only way to be a writer is to write. The other stuff - going to literary parties, commenting on other writers, talking loudly about the state of the modern novel, developing bizarre authorial quirks - if it doesn’t include *actual writing*, it’s just cosplay.
The only way to be a writer is to write. The other stuff - going to literary parties, commenting on other writers, talking loudly about the state of the modern novel, developing bizarre authorial quirks - if it doesn’t include *actual writing*, it’s just cosplay.
September 18, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 622:
The only way to be a writer is to write. The other stuff - going to literary parties, commenting on other writers, talking loudly about the state of the modern novel, developing bizarre authorial quirks - if it doesn’t include *actual writing*, it’s just cosplay.
The only way to be a writer is to write. The other stuff - going to literary parties, commenting on other writers, talking loudly about the state of the modern novel, developing bizarre authorial quirks - if it doesn’t include *actual writing*, it’s just cosplay.
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Economist John Kenneth Galbraith didn't live to see the "effective altruism" movement, but he knew the type and read them for filth.
September 18, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Economist John Kenneth Galbraith didn't live to see the "effective altruism" movement, but he knew the type and read them for filth.
Fucking hell, David Walliams should never have been in the position to have a fucking backlist.
September 18, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Fucking hell, David Walliams should never have been in the position to have a fucking backlist.
"Doves were pushing up through the vents. Hundreds of feathery bodies clogging up the ducts." First Day of the Dovepocalypse (1993).
September 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM
"Doves were pushing up through the vents. Hundreds of feathery bodies clogging up the ducts." First Day of the Dovepocalypse (1993).
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Hailey Piper’s Cosmic Horror: This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want
https://gnofhorror.com/hailey-piper-this-movie-doesnt-end-the-way-we-want/
#interviews
https://gnofhorror.com/hailey-piper-this-movie-doesnt-end-the-way-we-want/
#interviews
Hailey Piper’s Cosmic Horror: This Movie Doesn’t End The Way We Want - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
Hailey Piper talks cosmic horror, the Toad Man, and the cursed film at the heart of This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want, out from Titan Books.
gnofhorror.com
September 18, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Hailey Piper’s Cosmic Horror: This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want
https://gnofhorror.com/hailey-piper-this-movie-doesnt-end-the-way-we-want/
#interviews
https://gnofhorror.com/hailey-piper-this-movie-doesnt-end-the-way-we-want/
#interviews
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NEW: Brown Brothers Media is the most successful media company you've never heard of. For years, its success was fueled by AI, fake writers, and fake reporting.
When we started asking questions, BBM started mass-deleting content. Somehow, what came next was even worse.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
When we started asking questions, BBM started mass-deleting content. Somehow, what came next was even worse.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
How 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 Month
Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.
futurism.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:12 PM
NEW: Brown Brothers Media is the most successful media company you've never heard of. For years, its success was fueled by AI, fake writers, and fake reporting.
When we started asking questions, BBM started mass-deleting content. Somehow, what came next was even worse.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
When we started asking questions, BBM started mass-deleting content. Somehow, what came next was even worse.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Friends, we've all enjoyed thinking about the Silicon Valley AI Doomer Sex Cult
but what if I threw Wes Streeting in there? Would you like that?
but what if I threw Wes Streeting in there? Would you like that?
What is Labour for the Long Term, the mysterious group funding Labour MPs?
Wes Streeting is among Labour frontbenchers backed by a new group with links to so-called ‘Effective Altruism’
www.opendemocracy.net
September 17, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Friends, we've all enjoyed thinking about the Silicon Valley AI Doomer Sex Cult
but what if I threw Wes Streeting in there? Would you like that?
but what if I threw Wes Streeting in there? Would you like that?
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Come 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.
#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 #GSFWC40
#Haverin #GSFWC40
Celebrating 40 Years of the GSFWC | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events 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.
www.waterstones.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Come 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.
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It's ONE WEEK to go before The Shape of Monsters is out in print!
I am so amped for readers to meet Aleks, Vai and *evil grin* my sweet innocent precious Ilea.
Come join @heatherpalmer.bsky.social and me at Blackwell's in Edinburgh at 7pm on Thursday the 24th September!
I am so amped for readers to meet Aleks, Vai and *evil grin* my sweet innocent precious Ilea.
Come join @heatherpalmer.bsky.social and me at Blackwell's in Edinburgh at 7pm on Thursday the 24th September!
September 17, 2026 at 8:27 AM
It's ONE WEEK to go before The Shape of Monsters is out in print!
I am so amped for readers to meet Aleks, Vai and *evil grin* my sweet innocent precious Ilea.
Come join @heatherpalmer.bsky.social and me at Blackwell's in Edinburgh at 7pm on Thursday the 24th September!
I am so amped for readers to meet Aleks, Vai and *evil grin* my sweet innocent precious Ilea.
Come join @heatherpalmer.bsky.social and me at Blackwell's in Edinburgh at 7pm on Thursday the 24th September!
"Half of the time, Journeyman was bending around the corners to see something more interesting. Nothing interesting happened near him." Guarding in the Mustard (1908).
September 17, 2026 at 8:47 AM
"Half of the time, Journeyman was bending around the corners to see something more interesting. Nothing interesting happened near him." Guarding in the Mustard (1908).
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One thing I am always keen to emphasise is that the right wing broadsheets basically are the ruling class, talking to themselves. The village newsletter.
September 17, 2026 at 8:24 AM
One thing I am always keen to emphasise is that the right wing broadsheets basically are the ruling class, talking to themselves. The village newsletter.
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something i learned about journalism during the iraq war: all the outlets who had "access" to key figures - people like bush, cheney, rice, senior dems, etc - these are all the people who got the story wrong. it was the reporters working outside the system, usually far from dc, who got it right.
September 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
something i learned about journalism during the iraq war: all the outlets who had "access" to key figures - people like bush, cheney, rice, senior dems, etc - these are all the people who got the story wrong. it was the reporters working outside the system, usually far from dc, who got it right.
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Applies to every human endeavour: arts, crafts, science. If we cut a generation of people from learning their craft (for scientists & scholars: reading, writing, understanding what others have done before), we ffd. #resistAI What's that you say? Me taking time to understand a text is inefficient? FU
FOREVER AND ALWAYS MY DIRECTOR 🥳🥳🥳🥳
(Not my video.)
(Not my video.)
September 16, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Applies to every human endeavour: arts, crafts, science. If we cut a generation of people from learning their craft (for scientists & scholars: reading, writing, understanding what others have done before), we ffd. #resistAI What's that you say? Me taking time to understand a text is inefficient? FU
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Dweller in Darkness by Sam Flynn https://gnofhorror.com/dweller-in-darkness-review-sam-flynn/
Dweller In Darkness By Sam Flynn Review: Grimdark Cosmic Horror With Teeth - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
Our 5-star review of Sam Flynn’s Dweller in Darkness, a grimdark cosmic horror novella about empire, complicity and manufactured monsters.
gnofhorror.com
September 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Dweller in Darkness by Sam Flynn https://gnofhorror.com/dweller-in-darkness-review-sam-flynn/
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Would you like a little weirdness in your head this Monday?
Here's a muizenberg meets trickster gods meets transformation short fic
www.patreon.com/thequietsun/...
Here's a muizenberg meets trickster gods meets transformation short fic
www.patreon.com/thequietsun/...
Short Story -- Bordergods | CL Hellisen
It's not quite flash. It was meant to be a dreamscape rather than a narrative and it became a microcosm of how my brain thinks about stories
www.patreon.com
September 14, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Would you like a little weirdness in your head this Monday?
Here's a muizenberg meets trickster gods meets transformation short fic
www.patreon.com/thequietsun/...
Here's a muizenberg meets trickster gods meets transformation short fic
www.patreon.com/thequietsun/...
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See also - Taylor Swift's decision to simply not be involved in politics despite being a billionaire with one of the most passionate fanbases in the US, whilst the US falls towards fascism.
September 16, 2026 at 11:56 AM
See also - Taylor Swift's decision to simply not be involved in politics despite being a billionaire with one of the most passionate fanbases in the US, whilst the US falls towards fascism.
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People who think Ed Sheeran was in a genuinely hard position because of the potential losses from losing tour dates have absolutely no understanding of how much money £300m is.
Here, maybe this will help: wealth.ronnycoste.com
You don't even need to scroll all the way to get it.
Here, maybe this will help: wealth.ronnycoste.com
You don't even need to scroll all the way to get it.
Wealth, shown to scale
Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.
wealth.ronnycoste.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:43 AM
People who think Ed Sheeran was in a genuinely hard position because of the potential losses from losing tour dates have absolutely no understanding of how much money £300m is.
Here, maybe this will help: wealth.ronnycoste.com
You don't even need to scroll all the way to get it.
Here, maybe this will help: wealth.ronnycoste.com
You don't even need to scroll all the way to get it.
Mocking Lisa Nandy loudly and constantly to her face should be the protocol.
September 16, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Mocking Lisa Nandy loudly and constantly to her face should be the protocol.
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Scotland: We want to leave the UK
BBC: Huh?
Wales: We want to leave the UK
BBC: What?
Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK
BBC: Lolz
Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism
BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS
#Piddington
BBC: Huh?
Wales: We want to leave the UK
BBC: What?
Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK
BBC: Lolz
Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism
BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS
#Piddington
September 16, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Scotland: We want to leave the UK
BBC: Huh?
Wales: We want to leave the UK
BBC: What?
Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK
BBC: Lolz
Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism
BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS
#Piddington
BBC: Huh?
Wales: We want to leave the UK
BBC: What?
Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK
BBC: Lolz
Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism
BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS
#Piddington
"A zuzzing and a zoozing. Marking the wangle with nothing more than wax. Noggling out there, in safety." Mifini (1968).
September 16, 2026 at 8:46 AM
"A zuzzing and a zoozing. Marking the wangle with nothing more than wax. Noggling out there, in safety." Mifini (1968).
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Of all the remakes, "racist Passport to Pimlico" was not on my bingo card www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why is Piddington in Oxfordshire holding a referendum on leaving the UK?
Residents of Piddington, near Bicester, will vote in a symbolic referendum on Tuesday.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 15, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Of all the remakes, "racist Passport to Pimlico" was not on my bingo card www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That thing is going to give Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Duck a lesson about music that will leave two of them dancing over the corpse of one of the others.
September 15, 2026 at 10:29 PM
That thing is going to give Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Duck a lesson about music that will leave two of them dancing over the corpse of one of the others.
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The reality television landscape as we know it was born out of a desire to circumvent union labor so it was a corrupt medium from the outset
I think you can make a strong case that reality TV has broken our society and made us crueler, dumber, and more callous.
September 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The reality television landscape as we know it was born out of a desire to circumvent union labor so it was a corrupt medium from the outset