Will Maclean
@willmac23.bsky.social
Writer. New novel, Solace House, out NOW (UK) from Atlantic Books. Also responsible for The Apparition Phase, the comedy/drama High Strangeness, and co-writer/presenter of the podcast Broken Veil.
Can someone just give Gabby the Pulitzer NOW
*blackadder theme*
His head is bigger than a fence
He breathes, and everything gets warmer
His urge to trample represents
A nation's nuclear war trauma
Godzilla! Godzilla!
The scourge of beast and man!
Godzilla! Godzilla!
He's flattening Japan!
His head is bigger than a fence
He breathes, and everything gets warmer
His urge to trample represents
A nation's nuclear war trauma
Godzilla! Godzilla!
The scourge of beast and man!
Godzilla! Godzilla!
He's flattening Japan!
September 27, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Can someone just give Gabby the Pulitzer NOW
The excellent @bobfischer.bsky.social interviewed me about Solace House, Broken Veil and, um, 90s monastery pop pioneers Enigma, for the Haunted Generation website. and here it is! hauntedgeneration.co.uk
The Haunted Generation
"Elastic time to stretch about the eternal moment..."
hauntedgeneration.co.uk
September 25, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The excellent @bobfischer.bsky.social interviewed me about Solace House, Broken Veil and, um, 90s monastery pop pioneers Enigma, for the Haunted Generation website. and here it is! hauntedgeneration.co.uk
Well the Call My Agent movie was superb. And the ending was perfect. And I love all of them.
September 18, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Well the Call My Agent movie was superb. And the ending was perfect. And I love all of them.
Today's schedule is already packed to the rafters so I could really do without my mysterious green orb going missing. Anyone seen it?
September 18, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Today's schedule is already packed to the rafters so I could really do without my mysterious green orb going missing. Anyone seen it?
Precisely this.
The radio news is being led by some extremely odd shit said by yet another rich AI weirdo with a vested interest. Just reporting what each one of them says no matter how actually literally deranged it sounds. If some rando down the pub said this you'd edge away
September 17, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Precisely this.
This is why working with Joel is great. We are very much on the same (pre-designed) page on these things. Visualisation is a basic magic but it DOES work
Mocked up the cover of the forthcoming Broken Veil book, for our own amusement — like drawing your band logo on your exercise book before you’ve had any rehearsals. This sort of ritual is important.
September 11, 2026 at 9:58 AM
This is why working with Joel is great. We are very much on the same (pre-designed) page on these things. Visualisation is a basic magic but it DOES work
Guys Penda’s Fen is on BBC Four at 10.15. If you’ve never seen it, you are in for a revelatory experience. If you have seen it, why not watch it again, to remind yourself of the extraordinary things television can do
September 9, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Guys Penda’s Fen is on BBC Four at 10.15. If you’ve never seen it, you are in for a revelatory experience. If you have seen it, why not watch it again, to remind yourself of the extraordinary things television can do
Absolutely loved Coyote Vs Acme. Great Pepe le Pew joke in there too. And who’d have bet on Looney Tunes Peter Lorre making a comeback?!
September 3, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Absolutely loved Coyote Vs Acme. Great Pepe le Pew joke in there too. And who’d have bet on Looney Tunes Peter Lorre making a comeback?!
Yes!! Solace House is coming to the US in October!
Have a "spooky and mind-bending" time this fall with SOLACE HOUSE! Out 10/13.
The 67 Must Read Books of Fall 2026
Our picks for the standout new releases of September, October, and November.
www.townandcountrymag.com
September 3, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Yes!! Solace House is coming to the US in October!
Melt in the bowl like Chockula/isn’t the view spoctocular
September 1, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Melt in the bowl like Chockula/isn’t the view spoctocular
Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you've seen live:
1. Huge Chris
2. Cucumber Gnomon
3. Stacey and the Wanks
4. LobSTARR
5. Mint Bingo
6. Whose Knee Is This
7. The Opposite of Pirates
8. Battenberg!
9. Six Cubic Pigs
10. Chris de Burgh
1. Huge Chris
2. Cucumber Gnomon
3. Stacey and the Wanks
4. LobSTARR
5. Mint Bingo
6. Whose Knee Is This
7. The Opposite of Pirates
8. Battenberg!
9. Six Cubic Pigs
10. Chris de Burgh
August 29, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you've seen live:
1. Huge Chris
2. Cucumber Gnomon
3. Stacey and the Wanks
4. LobSTARR
5. Mint Bingo
6. Whose Knee Is This
7. The Opposite of Pirates
8. Battenberg!
9. Six Cubic Pigs
10. Chris de Burgh
1. Huge Chris
2. Cucumber Gnomon
3. Stacey and the Wanks
4. LobSTARR
5. Mint Bingo
6. Whose Knee Is This
7. The Opposite of Pirates
8. Battenberg!
9. Six Cubic Pigs
10. Chris de Burgh
Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title:
The staff of an Antarctic research station encounter some bumps in the road after adopting a dog
The staff of an Antarctic research station encounter some bumps in the road after adopting a dog
August 29, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title:
The staff of an Antarctic research station encounter some bumps in the road after adopting a dog
The staff of an Antarctic research station encounter some bumps in the road after adopting a dog
This is out NOW! Or maybe it’s just the Planet Venus? (IYKYK)…
New DISCOMFORT BLANKET episode out now.
Talking about The X Files: Jose Chung’s From Outer Space — the one where the back falls off the series and all cogs come out.
Exclusively on the Broken Veil Channel, on Patreon.
Patreon.com/brokenveil
Talking about The X Files: Jose Chung’s From Outer Space — the one where the back falls off the series and all cogs come out.
Exclusively on the Broken Veil Channel, on Patreon.
Patreon.com/brokenveil
August 26, 2026 at 10:07 AM
This is out NOW! Or maybe it’s just the Planet Venus? (IYKYK)…
“It was the day I signed a million-legged faster-than-light invisible striker who embodied the concept of “football” in eleven dimensions when I first realised that I, and the other people in my Fantasy Football League, apprehended the word “fantasy” very very differently”.
August 20, 2026 at 7:52 PM
“It was the day I signed a million-legged faster-than-light invisible striker who embodied the concept of “football” in eleven dimensions when I first realised that I, and the other people in my Fantasy Football League, apprehended the word “fantasy” very very differently”.
The Proclaimers walk 500 miles. Then they walk 500 more. On the way, they run into Vanessa Carlton, going the other way. Slight nod of the head of acknowledgement, slight flicker of a smile. Then back to the walking.
August 18, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The Proclaimers walk 500 miles. Then they walk 500 more. On the way, they run into Vanessa Carlton, going the other way. Slight nod of the head of acknowledgement, slight flicker of a smile. Then back to the walking.
Absolutely, absolutely, this.
I grew up in the northwest of England and have visited just about every part of the the north and can confirm that nobody ever pronounces that word as "fookin".
August 15, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Absolutely, absolutely, this.
I KNEW IT
I thought it was an artwork made up by @willmac23.bsky.social just for the book. That’s really cool. And there it is, track 10 on Led Zeppelin II.
August 1, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I KNEW IT
The sad cluster of balloons on the studio floor, like the end of a child’s birthday party, producing in me the same abstract sadness they did 40 years ago #totp
July 31, 2026 at 9:05 PM
The sad cluster of balloons on the studio floor, like the end of a child’s birthday party, producing in me the same abstract sadness they did 40 years ago #totp
People bang on about the effect of punk, but I Feel Love is such an alien artefact, landing from nowhere, utterly strange and totally addictive. #totp
July 31, 2026 at 8:55 PM
People bang on about the effect of punk, but I Feel Love is such an alien artefact, landing from nowhere, utterly strange and totally addictive. #totp
HAHAHA
Really good trolling would be to go see Picnic at Hanging Rock with some friends and then 35 minutes in get up and leave the theater and disappear and never be seen again by anyone in their entire life
July 21, 2026 at 7:33 AM
HAHAHA
This is great news. America! Solace House is coming for you...
Absolutely thrilled to see 53 DAYS, SOLACE HOUSE, SAVIOR AND SEDUCER, WEST OF LOVELAND, and FABRICATIONS on @literaryhub.bsky.social's list of Most Anticipated Books of 2026 pt. 2!
Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2026, Part Two
The year is half over, if you can believe it. Time marches ever forward, into the abyss. Books, though, can smooth the passage. If you choose wisely, that is. To that end, here are the novels, coll...
lithub.com
July 17, 2026 at 9:43 AM
This is great news. America! Solace House is coming for you...
It’s TRUE. For a limited time, you can buy the critically lauded second season of Broken Veil, for a one-off payment. Immerse yourself in the strange.
For a LIMITED TIME, you can get the whole of the acclaimed Broken Veil 2 for a one-off payment. (Or subscribe for as little as £3/month.)
“The best thing ever recorded by human beings” - Josh Weinstein, Simpsons showrunner
“I was gripped” - Danny Robins
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“The best thing ever recorded by human beings” - Josh Weinstein, Simpsons showrunner
“I was gripped” - Danny Robins
www.patreon.com/BrokenVeil?u...
July 16, 2026 at 12:31 PM
It’s TRUE. For a limited time, you can buy the critically lauded second season of Broken Veil, for a one-off payment. Immerse yourself in the strange.
Reposted by Will Maclean
Don't come to book club and say "no spoilers please, I haven't finished it yet." The whole point of the evening is to discuss the book and you're only on chapter 5? Piss off!
July 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Don't come to book club and say "no spoilers please, I haven't finished it yet." The whole point of the evening is to discuss the book and you're only on chapter 5? Piss off!