If you want to know why I love Tom Cox's writing so much, this is an excellent example of what he does. In a single piece, we get writing about place, about the act of writing, about people and folklore, all opening up windows on and avenues through a bigger, more expansive world of possibilities. It's delicious.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tomcox/p/more-corbel
#writing #WritersOnWriting #folklore #TomCox #substack #architecture #landscape #place #MRJames #VioletteSzabo #history

Good morning, I've just bought myself a pre-birthday present.

https://unbound.com/books/1983/

#crowdfunding #books #unbound #TomCox

I’m very excited about Tom Cox’s new book because I am only a little bit older than him and vividly remember the 1980s

#TomCox #crowdfunding #Unbound #writing #1983 — https://open.substack.com/pub/tomcox/p/1983?r=1jz95y&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

A new book on the horizon from #TomCox to be published by @Unbound (who use special magical paper and bindings to make you want to own them even more) I’ll be interested to see where Tom takes this one #1983 #Nottingham #Midlands always unexpected and joyful or curious journeys https://open.substack.com/pub/tomcox/p/1983?r=4bees&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Sheep 🐑 sheep 🐑 sheep 🐑 sheep 🐑 sheep 🐑 sheep 🐑

#sheep
#TomCox #shortStories — https://open.substack.com/pub/tomcox/p/six-tiny-stories-about-sheep?r=1jz95y&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Hilarious, poignant, brilliant piece by Tom Cox on Substack.

Darren the editor is my favourite. I’ve flown like that in dreams.

With surreal modern scarecrow photos.

#scarecrows #TomCox #masculinity #writing #funny — https://open.substack.com/pub/tomcox/p/photos-of-some-unreconstructed-rural?r=1jz95y&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

What I read in 2022

I managed (more or less) 60 books last year. More or less because I had 10 pages left of my last read of the year as the calendar clicked over.

I had 16 five star reads. My favourites of these were #Villager by #TomCox, #ThirstySea by #EricaMou, #MuscleAndMouth by #LouiseFinnigan, #BreastsAndEggs by #MiekoKawakami, and the #ShortStory collection #TheBookOfRamallah from #CommaPress.

#Jans2022ReadingList #books

I am pleased to announce that the Ghosts and Scholars Book of Follies was my favourite short read of 2023

https://sarobpress.blogspot.com/2022/08/new-title-news-ghosts-scholars-book-of.html

I didn't read enough novels to make a year's best pick super meaningful but I liked The Grimoire of the Four Impostors by #CoyHall and Villager by #TomCox.

#Books

One of my favourite #writers is @TomCox. I've pledged for each of the #books he's published via @Unbound and loved every one.
#TomCox puts lots of #writing on his website for free. Here's a piece from a few days ago about his chosen path as a #writer that I found interesting. If you're a #reader or a writer, you might find it interesting, too.
https://tom-cox.com/writing/learning-to-misbehave-some-thoughts-on-two-decades-of-being-published/

It’s December, it’s dark, this is a new Pixie Led podcast from writer #TomCox, book recommendations, stories, music, interviews, #Dartmoor, Tom’s Dad #MoreDaysThanSausages a marvellous collection of stuff. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pixie-led-with-tom-cox/id1613028001?i=1000590974067

Owls, the Wire Man of Warleggan, Scarecrows, and more

#folklore #FolkloreThursday #FolkHorror #writing #TomCox — https://open.substack.com/pub/tomcox/p/owls-the-wire-man-of-warleggan-scarecrows?r=1jz95y&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Currently reading The Villager by Tom Cox. Being a villager myself I’m enjoying the quirks of village life highlighted in the book, which to be honest I think is quite normal behaviour 😂 #currentlyreading #books #TomCox

I do wish this favourite writer was here on Mastodon I’m sure he would enjoy the company. #TomCox #Villager

Tom writes - “I've written something new today. It's about suffering a bit with the darkness at this time of year. It's also about the Cornish landscape, railways, a cat, the Kinks, Kool Keith and an owl. So, everything, really.

I'd be delighted if you gave it a read. “
tom-cox.com/writing/darken…