Among recent dark gems from Nightjar Press, fine tales of times entangled by Tom Heaton and @MichaelWaltersX, and @VlatkaHorvat's rare case of growing fear done with light humour.

This is strong gaslighting magic.

My kind of story. Pitch-perfect mini-masterpiece. Protag, addled "future wife", aging dad venture into dreamlike Ballardian landscape; weirdly epiphanic things (both metaphorical and actual) happen. Heaton makes it look so easy, dammit; wish I had .5 his talent. Nightjar Press

So many NEW books & publishers to welcome! Nightjar No Alibis Press Colossive Press @timglaset Tom Jenks Cōnfingō Publishing SelfMadeHero and more...

Oh look, this is a dream come true, my Nightjar Press chapbook is on display in Tanya Peixoto's window alongside Simon Okotie is now on Bluesky T.S.J. Harling Nicholas Royle Robert Stone @tworamona Ailsa Cox Tom Heaton et al, and 'Judith' in the foreground @KikiFolle @timglaset so chuffed!

The matter's closed, guys. Didn't you hear? It's closed. End of.

Presumeably Owen Jones is rocking in a foetal position again.

"Johnson said the time had come to remove virtually all statutory Covid restrictions, given the “natural firebreak” of imminent school holidays and the summer weather." The... the what?

Email your MP, people. Let them know how angry you are about it. Do it now.

Gove also used this shitty pilot scheme excuse. Someone should ask him about that. bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Enjoying the current crop of 'If Labour wants to win they must do exactly what I want them to' articles.

What is the optimum amount of time to keep overripe bananas because you're going to make banana loaf before you decide to throw them away?

After 18 months of not writing a thing - the pandemic really screwed up my biorhythms, plus I was sick of the whole daft business - I have edited some *garbage* that I wrote to make myself write from 13k to 5k. It's OK. Entered a comp because I needed the motivation. I feel OK.

‘Why are you asking me that question?’ This is excruciating #BBCBreakfast

The Gold Blend couple having an argument after 30 years of marriage.

Wordle 259 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I know - sharing your wordle is so 2 weeks ago - but I'm pretty proud of my word selections here.

For any Americans new to this, yes it’s a centuries-old parliamentary custom to have the Benny Hill theme playing at all times during political interviews

Thanks to a kind reader we have this pair of Nightjars to give away post-free to a UK-based reader on a low income. We’ll keep them together & offer them as a pair since they were published as one. DM to stake your claim. First come first served.