Berlin-based Scottish writer. Words in New Flash Fiction Review, Vestal Review, Trampset and elsewhere. Featured in Best Small Fictions 2024. My pen name came to me in a dream. You can find a selection of my writing here: https://linktr.ee/ruraluneasehttps://bsky.app/profile/ruralunease.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruralunease.bsky.social/post/3msspnz7pbc2nMany thanks to @dehm000.bsky.social, EIC of @the-engine-idling.bsky.social, for the cool stickers, sent in the mail all the way to Berlin!11 Aug 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:gu4ogdttacghfacwx2xls4ma/app.bsky.feed.post/3msspnz7pbc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruralunease.bsky.social/post/3mshjc7aggk2qI'm delighted to be back in the amazing @thin-skin.bsky.social with this story about Nietzsche and pilgrim's tattoos. Massive thanks to the lovely Thin Skin team for selecting this piece! https://thin-skin.com/flash-fiction/please-lord-dont-me-faint/07 Aug 2026 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:gu4ogdttacghfacwx2xls4ma/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshjc7aggk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruralunease.bsky.social/post/3msdkni3hx22yStoat Poetry is a fantastic new poetry magazine, I strongly encourage you to submit! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:gu4ogdttacghfacwx2xls4ma/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdkni3hx22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruralunease.bsky.social/post/3mrkfttjdos2sI'm overjoyed to have three poems in the wonderful @eunoiareview.bsky.social! Huge thanks to EIC Ian Chung for supporting my work! https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/tag/daniel-addercouth/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:gu4ogdttacghfacwx2xls4ma/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkfttjdos2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ruralunease.bsky.social/post/3mqahgbkars2qYour heartstrings will take months to recover after reading this banger of a micro by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @100wordstory.bsky.social: "I’d warned Tim about buying that squirrel in a tuxedo, that explaining taxidermy to a six-year-old was fraught." https://100wordstory.org/we-chose-resting-pose-because-he-was-so-very-tired-by-the-end/09 Jul 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:gu4ogdttacghfacwx2xls4ma/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqahgbkars2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruralunease.bsky.social/post/3mpysy5ln4s2pI'm delighted to have two poems in the new issue of @the-engine-idling.bsky.social, accompanied by beautiful artwork by the amazing Michelle Fern Cohen. The theme of the issue is collaborations and every piece is a joint effort -- well worth checking out! www.engineidling.net/current https://www.engineidling.net/current06 Jul 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:gu4ogdttacghfacwx2xls4ma/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpysy5ln4s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ruralunease.bsky.social/post/3mpxjnhn3rs2fWriter friends: what was the largest number of times you submitted to the same literary magazine before you got an acceptance?06 Jul 2026 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:gu4ogdttacghfacwx2xls4ma/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxjnhn3rs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruralunease.bsky.social/post/3mpubpb6gdk2iI'm thrilled to have a set of prose poems in the wonderful The Mackinaw! Massive thanks to EIC @lorettec.bsky.social for supporting my work and to @janewords.bsky.social and Sasha Kurlyka for giving me feedback on some of these pieces! https://www.themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/daniel-addercouth05 Jul 2026 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:gu4ogdttacghfacwx2xls4ma/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpubpb6gdk2i