"He's not a philosopher, that's just the name of the degree, dear."https://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mlvwn7wq4k2shttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/15/ian-watson-obituary15 May 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvwn7wq4k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mlveypzb222eNo apologies for reposting this for #PhantomsFriday Tomorrow night!15 May 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlveypzb222ehttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mlsitvsplc2zBack in the day, when I was a not very competent small press publisher & editor, I once managed to consistently misspell a contributor's name throughout a book - she was very decent about it. Then I missed the last line from a poet's haiku - she wasn't best pleased.14 May 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsitvsplc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mlrhqowbek2lApologies for posting, also I haven't looked that good for about 40 years. https://www.amazon.com/author/johnchartley13 May 2026 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrhqowbek2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mlq6emypmc22#WyrdWednesday "Why looks my lord so deadly pale? Why fades the crimson from his cheek? What can my dearest husband ail? Thy heartfelt cares, O Herman, speak!13 May 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq6emypmc22https://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mllhm6s5ok27A discovered gem.11 May 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllhm6s5ok27https://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mllh4662222lIronic that the refereeing controversies of old have just been replaced by controversial #VAR decisions that were supposed to solve them, only with 10 minutes added stoppage time.11 May 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllh4662222lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mljorgp5722kJust thought up the pseudonym Denis Forehead, after mishearing a Mark E. Smith vocal, unless of course that what was what Mark actually sang.10 May 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljorgp5722khttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mlebq3dank2b...if it had not been for a lucky thought of the clergy, who ingeniously recommended staking them in their graves, we should by this time have had a greater swarm of blood-suckers than we have at present, numerous as they are. John Stagg 'Argument' to 'The Vampyre' 181008 May 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlebq3dank2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mlebbnnhvs2bToday has felt like watching a country write its suicide note.08 May 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlebbnnhvs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3ml2hqt5jx22lScottish Tories, phonetic certainly, but ungrammatic probably, want to stop 'an' SNP majority - sorry, posters spotted from moving car in Aberdeenshire.04 May 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2hqt5jx22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mkvltsjcq22aFeeling like a Disney™ princess at Craigievar Castle.02 May 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvltsjcq22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mkso7m7mvc2p#PhantomsFriday Seems like they're always green.01 May 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkso7m7mvc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mksnwq5xqs2p#PhantomsFriday A carved wooden devil's head ceiling boss, in the Long Gallery, Crathes Castle.01 May 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksnwq5xqs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mksnowllcc2p#3CastlesFriday Dunnottar, Drumtochty, & Drum.01 May 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksnowllcc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mko4r5e2ns2r#CastlesWednesday Crathes Castle, Aberdeenshire.29 Apr 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mko4r5e2ns2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mklo5t2vwc2s#CastlesTuesday - that's a thing right? Castle Fraser, Aberdeenshire.28 Apr 2026 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklo5t2vwc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mjpyfdxpms2eHe was a big fan of The Fall too. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/17/we-are-making-a-film-about-mark-fisher-capitalist-realism17 Apr 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpyfdxpms2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mjptfa4nbc2rI'm in here! In addition to the usual articles, the editors have very kindly included a reprint of my short story 'The Lake', from my collection 'The Dadaville Riots' (see pic of book with no cover title - clever John!). 'The Lake' is my homage to Walpole's much-anthologised 'shocker' 'The Tarn'.17 Apr 2026 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjptfa4nbc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drjchartley.bsky.social/post/3mjpkcsfayk2kReaders Union edition of Phil Dick's homage to William Byrd.17 Apr 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:h6hno6pk6ml7uedy7gfzipaz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpkcsfayk2k