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He/him. Novelist from working class background. The Lighthouse at the End of the World - April 2026 from Titan Books. Codex & SFWA member. Repped by @SamEdenborough at @GreyhoundLiterary. Statistically autistical.
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Some notes and hopefully helpful experiences regarding my agenting journey #amwriting #authorlife #writing #agenting #literaryagents philipasuggars.substack.com/p/8-forty-qu...

Contact me to get on the ground floor of this once in a lifetime investment opportunity where you can earn as much as $6 WEEKLY (courtesy of issue #8 of #Charlton comics #Haunted 1972) #sellgrit

#booksky #writingcommunity

What doesn’t kill you makes you … deduct -1d4 hp.

How to not lose your shit entirely when you’re agenting … open.substack.com/pub/philipas... #booksky #writinglife #writing #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #BookSky 💙📚 #indieauthors #indiepublishing #writingcommunity

I know I’m late to the part but I just git on #thesinners train. It’s not a perfect movie by any means, but fuck me, that scene that every’s talking about still has me buzzing.

How I got an agent … eventually #booksky #writinglife #writing #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #BookSky 💙📚 #indieauthors #indiepublishing #writingcommunity #authorlife #writerlife #writing #author open.substack.com/pub/philipas...

This is mostly just regurgitating Nick Bostrum’s book Superintelligence. I suppose given the subject that shouldn’t be a surprise.

Schalcken the Painter: like Caravaggio fell asleep in a crypt, dreaming of the BBC licence fee. philipasuggars.substack.com/p/7-less-som... #SchalckenThePainter #theweird #horror #ghosts #ghoststories #amwriting #writingcommunity #amwritingfantasy #speculativefiction #thegothic #gothic

The term "#latecapitalism" always makes me chuckle as a term as it suggests we have a freaking clue as to what comes next.

Turns out the scariest thing on telly that Christmas wasn’t the Queen’s speech for once. #SchalckenThePainter #theweird #horror #ghosts #amwriting #writingcommunity #amwritingfantasy #speculativefiction #hauntology #theuncanny #horrorTV substack.com/@philipasugg...

Whenever #marketeers advise on #socialmedia use, I’m put in mind of the way Roman #oracles would confidently predict the future by prodding at chicken entrails.

I do wish sometimes that people would extend #autistic people the same basic empathy & understanding that they extend to #Murderbot.

My phone insists on correcting #hauntological to janitorial. Honestly, everyone’s a fucking critic these days.

Schalcken the Painter: when late-night telly felt like a séance. open.substack.com/pub/philipas... #SchalckenThePainter #theweird #horror #ghosts #ghoststories #amwriting #writingcommunity #amwritingfantasy #speculativefiction

#Alien:Earth The sound of a million raspberries blowing.

#BBC2 traumatised me as a child. I remain grateful. open.substack.com/pub/philipas... #SchalckenThePainter #theweird #horror #ghosts #ghoststories #amwriting #writingcommunity #amwritingfantasy #speculativefiction #thegothic #gothic

Candlelight, regret and one deeply cursed fiancé, happy holidays from 1979 #booksky #writinglife #writing #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #BookSky 💙📚 #indieauthors #indiepublishing #writingcommunity #schalckenthepainter #bbc #horror #theweird open.substack.com/pub/philipas...

Oh for the love of all that's unholy please no.

open.substack.com/pub/philipas... schalcken the painter and the concept of #theuncanny as format #booksky #writinglife #writing #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #BookSky 💙📚 #indieauthors #indiepublishing #writingcommunity

Some thoughts on how we experience #theuncanny as a format rather than as content. The BBC's "lost" adaptation of #SchalckenThePainter #theweird #horror #ghosts #ghoststories #amwriting #writingcommunity #amwritingfantasy #speculativefiction open.substack.com/pub/philipas...

“A boy in the bush is worth two in the hand. I’m a bit racist and I look like your nan.” #thesmiths updated

Wait. What? There are more #dinosaurs?

Woah! Truth is broken and I dont know kung-fu. open.substack.com/pub/philipas... #theweird #mieville #thematrix #amwriting #amwritngfantasy #williamhopehodgson

Oo yay! Love Nina Allan's novels.

Truth is broken. Send swine-things! Thoughts about The City & The City & The House on the Borderlands #theweird #weirdfiction #gutenbergparenthesis #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #mieville #thecityandthecity #williamhopehodgson #thehouseontheborderlands philipasuggars.substack.com/p/6-policing...

Book giveaways! Audiobook release dates! Book signings! TOTAL CHAOS! (click to learn more!) aahabershaw.com/2025/05/20/i...

How the The City & The City & The House on the Borderlands represent the polar extremes of #theweird open.substack.com/pub/philipas... #writingcommunity #weirdfiction #gutenbergparenthesis #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #mieville #thecityandthecity #williamhopehodgson #thehouseontheborderlands

Highly recommend this story. Gets you in the feels.

This is important to take a look at and inform yourself about. Even aside from the publishing industry's specific situation.

This is a great mag and a super venue for #workingclass writers thebeemagazine.com #writingcommunity #writing #amwriting

This …

Working Class representation and participation in the arts is vital to keep it healthy, please support the Bee if you can.

As a writer from a #workingclass background this is absolutely bloody brilliant www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...