@TheShakes72

Trees, landscapes & the backs of people's heads. 🌎 citizen. #FlashDog, #InfernalClock, #PersistentRemains. Don’t worry, it’s only a story.

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Joined March 2013
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When the wind turns fierce, I hear his voice and the #doubt creeps back - did he finally crawl out of his grave? But I did what had to be done. I just hope the lock holds. #vss365
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Been looking forward to this. #InTheMouthOfMadness. #CelluloidScreams
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I can see Alice Krige, in real life. Go and tell me back when I first watched Sleepwalkers.
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And now I am happy. #celluloidscreams
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lovehorror.co.uk/horror-feat… Part two of @darren_gaskell's excellent #Celluloidscreams retrospective.

Celluloid Screams: Ten Magnificent Memories – Part Two

Celluloid Screams quickly developed into one of the standout horror film festivals in the UK. Read part 2 of Darren Gaskell's memories of the event.

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My signed, limited edition Will Varley flask is this year's magic flash and on its way to #CelluloidScreams tomorrow. Back to straight Scotch this year!
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Cheers @WillVarleyMusic
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"I’m yours forever," he whispered, tracing the new ink fresh on his forearm - her full name, intricate and permanent. "That's a #commitment." She smiled, peeling back her bandage to reveal a clean, unmarked patch of skin. "I'm nobody's." #vss365
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Stella@stellakateTOct 22
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Welcome back 🎉🎉 you were never away just laying by the fire resting like all #Flashdogs do from time to time 😂😂
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It's time for #CelluloidScreams once again. If you're up there for the opening gala today, have the best time, keep my seat warm, and let me know what's new on tap. Something hoppy or a nice stout would be nice. 💀
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Wordle 1,951 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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lovehorror.co.uk/horror-feat… Darren Gaskell on why Cell is such a good festival - see you there Friday!

Celluloid Screams: Ten Magnificent Memories – Part One

From its first edition back in 2009, Celluloid Screams quickly developed into one of the standout horror film festivals in the UK

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I can only see her in 4:3 now. The creases in the tape blur her face. Sometimes, so do my tears. #LossLit
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Very impressed my ultra love budget film #JeffreyHell. Think it's linked to s film called #chest which I'm checking out next.
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Written and directed by Aaron Irons.
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It wasn’t mine anymore anyway. Every night it writhed against my teeth, whispering secrets in a forgotten dialect. I grabbed the shears not out of grief, but to sever the thing before it could finish telling the shape in the dark where to find us. #LossLit
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Hello old friends too of course. I never really left, the algorithm just forgot about me here and pushed me over on my work account.
รɦคᛕﻉร@TheShakes72Oct 21
Hello new friends. Let me introduce myself. I'm David Shakes. I was prolific on the flash fiction scene in the 2010s when Twitter was in its prime. We ran as a pack #Flashdogs and made books. @makingfiction invented #vss365 to keep it all going. Now I'm back, but more betterer.
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New UK dates for @noahgundersen for 2027 coming soon!!!!!
รɦคᛕﻉร@TheShakes7215 Feb 2025
No words to describe how cool this gig was.
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Fireside@Firesides_worldOct 21
Replying to @TheShakes72 @MakingFiction
David! Thrilled to see a seasoned flash fiction writer coming back. Those Flashdogs days were legendary. What draws you back now, and are you still chasing that tight, punchy storytelling?
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Hello new friends. Let me introduce myself. I'm David Shakes. I was prolific on the flash fiction scene in the 2010s when Twitter was in its prime. We ran as a pack #Flashdogs and made books. @makingfiction invented #vss365 to keep it all going. Now I'm back, but more betterer.
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