To continue my feel-good groove, I took a long, hot shower, decided to don my favorite, long-loved, clean pajamas, and ate a Big Salad.
Today's plans are to flop on the couch, enjoy great writing by watching several episodes on the Alfred Hitchcock Presents channel, and daydream.
Now for something completely different... my Sherlock Holmes story "Adventure of the Baker Street Vampires" has just been published on House of Long Shadows (home of gothic fiction and art). You can read for free if you register.
https://houseoflongshadows.substack.com/p/hls-no-63-adventure-of-the-baker
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Short Story:Pull Back
Original author:Nirzhar Noishabdya in Bengali Translator :Golam Kibria Pull back Outside the house, the world is dawning just like every day. Dabir Mia is lying on the bamboo bench inside the house as if he were coiled like a snake. His eyes are irritating. Last night he fell asleep, light sleep. He forgot when he fell into a deep sleep. He had the same dream over and over again in his sleep. It was not just a dream, but a nightmare is justified. When he was sleeping, he was watching the […]https://kibriabelal123.wordpress.com/2026/04/25/short-storypull-back/
Gintinn is giùlan / Bearing and Begetting
A story in Gaelic & English written by Mairi Kidd & illustrated by Tom Morgan-Jones. Inspired by a poem in the National Library of Scotland’s collections attributed to Iseabail Ní Mheic Cailéin & preserved in the sixteenth‑century Book of the Dean of Lismore.
https://www.nls.uk/collections/stories/literature-and-poetry/bearing-and-begetting/
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Short Works: A Timeshare in the Heart
Currently available on BBC Sounds
A tale of wonder, heartbreak and tenderness during one boy's trip to the Scottish seaside. Original short story by Michael Pedersen. Read by Russell Tovey.
Michael Pedersen is a prize-winning Scottish poet & author. He is the current Edinburgh Makar & a former Writer in Residence at he University of Edinburgh.