Author Archives: douglasthompson

2026

Posted on December 22, 2025 by douglasthompson

As 2025 nears a close and 2026 rapidly approaches, I find myself looking back on a year of change and various small but significant achievements, such as hearing first-hand from a lecturer of contemporary Scottish literature that he has been … Continue reading →

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Retrovival

Posted on June 16, 2025 by douglasthompson

My new novel ‘Retrovival’ is published today, Monday 16th June 2025, in eBook and Paperback by Elsewhen Press.  https://elsewhen.press/index.php/catalogue/title/retrovival/ In some ways I’ve been trying to avoid writing this potentially controversial book for about the last five years, in case it might … Continue reading →

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Ode To A Caramac Bar

Posted on December 28, 2024 by douglasthompson

Today I tasted a Caramac bar for the first time in forty years I didn’t even know they still made those things it was like biting into 1975 pure sugar zero guilt like a wind from another world it spoke … Continue reading →

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Future shock

Posted on November 16, 2024 by douglasthompson

Here’s one for the stamp collectors among you… a parcel from San Paulo, Brazil. A tribute anthology to the writer Boris Vian, published by Raphus Press which includes my short story ‘Let’s Get Pataphysical’. It just goes to confirm my … Continue reading →

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As May Arrives

Posted on May 3, 2024 by douglasthompson

Almost as if Nature can read calendars and numbers, the 1st of May in Glasgow this year seemed to herald a distinct rise in temperature and the opening of numerous leaves and a rain of blossom. It also brought the … Continue reading →

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As The Year Closes…

Posted on December 11, 2023 by douglasthompson

Here is what December has brought through the letterbox… As well as copies of my novella ‘A Man Worth Killing’ and the Eibonvale anthology ‘At The Lighthouse’ as mentioned in my previous blog post; I have received copies of ‘Salt … Continue reading →

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October Round Up

Posted on October 10, 2023 by douglasthompson

It’s somehow just like me to catch Covid-19 for the first time three years after everyone else. I always was a late developer. Fortunately it looks like I am going to survive unscathed when I finally start testing negative again, … Continue reading →

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Edge Of Summer

Posted on May 20, 2023 by douglasthompson

Summer is nearly here and the garden has exploded into a miniature jungle, the greenhouse is full of thrashing fronds of triffids trying to get out and strangle us, or more hopefully feed us. In terms of crops, above are … Continue reading →

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Green Shoots

Posted on February 18, 2023 by douglasthompson

No matter how many years I live through I am always surprised by how I fail to remember the subtle details of spring. How for instance, it inhabits winter while winter is still alive and gradually overtakes and overcomes it … Continue reading →

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Winter Warmer

Posted on November 28, 2022 by douglasthompson

Yes, they are getting warmer. Birds are still singing here in the mornings, usually unheard of in November. And other strange things such as deer visiting our garden, even falling asleep their with their offspring on the lawn. And foxes … Continue reading →

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