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Douglas Thompson

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Born

Glasgow, The United Kingdom

Website

http://douglasthompson.wordpress.com/

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Genre

Short Stories, Poetry, Philosophy

Influences

Ray Bradbury, Eudora Welty, Wolfgang Borchert
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Member Since

June 2009

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Douglas Thompson's short stories have appeared in a wide range of magazines and anthologies, most recently Ambit, Postscripts, and New Writing Scotland. He won the Grolsch/Herald Question of Style Award in 1989 and second prize in the Neil Gunn Writing Competition in 2007. His first book, "Ultrameta", was published by Eibonvale Press in August 2009, nominated for the Edge Hill Prize, and shortlisted for the BFS Best Newcomer Award. His critically acclaimed second novel, "Sylvow", was published in autumn 2010, also from Eibonvale. A third novel "Apoidea" was released from The Exaggerated Press in 2011, a fourth "Mechagnosis" is due from Dog Horn in September 2012, and a fifth "Entanglement" is due from Elsewhen Press as an e-book from August ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 486 ratings · 130 reviews · 64 distinct works

	The Suicide Machine 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ultrameta: A Fractal Novel 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Entanglement 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sylvow 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fallen West 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dissolving Man 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Barking Circus 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rhymer: an Heredyssey really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Brahan Seer: The Story of Scotland's Nostradamus 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apoidea 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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 teaching my short story ‘The Dissolving Man’ to his university students as part of their course work. Maybe one day this peculiar little stateless nation

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Douglas Thompson wrote a new blog post 2026 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, suc Read more of this blog post »
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Douglas Thompson rated a book it was amazing The Thane of the Castle where the Dead Live by Lorn Macintyre	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A 'rip-roaring tale' indeed. Lorn Macintyre, author of classics such as Tobermory Tales, is adept at bringing his fascination with traditional Scots Gaelic culture and the supernatural to life. In 'The Thane...' he weaves a wondrous narrative around ...more
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Douglas Thompson is now following Tom Bryan Author of The Bridge Keeper's Log Book, and Other Stories
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