David I Hughes

Writer based in West Cornwall.
Fiction rooted in landscape, memory, and the quiet residue of human lives. Author of The Listener Series.

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The Office of Lost and Found https://t.co/nEVxU8TnAa via @fuel_themes

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Haven’t been here much.
I’ve been writing instead.

Mostly about listening, structures, pressure, memory, and the quiet ways people look after each other.

Anyway — hello again.

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The Cartographer appears 9am 20th February in Ink Sweat & Tears.

A poem about borders, power—and Putin’s Russia

Grateful to the editors.

https://t.co/CAVjLsPuWT

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My editor has just returned my favourite manuscript with her constructive comments and proposed changes - I am excited but also quietly screaming inside. Does this sound familiar?

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@Jacxdad3376 A beautiful sentiment with brutal consequences for humanity but written by someone with literary privilege - throughout millennia millions have not read but have shown more compassion and empathy than many who have.

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Unexpected but welcome: The Listener received a 5★ “Must Read” review on Reedsy.

A book about listening being… heard.

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#New Year. Happy.

Still writing about place, silence, and the moment ordinary pressure tips into consequence.

Cornwall remains a good place to listen from.

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@lenaozge @TomSnarsky Inspired. I will remember this ‘toast’ well beyond the #SilentEve.

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Christmas makes a lot of noise about peace and quiet. Enjoy.

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Serious question: has there ever been a truly silent night?
Or only moments when humans weren’t the loudest thing in the room?

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@holdengraber Silence sets the bar.
Words should rise to it - or stay still.

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The Listener knows this:
Nothing taken without consent remains whole.
Nothing said without truth returns clean.
And silence is not absence
it is where understanding waits.

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Silence isn’t empty.
It’s archived.
The Listener

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I write fiction about places that remember.
And about what happens when we learn to listen.