Clive Simpson

Journalist/Editor. Author of climate thriller 'Flood Waters Down'. Bookshops & online.

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

Nice review of Flood Waters Down in @centralbylines from Stoke-on-Trent sci-fi writer Brendan Nugent.

Certainly brings out the dystopian side of my novel - but there's optimism & hope too!

Thanks also to Brendan for a top endorsement on Amazon.

https://t.co/5hR2UhmEs9

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

SpaceX Quietly Admits to a Threat It Helped Create, and Can’t Stop https://t.co/H47qVaHZM1

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

Thanks for the follow @evecsmith 😄

Did you know my new novel is just out - adding to the growing speculative and climate fiction genre!

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

@GeoffreyLean @fionaharvey "I wrote this novel for the other 20-11%," he replies tongue in cheek.

"With the weather getting more extreme and El Nino on the way, it's one way of bringing home the real-life effects of climate change."

Just published - from bookshops & online.

https://t.co/KSxZR9PtWn

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

@andycorneys With the imminent return of El Nino and the warming world's climate getting ever more extreme, my new future-looking novel is becoming more relevant by the day!

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

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Getting some great reviews

"An absolutely amazing book... fully developed characters, well executed plot... mature & intelligent."

"A warning, a lament... a mirror held up to civilisation... the ending lingers like an undying ghost in the machine."

https://t.co/KSxZR9PtWn

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Elon Musk last week launched a massive rocket that detonated in the Indian Ocean.

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket exploded during a test last night.

Both cheered on this environmental destruction, calling it progress.

Billionaire avoid introspection. Without introspection, there is no capability of accountability. The definition of power, unchecked.

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

@archer_rs Echoes of Trump/Epstein - but Farage won't get away with it. The media won't let him, surely.

[Julia Proofreader @ProofreadJulia]

The same thing happened here in Cromer. What kind of people are these, what kind of upbringing did they have, and what are they teaching their children?

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

@Rob_Coppinger @Keir_Starmer Seems to me that if this is happening in the UK as early as May then it's going to be a dreadful summer - "water company criminality" sums it up well. It's no laughing matter.

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

Some nice comments popping up on Facebook.

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

@archer_rs

[Dr Tim Rideout @TimRideout1]

FLOOD WATERS DOWN by Clive Simpson

Recent - and much appreciated - book post 😊

#cliftoppublishing @simpson_clive #floodwatersdown

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

Both #scifi & #clify work best when they're believable enough to challenge normality & make you uncomfortable.

Flood Waters Down & The Sentient Ones explore futures that feel unsettlingly close - shaped by climate change, technology & choice.

But how close is too close?

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

@FreelanceOwl As an editor turned author who needed an editor I can highly recommend Vanessa's work.

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

With temps set to soar in UK there's no better Bank Holiday read than my new climate thriller 'Flood Waters Down'.

A story of survival, resistance & moral reckoning.

"Richly descriptive, deftly complex & harrowingly convincing."

Purchase now from bookshops or online.

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

With temps set to soar in UK there's no better Bank Holiday read than my new climate thriller 'Flood Waters Down'.

A story of survival, resistance & moral reckoning.

"Richly descriptive, deftly complex & harrowingly convincing."

Purchase now from bookshops or online.

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

@ProfBillMcGuire Copy ordered from the lovely independent bookshop 'The Travelling Bookshop', which I will be picking up from their pitch at Sleaford market on Friday. 🔥🌍

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

An entertaining weekend read with purpose?
https://t.co/0Df8xVITc3

[Clive Simpson @simpson_clive]

One of the pleasures of publishing a first novel is discovering how other people describe it.
Huge thanks to my brilliant editor Vanessa Anderson @FreelanceOwl for this wonderful post about Flood Waters Down.
“Climate fiction with teeth, tension and meaningful layers…”

[Rob Coppinger @Rob_Coppinger]

🚀@BIS_spaceflight #SpaceFlight #Magazine June 2026 edition on sale today. 22 page Artemis II report + @BIS_spaceflight Investment campaign + @NASAArtemis Moon base plan + @esa astronaut lunar lander training interview + @esa Director-General Josef Aschbacher interview and more!