Snowdrops

Winter light Tall trees Gentle breath.

i have very rapidly become incapable of thinking about anything that isn’t this video

Hogmanay skies over the Trossachs in Scotland on the last day of the year. #stormhour

Merry Christmas 🎄 Spark the candles and let in the light. ✨

Pink sunset mist over Scotland’s sheep last night. @stormhour.com

Pink sunset mist over Scotland’s sheep last night. @stormhour.com

Geordie wisdom. Always sound. Stay lush pet.

Pretty Edinburgh 💫

Stirlingshire sunset song. #stormhour #scotsky

Scottish morning light. Temp minus five.

Scottish morning light. Temp minus five.

Coming in January and available for pre-order now, #Winterbourne is my first gothic novel. Inside a grand library lies an unspeakable secret... Huge thanks to Black & White Publishing who are bringing this into the world!

My alter ego has been busy and there's news...

Good evening from the Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery. Crow perched on a gravestone.

Sky meets sky over Stirlingshire today. @stormhour.com #scotland #wintercometh #trossachs

Sundown surf at Bude in Cornwall. @stormhour.com

Sundown surf at Bude in Cornwall. @stormhour.com

Stratford Upon Avon.

My little precious Bagel Jørgensen.🤍🖤

Robin.

Robin.

Skies across Stirlingshire today. @stormhour.com

Autumn light. Blue skies. Crowning trees. Scotland. @stormhour.com

Winter in Scotland. @stormhour.com

Possibly unpopular opinion - Farage’s ‘listen love’ moment should have been a much bigger deal, if not career ending. Especially as he’s spent all summer lecturing us about cultures which have a ‘medieval attitude towards women’.

Swan lake. Scotland.

This is always a really fun festival - had the most severe hangover of my life at NN! - so if you haven’t been yet make this the year

***#NN2025 ticket update*** A huge THANK YOU to everyone who bought weekend passes to the festival 🖤 Today we were able to release a few more. So if you haven't got yours yet, don't worry, more tickets available here: www.tiny.cc/nnoir2025 We look forward to sharing #newcastlenoir with you 🕵‍♀️💀🪦📓✨️

Stirling sunset 🌅 tonight @stormhour.com

Gone fishing… #scotland #autumn

Today. 🐴🍂🍁

From the wonderful BookmarkBlair, @billykayscot.bsky.social; @hugorifkind.bsky.social; catching up with @linanderson.bsky.social and @suzyaspleybooks.bsky.social; and star of the weekend, Mabel, who brought along @mrandrewcotter.bsky.social.

Supermoon being pursued by death eaters last night. 🌝💀

A mixture of crime, fiction, fantasy and horror for your delectation and delight! Rachel Harrison, Ben Alderson, Haruki Murakami, Chris Chibnall, Andrew Miller, Madeline Miller,Sable Sorensen, Ivy Pochoda, Alex Grecian, Olivier Norek, M L Wang, + more ravencrimereads.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/r...

Post box and bicycle, Japan. Photography by Saptarshi Roy on 500px

When we went down to the woods today….🍄🐶🍁💫

Looking forward to #Bookmark festival tomorrow in Perthshire. Chatting to Lin Anderson and Natalie Jayne Clark about the positive impact @bloodyscotland.bsky.social has had on our writing careers!

Brand new Noir at the Bar for Glasgow coming in time for Halloween 🎃 Stoked to be part of this brilliant line up with #daydreamsbookshop

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A wee reminder that the Portobello Book Festival is coming up soon. It starts a week tomorrow. All events are free to attend and you can still pick up tickets from the library. portobellobookfestival.com/2025/09/05/t...

The 2025 Portobello Book Festival Programme is now available! Portobello Book Festival: 3rd – 5th October 2025Tickets for all events are free and available from Portobello Library The programme for this year’s festival was officially launched at the library last night. Copies are now available to…

Contemplation.

"One in four titles sold in Finnish bookshops last year were written in a foreign language, according to figures from the country’s association of booksellers. In the vast majority of cases, that language was English." I have thoughts⤵️ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.

Happy Monday, friends. Some folks will tell you to do one thing every day that scares you. I'm here to recommend doing (at least) one thing every day that brings you joy. Especially in these times.

Ben Lomond view under autumn 🍂 #stormhour

Storm building over Glasgow. @stormhour.com

A blue sky day in Stirlingshire. #stormhour

Writers! If you’ve ever thought about entering a pitching competition, you need to listen to Episode 19 of In My Good Books @bloodyscotland.bsky.social special with @nataliejayneclark.bsky.social 📚 Listen here: linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...