Whilst we are findingways to live deliciously, how about delving into @scarfolk.bsky.social - below is a festive post from the Book of Faces #horror #HorrorWriters

A message from @hookland.bsky.social from The Land of Faces. Do you follow Hookland? If not, why? #horror #horrorwriters

Interested in screenwriting? #writing #screenwriting

If you're cold... #Cryptids #Cryptozoology

I spun with my arms outstretched as the sky swirled above me.

I grew up with Ladybird books and find such pleasure and comfort in the seasonal illustrations. ‘Bonfire Night’ (1951) Artist: Ronald Lampitt

'Darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows' Eve. Everything seemed cut from soft black velvet or gold or orange velvet. Smoke panted up out of a thousand chimneys like the plumes of funeral parades. From kitchen windows drifted two pumpkin smells:gourds being cut, pies being baked.'

When you realise your chintzy coffee matches your reading choices... #Horror #HalloweenCore #Halloween

The time approaches... #Halloween #ClocksChange #Horror #DarknessFalls

Mycogical magic!

5th horseman - The Big Light. 6th horseman - high or tight collars. Which horsemen would you add to the ND Nemesis herd? #neurodiversity #ADHD #Autism

Well, it's Creative Writing I teach, rather than English - but yep, guilty as charged... Strewing wonderful examples and seeing students gobble them up is one of the best parts of a truly *great* job :)

Just popping by in The Love Bus - beep! Beep! All aboard! We have the best snacks and I've been baking.

L - Let the Right One In Y - You Are Not My Mother N - Needful Things N - Nosferatu

I started making Halloween bunting this evening with autumn maple leaves - so relaxing... #DopamineFix #Halloween

Call for papers: HORROR STUDIES NOW, May 28/29 2026, Northumbria University tinyurl.com/2w2fuch6 #horrorNU

They're back...the northern lights dancing over the village below us. #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis

Spent time in good company today at the village festival. Alpaca babies!

Hoping to get time to read some of this over the weekend. What's on your tbr pile? #Booksky

Horror writers - sign up now! Tim's Writing in the Dark series is amazing :) #HorrorWriters #Horror

Being a Sirenhead fan-girl, I couodn't love this more... #Horror #Creepypasta

Weirdos,assemble!

High winds meant my windows were in danger of being pelted by my fruit trees, so I had a mini-harvest :) Sat in my kitchen waiting to be preserved - baskets if apples and greengages :) I don't usually start doing my 'kitchen witch' act for another month at least... #Nature #organic

Work has been enjoyable, but intense this week. This weekend I'll be writing up a storm (quite literally, for my folk horror) and getting creative, making more tiny books. As so often with me, everything leads to the sea. What creative things are you doing this weekend? #Writing #Creative #Nature

I have mine on order and can't wait to have it in my little gothic claws... #Horror #ghosts #gothic

I've been talking to students about the power of play and its importance in mental wellbeing. One a scale of 'quirky' to 'deeply sad' how would you judge my new paperclips (or as one of my kids called them 'paperclaps' and thus they shall evermore be known to me at least)? #Writers #Writing

A moment of beauty this morning. Woken an hour and a half before my alarm by crows bouncing and shrieking on the roof, I reached for my book and went to make tea. Stood reading the splendour of Du Maurier's The Apple Tree as the kettle boiled, I was suddenly blessed by rainbows.

Romani people have a rich and varied culture that is not easily understood, sometimes even by ourselves, writes Madeline Potter.

I have a moth trap to study the many hawkmoths that grace my garden. This slow motion film makes me want to put the moth-light on tonight but it's pouring with rain...

'Finding your voice is a form of care: for the reader, the argument, and those who came before. Especially when writing from the margins, voice becomes a quiet form of power.' An excellent post from @catherinedevries.bsky.social

There are signs it's the weekend. Home made hummus bi tahini with added black sesame, fresh coriander and shony seaweed. Now the question is, can I resist long enough to let it chill and allow the flavours to infuse? ((No))

Achievement unlocked! #OGWeirdo #Lifegoals

The lovely @baconetti.bsky.social is looking for a chapter - he's fabulous to work with - a top notch editor :)

Have you ever thought to yourself 'Wow, I'd love to go to free to access talks by experts from around the world on spooky, supernatural, horror and Gothic subjects' Then Romancing the Gothic has got you covered! www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...

Listening to the waves rolling up the beach. The North Sea is calm now, but who knows what coils beneath that pewter surface. #WritingHorror

Following my coastal writing day with a walk on the beach and then a viewing of this jewel. I've got the french windows open and can hear the pounding of the waves. Atmospheric! #Horror #NightSwim #Shark

Writing a tense scene of shoreline sacrifices in my folk horror. I've come to the beach to write. You know all that sunshine we've had? Well - sorry - I think I conjured something from the deep... #SorryNotSorry #Horror #HorrorWriters

Horror people: assemble!

Noctilucent clouds over the forest and valley tonight. The sky continues to enchant me as it reveals new glories.

I am tickled that 'Visit Northumberland' are using locations for 28 Years Later as a marketing tool :) My studio was at Gibside for many years and I can see the zombie- infested woods from my study window. *Excited* ((at such levels that I may get ejected from the cinema)) #Horror #28YearsLater

How many times have I watched this film on a Midsummer's Eve? Yes, dear reader. Too many to count :) Is it weird that this is a 'comfort film' for me...? #Midsummer #WickerMan #Solstice #SummerSolstice #FolkHorror

So sticky-hot today despite a glowering grey sky. I'm going right back to the 1800s to find a word that fits the way it feels...

Horror+Comics, you say...? I'm IN! #Horror