Helen Grant
@helengrantsays.bsky.social
Lives in Scotland & writes books. Latest novel JUMP CUT published by Fledgling Press. Short story collection ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES available from Swan River Press. Perthshire Gothic. M.R.James fiend. Represented by Fraser Ross Associates.
I am reading this right now! Stuck at home with a vile cold so having lots of hot sweet tea and this.
Well, I *was* in a bad mood, but now I've got something to dig into later!
@helleborezine.bsky.social
@helleborezine.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I am reading this right now! Stuck at home with a vile cold so having lots of hot sweet tea and this.
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More love for Tales of Occult Britain! Thank you so much 🖤
It's exceptionally good. I treated myself to a story a day and every one's a gem. Such a beautiful package of a book, too.
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
More love for Tales of Occult Britain! Thank you so much 🖤
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My report on the impact of GenAI on the novel is released 20th Nov. It includes some powerful findings from my BRAID UK fellowship research with almost 400 literary creatives across the UK. Honoured to be joined by Gina Neff, Kate Mosse & Richard Combes to launch this report.
Book your place below!
Book your place below!
UPCOMING 📚 The Impact of GenAI on the Novel
Join us for the (online) launch of a new report from Dr @clemicollett.bsky.social @braiduk.bsky.social (in assoc with @ifow.org) on how generative AI is impacting novelists and the publishing industry.
Book your spot ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/gener...
Join us for the (online) launch of a new report from Dr @clemicollett.bsky.social @braiduk.bsky.social (in assoc with @ifow.org) on how generative AI is impacting novelists and the publishing industry.
Book your spot ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/gener...
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
My report on the impact of GenAI on the novel is released 20th Nov. It includes some powerful findings from my BRAID UK fellowship research with almost 400 literary creatives across the UK. Honoured to be joined by Gina Neff, Kate Mosse & Richard Combes to launch this report.
Book your place below!
Book your place below!
Red sky in the morning— oh, fuck off November
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Red sky in the morning— oh, fuck off November
I have an absolutely vile cold but I am going to have to go out today because we are down to one teabag. 😱
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I have an absolutely vile cold but I am going to have to go out today because we are down to one teabag. 😱
In a new and unpleasant turn of events, the cat has now started yowling discordantly for breakfast BEFORE the alarm goes off.
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
In a new and unpleasant turn of events, the cat has now started yowling discordantly for breakfast BEFORE the alarm goes off.
This was on the bathroom floor! 100% from Frankenstein's creature.
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This was on the bathroom floor! 100% from Frankenstein's creature.
How OH spent his day. Tell me again how people in their 60s are "elderly"...
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
How OH spent his day. Tell me again how people in their 60s are "elderly"...
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Here he comes with flaming bowl,
Don't he mean to take his toll,
Snip! Snap! Dragon!
Take care you don't take too much,
Be not greedy in your clutch,
Snip! Snap! Dragon!
With his blue and lapping tongue
Many of you will be stung,
Snip! Snap! Dragon!
Don't he mean to take his toll,
Snip! Snap! Dragon!
Take care you don't take too much,
Be not greedy in your clutch,
Snip! Snap! Dragon!
With his blue and lapping tongue
Many of you will be stung,
Snip! Snap! Dragon!
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Here he comes with flaming bowl,
Don't he mean to take his toll,
Snip! Snap! Dragon!
Take care you don't take too much,
Be not greedy in your clutch,
Snip! Snap! Dragon!
With his blue and lapping tongue
Many of you will be stung,
Snip! Snap! Dragon!
Don't he mean to take his toll,
Snip! Snap! Dragon!
Take care you don't take too much,
Be not greedy in your clutch,
Snip! Snap! Dragon!
With his blue and lapping tongue
Many of you will be stung,
Snip! Snap! Dragon!
They're going to introduce an entrance fee for the Callanish Stones. I can see the rationale, because so many tourists visit them. Those tourists need toilets, & parking, & somewhere to get a cup of tea, and someone to keep an eye on them so they don't scrawl "Kevin was here" on the stones. But...
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
They're going to introduce an entrance fee for the Callanish Stones. I can see the rationale, because so many tourists visit them. Those tourists need toilets, & parking, & somewhere to get a cup of tea, and someone to keep an eye on them so they don't scrawl "Kevin was here" on the stones. But...
Your annual reminder that the Victorians (and earlier) used to play a Christmas game called Snapdragon where you had a big dish of burning brandy and you had to fish raisins out of it without combusting yourself
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Your annual reminder that the Victorians (and earlier) used to play a Christmas game called Snapdragon where you had a big dish of burning brandy and you had to fish raisins out of it without combusting yourself
So I wrote another very horrid story, and while OH was sorting his climbing gear I told him the plot, and he said EW THAT'S HORRIBLE.
Job done, I'd say.
Job done, I'd say.
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
So I wrote another very horrid story, and while OH was sorting his climbing gear I told him the plot, and he said EW THAT'S HORRIBLE.
Job done, I'd say.
Job done, I'd say.
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Perfect reading for a freezing winter’s night. @helleborezine.bsky.social make lovely things
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Perfect reading for a freezing winter’s night. @helleborezine.bsky.social make lovely things
Came over here for a bit because Threads is freaking bad tempered this evening 🙄
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Came over here for a bit because Threads is freaking bad tempered this evening 🙄
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I'll have more to say about this on the blog tomorrow but the reason I was looking for hieroglyphics that spelled the name Nyarlathotep was so I could finish this piece for the Haunter of the Dark book.
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I'll have more to say about this on the blog tomorrow but the reason I was looking for hieroglyphics that spelled the name Nyarlathotep was so I could finish this piece for the Haunter of the Dark book.
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There’s no way that kid isn’t thinking ‘WTF. This isn’t an advent calendar’.
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
There’s no way that kid isn’t thinking ‘WTF. This isn’t an advent calendar’.
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Join me in Crieff for 2 events next week
Creative writing workshop on Thursday 20 November
The launch of my new novel, Barvick Falls on Sunday 23 November
www.robmcinroy.co.uk for more info
#WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction #CrimeFiction #BookSky
Creative writing workshop on Thursday 20 November
The launch of my new novel, Barvick Falls on Sunday 23 November
www.robmcinroy.co.uk for more info
#WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction #CrimeFiction #BookSky
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Join me in Crieff for 2 events next week
Creative writing workshop on Thursday 20 November
The launch of my new novel, Barvick Falls on Sunday 23 November
www.robmcinroy.co.uk for more info
#WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction #CrimeFiction #BookSky
Creative writing workshop on Thursday 20 November
The launch of my new novel, Barvick Falls on Sunday 23 November
www.robmcinroy.co.uk for more info
#WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction #CrimeFiction #BookSky
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Dec 18th at 7pm I'll be reading from ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE, chatting about editing anthologies and ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS (within reason and taste 😉) - tickets are £8.83 (cushion admin and fees).
I'd love to see you there, please reskeet far and wide!
www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-...
I'd love to see you there, please reskeet far and wide!
www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-...
October 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Dec 18th at 7pm I'll be reading from ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE, chatting about editing anthologies and ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS (within reason and taste 😉) - tickets are £8.83 (cushion admin and fees).
I'd love to see you there, please reskeet far and wide!
www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-...
I'd love to see you there, please reskeet far and wide!
www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-...
Ahaha I wanted to look at Google Street View for Clava Cairns for something I am writing, so I clicked on it and it put me right in the middle of one of the cairns, so all I can see is big stones...
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ahaha I wanted to look at Google Street View for Clava Cairns for something I am writing, so I clicked on it and it put me right in the middle of one of the cairns, so all I can see is big stones...
I see Mark Gatiss's COUNT MAGNUS is on Apple TV for a mere £2.49. I have bought it, because although I like all his ghost story adaptations, I love that one inordinately. Not least because it is pretty true to the original story, and my aged Dad loved it for that.
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I see Mark Gatiss's COUNT MAGNUS is on Apple TV for a mere £2.49. I have bought it, because although I like all his ghost story adaptations, I love that one inordinately. Not least because it is pretty true to the original story, and my aged Dad loved it for that.
OH posted this from Thursday morning's "Rise and Grind" bike ride. He showed me this photo, and remarked what a beautiful sunrise it was.
Reader, I had not noticed the sunrise nor all the people on bikes. I had just zoomed in on that gorgeous standing stone...
Reader, I had not noticed the sunrise nor all the people on bikes. I had just zoomed in on that gorgeous standing stone...
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
OH posted this from Thursday morning's "Rise and Grind" bike ride. He showed me this photo, and remarked what a beautiful sunrise it was.
Reader, I had not noticed the sunrise nor all the people on bikes. I had just zoomed in on that gorgeous standing stone...
Reader, I had not noticed the sunrise nor all the people on bikes. I had just zoomed in on that gorgeous standing stone...
Tesla driver who did not say thanks when I stopped to let you go first even though I had right of way:
you have an indefinite face, the physiognomy of a man who lacks all conviction in life. So there.
you have an indefinite face, the physiognomy of a man who lacks all conviction in life. So there.
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Tesla driver who did not say thanks when I stopped to let you go first even though I had right of way:
you have an indefinite face, the physiognomy of a man who lacks all conviction in life. So there.
you have an indefinite face, the physiognomy of a man who lacks all conviction in life. So there.
The tiny doggo has been barking furiously at the French windows for the last ten minutes but whenever I open the door she backs off and refuses to go out. From this I conclude that there is something very nasty in the back garden - possibly zombies.
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The tiny doggo has been barking furiously at the French windows for the last ten minutes but whenever I open the door she backs off and refuses to go out. From this I conclude that there is something very nasty in the back garden - possibly zombies.
Our son is a field archaeologist in the Highlands and Islands, and he just sent us this pic from work:
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Our son is a field archaeologist in the Highlands and Islands, and he just sent us this pic from work: