Malcolm Timperley
@malcolmtimperley.bsky.social
Scotland-based writer and teller of unsettling tales (horror & comedy, the two closest genres), heritage railway signaller, photographer, recovering psychiatrist, international man of mystery. Bio available on request (Terms & Conditions apply).
Features my ghost story "Asylum Seekers".
Christmas presence...
Christmas presence...
Today is launch day for #SootAndBoots our collection of short festive fiction!
Get your copy in hardback or paperback.
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Get your copy in hardback or paperback.
amzn.eu/d/fotY3hp
Amazon.co.uk
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November 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Features my ghost story "Asylum Seekers".
Christmas presence...
Christmas presence...
Yesterday's stroll...
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Yesterday's stroll...
Reposted by Malcolm Timperley
Thirty writers, thirty winter visions. Soot & Boots brings them together in one seasonal anthology. Out soon. #SootAndBoots
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Thirty writers, thirty winter visions. Soot & Boots brings them together in one seasonal anthology. Out soon. #SootAndBoots
It's almost here. The antidote to enforced jollity, venomously spiced coffee and jingling carols in shopping malls. Your very own Christmas captivity play...
#SootAndBoots
#SootAndBoots
Our first short-fiction release since Four Forked Tongues is nearly here. Bold, strange, tender winter tales. November release. #SootAndBoots
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It's almost here. The antidote to enforced jollity, venomously spiced coffee and jingling carols in shopping malls. Your very own Christmas captivity play...
#SootAndBoots
#SootAndBoots
Yesterday, as the snow clouds moved in...
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Yesterday, as the snow clouds moved in...
Views taken yesterday from the top of Bidean Clann Raonaild, arguably the Scottish peak with the best summit panorama in relation to the effort expended in getting there..
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Views taken yesterday from the top of Bidean Clann Raonaild, arguably the Scottish peak with the best summit panorama in relation to the effort expended in getting there..
Includes one of my tales. Yes, it's that time of year again.
Merry Hell...
Merry Hell...
Our festive & wintry short-fiction anthology Soot & Boots lands later this month. Hardback + paperback. Sharp stories for dark nights. More soon. #SootAndBoots
November 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Includes one of my tales. Yes, it's that time of year again.
Merry Hell...
Merry Hell...
Reposted by Malcolm Timperley
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
The trick or treaters are already out and about here in Scotland...
October 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The trick or treaters are already out and about here in Scotland...
Out today! Features "Witch Hunt", a tale of mine that should put you off hiking in the Highlands of Scotland this winter. Or any other time, come to that...
Now available, Frost Zone Stories, book 2.
Happy publication day to the authors of these eleven frosty tales. 🖤🥶
books2read.com/u/3JMW5A
Happy publication day to the authors of these eleven frosty tales. 🖤🥶
books2read.com/u/3JMW5A
September 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Out today! Features "Witch Hunt", a tale of mine that should put you off hiking in the Highlands of Scotland this winter. Or any other time, come to that...
America, as seen by every other country (Art by Ben Jennings, The Guardian).
August 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
America, as seen by every other country (Art by Ben Jennings, The Guardian).
Taken at work today...
August 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Taken at work today...
I guess I might as well give up trying to write weird fiction...
August 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I guess I might as well give up trying to write weird fiction...
Red, white and blue...
August 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Red, white and blue...
Out for a walk...
August 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Out for a walk...
Inspired by places like this...
August 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Inspired by places like this...
Roll on September...
Frost Zone Stories Book 2 will arrive September 8th!
Eleven dark and dreadful tales for your reading pleasure 😨
Pre-order price is only .99c
link in comments to purchase; more retailers to be added soon (if you don't want to order from Am*zn)
Eleven dark and dreadful tales for your reading pleasure 😨
Pre-order price is only .99c
link in comments to purchase; more retailers to be added soon (if you don't want to order from Am*zn)
July 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Roll on September...
OK, there's a conflict of interest here the size of the Hindenburg, but I think you should buy this...
Summer Solstice is wonderful, but...
We know that autumn isn't that far off. 🍂🍁🎃
Releasing in September is Book 2 of Frost Zone Stories, featuring new short stories by 11 authors.
#shortstories #horrormag #quiethorror #Canadianpublisher
We know that autumn isn't that far off. 🍂🍁🎃
Releasing in September is Book 2 of Frost Zone Stories, featuring new short stories by 11 authors.
#shortstories #horrormag #quiethorror #Canadianpublisher
June 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
OK, there's a conflict of interest here the size of the Hindenburg, but I think you should buy this...
See my friend...
June 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
See my friend...
Well, it's here. Such stuff as screams are made on....
📖 Just one, you said. One story. But now the lights flicker when you blink.
Dark Descent: Whispers From Beyond is here. 100+ microhorrors you won’t forget.
🛒 Link in bio
🌘 It’s already too late.
#booksky #horrorcommunity #readingcommunity #DarkDescent2025
Dark Descent: Whispers From Beyond is here. 100+ microhorrors you won’t forget.
🛒 Link in bio
🌘 It’s already too late.
#booksky #horrorcommunity #readingcommunity #DarkDescent2025
June 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Well, it's here. Such stuff as screams are made on....
Includes one of my tales...
Want to know which stories stuck with readers all year?
Whispers from Beyond collects 100+ of them—from winners and shortlisted entries in Dark Descent.
Releases June 10th.
👁️ Link in Bio
#booksky #horrorreads #microfiction #horrorstories
Whispers from Beyond collects 100+ of them—from winners and shortlisted entries in Dark Descent.
Releases June 10th.
👁️ Link in Bio
#booksky #horrorreads #microfiction #horrorstories
June 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Includes one of my tales...
Summer in Scotland is in May this year...
May 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Summer in Scotland is in May this year...
Huge thanks to @brokenspinearts.bsky.social who've accepted my ghost story "Asylum Seekers" for their Christmas anthology, "Soot & Boots" (coming your way later this year, in good time for Merry Hell...).
May 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Huge thanks to @brokenspinearts.bsky.social who've accepted my ghost story "Asylum Seekers" for their Christmas anthology, "Soot & Boots" (coming your way later this year, in good time for Merry Hell...).
Reposted by Malcolm Timperley
We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
March 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham