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Paul D Coombs

@pauldcoombs.bsky.social

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I write dark fiction where monsters are metaphors, beauty meets tragedy, and the line between right and wrong blurs. No answers, just reflections. Cure fan. Debut novel - The Great Orme, released October 2024 Find me here: www.pauldcoombs.com

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · Jan 8

Hi. That's me below, posing beneath The Great Orme, a huge limestone headland in North-Wales.
My debut psychological thriller THE GREAT ORME is out now and I want to ask you from the bottom of my dark Welsh heart to pick it up and join me on the ride/slide🖤
#booksky

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 5h

Well now ... Perhaps not... But... He has been signed by none other than Oliver Postgate himself! He has a little label around his neck with some nice words from Oliver. 😁🖤

Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 7h

Just me, casually slipping my dark thriller - The Great Orme (the one that stole a year of my life and several nights of sleep) into your feed like it’s totally normal. 👀📖

I’d be genuinely thrilled if you took a chance on it 🖤

#booksky💙📚 #Darkthriller

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 8h

Really appreciate that. I was just thrilled to be in the same room as them and I'm still recovering from how inspiring (and terrifyingly talented) they are.

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 18h

A great evening @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social ...
The fact that @talkscaredpod.bsky.social and @manylittlewords.bsky.social are amazing insightful speakers, as well as super talented horror writers is probably not fair!
Stoked to have had the pleasure to attend tonight's sold out event 🖤
Thanks!

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 1d

Going to be ace! 🖤

Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 1d

So looking forward to seeing @talkscaredpod.bsky.social and @manylittlewords.bsky.social at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social tonight and getting my clutching hands on their brand new books tonight-
Good Boy, and Itch.
Expecting pearls of wisdom 🖤

#Booksky📚💙

Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · Jul 31

October is just around the corner, right?? Come join us in Manchester on 10 October for the launch of Good Boy by @talkscaredpod.bsky.social with the ever amazing @manylittlewords.bsky.social

TICKETS TICKETS 🖤🖤
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/horror-at-...

HORROR AT BLACKWELL'S: Neil McRobert and Gemma Amor in conversation

Join us for a special Manchester double launch Neil McRobert's Good Boy and Gemma Amor's Itch!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 2d

"I wonder if we are the children of the Great Orme, our blood and bones merely ink and pens for the sea serpent to write its history?" - The Great Orme

#Booksky📚💙

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 3d

Good evening. Straight ahead towards the light.

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 4d

Haha... No need to be all banshee about it

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 4d

While as long as the glove fits...

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 4d

Surely there was an easy cure?

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 4d

Wow! So gorgeous 😍

Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 4d

"You always stared at the sea, and I wonder if you've been staring at it so long it's drowned you deep inside and ended up washing away all feeling." - The Great Orme

#BookSky💙📚 #DarkThriller

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 5d

Embrace Monday

Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 6d

Zach is haunted by
The Great Orme

There may be only one way to dispel the ghosts
... He must confess

But his friends don't want to.
They want to fight for their freedom.

#BookSky📚💙 #DarkThriller #Supernatural

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 6d

No way that I'm missing New Model Army. I love this band.

See you there @newmodelarmy.bsky.social 🖤

Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 7d

Good morning

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 8d

With Halloween approaching why not get bitten and become smitten by The Great Orme?

#Booksky💙📚 #DarkThriller #Halloween

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 8d

Looking forward to Adventures in Love with the one and only, @jacksonjamie.bsky.social 🖤

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 8d

Ready to emerge!
Here's to a great weekend!

Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 9d

October season...
Take a chance on my dark thriller The Great Orme...

This isn’t a rescue mission. It’s a descent, haunted by ghosts, and drowned in guilt. The deeper Zach goes, the clearer it becomes: no one escapes the justice of the Great Orme.

#Booksky📚💙 #Darkthriller

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 10d

We don't hesitate when it comes to The Cure... 🖤

Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 10d

Hello October

Reposted by Paul D Coombs

BlueAstronaut🖤 @blueastronaut.bsky.social · 11d

Random acts of senseless beauty #77

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 11d

This vividly stunning art by
Kerry Darlington has hung on my wall for such a long time... And always will. It's beautiful 🖤