William Meikle
@williammeikle.com
Wee sweary Scottish writer, living in Canada, with 30+ novels and 300+ short stories in genre presses over the past 30+ years. Mostly at williammeikle.com ... mostly.
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William Meikle
@williammeikle.com
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William Meikle
There's something for everyone here; Scottish supernaturals, Lovecraftian horrors, Holmes and Carnacki pastiches and novellas not available anywhere else. Dig in and enjoy.
www.williammeikle.com
The CHAPBOOK COLLECTION is a set of chapbooks featuring my short stories and novellas, all at 99c on Kindle, and is kind of a historical archive of my writing over the past 30+ years. Something here for everybody...
www.williammeikle.com/chapbook.html
#booksky #kindle #ebooks #writingcommunity
www.williammeikle.com/chapbook.html
#booksky #kindle #ebooks #writingcommunity
We've walked headlong and with a mostly willing populace into allowing the world to be run by the biggest bunch of arseholes imaginable. Now we get to act surprised that they're the biggest bunch of arseholes imaginable. Same as it ever was
January 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
We've walked headlong and with a mostly willing populace into allowing the world to be run by the biggest bunch of arseholes imaginable. Now we get to act surprised that they're the biggest bunch of arseholes imaginable. Same as it ever was
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Now up for pre-order in eBook and Trade paperback, the late James A. Moore's final solo novel, a grimdark tale titled KORRIGAN GRIMM. Jim was a legend, and we are getting closer to bringing his entire catalog back to print, audio and eBook. Pre-order here at this universal link!
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Korrigan Grimm by James A. Moore
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January 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Now up for pre-order in eBook and Trade paperback, the late James A. Moore's final solo novel, a grimdark tale titled KORRIGAN GRIMM. Jim was a legend, and we are getting closer to bringing his entire catalog back to print, audio and eBook. Pre-order here at this universal link!
Caught "Wake Up Dead Man" last night. Craig has settled very nicely into Benoit Blanc's well cut suits, but this one felt a bit over-wrought and self-satisfied in tone, mainly due to Brolin's over the top scenery-chewing. Still enjoyed it, but didn't love it
January 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Caught "Wake Up Dead Man" last night. Craig has settled very nicely into Benoit Blanc's well cut suits, but this one felt a bit over-wrought and self-satisfied in tone, mainly due to Brolin's over the top scenery-chewing. Still enjoyed it, but didn't love it
Nice to see three of my stories from my HAUNTED SCOTLAND collection on the recommended reading list in Ellen Datlow's Best Horror #17.
January 4, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Nice to see three of my stories from my HAUNTED SCOTLAND collection on the recommended reading list in Ellen Datlow's Best Horror #17.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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The CHAPBOOK COLLECTION is a set of chapbooks featuring my short stories and novellas, all at 99c on Kindle, and is kind of a historical archive of my writing over the past 30+ years. Something here for everybody...
www.williammeikle.com/chapbook.html
#booksky #kindle #ebooks #writingcommunity
www.williammeikle.com/chapbook.html
#booksky #kindle #ebooks #writingcommunity
William Meikle
There's something for everyone here; Scottish supernaturals, Lovecraftian horrors, Holmes and Carnacki pastiches and novellas not available anywhere else. Dig in and enjoy.
www.williammeikle.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The CHAPBOOK COLLECTION is a set of chapbooks featuring my short stories and novellas, all at 99c on Kindle, and is kind of a historical archive of my writing over the past 30+ years. Something here for everybody...
www.williammeikle.com/chapbook.html
#booksky #kindle #ebooks #writingcommunity
www.williammeikle.com/chapbook.html
#booksky #kindle #ebooks #writingcommunity
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For those wanting to throw the price of a cup of coffee my way can do so here: buymeacoffee.com/johnnymains
Johnny Mains
I look for lost ghosts in old fiction. I try and bring back authors lost to time. I also write my own fiction/non-fiction.I edit books for the British Library like CELTIC WEIRD, SCOTLAND THE STRANGE,
buymeacoffee.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:49 PM
For those wanting to throw the price of a cup of coffee my way can do so here: buymeacoffee.com/johnnymains
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Very well: because the author did his own promotion, here are 5 US Kindle copies of @williammeikle.com's THE SQUARED CIRCLE: A Victorian Time Travel Adventure (The William Meikle Chapbook Collection), which I now have but haven't read. There are many sequels it seems.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
The Squared Circle - A Victorian Time travel adventure, reduced from $2.99 to 99c
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GET THE SQUARED CIRCLE FOR 99c
The Squared Circle – A Victorian Time travel adventure, reduced from $2.99 to 99c
williammeikleblog.wordpress.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Very well: because the author did his own promotion, here are 5 US Kindle copies of @williammeikle.com's THE SQUARED CIRCLE: A Victorian Time Travel Adventure (The William Meikle Chapbook Collection), which I now have but haven't read. There are many sequels it seems.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
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Thoroughly enjoyed Joe Hill's KING SORROW. He managed to blend fantasy and horror very nicely, despite a spate of killing off of characters I was just getting interested in... A high concept horror blockbuster that wouldn't have been too out of place in the '80s heyday of them.
December 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed Joe Hill's KING SORROW. He managed to blend fantasy and horror very nicely, despite a spate of killing off of characters I was just getting interested in... A high concept horror blockbuster that wouldn't have been too out of place in the '80s heyday of them.
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The Squared Circle - A Victorian Time travel adventure, reduced from $2.99 to 99c
williammeikleblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/g...
williammeikleblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/g...
GET THE SQUARED CIRCLE FOR 99c
The Squared Circle – A Victorian Time travel adventure, reduced from $2.99 to 99c
williammeikleblog.wordpress.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The Squared Circle - A Victorian Time travel adventure, reduced from $2.99 to 99c
williammeikleblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/g...
williammeikleblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/g...
Killing for Christmas -- it's what Christ would have wanted...
The malignant narcissist can’t stand America trying to have a peaceful Christmas without him.
December 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Killing for Christmas -- it's what Christ would have wanted...
In the 70s this, and Nigel Kneale's THE STONE TAPE were a big part in setting me along the path to where I am now with my writing... they lit a spark in teenage me.
Giving this a rewatch over the break. I mentioned it in a published article years back on the BBC series The Mad Death but feel it deserves much more appreciation. Some VFX might look a little dated but it's still genuinely unsettling, made all the more convincing by the 70s Scottish setting
December 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
In the 70s this, and Nigel Kneale's THE STONE TAPE were a big part in setting me along the path to where I am now with my writing... they lit a spark in teenage me.
Trump never misses an opportunity to be soulless cunt. It's a true gift.
Trump’s response to the Reiner tragedy below.
When Trump’s miserable life ends, no-one should have to apologize for anything they might post in response.
A tragedy of a man who will have earned every morsel of scorn and hatred that will be poured onto his memory.
When Trump’s miserable life ends, no-one should have to apologize for anything they might post in response.
A tragedy of a man who will have earned every morsel of scorn and hatred that will be poured onto his memory.
December 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Trump never misses an opportunity to be soulless cunt. It's a true gift.
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3pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra
From 2002, Drama 📻 “Love and Freindship”
Jane Austen’s 1790 novel📖 dramatised by Robin Brooks
🌟 Victoria Hamilton, David Tennant, Jasper Britton, Ruth Platt, David Horovitch, Janet Jefferies, Sarah Eedle, Lara Haworth
From 2002, Drama 📻 “Love and Freindship”
Jane Austen’s 1790 novel📖 dramatised by Robin Brooks
🌟 Victoria Hamilton, David Tennant, Jasper Britton, Ruth Platt, David Horovitch, Janet Jefferies, Sarah Eedle, Lara Haworth
BBC Radio 4 Extra - Jane Austen, Love and Freindship
Written when the novelist was just 14. Stars Victoria Hamilton and David Tennant.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
3pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra
From 2002, Drama 📻 “Love and Freindship”
Jane Austen’s 1790 novel📖 dramatised by Robin Brooks
🌟 Victoria Hamilton, David Tennant, Jasper Britton, Ruth Platt, David Horovitch, Janet Jefferies, Sarah Eedle, Lara Haworth
From 2002, Drama 📻 “Love and Freindship”
Jane Austen’s 1790 novel📖 dramatised by Robin Brooks
🌟 Victoria Hamilton, David Tennant, Jasper Britton, Ruth Platt, David Horovitch, Janet Jefferies, Sarah Eedle, Lara Haworth
Caught THE RUNNING MAN last night. Should have called it THE PLODDING MAN... pretty dull and insipid and really said nothing new over the Schwarzennger version despite the updated FX work. I was mostly bored.
December 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Caught THE RUNNING MAN last night. Should have called it THE PLODDING MAN... pretty dull and insipid and really said nothing new over the Schwarzennger version despite the updated FX work. I was mostly bored.
The Squared Circle - A Victorian Time travel adventure, reduced from $2.99 to 99c
williammeikleblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/g...
williammeikleblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/g...
GET THE SQUARED CIRCLE FOR 99c
The Squared Circle – A Victorian Time travel adventure, reduced from $2.99 to 99c
williammeikleblog.wordpress.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The Squared Circle - A Victorian Time travel adventure, reduced from $2.99 to 99c
williammeikleblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/g...
williammeikleblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/g...
I'd be quite happy to define a shithole country as one that makes octogenarians go to work to stay alive.
#ResistanceUnited
Almost 550,000 American workers are over 80. It's one of the fastest-growing demographics in the workforce. Many were unable to save enough to retire, or had a health emergency, or had to care for adult children. Many barely get by.
www.businessinsider.com/working-at-8...
Almost 550,000 American workers are over 80. It's one of the fastest-growing demographics in the workforce. Many were unable to save enough to retire, or had a health emergency, or had to care for adult children. Many barely get by.
www.businessinsider.com/working-at-8...
America's oldest workers can't retire. Here's how they're getting by.
For America's oldest workers, retirement isn't possible. Workers in their 80s live paycheck to paycheck, use Social Security, and dip into savings.
www.businessinsider.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I'd be quite happy to define a shithole country as one that makes octogenarians go to work to stay alive.
Best cinema going experience?
Toss up between JAWS on the big screen in its first weekend of release in a packed Odeon in Glasgow
or ALIENS in the Odeon, Leicester Square on first weekend.
Both times the audience were all up and rocking...
Toss up between JAWS on the big screen in its first weekend of release in a packed Odeon in Glasgow
or ALIENS in the Odeon, Leicester Square on first weekend.
Both times the audience were all up and rocking...
December 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Best cinema going experience?
Toss up between JAWS on the big screen in its first weekend of release in a packed Odeon in Glasgow
or ALIENS in the Odeon, Leicester Square on first weekend.
Both times the audience were all up and rocking...
Toss up between JAWS on the big screen in its first weekend of release in a packed Odeon in Glasgow
or ALIENS in the Odeon, Leicester Square on first weekend.
Both times the audience were all up and rocking...
My auld dad passed away this afternoon. Flu got him and he went quietly in his sleep. Every day of his life he showed me how to be a good man. I'll try to live up to the standard he set.
Here we are, caught in time, eternally boys together, Largs, Summer of 1959
Here we are, caught in time, eternally boys together, Largs, Summer of 1959
December 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My auld dad passed away this afternoon. Flu got him and he went quietly in his sleep. Every day of his life he showed me how to be a good man. I'll try to live up to the standard he set.
Here we are, caught in time, eternally boys together, Largs, Summer of 1959
Here we are, caught in time, eternally boys together, Largs, Summer of 1959
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Important discovery.
The moment the earliest known man-made fire was uncovered - BBC News
Archaeologists in the UK have discovered the world's oldest evidence of humans lighting fires
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Important discovery.
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First song you remember hearing as a kid?
It was '61 or '62, and mum had the '45. Been in my head ever since.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTX...
It was '61 or '62, and mum had the '45. Been in my head ever since.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTX...
Halfway to Paradise -- Billy Fury
YouTube video by snapshotofharlech
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
First song you remember hearing as a kid?
It was '61 or '62, and mum had the '45. Been in my head ever since.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTX...
It was '61 or '62, and mum had the '45. Been in my head ever since.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTX...
I saw that a bunch of Scottish football fans have been considering deleting their histories and signing up for social media groups called, "WE LOVE TRUMP, HONEST." in advance of trying to get in to the USA for the World Cup.
December 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I saw that a bunch of Scottish football fans have been considering deleting their histories and signing up for social media groups called, "WE LOVE TRUMP, HONEST." in advance of trying to get in to the USA for the World Cup.
First song you remember hearing as a kid?
It was '61 or '62, and mum had the '45. Been in my head ever since.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTX...
It was '61 or '62, and mum had the '45. Been in my head ever since.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTX...
Halfway to Paradise -- Billy Fury
YouTube video by snapshotofharlech
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
First song you remember hearing as a kid?
It was '61 or '62, and mum had the '45. Been in my head ever since.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTX...
It was '61 or '62, and mum had the '45. Been in my head ever since.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTX...
You will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
You will be visited by 3 spirits