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Dr Chiara Bullen
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✨🏔️ THE INN AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT VENGEANCE 07/26 (Del Rey) 🏔️✨

sometimes author, sometimes academic. always anxious.

glasgow.

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/468338/the-inn-at-the-foot-of-mount-vengeance-by-bullen-chiara/9781529953251
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Can I help you?
Beyond the open pages of a book, my white and ginger cat is curled up on my lap, looking at me expectantly.
February 4, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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Waterstones haul + my youngest enjoying the concept of blue skies past 4pm.
Two books sit on a table. The bottom spine is Sister Wake by Dave Rudden. The book on top is The Salt Bind by Rebecca Ferrier. Both books are hardbacks. In the background is my fireplace with candles in a candle holder grate in front of it. A green cabinet with books atop it sits next to that. A small white and ginger cat stands on a wooden windowsill, tenements and a blue sky visible behind her.
January 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Burns weekend eats (+ fit): a delish veggie haggis Burns Supper by the fab @drcleoocy.bsky.social 💙
A plate of veggie haggis, neeps and tatties with whisky sauce. In the background, hands dish out servings from a platter of haggis, and a decanter of whisky sits in front of it. A selfie of me in a black dress. My hair is past my shoulders and curly. I’m wearing a necklace with a goldfinch, and my hand is up at my face. I have gold eyeshadow on and winged eyeliner.
January 26, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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The offender:
A side on view of a white cat with ginger fur across her eyes and ears
January 23, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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A peaceful* afternoon break 😌

*My upstairs neighbours are sanding their floor….
A copy of Alastair Moffat’s Scotland’s Forgotten Past, with a blue Lino print style cover. Next to it is a small, blue mug of coffee in a stoneware mug
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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I have been influenced (and it’s v. tasty)
My hand holding up a box of M&S shortbread tea. My pink fridge and green kitchen chairs are in the background, along with a tiled floor with a grey pattern. My pink MacBook is open on my kitchen table and in the corner of the screen a word document is in view. Next to it is a mug with foxes painted on it filed with tea. A white vase with daffodils sits behind that, next to a white candle.
January 20, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Weekend eats & read. The caramel, miso and banana ice cream was a particular highlight 🍌🍦
A tub of caramel, miso and banana ice cream Two slices of New York style pizza, one with mozzarella and the other with vodka sauce and pesto A copy of The Appin Murder by James Hunter next to a plate of toast with eggs and avocado
January 19, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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Weekend eats (and reads): Anna Jones’ squash lasagne I made for some friends & a local bakery’s pecan and caramel swirl pastry. Ft. the beautiful Even Beyond Death by Fiona Melrose, which I am thoroughly enjoying.
A lasagna dish sits in the corner of the image, the cheese crisp and brown, topped with basil leaves. The recipe book is on a stand behind it, next to waiting bowls. A copy of ‘even beyond death’ by Fiona Melrose next to a cup of tea in a mug with a stag on it. There is a small white plate with a blue border holding a round pastry with caramel icing topped with two pecans all rest on a plaid blanket that’s pink, grey and orange.
January 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Exceptional art in the Osteopath waiting room
A crossword print in a frame that reads ‘we’ve got your back’
January 6, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Crisp frost underfoot and a blue sky above – if every day in January was like this it, would have more fans. Hopefully it takes my advice.
A field with frosted grass, a blue sky above and trees in the distance A forest path with sunlight streaming over it, the shadows of tree trunks darkening it almost like zebra stripes
January 5, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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Delighted that The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance made @thefantasyhive.bsky.social’s list of most anticipated 2026 SFF titles!

fantasy-hive.co.uk/2026/01/most...
A hand holding a cup of tea next to a proof copy of The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance by Chiara Bullen. The book is on a floral pillow, and sunlight streams over the cover.
January 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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I think he wants me to go this way.
A wooden sign reads ‘WILDLIFE TRAIL’ with an arrow pointing right. Atop it, a very round robin sits looking at the camera, cocking his head curiously.
January 4, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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#TraitorsUK
Picture of Rosa Diaz from B99 holding a puppy. The caption reads ‘I’ve only had Fiona for a day and a half but if anything happened to her I would kill everyone in this room and then myself’
January 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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Got a chance to play Alice is Missing this afternoon, SO much fun! Highly recommend.
A table with the rule book for the game Alice is Missing, it depicts a silhouette of a girl’s profile in pink, with image elements inside like trees, a river.
January 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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please!!!!
My Merriam-webster word of the year - prosperous
January 1, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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A blurry picture of my white cat during a rolling around frenzy, with the caption ‘happy new year’
December 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Boxing Day bliss 🥂
A wine glass with cava held up against a Christmas tree with golden lights and red baubles A blue sky and a blonde sandstone tenement building across a bridge near Linn Park in Glasgow
December 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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First time hosting Christmas was a success! No disasters!
A plate of a vegetarian Christmas dinner: nut roast, roast potatoes, veggie pigs in blankets, sprouts, peas, carrots and parsnips. A paper craft Christmas tree on a table with Christmas crackers, woodland decorations, red and green candles, assorted cutlery.
December 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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I have been gifted an assistant to help cook Christmas dinner, but it keeps suggesting I put matcha and dubai chocolate in everything???
A Labubu doll in a white rabbit suit on a kitchen shelf
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Ok yeah I can confirm hot chocolate really does benefit from an added doughnut 🍩 🍫
An orange takeaway cup with toasted marshmallow around the edge, chocolate sprinkles, and a small sugar dusted doughnut
December 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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If you are a) in the US and b) on NetGalley, you can request a copy of THE INN AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT VENGEANCE now!

My debut cozy fantasy novel, inspired by misadventures in academia, glorious adventures in D&D, and tentative adventures in Scotland's mountains:

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
A copy of THE INN AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT VENGEANCE under a headline that states 'coming July 7 2026' and with the Del Rey icon in the corner. The cover depicts a man with pointed ears, antlers and long blonde hair sipping from a teacup. His companion is a teal-skinned woman with curling, white horns and long black hair smiling as she holds a teacup. Behind them, a white building sits under a looming mountain.
December 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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She’s Bene Gesserit and she’s demanding pats
A copy of Dune lays open, and behind it my ginger and white cat looks on disapprovingly from her pillow.
December 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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It is time 🙏
A copy of Frank Herbert’s Dune
December 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Steve Carrell as Michael Scott holding a wine glass with white wine. The caption reads 'this is a white'
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Two chapters edited this morning. Three to go ✍️
A wooden desk with a pink MacBook Air, a cup of coffee, a blue notebook with waves, gold-rimmed glasses, a plant and a green pencils case upon it.
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM