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Helen Grant

@helengrantsays.bsky.social

Lives in Scotland & writes books. Order my new novella STEAL ME from Absinthe Books. Short story collection ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES available from Swan River Press. Perthshire Gothic. M.R.James fiend. Represented by John Jarrold.

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Dr Francis Young@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 2d ago

I’m pleased to say I have been elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, so I am now officially an Antiquary and have to have a Cabinet of Curiosities, embark on ill-advised investigations of barrows, and write ghost stories 🪔 👻

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Helen Grant@helengrantsays.bsky.social · 3d ago

At the dentist with my daughter, as she's currently on crutches. She just pointed out that all the posters of smiling dental patients are reminiscent of "There are Monsters" and now I can't unsee it 😱

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5d ago

I question how “unpopular” these opinions really are. I would add that I hate how tech bros have used technology to *constantly* try to sell me things I don’t want. I’m always being hectored to either subscribe, upgrade, or purchase.

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Helen Grant@helengrantsays.bsky.social · 5d ago

Daughter and I drove up to the dam yesterday just to get a change of scene. We didn't stay long. Effing midges! One of the little f***ers bit me right on the median cubital vein and it itches like an absolute bastard.

Helen Grant@helengrantsays.bsky.social · 5d ago

A while ago we bought the tiny doggo a new bed, which she flatly refused to sleep in. She would sleep on the bare floor rather than in that bed. So we gave her back her old, tatty one, and she still sleeps in that, even though she's spilling out of it. Meanwhile, the CAT has moved into the new bed.

Helen Grant@helengrantsays.bsky.social · 7d ago

There are all these slightly annoying videos on FB going "Somewhere in Scotland there is a..." and it's always an abandoned asylum or a crypt in the woods, and never a particularly large branch of ALDI

Helen Grant@helengrantsays.bsky.social · 7d ago

I decided that this would be the year I read WAR AND PEACE, so I started on January 1st and read at least one chapter per day. I am now on page 1143 of 1358 and thoroughly recommend this approach. It feels really manageable. Just hope I don't get run over by a bus before I get to page 1358 though!

Helen Grant@helengrantsays.bsky.social · last wk.

OH is a great fan of kale. I can't stand the stuff (though I like spinach, cabbage etc). We now have too much kale because he buys it and we get it in the veg box. I am therefore putting it in the soup I am making for him, but I feel slightly guilty about this because I'd hate kale soup myself. 🤢

Swan River Press@swanriverpress.bsky.social · last wk.

Thanks, Michael! So kind of you to say! There are a few volumes still available, and we're currently preparing volume eight. Interested? Have a look here: swanriverpress.ie/titles/?wpv-...

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦@undertow.bsky.social · last wk.

If you haven't read any of the "Uncertainties" anthologies, you're missing out. Fantastic, contemporary weird and supernatural fiction. Published in gorgeous limited edition hardbacks by Brian Showers @swanriverpress.bsky.social

Vols. 3, 4, & 5, of UNCERTAINTIES, arranged on grey carpet. Hardcovers with dust jackets.
Helen Grant@helengrantsays.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today may win the prize for least productive day EVER. Have been to the petrol station twice. First time, the tanker was there. Second time, the place was full and cars were waiting all up the road. Third time lucky eh? Sheesh. Should sell the car and buy a donkey.

Helen Grant@helengrantsays.bsky.social · 2w ago

I don't comment on my own story but some of the others in this issue are absolute crackers. I agree - a great issue to sample!

Haunted Bench Project@hauntedbench75.bsky.social · 2w ago

Have read 4 'Nightmare Abbeys' now & would advise anyone thinking to dip their toe in the water to begin with #10. Fave stories inc those by Reggie Oliver, Steve Duffy, Stephen Volk, Lord Probert (feat. Magnus), Sean Hogan, Mr Tem, Tom Johnstone, and Lady Grant's 'Tour guides hate you' offering.🖤

Helen Grant@helengrantsays.bsky.social · 2w ago

Wrote a new horrid story, and sent it off this morning. I've done over 50 short stories now, which means that if they were ever gathered together in one enormous volume, it would make a fabulous doorstop.

Helen Grant@helengrantsays.bsky.social · 2w ago

I walked past the cat (who is dozing on a cushion at the top of the stairs) and said "catchow!!" and she jumped. I walked past a second time about five minutes later and said "catchow!!" again, and this time she just looked at me with an expression of unutterable cynicism.

Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · 2w ago

Kevin passed about an hour ago. The time to find his cats a home IS now, and I'm not one step closer to finding it. Please, friends.

Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · 3w ago

FRIENDS IN THE NYC AREA: Okay, this is a tough one, but please bear with me. My wife's lifelong friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is desperately seeking a home for his two cats when that time comes. The elder, Wally, is something like 13 years old and DELIGHTFULLY dim. The younger, Doris,

Ginger Nuts of Horror@gnofhorror.com · 2mo ago

Helen Grant's STEAL ME: a quiet Scottish town, a new bookshop, and a book that knows the exact want you've been hiding. Folk horror stripped to the bone and made personal. It reads you back. My full review: #FolkHorror #HorrorBooks

Steal Me By Helen Grant: A Folk Horror Novella That Reads You Back - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror: Horror Book Reviews & Horror Movie Reviews

Helen Grant’s Steal Me is a folk horror novella about a cursed bookshop that sells you your darkest want. My full review of this Scottish Gothic chiller.

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