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John Alex Taylor

@johnunworded.bsky.social

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Author, Apples in the Dark series. Contemporary fiction drawn from my own experience of epilepsy. Ex-social care worker, believer in people. South Wales is my home. Returning Cymraeg learner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 https://linktr.ee/wordswithjohn

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John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 3d

"Follow me for more..."

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 3d

"Just a quick video."

(Children's author, tho I imagine it might go for other creative professions in this post pandemic era)

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 3d

A present from daughter, courtesy of the Bodleian Library. Yes, I do prefer to write in silence.

Me, wearing a label saying 'silence please.'

John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 4d

Rush hour at the public baths.

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John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 8d

Moonrise over Gilwern.

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Karin Celestine @celestineandthehare.com · 13d

Nature notes: shrews are very fond of sketching their surroundings and can often be seen carrying a small cushion with them to sit on whilst drawing.

(And yes I did make a teeny tiny sketch book and teeny tiny pencil with actual lead in it - come and see at GNCCF Manchester 16-19Oct )

Tony felted shrew sitting on a mossy wall. They have a tiny pencil and sketchbook and a cushion

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John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 16d

Ooh, I still have Mum and Dad's copy.

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John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 17d

A random page from Birds of the World by Oliver Austin illustrated by Arthur Singer.

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John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 17d

When I was 7, Mum and Dad gave me a book so big, I could only read it on the floor. I was sad that it wasn't Lego for about a minute, then opened it. Birds of the World has beautiful paintings, and I spent hours dreaming into distant jungles and ice-scapes. I still have it.

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divine beastmode @gunstreet.bsky.social · 19d

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

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John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 20d

I haven't heard this version, Rob, but I've heard numerous others. Bellowhead did a fun version live, but I can't remember whether they recorded it.

John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 20d

Now I'm singing Johnny Todd as well!

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John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 20d

'Overnight, very
Whitely, discreetly,
Very quietly...'
from Mushrooms by Sylvia Plath.

Small fungi colonising a tree stump. They weren't visble yesterday.

John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 27d

It's a bit distracting – the rainbow has been appearing and disappearing for the last hour!

John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 27d

View from my writing desk as I write Apples in the Dark 3: Shouting at Angels.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 28d

Two years on from the roll out of Wales' controversial 20mph default speed limit, new data has revealed that policy has resulted in over 1000 fewer casualties

1000 fewer casualties in Wales after 2 years of 20mph default speed limit

Two years on from the roll out of Wales’ controversial 20mph default speed limit, new data has revealed that policy has resulted in over 1000 fewer casualties. Collision data is now available for the ...

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John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 28d

Almost the end of the rainbow...

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 28d

Arrested for malicious communications? Really? I’d like to see this one in court…

Gerry Bolton @gerryb.bsky.social · 28d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected on to Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit

Trump arrived in Britain late on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit in which he will be hosted by King Charles

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John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · Sep 13

I went to see the choo choos at Blaenavon steam gala. Sunshine and cloudbursts added to the drama. Amazing to see a locomotive built in 1872 happily pulling passengers. Imagine if your mobile phone could still operate in the year 2178!

Engine built for the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1872, lovingly restored with gleaming brass and happily pulling passengers today.

John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · Sep 11

I keep forgetting that Bluesky has expanded massively since my first novel arrived last year. Apples in the Dark is about love and loyalty, and tackles the effects of #HiddenDisability. The sequel, Angels and Blackbirds is available, and I'm writing the third in the series. #Disability #Epilepsy

Book cover and blurb, Apples in the Dark

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John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · Sep 4

Stormy at Parc Bryn Bach, my favourite place to write nowadays.

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John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · Aug 16

TOMORROW I'll be at the Ross-on-Wye Book Fair at the Larrupertz Centre, with my two (so far) novels in the Apples in the Dark series. See you there?

Poster for the two books, Apples in the Dark and Angels and Blackbirds, with their lovely cover paintings by Louise Ryder.

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John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · Aug 12

Another early walk, and the Hawthorn thinks it's autumn already (so does our apple tree). Poor nature is in a muddle. #climatechange

Hawthorn tree full of berries in the Usk Valley.

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John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · Aug 10

Kath in her gem of a bookshop in Llantwit Major, Bardic Books. Kath has stocks of both my novels, but so much more. Bardic Books is my dream of a bookshop: everything from vintage books and second-hand paperbacks to current local authors. And not a ghost-written celebrity title in sight!

Kath in her bookshop, holding my two novels, Apples in the Dark and Angels and Blackbirds.

John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · Aug 7

Accompanied by a perfect email?

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John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · Aug 7

Leonard and Hungry Paul should be issued on prescription – it would save the NHS a fortune ❤️

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