Paul D Coombs
@pauldcoombs.bsky.social
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
Cure fan.
Debut novel - The Great Orme, released October 2024
Find me here: www.pauldcoombs.com
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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
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
We think in stories.
We talk in stories.
We believe in stories.
We are stories.
Our identity is the character we play in the story of our lives... And it is of immeasurable importance to us.
Zach can't live with his story...
#BookSky📚💙
We talk in stories.
We believe in stories.
We are stories.
Our identity is the character we play in the story of our lives... And it is of immeasurable importance to us.
Zach can't live with his story...
#BookSky📚💙
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We think in stories.
We talk in stories.
We believe in stories.
We are stories.
Our identity is the character we play in the story of our lives... And it is of immeasurable importance to us.
Zach can't live with his story...
#BookSky📚💙
We talk in stories.
We believe in stories.
We are stories.
Our identity is the character we play in the story of our lives... And it is of immeasurable importance to us.
Zach can't live with his story...
#BookSky📚💙
Take me for a walk
Take me for a walk
Let's go for a walk
Take me for the walk
Take me for a walk
Let's go for a walk
Take me for the walk
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Take me for a walk
Take me for a walk
Let's go for a walk
Take me for the walk
Take me for a walk
Let's go for a walk
Take me for the walk
Reposted by Paul D Coombs
We have some amazing authors leaving us at the end of the year. This is the last chance to grab some of these incredible titles and support them for the foreseeable future.
All books in our store are 25% with the code NORTHODOXMAS until the new year
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
All books in our store are 25% with the code NORTHODOXMAS until the new year
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We have some amazing authors leaving us at the end of the year. This is the last chance to grab some of these incredible titles and support them for the foreseeable future.
All books in our store are 25% with the code NORTHODOXMAS until the new year
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
All books in our store are 25% with the code NORTHODOXMAS until the new year
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
Reposted by Paul D Coombs
It was great to meet Paul at Manchester on Saturday and get a copy of his book, The Great Orme (signed as well!). Looking forward to reading it!
@pauldcoombs.bsky.social #booksky💙📚
@pauldcoombs.bsky.social #booksky💙📚
A real pleasure also, to meet super-talented mythology and folklore author @sarahhutchins.bsky.social of Forever Lost at Sea fame 🖤
#BookSky💙📚
#BookSky💙📚
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It was great to meet Paul at Manchester on Saturday and get a copy of his book, The Great Orme (signed as well!). Looking forward to reading it!
@pauldcoombs.bsky.social #booksky💙📚
@pauldcoombs.bsky.social #booksky💙📚
A real pleasure also, to meet super-talented mythology and folklore author @sarahhutchins.bsky.social of Forever Lost at Sea fame 🖤
#BookSky💙📚
#BookSky💙📚
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A real pleasure also, to meet super-talented mythology and folklore author @sarahhutchins.bsky.social of Forever Lost at Sea fame 🖤
#BookSky💙📚
#BookSky💙📚
Nothing cooler than being surrounded by incredible authors who love stories as much as you do. Lucky to be in such great company yesterday at Manchester House of Books and Friends with
@jacksonjamie.bsky.social @alethearlyons.bsky.social @cdelull.bsky.social John Storey.
#BookSky📚💙
@jacksonjamie.bsky.social @alethearlyons.bsky.social @cdelull.bsky.social John Storey.
#BookSky📚💙
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Nothing cooler than being surrounded by incredible authors who love stories as much as you do. Lucky to be in such great company yesterday at Manchester House of Books and Friends with
@jacksonjamie.bsky.social @alethearlyons.bsky.social @cdelull.bsky.social John Storey.
#BookSky📚💙
@jacksonjamie.bsky.social @alethearlyons.bsky.social @cdelull.bsky.social John Storey.
#BookSky📚💙
I'll be there. I'm happy to sign my books for anyone... And so devalue it significantly.
🚨TODAY🚨
Yes, today is the day! We are in Manchester with a whole host of brilliant northern publishers for the Winter Book Fair.
Join us at House of Books and Friends from 11-3 for all your bookish needs!
Yes, today is the day! We are in Manchester with a whole host of brilliant northern publishers for the Winter Book Fair.
Join us at House of Books and Friends from 11-3 for all your bookish needs!
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I'll be there. I'm happy to sign my books for anyone... And so devalue it significantly.
Leaving the airport having just dropped my incredible eldest daughter off. Watching her chase her dreams is one of my greatest joys. Proud doesn’t even begin to cover it ✈️🖤
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Leaving the airport having just dropped my incredible eldest daughter off. Watching her chase her dreams is one of my greatest joys. Proud doesn’t even begin to cover it ✈️🖤
Happy Friday from the part of November where the sun sets at 4pm and everything feels like the start of a dark, unhinged thriller.
(Which, conveniently, is exactly my favourite setting…)
#Booksky💙📚
(Which, conveniently, is exactly my favourite setting…)
#Booksky💙📚
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Happy Friday from the part of November where the sun sets at 4pm and everything feels like the start of a dark, unhinged thriller.
(Which, conveniently, is exactly my favourite setting…)
#Booksky💙📚
(Which, conveniently, is exactly my favourite setting…)
#Booksky💙📚
Here ye here ye
My dark psychological thriller - The Great Orme, is back in Waterstones... Just in time for Christmas... 🖤
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Here ye here ye
I may have gone early with the mince pies... No stopping me now.
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I may have gone early with the mince pies... No stopping me now.
Sunday morning roar of the big machine...
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Sunday morning roar of the big machine...
Walking Daisy right now, and came across these discarded bouquets. Can't help but wonder what the story is
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Walking Daisy right now, and came across these discarded bouquets. Can't help but wonder what the story is
“Der Rufer” (The Caller) by Gerhard Marcks.
I took this when I was in Berlin a few years ago. The base is inscribed with the quote: “I wander through the world and cry ‘Peace, peace, peace.'”
Never ever stop.
I took this when I was in Berlin a few years ago. The base is inscribed with the quote: “I wander through the world and cry ‘Peace, peace, peace.'”
Never ever stop.
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“Der Rufer” (The Caller) by Gerhard Marcks.
I took this when I was in Berlin a few years ago. The base is inscribed with the quote: “I wander through the world and cry ‘Peace, peace, peace.'”
Never ever stop.
I took this when I was in Berlin a few years ago. The base is inscribed with the quote: “I wander through the world and cry ‘Peace, peace, peace.'”
Never ever stop.
My dark psychological thriller - The Great Orme, is back in Waterstones... Just in time for Christmas... 🖤
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My dark psychological thriller - The Great Orme, is back in Waterstones... Just in time for Christmas... 🖤
My photo from my favourite dystopian tunnel at the weekend... Meet me here when the end is in sight
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My photo from my favourite dystopian tunnel at the weekend... Meet me here when the end is in sight
This morning, a little reminder of when The Great Orme cover landed in its final shape...
Thank you to everyone who has bought it, supported me, and reviewed it 🖤
A new novel is to be released 2026.
#BookSky📚💙
Thank you to everyone who has bought it, supported me, and reviewed it 🖤
A new novel is to be released 2026.
#BookSky📚💙
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This morning, a little reminder of when The Great Orme cover landed in its final shape...
Thank you to everyone who has bought it, supported me, and reviewed it 🖤
A new novel is to be released 2026.
#BookSky📚💙
Thank you to everyone who has bought it, supported me, and reviewed it 🖤
A new novel is to be released 2026.
#BookSky📚💙
Another journey by train
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Another journey by train
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A great bonfire/ fireworks night in the UK (although the noise of the fireworks upsets many dogs ☹️). The primordial fascination of fire, always has been a lure to humans
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A great bonfire/ fireworks night in the UK (although the noise of the fireworks upsets many dogs ☹️). The primordial fascination of fire, always has been a lure to humans
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Tuesday tunes be like...
(Yeah, my 📸, they usually are)
(Yeah, my 📸, they usually are)
November 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Tuesday tunes be like...
(Yeah, my 📸, they usually are)
(Yeah, my 📸, they usually are)
I think the birds are trying to communicate with us.
Read music? Name that tune...
Read music? Name that tune...
November 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I think the birds are trying to communicate with us.
Read music? Name that tune...
Read music? Name that tune...
Inspired by my many visits to Whitby... A new edition of my diverse collection of dark and macabre short stories - FOR STRANGERS ONLY is to be released by the wonderful @northodoxpress.bsky.social before the end of the year 🖤
#BookSky💙📚 #Whitby #ShortStoryCollection
#BookSky💙📚 #Whitby #ShortStoryCollection
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Inspired by my many visits to Whitby... A new edition of my diverse collection of dark and macabre short stories - FOR STRANGERS ONLY is to be released by the wonderful @northodoxpress.bsky.social before the end of the year 🖤
#BookSky💙📚 #Whitby #ShortStoryCollection
#BookSky💙📚 #Whitby #ShortStoryCollection
Suzanne Vega last night... Looked and sounded amazing 🖤
November 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Suzanne Vega last night... Looked and sounded amazing 🖤