Helen Grant
@helengrantsays.bsky.social
Lives in Scotland & writes books. Latest novel JUMP CUT published by Fledgling Press. Short story collection ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES available from Swan River Press. Perthshire Gothic. M.R.James fiend. Represented by Fraser Ross Associates.
All the book post today! This gorgeous thing arrived too. Get it now from @helleborezine.bsky.social !
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
All the book post today! This gorgeous thing arrived too. Get it now from @helleborezine.bsky.social !
Out now! SUPERNATURAL TALES 60 (with a new story by me as well as one by Steve Duffy and one by Lynda E. Rucker!)
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Out now! SUPERNATURAL TALES 60 (with a new story by me as well as one by Steve Duffy and one by Lynda E. Rucker!)
The dog wishes to add to her list of hobbies, which currently includes sniffing and scratching. Her new pass time: barking for as long as possible without stopping.
November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The dog wishes to add to her list of hobbies, which currently includes sniffing and scratching. Her new pass time: barking for as long as possible without stopping.
In 2025 amongst other things I finally read BEOWULF and MOBY DICK. Thus encouraged, I intend (if I am spared, as they say) to tackle WAR AND PEACE in 2026. I have the book here already; it is an absolute brick.
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In 2025 amongst other things I finally read BEOWULF and MOBY DICK. Thus encouraged, I intend (if I am spared, as they say) to tackle WAR AND PEACE in 2026. I have the book here already; it is an absolute brick.
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Exciting news! HELLEBORE’s first short story anthology is here! 9 new tales of the supernatural and the strange by Ramsey Campbell, Ally Wilkes, Reggie Oliver, Helen Grant and more, set in some of the most beguiling locations of Occult Britain.
👉🏼 Pre-order now to secure your copy: helleborezine.com
👉🏼 Pre-order now to secure your copy: helleborezine.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Exciting news! HELLEBORE’s first short story anthology is here! 9 new tales of the supernatural and the strange by Ramsey Campbell, Ally Wilkes, Reggie Oliver, Helen Grant and more, set in some of the most beguiling locations of Occult Britain.
👉🏼 Pre-order now to secure your copy: helleborezine.com
👉🏼 Pre-order now to secure your copy: helleborezine.com
Out now from Telos: TERROR TALES OF CHAOS! Includes my new story "Polyphemus".
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Out now from Telos: TERROR TALES OF CHAOS! Includes my new story "Polyphemus".
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Today is #RLSDay which marks the birthday of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson who would have been 175 today.
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Today is #RLSDay which marks the birthday of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson who would have been 175 today.
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
Dog, why are you licking my cardigan??
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Dog, why are you licking my cardigan??
Daughter tells me that Frankenstein's creature from the Del Toro movie is undoubtedly going to be on loads of Hear Me Out cakes and now I feel very, very old
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Daughter tells me that Frankenstein's creature from the Del Toro movie is undoubtedly going to be on loads of Hear Me Out cakes and now I feel very, very old
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Wonderful new book from the @helleborezine.bsky.social team. And great to have a new @helengrantsays.bsky.social story!
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Wonderful new book from the @helleborezine.bsky.social team. And great to have a new @helengrantsays.bsky.social story!
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All welcome on Sat 15 Nov at 10.30am in Dunblane Cathedral Hall, to free 2025 Geraldine Goddard Memorial Lecture, “Enlightenment & Conspiracy at the Leighton Library, 1780-1832’ presented by Dr Josh Smith
www.leightonlibrary.org.uk/calendar/202...
www.leightonlibrary.org.uk/calendar/202...
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
All welcome on Sat 15 Nov at 10.30am in Dunblane Cathedral Hall, to free 2025 Geraldine Goddard Memorial Lecture, “Enlightenment & Conspiracy at the Leighton Library, 1780-1832’ presented by Dr Josh Smith
www.leightonlibrary.org.uk/calendar/202...
www.leightonlibrary.org.uk/calendar/202...
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Join me to explore how you can use memories and artefacts to stimulate your writing. Examine how you can use your memories and local materials such as photographs, newspapers or memorabilia to stimulate fresh ideas and unlock your unconscious.
#creativewriting #WritingCommunity
#creativewriting #WritingCommunity
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Join me to explore how you can use memories and artefacts to stimulate your writing. Examine how you can use your memories and local materials such as photographs, newspapers or memorabilia to stimulate fresh ideas and unlock your unconscious.
#creativewriting #WritingCommunity
#creativewriting #WritingCommunity
I went to see my old Dad 17 days ago for French food and music and I still have Edith Piaf in my head singing La Vie En Rose. That is one long running ear worm.
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I went to see my old Dad 17 days ago for French food and music and I still have Edith Piaf in my head singing La Vie En Rose. That is one long running ear worm.
Inverness 🦄🏴❤️
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Inverness 🦄🏴❤️
I have some writing I ought to be doing but the tiny dog is barking and barking and barking and pretty soon my brains are gonna run out my ears
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I have some writing I ought to be doing but the tiny dog is barking and barking and barking and pretty soon my brains are gonna run out my ears
Sounds like the start of a ghost story...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Somerset church tomb collapse exposes 1700s stone crypt
The church says it is currently unclear whether the collapse has damaged any surrounding graves.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Sounds like the start of a ghost story...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Available for pre-order!
www.amazon.co.uk/Witchcraft-S...
www.amazon.co.uk/Witchcraft-S...
Witchcraft Short Stories: Folk Tales & Horror Stories (Beyond and Within): Amazon.co.uk: O'Regan, Marie, Kane, Paul, Bacon, Eugen, Barnett, David, Bobe, Melissa, Buba, Gabriella, Chadbourn, Mark, Chan...
Buy Witchcraft Short Stories: Folk Tales & Horror Stories (Beyond and Within) by O'Regan, Marie, Kane, Paul, Bacon, Eugen, Barnett, David, Bobe, Melissa, Buba, Gabriella, Chadbourn, Mark, Chan, Eliza,...
www.amazon.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Available for pre-order!
www.amazon.co.uk/Witchcraft-S...
www.amazon.co.uk/Witchcraft-S...
Really wise words from the brilliant Lynda E. Rucker. This is well worth a read, wherever you have got to in the writing journey.
letterfromsomewhere.substack.com/p/six-things...
letterfromsomewhere.substack.com/p/six-things...
Six Things About Writing
First: A huge huge huge congratulations to my friend Maura McHugh, who won the World Fantasy Award last weekend for her short story “Raptor” in the anthology Heartwood (which also garnered a World Fan...
letterfromsomewhere.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Really wise words from the brilliant Lynda E. Rucker. This is well worth a read, wherever you have got to in the writing journey.
letterfromsomewhere.substack.com/p/six-things...
letterfromsomewhere.substack.com/p/six-things...
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"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Very loud fireworks. The dog is in the back garden looking rather bemused and occasionally barking back.
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Very loud fireworks. The dog is in the back garden looking rather bemused and occasionally barking back.
On the way to St. Andrews today, the dog threw up in the car. She seemed fine afterwards and consumed a sausage and a puppuccino.
On the way home from St. Andrews, daughter got a migraine and also threw up in the car.
😱
On the way home from St. Andrews, daughter got a migraine and also threw up in the car.
😱
November 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
On the way to St. Andrews today, the dog threw up in the car. She seemed fine afterwards and consumed a sausage and a puppuccino.
On the way home from St. Andrews, daughter got a migraine and also threw up in the car.
😱
On the way home from St. Andrews, daughter got a migraine and also threw up in the car.
😱
It's Saturday so it must be Saint Andrews 🏴
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It's Saturday so it must be Saint Andrews 🏴
Dodgy Victorian taxidermy in the museum at Inverness. Note the blep.
November 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Dodgy Victorian taxidermy in the museum at Inverness. Note the blep.