Lynn Huggins-Cooper
@hugginscooper.bsky.social
Horror maven. Thanatologist. Creative Writing lecturer at Falmouth. Author. She/her, ADHD. Views all mine...mine I say!
I grew up with Ladybird books and find such pleasure and comfort in the seasonal illustrations.
‘Bonfire Night’ (1951)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Bonfire Night’ (1951)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I grew up with Ladybird books and find such pleasure and comfort in the seasonal illustrations.
‘Bonfire Night’ (1951)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Bonfire Night’ (1951)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
'Darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows' Eve. Everything seemed cut from soft black velvet or gold or orange velvet. Smoke panted up out of a thousand chimneys like the plumes of funeral parades. From kitchen windows drifted two pumpkin smells:gourds being cut, pies being baked.'
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'Darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows' Eve. Everything seemed cut from soft black velvet or gold or orange velvet. Smoke panted up out of a thousand chimneys like the plumes of funeral parades. From kitchen windows drifted two pumpkin smells:gourds being cut, pies being baked.'
When you realise your chintzy coffee matches your reading choices...
#Horror #HalloweenCore #Halloween
#Horror #HalloweenCore #Halloween
October 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
When you realise your chintzy coffee matches your reading choices...
#Horror #HalloweenCore #Halloween
#Horror #HalloweenCore #Halloween
October 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
5th horseman - The Big Light. 6th horseman - high or tight collars. Which horsemen would you add to the ND Nemesis herd?
#neurodiversity #ADHD #Autism
#neurodiversity #ADHD #Autism
October 10, 2025 at 7:02 AM
5th horseman - The Big Light. 6th horseman - high or tight collars. Which horsemen would you add to the ND Nemesis herd?
#neurodiversity #ADHD #Autism
#neurodiversity #ADHD #Autism
Well, it's Creative Writing I teach, rather than English - but yep, guilty as charged...
Strewing wonderful examples and seeing students gobble them up is one of the best parts of a truly *great* job :)
Strewing wonderful examples and seeing students gobble them up is one of the best parts of a truly *great* job :)
October 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Well, it's Creative Writing I teach, rather than English - but yep, guilty as charged...
Strewing wonderful examples and seeing students gobble them up is one of the best parts of a truly *great* job :)
Strewing wonderful examples and seeing students gobble them up is one of the best parts of a truly *great* job :)
Just popping by in The Love Bus - beep! Beep! All aboard! We have the best snacks and I've been baking.
October 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Just popping by in The Love Bus - beep! Beep! All aboard! We have the best snacks and I've been baking.
L - Let the Right One In
Y - You Are Not My Mother
N - Needful Things
N - Nosferatu
Y - You Are Not My Mother
N - Needful Things
N - Nosferatu
October 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
L - Let the Right One In
Y - You Are Not My Mother
N - Needful Things
N - Nosferatu
Y - You Are Not My Mother
N - Needful Things
N - Nosferatu
I started making Halloween bunting this evening with autumn maple leaves - so relaxing...
#DopamineFix #Halloween
#DopamineFix #Halloween
September 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I started making Halloween bunting this evening with autumn maple leaves - so relaxing...
#DopamineFix #Halloween
#DopamineFix #Halloween
They're back...the northern lights dancing over the village below us.
#NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis
#NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis
September 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
They're back...the northern lights dancing over the village below us.
#NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis
#NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis
Spent time in good company today at the village festival. Alpaca babies!
August 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Spent time in good company today at the village festival. Alpaca babies!
August 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Weirdos,assemble!
August 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Weirdos,assemble!
High winds meant my windows were in danger of being pelted by my fruit trees, so I had a mini-harvest :) Sat in my kitchen waiting to be preserved - baskets if apples and greengages :) I don't usually start doing my 'kitchen witch' act for another month at least...
#Nature #organic
#Nature #organic
August 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Work has been enjoyable, but intense this week. This weekend I'll be writing up a storm (quite literally, for my folk horror) and getting creative, making more tiny books. As so often with me, everything leads to the sea. What creative things are you doing this weekend?
#Writing #Creative #Nature
#Writing #Creative #Nature
August 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I've been talking to students about the power of play and its importance in mental wellbeing. One a scale of 'quirky' to 'deeply sad' how would you judge my new paperclips (or as one of my kids called them 'paperclaps' and thus they shall evermore be known to
me at least)?
#Writers #Writing
me at least)?
#Writers #Writing
July 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A moment of beauty this morning. Woken an hour and a half before my alarm by crows bouncing and shrieking on the roof, I reached for my book and went to make tea. Stood reading the splendour of Du Maurier's The Apple Tree as the kettle boiled, I was suddenly blessed by rainbows.
July 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
A moment of beauty this morning. Woken an hour and a half before my alarm by crows bouncing and shrieking on the roof, I reached for my book and went to make tea. Stood reading the splendour of Du Maurier's The Apple Tree as the kettle boiled, I was suddenly blessed by rainbows.
There are signs it's the weekend. Home made hummus bi tahini with added black sesame, fresh coriander and shony seaweed. Now the question is, can I resist long enough to let it chill and allow the flavours to infuse? ((No))
July 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
There are signs it's the weekend. Home made hummus bi tahini with added black sesame, fresh coriander and shony seaweed. Now the question is, can I resist long enough to let it chill and allow the flavours to infuse? ((No))
July 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The lovely @baconetti.bsky.social is looking for a chapter - he's fabulous to work with - a top notch editor :)
July 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The lovely @baconetti.bsky.social is looking for a chapter - he's fabulous to work with - a top notch editor :)
Listening to the waves rolling up the beach. The North Sea is calm now, but who knows what coils beneath that pewter surface.
#WritingHorror
#WritingHorror
July 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Listening to the waves rolling up the beach. The North Sea is calm now, but who knows what coils beneath that pewter surface.
#WritingHorror
#WritingHorror
Following my coastal writing day with a walk on the beach and then a viewing of this jewel. I've got the french windows open and can hear the pounding of the waves. Atmospheric!
#Horror #NightSwim #Shark
#Horror #NightSwim #Shark
July 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Following my coastal writing day with a walk on the beach and then a viewing of this jewel. I've got the french windows open and can hear the pounding of the waves. Atmospheric!
#Horror #NightSwim #Shark
#Horror #NightSwim #Shark