James Randall
@randalljamesp.bsky.social
wild stories & things mostly — writing adult & children’s creative non-fiction and fiction, incl. illustrated folktales & non-fiction (26/27) - Hachette, HarperCollins. Also edit and devise. PhD, Goldsmiths (literature).
window constellation
November 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
window constellation
behold: today’s figure appearing in oak, Newton st Loe
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
behold: today’s figure appearing in oak, Newton st Loe
[Blake’s] “Orc stalks the future ruins of London and New York like an apocalyptic diamond dog, crossing Boston Common as a coyote, stealing into the marble halls of the library, only to be told to hush.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
[Blake’s] “Orc stalks the future ruins of London and New York like an apocalyptic diamond dog, crossing Boston Common as a coyote, stealing into the marble halls of the library, only to be told to hush.”
this week’s wild things / behind the scenes
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
this week’s wild things / behind the scenes
the wandering forest light
November 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
the wandering forest light
the wandering light
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
the wandering light
secular & mortal angels : tonight’s storytelling with JW in Bath
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
secular & mortal angels : tonight’s storytelling with JW in Bath
sunset through jasmine
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
sunset through jasmine
light from a distant harbour
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
light from a distant harbour
in the forest of phantoms
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
in the forest of phantoms
Helen Frankenthaler, Lush Spring
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Helen Frankenthaler, Lush Spring
You insist on being called terrestrial… Your real name should be extraterrestrials, people on the outside: terrestrials are those who live inside, as Rdix and I did, until the day you tricked her and took her away from me into that desolate outside of yours.
Calvino’s ‘The Stone Sky’
Calvino’s ‘The Stone Sky’
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
You insist on being called terrestrial… Your real name should be extraterrestrials, people on the outside: terrestrials are those who live inside, as Rdix and I did, until the day you tricked her and took her away from me into that desolate outside of yours.
Calvino’s ‘The Stone Sky’
Calvino’s ‘The Stone Sky’
crossing the river at dusk
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
crossing the river at dusk
last night’s Wild Thing
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
last night’s Wild Thing
