Albert Kirk Jr

Efter eicht year, seiven month an twinty days o scrievin Av finally furthsettit ma nuvel The Life Time o Valerie Duke, Phase Yin: Bluid an Rackets. Five-hunner year fae noo ye'll prolly be deid... £4.99 for eh e-buik on the Amazon. HAUD ON TICHT, YA GRUNTS! amzn.eu/d/04KytlFX

For want o luve we live on hate, For want o Heven praise the State, For want o richts we worship rules, For want o gods the glibbest fules… —Sydney Goodsir Smith, “Prolegomenon: The Deevil’s Waltz” #Scots #poem #poetry asls.org.uk/publications...

In Gránada, in Gránada, They dumbed the mou o a makar, In Gránada, in Gránada, They strak doun Garcia Lorca… —“In Gránada, in Gránada”, by Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915–1975) – a major figure in the #C20th Scottish renaissance, born #OTD, 26 Oct #poem #poetry asls.org.uk/publications...

Ma #Scotstober patter is aff for a wee while. No weel an faimily things tae deal wi. Keep up yer ain patter but. A'll be watchin youse 👀😉

#Scotstober Day 23 - Scunnered I feel I've been neglecting Scotstober over the past few days

#Scotstober 2026 day 23 scunnered A haed tae tak the dug oot Tho the wather’s sic a scunner. Plashin doon, muckle dubs, Weet claes an shin, nae wunner! The dug’s no fasht aboot it She’s jist gled tae get ootside. Its me that’s scunnered An its really nae wunner, Am shut oot wi ma key inside!

#Scotstober 2026 day 23 Smout. Oor pal Brucie wis a wee smout. He wis hauf the heicht an gurth o ither bairns in oor gang….but he wis a bonnie fechter!

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#Scotstober Day 23 SMOUT - A wee guy. A wee wean. No a compliment, sae ye'd be yaisin it for somebodie that's been giein ye snash. “Takna tent o yon wee smout.” No that thare ocht wrang wi bein wee, ye unnerstaun. Gin a SMOUT's moothin aff at ye but, cry them a SMOUT. Repeat efter me: SMOUT.

I'm confident I could leave the Hotel California at any point.

#Scotstober 2026 day 22 Smeekit/Miroculous…. A ken o thae wirds but hae ne’er heerd onybidy yaise thim - the yins a mair ken for bein drunk are ‘fleein’ an ‘fou’.

#Scotstober Day 22 SMEEKIT / MIROCULOUS - Baith mean hammert, steamin, pisht, an A cudnae wale atween them for the auld Scotstober. A luve the perr o them! 🙂 Aiblins MIROCULOUS edges it acause fae thon ye get “A'm pure morocco, man”, meanin, o coorse, drunk! Repeat efter me: SMEEKIT / MIROCULOUS.

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Judge Dredd continues to be one of the most prescient comics of all time. From a story in a 1986 issue.

#Scotstober prompt20 Dicht. There are two scotstober lists on the go I know of - I'm doing the one that found me first. 'WARNING. Auto doup dichter in operation.' #toilet #machine #AI #Scottish #Scots #illustration #art #languages

#Scotstober #Scotsober2026 two lists of prompts I found. feel free to share on other platforms. And have a go, never too late to join in. #art #writing #sculpting any media. But two words I don’t know ‘arabotious’ and ‘gesserent’. Anyone any ideas? #ScotsLanguage #Scots #Scottish #languages

#Scotstober prompt21 Wanchancy. There are two scotstober lists on the go I know of - I'm doing the one that found me first. “Aye, so yer granny thoucht this wid bring ye guid luck ah’n mak ye happy! Well she thoucht wrong. It’s a lang wanchancy nicht fur you […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

#Scotstober No.21 Wanchancy. There are two scotstober lists on the go I know of. “Aye, so yer granny thoucht this wid bring ye guid luck ah’n mak ye happy! Well she thoucht wrong. It’s a lang wanchancy nicht fur you Sally!” #Translation in alt txt. #Scottish #Scots #illustration #art

#Scotstober 2026 day 21 Birl -tae spin roond. A birl wis a thing ye got (in ma case) fae yer faither or uncle. It wis bein liftit up bi yer oxters - yer back tae thair kist - an swung roond and roond til ye wir dizzy

#Scotstober Day 21 Snell Ay think o snell as a wather wird. A snell wund is icy cauld, blaws richt throu ye, an maks yer bluid jeel.

Muckle slater #Scotstober

Cofiwch Aberfan. Remember Aberfan.

#Scotstober Day 21 #Birl The opening to my story Fresh Watter, published in New Writing Scotland, and a prequel to my Bob Kelty stories, featuring Bob as a child.

#Scotstober No.15 Pawkie. There are two scotstober lists on the go I know of - I'm doing the one I found first. "Ah've an awfie feeling that neb o yoors is leadin us intae trouble. There's bound tae be pawky chancers hingin aboot in this mirky wid." #dogs #forest #Scottish #Scots #illustration #art

#Scotstober prompt15 Pawkie. There are two scotstober lists on the go I know of - I'm doing the one I found first. "Ah've an awfie feeling that neb o yoors is leadin us intae trouble. There's bound tae be pawky chancers hingin aboot in this mirky wid." #dogs #raccoon #forest #Scottish #Scots

#Scotstober prompt16 Tube. There are two scotstober lists on the go I know of. "Ah'd like tae get my hands oan the tube wha picked me tae be stuck in this spinnin space cylinder fur a lifetime. AND the tube wha decided tae shunt us aff intae interstellar […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

#Scotstober prompt17 tan. which I think means temporary shelter as where this still is. "Yon jug's his preferred recipe. He maks it fae the pot beer oot o the still ahn adds a guid helpin o foreshot tae shairpen the taste tae his liking. Ah dinni grudge it […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

#Scotstober prompt17 Bubblyjock. There are two scotstober lists on the go I know of - I'm doing the one I found first. "Strewth - he's aff tae the dunny an he sez it's the skitters from too many days o auld bubbly jock leavin's, and he's hoping the whisky'll […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

#Scotstober prompt19 Spae. There are two scotstober lists on the go I know of - I'm doing the one I found first. "Weel weel, an did ma ee kittle yer spaeing as tae what's in your immediate future?" #Translation in alt txt. #dragon #witch #Scottish #Scots #illustration #art #cartoon

#Scotstober Day 21 WANCHANCY - Dangerous. Unlucky forby. The etymology o the wird is acause in dangerous seetiations ye get “wan chance” tae get it richt. THON'S A WEE JOKE DINNAE GREET AT ME OR GIE US ONY O YER SNASH. Repeat efter me: WANCHANCY.

#Scotstober Day 20 #Dicht This is from my forthcoming novel, Maggie Walls Wood, featuring Miss Keillor and the cuif Harry Devlin. And some clarty windaes...

#Scotstober 2026 day 20 Dicht (a wipe) Comin in fae the street an afore we cuid sit doon tae eat at the board we aa haed tae gie oor haunds a dicht at the kitchen sink. Oor aunty didnae dicht, she scourit!…..oor wee faces, haunds, knees wi a jaggy cloot near taein the skin aff!

New post on the Thistle Wren blog. #scotstober #poetrybloggingnetwork #thistlewren thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/10/scot...

#Scotstober Day 19 #Spae From the intro to a story in my short story collection Burials. This story is The Rational Matters of Rational Men, loosely inspired by the writings of Affleck Gray.

#Scotstober Day 19 #Wheesht Hot off the press, from today's edit on book 6, Pomarium

#Scotstober 2026 day 19 Wheesht In oor hoose, if maw telt us tae ‘wheesht’ it wis acause we wir makin ower much noise an she needit less o it. But if it wis ‘haud yer wheesht!’ That meant nae mair, no anither wird oot o any o ye!

Spae : whan a wis jist a wee tot Helen Duncan wis a weel kent spae wife in Edinburgh - ma auntie yaised tae gae tae her meetins. She wis sent tae *jyle durin war. ( the Witchcraft Act 1735) #Scotstober Day 19

#scotstober 2026 Day19 Spae.(Foretell) Ye dinnae hear o it nooadays but kennin whit micht be the futur by ‘readin’ the tea leaves fae the dregs o a cup or luikin intae the set o the hot coals in the grate wis ay a thing whan ma mither an her sisters got thegither. Teabags/radiators pit paid tae it!

#Scotstober Day 20 DICHT - Tae wipe. A favourite Scots wird o mines, an prolly weel kent athort the hale o the kintra whaur Scots is spoke. Ony moger can get sortit oot wi the phrase “Gie it a wee dicht”, fae a snotter on yer jaikit tae bluid on the cairpet. Repeat efter me: DICHT.

Err Douglas Dunn deid.

Speakin o me bein the #FitbaSpaeman, no the greatest performance aff me this weeken. A got the Dandies Buddies result richt, an the richt score in Perth. The lave wisnae sae guid but, an A wis weel aff the merk wi the Shellick Herts humpin. Thare aye neist weeken but. MON EH FITBA!!!

#Scotstober Day 19 SPAE - Tae prophesy. Tae tell the futur. Tae hit oot wi the fortuin-tellin patter. The maist kenspeckle spaewife in Scottish historie is, o coorse, Darlinda oot the Sunday Mail. AN A'M THE #FITBASPAEMAN . Repeat efter me: SPAE.

#Scotstober 2026 day 18 Wrang Teuch “Whits wrang wi yer pies?” “Ye said thae wir caa’d ‘steak an gravy.’ The steak’s teuch - like chawin a bit o claith, an thirs nae gravy.” Ah weel! Nb: Teuch rhymes wi yeuch

#scotstober Day 18 - wrang - wrong, incorrect smitched wi autumn amh drawn wrang i thi city av gowd and crisp-blae ahm thi shaddae-hauf

OOOOFT Shellick Herts

#WritingCommunity! Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 45! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 13 Dec Submit free via Submittable👇 nws.submittable.com/submit