Paul D Coombs

"Coombs will have you peering into the depths of the human soul until you're swallowed whole and emerge on the other side with a richer perspective." #BookSky💙📚 #gothic #DarkStories

Right here right now #happysunday❤️

#Nowplaying Cavalcade by the outstanding @theslowreadersclub.bsky.social

The Great Orme is a modern gothic thriller... As youngsters, Zach and his six best friends meted out their own brand of justice. Grown up, Zach's friends have moved away. But The Great Orme won't let him forget. He recalls his friends. Will they confess... Or will they fight for their freedom?

I met this old skeleton last week. I think he's been waiting for my next novel to be published... Although too late for him, it hopefully won't be too much longer... #BookSky📚😘 #Author #Books

2 steps back #Friday #latteart

@theslowreadersclub.bsky.social amazing last performance of 2026 in #Nantwich last night @NantwichRoots

So looking forward to seeing the amazing @theslowreadersclub.bsky.social in #Nantwich tonight 🖤🖤🖤

2 years ago...

I meet all sorts of characters in the sepulchral northwest

My biggest fan

"Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book." — Soul Music (Discworld #16) Terry Pratchett

Did someone say #Bookshopday

Friday you say? Treat yourself to something dark and delicious? #DarkThrillerBooks #Booksky💙📚

Today's #latteart effort. A broken heart?

Oh, you thought I stopped posting my awkward #latteart

Monday

It's not too early is it?

I attended a fascinating lecture at @jodrellbank.bsky.social last night... The research they do using the iconic Lovell Telescope and e-MERLIN network to study black holes, stars, and cosmic origins is incredible and inspiring. Funding must continue. #jodrellbank #Space #research

Just when you thought I'd stopped posting my incredible *by which I mean terrible* #latteart ... I came up with this little heart-shaped stunner this morning 🖤

Only a THREE-book deal with Acorn & Ink Publishing 🖤 #BookSky📚💙 #Author #Books

Readers awaiting my new novel called Modern Skeletons Pic: James Hoff - The Audience

I know you are all on the edge of your seats awaiting my next... #latteart update. So here's Tuesday's effort...

Saturday morning #latteart attempt... More like onion art...

Happy Friday all. Latest #latteart failure. My writing process is 80% terrible Latte art, 10% listening to The Cure on repeat, and 10% actually plotting out dark psychological thrillers. #Writing

#Writing... Powered by Smarties

Latest attempt at #latteart A beautiful heart don't you think?

Start of a new week.

The closet is opening soon. Are you ready to see what's inside? ​#ModernSkeletons #DarkPsychologicalThriller #AcornAndInk #BookAnnouncement #writingcommunity #BookSky💙📚

Taking a break...

New book news imminent ...

Improving or not? #latteart

Oh, if only I was sure That my head on the door was a dream I've waited hours for this, I've made myself so sick I wish I'd stayed asleep today I never thought this day would end I never thought tonight could ever be this close to me

No better? Supposed to be a heart... Looks more like a rose of sorts.

Feed the animals

Latest attempt at home latte art ... No laughing allowed.

Finishing touches...

Needed a new book, and plumped for Nick Cutter... The Troop. Good choice?

Friday I’m in love with a new plot twist that will ruin someone’s life. 🖤 ​The weekend is almost here, which means some few hours uninterrupted with my manuscript and Disintegration on repeat. Photo: Me at Chester Storyhouse reading an excerpt from my novel The Great Orme #BookSky📚💙 #Writing

Terry Pratchett - Carpe Jugulum

Dark Gothic Welsh Thriller The Great Orme #BookSky💙📚 #Wales #Books

The Great Orme... You are my sunshine #DarkThrillerNovel #BookSky📚💙

“PEOPLE’S WHOLE LIVES DO PASS IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES BEFORE THEY DIE. THE PROCESS IS CALLED ‘LIVING’.” Terry Pratchett - The Last Continent (1998)

Ants give us a useful model of how single members of a community can become so organized that they end up resembling, in effect, one big collective brain. Our own exploding population and communication technology are leading us that way- Lewis Thomas

Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols): "Without music, life would be a mistake." I think he meant "Without music by The Cure, life would be a mistake." #TheCure

Another journey by train... A bit of writing, then just for fun, a try at barista art in Chester

Friday I'm in love... Just like I was in 1992 🖤 #TheCure

This is me being dramatic a couple of years ago as I finished writing The Great Orme. The huge and ancient limestone headland that is the Great Orme is just out of shot on the left (you'll just have to trust me on that). #TheGreatOrme #BookSky💙📚 #Wales

Another year older... ​"A long-held ambition will soon find its moment. Stand ready to act when the sign appears." I'm ready.

Hey #WritingCommunity A British bank holiday is the perfect time to check out the work of these highly-rated authors from the UK. @jarnopp.bsky.social @tonywhite.bsky.social @tonyriches.bsky.social @pauldcoombs.bsky.social @helengrantsays.bsky.social @elizabethstjohn.bsky.social