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@dreadthoughts.bsky.social
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 14h
Nobody warns you that becoming a paranormal storyteller is 10% ghosts and 90% going “WAIT WHO WAS THE OUIJA BOARD GUY AGAIN” while frantically flipping through a llama notebook. I am a professional.* *I am absolutely not a professional.
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
THE ONE THING EVERY SUCCESSFUL WRITER DOES Writes. Unfortunately I was hoping it would be something else too. I'll keep looking. Follow in case I find a loophole.
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
October short horror writing: Day 2/31 Writing short horror until I can learn to stop bloody rambling. Three hikers. Ben Macdui. The fog rolls in. Then they hear the footsteps. Inspired by the Scottish legend of Am Fear Liath Mòr. dreadthoughts.substack.com/p/on-the-mun...
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On the Munro
High up on the slopes of Ben Macdui, folklore says something enormous hides in the fog that has terrifed hikers for decades...
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Orkney is so metal. They took a gander at the Kelpie and the Each-Uisge and thought... "What if we made the whole horse skinless and a torso of a man growing out of it's back? Oh and give it the power to cause utter havoc". So I wrote a story about it. Check it 👇 substack.com/@dreadthough...
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DreadThoughts (@dreadthoughts)
Scotland has some lovely folklore. Selkies. Fairies. Helpful wee household spirits. Orkney looked at that and said “no thanks, give us a skinless horse demon.” So I wrote a wee horror story about the...
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Writing a short horror story about what really happens when you're doing something, look at the clock and think - where the hell did the time go? Except more monsters. And typos (I'll fix these, I swear). Full story available soon! Whenever I manage to finish it and stop rambling...
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of my newest videos asks why tf anyone wants to work at the Western General Hospital with all these ghosts wandering around - no, joking 🤣 It asks what would you do if you saw someone in a ward that you knew was completely empty? 🤔 Enjoy! www.tiktok.com/@dreadthough...
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wrote an article on something that's been bugging me for YEARS. Okay... months. But still. A local ditch (fascinated you already huh?) is named after the Devil in my hometown. No bugger seems to know why. Come have a read through my mental breakdown dreadthoughts.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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What happened to Devil's Ditch?
A patch of woodland in Livingston, Scotland, an old quarry, a missing sign, and a name that seems to have survived entirely because local people refused to forget it.
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I STOPPED DOING THIS AND MY WRITING IMMEDIATELY IMPROVED Writing. Haven’t made a single typo since. Results speak for themselves.
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I NEARLY QUIT WRITING. THEN I DISCOVERED THIS. Apparently you can close the document and go eat crisps. The book remains there. Nobody tells you this. Follow me for more industry secrets.
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mara loses sixteen minutes driving home past Harperrig Reservoir. When she gets home, her husband has a slightly different number in mind. Sixteen Minutes, a short UFO horror story inspired by a real Scottish encounter, is up on my Substack. dreadthoughts.substack.com/p/sixteen-mi...
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Sixteen Minutes
In Harperrig, Scotland, strange things have been spotted in the skies...
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So apparently Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital is haunted as hell. 👻 I posted a story about a woman seemingly vanishing from one of its corridors and now NHS staff are appearing in my comments and DMs like: “Well, since you mention it…” Oh no. 😂 More stories on my TikTok/Insta: DreadThoughts 👻
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
THE FASTEST WAY TO BECOME A BETTER HORROR WRITER Write a normal house. Add a door that wasn’t there yesterday. That’ll be £499 for my masterclass, cheers lads.
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ask anyone who lives in Edinburgh, and they'll know the story of the Little Drummer Boy (or Piper Boy). Wee lad sent into a tunnel to play an instrument while the Big Lords walk on the surface. Don't think it quite played out how I wrote it though... dreadthoughts.substack.com/p/dreadthoug...
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DreadThoughts Tales - The Drummer Boy
In Edinburgh, there’s a legend of a little drummer boy, sent beneath the cobbles of the Royal Mile in the 1800’s, who never made it back out...
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sometimes horror writing is about asking important questions. Questions like: what if there was something deeply fucking wrong with this room? Anyway, I told a story about one I used to work in. vm.tiktok.com/ZGdQsbDhq/
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Scottish folklore: if you hear a dog barking in the Highlands, don’t panic. You’ve got until the third bark to run. Very reassuring. Cheers. I wrote about the Cù-Sìth, Scotland’s enormous fairy hound and one of my favourite creatures from folklore. 👇 dreadthoughts.substack.com/p/dreadthoug...
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DreadThoughts Tales - The Cù-Sìth
Scottish folklore has a plethora of beasts woven into it, and the Cù-Sìth is just the tip of the iceberg...
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Apparently getting properly lost in the woods can mess with your ability to think rationally and recognise your surroundings. Which is interesting because I already walk into the kitchen and forget why I’m there. The forest doesn’t stand a fucking chance.
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Being a horror writer means occasionally stopping mid-sentence and thinking, “That’s horrible. What the fuck is wrong with me?” Then adding another paragraph. It's wild.
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What would you do if you found a woman washing bloody clothes beside a lonely Scottish stream? In Scottish folklore, you might have stumbled across the Bean-Nighe, a mysterious kind of banshee and an omen of death. Read my full story here! 👇 dreadthoughts.substack.com/p/dreadthoug...
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DreadThoughts Tales - The Bean-Nighe
An old crone sits by a river, washing bloodstained clothing. You approach and realise the stained linen belongs to you...
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Heard this piece of scary folklore from my own hometown, so of course, had to write a story about it. Would you follow the deer? I wouldn't. Probably. But then I always gave in to peer pressure. Deer pressure? ...I'll see myself out. dreadthoughts.substack.com/p/dreadthoug...
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DreadThoughts Tales - The Deer of Wilderness Woods
Folklore is prevalent here in Scotland. I first heard this story in a pub, with a cold pint on the table in front of me, and a random lad beside me. He told me a story he had heard, about a deer.
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dreadthoughts.bsky.social @dreadthoughts.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@alizeeyeezy.bsky.social as soon as your bad novel is out, I'm first in line for buying 😂 I'm also tired of not being a millionaire and writing my own bad novel. TWINNING ✨️ 😂
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