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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 12/08/2026

Two weeks until the best of Scotland lands on Yorkshire! Come by for Outwith Reality - Scottish Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror @waterstonesleeds Wednesday 26th August, 7pm. Tickets via Waterstones. If you do, I'll emboss your copy of Ship & Shroud making it very, very special and slightly blessed.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 29/07/2026

The water filled with a thousand small chalices.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 26/07/2026

Orkney so far providing a glut of wild omens for Book 2.

The mast of a submerged ship, under a steely grey sky, in a dark blue sea.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 23/04/2026

walking home against the ragged edge of the moon

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 25/03/2026

American friends! The Shipwright & the Shroudweaver is 25% off in the @barnesandnoble.com pre-order sale! The graphic design is bad but I'm tired and I've forgotten to do my Spanish homework! The book is very good though SO, get on it ilu x

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 17/03/2026

A wee reminder that I'm at @goldenharebooks.bsky.social next week to talk all things Shipwright and Shroudweaver. Alight with ideas for this one so book early to avoid disappointment. goldenharebooks.com/products/the... Booking feeds the little idiot I live with so don't let him starve.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 15/03/2026

Sending you back some sunshine from up here.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 22/02/2026

Really looking forward to chatting all things Shipwright and Shroudweaver with @dunfermlinereads.bsky.social this Thursday 26th at 7:30pm on Instagram live. Come say hello!

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 21/02/2026

Lovely folk, why not come chat all things gothic, fantastic and salt-struck with me at But n' Ben Books, Stonehaven, next Saturday 28th? There'll be a cute wee dug and some live music from my pals David and Gloria too.

A poster of an old shipwreck with the cover for The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver superimposed, and an event listing for meet the author, at But n Books Stonehaven on 28th February

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 26/01/2026

Passing time on the train North. Incredible last line, might crib it for Book 2.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 19/01/2026

Today, boat with generously timed seagull. A raddled shed. A pleasant face. Windows illuminate.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 15/01/2026

Hi pals, me again, we've added extra seats for Saturday's event with myself and @mkhardywrites.com but are down to the last few tickets, come and goth up your weekend. I'd love to see you there!

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 15/01/2026

Delighted to spotlight a critical member of the Ship and Shroud team, who is preparing the way for the arrival of my co-author next week.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 10/01/2026

A bit wonky still but significantly improved by this jolly...cage? You can have this wee man, snagged mid-cheep. Very glad we both caught some daylight x

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 04/01/2026

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, today it's a perfectly round dustball of a squirrel.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 04/01/2026

Start the new year right by coming along to see myself and the inimitable @mkhardywrites.com talk about all things Scottish, gothic, fantastic and fictional at Blackness Library as we discuss our new books, The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver and The Needfire. FREE tix via Eventbrite.

The covers of The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver and The Needfire. The authors are in conversation January 17th, 10:30am, Blackness Library, Dundee. Tickets via Eventbrite.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 03/01/2026

hello @farwall.bsky.social, today all I have is a train station looking somewhat acceptable

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 02/01/2026

I think we were working on similar vibes. Hope the despair floats through that portal and off into the cosmos. In return, The Monument.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 02/01/2026

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, today the trees held the moon from rolling off.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 31/12/2025

Happy New Year when it comes pals, wishing you all the kind of onward that you want, and all the holding dear of what you love.

a field track with low winter sun, contrail above

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 29/12/2025

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, neither a bird nor a bush today.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 28/12/2025

Evening @farwall.bsky.social tonight it's a little punch of gorse. Yellow is the only colour permitted in winter, apparently.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 28/12/2025

Evening @farwall.bsky.social. We have a lot of birds and sky up here, little else.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 27/12/2025

I fell asleep but tonight it's a lichen-bright little yellowhammer @farwall.bsky.social

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 25/12/2025

The juxtaposition is...wow. Incredible. I made it through today, and we'll call that good. Merry Chrismouse. Puns will cease shortly, I promise.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 24/12/2025

Merry Crowsmas Eve, @farwall.bsky.social, and indeed, the rest of you lovely lot.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 23/12/2025

Tonight it's a barely painted smear of ochre cloud.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 23/12/2025

Looking for the perfect last minute Christmas gift? Why not sneak my wild, epic fantasy of murdered gods and stolen names under the tree? Guaranteed to see you through the coldest nights. Link in bio. Merry Christmas, sailors ⛵️🌊❄️💀

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 22/12/2025

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, tonight it's one hill just sat there.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 21/12/2025

In return, a really big bit of sea.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 21/12/2025

A slip after midnight @farwall.bsky.social but today it's one puffy little finch.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 19/12/2025

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, tonight it's a series of curves bordered by lights.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 18/12/2025

Doesn't need to be ♡ In return, I offer the Cat Disciples.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 17/12/2025

Evening @farwall.bsky.social tonight we're back to spindly things in fields. And also this photo.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 16/12/2025

Merry Christmas from the Blood Church.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 15/12/2025

Also! I keep coming in late with these but tonight, @farwall.bsky.social we have a little silver mouse on some cheese.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 15/12/2025

Hard to believe I'm posting another beautiful review of The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver, but I'm so buoyed by this on a freezing Monday. Snippets below, full thing at: www.instagram.com/p/DSSD-3MCiu...

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 14/12/2025

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, tonight it's an icthyosaur conference. Obviously.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 13/12/2025

What an incredible selection of tunnels and angles and yes, thin light is such a good way to describe it. Today I have some boots from when I was oot and a-boot.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 13/12/2025

Very late but good eveningish @farwall.bsky.social tonight it is the pinprick honk of geese.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 11/12/2025

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, tonight it is the saddest little soldier in the station.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 10/12/2025

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, tonight it is a distant sky chicken.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 09/12/2025

Forgot the flipping photo. Tonight it's a puffball magpie looking like it's not fully rendered in this blustering wind.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 08/12/2025

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, today it's a long road of hard, bright light.

$A tarmac road refracting bright sunlight next to a green field.$

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 07/12/2025

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, tonight it's a gull, with the erased suggestion of a river.

The Tay Bridge disappearing into thick mist, gull in foreground.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 07/12/2025

I'm late but I'm HERE with some slightly cliché clouds. Love the angles in your one, hate that you're going through it. We'll both get some brighter skies, eh? (Cheesy, but they can't all be bangers.)

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