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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Five chapters in, and I can conclusively say that Joanne Harris’s Sleepers in the Snow is not a bedtime read !! Compelling, unsettling, perfect for October…

A book by Joanne Harris, Sleepers in the Snow, bookmarked

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Beyond excited to be in Bath and meet Joanne Harris this evening! I promise not to stay up all night reading!

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Easy when you’re doing the hiding

An inflatable pink unicorn sits atop a parapet outlined against the sky!

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm all man most days, giving hugs with authority xx

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy Autumn Solstice to all who celebrate xxx

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

In Bristol Cathedral for the Eucharist this morning so had to visit the Lady Chapel afterwards

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The only way to properly show off your fantastic pebble collection is to set them in concrete. Make the random, uniform, defying nature. Actually, these are described as 'cobbles' in the architect's specification. It'll look nice when it's done, for sure x

Rounded stones that look like they came off a beach, are set in rows in a concrete bed, making the random, uniform, defying nature...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I am awaiting the final chapter of Inspector Bassé and the Winter Wolf translated into Portuguese! So exciting to collaborate and see my words transformed... A wonder indeed x #Booksky

Book cover. Cold misty winter forest with a lone figure standing in the pale light.

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

As above, so below, back in church again…

A recumbent menhir below a cloud of similar dimensions…

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Inspector is waiting for you in books 1 & 2, book 3 The Firestarter, is due out in time for the cold Winter nights… keep your windows barred… link in bio etc xxx

A photo of two Inspector Basse mystery fantasies…

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

7am at Stanton Drew on the 21st September the Druids are set to gather and celebrate. Could there be a better Monday morning this month? We both know the answer to that...

A menhir looms against the sky, its rocky face pock marked and weathered, discoloured by fine, close growing lichen turned dry, pale green and black by the remorseless summer. We sing and hope for Autumn rains to fall on the unquiet earth...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Walking over the dry earth with fading memories of rain. The sky greys as the sun sets. Water falls like music on tilted windows, bent to ease the cool air through rooms dusted with time. A dream arrives. You are still here, but you are gone...

A lone figure breaks the horizon at the end of sandy dry path between stunted dead grass. In the sky, the sun hangs like a blazing torch, between contrails, imitating clouds...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

When was the last time you met a dragon who adored poetry & mackerel!? Rosa-Fury has been stuck in a cavern under the castle of Zonza for far too long & is pining for both … link in bio xxx

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

So much wild post eclipse drama in the sky coming down from Glastonbury Tor where magic was made and a portal was opened and hearts filled #eclipse #glastonbury

A wild post eclipse sky colors the heavens with magic as people walk down a hill overlooking a patchwork of fields

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The view from my kitchen window this morning while eating breakfast! Thank you #Bristol #BalloonFiesta

Hot air balloons glide silently over rooftops

Hot air balloons continue to glide silently over rooftops

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

An odd set of arms on a tomb in St John-on-the-Wall in Bristol. Not seen a triple werewolf claw before…

A carved shield, a coat of arms depicting three black paws with red claws divided by a black chevron

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Rock Hopping under Clevedon Pier, watching fish dart about in giant rock pools, exploring rock tumbled caves in the shadows of the cliffs while weighed down with unexpected treasures discovered along the way...

A narrow, delicately arching steel structure supports a walkway over a calm sea alight with the rays of a high sun slightly veiled by high cloud, dark rocks loom in the foreground, seagulls swear and swoop...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

At Stanton Drew this afternoon before a pint in the Druids Arms with my son. No better way to spend a Sunday afternoon…

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Off to church on Sunday (not that one, they don’t serve stout with the Eucharist) That’s the parson laid on his back & the bride & groom turned to stone by the devil for dancing on the Sabbath…

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Stanton Drew stone circle has a mysterious pull to it. The circle sits on a gentle slope and reveals itself slowly as you approach from the village. The low hills rise up all around, and the horizon drifts above my head. The air is still. In the quiet, I hear low voices, whispers across time...

A great sarsen standing stone, pitted by centuries of weathering, rises out of a sun bleached field below a clear blue sky...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

At Bristol Pride today I met a man with a serious message concerning a gentleman's jewellery pouch! One must ensure that the contents remain in good condition, so check them regularly, and seek help if you notice any changes!

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Doors of Bristol...this one got me thinking about flavours. I had a goat curry for supper later from a St Pauls Caribbean Food store. It was outstanding... #Bristol #Adoorable

A door lies on its side in the street. On it is a scrawled menu and price list for goat curry, chicken curry and roast fish...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Doors of Bristol... This dappled destination looks like a desirable discount airbonobo dumpster, but it's probably okay, especially if you don't mind sharing with orcs... #Bristol #Adoorable

A scarlet door is littered with graffiti tags, stickers, and is dappled in evening summer sun...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A sound system on every street is what's going on in Bristol... you should come and join in!

Men dance atop a stack of speakers while a sound system blasts out reggae music on a residential city street packed with revellers!!!

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I'm pretty sure I saw these three in Barcelona back in 1883...

Three people with painted faces sit on an abandoned canape in the street looking sad, intrigued and mischievous...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I am woefully underdressed to meet the Dragon Lady of St Paul's in Bristol today. Her plumage is outstanding. I am a little bit smitten... #Bristol #StPauls #Carnival

A woman dressed in fiery plumage shows off her impressive wingspan as she dances to the festival reggae music...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Doors of Bristol. Because it's Thursday and I like fruit, and doors...

A red painted door in a grey stone wall is decorated with a hand holding an exotic fruit, cut in half to expose the seeds at its heart...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

On the cool side of the castle the rat-catcher waits in the shade, dipping in & out of the dungeon, that is now the store for the alchemist, acceptably cold all year round for her potent potions, & dragon tears wrung from poetry, that never freeze, even in the deepest winters, all this the cat knows

A calico cat sits in a square recess in a flat grey wall. You are in his way. Either stroke him, or move on...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

From the silt at the bottom of the pond, through waters darkened by the abundance of lily pads, the buds burst forth to bloom for three days in glory...

A pair of red Attraction water lillies side by side in a pond in bright sunlight. The water ripples as fish swim in the shaded waters below the lily pads. A dragonfly buzzes past, a flying jewel.

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Here is my cat. Look at him. He is a floof... but he has razor paws!

cat in a blanket on a furry throw contemplates minor murders

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Dover is where the Deep becomes Shallow, & Narrow, where ships depart every half hour on an eternal rotation, a revolving pattern that somehow I enjoy, sometimes turning up & rolling straight onto a boat & into a seat, to watch the land diminish in one direction, & become a promise in the other...

A pedestrian walkway stretches off into the distance across the concrete apron of a dockyard. Lightd dazzle overhead in the darkening evening sky. Truck engines idle. Seabirds squabble. An announcement over a tannoy crackles reassurance that everything is under control. I doubt it.

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I am crossing the Deep, which is also pretty Wide, and all is quiet, little stirs beneath the low rolling waves below the pale blue sky, but still, I keep a watch...

The sea stretches off to the horizon, an unbroken sheet of blue, reflecting a sky strewn with staws of high blown cloud...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

It's been a while since I reminded the #Booksky wonderverse that I have a book that peeps can read. A tale told over 101 brief chapters, featuring dragons, dryads, bandits, kings and a talking cat... Mandorlinfiore and the Dragons of Zonza www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mandorlinf...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

A little bit of comic genius to brighten this corner of the webness... love this artist...

Giant mythic dinosaur, Godzilla, sits in a field, petting cows as a human would pet cats

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Are we really, still denying our local dragons a little poetry, when they love it so? Rosa-Fury wrote some of her own centuries ago, it was alliterative verse, very fash back in the day. Once forgotten, now regained it seems, as I read some to her the other day that she remembered composing...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The Devil's Bridge is a quiet, cold place that sits at the bottom of a deep holloway, & remains chilly even in midsummer. One day, I will tell the tale of my visit. One day, when the ashes & embers of what happened are blown on the wind...one day. #booksky

A dark shadowed space looms up ahead, wide enough for a carriage, but too low for a modern tractor. Crows call and curse. There is a chill in the air. A dog howls. Time to run...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Here's a picture of my book for you to enjoy. My daughter, the fieldworking zoology scientist, painted the dragons, and was careful to ensure they were anatomically correct. Being born in Sussex, she knows something about dragons...

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Simon Kay Bee @simonkellowbingham.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Look at my book. It has dragons on the cover. Buy it. Read it. Tell your friends all about how cool this dragon is. What is she called? No spoilers now !!

A book cover with a red dragon flying alongside a clifftop city, with her wings outstretched. Below her, her daughter, baby blue in colour, circles above the waves. Sailboats glide past in the distance. Gulls call, and somewhere in the city a church bell is ringing...

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