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Welcome to Willerby, a village where the supernatural is as everyday as the weather. Free short stories about the weird things that happen in our village on our website and substack. willerby.substack.com www.welcometowillerby.co.uk

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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 10h
The Man Who Went On and On. A Willerby Story. willerby.substack.com/p/the-man-wh...
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 13h
Hooklanders talk of dusk as 'hurry home'. It's an attempt to express that creeping sense of peril that comes upon you in certain places as the sun goes down. Twilight terror. Another cup of tea declined. The Highway Code ignored. The true rush hour of the county. – #MattAdams
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 12h
The Man Who Went On and On. A Willerby Story. A thousand years old and nothing interesting to say? willerby.substack.com/p/the-man-wh...
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 12h
The Man Who Went On and On. A Willerby Story. A thousand years old and nothing interesting to say? willerby.substack.com/p/the-man-wh...
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 20h
The Man Who Went On and On. A Willerby Story. Over a thousand years old and nothing interesting to say. How is that possible? willerby.substack.com/p/the-man-wh...
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 20h
The Man Who Went On and On. A Willerby Story. Over a thousand years old and nothing interesting to say. How is that possible? willerby.substack.com/p/the-man-wh...
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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Watership. Down.
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A picnic on a bridge before a gate.
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hugo of Willerby and the Natural History of Dragons. A John Macdebs Resolution. Mostly not true. willerby.substack.com/p/hugo-of-wi...
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Hugo of Willerby and the Natural History of Dragons
An ill-advised analysis unravelling some, but by no means all, of the mysteries and contradictions. John Macdebs
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A girl in pink back to the camera and arms outstretched overlooking a cropped field.
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A banner with a cross on it in front of the pulpit of St Leonard's church with a harvest wreath below it.
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hugo of Willerby and the Natural History of Dragons. A John Macdebs Resolution. Mostly not true. willerby.substack.com/p/hugo-of-wi...
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Hugo of Willerby and the Natural History of Dragons
An ill-advised analysis unravelling some, but by no means all, of the mysteries and contradictions. John Macdebs
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Another two copies gone. We'll sell out soon. Last chance to own a copy of the first ever Willerby book..
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Welcome to Willerby Nearly 200 copies of book sold worldwide. Over fifty stories free to read on our website, which can be read in any order. Start with Shortcuts - The Roman Running Club - Singing in the Wire - Where do dragons go? - Buying Time. Come find us today. www.welcometowillerby.co.uk
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Willerby lies in a web of ancient Mercian roads close to the cross of old Watling Street and the Fosse.

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We're small, quiet and unremarkable most of the time. There's a pub on the green by the river, a church built on the site of an older temple and a motte and bailey castle on top of the hill where the Roman watch tower used to be.

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We bicker and squabble - about dog mess and rights of way and the bins - but we get on well enough most of the time.

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But strange things happen here too.

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We have more than the usual number of ghosts, aren't firmly tethered in time and are often visited by people from very far away.

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We have many stories and you can find them all here, to read or to listen to. 

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Thank you for visiting us.
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A picnic on a bridge before a gate.
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jack and the Great Heathen Army. A Willerby Story. Jack vs the Vikings. willerby.substack.com/p/jack-and-t...
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jack and the Flytippers. A Willerby Story. A terrible revenge. willerby.substack.com/p/flytipping
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Another two copies gone. We'll sell out soon. Last chance to own a copy of the first ever Willerby book..
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fossils. A Willerby Story. Jack vs prehistoric monster. willerby.substack.com/p/fossils
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
More books sent today.. we aren't going to reprint this one. Last chance to have a copy of the first ever Willerby book.
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Have you met Jack? Jack's Pool. A Willerby Story. A very good first visit to the village if you've never been before. Thread below for more about our dark devil of blood and water. willerby.substack.com/p/jacks-pool
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Have you met Jack? Jack's Pool. A Willerby Story. A very good first visit to the village if you've never been before. Thread below for more about our dark devil of blood and water. willerby.substack.com/p/jacks-pool
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jack and the Great Heathen Army. A Willerby Story. There's a very good reason Willerby was never in the Danelaw. Find out why here.. willerby.substack.com/p/jack-and-t...
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jack and the Great Heathen Army. A Willerby Story. There's a very good reason Willerby was never in the Danelaw. Find out why here.. willerby.substack.com/p/jack-and-t...
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jack and the Great Heathen Army.. A Willerby Story. An old tale about our devil of blood and water. willerby.substack.com/p/jack-and-t...
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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How it came to be that Willerby was not in the Danelaw. Recommended reading.
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Year in Willerby. 12 stories from a haunted village. Ghosts, timeslips, shapeshifters and a call centre connecting the living from the dead. Limited edition and only 30 copies remaining. Sent from the village individually numbered with a handwritten postcard. www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Books are ghost magnets. This means every good library has it phantoms. A density of Dewey Decimal Classification is spirits what a saucer of beer is to slugs. Of course we understand ghosts desire to haunt libraries. Thousands of books and the time to read them is a heaven. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jack and the Great Heathen Army.. A Willerby Story. An old tale about our devil of blood and water. willerby.substack.com/p/jack-and-t...
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Very pleased to be back in the excellent @hauntedukfiction.bsky.social podcast. This is one of our most loved stories and a particularly good entry point to the village if you've never visited us before.
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
More books sent today.. we aren't going to reprint this one. Last chance to have a copy of the first ever Willerby book.
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Road Songs. A Willerby Story. Dan buys a guitar with soul. willerby.substack.com/p/road-songs
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Road Songs. A Willerby Story. Dan buys a guitar with soul. willerby.substack.com/p/road-songs
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Road Songs. A Willerby Story. Dan finds an old Japanese guitar in a charity shop and brings it back to the village. Guitars have souls, and this one remembers its first owner. willerby.substack.com/p/road-songs
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Road Songs. A Willerby Story. Dan finds an old Japanese guitar in a charity shop and brings it back to the village. Guitars have souls, and this one remembers its first owner. willerby.substack.com/p/road-songs
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Buying Time. A Willerby Story. A man from far away moves into the village. He can sell time. But at what cost? willerby.substack.com/p/buying-time
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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Buying Time. A Willerby Story. A man from far away moves into the village. He can sell time. But at what cost? willerby.substack.com/p/buying-time
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Simone Beach @simonebeach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Year in Willerby. 12 stories from a haunted village. Ghosts, timeslips, shapeshifters and a call centre connecting the living from the dead. Limited edition and only 30 copies remaining. Sent from the village individually numbered with a handwritten postcard. www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
A copy of our book under an eerie carved sheeps hard with vintage black and white postcards.
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Buying Time. A Willerby Story. At what price? willerby.substack.com/p/buying-time
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Buying Time. A Willerby Story. At what price? willerby.substack.com/p/buying-time
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Buying Time. A Willerby Story. Lothar can sell you time. But is it worth the cost? willerby.substack.com/p/buying-time
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Haunted UK Fiction (Podcast) @hauntedukfiction.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New @welcometowillerby.bsky.social episode out NOW! A Haunted UK Fiction favourite among our listeners, stories from the odd village of Willerby pull us into a world where anything can happen - at any given (or bought) time! 😉 open.spotify.com/episode/2gK2...
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Early Access - S03 - Episode 06 - Buying Time by Willerby
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Buying Time. A Willerby Story. Lothar can sell you time. But is it worth the cost? willerby.substack.com/p/buying-time
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Very pleased to be back in the excellent @hauntedukfiction.bsky.social podcast. This is one of our most loved stories and a particularly good entry point to the village if you've never visited us before.
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I Lost My Legion. A Willerby Short. Lost in a strange storm. willerby.substack.com/p/i-lost-my-...
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Re-introducing a Hookland childhood nightmare/beloved icon. Mr. Lookout – the ghost bear mascot of the Hookland Tourist Board's 'I-See! series of books'. The scarrer of many a child's imaginations as depicted by @tomsbrown.bsky.social. #MrLookout #Hookland
A ghost bear. A big, fat ghost bear. Wearing spectacles, holding what appears to be a bone wand. Trust me, it is one scary bear. The text says: Mr. Lookout
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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No matter when you are from, there’s always a welcome in the Green Man at Willerby
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I Lost My Legion. A Willerby Short. A strange visitor on a strange night. willerby.substack.com/p/i-lost-my-...
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