Jon Hillman
@grimwork.bsky.social
Indie Writer and Scotlander. And enjoy a bit of photography.
Self-published: Grim Work, The Crystal Keep, The Vile Realm, The Dead and the Rotten, Cold Call.
The Unspeakable Awaits in progress!
Self-published: Grim Work, The Crystal Keep, The Vile Realm, The Dead and the Rotten, Cold Call.
The Unspeakable Awaits in progress!
Marigold’s tales are free on Kindle between 29th Oct and 2nd Nov. Decent Halloween reading.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Marigold’s tales are free on Kindle between 29th Oct and 2nd Nov. Decent Halloween reading.
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/autho...
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/autho...
I pondered the relevance of a face like this in a kids playground today, as my daughter gave attention to every element bar this Gollum-esque statue.
March 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I pondered the relevance of a face like this in a kids playground today, as my daughter gave attention to every element bar this Gollum-esque statue.
Redrafted my distance spanning poem while considering what the journey looks like via my photos of Scotland.
January 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Redrafted my distance spanning poem while considering what the journey looks like via my photos of Scotland.
Oddly excited to have had Ingstadt pen a poem that forms a montage between the two halves of The Unspeakable Awaits.
The end of this story is dark and a left-field ditty didn’t really fit. So “The Tale Retold” is a halfway summary!
The end of this story is dark and a left-field ditty didn’t really fit. So “The Tale Retold” is a halfway summary!
January 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Oddly excited to have had Ingstadt pen a poem that forms a montage between the two halves of The Unspeakable Awaits.
The end of this story is dark and a left-field ditty didn’t really fit. So “The Tale Retold” is a halfway summary!
The end of this story is dark and a left-field ditty didn’t really fit. So “The Tale Retold” is a halfway summary!
Burns Night.
Not in Campbeltown as planned, but at home with an excellent bottle, veggie haggis, and IT Chapter 2 🤣💀
Not in Campbeltown as planned, but at home with an excellent bottle, veggie haggis, and IT Chapter 2 🤣💀
January 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Burns Night.
Not in Campbeltown as planned, but at home with an excellent bottle, veggie haggis, and IT Chapter 2 🤣💀
Not in Campbeltown as planned, but at home with an excellent bottle, veggie haggis, and IT Chapter 2 🤣💀
Today was to be the rescheduled Springbank distillery visit, which was previously cancelled because of Storm Bert. Storms are at it again, Éowyn has put paid to the journey.
The visit was a November post hospital trauma treat 😭
The visit was a November post hospital trauma treat 😭
January 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Today was to be the rescheduled Springbank distillery visit, which was previously cancelled because of Storm Bert. Storms are at it again, Éowyn has put paid to the journey.
The visit was a November post hospital trauma treat 😭
The visit was a November post hospital trauma treat 😭
Daughter helped me set this up.
January 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Daughter helped me set this up.
A home-grown Purple Hairstreak. Rescued as an egg from a fallen oak in February last year, and nurtured (along with five others) to adulthood. Ended up with three male and three female.
This is one of the females. A stunning insect!
This is one of the females. A stunning insect!
January 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
A home-grown Purple Hairstreak. Rescued as an egg from a fallen oak in February last year, and nurtured (along with five others) to adulthood. Ended up with three male and three female.
This is one of the females. A stunning insect!
This is one of the females. A stunning insect!
Rumiruna, room to lose ya, Rumiruna, room to lose ya.
January 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Rumiruna, room to lose ya, Rumiruna, room to lose ya.
Family are out, I’m home. Time to get some writing done. Marigold and his group are on the road to Norfingerton!
It’s not the most pleasant of roads.
It’s not the most pleasant of roads.
January 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Family are out, I’m home. Time to get some writing done. Marigold and his group are on the road to Norfingerton!
It’s not the most pleasant of roads.
It’s not the most pleasant of roads.
A hard days work adding an expansion set to the bothy.
January 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A hard days work adding an expansion set to the bothy.
It’s -6°c, it’s crisp, it’s white and blue out there, and a pale red is creeping over the horizon.
I’m stuck waiting on a car service.
Here’s one I took earlier.
I’m stuck waiting on a car service.
Here’s one I took earlier.
January 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It’s -6°c, it’s crisp, it’s white and blue out there, and a pale red is creeping over the horizon.
I’m stuck waiting on a car service.
Here’s one I took earlier.
I’m stuck waiting on a car service.
Here’s one I took earlier.
Tentatively poking my head out on a new venue…
I’ve posted a few things before, but quick summary:
- I write dark fantasy, five books 📕
- I love butterflies 🦋
- I enjoy whisky 🥃
I’ve posted a few things before, but quick summary:
- I write dark fantasy, five books 📕
- I love butterflies 🦋
- I enjoy whisky 🥃
January 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Tentatively poking my head out on a new venue…
I’ve posted a few things before, but quick summary:
- I write dark fantasy, five books 📕
- I love butterflies 🦋
- I enjoy whisky 🥃
I’ve posted a few things before, but quick summary:
- I write dark fantasy, five books 📕
- I love butterflies 🦋
- I enjoy whisky 🥃
I have suggested to a few I'm on v0.98! It's all kindled up, has the contents that work etc. Just need one more step before it's out. I cannot control the speed of that though...
August 21, 2023 at 9:54 AM
I have suggested to a few I'm on v0.98! It's all kindled up, has the contents that work etc. Just need one more step before it's out. I cannot control the speed of that though...
Hardest part of writing a book is done:
The table of contents.
The table of contents.
August 19, 2023 at 7:12 PM
Hardest part of writing a book is done:
The table of contents.
The table of contents.
The fourth book in my fantasy series is The Dead and the Rotten, and it takes place directly after The Vile Realm though is more or less standalone. It has the undead in it, which I know are no longer cool anymore.
It should hopefully be out this year! I've been saying that since 2021.
It should hopefully be out this year! I've been saying that since 2021.
August 4, 2023 at 8:34 AM
The fourth book in my fantasy series is The Dead and the Rotten, and it takes place directly after The Vile Realm though is more or less standalone. It has the undead in it, which I know are no longer cool anymore.
It should hopefully be out this year! I've been saying that since 2021.
It should hopefully be out this year! I've been saying that since 2021.
The third book takes place after the first, because that's obviously a trend I've set now. It is also a direct sequel to Grim Work, and is a much more epic tale, spanning snow and sand, forests and broken dimensions. The antagonist is based on the internet!
Buy it here https://amzn.eu/d/h14ItXT
Buy it here https://amzn.eu/d/h14ItXT
August 4, 2023 at 8:33 AM
The third book takes place after the first, because that's obviously a trend I've set now. It is also a direct sequel to Grim Work, and is a much more epic tale, spanning snow and sand, forests and broken dimensions. The antagonist is based on the internet!
Buy it here https://amzn.eu/d/h14ItXT
Buy it here https://amzn.eu/d/h14ItXT
The second book takes place before the first, which isn't the first tale at all. Am I trying to put off my readers? Not quite! They are both standalone stories.
Ice, worms, and cults. More reasonable chapter titles, such as "Summit's Up."
You can buy The Crystal Keep here https://amzn.eu/d/8oxb9cJ
Ice, worms, and cults. More reasonable chapter titles, such as "Summit's Up."
You can buy The Crystal Keep here https://amzn.eu/d/8oxb9cJ
August 4, 2023 at 8:30 AM
The second book takes place before the first, which isn't the first tale at all. Am I trying to put off my readers? Not quite! They are both standalone stories.
Ice, worms, and cults. More reasonable chapter titles, such as "Summit's Up."
You can buy The Crystal Keep here https://amzn.eu/d/8oxb9cJ
Ice, worms, and cults. More reasonable chapter titles, such as "Summit's Up."
You can buy The Crystal Keep here https://amzn.eu/d/8oxb9cJ
Book one of my dark fantasy series isn't actually book one at all, but placed somewhere around the middle of Marigold's career as a miserable barbarian.
A grim and violent tale with very reasonable chapter titles, such as "An Arm and a Leg".
You can buy it here https://amzn.eu/d/hZieziX
A grim and violent tale with very reasonable chapter titles, such as "An Arm and a Leg".
You can buy it here https://amzn.eu/d/hZieziX
August 4, 2023 at 8:28 AM
Book one of my dark fantasy series isn't actually book one at all, but placed somewhere around the middle of Marigold's career as a miserable barbarian.
A grim and violent tale with very reasonable chapter titles, such as "An Arm and a Leg".
You can buy it here https://amzn.eu/d/hZieziX
A grim and violent tale with very reasonable chapter titles, such as "An Arm and a Leg".
You can buy it here https://amzn.eu/d/hZieziX
Here we go again! Please don't be a void this time.
August 1, 2023 at 5:41 PM
Here we go again! Please don't be a void this time.