John Alex Taylor
@johnunworded.bsky.social
Author, Apples in the Dark series. Contemporary fiction drawn from my own experience of epilepsy. Ex-social care worker, believer in people. South Wales is my home. Returning Cymraeg learner 🏴
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A visit to Kath's lovely Bardic Books in Llantwit Major (hint: where both my books are for sale 😁). Feeling nostalgic, I bought a vintage Ladybird book that I once owned. And the visit was topped off by apocalyptic skies over Llantwit beach. There's nothing like a stormy sky over the channel.
November 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A visit to Kath's lovely Bardic Books in Llantwit Major (hint: where both my books are for sale 😁). Feeling nostalgic, I bought a vintage Ladybird book that I once owned. And the visit was topped off by apocalyptic skies over Llantwit beach. There's nothing like a stormy sky over the channel.
River Clydach in spate! The rain has to go somewhere, and it's a very short river.
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
River Clydach in spate! The rain has to go somewhere, and it's a very short river.
Out before the wind and rain (which is now battering our windows).
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Out before the wind and rain (which is now battering our windows).
Day by day, nature's palette grows. Even under grey skies.
October 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Day by day, nature's palette grows. Even under grey skies.
A present from daughter, courtesy of the Bodleian Library. Yes, I do prefer to write in silence.
October 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A present from daughter, courtesy of the Bodleian Library. Yes, I do prefer to write in silence.
Rush hour at the public baths.
October 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Rush hour at the public baths.
Moonrise over Gilwern.
October 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Moonrise over Gilwern.
'Overnight, very
Whitely, discreetly,
Very quietly...'
from Mushrooms by Sylvia Plath.
Whitely, discreetly,
Very quietly...'
from Mushrooms by Sylvia Plath.
September 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
'Overnight, very
Whitely, discreetly,
Very quietly...'
from Mushrooms by Sylvia Plath.
Whitely, discreetly,
Very quietly...'
from Mushrooms by Sylvia Plath.
View from my writing desk as I write Apples in the Dark 3: Shouting at Angels.
September 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
View from my writing desk as I write Apples in the Dark 3: Shouting at Angels.
Almost the end of the rainbow...
September 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Almost the end of the rainbow...
I went to see the choo choos at Blaenavon steam gala. Sunshine and cloudbursts added to the drama. Amazing to see a locomotive built in 1872 happily pulling passengers. Imagine if your mobile phone could still operate in the year 2178!
September 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I went to see the choo choos at Blaenavon steam gala. Sunshine and cloudbursts added to the drama. Amazing to see a locomotive built in 1872 happily pulling passengers. Imagine if your mobile phone could still operate in the year 2178!
I keep forgetting that Bluesky has expanded massively since my first novel arrived last year. Apples in the Dark is about love and loyalty, and tackles the effects of #HiddenDisability. The sequel, Angels and Blackbirds is available, and I'm writing the third in the series. #Disability #Epilepsy
September 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I keep forgetting that Bluesky has expanded massively since my first novel arrived last year. Apples in the Dark is about love and loyalty, and tackles the effects of #HiddenDisability. The sequel, Angels and Blackbirds is available, and I'm writing the third in the series. #Disability #Epilepsy
Stormy at Parc Bryn Bach, my favourite place to write nowadays.
September 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Stormy at Parc Bryn Bach, my favourite place to write nowadays.
TOMORROW I'll be at the Ross-on-Wye Book Fair at the Larrupertz Centre, with my two (so far) novels in the Apples in the Dark series. See you there?
August 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
TOMORROW I'll be at the Ross-on-Wye Book Fair at the Larrupertz Centre, with my two (so far) novels in the Apples in the Dark series. See you there?
Another early walk, and the Hawthorn thinks it's autumn already (so does our apple tree). Poor nature is in a muddle. #climatechange
August 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Another early walk, and the Hawthorn thinks it's autumn already (so does our apple tree). Poor nature is in a muddle. #climatechange
Kath in her gem of a bookshop in Llantwit Major, Bardic Books. Kath has stocks of both my novels, but so much more. Bardic Books is my dream of a bookshop: everything from vintage books and second-hand paperbacks to current local authors. And not a ghost-written celebrity title in sight!
August 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Kath in her gem of a bookshop in Llantwit Major, Bardic Books. Kath has stocks of both my novels, but so much more. Bardic Books is my dream of a bookshop: everything from vintage books and second-hand paperbacks to current local authors. And not a ghost-written celebrity title in sight!
I saw this today and was extra careful. Maybe because I've just finished reading #TheTwelve by @londonbessie.bsky.social – where seasons get mixed up. I LOVED this book – for glorious descriptions, for characters I cared about and for the message that it's up to us mayflies to care for the planet.
July 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I saw this today and was extra careful. Maybe because I've just finished reading #TheTwelve by @londonbessie.bsky.social – where seasons get mixed up. I LOVED this book – for glorious descriptions, for characters I cared about and for the message that it's up to us mayflies to care for the planet.
Moonset after sunset.
July 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Moonset after sunset.
Signing copies of both my novels in Book-ish Abergavenny Branch on Saturday. 'Apples in the Dark' and 'Angels and Blackbirds' tell the story of a group of people living with disabilities and overcoming odds in Cardiff. #disability #epilepsy #learningdisability
July 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Signing copies of both my novels in Book-ish Abergavenny Branch on Saturday. 'Apples in the Dark' and 'Angels and Blackbirds' tell the story of a group of people living with disabilities and overcoming odds in Cardiff. #disability #epilepsy #learningdisability
I will be signing copies of my second novel, Angels and Blackbirds in @book-ish.bsky.social Abergavenny branch on Saturday from 11am. Step into Emmy's shoes and see the world in a different way. #learningdisability #contemporaryfiction
July 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I will be signing copies of my second novel, Angels and Blackbirds in @book-ish.bsky.social Abergavenny branch on Saturday from 11am. Step into Emmy's shoes and see the world in a different way. #learningdisability #contemporaryfiction
I couldn't resist combining the two book covers Louise Mace painted for me into one poster. Both books available to order from your local bookshop. #supportlocalbookstores #disabilitypridemonth
July 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I couldn't resist combining the two book covers Louise Mace painted for me into one poster. Both books available to order from your local bookshop. #supportlocalbookstores #disabilitypridemonth
Don't look up...
June 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Don't look up...
I'm sure they're plotting something.
June 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I'm sure they're plotting something.