Tim Cooke
@timc1986.bsky.social
Writer. Short story collections DARK PLAY and WHERE WE LIVE. Nightjar Press chapbook THE JUDGMENT. Early years teacher, PhD student. From Bridgend, South Wales.
Kids are away, which means a Saturday evening of PhD…
November 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Kids are away, which means a Saturday evening of PhD…
Current reads - so far so good…
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Current reads - so far so good…
Loved reading Carole Angier’s Sebald bio at the same time as Vertigo. Just as I was finishing the latter, sat in a field on the weekend, a moth - a recurring symbol in his work - landed on the page…
June 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Loved reading Carole Angier’s Sebald bio at the same time as Vertigo. Just as I was finishing the latter, sat in a field on the weekend, a moth - a recurring symbol in his work - landed on the page…
Great to see this Goodreads review of my @nightjarpress.bsky.social chapbook from Andrew Hook. Available here: nightjarpress.weebly.com/tim-cooke.html
June 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Great to see this Goodreads review of my @nightjarpress.bsky.social chapbook from Andrew Hook. Available here: nightjarpress.weebly.com/tim-cooke.html
Spotted a fox and its cubs playing by the tracks in Walthamstow this evening…
May 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Spotted a fox and its cubs playing by the tracks in Walthamstow this evening…
My lovely first born, who arrived almost 10 weeks early weighing just 3lbs, turns nine today - total legend…
April 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My lovely first born, who arrived almost 10 weeks early weighing just 3lbs, turns nine today - total legend…
My Easter holidays so far. I’ve passed the 100,000-word mark, which is new…
April 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My Easter holidays so far. I’ve passed the 100,000-word mark, which is new…
Caught in my element yesterday evening…
April 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Caught in my element yesterday evening…
Got a new story in this great mag. You can buy a copy here 5767.co.uk/shop/
March 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Got a new story in this great mag. You can buy a copy here 5767.co.uk/shop/
Interesting set up this morning… #iconoclasmaschildsplay
February 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Interesting set up this morning… #iconoclasmaschildsplay
This is very, very good…
January 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is very, very good…
Went all the way to Hereford to watch Nosferatu this evening, then took a stroll past the cathedral…
January 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Went all the way to Hereford to watch Nosferatu this evening, then took a stroll past the cathedral…
Thanks to everyone who read Dark Play in 2024, and to those who reviewed it - the response has been a highlight of my year. Massive thanks to @salopress.bsky.social for publishing it. Once my PhD is done, I’ll have more weird on the way.
January 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Thanks to everyone who read Dark Play in 2024, and to those who reviewed it - the response has been a highlight of my year. Massive thanks to @salopress.bsky.social for publishing it. Once my PhD is done, I’ll have more weird on the way.
Last book of the year. Kathleen Jamie is always outstanding…
December 31, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Last book of the year. Kathleen Jamie is always outstanding…
The view that inspired my story, The Visitor - which you can read here nation.cymru/culture/shor... - and from which, at times, you can see fog glaciers…
December 28, 2024 at 4:33 PM
The view that inspired my story, The Visitor - which you can read here nation.cymru/culture/shor... - and from which, at times, you can see fog glaciers…
Tree of cormorants… 💀
December 27, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Tree of cormorants… 💀
Packing for the Christmas break…
December 20, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Packing for the Christmas break…
This is immense. All the excellent mundane drama of his autobiographical work, with a deeply weird edge. Can’t stop reading…
November 26, 2024 at 8:58 PM
This is immense. All the excellent mundane drama of his autobiographical work, with a deeply weird edge. Can’t stop reading…
I’m quite neat and tidy, I think…
November 21, 2024 at 12:55 PM
I’m quite neat and tidy, I think…
Very much enjoying this new High Vis record!
November 15, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Very much enjoying this new High Vis record!