A. E. Daly

@aedaly.bsky.social

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Writer of spec and weird fiction. Comics, cameras, SF & retro nerd. Scottish Book Trust New Writer, Kelpies shortlist, Bath Children's Novel Award. Some milestones came & went, now I'm older, gloomier and trying to work out what's next. She/her.

Glasgow city centre buildings under a bright blue sky
Clip from Pirates of the Carribean World's End "we're rocking the ship"
A parish council sign telling people to pick up their dog poo in no uncertain terms - "don't be a tosser" - not taking any crap, if you will
The first section of the 1934 Hays Code, 'General Principles' 1. No picture shall be produced which will lower the moral standards of those who see it. Hence the sympathy of the audience should never be thrown to the side of crime, wrongdoing, evil or sin. 2. Correct standards of life, subject only to the requirements of drama and entertainment, shall be presented. 3. Law, natural or human, shall not be ridiculed, nor shall sympathy be created for its violation.
Trees silhouetted against a moonlit night sky with yellow solar lights fading in foreground
Winter trees at night silhouetted against grey city glow
Rooster character Alan-a-Dale from Disney's Robin Hood (1973)
Moniack Mhor under absurdly blue sky
A well-tended fire under the stars at Moniack Mhor. Not pictured: writers in blankets
View from Moniack Mhor, sunshine, hills, gorse, heaven
Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses
Original Puffin paperback cover of 1968 children's book The Giant Under The Snow by John Gordon. Illustration by the incomparable Antony Maitland.
Woods in winter, bare branches, silhouetted against city glow
J Mascis, guitar legend of Dinosaur Jr and more, with his guitars
A path through woods with the trees closing in overhead, black and white image.
Thicket with broken branches in monochrome with vignette
A photo of tangled shadowy undergrowth beside a path, filtered to give a desaturated old-colour-film appearance
View of wetlands near Gullane
The Club building at Edinburgh College
Brutalist-Cubist sculpture by Lucy Baird on the side of the Rankine Building at the University of Glasgow
Gif image from the film Withnail and I showing Marwood outside a phone box while Withnail, on the phone inside, yells 'PENRITH!'
The cast of the 1981 BBC adaptation of Douglas Adams' The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
A very old stone tomb in the crypt of Glasgow Cathedral. One corner is broken off, leaving a dark foreboding hole in the stonework
A view of Glasgow Necropolis from outside Glasgow Cathedral, gravestones and monuments silhouetted on the skyline
Mural by artist Smug on Glasgow's High Street showing a contemporary imagining of St Mungo, patron saint of the city. He is depicted as an older, bearded man in a woollen hat and parka coat with a robin perched on his finger
Giant mural in Glasgow City area showing a woman with red hair, eyeliner, piercings and alt-gothic style holding a martini glass, in shades of red and pink. Artist: Smug
A view of the choir section of Glasgow Cathedral showing roof bosses, windows, clerestory arches and aisles
The image for the post prompt. It shows a white pen pointing downward against a black background. The pen has blood dripping down it, and the text next to the pen says 'write a horror story using only three words.'
A still of Michael Hordern in the 1968 adaptation of M. R. James' Oh Whistle And I'll Come To You, My Lad. He is sitting among old gravestones looking at an old whistle he's unearthed. And yes, he's about to do the thing.
Victorian iron railings photographed at night, lit with red and white light from street lights and cars.
Intro image for the original series of Twin Peaks - a mountain roadside with a town sign and an indefinable uncanny.
Rishi Sunak announcing the general election, looking like a wet cat in the rain
Portrait of Charles Windsor looking very 'masque of the red death' by Jonathan Yeo
A gif from the opening credits of the 1981 BBC adaptation of The Day of the Triffids. Blue-lit, fearful faces staring upwards.
View of the aurora last night from my back yard. Blurred, but vivid.
My cat being picturesque in the garden.
My cat giving me a Look as I trouble him once again for a photograph.
The Jason Momoa folding chair gif - unfolding the chair with a flourish in an "oh, I'm IN" popcorn sort of way
Book cover for The Ship Beneath The Ice by Mensun Bound
Panel from issue #5 of Coda: False Dawns. Hum rants about the fake moon.
Cover of Coda: False Dawns issue #5
Promotional still image from The Walking Dead showing barricaded double doors with zombie hands prying them open and the words "don't open dead inside" sprayed on it. The division of the doors makes it read more like "don't dead open inside" - and so a meme was born.