#Scottish Fiction

[cha-mij]

Seriously tempted to write something like Outlander which is less romance, time travel and drama but more a Sharpe/Aubrey-Maturin/Cadfael/Shardlake of the Jacobean era.

Does anyone know of any modern books that already exist so I don't have to write it? 🤣

[miasmablog]

Exploration of Duality

Visual exploration of the duality / dichotomy theme discussed in previous post.

Fiction / Friction

Above / Below

Fantasy / Reality

Light / Dark

Good / Evil

Harmony / Chaos

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Image Credits

The Dreaming Issue 48 [Comic Book Cover] / Dave McKean

The Curse of La Llorona [Movie Poster] / Cold Open

[anniiieeeelaboratory]

Late night microscopy session fueled by Scottish fiction.

[gregkauffmanstarkeybooks]

"A grave threat has cast a shadow over the Kingdom of Fife. King Artair MacKenna is fearful of an uprising from people who once glorified him as a just and mighty ruler, but who now unfairly view him as a menace and danger to their peaceful way of life. A fierce, undisciplined warrior tribe led by chieftain Toran Taggart wishes to force the King from his throne and replace him with someone they feel is better for their livelihood. MacKenna has no choice but to employ the services of rogue Matheson Underwood and his small army of outlaws to defend him and his castle.It promises to be bloody standoff between the warrior tribe and the savage might of the outlaws. Matheson is a powerful adversary, but Toran has decades of keen battle prowess behind him. Who will win the throne of the Kingdom of Fife?"

Historical fiction involving a questionable land war between rival Scottish clans.

This book is available on Amazon in paperback and ebook formats.

[martyr0l0gy]

seeking recommendations for historical fiction based in urban Scotland (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen) with female main characters ! queer/disabled/bipoc rep especially needed ! please help !

[theaskew]

Filth, a novel by Irvine Welsh, 1998. (Jonathan Cape, UK.; W. W. Norton & Company, US)

[jenmedsbookreviews]

The Collapsing Wave by Doug Johnstone

Today I am delighted to share my review of The Collapsing Wave by Doug Johnstone, the second book in the Enceladon series @writerdougj @OrendaBooks @randomthingstours #books #bookreview #thecollapsingwave #bookstagram #booksofinstagram

Oh happy days. This is the book I have really been looking forward to! Today I’m sharing my thoughts on The Collapsing Wave by Doug Johnstone, the second book in his Enceladons series. I loved The Space Between Us and it was one of my very top reads of 2023. My thanks to publisher, Orenda Books, for the advance copy of this book and to Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for the tour invite. Here’s…

[three-jackdaws]

Pathologist humour

[thegirlwiththelantern]

Book Week Scotland TBR

Book Week is this month and I thought I’d throw together a TBR to mark the occasion. These are all Scottish books – by Scottish authors, or relating to Scotland. I’ve chosen to make a list of seven books but I don’t expect to get through them all. Though it sure is tempting to try. You can read about Book Week here. And you can find the events here. A Gift of the Sea (Tales of Seann Àite #3) by…

[ghcstao3]

soap who runs a podcast wherein he’ll explain and discuss complex science processes in a way that doesn’t make learners feel dumb or left out, but also is engaging for more advanced and knowledgeable listeners who are familiar with concepts.

he’ll often have guests, usually fellow science people who maybe have more expertise than him on certain topics, but sometimes he’ll just bring in others to have a better perspective on questions and details someone less science-y might want to know.

one day, a guest has to pull out last minute, so soap asks his boyfriend ghost if he’d like to try out an episode—if he doesn’t like it, soap can just re-record and post something else no problem. but ghost agrees—by osmosis of just being around soap for so long he’s pretty knowledgeable in the realm of science himself, and, really, it’d be a wasted opportunity to hear his boyfriend rant about something he loves for an hour.

everything goes well—episode goes up, and… people are already demanding ghost to return. his deep, rough voice combined with being relatively evenly matched with soap in terms of that day’s concept made for a great listen—though, perhaps the fact that they have great chemistry as a cause of their relationship also plays a part in the episode’s positive reception.

so ghost becomes a semi-regular. he’d hate to impede on soap’s thing entirely, but he doesn’t mind returning every once in a while whenever soap plans on talking about something ghost is familiar enough with. there just seems to be an extra ounce of passion from soap whenever it’s ghost as a guest, though no one’s aware it’s because they’re dating.

[cj-kenobi]

my fill for day 5 of @codywanweek! Scottish mythology (aka a kelpie obi-wan au!)

find the fic here on AO3!

Other days: 1 2 3 4 6 7 8

little bonus art under the cut!

[david-tennant-in-chairs]

As if I need more reasons to adore David, him owning a poodle mix makes this poodle owner so damn happy

[miasmablog]

Scottish Fiction / Edwin Morgan It isn't in the mirror It isn't on the page It's a red hearted vibration Pushing through the walls of dark imagination Finding no equation There's a red road rage But it's not road rage It's asylum seekers engulfed by a grudge Scottish friction, Scottish fiction It isn't in the castle It isn't in the mist It's a calling of the waters as they break to show The new black death with reactors aglow You think your security Can keep you in purity You will not shake us off Above or below Scottish friction, Scottish fiction

[impossibleprincess35]

The biggest crime Satine Kryze is guilty of is being animated with fair skin and blonde hair.

[patroclusdefencesquad]

i'm sorry but books that have so much potential in their plot and their characters and their relationships but they throw it all aside in favour of fucking SMUT i hate it i hate it

[sesamestreep]

it really is SUCH a shame that there’s no episode of TOS where the enterprise crew time jumps to Regency-era England or goes to a planet that modeled its culture on that era or something, because it would truly slap for every single main character. Like I don’t even have to explain why this would be awesome for Spock— Mr. I’ll-smash-a-computer-with-my-bare-hands-before-I’ll-admit-I’m-horny himself, king of repression, who basically recreated the famous Pride and Prejudice Hand Flex Scene™️ with his beloved Captain that one time, who meets a blind woman with a high tech gown that helps her “see” and LITERALLY tells her to give his compliments to her dressmaker, who mislead a woman once about his affections and tenderly promised to safeguard her reputation forever about it, who has the perfect angular features to be set off by a cravat—I mean, you get it, but then you’ve also got Kirk—handsome, affable, brave Naval captain who loves his crew more than himself, who falls in like deep profound love with every woman the plot throws at him—and then McCoy—cantankerous, sure, (ever heard of a grumpy/sunshine trope??) but with impeccable, downright old school manners towards women and, yeah, a doctor’s not that prestigious in Regency times, but for like a young lady in trouble who needs the protection of a man’s name or who just wants to piss off her stuffy aristocrat family by marrying “beneath” them, who could be better? If you throw Scotty in the mix, well, he’s Scottish, which [points at a whole subgenre of regency romance novels] is all he’d really need. I’m just saying they would have CLEANED UP, okay??