Hookland 9/11/19 23:25:27

Many Hooklanders regard the swan as a bird of death. Those in Spitstone see them as the souls of the drowned dead returned. Witches of the county believe they can take messages to their dead sisters. https://t.co/CZqIPHNDFm

Hookland 9/10/19 0:34:08

Night words are heavy on the tongues of Felstone witches. Sheets in the village collect sweat despite the coolness of the night. The sky itself holds an omen colour, bile-hued as if what it knows is coming makes even it sick. – #CLNolan

Hookland 9/10/19 4:22:28

Nothing in Hookland is made up, just remembered differently. Just discovered photographic proof of time @SpaceWeather9 and myself deputised for real DI Callaghan at a Scotland Yard anti-terrorism briefing and told senior officers that over-reaction to fear made them ‰Û÷soft boys‰Ûª.

Hookland 9/10/19 4:34:26

@SpaceWeather9 Even better is knowing evening after Scotland Yard was spent down pub with actor Richard Harris discussing Shakespeare, gangster films, faeries and how angry one could be at God.

Hookland 9/10/19 4:36:01

I dreamt again of witches with glass teeth and copper-coloured eyes. Dreamt of fire-pits that flickered with memory of everything they had ever burnt. Every night since reading the book brings a tide of omens. – Emily Banting, 1981 #VOH