Laura Elliott

@tinywriterlaura

Disabled writer of things. Bad at being on BlueSky. Debut horror novel AWAKENED out now with Angry Robot Books. ‘An impressive debut worth losing sleep over’ - New York Times

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Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· 21d

27. Headlights by CJ Leede a dark horror in the vein of Thomas Harris and Stephen King that takes a long, gory look at the land and history that makes up the US

Laura’s hand holding the book Headlights, featuring a wolf with stylised blood pouring onto its face

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· 21d

THE LATEST EDEN BOOK SOCIETY COLLECTION HAS ARRIVED THIS IS THE BEST WEDNESDAY EVER @deadinkbooks.bsky.social

Eight very beautiful novellas in different colours, patterned as though faux-victoriana arranged side by side on a wooden coffee table, the photo taken from above

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· 23d

26. The Sundial by Shirley Jackson one of the few novels by Jackson that i hadn’t read yet, and one of her best imo. pleasingly dark and also very funny in (as I posted earlier today) a dry, ‘all of these characters are absurd without knowing it of themselves’ kind of a way

Laura’s hand holding the book The Sundial by Shirley Jackson, featuring a young girl lying on the floor next to a doll’s house

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· 27d

hercule purrot and benoit barks are negotiating

A brown and white puppy with a white speckled face, wearing a red collar, looks over his shoulder towards the camera from where he’s standing at the bottom of the stairs. On the stares a white cat with grey markings and a black moustache is peering at him, their noses very close together

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· 28d

i don’t remember planting a dog for summer

A brown and white puppy with a majority-white face with brown and black speckles sits neatly in the lower square of a raised planter in a garden, staring at the camera

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· 28d

25. Hookland Fragments Volume One by David Southwell a gorgeous meander through @hookland.bsky.social’s fertile ghost soil, and an absolute pleasure to read

Laura’s hand holding the book Hookland Fragments, which has a black cover with a white etching of a bear playing with bones

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jul 13

I HAVE BEEN BLESSED @clhellisen.bsky.social

Laura’s hand holding a proof copy of The Shape of Monsters by CL Hellisen, featuring a green background with a stag’s head rising from the bottom of the book

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jul 11

24. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson i re-read this whenever i need a reminder of how effectively language can be used in a novel yes book two is going FINE why do you ask?! 🫣

Laura’s hand holding the book the haunting of hill house by Shirley Jackson, featuring a woman’s silhouette upside-down against a thicket of trees

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jul 10

Benni is the only one of us pleased with heatwave Kitchen Bed

An inflatable double bed on the kitchen floor with a blue floral sheet over it and pillows. On the bed is a happy brown and white puppy with a mostly white speckled face, looking into the camera with his mouth open and tongue lolling out

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jul 9

my dog is very handsome

A brown and white puppy with fluffy brown ears, a majority-white face with brown and black speckles, sits on a grey patio staring curiously at the camera, with a purple tennis ball between his front paws

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jul 7

the duality of dog

A white and brown puppy with a majority-white face with brown speckles sits under a garden table with his tongue hanging out, staring directly into the camera as though giving a big smile

The same white and brown puppy underneath the table, now lying down and giving a suspicious side-eye at the camera

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jul 6

2 months today since we adopted Benni. he’s grown so much! 🥺😭

Laura, a white woman with cropped red hair wearing a light denim jacket holds a small white and brown puppy in her arms, her eyes closed as the puppy licks her face

The same puppy, much larger and looking more like a teen dog, his face mostly white with brown spots, stares at the camera as he sits in the sun in his basket at home

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jul 4

progress with the babies: after 7 weeks of new pup Benni, Hercule is now confident enough to sit on my knee staring disdainfully at him without having to run off to another room when he approaches PEACE IN OUR TIMES

Photo taken from Laura’s perspective of a large white cat with grey markings sitting on her knee on an armchair, staring out at a brown and white puppy as he stands from his basket and walks towards him

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 28

woke up this morning to the face of a puppy who was very grateful we came home last night after cruelly abandoning him* for the day to go to my step-brother’s wedding *having our 2 good friends move into the house to take care of him for 12 hours while we were away

A close up photo of a brown and white puppy with a mostly white face with brown speckles and dark eyes, lying on a white bedcover on a bed in the kitchen. The photo is taken from an angle that accentuates the length of his nose as he stares up at the camera sweetly, looking as though he’s relieved and happy to see someone

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 26

23. Come Sing for the Harrowing by @dancoxon.bsky.social this is an excellent, eerie collection of new-weird folk horror short stories. my personal favourites were The Wives of Tromisle, A Broken Vessel, Our Sister of Blackthorn, The Darkness Below, and Long Gone (Slight Return)

Laura’s hand holding the book Come Sing for the Harrowng by Dan Coxon, featuring a woodcut image of a face peering out of a winter wood

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 26

hercule purrot would like to register his displeasure regarding the heat

A large fluffy white cat with grey markings and a black moustache lying flat on his back on the tiled floor between the bathroom and hall, all four of his legs in the air as he displays his belly and tilts his face towards the camera

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 25

Benni thinks the downstairs bed has been set up just for him! (it sort of was set up mostly for him because i didn’t want to cook my puppy in the bedroom overnight)

A brown and white puppy with a mostly white face with brown speckles and dark eyes sits on a double mattress bed on a kitchen floor, his head cocked enquiringly at the camera

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 25

it’s time for a sale! for one day only (25th June) you’ll be able to get Awakened on kindle for less than… well, basically anything else you need to buy these days, so go go go summer horror fans! @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social UK: amzn.eu/d/0bvnPgb3 US: a.co/d/0dngAfYo

Publicity still showing Awakened on an Amazon kindle, listed in an orange bubble with £0.74 for the UK price and $0.99 for the US price. ‘For one day only on 25th June 2026, follow the link to redeem today!

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 24

it’s 35C in the bedroom and i simply refuse to do that so the next few nights we’ll be on floorbed in the kitchen with a summer sheet sleepover party as the climate collapses i guess

A double bed (well, the mattress) on the floor of a kitchen backed up against the worktops, with blue patterned pillows and a loose white sheet as a cover

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 24

fucking NOPE

Thermostat showing 28 degrees Celsius in the living room

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 24

8:20am - 9:00am in the living room with all the windows closed and blinds shut 😭 my body wasn’t designed for this

Picture of a thermostat reading 25.5 degrees Celsius

Picture of a thermostat reading 26 degrees Celsius

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 23

an ataxia birthday is never my favourite, but mum brought round a gluten-free Colin the Caterpillar cake this afternoon and i ate his smiling face happy 35 years alive to me! (sorry Colin) 🐛

A front-photo of Colin the caterpillar cake, showing a white chocolate face with milk chocolate eyes, sitting on a plate on a garden table in the sun

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 22

this year’s garden peonies to bless your timeline!

A number of large pink peony flowers and green leaves in strong summer sunlight, propped up by garden cane

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 21

22. Like a Cat Loves a Bird by James Bailey A new biography of Muriel Spark, looking at 9 specific periods of her life and how her image & writing evolved over her lifetime. A genuinely entertaining and engaging read, by someone who very obviously adores her work

Laura’s hand holding the red and purple book Like a cat loves a bird: the 9 lives of Muriel Spark by James Bailey, showing a black and white picture of Muriel holding her black cat on the cover

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 21

21. The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark apparently Spark considered this (incredibly short!) book one of her best, and i think having read it slowly i can see how subtle it is, despite on the surface being quite simple. recommended as a brief afternoon read!

Laura’s hand holding the white book with red lettering, Muriel Spark’s The Driver’s Seat - from the Penguin Archive

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 20

i was at my mum’s for a few days and now i’m back my dog keeps looking at me like this whenever he senses i might be about to get up and go somewhere

A medium white and brown puppy with a speckled face lying against a grey sofa looking as though he’s primed to get to his feet - he’s looking up with a suspicious side-eye directly at the camera

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 14

morning Womble! After finishing Muriel Spark’s The Driver’s Seat a few days ago I’ve moved on to this excellent Spark biography by my pal James - so far, 60 pages in and loving it

Laura’s hand holding the red and pink hook Like a Cat Loves a Bird by James Bailey, featuring a middle aged Muriel spark holding her black cat on her shoulder

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 10

my puppy is learning to lie down on command and i feel like a proud parent

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 10

It received 4 stars from SFX magazine (which made me scream out loud!) AND i got to do a little debut author interview for them, which was ridiculously cool

A photo of a page from SFX magazine showing Laura’s picture and also text for a side bar interview alongside her book

Laura Elliott@tinywriterlaura· Jun 10

this time last year was the book launch for my debut novel, Awakened - and what a year it’s been for my dark little story of dystopian medicine, monsters & technology!🧵