Happy #Caturday from Void Baby, trying on his chic new winter bandana as he stares into the time vortex

Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky! So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale#stillspooky Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT. 1/6

A real bargain and a total of *counts carefully* an absolute spaffload of stories. Dark Stars, Wyrms 2 and The Book of Drabbles contain stories by me but I'm afraid it's not possible to have those removed before purchase.

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Final teases for our charity print anthology! It has to be post-apocalypse time (a favourite genre for our Ed). These three writers truly nailed the end of the world; brutal and beautiful writing 🦝 Grab a copy here: mybook.to/WhatComesToL... @thejokelark.bsky.social @maireadwrites.bsky.social

Seeing Belém in the news makes me think about my li'l cryptid friend from this story last year. Hope he's up on a roof, watching. He may be a city boy these days but the rainforest made him. trashcatlit.com/the-unknown-...

Okay, I'm in (but not specifically for Sam Rockwell's hobo juice).

Bookmail! October sale pickups! From Influx Press! They arrived over a week ago but the cats liked sitting on the parcel and it is illegal to move them!

Seeing Belém in the news makes me think about my li'l cryptid friend from this story last year. Hope he's up on a roof, watching. He may be a city boy these days but the rainforest made him. trashcatlit.com/the-unknown-...

Cheeky lad in the back garden tonight who is this arsed about being observed: not remotely arsed

I can't wait for The Running Man to be in cinemas! Not because I want to see it but because it feels like the trailer has played before EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN FILM I'VE BEEN TO SEE FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS and once it's out they have to stop

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

award season approaching...please consider nominating my works/share this post! all stories are linked on my website www.elenasichrovsky.com/fiction

I made an awards eligibility post! I always feel a bit embarrassed doing these, but I'm really proud of these stories and extremely grateful to the editors who've published them

No, I don't want to "quickly hop on a call with you". I want to bump into you at random on a rain-lashed heath, nod at you in silent mutual admiration as we watch a buzzard gliding smoothly over a dramatic chicane in the river, then get the fuck on with my day

Thanks again to Rat Bag Lit for publishing my sci-fi short about horrible time-sucking tortoise aliens. Been lucky enough to get into Trash Cat, Silly Goose and now Rat Bag, has anyone done a starter pack of quirky animal lit mags?

It's genuinely worth a quick check of the advanced moderation settings as there's plenty I'm sure people would like to tweak but aren't aware that they can.

Train platform 18_C....Collab with my partner @ekellystudio.bsky.social

HEY! Get yourself a Big Green Books Advent Calendar. Choose from 4, 6 or 12 books. Unwrap a new surprise book every few days in the run up to Christmas. Books will be individually picked based on what you enjoy reading. Info HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-... PLEASE SHARE

A distinct Void Baby theme to the cards this year. No complaints.

Today's story is "A Taste for Time" by Leigh Loveday. @leighloveday.bsky.social #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros ratbaglit.substack.com/p/a-taste-fo...

UK folks, THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR is a monthly Kindle deal for November: just 99p! Often this sort of deal leads to price-matching at other online retailers, too. Happy reading!

Cheers to JP for bumping my bad-tempered dead Medusa story and many more Trash Family wins! www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/under-a...

Love a Luna Novella and these ones couldn't be in two safer pairs of hands...es. Andrew's previous outing Ashes of the Ancestors is also excellent and I have told him so TO HIS FACE.

Word-related things I enjoyed in Spain: - The almost-swearing retail outlets Friking and Pasta Basta - Trips on luxury yatches offered at Puerto Marina - Marine fauna beachfront sign praising Málaga's wonderful bottoms

So long for now, Spain. Your vibes were immaculate.

So long for now, Spain. Your vibes were immaculate.

Want your reading chops round something uncanny and yet agonisingly relatable? Yeah, so we have that in our print anthology - and another 24 stories to boot. Raising money for charity, go grab a copy... mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 1/2

What I'm taking from this is that urban foxes have a poor understanding of sun lounger etiquette.

Was a bit underwhelmed by the original Black Phone after all the hype. But just went to see Black Phone 2 because it looked like it was going off in a genuinely interesting new direction and - nope, underwhelmed again. Most horrifying thing in it is an American actor trying to say 'twat'.

Want to read something a little folky, a little mystical? Our print anthology has that among its 27 glorious short fictions. Here are some teases to tantalise your storybuds 🦝 Then click here to buy our book and help raise money for charity 💜 mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 1/2

Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall! Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.

Honestly more fun than I expected. Does it take its time getting there? Yep. Is the plot stupid? Oh, cretinous. Are light cycles still cool in 2025? OF COURSE THEY ARE

We’ve nearly doubled our intended total — and I’ve sneakily left the page open so you can still secure the world-exclusive new writing anthology by donating any amount to Macmillan tonight. Thank you @rhi.bsky.social for a glorious title. www.justgiving.com/page/somewhe...

#Caturday with the Shadow and the Void

Means a lot to get this one back out into the world - thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social for taking it on! Also inordinately pleased they chose 'Perseus with the Head of Medusa' to go with it as there's a rare replica at the fancy gardens near me. You bad bugger, Perseus 🐍

Went to see Good Boy. Spent the whole film feeling violently protective of the good boy. INDY SWEET BABY DON'T WORRY IT WILL ALL BE OKAY PROBABLY

The light is on for Leigh Loveday! @leighloveday.bsky.social💡 “Under Aegis” is a breathtaking story of loss and rage that breathes new life into old mythology. Check out Leigh’s incredible writing over at the site!

Important Void Baby update: one full year of chaos

"We've written some ourselves..."

I have over 12,000 followers here. If each one of you pledged just £1 each to the Kickstarter we’d be deep into stretch goals by now. Just a thought: www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

Got one! Nice tactile paperback of What Comes to Light, a @trashcatlit.bsky.social charity anthology with a story by me and 26 better ones by other writers. But how many of them have taken photos with cats in? Get a copy! All proceeds to the Wildlife Trusts! Save a stoat! mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

Got one! Nice tactile paperback of What Comes to Light, a @trashcatlit.bsky.social charity anthology with a story by me and 26 better ones by other writers. But how many of them have taken photos with cats in? Get a copy! All proceeds to the Wildlife Trusts! Save a stoat! mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

I just backed They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd) on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

Hello new followers! If you've joined me after my spooky settings task for @cbcreative.bsky.social, you might want to check out my micro-collection of three short horror stories with new twists on old settings. It's a lunch-break steal at 0.99 on kindle or free on Kindle U! amzn.eu/d/b2ySJKM

Currently at: — only buy tech too old to have AI built in — painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well — if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool — if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts — patiently wait for the crash

GNU Jilly Cooper. Jilly and dad were friends and the only person I’ve known to call him ‘Tel’. Hope they’re both having a big drink somewhere.

Happy #Caturday night from Void Baby, a sweet blameless creature who has never even considered let alone committed a single crime.

Our Book Club pick for October is here and it’s a Halloween special – Dark Matter by Michelle Paver is a terrifying 1930s ghost story set in the haunting wilderness of the far north. Join us! www.hayfestival.com/p-24395-hay-...

A treasure amongst treasures - where is your copy of What Comes to Light? Twenty-seven incredible short fictions available to buy now and raising funds for @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social mybook.to/WhatComesToL... Find out more and get story teases here: trashcatlit.com/what-comes-t...