Delighted to have received my contributor’s copy of @bansheepress.bsky.social’s 20th issue. ECHOES ON THE SEA is the final piece in the anthology — a post-Lovecraftian story about failing to end the world. Many thanks to @clarakiyoko.bsky.social for her excellent edits here. I’m proud of this one.

They're not very active in Bluesky, but Sci Fi Ireland (Ireland's first paid SF mag afaik) are looking for first readers and Irish language translators! I've met the editors and they seem like a decent bunch Gowan give it a go if you fancy getting involved

My safety net right now is that I work full-time and have a friend who rents me his spare room below market rates - which means the days of me writing a thousand words a day are long gone. I'm lucky if I can manage 1k a week and that's with no time for finding agents/submitting to magazines etc.

Wild that it’s already November, but that does mean the Trans People Take on the World bundle is live! Songs of Broken Bells is in here with a ton of other fantastic books by trans authors all of which have trans main characters! Get 32 trans books for just $35! ⬇️ itch.io/b/3352/trans...

“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”

Whose land this is I do not know The statue fell down long ago; No one will mind me stopping here    To watch the sand o’er ruins blow. My camel friend must think it queer    To rest with no oasis near    And precious little shade these days    Gives Ozymandias, I fear. (1/2)

Happy Halloween and welcome to 718. First, we meet the four runners-up and one winner of our first ever Halloween Flash Fiction Contest. Then, a classic tale about a man who inherits a house and the dark history that comes with it. talestoterrify.com/episodes/718-halloween-flash-contest-e-f-benson

I found a playground in the wastelands behind my house, in Donaghmede mighty humble and far from grand a battered, tattered sign there reads "I am OZYMANDIAS King of Swings Sit upon my teeter totter and despair" but the seesaw lies a broken thing recalling joys no longer there

If any of ye are around Wexford, I'll be doing a reading from my wee cosmic horror story THE TOWER, INVERTED in TALES FROM BEYOND VOL 2 at the launch event in Red Books Wexford @ 7pm Love to see more Irish SFF zines and anthologies coming out this year!

The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle is on #sale for Hallowe'en over on Itchio!: itch.io/s/165181/hal... If you're looking for a queer horror read for the season and are tired of the usual stuff, it might be worth a look! #horror #booksale #indiehorror #spookyreads #transhorror #queerhorror

So there's a movie called the Velocipastor about a priest who - get this - turns into a dinosaur to fight crime, and it might be the greatest movie I've ever seen

I was an ARC reader for this, and it's good stuff, especially if you want something that's kinda cozy and dark at the same time

Book launch news! Tomorrow, DREAD MONDAYS will be published by @whisperhousepress.bsky.social. Among many other great stories will be my own KOSCHEI'S THREAD. It's a terrific anthology by a terrific editor 🖤🎃🧠🧟 #WhisperHousePress #Horror #CostsOfLiving #DreadMondays #BookLaunch #booksky #horrorsky

I hate to give the Brits credit for anything, but I've yet to try a brown sauce other than HP that doesn't taste like actual death

COVER REVEAL AND RELEASE WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b

Violet Lichen Books (@apexmag.bsky.social's sister imprint) is open to novella queries until the witching hour on Halloween! 🖤🎃🌿 We're looking for speculative ecofiction, folk horror, Weird & New Weird, and surreal SF. Guidelines violetlichen.com/submissions Portal querytracker.net/query/Violet...

Finally made the switch feom Goodreads to Storygraph and I really love that: 1) The UI/UX is way more solid, and the app is just more reactive and resilient 2) Book giveaways aren't just a "be American or don't take part" feature That said... really not a fan of how reviews work 1/2

Today’s the day folks! Songs of Broken Bells is officially out in the world for your enjoyment. I hope you guys love it as much as I do 💕 Universal link: books2read.com/songsofbrokenbells Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro... Discounted (slightly damaged) copies: payhip.com/b/6fowY

Thank you checking out the Disco Elysium Wiki Project! We're a fan-run independent wiki for anything and everything Disco Elysium & other Elysium medias. Come check us out! discoelysium.wiki.gg

Songs of Broken Bells releases tomorrow!! In the meantime, I wanna host a little Q&A. What can I tell you about SoBB that will convince you it’ll be your next favorite read? lillylockwood.carrd.co#songsofbroke...

The Ones Who Visit Omelas Without Doing a Ton of Research But Then on the Tour of Omelas They’re Like “Wait What the Fuck Did the Tour Guide Just Say”

Props to Benjamin for sharing the details of his contract. Unfortunately no props to MRM because there's a lot of extremely outre stuff in here that I'd refuse to sign. Let's run it down. (Context: If you're negotiating a contract with Strange Horizons, I'm the person you're negotiating with.)

Just three more days until SoBB is out in the world!! Three more days until you can read about everyone’s favorite overprotective tree-elf boi. lillylockwood.carrd.co#songsofbroke... (Art by Nelsnote)

In just four days my debut novel will be out in the world for anyone to read! I’ve learned so much about writing and myself from this book, and I hope that even a few people can fall in love with the story as much as I have. lillylockwood.carrd.co#songsofbroke...

So happy to see this book getting recognition, I loved it. Congrats Gautam

It’s essentially an emergency that you see One Battle After Another in the cinema immediately. Sean Penn will win an Oscar & it has the best car chase in many years. And those aren’t in the top 3 best things about the film. Jesus shitting Christ.

Catherine Connolly wanted to do the funniest thing when she wins, her very first public video should be "I know a thing or two about smear campaigns. That's why I encourage everyone over the age of 25 to book theirs now!" #speirgorm #Irishpolitics #Áras25 #Aras25

This heartfelt and meaningful statement by Portland resident and author Cristina Breshears on another social media platform bears reposting here. I don't think the intent is to idealize Portland but to remind all of us what is important and why. (Posted here with permission.)

The e-book for Children of Gods and Fighting Men is £1.79 atm on Amazon www.amazon.co.uk/Children-God...

Hello! I am launching a ✨new✨ newsletter, starting in July. FIVE PROMPT FRIDAYS will deliver five random writing prompts into your inbox every Friday, 100% free to join! Sign up at the link below, and tell your friends! paul-carroll.kit.com/five-prompt-...

I am @octocon.bsky.social, selling books in the trade room. €1 per pb, €2 per hc, 50% discount for committee members and volunteers.

First two weeks of my new weekly Patreon comic is up and are free to read (the black and white and green version will be free, but parallel to that I’m doing a full colour version for patrons) come follow along at Patreon.com/pauljholden

In just 1 week my debut novel will be officially out in the world 🫨 It’s so hard to believe I wrote a book that people can actually read.

THE DEVOURERS is lightly discounted on Bookshop.org again, stick it to Prime Day if it is indeed Prime Day.

If you want a sample of what the Deadlands can bring YOU, please read my short story "doorbell dot mov" that they published just last year! psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

The global whaling industry experienced a boom c. 1840-1950 as technology allowed whalers to hunt the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. Under standard models, we would have expected krill populations to have *exploded*. Instead, they DROPPED exponentially. Let's talk about the KRILL PARADOX.

Having complained in the past about the dearth of #sff lit mags in Ireland, I'm delighted to see (and have a piece in) Labyrinthine's inaugural issue PHANTASMAGORIA Ireland's first #zine focusing on the gothic and the new weird and absolutely gorgeously designed heyzine.com/flip-book/0b...

I’ve admittedly fallen behind on posting SoBB snippets, but given that it comes out in LESS THAN TWO WEEKS 🙀 I figured it was time to remind you all about my writing. Pre-order ⬇️ Universal Link: books2read.com/songsofbrokenbells Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro...

THREE DAYS LEFT. This ebook is FREE for the next three days! On the night that humans all go out wearing monster masks, there’s a monster in a small Irish town wearing a human mask. #PucaFestival #Halloween #SpeirGorm #Samhain

Anyway, you can sign up to and read all of Shadows & Sorcery for free because it's my weird little project and I wanna share it with people. Never be without something to read again! shadowsandsorcery.substack.com #Fantasy #DarkFantasy #FantasyReads #FlashFiction #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity

The Apex Magazine 2026 Kickstarter is just over 25% funded! That means we're a quarter of the way to securing another year of dark speculative fiction! Will you help us get there? www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Any authors in the 🇵🇭 who managed to publish directly via B&N? A friend is asking how you worked around the US/UK/EU/CAN/AUS limitation without going through an aggregator like Draft2Digital. Thanks!

Translunar Traveler's Lounge is open for speculative fiction, 5000 words and under. Please check the guidelines before submitting, but other than that, don't self-reject. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Alright Bluesky, gimme your best movies/books/songs etc. for breakups. I'm talking the stuff that drills under the skin and then brings it home for the catharsis and the ugly crying

Is this the MOST Halloween book you'll ever read? Maybe, but it IS set around the Irish hill where the bonefires were first lit. It is a story about the very roots of Halloween; the horror, mythology, and the harvest festival that lies between life and death. #Halloween #Samhain #Tlachtga #SpeirGorm

Songs of Broken Bells releases October 17th, but you can make this indie debut author's day by pre-ordering it right now! Universal link: books2read.com/songsofbrokenbells Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro... (I recommend watching with the sound on 😊)

It would be extremely radical and very cool if I could get up to 10 pre-orders for Songs of Broken Bells (we’re halfway there!). Universal link: books2read.com/songsofbrokenbells (Paperbacks ordered from my payhip store come with a bookmark and art!) Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro...

You stand up as soon as the plane lands because you're in a rush to go nowhere. I stand up when the plane lands because I have Evil in my feet that cannot be contained. We are not the same

The best part of visiting Burger King is when the butcherman hops over the counter to lovingly place a crown on your head and says: "Here is your burger, king."

Tried to buy a mask before travelling - none in the supermarkets or the euro shop. Me: Any masks? Pharmacist: (cheerfully) No! Me: If not in a pharmacy, where can I get them? Pharmacist: *internal server error* Me: ... Pharmacist: Have you tried the supermarket or the euro shop? Unbelievable