The Solicited Writers for Uncanny Issue 75 include @aliettedebodard.com, @johnchu.bsky.social, @rsagarcia.bsky.social, @naomikritzer.bsky.social, @samtasticbooks.com, @sarahpinsker.bsky.social, @tananarivedue.bsky.social, & @tansyrr.bsky.social! WE CAN DO THIS! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

Need something green that won’t give you parasites and explosive diarrhea?

It's here! The haunted swimming pool book is ALIVE, and available wherever books are sold! Check it out if you like: spooks, mysterious things beneath the surface, plucky true crime girlies, and hardcore 2006 nostalgia*. *sorry not sorry for the earworms

Just over two months to go before the print edition of The Shape of Monsters is running feral! Preorders here! www.panmacmillan.com/authors/cl-h...

TONIGHT!!!

hercule purrot and benoit barks are negotiating

age 18 having not slept at all on an overnight solo flight from England - New Zealand totalling i think about 18 hours travel time & so around 30ish hours awake, i saw a dog in the airport and excitedly greeted it, only to realise it was a sniffer dog & its reaction to me suggested i had drugs

i’ve never had the being naked stress dream but i always know something is bothering me when i start dreaming about sharks, always in a vivid story where i must cross a stretch of water to do something absolutely vital only to feel the first bump against my leg as other people are dragged under

"You come up with a slogan for the ice cream shop?" "Sure did boss, real fuckin haunting just like you asked." "what"

Exciting news is that I'll be at Blackwell's in Edinburgh on September 24th, chatting with @annabelcwrites.bsky.social about The Shape of Monsters! Catch us because we're awesome and also books are neat! deets in alt text

Ah! Tis #portfolioday , apparently! I'm an Illustrator in love with books and all forms of published ephemera. Whimsey here, that is not afraid of the dark. thomassbrown.com I would love to work with you.

i don’t remember planting a dog for summer

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Félix Labisse.

It's release day for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS! Garrodigh is a wild dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. But what's waiting for him up there is far stranger than he imagines. I'm so proud of my dragon for finally escaping into the world!

According to Cinema Chords our anthology Unearthed is one of the most anticipated for the second half of the year, and who am I to disagree? cinemachords.com/2026-most-an...

Tomorrow I'll be in Kirkcaldy and it won't be for skating! I'm chatting to @rtorrubia.com about their debut fantasy novel The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver at Waterstones Promises to be an interesting evening, so come through, lovely fellow Fifers!

I hadn't appreciated what C.L. Nolan meant by being able to know a feral church by its 'enfolding sense of green communion' until I entered one. Now I get it. Step into a feral church and there's a palpable sense of something profoundly old, profoundly untamed dwelling within. – #MattAdams, 1982

"Verify your age." I remember when there was only one TV in the house and it only had 5 channels

FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE

TOMORROW www.waterstones.com/events/chill...

I HAVE BEEN BLESSED @clhellisen.bsky.social

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Look what beauty is here! @hookland.bsky.social

i want to pet the forbidden kitty

Sorry but this is very funny. Avoid... the entire day!! Every single article offering advice presumes that we can just pause our lives. www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Last day to apply to my novel in a year class with @storystudiochicago.bsky.social! Bring me your horror, crime, fantasy, science fiction, and weird stuff! I even took on a nonfiction book last time. Let’s write. Details here: www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...

it’s a bad time to live in england with a heat-sensitive medical condition. once more i must complain that i have not been sent to the seaside to take the air during a temperate drizzly summer circa 1850

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

my dog is very handsome

bought my copy!

a total eclipse of the heart 😭

Links to purchase available 4pm GMT on Thursday.

my regular income is in freelance copywriting most of the time & i just love how all the job boards atm are filled with £40p/h jobs that you then click on to discover it’s tech bros wanting real writers to fix their terrible AI output and like… no thank you. i’d rather starve.

After taking some time to rest and recharge our crystals, just wanted to say THANK YOU for every pre-order pledge, share, and comment. Weird Sisters: Covenant is 106% funded (and counting). The Weird Sisters will soon fly—follow for updates (and to live deliciously)... #booksky #horrorsky #witch

the duality of dog

Imagine if biohacking meant making sure everyone had a place to live, free time for hobbies and relationships, enough to eat and protection from climate crisis rather than spending millions to get you seven months more on this good planet to be an absolute cock in.

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

Visit our Kickstarter before 17:00 BST to grab your grimoire and magical perks (before the discounts and exclusive sets, with original floriography by @jessicarosehorror.bsky.social, disappear): kck.st/4ni8q56! #horrorsky #horrorart #indiepublishing #womenled #booksky #kickstarter #witch #filmsky

Attn: witches! 🖤 It’s the final day to pre-order Weird Sisters: Covenant! Visit our Kickstarter before 17:00 BST to grab your book and perks: kck.st/4ni8q56! #weirdsisters #books #booksky #horrorsky #horror #kickstarter #crowdfunding #preorder #giveaway #witch #witchyvibes #filmsky #endingsoon

sitting by the back door & heard the primary school kids in the playground creating lore for the person (me) who throws their footballs back, aligned with occasionally hearing a cat (ours) meow when it happens. delighted to report i’m now a half-human cryptid. LIFE GOAL REALISED

It's the final 24 hours of our Weird Sisters: Covenant pre-order. ⏰ The Kickstarter will close down at 17:00 BST on Mon 6 July... If you’d like to claim a discounted copy of the book, and treat yourself to exclusive perks before they're gone, visit kck.st/4ni8q56! #weirdsisters #books #horror

Hope yesterday was fun for everyone! Today? Maybe read a novel about the disease known as colonialism. Sincerely, An author born and raised in a US colony

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Robbie Trevino.

by her own admission my mum ‘doesn’t like anything that couldn’t be real’ but got a daughter who loves fantasy and writes weird, gothic, sci-fi horror for a living. she proofread my debut novel & has 3 copies at home & will be proofreading all books in the future (since she’s great at it!)

it’s been a week since the heatwave ended & even with the back door open for most of the day every day & all the windows open to let the cool air in, the living room has only just dropped to 21C. i hate having a brick end of terrace on the edge of a school playground!!! 😭😭😭

SUCCESS!!!

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

I'm backing this! Help us reach the finish line!

sorry no absolutely not we cannot agree

57 hours to go and only £110 left to bring this stunning book to print! who’s going to take it over the line?