Has anyone among my geeky friends played Trench Crusade? Our eldest as shown an interest - at first glance it looks VERY dark, but interesting lore and a decent game system.

In case you missed it at the end of last week, here's the updated Cover Reveal bingo card with WRITING THE REAL added. There's still a mystery book scheduled for next month... I'm not going to lie, at this stage it might get knocked back to August. But it's coming...

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)

New book! The fifth in the series @dancoxon.bsky.social and I edit for Dead Ink. Guidance and reflections on creative non-fiction from the likes of @jennashworth.bsky.social, @adamjfarrer.bsky.social, @tracyking.bsky.social, @noreenmasud.bsky.social and more! deadinkbooks.com/products/wri...

Coming 10th September - the FIFTH book in our Writing... series for Dead Ink Books! This one's on creative non-fiction, including memoir, autofiction and personal essays, from the likes of Kit de Waal, Kirsty Logan, Nikesh Shukla & many more Open for preorders now: deadinkbooks.com/products/wri...

I've been working on these two bad boys for the last few weeks. Two Boomdakka Snazzwagons, made from the same kit but with pieces swapped/modded from the remains of an Ork Trukk (note the crushed Fanta cans in the interior if you zoom in!) #warhammerpainting #warhammer40k #armageddon #orks

Everyone was out last night so I finally got around to watching this. Can't help thinking it would make an interesting double bill with A Dark Song. Might wreck me though.

20km walked. Don't have the official time yet, but around 4hrs 20 (including stops). Tired, but good. Also, I still need £10 to hit my sponsorship target. I can rely on you, right? mightyhikesfundraising.macmillan.org.uk/fundraising/...

Doing some research today. Honestly. #lovemyjob

The Doctor is played by Mackenzie Crook. He's grown tired and bored of all the save-the-Universe bullshit and has settled down in a cottage in Dorset, mending clocks. Each episode ends with him sitting in a darkened room filled with silent, broken clocks, crying.

Dear BBC journalists, you really do not have to 'debate' every far-right talking point that pops up on your X feed. It is not "deeply contentious" to suggest non-white people can't be English. It's racist. The word you're looking for is racist

I have a couple of review copies of my new novella WHERE ONCE HE STOOD, if anyone would like one. A strange tale of a missing child, time travel, and Satanic worship in suburbia. Message me if you want one, with details of where you review, and I'll do my best to get one to you.

Hit Cymera Book Festival and came home with lots horror novels: Stephen Graham Jones x2, Sunyi Dean, Charlotte Cross, Amy Jane Stewart. Haunted houses, Kowloon ghosts, vampire reckonings, and a Scottish fairy tale with a body count. Full haul review at.

Great start to #Cymera2026 yesterday with @dancoxon.bsky.social @richardstrachan.bsky.social @alexpheby.bsky.social and Hanna Kaner discussing character, worldbuilding, magic and some writing advice to take home: “If you think something you’re writing is ‘too weird’ the double down on the weird”

Thoroughly enjoyed being on the Writing the Magic panel at @cymerafestival.co.uk yesterday, with @dancoxon.bsky.social, Hannah Kaner and @alexpheby.bsky.social. Great discussion and audience questions!

It's exactly a week until I undertake a 20km hike with our 14-year-old, raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. If you can give a few pounds to a wonderful charity (and two pairs of aching feet), please follow the link. mightyhikesfundraising.macmillan.org.uk/fundraising/...

TONIGHT'! It's not too late to grab a ticket: www.foyles.co.uk/events/10-ye...

Fair play. It's exactly what I would have done. www.cbsnews.com/news/oetzi-t...

A reminder that I'm raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support on the 20km Mighty Hike next weekend. All sponsorship is gratefully received - they do wonderful work. I'll also be supporting our 14-year-old along the way! mightyhikesfundraising.macmillan.org.uk/fundraising/...

A mere two days to go now!

Dan is one of the most enthusiastic, positive and knowledgable editors I've worked with. Also one of the busiest...! Well worth getting some time with his brain if you can.

If you want to write strange and unsettling stories like Backrooms, you should probably grab a ticket to my workshop at Cymera Festival on Saturday. Just saying.

I'm walking 20k for Macmillan Cancer Support in 11 days' time with our eldest, but basically forgot about it and now have a little over a week to raise sponsorship. All of which is a long-winded way of saying PLEASE SPONSOR ME. mightyhikesfundraising.macmillan.org.uk/fundraising/...

Happening this Thursday! Such a great lineup of writers, plus there's wine, goodie bags - it's a party! Tickets still available below: www.foyles.co.uk/events/10-ye...

Signed copies now at Waterstones Ipswich - plus a staff recommendation! Booksellers are the best.

Dan Coxon's Come Sing for the Harrowing: folk horror in a Brixton Tesco, a medieval theme park, the Cheddar Gorge, a tropical resort. 18 stories that rebuild the subgenre from the inside out. @dancoxon.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social

A stunning review of my collection Come Sing for the Harrowing over at @gnofhorror.com. It's so great when a reader 'gets' what you're trying to do, and this has it in every sentence. I feel seen (in a good way). gnofhorror.com/dan-coxon-co...

One week to go! Looking forward to being on this panel at the Cymera Festival with Dan Coxon, Alex Pheby and Hannah Kaner.

Where Once He Stood is out today from @blackshuckbooks! A weird novella about hauntings, suburban Satanism, and a missing child. Really proud of this one, and the positive reaction it's already received. Grab a copy direct from Black Shuck below: blackshuckbooks.co.uk/where-once-h...

👻 HAPPY RELEASE DAY 👻 Where Once He Stood by @dancoxon.bsky.social has hit the world 😱 A missing person crime narrative expertly blended with Satanic horror; a modern suburban folk tale about disappearing houses and lost children – and the leap of faith required to bring them home. 🩸📚😱📚💙📢📚

My weather app has gone mad.

Due October 2026, Collective: The Collaborative Art of Anthologies (Eds. Dan Coxon & Pete W Sutton) features our Neil Williamson on writers' group collections -- something we have experience at! Preorder now at the link below: @lunapress.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @dancoxon.bsky.social

If you saw Writing the Magic on the British Fantasy Awards shortlist and were intrigued, you can join me at Cymera Festival on Friday 5 June for a panel with three of the contributors: Hannah Kaner, Alex Pheby & Richard Strachan. Both in-person & livestream. www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...

Just a reminder that this is coming out NEXT WEEK, but it's not too late to pre-order a copy. Aliya Whiteley liked it, I think you will too. Details and pre-orders below. blackshuckbooks.co.uk/where-once-h...

Well that's a good way to kick off the bank holiday weekend! WRITING THE MAGIC has been shortlisted for this year's British Fantasy Awards!! Thanks to all the contributors, @deadinkbooks.bsky.social, and congratulations to all the other shortlistees across all categories. You're all amazing!

If you're at Cymera Festival in a couple of weeks, I'm teaching a workshop on the Saturday. We'll be looking at the Weird and the Uncanny, and how we can use them to create atmosphere in our fiction. Full details and tickets via the link! #writing www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...

Okay, I take it back - *this* is my favourite Amazon review so far. The book still doesn't have many reviews, though, so if you've read it then please do leave your thoughts for Mr Bezos.

We're in the window at Waterstones Islington for our event tonight, and I'm happy.

Join us at Waterstones Islington tomorrow night! Myself, Will Maclean and Lucie McKnight Hardy, discussing the strange, the Uncanny, and our beautiful new books. Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/will-... #London #books

Tomorrow night!! The Tube strikes have been postponed, so you have no excuse for not making it along to the ONLY London event that I'm doing for COME SING FOR THE HARROWING. Also - Will Maclean and Lucie McKnight Hardy with my two favourite books of this year so far. Tickets still available below!

MASSIVE news from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social this Monday morning! They've announced this beautiful new anthology, Beasts of England, coming this September - and I'm in it! Such a great lineup, and some amazing illustrations by Michael Lacey to accompany the book...

The updated 2026 cover reveals bingo card! I know you've been waiting for this... COME SING FOR THE HARROWING (@clashbooks.bsky.social) and the NEVER LAND chapbook (@salopress.bsky.social) are out now, WHERE ONCE HE STOOD (@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social) is out at the end of the month...

Only a couple of weeks until this is out! A strange story of lost children, time travel, and suburban dark magic. Pre-orders open now at Black Shuck Books (link below)! @unamccormack.bsky.social blackshuckbooks.co.uk/where-once-h...

I guess we shouldn't be surprised by the BBC's bias at this point. A puff piece for the Israeli #Eurovision entry, during which no one else gets a word in. Israeli casualties are represented as fact while Palestinian casualties are "considered reliable by the UN". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Only one week to go! Join me, Will Maclean and Lucie McKnight Hardy at Waterstones Islington next Tuesday, for a discussion of all things strange and spooky. Solace House and Night Babies are both fantastic, so I strongly recommend picking up copies while you're there! Ticket link in the thread.

Delivery of these stunning short story chapbooks by @andrewhook.bsky.social, @dancoxon.bsky.social and Aliya Whiteley. Part of @salopress.bsky.social's new Infidelities series