Back on the 6th of September, IHC3 was unleashed on Weston-super-Mare. I should have taken more photos, but here are a few...

Had a blast at the Innsmouth Literary Festival 2025

I had the absolute honour of being in the first two books of the series, and it was an amazing experience. Now, book three is due out next month, and book four is being planned, and I'm so excited to see what they come up with. The authors they have lined up are incredible. 😱📚💙📚🩸

Books are all packed for next Saturday. Are you coming? INDIE HORROR CHAPTER 3 Saturday 6th September, The Royal Hotel, Weston-super-Mare. 11am-4:30pm. Free entry. 💙📚🩸📚😱

OUT NOW Within the Empire of the Moon and Stars the old world has fallen away, civilisation crumbles as strange shadows stir, and unseen things awake from ancient sleep. THE EMPIRE OF THE MOON AND STARS AND OTHER STORIES By Simon Bleaken 🩸📚😱📚💙

Innsmouth Literary Festival 2025 in King’s House Centre, Bedford, UK - 27th September. 🩸📚💙📚😱 Tickets on sale now. innsmouthgold.com/innsmouth-li...

“This is a world that time did not forget, but purposely left alone.” A Dark Roux by Blaine Daigle - Voodoo horror Today's #horror book recommendation #horrorbooks #ad amzn.to/4mPn4iS

We lost a talented writer back in March. Let's keep his stories alive. GHOSTS WILL HAUNT MY BONES 19 TALES OF HORROR EBook: baynambooks.co.uk/product/ghos... Paperback: baynambooks.co.uk/product/ghos... 😱📚💙📚🩸

On 6th September 40 indie horror authors will be gathering in the Royal Hotel, Weston-Super-Mare! I’ll be there selling signed copies of Beyond The Smoke And Shadow, plus I’ll be launching my new novella, Fragments at an exclusive price. Come and see us, it’s going to be an epic day! 💀🩸📚💙📚😱📚

Are you ready, UK? 🇬🇧 Just 2 weeks until Chapter 3: Weston Horror Book Con featuring over 40 authors from the UK and Europe 😱 Free to attend, with activities throughout the day and lots and lots of books 👻 🩸📚💙📚 😱

youtu.be/OvKQENoVbRk?... Welcome to the Innsmouth Literary Festival 25! September 27th, 2025 King's House Bedford 🩸📚💙📚😱

OUT NOW V.A. - BIO-MECHANIK. AURAL TRIBUTE TO THE ART OF H.R. GIGER (Published by Eighth Tower Records, dl + CD + Book) eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bio-me... Featuring music by vÄäristymä, and others #darkambient #industrialmusic #experimentalmusic #electronicmusic #dronemusic

I hear (ba dum tis!) that some of you love audiobooks! And guess what - I got some out in the world! Find them all on Audible or through author.to/stevestred

We're pleased to share the full cover by Robert H. Knox for the upcoming "King in Yellow" issue, dropping soon! #WeirdFictionQuarterly #WFQ #RobertHKnox #KingInYellow #Carcosa #FlashFiction #WeirdFiction

Twelve tales with a sense of place, each evoking the haunted environment in their own unique settings and styles. amzn.eu/d/96Zgqs5

HUGE thanks to The Horror Zine, Jeani Rector, and Jonathan Chapman for the wonderful review, up now on The Horror Zine's website! (Link in comments) #bookreview #literaryhorror #quiethorror #weirdfiction #strangetales @watertowerhill.bsky.social @jeanirector.bsky.social @thehorrorzine.bsky.social

Sunday reading was back to George Watertower & Other Childhood Terrors anthology from @watertowerhill.bsky.social & now finished. Hadn't intended to, but was hooked. Highly recommend this entertaining collection. You can almost here the 'Gather round, everyone. Are you sitting comfortably ...'

OUT NOW Available as: music CD and book - book only - music CD only - or digital download. Stories by: Chris McAuley, Edwin J. Buja, Michael F. Housel, Nora Peevy, Paolo L. Bandera, RDJ Armstrong, Scott J. Couturier, Simon Bleaken. 🩸📚💙📚😱

Stories born from a lifelong love of classic horror fiction and atmospheric weird tales, as well as contemporary horror. All available on Kindle Unlimited, or in paperback. Available from Amazon, Foyles, and Waterstones. 🩸📚💙📚😱

Welcome to Hotel Ethel. The last reservation you'll ever need. 23 Floors. 23 Ghosts. 23 Stories. Hotel of Haunts (2025) pre-orders are live on the Watertower Hill website! 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 $29.99 www.watertowerhill.com/product-page... 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 $19.99 www.watertowerhill.com/product-page... 🩸📚💙📚😱

Stories evoking the haunted environment, with elements of MR James, Campbell, and Lovecraft. Even a little Colin Dexter…. amzn.eu/d/elRwu5r Silence Next the Sea and Other Stories 💙📚😱📚🩸

👻 EVENT EXCLUSIVES at Weston Horror Book Con on 6 Sep 👻 You will need to be quick for this one! @davebjeffery.bsky.social will have VERY limited pre-release copies of This Way Lies Madness 😱 These books are stunning – foiled covers and printed edges – I’m salivating 🤩🖤 🩸📚😱📚💙

😱 5 WEEKS TO GO - WHAT WILL I WEAR? 😱 Grab your Indie Horror Chapter T-shirt or hoodie from indie-horror-chapter.printify.me EVENT EXCLUSIVE items👇 Branded tote bags £10 Bespoke Chapter 3 posters AND metallic pen £3 Every penny is reinvested to help us keep the events free to attend. 🩸📚😱📚💙

The Voyeur by Jim Ody is a fun-filled psychological/erotic thriller. As the mystery unfolds, the characters take you on a journey through a seedy underworld, carefully curated through the eyes of a voyeur. But what if someone else is watching? @jimodyauthor.bsky.social has nailed it again 📚💙🩸📚

My latest book is now six months old. The door is always open for you... THE EMPIRE OF THE MOON AND STARS by Simon Bleaken UK Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/author/simon... USA Amazon: a.co/d/coLs8om UK Amazon: amzn.eu/d/fsZ1uWL 😱📚🩸📚💙

The official Innsmouth Literary Festival 2025 T-shirt is here!You can pre-order at a discount price and collect on the day. Order here for collection at Innsmouth Literary Festival 25. www.innsmouthgold.com/innsmouth-li... Tickets for the ILF are available via the website or Eventbrite! 😱📚💙📚🩸

ON SALE NOW!

The Table of Contents for our imminent King in Yellow issue is now available. 60 500-word flash fiction pieces and poems about Chambers, Carcosa, and everyone's favorite ocher liege. We're joined by some new voices this time, and are honored to be able to share two unpublished poems by Joe Pulver.

US friends, From August 5th to August 12th, the Kindle version of my second short story collection, The Basement of Dreams, will be on sale! a.co/d/a3SE1R0 💙📚😱📚🩸

OUT NOW Available as: music CD and anthology, anthology only, music CD or digital download. Stories by: Chris McAuley, Edwin J. Buja, Michael F. Housel, Nora Peevy, Paolo L. Bandera, RDJ Armstrong, Scott J. Couturier, Simon Bleaken. eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bio-me... 😱📚💙📚🩸

OUT NOW Available as: CD and book - book only - CD only/digital download. Stories by: Chris McAuley, Edwin J. Buja, Michael F. Housel, Nora Peevy, Paolo L. Bandera, RDJ Armstrong, Scott J. Couturier, Simon Bleaken. eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bio-me... 😱📚💙📚🩸

A spooky mystery for fans of James Herbert and Elly Griffiths, Bleak Waters is a tale of family secrets, ghosts, loss, discovery… …and murder. Out now! Only £1.99 on #kindle or FREE on #KU mybook.to/BleakWaters #horror #booksky #horrorwriter #mystery #crimefiction #writingcommunity 🩸📚💙 👀📚⚡️ 📢📚

On sale now! UK friends, from the 19th to the 26th July, you can grab a Kindle copy of my latest book ‘The Empire of the Moon and Stars and Other Stories’ for only 99p on Amazon. Amazon link: amzn.eu/d/cgS6t5w Why not grab yourself a copy – and tell your friends, too. 💙📚😱📚🩸

Psst … Wanna buy a book? Out now from @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social

👻 CHECK THIS OUT 👻 Strange Frequencies by Richard Clive has been re-released and is soaring up the anthology charts. Eleven twisted tales - cosmic, supernatural, splatter, ghosts and monsters galore 😱

Don't miss the chance to read the latest issue of @perseidprophecies.bsky.social for free! My favorite stories in this issue were "Acts of Senseless Beauty" by @markpeters.bsky.social and "the Final Parting" by Simina Lungu. I've also got a story in there as well. Read and enjoy!

Ripples in Space, an anthology of first contact stories, is now available for preorder as an ebook! This anthology includes my story “Tract 16”, along with many other great tales. Paperback and softcover peroders start in August. Links are in the replies.

Three recent reads that I highly recommend. 'Ashes of August Manor’ by Blaine Daigle and ‘The Home’ by Judith Sonnet and Catriona Mowat’s debut ‘Beyond the Smoke and Shadow’. These are superb books. Atmospheric and chilling, and beautifully written. Seriously, look them up. 💙📚😱📚🩸

UK friends, from the 19th to the 26th July, you can grab a Kindle copy of my latest book for a reduced price on Amazon. This collection contains 16 tales, all previously published, together for the first time in one collection. Amazon link: amzn.eu/d/cgS6t5w 💙📚🩸📚😱

If an enigmatic stranger stirred up the dark secrets of your village… And the ghosts of your youth returned to haunt you… What price would you pay to find the truth? Bleak Waters - a #supernatural #mystery, out now. mybook.to/BleakWaters #booksky #mystery #horror #thriller 🩸📚💙 📢📚⚡️ 👀📚🩸

Indie Horror Chapter at Weston-super-Mare on the 6th of September. Free entry. See you there? 🩸📚😱📚💙

INNSMOUTH LITERARY FESTIVAL 25 - Saturday 27th Sept, King’s House Centre, Bedford. Current confirmed guests: Mike Mason, John Houlihan, Paul Fricker, Anna Smith-Spark, David Hambling, Ally Wilkes, CJ Hooper, Matthew Wood, Zoe Burgess, Simon Bleaken, with more TBA. Tickets are available now. 💙📚🩸📚😱

All roads lead to Derry. #ItWelcomeToDerry is coming this October to HBO Max.

Shadow of Chaos by Tim Mendees is out today from Eerie River Publishing Paperbacks are available anywhere books are sold. eBook available on Amazon and always free with Kindle Unlimited. books2read.com/shadowofchaos/ 💙📚😱📚🩸

Thanks to @georgesreads.bsky.social for a great review in FanFiAddict of @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's THE EXTRA! "Curtois’ The Laws of The Skies, meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers, in this minimalist but fucking terrifying sci-fi horror mystery." shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-...

This unique urban vampire story pits the powers of faith against an ancient, dark power of evil - proving once again, that dispatching the master vampire is by far no easy task. hellboundbookspublishing.com/synagoguehor... #horror #horrorbooks #books

It's hot out there... looking for some chills? THE EMPIRE OF THE MOON AND STARS & Other Stories 16 stories, previously published, gathered together for the first time. Out now in paperback, Kindle and on Kindle Unlimited. 💙📚🩸📚😱

Some books keep you awake but The Fovea Experiments by M.J. Mars will have you terrified to ever sleep again! A bloody demonic novel that'll freak you out. I highly recommend it.

Social media is exhausting. Buy my book. I'll give you a couple of my other horror books for free if you do, just drop me a message somewhere with proof and they're yours. 🩸📚 mybook.to/V9ulh

16 tales of horror… Strange entities, body horror, gothic horror, folk horror, Cthulhu Mythos, Sci-Fi horror, terrible experiments, ancient mysteries, and cosmic forces unleashed. THE EMPIRE OF THE MOON AND STARS & Other Stories Out now in paperback, Kindle and on Kindle Unlimited. 💙📚🩸📚😱