Today is the day! Or a day, anyway. The Call in its spanking new cover is available right... this... second... in bookshops across Ireland and the UK. Woohoo! My publisher sent me flowers too 😀

LATIBULATE. Pass it on.

Every teen girl wants to read stories about it being the far future and yet it’s all just men named Johnson or Thompson smoking and rolling up their shirt sleeves, and talking about whether or not they’re going to see their mistress before the end of the world

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

OKAY GANG BUCKLE UP we are PUBLISHERS MARKETPLACE OFFICIAL for WICKHILLS Thank you to @mkcurry.bsky.social and @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social and @torbooks.bsky.social for making it happen! Prepare for me to NOT SHUT UP ABOUT THIS MOTHERFUPPIN BOOK (when I am less busy)

"[SAUÚTI TERRORS delves] into themes of feminine rage & empowerment, of self-identity & place, of family, societal expectations & everything in-between all while told through the lens of a new world with a lush history of lore, legend, & deities all its own." Thank you to @candacenola.bsky.social 🔥

Wonderful review of WITCHCRAFT over on Uncomfortably Dark by @candacenola.bsky.social www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/02-02-2... #Booksky #HorrorWriting

New #Bookpost a copy of Beyond and Within - Witchcraft Folk & Horror Short Stories edited by Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane - thanks to Flame Tree Press

Lovely to see copies of #BeyondandWithinWitchcraft in the hands of contributors! To get yours… www.amazon.co.uk/Witchcraft-S...

Did you ever write three words so fucking apt that you gave yourself an impromptu burst of applause? Cue the thumbs: 👍🏻 this guy 🤙🏻 1/3

Why not double-bill our new Witchcraft anthology with #BeyondandWithinFolkHorror at almost a quarter off! www.amazon.co.uk/Horror-Short...

I've been banging on about this for months, but I BET there are still people who don't know I'm writing and drawing a scifi comic over on patreon - and it's FREE! and you can start reading it here: www.pauljholden.com/patreon.php?via=bluesky&campaign=page21

Tomorrow. Show it some love, folks. If you’re of the opinion—and you should be—that we need a witch to save us, then for this whole burning world, it is the season of the #witch.

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of six million dollars is in need of rebuilding.” — Steve Austen

Watch the full interview about #BeyondandWithinWitchcraft with @marieoregan.bsky.social and @paulkane.bsky.social at the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social channel here: youtube.com/watch?v=kZZb...

Less than a week to go!! Pre-order #BeyondandWithinWitchcraft at 22% off below: www.amazon.co.uk/Witchcraft-S...

Here's me, in a fabulous anthology and in EXCELLENT company (actual bucket list stuff). Pre-order away, my lovelies. #BeyondandWithinWitchcraft

Brilliant insight into the editorial process from superstars Paul and Marie over at the British Fantasy Society. #booksky #fantasy #horror

So, Witchcraft is out in a week, and you can get more info from our editors, @marieoregan.bsky.social and @paulkane.bsky.social PLUS hear one stunning story for free (and in advance) on the podcast. #booksky open.spotify.com/episode/6pQK...

Simply cannot wait for this.

UPDATE! 🌹🎉 I realize not many people have access to much right now, so I put the eBook version of Beyond The Mark down to the lowest I could on Amazon, which is $0.99 Hope this helps it become more accessible, I'd rather continue the story than make money, so I hope you enjoy! #Fantasy #Author

More info on the book from the maestros behind it. #BookSky

January 20th, #BookSky, don’t say you weren’t warned.

open.substack.com/pub/flametre... Shilpa Varma wrote of this departing year, “If you wrote less than you wanted but more than you used to, that counts.” And that’s the message I’m taking into 2026. HNY, all. Hope it brings you stories.

I have a book deadline looming, so I should be away from here, but I also want to be here to pimp this beautiful baby (features me), so if you preorder (and save 25%) I could be off finishing the book I have so little time to finish. Help, Obi-Wan… #booksky www.barnesandnoble.com/w/witchcraft...

Be nice to the #nhs peeps in your lives please guys. It’s bussssyyyy. And get all the vaccines you’re offered, please and thank you.

I don’t know how many book contracts I’ve signed over the years, but it’s well over 50. Even with an expert agent, I had to read each one carefully. Never, ever, EVER rely on an LLM to interpret a contract for you. There’s a reason that lawyers are regularly humiliated in court for relying on them.

Happy birthday PJ. Everyone should be feasting their eyes on Terran Omega.

I have managed 646 words today. I have promised the editor this book by end of January. Xmas sloth will need shaken off to get this over the bar. I am Jack’s public accountability. #amwriting #tooslowly #wordshaming

On the longest night and beyond, celebrate yourselves at the end of the year. Happy Whatever, all.

Starting in a few minutes! 7pm!

Have noticed people IRL being casually anti-Semitic of late in a way I don't ever remember before - dropping things like "oh, shur they control the media, I saw it on Facebook" etc, largely via right-wing propaganda. Wherever it comes from or whatever the reason, it's real and it's so, so dangerous.

And if, like us, you love The Ash Tree then this will be perfect for you. #BeyondandWithinWitchcraft out in Jan! 🧙 www.amazon.co.uk/Witchcraft-S... www.amazon.com/Witchcraft-S...

We’re at @waterstonessheffield on Thursday 6-8, with @thevoiceofruss.bsky.social & @tommeadauthor.bsky.social signing copies of #DeathComesatChristmas - see you there! 🎄

If you’re thinking about Christmas gifts for your book lover, take a look at this gorgeous and powerful anthology, out now from Flame Tree Press.

Flame Tree Publishing have a new gothic fantasy collection out this month ♥️ Afrofuturism contains new and classic short stories exploring themes of black identity in the Gothic genre, and the book itself is a really stunning, weighty foiled hardback. It'd make a very nice gift! 💙📚🪐 #NewBooks #SFF

SLAY! BELLS RING! ARE YOU LISTENING? #HappyHorrormas

Bumping up this upcoming release again, and my story in it. These books are so beatiful, the author lineup is particularly stellar, and @marieoregan.bsky.social and @paulkane.bsky.social have curated and perfected the stories masterfully. Pre-order links below ⬇️

A witch is for life, not just for Halloween.

Advance copies of this beautiful book arrived today #BeyondandWithinWitchcraft - massive thanks @flametreepress To pre-order yours: www.amazon.co.uk/Witchcraft-S...

Ok. Social media break, at least for a few weeks. I spent most of today with excellent humans and I’m gonna focus on that for a bit. If you’re at @gaelcon this year, come play with me. If you know my email, shout me. But if you must stay here, know that you are missed elsewhere.

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

If you see this skeet, skeet a pic from your device with no explanation.

“Man, I was just in a frying pan!” says the guy in the fire.

Mutton dressed as Ham.

The image that inspired my most popular comic.

I would not use it at my job I would not let it email Bob It would not write my resume It would not text my mom, OK? It can't say if the Chiefs will cover I do not want it as a lover I do not want it in my phone I'd just as soon be left alone I do not like ChatGPT! I do not like it, Sam-are-we

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co... Protect trans rights. End the genocide. And stop giving bandwidth (digital or psychological) to bigoted old white guys.* *speaking as an old white guy, but hopefully this is my one moment of exception

If you use generative AI, it's an instant block from me. If you come into my comments to argue about it, I am the sacred buzzsaw foretold by the bene gesserit.

Please, can every writer check this and claim what’s theirs. OpenAI is an existential threat.