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.

Slightly diminish a book David Copperfield of Earthsea

‘There’s something for everyone in these stories!’ ‘Every single one of these short stories was 4 or 5 stars for me.’ ‘Perfectly captured the vibe it promised; academic, creeping, tense, and dark.’ More 5 ⭐️ love for #TheseDreamingSpires : www.amazon.co.uk/These-Dreami...

So, having reviewed the various candidates, The Traitors Ireland is—even just three episodes in—an order of magnitude better than the earlier versions from the UK, US and Australia. Hats off to all involved. Siobhán McSweeney for Áras an Uachtaráin. “He hasn’t the liathróidí!” -Eamonn

Just hours to go, then I promise to calm down for a while. #booksky

Thrilled to be included in some EXCELLENT company here. Pre-order at @barnesandnoble.com now.🧹

Good morning, US folks. If you’re thinking of how to use the Barnes & Noble preorder discount as spookily as possible, we got you. #booksky

Our anthology #TheseDreamingSpires hits the Gizmodo new releases list! 📚 ☕️ 🍁 gizmodo.com/100-new-sci-... www.amazon.co.uk/These-Dreami...

Hugh Bonneville took advantage of a live TV interview at the premiere for DowntonAbbeyTheGrandFinale to make a statement about Gaza. Watch the face of ITV News reporter Helen Keenan drop as he *goes there

So, if you’re a B&N member, you’re probably already aware that the lightning preorder sale is on, but in case you’re not, use the code in the pic to get a bunch of us witches for a bargain. #witchcraft 🪐📚💙

Happy book birthday to our anthology #TheseDreamingSpires - if you like #DarkAcademia intrigue, #ghosts #fantasy or just damned good stories this is the one for you! ☕️ 🍁 📚 www.amazon.co.uk/These-Dreami...

Sci-fi comic from the very talented @pauljholden.com

Let that number sink in. This is how to do it when you’re fighting for the future of your democracy.

It’s all about spreading the love 😉❤️ www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Roman... www.amazon.co.uk/Bleeding-Hea...

Libraries should be celebrated with more joy like this.

Apropos of nothing at all, long ago I wrote this game about a bunch of sycophants and viziers in the court of a possibly-deceased emperor https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6t64s7cyibttounq1qzgs/pokingtheemperor.pdf?rlkey=px83e1o7uh62yy2ju0zduhvlw&st=cfcd75bw&dl=0

I wrote the other day of not knowing what would emerge from experiment, of trusting the step by step play of creativity. This is what emerged. There’s more to be explored here….. #art #irishsrtist #bushmills #creativity #ink

#clouds #cloudscape #scape #fujifilm #eastcoastkin ‘About last night’ (Sky last night was mad and will feature a lot from me over next few days)

This is ‘Reading Chaucer’ by Philip Jackson. It sits in the gardens of Oakfield Demesne, here in Donegal and, less frequently, in my nightmares. Now appearing in yours. You’re welcome.

With the hanging of the @pauljholden.com originals, the games room nears completion. 26 years old, PJ.

This is genuinely terrific news. @thecallya.bsky.social is an absolutely amazing writer.

Feed: "Flame Tree Fiction New" By: [email protected] (Shilpa Varma) on Wednesday, August 27, 2025

WITHERED HILL and SCUTTLER'S COVE at #1 and #2 in British Horror on Kindle, and WITHERED HILL at #2 in Horror on Kobo. Just a few days left to get at 99p. But, to be honest, worth every penny whatever the price (support your local indie bookseller for hard copies!)

We're going to Gaelcon 2025. Come along and join us for some City Skylines at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dublin. The event runs from the 24th-27th October. Tickets: iga.ie/gaelcon/ Game Sign-ups: warhorn.net/events/gaelc...

Great listen, and it’s only 20 mins. Then trawl backwards through the wealth of great stories—in cleverly curated thematic pairs—that Flame Tree have put out from their archives. Glorious. #horror #podcast #audiobooks

Just finished recording a promotional video for This Way Lies Madness (out next month) with my fantastic co-editor @leemurraywriter.bsky.social. Off it goes to the wonderful Flame Tree Press to work their magic. Have a great day, everyone xxx

Gonna be beating this drum for months, sorry. But look at the sprayed edges! Doesn’t your coffee table deserve this kinda spooky beauty?

It’s Bank Holiday and you’ve not touched your 99p Withered Hill, babe. www.amazon.co.uk/Withered-Hil...

More 5 ⭐️ love for our instant USA Today bestselling, Red magazine recommended anthology #TheSecretRomanticsBookofMagic - to get yours… ❤️ www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Roman...

Say it loud and say it clear: REFUGEES ARE WELCOME HERE

Over half off at the moment, and only 1 left in stock - my #1 #bestselling #thriller #HerHusbandsGrave from HQ/Harper: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0008...

Wasps are necessary. Oftimes pollinators, important predators of pests. The ecosystem needs them. But the way they go about their duties shows them to be a crowd of evil, corrupt crowd of assholes, more interested in cruelty and terror. It is, therefore, appropriate to HATE them.😡 #picniccriminals

How gloriously green and witchy is this anthology? And looooooook, it's got my name on the cover! So delighted to have written about witches for Flame Tree Press and Marie O'Regan & Paul Kane. Couldn't be part of a better TOC! 💚 blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

As the nights start to draw in, why not join me for a historical horror writing course? We'll be looking at immersion, research, approaches to verisimilitude, and how to use the past to hold up a mirror to the present. Link here: www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-hi...

@fanad-art.bsky.social Monk followed me home from Ionad Cois Locha inniú. Love him.

My short story is in this one alongside a host of great writers. I wrote about witchcraft in Afghanistan at the time of the bungled US withdrawal and Taliban advance.

Another amazing writer in our witchy company.

My witchy story, “The Tallow Feast”, appears in this beautiful book, coming next January, joining a stellar lineup: @murielgray.bsky.social, @chadbourn.bsky.social, @angelaslatter.bsky.social, @genni.bsky.social, @elizachanwrites.bsky.social, @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social and more. #writing #horror

All hail!