Chris Kelso
@chris88.bsky.social
📤 774
📥 659
📝 153
Angry writer, eager editor, devoted dad
pinned post!
Bluesky already feels more worthwhile than X. Here's 'On Melting: essays against the body', out through
@filthyloot.bsky.social
. It features blurbs from
@horrorsong.blog
and Ewan Morrison.
over 1 year ago
0
35
9
Nice to meet
@robinince.bsky.social
tonight. What a gentleman!
8 days ago
0
2
0
reposted by
Chris Kelso
David Bowman
11 days ago
Random 'shelfie'. Pick your poison!
1
9
1
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Shoreline of Infinity
15 days ago
Spanning fifteen years of nightmares, time crimes, and transgressive visions, COLLECTED gathers the essential short fiction of Chris Kelso – one of the most singular voices in contemporary cult literature. to be published 28th May Available for pre-order
www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/coll...
0
11
8
Last chance to give Possession a nomination for this year's Rondo Hatton 'book of the year' Award!
add a skeleton here at some point
18 days ago
0
0
0
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Madeleine Swann
2 months ago
🐙🎉
add a skeleton here at some point
0
2
1
Here's a link to my Collected short fiction book out through @shoreinf.bsky.social. I'll be launching the book at Satellite 9 on May 24th 😎
www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/coll...
28 days ago
0
5
4
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Tobias Carroll
about 2 months ago
Chatted with the esteemed Chris Kelso at
@vol1brooklyn.bsky.social
.
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/04/02/c...
loading . . .
Chris Kelso on “Possession” as Muse
I’ve known Chris Kelso for a while now, and we’ve discussed everything from horror fiction to the ups and downs of the Scottish Premier League. This time out, our conversation was about…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/04/02/chris-kelso-on-possession-as-muse/
0
1
1
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
about 2 months ago
"Their work is prenatal with meaning and subtext. That’s something that makes them worthy of critical analysis. You want to write about these films because they are positively heaving with symbolism."
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/04/02/c...
loading . . .
Chris Kelso on “Possession” as Muse
I’ve known Chris Kelso for a while now, and we’ve discussed everything from horror fiction to the ups and downs of the Scottish Premier League. This time out, our conversation was about…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/04/02/chris-kelso-on-possession-as-muse/
0
2
1
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Dave Jeffery
about 2 months ago
Shoutout to Chris Kelso, whose non-fiction title POSSESSION (PS Publishing) is nominated for a Rondo Hatton award. Voting for all categories ends May 1st and the link is YKW. Congratulations to Chris and all of the other nominees.
1
6
1
Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity has been nominated for a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award. Please consider voting for it, although all the nominees are phenomenal. TO VOTE, simply email David Colton at
[email protected]
by on Friday night at midnight, May 1, 2026.
about 2 months ago
0
3
2
I wrote this piece for EXPAT, which also features a short input from legendary filmmaker, Caveh Zahedi. This'll also feature in as part of a book further down the line.
expatpress.com/ex-cinema-an...
loading . . .
Ex-Cinema and Empathy: In Conversation with Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi – Chris Kelso - ExPat Press
Akira Lippit’s notion of ex-cinema idealises a space outside a work of art, one which can only be achieved in the Brechtian form. Located by an ‘exergue’, this space remains exterior (but still indisp...
https://expatpress.com/ex-cinema-and-empathy-in-conversation-with-filmmaker-caveh-zahedi-chris-kelso/
2 months ago
0
1
1
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Robin Ince
3 months ago
Just received these from Chris Kelso and I’m very excited to read both
3
67
1
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Cassian
4 months ago
Since he followed back. I learned of
@chris88.bsky.social
via Interrogating the Abyss pub
@apocalypseparty.bsky.social
, after reading got ahold of Terence, Mephisto, and Viscera Eyes. I'll admit I haven't kept up with his writing (or the scene in general for a few years)
1
1
1
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Roy Christopher
5 months ago
Hey, I also have an interview anthology series called FOLLOW FOR NOW: 80 interviews! 2 decades! 2 books! 💙📚
#booksky
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G8HLB2K...
loading . . .
Follow for Now
Visit Amazon's Follow for Now Page and shop for all Follow for Now books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Follow for Now
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G8HLB2K3?binding=paperback
0
6
2
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Roy Christopher
4 months ago
So stoked to have blurbed SHADOWSPHERES, the excellent new book by Chris Kelso and Ewan Morrison! 💙📚
#booksky
Preorder yours now:
www.merigoldindependent.com/shadowspheres
add a skeleton here at some point
0
7
1
Proofs are here
@merigoldindie.bsky.social
@roychristopher.com
4 months ago
0
3
1
reposted by
Chris Kelso
B.O.B. Jenkin
5 months ago
I read a couple Chris Kelso books this month. These things are chaotic in all the best ways. Highly recommend!
0
1
1
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Tade Thompson
5 months ago
@chris88.bsky.social
, details of Shrapnel Apartments just dropped into my head, unbidden. I appreciate your writing, man. I will always buy your work.
1
6
1
On Melting: essays against the body is on Dennis Cooper's 'Best of 2025' 😮 Thanks, Dennis 💚
5 months ago
0
3
0
Shadowplays, a collection of essays and fiction in opposition of accelerationism (December 19th through
@merigoldindie.bsky.social
) "At the end of humanism, Chris Kelso and Ewan Morrison have given us lenses for the blinding light of the cyborgian future” -
@roychristopher.com
5 months ago
1
7
2
reposted by
Chris Kelso
X-R-A-Y Literary Press
6 months ago
this is one of the coolest things to happen here at X-R-A-Y... Chris Kelso interviews Paul Riedl of Blood Incantation !! they discuss Blood Incantation’s latest album, art’s threat to authoritarianism & much more
xraylitmag.com/and-now-its-...
loading . . .
AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR A COGNITIVE EMPATHY BROADCAST: AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL RIEDL FROM BLOOD INCANTATION by Chris Kelso
Music is the shorthand of emotion. There is something intrinsic to the structure of it – with its overtures, rising crescendos, and authentic cadences – which seem to mirror our temporal patterns so e...
https://xraylitmag.com/and-now-its-time-for-a-cognitive-empathy-broadcast-an-interview-with-paul-riedl-from-blood-incantation-by-chris-kelso/interviews-reviews/
1
21
7
Here's my interview with Paul Reidl from Blood Incantation for @X-Ray magazine -
xraylitmag.com/and-now-its-...
loading . . .
AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR A COGNITIVE EMPATHY BROADCAST: AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL RIEDL FROM BLOOD INCANTATION by Chris Kelso
Music is the shorthand of emotion. There is something intrinsic to the structure of it – with its overtures, rising crescendos, and authentic cadences – which seem to mirror our temporal patterns so e...
https://xraylitmag.com/and-now-its-time-for-a-cognitive-empathy-broadcast-an-interview-with-paul-riedl-from-blood-incantation-by-chris-kelso/interviews-reviews/
6 months ago
2
3
0
It's not often I make these lists, so I'm going to savour it. Thank you to Ash Anjum for including me on her list of 12 fantasy authors pushing the genre 💜 'Kelso’s transgressive weirdness is a reminder that fantasy began as rebellion.'
winteriscoming.net/12-fantasy-a...
6 months ago
1
3
1
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Matt Neil Hill
over 1 year ago
A few of my stories that are online, should anyone fancy a read:
syntaxandsalt.com/2017/06/19/t...
cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/cold...
cemeterygatesmedia.com/2021/09/16/c...
loading . . .
The Vigil by Matt Neil Hill
Suzanna wears her central nervous system like an exoskeleton now, shrieking the glass shards of bloody murder whenever I even think about touching her. I bring us back suspect materials wrapped in …
https://syntaxandsalt.com/2017/06/19/the-vigil-by-matt-neil-hill/
7
40
26
reposted by
Chris Kelso
British Fantasy Society
6 months ago
A beautifully produced book, featuring magnificent Artwork The Mad Butterfly's Ball edited by Preston Grassman & Chris Kelso is a horror anthology based around creepy-crawlies from PS Publishing
#BFSREview
britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-m...
0
16
6
reposted by
Chris Kelso
It was an honour and privilege to speak with @rodge.glass
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
. Such a warm and giving host. Thanks to everyone who came (and to Bruce McIntosh for taking the pictures). You can pick up Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity from the
@pspublish.bsky.social
website.
6 months ago
0
2
1
It was an honour and privilege to speak with @rodge.glass
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
. Such a warm and giving host. Thanks to everyone who came (and to Bruce McIntosh for taking the pictures). You can pick up Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity from the
@pspublish.bsky.social
website.
6 months ago
0
2
1
reposted by
Chris Kelso
X-R-A-Y Literary Press
7 months ago
Chris Kelso is interviewed by Alice
@notveryalice.bsky.social
about his book on Żuławski’s 'Possession' such a smart & insightful conversation !! cop Kelso's book & watch or re-watch 'Possession' this halloween
xraylitmag.com/control-and-...
loading . . .
CONTROL AND THE FUCKTOPUS: A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS KELSO ABOUT ŻUŁAWSKI’S 'POSSESSION' by Alice
Chris Kelso is a Scottish writer of dark, weird fiction. I came to his work through Voidheads (Schism), and he’s since published Metampsychosis with Feral Dove, and most recently, a monograph on the f...
https://xraylitmag.com/control-and-the-fucktopus-a-conversation-with-chris-kelso-about-zulawskis-possession-by-alice/interviews-reviews/
0
14
4
An in-depth, insightful review of Possesion: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity over at Zonal Hotel
zonamotel.substack.com/p/review-pos...
loading . . .
REVIEW: Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity by Chris Kelso
Kelso’s solid and incisive interpretations allow for the reader’s addendums and refutations, encouraging a more unified, nuanced and comprehensive understanding of this cursed (blessed?) film.
https://zonamotel.substack.com/p/review-possession-dreams-of-suffering?r=1j90i&utm_medium=ios&fbclid=PAb21jcANl-9NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp3RLtBWDfjLII1Gu6iUBtVN7we-xlWN8H1zGaxemWAqBT0Sy8o_qLLqKAzOl_aem_tYSYQNSsV4WeyOufxqKpZg&triedRedirect=true
7 months ago
0
3
1
reposted by
Chris Kelso
I am very excited to be speaking with Rodge Glass on the 5th of November at Strathclyde University. Rodge was the lecturer who encouraged me to write when I was 17, so it's lovely to complete the full revolution and have him mediate this conversation. Free entry!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strathclyd...
7 months ago
0
6
5
I am very excited to be speaking with Rodge Glass on the 5th of November at Strathclyde University. Rodge was the lecturer who encouraged me to write when I was 17, so it's lovely to complete the full revolution and have him mediate this conversation. Free entry!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strathclyd...
7 months ago
0
6
5
Some lovely praise from some great writers 💜
8 months ago
0
5
1
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Matt Neil Hill
8 months ago
Excellent in-depth review of
@chris88.bsky.social
's new Midnight Movie Monograph on the cult horror film Possession. It's a great read, and Chris's very personal dissection of the film is an insightful labour of love.
pspublishing.co.uk/possession-h...
add a skeleton here at some point
0
1
1
What a review at DLS Reviews. Wow.
www.dlsreviews.com/possession-d...
loading . . .
DLS Reviews - Possession: Dreams Of Suffering And Sanity (2025)
DLS Reviews provides an in-depth review of Chris Kelso's book 'Possession: Dreams Of Suffering And Sanity' (2025)
https://www.dlsreviews.com/possession-dreams-of-suffering-and-sanity.php?fbclid=IwdGRzaAMteYVjbGNrAy15gmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeezYixMZCje5kD94YGKKMNX27QfCAfj00-FXGWAJwS4y3caxsh6RDa4l76bE_aem_ymbBtQRjOLMU9NMuDkqvGQ
8 months ago
0
1
1
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Emily
9 months ago
I can’t thank Chris Kelso enough for this very cool and rare book, Possession. Flipping through this gorgeous book, you can tell the detail and care Kelso spends discussing this “video nasty.” I highly recommend!!
2
20
3
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Tony Jones
9 months ago
My latest review from the Scottish literary maverick Chris Kelso is his unorthodox take on the cult film POSSESSION. 5/5* all the way baby! Who's this other Tony Jones guy?
add a skeleton here at some point
0
4
2
Thank you
@tonyjonescomm.bsky.social
for the truly great write up of Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity in Horror DNA! 🙌
www.horrordna.com/books/posses...
loading . . .
Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity
Fantastic, obsessive and highly personal deep dive into the cult art house horror film Possession.
https://www.horrordna.com/books/possession-dreams-of-suffering-and-sanity-chris-kelso-book-review
9 months ago
1
4
2
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Eric LaRocca
9 months ago
Thank you to Chris Kelso for the beautiful gifted copy of a book that surely was written just for me 😭❤️ This remains my favorite film of all time… (next to Martyrs and The Baby of Macon)
0
29
2
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Matt Neil Hill
9 months ago
Morning, Womble. I recently finished the excellent Possession (in the Midnight Movie Monograph series from PS Publishing) by
@chris88.bsky.social
and am now about halfway through The Employees by Olga Ravn, which is kind of breaking my heart a little bit 🥺
0
6
2
Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity - on tour.
9 months ago
0
1
0
Thank you
@ericlarocca.bsky.social
🖤
add a skeleton here at some point
9 months ago
0
6
1
reposted by
Chris Kelso
Matt Neil Hill
9 months ago
If you're a fan of the film POSSESSION, I can heartily recommend checking out
@chris88.bsky.social
's new book from PS Publishing 🐙
1
10
3
Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity is here...
9 months ago
0
10
3
reposted by
Chris Kelso
We just wrapped on our very cool film shoot today (making films is so hard). Today is also the publication of an essay I wrote about how we can be better to each other. Thanks to
@ergot.bsky.social
for publishing.
www.ergot.press/authors/Chri...
loading . . .
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
https://www.ergot.press/authors/Chris_Kelso/On_Fuckedness
10 months ago
0
6
4
Metympyschosis has wrapped. What an amazing experience, and a privilege to be in the same room with so many generational talents 🙌 Can't wait for everyone to see the final piece!
10 months ago
0
2
0
We just wrapped on our very cool film shoot today (making films is so hard). Today is also the publication of an essay I wrote about how we can be better to each other. Thanks to
@ergot.bsky.social
for publishing.
www.ergot.press/authors/Chri...
loading . . .
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
https://www.ergot.press/authors/Chris_Kelso/On_Fuckedness
10 months ago
0
6
4
reposted by
Chris Kelso
ergot.
10 months ago
We have an essay up today on ergot.: 'On Fuckedness or The New Empthy' by Chris Kelso
www.ergot.press/authors/Chri...
loading . . .
CHRIS KELSO : ——– | Official
https://www.chris-kelso.com/
1
2
1
?
10 months ago
0
0
0
A lovely write-up of Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity in Rue Morgue! The first 200 copies sold will include a signed, numbered full-colour facsimile cinema ticket 😎
11 months ago
0
6
2
Load more
feeds!
log in