You, a woman invited to give a talk on your specialist subject: "here is why I think this, here's the evidence for my thinking, and here are my conclusions" Every mansplainer ever: "but, just to play devil's advocate for a moment..." *removes trousers, shits on carpet* "what about THIS?"

Awesome book offers!! Buy Direct. HELP US HELP YOU! 😁💙

Day 2 of our Buy Direct sale - a new bargain every day! Today, and the rest of this week: pick up @shaunamceleney.bsky.social's sapphic haunted house novel AWAKE IN THE NIGHT from us on ebook... and get 50% off the equally sapphic Weird Western SALVATION SPRING! payhip.com/b/tWUlI

Delighted to release this into the world via our beloved Nefarious Bat Press 🥳🦇💙

Its #samhain, so carve your turnips & settle down for some good #Irish #folkhorror @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social @gracedalyauthor.bsky.social @emmcconnell.bsky.social @shaunamceleney.bsky.social @unshavedmouse.bsky.social @thecallya.bsky.social

3 Image Book Challenge for your Saturday: Show your book (or the book you're reading) in 3 images We'll start, with @brennanlafaro.bsky.social's upcoming The Denizens...

Bought it and wow, I can't recommend it enough! I'm halfway through and there isn't a single story I didn't enjoy. Thanks to all the wonderful authors that worked so hard to put together this incredible collection, you're absolutely terrific! 💙

Thanks Gabino! I'd love more people to check out Good For Her: An Anthology of Women's Rage from Nefarious Bat, feat. contributions from some of the best female writers in the business (inc. Hailey Piper, RJ Joseph, Ai Jiang, MJ Mars, SH Cooper, Candace Nola, Leigh Kenny and many more!)

Good For Her edited by @sarahjuleswriting.bsky.social, @tcparker.bsky.social & @shaunamceleney.bsky.social - out now @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social, Chimera by The Shippy Writers - out now Dammaged Productions, and Salt Bones by @jenngivhan.bsky.social - coming 14 August @littlebrown.bsky.social

The book // the dialogue

Thanks Gabino! Good For Her: An Anthology of Female Rage (eds. me, @shaunamceleney.bsky.social & @sarahjuleswriting.bsky.social) is out on the 30th - and available for preorder now

Very proud to say, I've also got a story in this, as have my fellow editors @shaunamceleney.bsky.social and @sarahjuleswriting.bsky.social We'd love you to check it out and help us raise some money for Sisters Uncut - a nonprofit taking direct action against gender-based violence & state violence

Does anyone have any experience relaunching a book? We're tempted to rerelease Feathers, a haunted house book I wrote a while back @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social did an amazing job w/ the cover - but the bird/wand/witch artwork hasn't aged well, post-TERF wizard lady Any thoughts/tips?

Pride Giveaway 2: The Text-Based Microblogging Batch 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Since the TT giveaway went... not so well: who (in the UK 🇬🇧) fancies winning a signed copy of @tcparker.bsky.social's angrily sapphic, queer-tastic Hummingbird? If you do: like, share, follow us... and we'll pick a winner sometime Wednesday!

It's Pride Bundle Time, Pt. 1! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🧟 This week (3rd-8th June) - buy @anna-orridge.bsky.social's PHENGARIS direct from our ebook store, and get @tcparker.bsky.social's SALTBLOOD half price! (Keep checking through the month for more queer horror bundles...) #pridemonth #queerhorror

Happy #PrideMonth to all our lovely readers, from the heart of the rainbow-strewn Batcave We (and our books) are pretty gay all year round... but rest assured, we'll be gaying it up extra hard these next 4 weeks Keep reading. Keep fighting. And above all... keep it queer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🦇

PHENGARIS by @anna-orridge.bsky.social Buy directly from us and get one of our limited edition bookmarks! To celebrate this awesome eco-horror we wanted something a bit different. So, when you're done with the bookmark, soak in water and plant it in your garden for some beautiful UK wild flowers!

Good For Her - coming next month!!!

New #horror anthologies & collections in June. @veloxbooks.bsky.social @tonyanuci.bsky.social @tundraswanpress.bsky.social @cemeterygatesmedia.bsky.social @vlatinalondon.bsky.social @sirrahmedeiros.bsky.social @vinceliaguno.bsky.social @angelrosa.bsky.social @lrjallenauthor.bsky.social

PHENGARIS lives!! @anna-orridge.bsky.social's cosmic eco-horror (with bugs!) is out today... and you can grab it direct from us!

200,000 page reads, and it is officially gone from KDP. Good news, though - you can now buy the Awake in the Night ebook direct from NEFARIOUS BAT PRESS!!

We're all Phengaris, all the time tomorrow... but it would be remiss of us not to mention, just this evening, that Awake In The Night is now available direct from us at the Bat webstore Like Irish horror, haunted houses, sapphic heartbreak and supporting queer indie presses? Go take a look! 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇪☘️👻🏚️

I remember telling @shaunamceleney.bsky.social, when I first started reading Phengaris, that it had some of the weirdest and best body horror I'd ever read So, since I know a lot of you enjoy a bit of weird body horror... Why not preorder a copy?

TRADWIFE and TOXIC SUBURBIA book recommendations! More in the Alt text!

Ebook sale on RIGHT NOW at the Nefarious Bat webstore!

*FREE WEEKEND READ* If the return of Andrea Jenkyns wasn't horror enough for you... here's PRISON COOKING: A NOVELETTE OF STRANGE APPETITES Inspired by The Magnus Archives, ASMR and Greenaway's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - Prison Cooking is free to download all weekend*

Now on to... AWAKE IN THE NIGHT from @shaunamceleney.bsky.social! If you like haunted houses, sapphic grief horror, neo-gothic vibes & Irish feminist history... this could be for you Paperback here (from us): tinyurl.com/2acpsp2y Ebook: tinyurl.com/5aac6n9u ... or order it from your local store!

It's Indie Press Day! So: can we tempt you to some of our wares? (Here follows a 🧵 of us trying to sell you books you might like)

Thrilled to share my involvement in this upcoming charity anthology! #Booksky

In more feminist and less "Behold! A new all-dude press!" news... We're delighted to reveal 2 more authors in the GOOD FOR HER: AN ANTHOLOGY OF WOMEN'S RAGE lineup - the magnificent @haileypiperfights.bsky.social and @rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social! So happy to have them on board!!🎉🎉🎉

🔔 EBOOK SALE! 🔔 From now until Friday, @tcparker.bsky.social's TRADWIFE is 50% off when you buy the ebook direct from the Nefarious Bat store Perfect "for anyone who wants to reduce their enemies to a bloody pile of teeth, hair, and genitals" payhip.com/b/TDowG

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans anthologists/editors in the UK - would anyone be interested in working with us to curate an all-trans horror/dark fic collection to benefit UK-based trans nonprofits in 2026? If so: drop us an email at [email protected] and we can make a plan

Just a quick one to say... if the elevator pitch "married couple Joan Sims and Hattie Jacques accidentally wander onto Summerisle" grabs you, my daft little folk-horror-parody novelette Mandragora is free to download all weekend, after which it will probably vanish...

Happy 4-day weekend, UK friends. Have a free folk horror/Carry On Screaming parody (with plague doctor masks) for your trouble: (Apologies for the cover - it's one I made earlier 🦴)

So grateful to @kevharrison.bsky.social for reading and for these words. This has definitely made my day. 💓

And... HUMMINGBIRD is back on sale! Just £2/$2.59 for the next week when you buy direct from the Nefarious Bat web store I'm not saying you'll definitely love it - but if small town horror, baroque Barker-ish gore and angry queers are your thing, you could probably do worse 🩸 payhip.com/b/Ed5bX

⭐️ NEW AUTHOR ANNOUCEMENT! ⭐️ We're happy as hell to share our latest signing... @drewhuff.bsky.social's THE EXODONTISTS - a tale of found family, monstrous humans, humane monsters and shedding skin, coming late 2026 from Nefarious Bat Press 🦷🦷🦷 Welcome to the Batcave, Drew! 🦇🦇

Just 2 months to go until @anna-orridge.bsky.social's PHENGARIS takes flight! Have you preordered your copy yet? tinyurl.com/yck7by9c

Sorry to vague-post... but we've got some VERY exciting news, and we can't wait to share it with you! Batcave announcement coming shortly...

Just frankly daftly excited to get this in the post just now, and flick through the pages. Thank you so much to @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social for making this a reality.

Posts about our upcoming charity anthology GOOD FOR HER have been flagged as "violating community guidelines" on the clock app So... Our rage at this apparent algorithmic suppression of intersectional feminist content notwithstanding - we'd really appreciate it if you could spread the word...

Looking for some Irish horror this St Patrick's Day? ☘️🇮🇪 We've got you covered... @shaunamceleney.bsky.social's AWAKE IN THE NIGHT is a sapphic, dual timeline, Galway-set haunted house horror that'll make you cry, even as you're checking that you really did lock the door...

Good news, ebook readers! For the next week, SALTBLOOD is 50% off when you buy direct from us 🌊 Let's chip away together at that big river hegemony! payhip.com/b/wm14g

We are so excited about this!! Love gathering more Bats 🦇

Queer horror/crime rec of the day. A queer writer goes missing while investigating unsolved gruesome murders at a UK Tradwife community. Her worried partner reads her manuscript, uncovering shocking secrets… Brilliant fictional true crime by @tcparker.bsky.social! #booksky #womeninhorror #horror

So, so happy to be editing this alongside @sarahjuleswriting.bsky.social & @shaunamceleney.bsky.social Coming soon!

If you're boycotting AMZ, but still want to buy/read books: please, have a look at whether the relevant big publisher/small press/indie author sells direct This month and last is hitting everyone's book sales hard, and all of us - trad, small press & indie alike - still need to pay our bills :)

Over the moon to report that, after much sweat & no small volume of tears... you can now buy (many of) @tcparker.bsky.social's titles direct from us, in ebook form! (@shaunamceleney.bsky.social, @anna-orridge.bsky.social & new authors to follow in the coming months - so watch this space!)

TRADWIFE is back in stock at Vortex!