Team @horrortree.com representing at Edge-Lit 11 in Derby today: newsletter editor @corinnepwriter.bsky.social, interviews coordinator & unholy trinities editor @sarahelliottwriter.bsky.social, and editor-in-chief of Trembling With Fear, yours truly. Always a pleasure, ladies ❤️

Wole Talabi’s critically-acclaimed novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon is a heist novel based around Nigeria’s Orisha, and he’ll be in conversation with @sarahelliottwriter.bsky.social about how he worked with those gods for a very magical romp. 🧵⬇️

Wole will join us from his home in Perth, Western Australia, to be in conversation with writer, poet, and editor @sarahelliottwriter.bsky.social about how to authentically write about real traditional belief systems in SFFH to kick off Saturday's event. 🧵⬇️

In which I answer some questions about anthologies.

So, What’s Your Blood Type? An interview with Corinna Bechko ( @corinnabechko.bsky.social‬ ) by @sarahelliottwriter.bsky.social‬ horrortree.com/so-whats-you... #AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors #horror #Book #Books #WritingCommunity

Time is running out! We're only taking shorts until the 14th for the current #TremblingWithFear window (Drabble always welcome!) horrortree.com/submissions/#TremblingWithFearDeadline: July 14th Pay: $5 (token for TWF) Please be sure to read the submission guidelines! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

Writing the Occult is not just about inspiration; the events represent community coming together to geek out about weird shit. Kicking off the geeking out will be long-time listener @sarahelliottwriter.bsky.social, in conversation with @wtalabi.bsky.social about authentic representation. Meet her⬇️

We'll be amping up on Edge-Lit 11 guest announcements over the next few weeks, and chuffed to welcome aboard the ultra-talented RJ Barker for the event! www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/edgel...

Delighted to confirm our second Guest of Honour as one of sci-fi's best-known and most acclaimed authors, the fantastic Peter F Hamilton! www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/edgel...

It’s North American publication day! A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST is out now in the USA and Canada! Come for the ancestor magic and the ancient tech… Stay for the VERY MYSTERIOUS CAT. 🧟‍♂️🤖🐈‍⬛ @sagapressbooks.bsky.social

My latest email offering is out! Welcome to The Imaginarium! Listen here: jmp.sh/5uyeyoE7 Or read here: open.substack.com/pub/writingf...

Question to the sky: I know many won’t engage with Substack anymore for very good reasons. But is there an alternative that offers the same level of discoverability? I know there’s plenty of other newsletter options, but what about ones that let you stumble upon related content from other creators?

Two weeks to go until SUMMER SCARES kicks off, with six weeks of horror writing workshops, feedback sessions and more! And our event schedule is now live to boot... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-sca...

Who remembers Stacey Keach as Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer? Classic viewing! It’s Mike’s final instalment (or is it) in Baby, It’s Murder by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins. I was stoked to interview Max Allan Collins - couldn’t let this one pass me by! horrortree.com/its-murder-b...

Stoked to be featured in Memento Mori, a 26 publication! 😃 Thank you @laurenwrites.bsky.social 🙏🏾 open.substack.com/pub/26mement...

I really enjoy interviewing other authors! It’s such a gift to be able to do so. If you’re interested in interviewing fantasy/horror/supernatural/spooky/gothic/sci-fi authors, drop me a message. I coordinate a fantastic group of interviewers for @horrortree.bsky.social and I’m currently scouting! 😃

And we have another blog entry for our back catalogue. Sarah Elliott reads her wonderful thoughts on Buffy: youtu.be/jjIB3Dpa8uU @sarahelliottwriter.bsky.social Find out more about our library: tinyurl.com/aboutlib

Final call for this weekend's SPRING HAUNTS! You can book online for our weekend of workshops and interviews, or our evening with Andrew Michael Hurley at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spring-hau... - or we can arrange tickets on the door for both if you come see me on the day!

This week, we're joined by multi-talented Alex Davis - author, creative writing tutor, and events coordinator. He shares his insights into genre fiction, tips for writers, and details on upcoming events. Tune in for a thrilling discussion. 🎙️ Listen now. https://writ.me/4c2GYTu

“Even in darkness I know I’ll continue to shine and follow my true North.”

Pre-lunch we’re on a self-publishing journey with the legend, the icon: @sarahelliottwriter.bsky.social

Nice to catch up with various residents of TWF Towers today at the UK Ghost Story Festivals. Nice to see you, Annette, @sarahelliottwriter.bsky.social & @corinnepwriter.bsky.social! 👻🖤 Have you been inspired by this weekend, dear reader? Submit your dark fiction to us at @horrortree.bsky.social.

Got some poetry vibes back again…been a while.

Would love to see you there!

Why join the British Fantasy Society? Says editor Claire Cronshaw of @cherryedits.bsky.social: "I’ve just renewed my BFS membership for another year, and honestly, I wouldn’t be without it now... 🧵⬇️

OH, hi there @writingforlight.bsky.social

Be great if you come along and say hello! 👋🏾 😀 www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory...

Make sure your flash fiction isn't a flash in the pan with this course from the awesome Charlotte Baker this February! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-fl...

If you haven’t read this series yet, you totally should. It’s so full of heart

I’m in the top ten! SO happy. I feel like I’ve won an award. (Working on a speech right now 😂). I’m VERY grateful for everyone who took the time to read my words and for the amazing @laurenwrites.bsky.social and @britfantasysoc.bsky.social for publishing it! (This isn’t my speech by the way!)

One week to go - let @drrachelknightley.bsky.social help bring those Writing resolutions to reality with this four-week course! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/realise-yo...

Kick off the New Year with an air of the Uncanny with the latest instalment of Writing the Occult, running on the 18th January! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-th...

Told you I liked Buffy!

Another great piece for the BFS blog by the one and only @writingforlight.bsky.social 🙌

- So, where are we going? - Anywhere I can dream! ✨ Big dream? Finish the book… More on that later…might use this to keep me accountable! 👍🏾

The winter solstice is over! My new year starts today and I’m looking forward to it! 2024 goodbyes: - teaching/education career of 28 years - acupuncture business of 8 years 2024 hellos: - Dungeons and Dragons - Nintendo Switch - Mat Pilates qualification - building a writing career Your turn!

We're entering the home straight: Fantasycon looms in the near-future! To get us ready, we asked previous attendees to tell us about their first time, or any abiding memories from cons of yore. The fabulous @writingforlight.bsky.social starts us off. britishfantasysociety.org/you-never-fo...

I’ll be heading to Chester next month and taking part in a couple of panels at FantasyCon! 😀

@writingforlight.bsky.social is now at the helm of Unholy Trinities (as well as being HT's new interviews coordinator - totally taking over!).

The Kickstarter campaign for my graphic novel Hard Bargain goes live this Tuesday, July 9th, at 8:50AM pacific time. Art by the amazing Leno Carvahlo! Colors by the incredible Bruno Hang! Brought to you by your friends at @humanoidsinc.bsky.social . Click! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hum...

Subscribers get other goodies too! 🪐 Inner Worlds zine every quarter (HTML, EPUB, PDF) ☕ Access to Inner Worlds Discord community 🎨 Inner Worlds badges and stickers 📝 Friendly online writing group Plus a warm glow for supporting the magazine & our authors ❤️ sarah-i-jackson.ghost.io/subscribe/

Worth opening up this page if only to see a photo of baby Pam ⬇️ Also, @pslivingstone.bsky.social is a goddess.

I’ve had an editing slot open up for mid-May. First come, first served. Please check my website for details. www.pslivingstone.com/editing-serv...

This month, @losbennett.bsky.social of the Liverpool Literary Agency tackles questions asked by BFS members in our dedicated Discord channel covering comp titles, how to describe a series in a query letter, writing cross-genre, and the "new adult" category. britishfantasysociety.org/ask-an-agent...

The devil's in the details - but you can exorcise him in this new workshop from our E.M. Faulds! 'Perfect Your Prose' is the new BFS online workshop, kicking off on Thursday 25th April. Sign up below: @britfantasysoc.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social britishfantasysociety.org/events-calen...

Second attempt. Come hang out with me if you want to talk nerdy things and writing stuff. Or come witness me alone speaking to myself for one hour non-stop!

A visual prompt for the weekend writers... what worlds can you conjure from this image? ____ For more faery fiction inspiration, join us at Writing the Occult: The Fae on 6 April. Tickets on sale via Alex Davis Events: www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-th... Enter our forest, if you dare…

A bunch of spec fic writers took over Gladstone’s Library in Wales in early March, and a few of them lived to tell the tale. Here’s a couple of despatches from the event, with thanks to @pslivingstone.bsky.social and Graham Millichap. britishfantasysociety.org/so-what-did-...

Author copies of the new extended edition of THREADING THE LABYRINTH arrived today! Aren’t they lovely? Available from all book retailers and directly from the publisher: @lunapress.bsky.social

In folklore, the fae show themselves in all sorts of ways: elves, nymphs, sprites, pixies, gnomes, faeries, trolls. They're linked by a preference to be hidden, which makes them perfect for occult tales - and our next Writing the Occult. Tix on sale now: www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-th...