Always a pleasure to visit Harbour Books. One of my favourite #indiebookshops and well worth a visit if you haven't been already! If you need an inducement beyond their brilliantly curated selection of books, you can pick up a FREE copy of ‘The Crossing’ – published by @uncertainstories.com .

My story, ‘The Crossing’ is out there as a ‘Little Uncertainty’ – one of 12 little books being given away by @uncertainstories.com just to spread the love of short stories! Get one by ordering a book from their website, or grab a free copy from one of the bookshops distributing them.

The latest Little Uncertainty is out this week. It’s a very fine short story and it’s completely free! Copies are on the way to bookshops across the UK right now so keep an eye out and grab yourself a copy if you see one…

This is a cool little article about Lucy Scott’s process of illustrating my story, ‘The Builder’. Lucy’s work is fantastic. She’s been illustrating the new anthologies and chapbooks from @uncertainstories.com . It's great to see her process . www.uncertainstories.com/inside-stori...

Looking for an interview where I babble on about reading, writing and short stories? Look no further… Thanks to all at @uncertainstories.com ! www.uncertainstories.com/inside-stori...

You might think it’s a bit limited, given that we’ve only published one book, but this is really all the Christmas shopping you’ll need to do:

Happy birthday to Robert Louis Stevenson!

📝 It’s time to Write More! Tickets at the link below. Did you know that we do a monthly writing/admin group? Probably not as we’ve been pretty low-key in trialling it! But it’s official, in the first week of the month you can come to Argonaut Books in the evening and get some work done. (1/5)

Amazing how a #BookPost can brighten an otherwise cold, dark and very wet day. Thank you, @uncertainstories.com 10 out of 10 for your packaging skills - and the freebies. Love the design of your Broken Ground anthology. I think I'll be reading it very s-l-o-w-l-y to make it last! #ShortStories

Happy halloween! Thrilled to have two stories out this October in these beautiful collections by brilliant publishers. Definitely recommend picking up copies if you're looking for something strange and scary to read this autumn, they're so so good and no I'm not biased at all

I read this over the weekend and I can't recommend it highly enough. It's an impeccable collection of beautifully tense short fiction with an uncanny edge. Loved it. Go to @uncertainstories.com and get your copy now.

If you’re in Edinburgh and you fancy a free(!) short story to read, you’ll currently find a stack of our Little Uncertainties in Argonaut Books, Curiouser & Curiouser, Golden Hare, the Portobello Bookshop, Topping & Co, and Typewronger. Spread the word, and grab yourself one before they’re gone!

Really enjoyed this collection of stories - the first anthology from @uncertainstories.com. Strange and spooky and unsettling

If you’re in Edinburgh and you fancy a free(!) short story to read, you’ll currently find a stack of our Little Uncertainties in Argonaut Books, Curiouser & Curiouser, Golden Hare, the Portobello Bookshop, Topping & Co, and Typewronger. Spread the word, and grab yourself one before they’re gone!

This week #IAmReading something a bit different – not middle-grade, but an excellent collection of slightly weird tales from new publishers @uncertainstories.com… Atmospheric, creepy, a little bit weird – check them out! 👉 alastairc.com/i-am-reading...

Our winter submissions call is now open! Details at: www.thefictiondesk.com/news/this-wi...

Wonderful bookpost. An anthology and a couple of chasers from @uncertainstories.com (and @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social) Can't wait to dive in.

How absolutely gorgeous is my book post! The new print anthology from @uncertainstories.com complete with little uncertainties booklets and postcards, not to mention some fantastic strange and surreal writing from a brilliant array of talented writers. Get your copy today!

On why short stories are easy, why reading in the pub is good, and why there aren't any happy endings.

Here’s Richard Smyth - @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social - answering our Q&A on reading, writing, and his story ‘Chalklands’, which we’ve just published as a Little Uncertainty:

If you’ve picked up a copy of our ‘Briar Rose’ Little Uncertainty (or even if you’ve not found one yet), you might be interested in our new Q&A with the story’s author:

Little Uncertainties are v. short books, each containing a single story. You can't buy them: over the next year, @uncertainstories.com are aiming to give away 12,000 with book orders and via participating cafes and bookshops. All to spread the love of short stories! What an amazing thing to do!

Delighted to receive a copy of Broken Ground, the first in a new series of anthologies from @uncertainstories.com. Plus a bonus story by @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social!

This is quite exciting. Over the next year, we’re going to be giving away 12,000 of these little books to help spread the love of short stories:

Copies of Broken Ground, all sent out this morning to discerning readers. If you pre-ordered a copy, one of these (or one very much like it) is heading your way at this very moment. If not, it’s out now, so you can get a copy today!

Some stickers for the packaging of our anthology Broken Ground. There’s a tale in the sting…

Here’s our latest author Q&A, this time with @nathanielspain.bsky.social

Very cool article about the illustration that went with my short story in the Broken Ground anthology: www.uncertainstories.com/inside-stori...

We’ve been getting some great responses to our author Q&A series, which we’ll be releasing over the next few weeks. Here’s the first:

Just got my author’s copies of #BrokenGround . Rob Redman, editor of @uncertainstories.com , has done a fantastic job, and the illustrations by @lucyscottpictures are superb. Stories by me, Mark Taylor, Eva Carson, Tamsin Hopkins, @nathanielspain.bsky.social , Jack Edwards, and Flo Ward.

My contributor copies for Broken Ground, the first anthology from @uncertainstories.com, are here! This book is absolutely stunning 😍 So pleased to be a part of this, and looking forward to reading the stories by my fellow contributors.

#BrokenGround is the 1st anthology from @uncertainstories.com . Out on 21st October. Stories by myself, Mark Taylor, Eva Carson, and Tamsin Hopkins, Nathaniel Spain, Jack Edwards, and Flo Ward. Ed Rob Redman & illustrated by Lucy Scott 🔥🔥🔥. Read excerpts and pre-order here www.uncertainstories.com

Running sheets! Our first anthology has been printed. It just needs to be bound, and then it’ll be out in the world...

Just a few days left!

Our summer short story submission call ends in exactly one month! The deadline is Friday, 26th September and details are on our website - see below.

It’s been a fantastic first week since we launched Uncertain Stories. A huge thank you to everybody who’s followed us on here, helped us spread the word, pre-ordered our first anthology, signed up for our newsletter, sent us their own stories, looked at our website, and everything else too!

Uncertain Stories, a new Edinburgh-based publishing house focused on illustrated volumes of new short fiction for adults, has been launched by Rob Redman, founding editor of The Fiction Desk, and artist Lucy Scott 👇