Are you ready for THE NEEDFIRE? @mkhardywrites.com 's Scottish Sapphic gothic will be blazing into bookstores in paperback this week! Here's what @sunyidean.com @natania.bsky.social @aliettedebodard.com @rainewilson.bsky.social and more wonderful authors think! Preorder https://geni.us/needfirePB

We are to our last day! Help us reach our goal for Omniboz: Tales from the Land of Oz, publishing via @starsandsabers.bsky.social! www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/... #books #fantasy #horror

Absolutely delighted to have an essay in this book. It's a treasury of editorial insight!

Was reminded Kelly’s first collection Stranger Things Happen turns 25 this year. Surreal. Setting up summer street parties (masquerading as World Cup games) for it across nation. Download it — and a few other good collections — here smallbeerpress.com/creative-com...

The #BrisbaneIn2028 #MeanjinIn2028 newsletter is out. We've posted it to Bluesky so if you don't subscribe you can see what we've been up to.

A new easy-peeler, easy-listening album from The Disappointed Skeptics Club: Extinction Event.

Coming very soon. Keep your ears peeled...

Looking forward to chatting with @sunyidean.com on May 26th. If you enjoyed The Book Eaters, you're going to want to hear all about The Girl With A Thousand Faces. Come join us!

If you missed Cameron Johnston's recent #Glasgow Waterstones Argyle ST launch of First Mage On The Moon, here's some photos by Jenni Coutts, E.M. Faulds and Neil Williamson. @cameronjohnston.bsky.social @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social @rtorrubia.com

BANDACAMP FRIDAY ALERT! If you want just one thing to get, consider our compilation: starttrack.bandcamp.com/album/start-...

Feels great to be able to say pre-orders are open for my second collection. Yes it does feature the Godzilla one! Pre-orders are fiery, fiery love. Oh and feel free to AMA. 😁 www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...

This contains my story "To Stave Off the Void". It's a wee story just about the power of caffeine to protect you when jumping through black holes - you know, regular stuff.

BOOK EVENT // THE ILLUMINATED MAN : LIFE, DEATH AND THE WORLDS OF J. G. BALLARD BY NINA ALLAN AND CHRISTOPHER PRIES Add this to your calendar, folks. argonautbooks.co.uk/event/7GHeZP... @argonautbooks.bsky.social

If you're a fan of utterly charming words n pictures you definitely want to be supporting this kickstarter!

Post something you're proud of. This @undertow.bsky.social anthology came out at an inauspicious moment (March 3, 2020...), but it was a real thrill to have a story of mine rub shoulders with some absolutely incredible writers. Anthologies are the best. undertowpublications.com/shop/shadows...

Sometimes what you need out of life is beautiful, connected, heart-wrung songs performed by the best of humans. Loved this tonight. Thanks to Book of Churches and Clare Quinn for being awesome. And to the Hug and Pint for continuing to be one of the best places to find this kind of magic around.

Somehow managed to gate crash a pub quiz mostly attended by genz. The music round is brilliant! And we appear to be winning...

If you're coming to Cymera in June and you're a fan of the darker side of fiction, we've got you covered!

Ahhhhhhhhh it's real ahhhhhhhhh! Beyond excited to get to interview Stephen Graham Jones at @cymerafestival.co.uk!!

You'd think there was an election soon or something...

Related to the overnight conversation about the Hugo novellas... For my money the Hugos, in general, have been trying to be two different things for a long time now. 1/ a Best in field voted by experts and 2/ a popular award voted by a community. Can it really be both?

Nina Allan and @niallharrison.bsky.social in wonderful conversation about the great Christopher Priest at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social tonight.

Yep, this Saturday session is designed to give you the confidence to set up your website, and is split into two handy sessions to cover the techie stuff and what on earth you can put in a site to get the best of it. Click the link in the quoted post to see more!

Very much looking forward to this tonight! Priest's writing was absolutely iconic. Well worth your time if you're in the area and at a loose end.

It helps, I've heard, if you include the actual link to the actual sale.... geni.us/Solarissale

Squeee! First BookSirens ARC reader has posted their review to the system and it’s five delicious stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ NOM NOM NOM! And it’s not even anyone I know.🤣 Fingers crossed a few more agree. #BookSky #ARCsky see below for a link to the BookSirens #ARC page.

One of the best things about the British Fantasy Awards is that the publicly-voted shortlist goes to a panel of peers for final decision-making. But that means we need volunteers to be jurors! Nominate yourself to be a juror for the British Fantasy Awards here: forms.gle/Kv1JTHBeSXaJ... 🧵⬇️

Eco-horror for Earth Day! Every book is from a small press or self-published author. Help support small on this big day! Haunted Ecologies by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social @journalstone.bsky.social Green Fuse Burning by @tiffmorris.bsky.social @stelliform.press 1/2

#Writers! Aren't sure where to start with your Author Website? Or just want to polish up your online presence in the post-Twitter age? Our E.M. Faulds has her web designer hat on for another round of her lauded workshops. Book now at the link below: bibliotta.com/webinars/ @bibliotta.bsky.social

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...

Really excited by this. What a cast list that is!

Quick reminder if you’re loading up your kindle in readiness for Monday… #booksky #ARCsky

🎉30K giveaway book bundle! #💙📚 Inc @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @kerstinhall.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social @neuvel.net @csecooney.bsky.social @authortrmoore.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social & more! UK/IE only. Like, repost, follow & drop a🌟in the comments! Ends 24/4

Love novellas? In Wiz Duo #3, Ruthanna Emrys saves a young girl from an angry mountain, and Andrew Knighton investigates the death of an old friend. wizardstowerpress.co...

Thursday night in Dundee! Shoreline of Infinity's Event Horizon for a *GREAT* night of fantastical readings, poetry and storytelling with Gavin Cameron Rafael Torrubia Erin Farley Ash Alexander T L Huchu Hosted by MK Hardy www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/even...

My second-ever BookTube video is LIVE! A 2026 Horror Book Preview: youtu.be/TJZO5daSZIQ?...

A moodboard for The Shape of Monsters *'Fuck this house, he thought, and traced a spiral in the dust on Great Aunt Octavia’s portrait. The canvas tremored under his fingers and shadows flickered.* Coming out 26th September from Tor UK

Some indy research that I'll be sharing results of for everyone to see / use! This survey is on short fiction anthologies. You can take it even if you never read them, as there are Qs about that, too. The aim is to help anthologies shine, so please share it! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A big shout out to all the staff of record shops across the country dealing with crowds of visitors this weekend. Record stores are the absolute best. And you can visit them most other days of the year. #RSD2026

Happy Record Store day 2026! We are sold out of the following: Wicked: One Wonderful Night Poor Righteous Teacher - The New World Order Goblin - Singles The Charlatans - Then Weezer - Weezer 1192 Look Outside Your Window- ST Mark Ronson & Raye - Suzanne Ludovico Einaudi

Happy Record Store Day to all who celebrate. Get yourselves out to your local indie shop and browse those bins. Maybe listen to an instore performance. And for sure buy some great music on actual physical media.

Grand old time at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social tonight celebrating new books by @cameronjohnston.bsky.social and Rafael Torrubia. Brilliant questioning by Cailean Steed, and generally a lovely night all in all.

Still on the backer train for Omniboz - really hoping it makes it as this has one of my weirdest and most grotesque stories ever. www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...

The revival of folk horror continues apace in 2026, and we'll be exploring the genre with a big day of workshops and interviews with STRANGE AS FOLK this May! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strange-as... #folkhorror #writing #writers #authors #fiction #workshop #workshop #event #events

THE SECOND OF SIX SONGS IS PLAYED, THE RITUAL CONTINUES CALEDONIAN GOTHIC on all streaming platforms, Audible, YouTube, and in hi-res on Bandcamp calgothpod.bandcamp.com/album/six-so... #CaledonianGothic #FolkHorror #AudioDrama #Ritual

Fully delighted to be back at @cymerafestival.co.uk again this year & chatting with such a brilliant human! My fav festival, full of warmth, joy & inspiration. Come join us!

Genre fans klaxon! Cymera's 2026 programme is out now! Behold events with your GSFWC pals for your perusal, from workshopping realistic injuries to weird'n'wise capering about. Feat. Jenni Coutts, Robin C.M. Duncan, Cameron Johnston, Shona Kinsella & Neil Williamson. @cymerafestival.co.uk (1/6)

Do you live in Scotland? Or are you curious about the upcoming election? I've included links in the attached to manifestos on LGBTQIA and autistic rights from groups that aren't affiliated to political parties. Also contains a link about groups pushing for a Culture Act in Scotland.

Good morning. Today I want to talk about @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social's wonderful novella, Undead Folk. www.briankeene.com/algorithmzer...

Congratulations to our own Christopher Caldwell on making the Locus Top Ten Finalists for Best Collection! And alumna Amal El-Mohtar for making the finalists for Best Novella! Best of luck to all shortlistees for May's ceremony. @locusmag.bsky.social @seraph76.bsky.social @amalelmohtar.com