Incredibly excited (and still a bit stunned to be honest 🙀) to announce that the collection of my #solarpunk short stories "Futures to Live By" by NewCon Press is now available for pre-order in paperback or a signed limited edition hardback: www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...

What a great SF novella!! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

A tombstone in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, photographed by Andy Darby. Note the border inscription.

Repost if this sounds like a good time. Coming Sept 16 from @titanbooks. Preorder link: tr.ee/1bNmUSTL1b

I was born yesterday! And now the campaign is at 89% funded! There’s £204 between us and hitting our goal, so please keep sharing Total Recall of the Heart as far as you can!

Finished reading the superb Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky (aka @aptshadow.bsky.social) this morning, so if anyone needs me I’ll be over here having an existential crisis….

I talk to a lot of folks who wonder to to get started with D&D. Today, Wizards of the Coast is offering a free adventure with almost* everything you need to get started and will show you how to run it. If you've always wanted to try it invite some friends over and get rolling *Friends not included.

@bonabooks.bsky.social are brilliant people - show them some love!

This means a lot, we really felt like this debut collection by @daijoubu.bsky.social was special 🥰

Don't forget to.folliw the #BrumGroup bluesky account

It's #PortfolioDay again 💁‍♂️✨ I'm Val, a trans illustrator/comic creator/book cover guy who'll be looking for more work in the latter half of the year. I specialize in horror, but I can do pretty much whatever 🎨 www.artstation.com/valhallahalv... 📧 [email protected]

Hellboy News! @fangoria.com has the exclusive details on Hellboy In Love: The Art of Fire. 🔥 Issue #1 releases this August. Check it out below! By @mikemignola.bsky.social, @cgolden.bsky.social and Alex Nieto

That’s an amazing cover

To learn about my #editing work or information on how I’ve been doing it for 30+ years, please go to my website (bio in profile). I have edited most fiction genres, non-fiction, websites, business materials, articles. I’d love to partner with you. 🌷 #writingcommunity #amediting #editor

Some of the recent book mail to arrive at GNoH Towers. Featuring @mkhardywrites.com @timlebbon.bsky.social and V.E. Schwab. Links to pre-order the books can be found in the comments. @titanbooks.bsky.social @solarisbooks.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social

Incredibly sad to hear that Patrick Winters has left us

There are still some left! Be a toxic lesbian vampire with me 🤩 I'm so excited to get this tote bag *I'm just a gorl* and I am a bit obsessed with schwaby @panmacmillan.bsky.social @bertsbooks.bsky.social

Manifesting that this will be a bestseller, but that needs YOU! Preorder, share, like, recommend, do all the things! I know there's a billion of us on here asking the exact same but help a girl out before the world collapses/Skynet replaces me/I succumb to fungus: www.waterstones.com/book/itch/ge...

Publication day! CHEDDAR LUCK NEXT TIME features an autistic protagonist, a small town murder mystery, a screaming orange cat, & more cheese puns/jokes than you can shake a mozzarella stick at. Available in paperback & ebook. Audiobook voiced by Dominique Salvacion! @daturabooks.bsky.social

I recently saw a thread with someone looking for #Bi4Bi romances, and these recs from Book Riot are great. I've read and/or own a couple. bookriot.com/bi4bi-romanc...

SHEINE LENDE is a finalist for the California book award! 🥹🌻🌻🌻 Thank you to everyone who supported my book - and a huge congratulations to the other finalists! I’m honored to be in your company. Gonna get a celebratory cookie.

Trump just orchestrated one of the most shameful moments in US history. We need *all leaders* outside the US to stand up to Trump. For that we need to show they have our backing. Add your name and share this link widely, it has never been more critical to have our voices heard: WorldVsTrump.com

A reminder that this Fri the #BirminghamScienceFictionGroup has guests #jeffnoon and #SteveBeard talking #Gogmagog from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social

🚨COVER REVEAL🚨 New novella coming in September. A VAMP THERE WAS by Stanley Stepanic. Cover artwork by Saprophial. www.encyclopocalypse.com/product/a-va... #horrorfiction #horrornonfiction #vampire

New from Skybound, Jason Ciaramella and Michael Walsh paint the old towne red in their adaptation of “Wolverton Station,” a Creepshow one-shot. The critics are wolfing it up! Go claw yourself a copy while you can.

Apparently, I had a lot to say about AI and why you shouldn't use it as a creative, soooo, here all of that is. *dumps it in front of you like a cat leaving a sticky, mauled bird*

Dive into the dark and thrilling world of horror writing with Shadows & Ink, a comprehensive guide designed to transform your chilling tales into masterpieces that captivate and terrify. #writingcommunity #writingtechniques #horrorcommunity #crystallakeentertainment #ShadowsandInk #booksofinstagram

amicushorror.co.uk/so-i-watched... love horror? Love #Amicus

The Dark is a magazine well-worth subscribing to. They have amazing and diverse horror stories and they take chances with their fiction.

The news in the world is awful, but it's almost Halloween, so let's talk about pumpkin enrichment for big cats. This is Jinx the black leopard (Big Cat Rescue, Florida) enjoying shredding a pumpkin.

Happy Halloween!

The new-new one, coming at you live, with a lot of dead in tow:

Welcome in the weekend with the This Is Horror Podcast. Today we chat with Tim Waggoner ( @timwaggoner.bsky.social) about early life lessons, becoming a writer, first stories, and much more. www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-531-tim-...

It's free to read for anyone ... www.patreon.com/posts/913871.... Delighted to share my #flashfiction #Horroronboard as chosen by Tom Deady and live in @crystal_lake_publishing #patreon ... #darkcomedy #horrorcommunity #ShallowWaters #freetoread 'You Had One Job, Dude' Enjoy.

Get some scary tales and support #HWA with @datlow.bsky.social's Tales of Terror with books by Datlow plus @laurenbeukes.bsky.social @joerlansdale.bsky.social @darylwriterguy.bsky.social & others #BundleofHolding bundleofholding.com/presents/Ter...

🌈 PSA! if you, like us, are into: -cults! -psychedelics! -cosmic horror! -experimental drugs! -trippy shit galore! -a yummy cotton candy book cover! we highly recommend RAINBOW FILTH by @timmeyer.bsky.social to satisfy your cravings for the bizarre💊🍭

Carmen Maria Machado: “Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror”

Shamrocks! Humgoos! Vampires! Donald Pleasence! Dave Lee Travis! It's all in Episode 4 of The Killening where we take a trip to that exclusive Monster Club (£4 for a coke. Scandalous). spotify.link/CaOFEnHXyDb

Released today: I am on The Bestseller Experiment talking about collaboration, writing truthfully, the future of authors and social media, and how being positive pays dividends. LISTEN NOW: bestsellerexperiment.com/ep472-gareth...

Did it hurt? When you fell over your tbr pile while trying to add another book.