Happy Yuletide, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays, and all other Winter festivities ❄️ I hope however you celebrate - if you do - it is with love, good food, and peace of mind. I hope you dance and laugh and hug and be hugged back 💫 Sending you all hugs 🖤

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Twisted Thorn! 🥀

Santa Claus around the world... AKA Kate's festive "special interest" makes it's seasonal appearance 😉 head over to our Insta to find out more, or check out her podcast, Eternal Darkness of the Spotless Minds, Episode 51: Black Christmas & Violent Night 🖤 Happy Christmas Eve!

Is it even Christmas without too much cheese? And yes, this is just for the two of us 😂 Hope everyone is having a great time and if Christmas is a difficult time for you, I’m sending so much love and comforting vibes and hopeful wishes for 2026 🖤💫

Why choose Twisted Thorn? (part V) 🥀 Our final post in our 'Why choose TT?' series is our most important one because it's about the most valuable people in the company: our clients. Take a look at some of the wonderful authors we've worked with and go support their work! 🖤

RIP James Ransone 😢 I loved his portrayal of characters and ability to bring comedy so perfectly to such dark movies. Deputy So-and-so was the best…

Sooo proud of @lucymsmithbooks and this book, Lord of Shadow and Blood. A dark fantasy unlike anything else, characters you’ll love and hate in equal measure but you know you’re addicted to, political themes woven effortlessly with supernatural forces… don’t you dare hesitate 😈 amzn.eu/d/h5L63rA

Today’s fit ⚔️❄️🖤

Happy Winter Solstice ❄️ And happy release day to our Co-Founder and Managing Editor for her debut! Check out Lord of Shadow and Blood now - available through the link in Lucy's website www.thecourtsofdaemonium.com

She really said, “I be the witch of the woods.”

Vibe of the day 🧙🏻‍♀️🖤 Would you? 🐐

Being a manager of @twistedthorneh.bsky.social occasionally means I actually have to… manage. Ikr? Wtf. So today is one of those days where I’ve dragged myself from the pages and am dealing with real world stuff. Ew. So to help: coffee and cake. Hooray! 🥰

The fit for Ice Nine Kills live in London!! LFG!!!!! 🤡🔥🔪

Car’s broken down, waiting for a tow - but the work doesn’t stop for anything at @twistedthorneh.bsky.social 📚👩🏻‍💻 And at least I have coffee 😌☕️

Why choose Twisted Thorn? (part I) 🥀 Stick around with us over the next couple of weeks as we show you why Twisted Thorn should be your next editor 🖤

We stand with equality. We stand with freedom. We stand with revolution. With the world looking far too similar to the dystopian novels we all know and love, we want to make it clear where we stand. We're not here to cause arguments, we're here to express values work with authors who share them 🖤

Navigating our website... Swipe through as we show you how best to work your way through our website, created by the wonderful @clweb.design 🖤 Don't forget our books are open for 2026, so what are you waiting for? Head over to www.twisted-thorn.com and start your journey with us 🥀

Beauty & Decay #Art by Welder Wings

Want to find an editor but haven't completed your manuscript yet? It is important we work on a full manuscript so that we can provide you with accurate and detailed feedback, but that doesn't mean you can't reach out! Drop us a message or check out our website for more 🖤

Happy Guy Fawkes Night 🔥 We know how scary things are in the world right now. Dystopian novels are feeling far too accurate for our liking. If anyone's up for a gunpowder plot part 2 electric boogaloo, best of luck to you... Cheeky bit of treason never hurt anyone, right? 👀

Need a reminder of the services we offer? Swipe across to see an overview of how we can help your manuscript bloom 🥀 Head over to our website for more www.twisted-thorn.com

What even is reality anymore? I think I'm quite content living between the pages of my books, thank you very much 😌 ❓ What fantasy world would you want to live in? More importantly, do you think you'd survive?

Meet Co-Founders and Managing Editors, Kate and Lucy! 🖤 You can check out more about their background, experience and interests over on our website at www.twisted-thorn.com 🥀

Our books have opened for 2026... Want to get your manuscript booked in with us? Head over to our website and fill out the contact form, or if you have any questions, feel free to DM us! Let us help your story bloom, thorns and all... www.twisted-thorn.com 🥀

Home now—and back to reading ARCs! 📚 I’ve read this twice now (and edited it) but it’s so damn good, I’m not missing an opportunity to read it again 🖤 ‘Lord of Blood and Shadow’, Book One of The Courts of Daemonium series by Lucy May Smith (@lucymsmithbooks) Out 21st December, 2025 🌙

And so ends another trip around the world, the closing of miles and the space shared between me and my love, my bestie, Sabrina 🖤🥰

Dating in 2025

I did a thing!! 💋 Thank you so much to Reinventing Steel in Courtenay, Vancouver Island, for my awesome new piercing and for taking such good care of me 🖤 Until next time… 😈

My friend Tom, who lives in Australia, conspired behind my back with my bestie, Sabrina, to send me a surprise gift while I was in Canada. It wouldn’t deliver to the UK but it would there. I had zero idea and this is my reaction - I love it so much! My friends are the BEST!! 🖤 Love this for me! 😉

Today’s adventures 🖤🌲

Some pics from Vancouver, Canada 🍁

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Through security, coffee in hand, laptop open (because the work at @twistedthorneh.bsky.social doesn’t stop 😈) and soon, I’ll be on my way to my soulmate and best friend, Sabrina. Canada, here I come! 🇨🇦🍁✈️

Happy Halloween! Our spooky special has dropped! Check out the latest ep of Eternal Darkness Of Not So Spotless Minds, reviewing Halloween III: Season of the Witch and Haunt! 🎃 Plus, our usual games and nonsense as well as some exclusive alleged info about Fred and Rose West 👀

Idk what number I’m on. I’ve watched a bunch recently that I’ve not posted but this is what I’m watching tonight 😍 This is Halloween to me. Its rich, gothic vibes and autumnal setting alight the horror nerd in me whilst making me feel all cosy 🥰 Happy Halloween everyone 🎃💀

Happy Samhain, Halloween, All Saints' Eve, All Hallow's Eve, and Night of the Witches 🖤 ❓ How are you spending the spooky day/evening? 🎃👻🍂

How to know which editor is right for you? Our best advice: shop around! Think about who you want to review your work. Consider genre, style, characters, tropes, etc. But most importantly, find someone you can trust 🖤 We’re always available to chat so get in touch! We won’t bite 😏 Link in bio 🥀

No.24 of my #31DaysOfHalloween 🎃

No.23 of my #31DaysOfHalloween 🎃

A double rainbow - a portent of good luck, hope, and transformation 🥰 Wishing you all positivity this Friday 🌈

Didn’t watch anything last night due to recording so a day behind but getting back on track with a good’un and one of my fave Halloween flicks - no.22 of my #31DaysOfHalloween 🎃

Unhinged Halloween costumes: bookish edition 🖤 Head over to our Instagram and TikTok to see the rest 👀

No.21 of my #31DaysOfHalloween 🎃

No.20 of #31DaysOfHalloween 🎃

I ❤️ my hometown. Well done…

So… apparently (and fuck I hope I’m wrong) the American government is flat out editing TikToks to create propaganda to use as an excuse to threaten marginalised groups and POC. This is… well, unsurprising but still - a horrific testament of our times. Did we learn nothing from history??

No.18 of my #31DaysOfHalloween 🎃

A productive @twistedthorneh.bsky.social Saturday meeting with my business partner, Lucy, needs apple toffee muffins and vanilla lattés ☕️🧁📚

No.17 of my #31DaysOfHalloween 🎃