Another incredible shoutout! Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda includes TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN in his Christmas roundup @washingtonpost.com. 👉🏼 helleborezine.com

Thank you to @sfxmagazine.bsky.social for this wonderful review of TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN! 👉🏼 helleborezine.com

Got my contributors copy of Tales of Occult Britain and Northern Ireland! It's a really pretty book with great internal art, really looking forward to reading all the other stories in! Thanks @helleborezine.bsky.social!

IT’S HERE! Our first volume of strange and supernatural stories for the darker half of the year. Nine new tales by masters of the genre: Ramsey Campbell, Helen Grant, Reggie Oliver, Ally Wilkes, Steve Toase, Verity Holloway and more. 👉🏼 Get your copy on www.helleborezine.com

An ancient woodland home to witches and healers and an anxious cadet grieving his lover. A fairy hill and a widower haunted by his late wife. A lost land swallowed by the sea, a colony of rare flowers, and an academic experiencing visions.

A hill carved with mysterious figures and an eccentric old man who follows the old ways. An island steeped in legend and a stranger who claims to be its next king. A church on the marshes and a struggling artist who glimpses its demons. TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN 👉🏼 helleborezine.com

Nine new tales by contemporary masters of the supernatural and the strange: Nina Antonia, Ramsey Campbell, Steve Duffy, Helen Grant, Verity Holloway, Eóin Murphy, Reggie Oliver, Steve Toase and Ally Wilkes. ✨Out next month. Pre-orders now open worldwide✨

An old mine under a rocky outcrop, a ghostly cavalcade, and a lost child. A Victorian graveyard and a young man led to it by an antique walking-stick. An ancient cairn said to be the dwelling of a witch and a tight-knit family on their annual mountain climb.

New doc MONSTER GIRLS uncovers the often-overlooked history of women’s contributions to character and creature design, and it's available for preorder now:

Excited to see that Hellebore's first short story anthology is up for pre-order, including my short story Lake of Sorrows!

I wrote a folk horror book called ITCH! Ants 🐜 Forests 🌲 Women solving crimes together 👭 Gross body horror 😮 A dog called Finn 🐕 Folklore in rural England The Devil 😈 A (creepy) ritual procession Small-town drama A string of unsolved m💀rders A really old pub 🍺 Preorder: bio.to/Pre-orderITCH

ICYMI, PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb

“In her choice of stories for this collection, Holmes demonstrates clearly that the genre of the uncanny is in rude health. Highly recommended.” – You’re Reading swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/un...

Issue 2 (April) can be pre-ordered now. 25000-word novella by Rhonda Pressley Veit, stories by Abi Hynes, Sarah Read, Alexander Glass, and more. Nina Allan interviewed by Matt Hill. Colour throughout with more glorious art by Richard Wagner. remains.uk

Some days when nothing is working for you, you just gotta go back to what you love. Nobody did heroic fantasy better than the big man. David Gemmell’s books are underrated gems & i hope more readers discover their richness #EpicFantasy #Booksky #HeroicFantasy #DrusstheLegend

Is it too early to implement a Wicker Man style economic development policy, or should we leave it another week or two?

One to read for anyone who travels to cons in the states...

My work life would be a lot easier if I could remember economics lectures as well as I can 90s song lyrics, RoboCop quotes and the entire plot of Babylon 5...

Our Shirley Jackson tribute issue opens tomorrow! Read the guidelines here: bit.ly/4iA6H8u

This gorgeous looking volume from @holpublishing.bsky.social was a very apt Xmas present from my brother @ragemonki.bsky.social . Looking forward to getting stuck in!

Save the Date! 22 Feburary 2025 will see the re-launch of the Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies. This free in-person event at TCD will include a keynote by @middleagewitch.bsky.social, panel discussions, and more! For more information and to register: irishgothicjournal.net/coming-soon-...

An important thread for anyone out there who is a creative.

With director Aislinn Clarke’s FRÉWAKA (touted as the first Gaelic language horror film) and controversial bands like Kneecap battering global audiences with Gaelic/English rap music, it’s a wonderful thing to see our once-dying language crossing into the mainstream.

Sick of discussions about politics dominating family meals? Try The California Gothic in Fiction and Films for kicking off those sparkling conversations on cannibalism, cults and Lee Marvin. A must for light hearted chats over Christmas dinner.

Finally back to writing after a long break. Good to be back at it!

Swan River confederate Reggie Chamberlain-King has got a cracking documentary on BBC Radio called "Assume Nothing: A Belfast Haunting". Reggie investigates both local history and childhood memory in this wonderful documentary. I hope you all get a chance to listen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Here are the final posting dates if you're looking for Swan River books before the holidays. Europe – Thursday, 14 December Great Britain – Monday, 18 December Northern Ireland – Monday, 18 December Republic of Ireland – Thursday, 21 December swanriverpress.ie/2023/11/holi...

Someone on this train has chips and it's a very subtle form of torture...

Slightly amazed that I have finally finished my wordpress site. May even remember to add stuff to it on occasion!

My Sight & Sound review of Godzilla Minus One is online www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

Desperately trying to think of something interesting to write as my first message here...