On 6th September 40 indie horror authors will be gathering in the Royal Hotel, Weston-Super-Mare! I’ll be there selling signed copies of Beyond The Smoke And Shadow, plus I’ll be launching my new novella, Fragments at an exclusive price. Come and see us, it’s going to be an epic day! 💀🩸📚💙📚😱📚

👻 EVENT EXCLUSIVES at Weston Horror Book Con on 6 Sep 👻 @catmowat.bsky.social will launch Fragments on 6 Sep with an event exclusive price and with her custom metal bookmarks (while stocks last) 😱 You’ve seen Catriona’s book boxes – this is going to be something special! 🩸📚😱📚💙

The Voyeur by Jim Ody is a fun-filled psychological/erotic thriller. As the mystery unfolds, the characters take you on a journey through a seedy underworld, carefully curated through the eyes of a voyeur. But what if someone else is watching? @jimodyauthor.bsky.social has nailed it again 📚💙🩸📚

My latest book is now six months old. The door is always open for you... THE EMPIRE OF THE MOON AND STARS by Simon Bleaken UK Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/author/simon... USA Amazon: a.co/d/coLs8om UK Amazon: amzn.eu/d/fsZ1uWL 😱📚🩸📚💙

😱 5 WEEKS TO GO - WHAT WILL I WEAR? 😱 Grab your Indie Horror Chapter T-shirt or hoodie from indie-horror-chapter.printify.me EVENT EXCLUSIVE items👇 Branded tote bags £10 Bespoke Chapter 3 posters AND metallic pen £3 Every penny is reinvested to help us keep the events free to attend. 🩸📚😱📚💙

Beyond The Smoke And Shadow has been nominated in eight categories in the BookTok Indie Author Awards! Any votes would be massively appreciated ☺️💙 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... (Ctrl+f to find me) 🩸📚💙📚😱📚💙💀

I’ve been working on a new release! Coming 6th of September: Fragments. A gothic novella about treachery, paranoia, a missing actress, murder and ghosts on the London stage… ARC sign ups and preorders below linktr.ee/catrionamowat 💙📚💀📚🩸📚😱📚

👻 12 WEEKS TO GO 👻 The biggest indie horror authors from the UK and Europe will descend on Weston-Super-Mare on 6 Sep 😱 You seriously don’t want to miss this! Check out this line up 🩸📚😱📚💙

A collection of nine gothic tales and poetry to haunt the darkest of nights. From the distant past to the far-off future, horrors lurk, and there are no happy endings. Darkness and death: what will you find waiting for you Beyond The Smoke And Shadow? Released today! 🩸📚💙📚😱📚💀📚💙 mybook.to/BTSAS

👻 HAPPY RELEASE DAY 👻 Beyond The Smoke And Shadow by @catmowat.bsky.social has hit the world 😱 Review by @jenramsden.bsky.social An incredible collection of gothic stories and poems that captures the imagination and takes you on an unforgettable journey. 🩸📚😱📚💙

The countdown is on. Two days to go until you can step beyond the smoke and shadow… 4.81 stars on Goodreads, with 9 stories and 10 poems to twist and turn the shadows, and send chills down your spine. What are you waiting for? Beyond The Smoke And Shadow, coming Friday 13th June 💙📚🩸📚😱📚

Beyond The Smoke And Shadow is now live on the ACX.com marketplace! If you are an audiobook narrator, head on over to check out the audition script! With 9 stories & 10 poems, this collection will give any narrator a heap of characters and atmosphere changes to enjoy. It should be a lot of fun 💙📚🩸📚

I have been very lucky to read some phenomenal ARCs of books coming soon. Here are some of my recent ones! Credenza drops June 13th Phobophobia drops June 30th The Secrets of Blackthorn House drops in August The Bloodvein Wand drops June 14th All 4-5 star reads from me! 💙📚🩸📚😱📚

A collection of 9 gothic tales and poetry to haunt the darkest of nights. From the distant past to the far-off future, horrors lurk, and there are no happy endings. Pirates, witches, ghosts, cryptids, and death: what will you find waiting for you Beyond The Smoke And Shadow? 📚🩸💙📚😱 #indiehorrorbooks

#ICYMI - Last week's @thisishorror.bsky.social rundown of new & forthcoming horror books: www.thisishorror.co.uk/news-round-u... While I Was Gone by @andrewcull.bsky.social - out now from Vermillion to One, Beyond the Smoke and Shadow by @catmowat.bsky.social - out 13 June from Question Mark Horror

Pre-orders for Beyond The Smoke And Shadow are live! You can order the kindle version on the ‘zon, and signed copies on my online store. I also have this exclusive mystery box, with exclusive merch, and a sneak peek at the cover of my next release! Limited to 50 catrionamowat.sumupstore.com 🩸📚💙📚😱📚

I’m very excited to reveal the full cover for Beyond The Smoke And Shadow! The incredible @grimpoppydesign.bsky.social did an amazing job that exceeded my dreams on this one. Preorders will be up next week, release is set for 13th June! 📚🩸📚😱📚💙

👻 ARE YOU READY FOR CHAPTER 3? 👻 Weston Horror Book Con, 6 Sep Join 45 indie horror authors from the UK and Europe for a full day experience you won’t forget! We are delighted to announce @catmowat.bsky.social as one of our attending authors 😱 🩸📚😱📚💙

This September, @indiehorrorchapter.bsky.social is back with Chapter 3! Over 40 horror authors from the UK and Europe will be at in Weston-Super-‘Mare for signings, panels and readings. This will be my first official event as an author: I can’t wait! It will be amazing, and it’s free!! 😍🖤💙📚🩸📚😱📚

@jimodyauthor.bsky.social has a brilliant deal for the next week: A Lifetime Ago is down to 99p/c in ebook! It’s a stunning crime thriller 💙📚 mybook.to/LifetimeAgo

“She had been beautifully tragic, with dark flowing hair that could not be tamed, with large crystal blue eyes the colour of forget-me-nots which stood out even more against her otherwise small featured.” No idea where the inspiration for that character came from… 🩸📚💙😱📚 #authorcameo #horrorsky

Boo by Christy Aldridge releases on April 9th and is one to check out. Creepy and haunting, it will stay with you, just like that imaginary friend you forgot about, too…. 🩸📚💙📚😱 #booksky #Indiehorror #horrorbook

The Staircase In The Woods by @chuckwendig.bsky.social releases on April 29th and is definitely one to look out for. Creepy, terrifying and beautiful all at once 💙📚💀 #Booksky #arcreview

We Met in the Forums by Rob Ulitski: a brilliant story that claws under your skin. Full reviews on GR and my socials now! 💙📚💀🦋 #Booksky #indiehorror

Beyond The Smoke And Shadow: a collection of dark stories and poetry. Each story is taken from a poem I wrote years ago, to make a matching set. From plague doctors and witches to wartime slashers, historical fiction to science fiction, this collection serves as a taster of my style. Coming 2025! 💙📚

My end of month reading wrap-up: I had some amazing reads this month and was really lucky with some incredible advanced copies! 💙📚💀 #booksky full list is in the image caption/ALT text

“ You will ache, you will feel this in your soul. And you will be horrified.” Review of You’re Not Supposed To Be Here by Mike Salt is live: I loved this haunting story. Releases in 14th feb! #booksky 💙📚💀

“The hardest horror to read is the horror that is true, that any of us could deal with at any point.” Some of the stories are true, some are imagined: all of them are real horrors. Full review of Dancing Through the Shadows is live now, all sales go to an amazing DV charity 💙📚💀 #booksky #survive

Do Not Unlock by @csjonesauthor.bsky.social releases at the end of March: grim, grotesque and genius, it is his best work yet 💙📚💀 full review on Goodreads now

A Werewolf's Diary is still free for a few more days (until the 30th of January). Grab your copy now!🥰 mybook.to/fQIJrB

Very happy to reveal the cover for my debut collection! Now I just have to finish writing it… Beyond The Smoke And Shadow, coming this year! #booksky #indiehorror #darkpoetry #shortstories #debut 💙📚💀

This year aside from moving to England and lots of changes in my personal life, I decided to release a book of my own. Now I’m 13k words into my debut collection of short stories, and my cover has been selected: there’s no turning back now! 💙📚💀 #Booksky #newauthor #debut #indiehorror

As bloggers and reviewers there is not a great deal we can do individually in these dark times, but we can all do our bit. Promote authors from diverse and marginalized communities as much as we can, and amplify blogger's who promote those most in need of our help.

Some thoughts on the Tony Slattery thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/the-furiou...

I was lucky to get a cheeky Beta read of this one, and it is a great cosy horror! Ghosts, mansions, isolated island, black magic: it is quite the party! Releasing next month, it’s a quick and easy read with a lot of soul(s). E.R. Vickers is a new author and really on the rise 💙📚💀

“Part historical horror, epistolary horror and creature horror, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is haunting, lyrical and sophisticated. You will be uncomfortable reading this, and you should be uncomfortable”. Review of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter @sgj.bsky.social is now live on my GR 💙📚💀

“Devin’s writing style is such a smooth and easy read, and the pacing is so intense that you will fly through this book quicker than a smack of Jones’ mallet.” I’m flying through ARC reads just now! Review of Jones 1993 by @devincabrera.bsky.social is up now: GR link in bio 📚💙💀

“Part police procedural/serial killer, part psychological thriller, part creature horror, Senseless really has elements of everything. It’s slow burn, but I think worth it when the stories start to ramp up” Full review of Senseless, @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social is on my Goodreads now (link in bio) 💙📚💀

Getting started on a spell of ARC reads, I’ve been looking forward to these ones! First up, Senseless by Ronald Malfi 💙📚💀

A beautiful collection of short stories that are haunting, grim and totally different. One of the things that makes this collection different is the addition of very short (1-2 paragraph) punchy stories based on fears, bad habits, and bugs… Love Wanes, Fear is Forever by Justin Boote 💙📚📖💀

The gift cards have been spent, the presents have been unwrapped: really happy with my Christmas book haul! 📚💙🎄💀

My Decembers reads, and my end of year wrap-up: it’s been a great year of amazing indie reads, some of whom I really hope go on to new and incredible levels this year 💙📚💀 support indie authors, some of the greats are just waiting to be discovered

My top reads of each month for 2024: a mix of classic and indie horror: all 5 star! I couldn’t choose between two for June so there are two. Titles and authors are in the alt text 💙📚

“There are moments of pure joy, disgust, sadness and horror all woven together in this story: you will feel the full spectrum of human emotion, and you will be left wanting more”: review for Mother, Mother, Meat by @philbakerauthor.bsky.social is up now! 💙📚💀

Anyone who has ever watched a movie knows that the key to a successful sequel is to use the same formula in a different location. Enter Christmas Eve Carnage 2: the Home Alone 2 of Christmas horror books. Sprinkles the elf is back, picking up exactly where he left off, no pesky survivors allowed.

Memories from last year: When you’re counting down until Christmas, but still looking like Halloween #gothlife I wasn’t kidding when I said Elvira is my style icon

“With elements of several horror tropes including ghosts, zombies, black magic and missing children, this story could easily go all over the place. What actually remains is a story that has lots of twists and turns but never strays too far from the original plot” Full review on my Goodreads now

Can’t wait for this! I’ll be with Jim at his table, stop by and see us if you’re around on the 29th March 2025

In the last couple of days I’ve finished 2 Christmas horror books: both ridiculous, well written and so much fun! In Christmas Eve Carnage by John Lynch, Sprinkles the elf isn’t the only danger this Christmas! And in To Hell With Hallmark by Brad Ricks, every cheesy Xmas movie goes bad…

My 200th book of the year! Of Sprites and Goblins, a fabulously whimsical horror novella from Stephen Barnard. Goblin-based horror is so underrated