Tomorrow will see the release of LMS in Carnage House. A story about the End of the World, a rare topic for me. Did you know I once tackled the subject in I'm a House but I must Scream, published by Bag of Bones - edited by @sjtownend.bsky.social - in their Step into the Light anthology? Links 👇

Order WE LIKE IT CHERRY today, and Alex will HAND DELIVER YOUR COPY TO YOU, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD*** ***(citation missing) store.tenebrouspress.com/products/we-...

I've just queued up tomorrow's @thisishorror.bsky.social news, but while you wait, take a look at last week's edition: www.thisishorror.co.uk/news-round-u... Your Last Sunset by @sjtownend.bsky.social - out now @sleyhouseeditor.bsky.social ... 1/2

⭐⭐⭐⭐ review of Step into the Light, from Bag of Bones Press, ed. @sjtownend.bsky.social "A clever and consuming anthology of daylight themed horror, proving once and for all that evil and fright are not merely shadows, but irrepressible and diurnal." www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

"From inside, came the tips of fingers, then the hand, like a houndstooth glove extending between the folds of crumpled clothes in the bottom of the closet..." read Houndstooth now in the Patterns anthology edited by @sjtownend.bsky.social. mybook.to/patternspape...

If you're feeling rushed today, why don't you slow down a bit and read the first free story from Issue 4 of Die Laughing Mag? No, slower than that. Slower. Slooooowwwwwwer..... Check out "You Always Drive Too Fast" by @sjtownend.bsky.social! dielaughingmag.com/2025/07/25/y...

Out now! YOUR FINAL SUNSET is the 2nd short story collection by the eminently talented @sjtownend.bsky.social . Includes “I Have Seen Seven Bad Things” as the lead tale, a haunting story you won’t soon forget.

Happy to say that my story, QVC, has just been selected for reprint by the most excellent Penumbric Magazine! 🖤

Thank you #Waterstones for stocking my debut horror collection SICK GIRL SCREAMS! www.waterstones.com/book/sick-gi...

This issue includes work by @sjtownend.bsky.social, @joellekillian.bsky.social, @lilliekoi.bsky.social, @acbauer.bsky.social, @timidwerewolf.bsky.social, and Randall Madden! You do not wanna miss this! 🤡🔪

NEW SCRIBE ALERT! @sjtownend.bsky.social joins HORRIFIC SCRIBES! Her story "QVC" adds to our #domestichorror, #quiethorror, and #psychologicalhorror, describing a parent who has high hopes for a new air fryer... hopes feeding on dreadful circumstances. Read at horrificscribblings.com

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If you have ever asked "What the heck is Weird fiction?," this new essay by @megapolisomancy.bsky.social is a fantastic introduction to the territory. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...

Psyched to be part of this anthology with my story "Six Figures," the harrowing tale of the worst job interview you've ever had (okay maybe second worst)

Ugh, this world is a total bummer. Let's change it up! Costumes? Check! Sequins? Check! Catastrophic ruin? Hello? Join us and @joellekillian.bsky.social for the most fabulous calamity you'll ever see with "I'm Entering My Apocalyptic Era" in Die Laughing Issue 4 (only 5 days away!)

My short story "Chakatagir" is in this latest anthology from Bag of Bones Press, about a young Armenian girl defying fate after her brother's funeral, refusing tradition and blazing a new way. Thanks to @sjtownend.bsky.social and @markpeters.bsky.social for their wonderful work.

Announcing The Best of British SFF eBook Bundle. Includes Priya Sharma's debut, All the Fabulous Beasts, which we published in 2018. $5 gets you the 3 main books. $25 gets you all 10! Incredibly well-curated bundle from @lavietidhar.bsky.social storybundle.com/bestof

Out Now! I’ve got a story, titled “Freckles”, in this horror anthology PATTERNS. You’ll never look at your freckles the same way after reading it...

wrote about obsession & family & fire in PATTERNS. grateful to bag of bones press and @sjtownend.bsky.social 🪞🕯️

Delighted to announce the anthology “Patterns” by Bag of Bones Press is out now! The collection features my plastination story “Tracing Insides to Outsides” 🫀🧠💀🏃and I’m excited to dig into the other tales ❤️

AVAILABLE NOW! PATTERNS - an anthology of pattern-themed HORROR. All 2025 profit to NAPS, a menstrual disorder charity. Paperback and e-book purchase link: t.co/zIAly7U1Dp

You can preorder our Modern Mummies horror anthology here: www.cateyepress.com/store/p/mode... #booksky #horrorsky

A funny tale from me, in here:

Follow our fabulous Issue 4 authors on Bluesky! @sjtownend.bsky.social @joellekillian.bsky.social @lilliekoi.bsky.social @acbauer.bsky.social @timidwerewolf.bsky.social

BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror (+ More) is out now! 25 of the best independently- & self-published Weird Fiction stories published in 2024, spanning Horror Sci-Fi Fantasy & all things unclassifiable...but WEIRD. And all part of a balanced breakfast🖤☠️ Get it: store.tenebrouspress.com

You can read my review of @claymcleod.bsky.social 's most excellent ACQUIRED TASTE here on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

July's around the corner so here's next month’s upcoming #indiehorror #newreleases (Part 2) @mikebockoven.bsky.social @joshrountree.bsky.social @sandersjacob.bsky.social @cshumble.bsky.social @michaelcisco.bsky.social @michaelboulerice.bsky.social @jasonsanford.bsky.social @sjtownend.bsky.social

so excited to be part of this new anthology by bag of bones press and @sjtownend.bsky.social !!

'ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.”...ChatGPT users got lazier with each subsequent essay, often resorting to copy-and-paste by the end of the study.' time.com/7295195/ai-c...

Here she is - the second of my upcoming short fiction collections. This is the darker sister, the one with a maniacal laugh and way too many teeth. Huge thanks to @matgost.bsky.social and @sjtownend.bsky.social for their amazing blurbs. I'm excited to unleash this one 🖤

💀Eco-Body-Coral Horror! 💀Indigenous Supernatural Survival Thrills! 💀The Year's best New Weird Horror (+ More)! 💀Psychedelic Surgical Nightmares! Coming Soon & Just Released from Tenebrous Press; feed all your Weirdest cravings this summer with these and more🖤☠️ store.tenebrouspress.com

It's unleashed! An Ill-Stitched Menagerie. 12 strange tales of horror and imagination. mybook.to/JSQxd Works first published by @exposedbonemag.bsky.social @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social @sjtownend.bsky.social @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social & more

Very stoked that my spiral-shaped job interview horror story "Six Figures" will be in the PATTERNS anthology coming later this year from Bag of Bones Press and @sjtownend.bsky.social! In the meantime, please direct any questions to the Chief Threshold Officer.

Contract signed! One of my favorites stories will be in PATTERNS, an anthology from Bag of Bones Press and @sjtownend.bsky.social! "Chakatagir" tells of a little girl who defies Armenian superstitious custom and so doing draws the ire of G'rogh: keeper of destiny, custodian of doom — The Scribe!

Had a mid to sub-mid day but also just received news of a story sale in my inbox! (Another horror story inspired by my 8-year-old son - thanks, Otto!) So huzzah. Milkybars are on me!

Less than two weeks until the release of my 2nd short story collection, containing 12 strange tales of horror & imagination Ft. work published by @exposedbonemag.bsky.social @sjtownend.bsky.social @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social & more Kindle preorder: mybook.to/6tth

Just over a week to send in your pattern-themed dark fiction!

This generous collection took me a while to get through, but my word it was worth it!🖤 Suitable impressed, @sjtownend.bsky.social I take my hat off to you!👒 Review: goodreads.com/review/show/...

Hello everybody. Remains is a magazine created by Andy Cox and Richard Wagner. The first issue has just been published and the second is out soon. We are rubbish at social media but look forward to making new friends and talking about stuff.

Our last highlight from the Spring Pop-Up 🦝 We love the voice in this piece as it slowly evolves from relatable to strange to horrifying. @sjtownend.bsky.social explores childhood rivalry in her unique way. trashcatlit.com/shark-teeth/ For the whole amazing issue: trashcatlit.com/collectors-c...

Alas, I cannot write today. I have a bad case of clingy foot-cattitis.

Proud and humbled to say that a creepy story of mine will appear in Behind the Shadows vol 3: Dark Secrets. Thanks to all at Inkd Publishing. Can't wait to read the rest of the tales in this anthology!

New collection from me out this July. Your Final Sunset - some very grim tales - published by Sley House Press!

So excited to have a story in this absolute WEIRD BEAST of a book! Thank you Alex and Matt x

A small piece with teeth from me in here, along with lots of other great flash stories: trashcatlit.com/collectors-c...

Hooray! After calling out the original publisher of my romance novel over their breach of contract, I've FINALLY won back the rights to my tale. Pick-Up Lines - a heartfelt, humorous tale about a single mother finding love again after almost giving up. ❤️💖💘🥰 Available now: mybook.to/PICKUPLINES