May’s Tales of the World subscription arrived from @blpublishing.bsky.social This one looks fun! Beasts with Five Fingers: Strange Tales of Disembodied Hands, edited by Brian J. Showers “Thing, you’re a handful” - Gomez Addams #booksky #horror #talesoftheweird 🩸📚💙

So pleased to update my blog with a review of 'The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson' edited by Xavier Aldana Reyes. Well done @blpublishing.bsky.social #Williamhopehodgson, #horrorfiction, #weirdtales, #writerswhodiedinworldwar1 bleakchesneywold.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

I’ve ordered the remaining Factory novels, including A State of Denmark, which is about a fascist dictator running Britain. Could never happen… Also picked up the latest John Dickson Carr (as Carter Dickson) from @blpublishing.bsky.social, The Unicorn Murders #booksky #crimefiction ⚡️📚💙

Thank you to Spooky Isles for posting my review of 'Circles of Stone : Weird Tales of Pagan Sites and Ancient Rites', edited by Katy Soar. Published by @blpublishing.bsky.social #WeirdTales,#Paganism,#folklore www.spookyisles.com/circle-of-st...

Just finished reading these two fabulous anthologies from @blpublishing.bsky.social's "Tales of the Weird" collection. Weird Woods and The New Flesh. Both brilliant collections of tales known and unknown to me, both very spooky. Now what odd stories should I read next?

150th release. That's quite the library of crime!

Celebrating our 150th Crime Classic, The Unicorn Murders. Sir George Ramsden returns to Britain with the mysterious “unicorn,” A deadly game of disguise and deception unfolds, until an impossible murder turns everyone into a suspect. Available online and in store today

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Such a thoughtful synopsis of Malachi Whitaker's "Honeymoon" in Lucy Evan's Introduction to "Stories for Lovers" (British Library Women Writers series, 2026) ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

What exactly can a shed be? 🤔 Uncover how these small spaces have sparked big thinking, from inventions and literature to art and philosophy. The Philosophy of Sheds with @shedworking.bsky.social is available online and in store today. #BritishLibraryPublishing #NewBooks #Sheds #Gardenlovers

My latest book The Philosophy of Sheds is officially published today by the British Library @blpublishing.bsky.social. Available directly from them and everywhere good books are sold, ideally from your local independent bookseller.

With Mark Morris at Waterstones, Plymouth, we've both signed copies of his new anthology THE NEW FLESH published by @blpublishing.bsky.social

O. My. God ❤️

GRABBY HANDS!!

Ok one more preview. It’s the next Tales of the Weird, it’s ‘Beasts with Five Fingers: Strange Tales of Disembodied Hands’. That’s right a whole book of spooky disembodied hands! Edited by Brian J. Showers. Publishing May 21st. #TalesoftheWeird

Nice! War Song of the Welsh, a refined taste in Machen clearly

Next preview! New ‘Gilded Nightmare’ Shadows Over Cymru: Uncanny Stories of the Welsh Weird. Edited by Aaron Worth. Surely one of the prettiest jackets yet! & check out that contents list. Publishing 26/05.

Coming soon! I'm so excited for more people to discover this neglected gem.

Today seems like a good day to do a few previews! Let’s start with The Spring House by Cynthia Asquith, with a new foreword by Joanna Quinn. A WW1 novel that artfully balances humour & devastation. Publishing 09/06 @stuckinabook.bsky.social #WomenWriters

I will be appearing at Waterstones BRUSSELS on Thursday May 28th talking about POSSESSED and THE DEAD OF SUMMER!

📚New Book!📚 The British Library publishes new book by Juliette Wood. The Little book of Unicorns is a beautifully illustrated introduction to this mythological creature. @blpublishing.bsky.social www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/30...

On the blog today, a brilliant reissue from @blpublishing.bsky.social "I've never known you take a case so casually." #leobruce #carolusdeene kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/i...

I'll be talking about my new book out next month 'The Philosophy of Sheds' (published by @blpublishing.bsky.social ) at the always excellent A Drink with the Idler on May 28. It would be a pleasure to see you in the online audience. www.idler.co.uk/product/a-dr...

WYRD SCIENCE Issue 8 sees me interviewed about the Tales of the Weird series and my work on unearthing lost works! raremags.co.uk/collections/...

We’re thrilled to share some exciting news ✨📚 Last night, British Library Publishing won at the 2026 British Book Design & Production Awards for The Art of the Scribe by @patricialovett.bsky.social taking home the prize in the Scholarly, Academic & Reference category.

Thank you @wyrdbritain.bsky.social for reviewing Possessed! @johnnymains.co.uk 👀 wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2026/04/poss...

When the skeleton of a woman, found bearing a cryptic message is discovered beneath the old town hall, the vengeful grip of a long-buried curse pushes the town towards a night of flames and carnage. The Luck of the Town is out now. #BritishLibraryPublishing #GothicHorror

Happy Birthday to our friend, colleague & the king of the weird! @johnnymains.co.uk

3am finish!!: The Lure of Atlantis Another fun entry in the Tales of the Weird series, with a nice variation of pulp styles From REH’s Kull, to Clark Ashton Smith, Lovecraft and Verne; there’s also utopias and pseudo-science. All of which I enjoyed @blpublishing.bsky.social #wyrdwednesday 🪐📚💙

Elusive, rare, and steeped in myth… 🦄✨ The ‘animal that never was’ continues to inspire…and The little book of unicorns is a celebration of its magic. Available online and in store today. #Unicorns #Fantasy #BritishLibraryPublishing

Have reviewed 'Bird of Ill Omen-The Gothic Tales of Catherine Crowe', part of The British Library Weird Tales series #Victorian, #Gothicnovels, #19thcenturynovels. bleakchesneywold.blogspot.com/2026/04/bird...

Thank you to @gpwigglesworth.bsky.social glesworth for sending the latest @blpublishing.bsky.social Tales of the Weird Series, The Luck of the Town

Oh, wonderful that his books are still being reprinted. I’m especially fond of the Carolus Deene books, and Rupert’s autobiographies.

Carolus Deene has a troubling hobby as a criminologist and sometime sleuth. Before long Buddington is rocked by a twisted double-murder. Our latest Crime Classic, Jack on the Gallows Tree is out now, online and in store. #crimeclassics #mystery #britishlibrary #britishlibrarypublishing

Just picked this up from my local bookshop and went straight to the last story. @johnnymains.co.uk thanks for freaking me out and making me cry all before 11 am because it's such a hauntingly beautiful story you wrote. @blpublishing.bsky.social you have done it again

I've heard the name Robert Aickman, because of @johnnymains.co.uk and so I was pleased to see a story by him in @blpublishing.bsky.social and holy moly I now *need* to find more stories by him. His style is so .... unsettling. As a reader you feel off kilter reading, it totally draws you in

A short but sweet review of POSSESSED up on Wyrd Britain wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2026/04/poss...

Oops, I've been doing a bad job with the reading, but I've been ill, and finally finished @blpublishing.bsky.social's Evil Roots 🥀🌿 Another short story collection, this time focusing on botanical horror. If gothic tales of killer plants sound up your street, then this is an excellent collection!

With the arrival of the latest Tales of the Weird from @blpublishing.bsky.social (Marion Fox’s eerie novella The Luck Of The Town) I thought I should rearrange my shelves to display the collection. Not quite every book in the series but almost!

Excellent book post today, "The New Flesh – Tales of Shapeshifters and Strange Transformations" from @blpublishing.bsky.social's "Tales of the Weird" series. Complete with a story from @johnnymains.co.uk, and what I hadn't realised, Roald Dahl's "Royal Jelly".

🧚‍♀️Not just wings and wonder. Think tricksters, lovers and ancient spirits of shadow and shimmer. The Little Book of Fairies, available from the British Library Shop today! #fairytales #fairystories #britishlibrary #britishlibrarypublishing

Here is @shedworking.bsky.social at the beautiful Books on the Hill in St Albans today. We popped in to present them with a copy of his new book ‘The Philosophy of Sheds’ (out in May). The perfect gift for Father’s Day!

As a mask-maker in my spare time, I've been especially looking forward to the latest @blpublishing.bsky.social The New Flesh: Tales of Shapeshifters and Strange Transformation! Out today 🎉 and packed with strange and spooky tales of metamorphosis. #Horrorsky 💙📚🪐

My story 'The Girl on the Suicide Bridge' closes the anthology!

Three seconds is all it takes to become something else. From werewolves to stranger transformations, The New Flesh explores the horror of losing yourself, body and soul. Edited by Mark Morris with @johnnymains.co.uk Available online today. #weirdfiction #horrorfiction #britishlibrarypublishing

Finished: Castle Skull by John Dickson Carr Another great reissue for the @blpublishing.bsky.social Crime Classics. The investigation itself is largely secondary here; what drives it along are the wonderful gothic descriptions and the fascinating play offs between two detective rivals ⚡️📚💙

March Tales of the Weird subscription drop from @blpublishing.bsky.social has arrived The New Flesh: Tales of Shapeshifters and Strange Transformations Authors incl, Mary Shelley, Arthur Conan Doyle, Brian Lumley, Roald Dahl, Lucius Shephard and @johnnymains.co.uk #weirdfiction 🩸📚💙

Arrived today - "The New Flesh - Tales of Shapeshifters and Strange Transformation", edited by Mark Morris. Lates in the British Library @blpublishing.bsky.social "Tales of the Weird" subscription. Stories by Mary Shelley, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joan Aiken, Mary Danby and many more. Good stuff!

My new @blpublishing.bsky.social Tales of the Weird subscription book has arrived & Dilys Margaret Cat is intrigued.

A couple more photos from London Book Fair! The Crime Classics, Women Writers & Philosophy of… all looking splendid. @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social

LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL PHOTO. To think that my work is now part of the British Library's history will forever be mindblowing and awesome.