A very happy pub day to the always amazing @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social Three people on a train hurtling through ghosted country where an old evil awaits. This one will drill into your head and make every night journey a pure terror. Absolutely bloody loved it! Bravo @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO (DON'T) CALL MUM BY @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social Available worldwide. Order from our bookshop or your favourite retailer 🖤 ❤️ www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/dont...

'Horror is most effective when it reflects society as a whole.' Matt Wesolowski @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social is on Northern Voices today talking about class, his new novella from @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social (Don't) Call Mum and the depth of horror as a genre. on.soundcloud.com/QuvNiapjQDiJ...

We're heading to the post office this afternoon to dispatch Northern Weird books! Get your orders in and you can have a fancy new book or two coming your way 😈😈 www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/bookshop

Listen to me yapping about folklore and linguistics with Fran Harvey of Narc Magazine! narcmagazine.com/my-writing-l...

I wish I could share a relevant anecdote here about something a publisher once said to me but I am too discreet. HOWEVER, if you're ever told the key to an author's success is something that isn't writing books, run.

Well... I guess we were both wrong!

So... @nadinematheson.com what's your prediction for tonight? I reckon your lads will give us more of a game than man utd who were probably the worst team I've seen at St. James Park this season! 🖤🤍

Thank you Samuel and hope you never meet the Gangral!

Thanks Alex! Hope you enjoyed your trip to Underwood!

Like a disused tickets onto the tracks as the last train pulls away, (Don't) Call Mum will be officially launched on the 8th of May! Tickets link in the post below!

#MustRead horror this week: @nighttidemag.bsky.social re-examine the werewolf through a queer lens, @gnofhorror.com feature a discussion on @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social's Six Stories explaining why it's a must for horror fans, @horrortree.bsky.social follow a horror writer's journey via fantasy ...

I'm at the 'What was that?' 'Oh that was just me, I had to bend down slightly.' Age of my life.

There is no such thing as too much MATT WESOLOWSKI @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social & today I review his great new novella (DON'T) CALL MUM for @gnofhorror.com. This train journey really had me jumping! gnofhorror.com/matt-wesolow... Note to self: avoid the North East of England at all costs!

Today I revisit one of my fav articles about @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social co-written with @stevestred.bsky.social. The SIX STORIES remains one of my fav ever series & blends horror with thriller in majestic style. gnofhorror.com/why-six-stor...

ANNNND!!! Today @jonezyboy.bsky.social also reviews (Don’t) Call Mum Matt's latest release from Wild Hunt Books gnofhorror.com/matt-wesolow...

Tha k you so much for this!!

Pre-order now! Coming 8 May in paperback and ebook, worldwide (bookshop link in bio) PART OF THE NORTHERN WEIRD PROJECT Leo is just trying to catch his train back home but the train soon breaks down in the middle of nowhere, and as night falls, something...or someone steps out of the distance.

My favourite genres are: 5. Ancient things that were here long before us and want us gone. 4. Kids see weird shit but also society is awful. 3. Apologise to that old doll for touching it... Too late... 2. Don't mess with that relic... too late... 1. Absolute, immeasurable hopelessness.

This is not for the faint of heart. If you feel fearful... Don't call mum! '(Don't) call mum' is one heck of a train ride from @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social, and it is published by @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social on the 8th of May.🤗 www.instagram.com/lady_j_reads...

My weekend reading recommendation for Alfred FM this week is (Don't) Call Mum, the spine-chilling new horror novella from @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social thisisalfred.com/podcast/the-... (from approx 54:38) @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social #BookSky 💙📚 #bookrecommedations

#BookReview (Don't) Call Mum by @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social I really enjoyed this spine-chilling novella, part of the Northern Weird Project from @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social hairpastafreckle72.blogspot.com/2025/02/dont... #BookSky 💙📚

Review: (Don't) Call Mum by @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social. A new novella, out on the 8th May, as part of @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social's Northern Weird Project. Thanks Wild Hunt Books for sending me across an ARC! bethreadscrime.com/2025/02/17/d... #bookreview #booksky 💙📚

I love Matt's 'Six Stories' books, so I'm very excited to read his latest tale that's part of Wild Hunt Books 'Northern Weird Project' He always comes for you... @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social & @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social

It gives me great pleasure to announce yet another iteration of Writing Darkness with @faberacademy.bsky.social - tutored by me! 🦇 💀Want to add eldritch horror to your writing? Ever wanted to add a ghost into your WIP? 👻 Or do you want to write deliciously? 🐐🐐 faberacademy.com/product/writ...

Thank you Heather! I'm glad you enjoyed your trip to Underwood!

Thank you so much, George, for the review!

Dipping our horror toes in with some epic news! P.S. pls say hi! 🤘👁️❤️ Welcome @keithrosson.bsky.social! Thx @the-bookseller.bsky.social, horror fans and @scifinow.bsky.social for sharing Excl. sampler: www.scifinow.co.uk/books/new-ho...

In a bit of a reading slump. I've tried a few BIG titles with jackets quotes from BIG names pushed by BIG publishers and all of them left me cold 🙃 I like bleak, unending grimness; haunted people, urban decay, folklore and trauma. Please help! Eternally grateful for all recommendations!

5/2025 was (Don't) Call Mum by @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social, coming soon from @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social, an ADDICTIVE bite-size piece of folkloric Northern dread. Matt W slays again!

Such an incredibly creepy story. Who hasn’t been stuck on a train and just want to get home? Then throw in a bit of freaky English lore and you’ve got one hell of a story! @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social really pulls us into Angus’ story and we just want him to get home but Underwood has other plans.

Listen, don't become an author. Either you have permanent 'I should be doing my homework' feelings or you hate everyone and everything because you're not writing. For about five minutes every year you feel proud of yourself for finishing a book. Otherwise it's just constant emotional instability.

💀 The black-plumed herald hails the arrival of the blighted proofs of (Don't) Call Mum! 💀 Coming in May from @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social To be in with a chance to win A signed proof, head over to my Instagram: MattJWesolowski

Can't wait to see Willem Dafoe morphing into Ralph Ineson!

Oh, is that a box of proofs I spy?? ❤️🖤 @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social

I think what makes it tough for people is that, like Marilyn Manson, these men were idols for some of us who were different. They represented triumph at the end of being constantly bullied for being our little alt. selves. Make no mistake though, these men let us all down and they can both rot.

Gutted to hear about David Lynch. Lost Highway and The Straight Story are two of my favourites; so different yet utterly wonderful types of storytelling 🖤

These proofs can only bear the touch of the undead...

Just lighting some incense so my zoom teaching session looks like I live in a realm of perpetual mist...

💙 COVER REVEAL💙 So excited to share the next cover in The Northern Weird Project: THE OFF-SEASON by @jodierobins.bsky.social PRE-ORDER NOW Available in paperback & ebook (worldwide) 📚 🤖 https://www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/theoffseason/9781739458089 #magicalrealism #blackpool #mystery

Happy to announce that this has now SOLD OUT and begins on Monday. I've had so much fun creating this and can't wait to put out the anthology at the end! here's to showcasing new voices in dark fiction in 2025!

My favourite bit of Nosferatu were the people in front of me, making sure, using their outdoor voices, that everyone knew they'd seen the original. In all seriousness, it was incredible. Take a bow, Robert Eggers.

Thank you so much, Tanya, your cheque is in the post 😉

There was a guy walking around the supermarket today who smelled so bad that the staff were following in his wake, spraying air freshener. One of the most remarkable things I've ever witnessed and can't help feeling slight admiration for such a stench-flex in ALDI.

A very merry ghost story season from me and Local Bus Services (pictured) 🎄🎅

Exactly this.

Just 4 places left on @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social's short story course beginning in the New Year🎟️🔥 Open to all levels of experience, explore dark fiction old & new, & get published in a Comma eBook! The perfect gift for the writer in your life ✍️🎁 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-fol...

Day 4 This one literally changed the way I write. Incredible book. @laurenbeukes.com

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