"Rise of Krampus" is out! 1862. It’s after visiting hours at the Cape Misfortune Asylum - but a visitor has turned up nonetheless. Is he the terrifying Krampus of local folklore - or a madman escaped from the isolation ward? Either way, his story is beyond belief! mybook.to/RiseofKrampus

We’re in sunny Brighton for World FantasyCon. Have set up our tables in the dealers’ room, which will be opening soonish 🤗

Happy Samhain, this sacred festival has been cheapened into scary thrills and plastic tat. The ancient festival is about illness and death, the ancestors and the spirits that haunt our minds and our land. As we descend to the dark, let us embrace it #dartmoor #devon #halloween #samhain #photography

Farage: epic grifter

I thought about you when I saw snooker on T.V. last week.

My new pamphlet with @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social is my only autobiographical project. Find out more here: intergraphia.cargo.site/James-Knight

‘A striking feature of the novel is how Dawes creates a distinct voice for each particular narrator, with their own vocabulary and way of speaking’ Review of The Mune by Sue Dawes @wivenhoewriter.bsky.social for Ciadish mag ciadish.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/t... @barrowmember.bsky.social #amwriting

I haven’t been to see an exhibition for years because of #mecfs + being housebound but if I could i would go to this wonderful exhibition on slugs by @abipalmer.bsky.social which features slug discos, slug votives + a wall where you can smear clay messages disabilityarts.online/magazine/rev...

Thanks to @rachelburch.bsky.social for another beautiful calendar featuring her landscape photos of #Dartmoor. I think they have sold out (She raised £300 for the local food bank from them🙏👍👍) but her fab cards, prints, bookmarks and books can be bought on Etsy www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Theg...

Thanks to @rachelburch.bsky.social for another beautiful calendar featuring her landscape photos of #Dartmoor. I think they have sold out (She raised £300 for the local food bank from them🙏👍👍) but her fab cards, prints, bookmarks and books can be bought on Etsy www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Theg...

Respect to those who got here first.

We are delighted today to publish Body and Soul by Andrew Hook. Available in eBook and paperback via all good retailers. Heart is a world recovering from a catastrophe so long ago that inhabitants, unaware of history, live in isolated settlements, their only outside information from lone nomads.

How long before Trump tweets on X, calling Maria Corina Machado a woke leftie and the entire Nobel Committee jealous losers?

It’s dream-come-true time! The lovely Orcadian are publishing my collection of Orkney folklore inspired short stories - the book will be out for Autumn 2026! I can’t wait and I’m super busy creating the colour illustrations for it! #BookSky #Orkney #WritingCommunity #Folklore #ShortStories

Hotel is appalling. We are all in the attic.

Always wonderful to receive a new, and glowing, review! 🥰 📚🪐 @elsewhen.press #booksky #sciencefiction #timetravel #climatefiction #dystopianfiction

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Creatively Yours has launched. There are 6 items available for purchase now. More will be added and the current offerings will expire in December. Expect more wild promo and info to come! amandaearl.substack.com/p/creatively...

The Long Neolithic is an ongoing conversation. The stones talk between themselves, slow exchange across centuries. The stones talk to the landscape and of course, the stones talk to us. Answering back may be the minimum level of politeness. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday

This is a wonderful collection of stories! ❤️

Out now, The Witch’s Journey, a dark fairytale that is also an uplifting coming-of-age story, by American author Keith Miller. He describes it as “a dark fairytale embroidered with fairytales, full of sorrows and terrors, heartbreaks and delights, chocolates and mayhem and magic.”

A horrible thought.

Always lovely to get a glowing review on Goodreads. Thanks to the brilliant David Hay who I know a little from X but who isn’t on here @elsewhen.press #booksky

My regards to your dear lady.

buttondown.com/dragonfly.ec... This month's newsletter is a li'l late, but it is here. This issue features fiction about drought, an indie corner with Todd Medema, and a world spotlight on Dheepa R. Maturi. #ecofiction #drought #wildfires

Autumn is a sad & melancholic yet beautiful season & does strange things to me.

For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them. Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Hottest crime zone in Washington DC

A tombstone in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, photographed by Andy Darby. Note the border inscription.

Anyone else seeing blackberries in the garden in August? Seems very early #climatechange #nature

Trying for some sun this week seems like inevitably dodging the unseasonal and fickle god of rain clouds. Still, enjoying reading The Bear and the Nightingale. What are you reading this week? #booksky

But of gratuitous Saturday self promotion. An Orchid in my Belly Button, magical realist and dystopian short stories. #booksky #amwriting books2read.com/AnOrchidInMyBe… Please respond with information about your book and I will RT.

The hotel wasn't particularly good - I could almost hear the angels singing.

Taviton brook near Whitchurch Down last week #Dartmoor #Devon #photography

Fucking Salt fucking Path. There. I am happy to say it. Along with the fact that some sectors of publishing are spineless. Because harm is caused. Harm is caused to vulnerable people. Lies are perfidious; so are half-truths. The damage of overcoming arcs and redemption tropes is real & you know it.

I think about this all the time

This is a beautiful, magical and inspiring collection of short stories. I highly recommend it! #booksky #shortstories #magicalrealism #climatefiction #indiepress #LoveElsewhen

Wow. In under 24 hours, 200,000 people have signed up to build a real alternative to poverty, inequality and war. Something special is happening - be part of it at yourparty.uk.

What are you reading today? I am reading novella by AliyaWhitely. Am big fan of her fiction and this has chronic pain representation #booksky

Fancy supporting small presses? Quick plug for my short story collection from @elsewhen.press An Orchid in My Belly Button. Magical realism eco fiction. books2read.com/AnOrchidInMy... #booksky #amwriting If you respond with info about your newest book, I will RT it

We have partnered with @elsewhen.press to bring you a GIVEAWAY for one entire set of His Majesty’s Office of the Witchfinder General series by @simonkewin.co.uk and a bonus copy of Red Dragon by Dr Miriam Seacastle To enter: Follow us repost this post only. Rules: international Ends: 1st August

Happy Publication day Simon Kewin and his fourth instalment of his Office of the Witchfinder General series THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH VAMPIRE! To celebrate, Simon has written a piece about the origins of his series. Read more: tinyurl.com/4m3pz2kf @elsewhen.press @simonkewin.co.uk

Wonderful collection of short stories by Katy Wimhurst reviewed on my blog today. bookphace.blogspot.com/2025/03/an-o...

‘I’m a huge fan of magical realism. There is something playful, a lack of constraint, about the genre.. I love the way it creates concrete metaphors to address themes’ Thanks to @dragonfly.eco for interviewing me re my book of magical realist + surreal eco fiction dragonfly.eco/indie-corner...

My novel has been selected by Ingram Sparks for their curated Sci-Fi Standouts list! 🤩 #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #scifi #scifibooks #booksky #timetravel @elsewhen.press

July's Dragonfly newsletter is out! buttondown.com/dragonfly.ec... In this issue: #fiction and #water

Five months ago today, I became a published author. Waiting to hear what readers thought of my story was nerve wracking, but the reviews have been wonderful, and I'm super grateful to all those who've taken the time to post! #booksky #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #timetravel @elsewhen.press

Very sad to report that longtime mutual journalist and author Bridget O’Shea of ME/CFS Evolving Awareness on Substack and a longtime Twitter mutual passed away July 16 after a heart attack following a years-long struggle suffering from #MECFS www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/c... 1/2

Tremendous excitement here! The Cinema Beneath the Lake— my surrealist film-novel @orbistertiuspress.bsky.social 🗣 “An astonishing and revelatory achievement.” — Richard Shillitoe 📖 Order: www.lulu.com/shop/stephen... #surrealism #newbook #experimentalfiction

Classic Small Press Day! Saturday, July 19th, 2025. (Well, you know it will be) Spread the word on the day with the simple hashtag #SmallPressDay chums. And let's see if we can get this trending. :-)