Went in to get a weird moth tattoo, accidentally got a celestial whale... 👀🌊🐋 ✨️artist: Marta_Vinni_Tattoo (IG)

On a personal note, when I lived in Glasgow nine years ago, I attended my first proper writing workshop which was at Aye Write, so this is a nice wee circle 🤗✨️

A wild festival photo appeared ✨️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Was obviously enjoying myself too much to get any event photos, but had such a great time at Aye Write today, discussing folklore and Scotland's geomythography with Stuart McHardy and Katalina Watt! Sold out of books, had lots of lovely chats with folks - thanks anyone who came along! ✨️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Is it committing a wee bit too much if I have also booked in a weird gothic moth tattoo, because I have booked in a weird gothic moth tattoo... 👀🙈🖤

I have two longer projects on the go, with nearly 3 weeks off the day job to progress them, and yet today my brain was like, you've done an SF horror and a folklore horror collection, time for a horror horror collection, someone please intervene so I can focus and write my novel instead... 🙈🙃

Book launch! (Blood launch / brick launch) A fistful of urban horrors! My story's about the hope that art will save us, and says: what if it doesn't? What if you get stuck in a horrible mews, with a horrible muse? Massive thanks to Neil for making it happen, and my co-contributors, who I fear.

A smaller than usual Con haul (I had to trek around London after the event 😅) but some real treats to dive into! 💙✨️

I co-authored a fun story about a reformed supervillain with @lindzmcleod.bsky.social for An Honour And a Privilege - an ambitious craft anthology of stories & essays in which Lindz has teamed up with other authors, working collaboratively and then writing reflections on the process. Out next month!

Welcome to Tair House, a house that remembers in a city that forgets...🏚🖤

As we near the end of the year, the last thing you might want is a big, chunky fantasy or science fiction book to drag into the new year. Good thing @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's got 5 underrated novellas to recommend instead!

We're thrilled to welcome Dr Lorrain Wilson back to the Hive. She's written us another excellent article, this time on Dark Academia, ahead of the release of her own DA novel THE SALT ORACLE, out today from @solarisbooks.bsky.social More: tinyurl.com/mvywxtep @rainewilson.bsky.social

Good morning! Today’s lovely words about SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL come from @lyndseycroal.bsky.social. Thanks so much, Lyndsey! 🥹

Updating my website and realised that my next story publication will be my ✨100th✨ piece of original published short fiction!! This includes the originals in Limelight and Dark Crescent and various online mags and anthologies! 🚀📚 🎉 lyndseycroal.co.uk/writing/

My new cosmic horror / cursed film story that answers that age old question of “where did that strange spooky door come from?” is out in the world :)

Well, with the latest anthology addition that's my author shelf officially filled up...is it time to start another? 👀📚✨️🎉

Happy Book Birthday to Blood In The Bricks (NewCon Press), the new anthology edited by our own Neil Williamson! Read on for how you can nab the special edition! (1/3) @donredwood.bsky.social @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @dancoxon.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social

Happy Publication Day to Blood in the Bricks, an urban folk horror anthology edited by @neilwilliamson.bsky.social with New Con Press!! Delighted to have my story When the Blood Runs Dry included, in which a true crime podcaster meets a folkloric monster...🩸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...

Yay! Paperbacks of SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL have started to become available for pre-order. Barnes & Noble for now, but we’ll get there. Here’s all the pre-order links so far but more are coming! www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...

An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall. "Barnacle" by @kateelliottsff.bsky.social is out now at Reactor!! Art by @juanbernabeu.bsky.social Edited by @watership-up.bsky.social

This has snuck up! Can't wait to chat Dark Crescent, Scottish folklore, and Scotland's Geomythography with Stuart McHardy and Katalina Watt on Saturday, 11am at #AyeWrite2025!! 😇✨️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Tickets/info here: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/dark...

Last day to enter to win this gorgeous book merch! I managed to nab a couple at Fantasy Con and they're stunning ✨️💙

It's publication day TOMORROW! So last chance to enter this preorder giveaway! 👇🏽

On the train back to Edinburgh after Fantasy Con, after a short work trip in London, and I am so ready to melt into my sofa tonight, maybe with crochet or one of the many books I've been lugging around London since Monday 😅📚

Happy launch day! So glad to be part of this anthology, with a story about a true crime podcaster taking on more than she'd bargained for when visiting the site of a grisly murder (with some appropriately bloody Scottish folklore influence) 🩸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎤

It's officially launch day for Blood In The Bricks! It's folk horror, but right here in our towns and cities, written by some of my absolute favourite contemporary writers. Get it now (or They'll pay you a visit). www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...

Enjoyed folks asking me at Fantasy Con about giant cat (tiger) Pippin, slightly famous on socials apparently 😅 feel I need to show how he did used to be tiny...🐈

Scottish vampire hoover story, icymi, alongside some dark drabbles!! 🧛‍♀️🧹

#ICYMI Story by @lyndseycroal.bsky.social And drabbles by Kirk McDougall, Emily Jones, and me!

Missing Pip, but he's apparently having a lovely time enjoying sea views 🥲🌊

My debut novel, Tombstoning, is back from the dead. The book was first published in 2006, so next year is its twentieth birthday. To celebrate, my publisher @orendabooks.bsky.social are reissuing it with a lovely new cover and an introduction by Chris Brookmyre. Pre-order here: geni.us/Mb0bqB

New horror story drop to end Halloween weekend - my Edinburgh vampire story told inbetween snippets of a hoover instruction manual 🧹🧛‍♀️ is out now with @horrortree.com's Trembling with Fear! Read it here: horrortree.com/trembling-wi...

Well now. It appears I won a World Fantasy Award. I knew I should have put a shirt on.

New horror story drop to end Halloween weekend - my Edinburgh vampire story told inbetween snippets of a hoover instruction manual 🧹🧛‍♀️ is out now with @horrortree.com's Trembling with Fear! Read it here: horrortree.com/trembling-wi...

Home from World Fantasy, really enjoyed chatting with @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @tanaudel.bsky.social and Cécile Cristofari on the Nature Writing in Fantasy panel and getting to read these fab books 😊🌿

Congratulations to all the British Fantasy Award winners recognising some really brillliant work in SFF and horror!! It was such an honour to be nominated this year, and it's been a great weekend to be around such talented writers and friends 🎉✨️Now off to enjoy essential convention karaoke!

Look at the size of this panel for the NewCon Press launch at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social! So many talented people, including editor @neilwilliamson.bsky.social and writers @lyndseycroal.bsky.social and @joannacorrance.bsky.social

My clever friends at the @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social mass signing, @lyndseycroal.bsky.social and @joannacorrance.bsky.social

Join us and our Scottish colleagues for this fabulous event in the heart of Edinburgh! Let's celebrate #BookWeekScotland together! Our very own @lyndseycroal.bsky.social will be signing Dark Crescent on the Saturday at 1.30PM: don't miss it! @waterstones.bsky.social @booksfromscotland.bsky.social

A day into WFC, bar conversations have already cooked up a cosy fantasy - two witches feed the same stray cat, both think he's their familiar and end up vying for his attention, then of course fall in love...but cat tries to sabotage the romance to keep his two meals... Title: What is This Feline 🐈‍⬛️🧙‍♀️

Sharing seasonal Dark Crescent excerpts this week in the lead up to Halloween! This one from a fairytale-esque story about Daughter Death, and her journeys in the world below...✨💀🖤 @lunapress.bsky.social linktr.ee/lyndseycroal

World Fantasy folk! We're hosting a double launch for Dead Ink Books at 4pm on Saturday, in Balmoral Panel Room 1. Join me, Lucy Holland, Juliet E McKenna and Charlotte Bond as we introduce, discuss and sign copies of WRITING THE MAGIC and haunted house anthology UNQUIET GUESTS. See you in Brighton!

Frazzled after first connection delay, but made it 🙈 on my way to Brighton and World Fantasy Con, see folks this afternoon! And now for some uninterrupted editing time ✍️

🎸Open Call Cursed Morsels wants your weirdest work for its Dec 1–7 window 💋 Cunty Horrors 🎤 Cursed Concerts 💘 Monstrous Dating Profiles 💼 Batshit LinkedIn Posts 💰 Nightmare Grifters 10¢/word+5 copies @cursedmorsels.bsky.social 🔗 horrortree.com/taking-submissions-cursed-morsels-december-2025-window/

We published some bangers this year. Hope you got your weird on. Well, I'm sure you did. Thanks to everyone for your support. undertowpublications.com

I'm beyond thrilled that my story, The Dark House, is available for your listening pleasure on the latest episode of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton! There's a bunch of cool behind the scenes stuff on @wilwheaton.net's patreon as well. Happy Spooky Season! www.patreon.com/posts/142200...

Furiously attempting to edit to submit for a specific sub call, accidentally adding words instead of removing because I think it's growing arms and legs (and spores...) 🍄🫠

Busy month ahead for Dark Crescent things - here's where you'll find me - bookshop events, festivals, and a con! Looking forward to them! @lunapress.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✨🌙 lyndseycroal.co.uk/about/events...

Two episodes of Drafting Notes out today! First, a new early access episode is out now for our Mid-list and Bestseller backers on Patreon. In this episode, we are discussing how to nail the ending to your book, and why it matters! Join Patreon now to watch: patreon.com/ukpageone