Ever wonder what a parade would look like in Mega-City One? The answers are in this interview with @splinister.bsky.social & Joe Currie, plus an exclusive preview of their story for this year's @2000ad.bsky.social annual: comicon.com/2025/11/05/e...

Ho Ho Ho... it's the season to be scary... get your @2000ad.bsky.social 2026 annual. It was such fun (and mayhem) to write the Dark Judges for an Anderson: Psi-Division script. Thanks to Joe Currie & Rob Steen for their excellent work.

Stunned, honoured and happy! Thank you to the jurors, and my editor @dancoxon.bsky.social and @pspublish.bsky.social. I'm so pleased that Heartwood also won the World Fantasy Award. What a night! 🌟

How lovely to be in Brighton! I'm at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social where I'm nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction! I'm on a 6pm panel about British & Irish Folk w Tristan Gray, Rhiannon A Grist, & Cardinal Cox. 😃https://worldfantasy2025.co.uk/programme/british-and-irish-folk/

A group of us wrote/made a film. I wrote the screenplay. And here's the trailer. Exciting! GAME Produced by Geoff Barrow (Portishead, Ex Machina) for his Invada Films. Directed by John Minton. Starring Marc Bessant and Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods . www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZbC...

My first official BBC Doctor Who story is out today! WHAT STILL REMAINS is a Seventh Doctor and Ace adventure, and is read by Ace herself, @sophiealdred.bsky.social Available as a physical CD or as digital audio from your favourite retailer. Links at the link! www.penguin.co.uk/books/464137...

I'm happy to see that this Friday's talk at @nlireland.bsky.social on Early Irish Comics is listed as sold out! How gratifying to see there is such interest! I'm looking forward to being back in the NLI to chat comics with my fellow obsessives. www.eventbrite.ie/e/comics-at-...

This most excellent panel on Irish comic book history is coming up Fri Aug 8th 1pm at the National Library @nlireland.bsky.social. Free, but book via the link. Looking forward to hearing (and seeing!) my talented Galwegian friend Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social‬ www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...

If you've listened to an interview any time in the last year, you heard me tease there was something big coming. WELCOME TO SOMETHING BIG. Buffy was incredibly formative to me. She's one of my favorite heroines of all time. Writing this is the dream. The pitch is WILD, & I hope you guys love it. 🖤

I'll be part of a panel discussion on 'Comics at the National Library of Ireland: Discovering Irish comic book history' on 8 Aug 2025 from 1pm - 2.30pm at the @nlireland.bsky.social, 7-8 Kildare Street, Dublin. It's free, but you need to book a ticket. Details here: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...

FYI: HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN's Kier-La Janisse has wrapped principal photography on her first narrative feature THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM, based on the classic Algernon Blackwood ghost story.

Since I saw it half an hour ago I've been trying to find the words to express how I feel, but I've come up short. I'm beyond thrilled that HEARTWOOD: A MYTHAGO WOOD ANTHOLOGY has made the shortlist for this year's World Fantasy Awards. I'll thank you all properly shortly, but for now I'm in shock.

Stunned (but honoured) that my story, 'Raptor', which appeared in the Heartwood anthology, edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social and published by @pspublish.bsky.social, has been nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction. Congratulations to my fellow nominees!

I'm so pleased to have a video essay on the limited edition Blu-ray release of Nocebo (2022), directed by Lorcan Finnegan and written by Garret Shanley, and released by Viva Vision. Entertainment.https://viavision.com.au/shop/nocebo-2022-blu-ray-limited-edition-3d-lenticular-hardcase-art-cards/

If you're a reader or writer of horror, fantasy and sci-fi in and around Derby, then Edge-Lit 11 could be just the day out for you this September! www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/edgel...

I'm on the first leg of my train journey to Belfast for @easterconuk.bsky.social - I'm looking forward to catching up with old pals. Here's my schedule of events for the weekend. splinister.com/2025/04/17/e...

www.dvdbeaver.com/film12/blu-r... so very proud of all the work that went into this disc and everyone who contributed.

My latest newsletter: 'treasure connection' - embrace each fun-packed moment, emoji heart, and genuine expression of good will that you receive. Plus, my schedule for @easterconuk.bsky.social this weekend in Belfast. splinister.substack.com/p/treasure-c...

Let’s take a journey to the dark side together… Presenting STAR WARS: MASTER OF EVIL! Out November 11th from Random House Worlds. www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...

My @arrowvideo.bsky.social THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT Blu-ray has arrived and I can’t wait to dig in and read @priscillapage.bsky.social essay! Gorgeous packaging and so very worth the wait.

A new comic book trade association, Comic Book UK, has been formed by DC Thomson (The Beano), Rebellion (2000 AD), Avery Hill (Spinning), David Fickling (The Phoenix Comic), B7 Media (Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies), & Envision Entertainment (the Fable reading platform) www.comicsbeat.com/cbuk-trade-a...

What a treat for my story, 'The First and Future Forest', to be part of ParSec #13, with beautiful cover art by Vincent Sammy, stories by @neilwilliamson.bsky.social, Garry Kilworth, Paul Di Filippo, Cécile Cristofari, Kevin Burke, & @mikeowencarroll.bsky.social. pspublishing.co.uk/parsec-digit...

Nintendo Switch players! Cool news - Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries, from Outsider Games in Belfast (written by me, based on the Atomic Diner Comic I wrote), is available on the Nintendo Switch now. Congrats to the team & artist/CEO Stephen Downey. www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

A delight to co-produce this with the legendary @neilsnowdon.bsky.social for Arrow! Other superstars on this dream team include @joshnelsonfilm.bsky.social @clembastow.bsky.social @splinister.bsky.social and @richardkadrey.bsky.social 💜

Barry Foreshaw joins me for a new episode of Writers on Film to talk British Gothic Horror Cinema open.spotify.com/episode/7b4A...

I’ve written a pop history of @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social ‘ Avengers in the 1970s for @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social ! It’s such a labour of love, illustrated with many panels from the comics! You can read all about it here! apnews.com/article/marv... #comics #marvel #1970s

In my latest newsletter I explore how the Ship of Fools allegory has sailed true for millennia. splinister.substack.com/p/ship-of-fo...

The winners of the ComicScene Awards 2025 have been announced – and we want to thank everyone who voted for downthetubes in the Best Comics Media category

The nominees for the 2025 Golden Claw Awards have been announced by the @horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social www.dreadcentral.com/news/521829/... #horror #cinema

‘Fools', my latest newsletter, is about the history and iconography of The Fool, and how a comedic spirit can allow us to renew and advance. splinister.substack.com/p/fools

I have a starter pack of Irish SFF folk go.bsky.app/5Ch5fdz

At last: Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers is now available for you to buy from your favorite bookseller! With 29 writers from around the world in #Fantasy, #Horror, and #ScienceFiction, this anthology is the groundbreaking first book of @starsandsabers.bsky.social! #newbooks #SFF

The great writer @aliettedebodard.com is going through an awful situation, so a bunch of us put together a funding link to help. (I’ve been asked not to add to what she’s said here.) Do give whatever you can, and please spread the word. www.gofundme.com/f/helping-al...

Advance notice: I have a story in this! To be published 25 September 2025. www.amazon.co.uk/Birds-Strang...

In my newsletter: I return home after being displaced by a storm, and I've got an essay in the limited edition 2-disc set of the fun action film, The Long Kiss Goodnight, via @arrowvideo.bsky.social splinister.substack.com/p/the-return...

Adrian Tchaikovsky and I will be having a joint launch event for our new novels at Toppings & Company Booksellers of Bath at 6.30pm on the 5th March, where we will be in conversation and available to sign copies. Tickets are available from toppingbooks.co.uk

THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT 4K restoration! Produced by me & @horrornonna.com, feat. @priscillapage.bsky.social, @joshuaconkel.bsky.social, Drusilla Adeline @mangiotto.bsky.social, @richardkadrey.bsky.social, @splinister.bsky.social, @clembastow.bsky.social, @joshnelsonfilm.bsky.social, Howard S. Berger

Yes, you should buy Judge Dredd: A Better World but a bunch of my other Dredd GNs are in this sale. The Small House and Titan (both with Henry Flint) are just £7.49 each.

Coming this August! A folk horror/crime/thriller. Maybe you can learn their secrets.... If you're a reviewer and you'd like to get your hands on an ARC, message here or email me and I'll send you Titan's way.

My latest newsletter, Comforts, describes the impact of Storm Éowyn on me, and how quickly the essentials become a luxury when the lights go out. splinister.substack.com/p/comforts

Folks! The Final Order cut-off for Women of Marvel, She-Devils #1 is TOMORROW, and you can get a really nice Peach Momoko cover, too, with the character I wrote and drew (and Kelsey Ramsey also drew), WOLVERINE. The book is out at the end of February. forbiddenplanet.com/catalog/?q=w...

My weather app serenely informs me there is a moderate wind warning for tomorrow, while the Irish news shows our map dripping in red, and I imagine daggers chopping into the country as the 'killer' Storm Éowyn advances. I do not enjoy waiting to discover the truth of its effects.

LotR fans are both elated and terrified by the arrival of Storm Éowyn to our shores on Friday... it's a Status Red storm for most of the country. And those warnings are very stark. Steady on lady, we're not the Witch-king of Angmar! www.met.ie/warnings-fri...

My latest newsletter is about the need for dark skies, and a new map of the Milky Way. Hurrah for international scientific collaboration and multi-decade planning! splinister.substack.com/p/dark-skies

So many amazing anecdotes about David Lynch. I will add something fluffy but possibly entertaining. For a brief while, David Lynch was probably best known in the UK for his wonderfully him PlayStation ad, championed by the great @trevorbmbagency.bsky.social youtu.be/Laf9vpJMDjA?...

This is a beautiful tribute.

RIP David Lynch. I was lucky enough to talk to him and Isabella Rossellini in 1987, to tie in with the UK release of BLUE VELVET. They were both lovely, and fun to talk to. multiglom.com/2010/07/06/d...

David Lynch, a huge influence, is gone. Gutted. A true artist, who channeled subconscious demons onto the screen and remained a happy man. His impact on TV and cinema has been immense, proving that wild and weird stories had an audience. Enter the white lodge safely. 🦉 www.bbc.com/news/article...

My latest newsletter discusses the magnificent allegorical frescoes by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, The Allegory of Good and Bad Government (1338-39), which astutely summarises the benefits of a harmonious society and the dreadful pitfalls of tyranny. splinister.substack.com/p/allegory

Just out - Nosferatu on vinyl ...