Continuing my mini-series of interviews around the forthcoming publication of my novella, House of Wyrd, I'm interviewing Nicky Crowther, who runs @pspublish.bsky.social with her husband Pete Crowther. Tune in today for our Live Video at 1 pm (Irish Time). open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Thank you to @gnofhorror.com for this amazing review of my new novella from @pspublish.bsky.social - edited by @marieoregan.bsky.social with cover art by Lisa Laughy. There are a lot of details in this review, so proceed cautiously. 😀The path awaits. 🃏

I'll be chatting with editor extraordinaire @marieoregan.bsky.social today at 3 pm (Irish time - 10 am EDT). We'll be discussing her career as a writer/editor and her work as the Managing Editor of Absinthe Books, an imprint of @pspublish.bsky.social. Do drop by! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Edge-Lit is back for its 12th run in 2026, and we'll have our full line-up announced by the end of next week - and you can check out what's already confirmed at www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/edgel... #Derby #Derbyshire #horror #scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #writing #writers

At 5pm today I'll be chatting via live video to American artist/wood carver Lisa Laughy about her career and the book cover she designed for my forthcoming novella, House of Wyrd from @pspublish.bsky.social open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Green City Wars is out this week, US and UK covers below. A cyber/solarpunk noir detective story starring a raccoon. Available at your bookshop of choice, ebook, audio and hardback.

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Spookiness lasts all summer long around these parts, and with SPECTRES OF SUMMER you can still enjoy the darkness this August... www.eventbrite.com/e/spectres-o... #ghosts #ghoststory #ghostly #spooky #haunting #hauntings #summer #spectres

The Kickstarter for Last One Out in Lychford, the final book in the series, is live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sim...

It's my great pleasure to announce the authors and their works selected for "The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 2." Thank you to all the writers, editors, and publishers who sent in work for consideration. The print edition is now up for pre-order. undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...

The signing sheets for my occult mystery novella, House of Wyrd, have arrived from @pspublish.bsky.social! Thrilled! They use extra artwork that cover artist Lisa Laughy designed for the endpapers for the limited edition hardcover. Pre-order the volume here: pspublishing.co.uk/house-of-wyr...

I have been asked about our next book in the 'Fleetway Files' series. It is titled 'Glory Knight' and it should be out in autumn. Drawn by the great John M Burns- Glory Knight is a fun, action adventure time travel tale, that will fit well into the Fleetway Files series. www.hiberniacomics.com

It’s out! My first graphic novel as publisher! Salvation’s Child is a mind-blowing SF saga by @aptshadow.bsky.social a prologue to his Final Architecture series. In association with @comixology.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/Final-Archit... 1/3

The new biopic of Leonora Carrington "Leonora in The Morning Light", the subject of Bryan and @eyedotter.bsky.social graphic novel Armed With Madness, is released at the end of this month and will tour Britain. The screenings will be followed by a Q & A with directors Thor Klein and Lena Vurma.

This was announced at MCM/comics Pro. For the 50th Anniversary of @2000ad.bsky.social the 2027 Annual will have 60 pages of new material, including a 20-page JUDGE DREDD story by me, RM Guera and Giuila Brusco. Cover by @jockbsky.bsky.social

One of the most beautiful, insightful reviews I've ever seen of my work. Thank you @gnofhorror.com 💚

As announced by @pspublishinguk today - the latest titles from #absinthebooks! #stealme by @helengrantsays.bsky.social , #houseofwyrd by @splinister.bsky.social and #thelampinthewindow from @tommeadauthor.bsky.social To order, head to pspublishing.co.uk/absinthe-boo...

Hurrah! @pspublish.bsky.social has announced my novella, 'House of Wyrd', with a limited edition hardback out first - you can pre-order it now. Thanks to artist Lisa Laughy for the outstanding cover and editor @marieoregan.bsky.social for her wise oversight! pspublishing.co.uk/house-of-wyr...

The book trailer for @annodracula.bsky.social new book, 'Model Actress Whatever' is so fun. The novel is out from @titanbooks.bsky.social on May 12th.

My new novel – Model Actress Whatever – is due from @titanbooks.bsky.social in May. I’ve commissioned mock-up comic book covers from ace artist Paul McCaffrey to introduce the world of MAW. This is Poltergirl, the mind-over-matter maid …

✨✨✨GLITTER CANNON DEPLOYED✨✨✨ S1 E1 is now live on @theincomparable.com! with special guest @premeemohamed.com 🪲 Listen now! Or bookmark this for later! Whenever you need a hit of joy, we've got you covered! Transcript: sgwong.com/blog/episode... Subscribe/Follow the show! Share the joy ✨

Wishing everyone a Super Solstice, north or south. ✨️🌞✨️ May your holiday season be joyful and bright! 🎨 ‘Icebound’ by John Henry Twachtman, 1889.

I've an Anderson: Psi-Division story in this, drawn by Joe Currie with letters by Rob Steen. Called 'The Parade of Death', it features the Dark Judges. 💀🔥🤢🦇

Our #crime anthology #DeathComesatChristmas out now in paperback - the perfect gift at the link below 🎄 🎅 www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Comes-...

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