RUN, DON’T WALK etc. 👀🧛🏻

thinking about writing about demonic possession & the like again

For people that feel helpless, this period is so tough but there's ways to help for anyone. Go out there support Venezuelan ppl and artists living in it as they prepare for unpredictable times Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well: go.bsky.app/8daQmpX

How your e-mail finds me today as my brain error-404s its way through my inbox:

I love being an adult

So very excited to share that my story "As Sweet" is in the latest episode of The NoSleep Podcast! It's one of my favourite things I've written and the narrators did such a wonderful job.

I have a story here!

Working with Margrét on Nordic Visions was a brilliantly enriching experience, so I’m unbelievably excited to be collaborating again on NORDIC NIGHTMARES! Jumped at the chance to help bring this collection of contemporary Nordic horror into the hands of readers worldwide. Fall 2026!

the thing that drives me insane about genAI/chatgpt bullshit is that brother, the process IS the work IS the entire thing. no artist comes to art for the final result. the final result is inextricable from the fucking labor that came into making it

Breaking news: my out of office is on

It's official! ROSE OF JERICHO is heading to the UK. And isn't that a gorgeous cover?!? #BookSky #CoverReveal #WritingCommunity #bookstagram

Thrilled to have acquired ROSE OF JERICHO for the UK! Witches in New England, the walking undead, and (drumroll) BIBLICALLY ACCURATE ANGELS! Come for the sharp prose and vibrant characters, stay for the cosmic conflicts beyond human comprehension

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

It’s that time of the year, and while I’d normally be all “THOUGHT BUBBLE NEXT WEEKEND!”… I am gutted to say cannot be at Thought Bubble this year 😭 So if I was going to see you there, I’ll be there in spirit, haunting the 2000 AD stand

Wishing the biggest congratulations to both @artofelaineho.bsky.social and @rainewilson.bsky.social on publication of Cry, Voidbringer and The Salt Oracle respectively (Lorraine is also celebrating the paperback release of We Are All Ghosts in the Forest!) These are truly amazing books ❤️

Incredible fall day in Berlin today, 10/10 no notes

This year's official Thought Bubble 2025 t-shirt is designed by Anna Readman and printed by Rogue Print! They will be exclusively available at the Thought Bubble Merch table, in a limited print run of only 100! So make sure to get down early! Get yours at Comixology Hall, table D1-2.

OUT TOMORROW!💥 @2000ad.bsky.social

We are DELIGHTED that @vajra.me's RAKESFALL is the winner of the 2025 @ursulakleguin.com Prize for Fiction! Huge congratulations Vajra and to all of the other finalists! See Vajra's acceptance speech here: https://geni.us/ursulak25 Buy the book: https://geni.us/rakesfall

A ghoulishly grand review from @readingtheend.bsky.social in Reactor for THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ! "We’re in a golden age of Gothic speculative [email protected] continues to fly the Gothic flag in this wonderfully creepy third novel" Out now! geni.us/palbad

SURPRISE! We were thrilled to contribute to Rebellion's Thirteenth Floor anthology, which sends homicidal computer Max all across the world to protect and terrorise. Better yet, it's available to pre-order in the Waterstones sale. It's due out February 12, 2026 - perfect for Valentine's Day!

best of both worlds: you don’t have to choose between spooky season and yeehaw season 🤠😈

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

This new Conjuring movie… gang, I’m going through an all-time Bad period of anxiety and even then I almost fell asleep several times

REMINDER! Next month sees the release of the SCREAM! SPECIALS ARCHIVAL COLLECTION collecting all the specials from 1985-2024 including Anna Readman, George Pooley, @jmstevenson.bsky.social, @mestierious.bsky.social and I's "And His Skin Is Cold" from the 40th Anniversary Special. Pre-order now!

We are beyond excited to welcome The 2000 AD Hall to Thought Bubble Comic Convention! Thank you to @2000ad.bsky.social for the support, looking forward to seeing it filled with amazing comic creators this November!

The Night

this is soft, dude. this is really, really soft. a few years back, Frank Tieri threatened another critic and myself with violence, directly, at a comic-con over Batman opinions. That dude kept his job. He slid into my DMs with a fake apology. C. Kirk called for extermination. A joke didn't kill him.

🚨COVER REVEAL & ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨 We've snapped up Lindy Ryan's DOLLFACE for the UK! This new standalone slasher from the author of BLESS YOUR HEART & ANOTHER FINE MESS, will be hitting the shelves in the UK in May 2026 with a stunning new UK paperback cover by our very own Sam Gretton.

When I said the various Rowlings and Linehans of Britain were assuming and hoping for the public to act as the unpaid enforcement arm of their crank movement, this is precisely what I meant.

This is the first page I turn to when I’m showing people @molcher.bsky.social’s book about Judge Dredd and modern policing: shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB...

BRING HER BACK and WEAPONS both rip; some prime Sick and Nasty material in each of them, and they hit some of my personal horror all-timer notes. HORROR SEASON IS HERE. (I’m obviously kidding. It’s always horror season)

In relation to various viral discussions on the other Evil app, a) fuck AI and b) I personally love upsetting & depressing & disturbing reads and would love it even more if, say, you were a literary agent and wanted to send them my way 🤓

There's currently 20% off 'I Am The Law' in the 2000 AD webshop, if you want to read about how a comic book explains how we ended up with genocide in the name of 'security' and pensioners opposing that genocide getting arrested... shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB...

Speaking of demons, devils & the like, I am compelled to share a triptych of X-Men panels I have not stopped thinking about since 2003 (?) in which MVP/blue legend Nightcrawler’s origins are revealed, Mystique throws him off a cliff shortly after birth, and naturally:

Hey there demons, it’s me, ya boy… again 😈 Beyond thrilled to bring Isabel’s latest novel, THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ, to the UK. If you love family intrigue + spooky mines + of course, demonic possession… step right up 👀

If you enjoyed the movie Sinners I reckon you'd like these books too!

This summer I am going to confront the demons of my past and reunite with the old bastard 11 years after the ultimate call-out post (my MA dissertation)

Rewatching Andor (it’s not over unless you decide it’s over!) and I’m obsessed with the decision of making Ghorman Space France because it means somewhere out there… in that galaxy far, far away… there is also a Space Italy

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Writers: before you sign a contract with a publisher, make sure AI isn't replacing your illustrator, your translator, your editor, your jacket designer. Readers: if you're thinking of buying a book, do the same. Refuse. Resist. If AI garbage doesn't sell, people will stop making it.

insane £1 bargain

So delighted to see @solarisbooks.bsky.social is one of the ten finalists for Best Publisher in this year's Locus Awards! 🥳

I’m mostly off the bird app but I do enjoy the occasional peek, because where else will I find such blindingly stupid takes as “Darth Vader would NEVER condone sexual assault”?

I wonder how many other human rights former human rights lawyer Keir Starmer is excited about demolishing

Speaking of Good Art and Good Horror this weekend: I’m halfway through The Buffalo Hunter Hunter and losing my damn mind at how brilliant it is.

You’ve heard it from everyone else and it is true: SINNERS is an absolute blast. Big, bold, propulsive, gorgeously shot, not a dull note. A scene in the middle of it is nothing short of a religious experience, so it qualifies as Easter weekend viewing. Go! IMAX if you can.

So many people that even The Guardian had to admit that it happened