Aging indie rockers, check it... I loved this short story so much. 🪇🪩👹

New episode of the Stranger Times podcast alert!! Featuring a brand new story read by the not entirely brand new but nevertheless brilliant @philmealey.bsky.social Available wherever you get your podcasts.

Home town gig!!

Home town gig!!

People of ireland - the prodigal son has returned! Aka Me! Joined in Dublin by Brendan ‘the voice’ McDonald. And we promise to have you home in time to see celebrity traitors.* *dependant on where you live. All promises not actual promises. Reality is subject to change.

Massive shoutout to Waterstones Stockport - got my own table! Fab support for a local writer. Signed copies of all my books now available and copies of the brand new stranger times newspaper.

#BookReview #RingTheBells by @caimhmc.bsky.social (Book 5 in The Stranger Times Series) Paranormal mystery Caimh's pure wit, and his ability to create such a motley crew of lovable oddballs is very much the appeal of these books. Top-class entertainment👌 www.swirlandthread.com/ring-the-bel...

@penguinhuddleuk.bsky.social know how to make a bookseller very happy. @caimhmc.bsky.social with Ring the Bells and Tales From The Stranger Times I have had a really enjoyable week.

Thank you to @caimhmc.bsky.social for taking time to visit us on #BookshopDay. Here he is with a stack of books, the newly released Ring the Bells together with the first four Stranger Times in paperback. This is my favourite comic SFF series of recent years, highly recommended! 1/2 #booksky

Ring The Bells book 5 of The Stranger Times series is out today!! Available everywhere. Well, not newsagents. Or hairdressers. Almost no nail saloons. Come to think of it - book shops. Really mainly available in book shops.

Very much looking forward to this one too! For me, Stranger Times has been the best comic SFF series of recent years. Humour, plot, character, a world that builds throughout the series. #booksky

Ring The Bells book 5 of The Stranger Times series is out today!! Available everywhere. Well, not newsagents. Or hairdressers. Almost no nail saloons. Come to think of it - book shops. Really mainly available in book shops.

Do you ever pre-order a book and then forget when it’s due to be released? It’s like buying yourself a surprise present! Anyway, can’t wait to get stuck into Ring The Bells, the latest in the brilliant Stranger Times series by C.K. McDonnell #booksky @caimhmc.bsky.social

Yorkshire folks, I'm going to be putting questions to @caimhmc.bsky.social on Friday evening at Waterstones, talking about his new book Ring the Bells. Come along for tales of the Mancunian supernatural & the forces unleashed when a book club goes wrong. www.waterstones.com/events/ring-...

I am doing a Q&A with the wonderful Jodi Taylor on Wednesday so any questions you'd like me to ask her? Also, I'm recording a Q&A with narrator extraordinaire Brendan McDonald this evening so any questions for either of us? Warning: we may have had a drink by then.

Brendan ‘the voice’ McDonald has made it through storm Amy to Manchester for the big Ring The Bells launch event tomorrow and he’s set an unassailable standard for 50th birthday pressies by getting me a Leinster jersey signed by the entire team. Genuinely over the moon.

Even if you're not ready for mince pies and sleigh bells you can still book tickets to see me chatting with @caimhmc.bsky.social about RING THE BELLS, the latest book in his The Stranger Times series, which features demonically possessed Santas and the ghost of a legendary nightclub. See you there!

Diller and Jackson were incredibly excited that the brand new exclusive editions of The Stranger Times newspaper arrived - and then were absolutely gutted when they remembered they couldn’t read.

If you’d like to get your copy of my new book defaced personally by me than grab your preorder now as I shall commence scrawling later this week. serenitybooksellers.com/shop/ols/pro...

Head of Barketering Diller is worried some people still don’t know about all the awesome Stranger Times goodies you can get if you preorder the hardback of Ring The Bells which is out next week. Find out more here: thestrangertimes.co.uk/ring-the-bel...

Some bloody exciting post this morning! Hardback baby! Not long until release day now! Stranger Times 5.

The perfect festive combo!

I’ve got a new book out and one half of my beard has gone entirely rogue.

So, I just finished reading an ARC of @caimhmc.bsky.social next Stranger Times novel, Ring The Bells and… wow. Going to take a while to process. Hilarious, action packed, with an emotional gut punch - the best adventure yet for our intrepid reporters.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

Audiobook #8 of 2025: I love @caimhmc.bsky.social so stinkin much. Even without Bunnie. But especially with Morgan C. Jones.

Just finished book 1 of @caimhmc.bsky.social's other series. How is this just as funny as the Bunny books?? (And Brendan McDonald's narration is excellent.) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #booksky #IrishWriters #HumourWriting

Millions Hunt. One Runs. Everyone Watches. Watch the Official Trailer for my new film The #RunningManMovie – Only in theatres November 7!

You can pre-order signed and dedicated copies of RING THE BELLS via our website (link below)🎄

Good news from @caimhmc.bsky.social, more Stranger Times! Have started on The Dublin Trilogy, all good stuff. #booksky

if you're wondering why we're sharing the cover of Ring The Bells today, well that's because it's Anti-Christmas of course! Today is the furthest point in the year from Crimbo in any direction. Its the Anti-Christmas book you didn't know you needed. thestrangertimes.co.uk/ring-the-bel...

Check out this bad boy! Thrilled to reveal the cover of The Stranger Times book 5 - Ring The Bells. Out Oct 9th in all formats, it can be preordered now. And if you're near Manchester, keep Sunday Oct 5th free - we might be doing a one of a kind event. thestrangertimes.co.uk/ring-the-bel...

Don't know how l managed to miss @caimhmc.bsky.social's Dublin Trilogy (a trilogy of 4 books originally, which grew into 8), but l'm absolutely loving the first book. The joys of finding a new series to get stuck into! Highly recommended if you love a good Irish dark-comedy crime yarn. #Books #Read

Rang the insurance company and got a robotic human voice going - What is the policy holders name? Reason for call? Policy number etc - thought, bloody hell, it's an AI bot. turns out it wasn't - just a weirdly efficient dude. Came very close to making a huge idiot of myself.

Here I am stuck in the CoOp with you

Just looked in microwave. Apparently this potato is not enjoying being baked.

Turns out my watch is a sarcastic sod.

The source novels by @caimhmc.bsky.social were very very funny, hopefully the TV adaptation does them justice

Someone appears to be kickstarting a terrible bicycle accident.

What I’m Up To On My Holidays* (*FAO The Bosses: I’m totally not on holiday, guys. Working really hard, yeah? Just doing it in Dublin. I want to be very clear about that.) deadline.com/2025/06/bbc-...

ICYMI: Some wonderful members of the Discworld family popped up in our “Gender on the Discworld episode” to share the love for our trans community (and get us a bit weepy): youtu.be/d5RJou166jM?...

Thank you Berlin. We’d a fab time at @otherlandberlin.bsky.social where Wonderwife made her onstage debut as an author. Big thanks to Wolf and the team - especially Scarpy, already a legend in the publishing world.

I'll be at Didsbury Library on Wednesday as part of this free event alongside @cazengland.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social and @caimhmc.bsky.social talking about the ways that Manchester has inspired our writing. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...

Not ashamed to admit this is one of my favourite series ever..from grumpy editor in chief Bancroft to Stella and her amazing powers the team at The Stranger Times is a found family worth meeting and now there is Brian! #booksof2025 #readittofindout @caimhmc.bsky.social

I have stuff to do and I shall be doing none of it.

So sick of people having a go at Katy Perry for going into space. If you’d Russell Brand as an ex you’d want to get as far away as humanly possible too.

Team McFori on top of the world baby!

However bad your day is going, at least it wasn’t your job to deliver the ball for Toulouse V Sale today.

In these times of heightened tension, it has fallen to me, international statesman, to bring the great nations of Canada and America together. That’s why Audible has made the Final Game the deal of the day in both countries.

Bunnymafia alert: check your email. A newsletter went out yesterday with a free Bunny short story in it.