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Short story writer, punk, surrealist, sometime novelist www.andrew-hook.com
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An ongoing thread of 2025 reading: 1. "A hundred times, in the middle of an investigation, he'd had the same feeling of helplessness or, rather, futility."
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For those at
@worldfantasy2025.bsky.social
I'm currently in the dealer's room at the
@elsewhen.press
table and can be persuaded to sign copies of my novel "Body and Soul" if you wish!
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Andy Humphrey
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I've just started reading this, from the brilliant
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As familiar as I am with Andrew's work, I am sure that I am in for a treat.
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My sixth novel, "Body and Soul", a post-post-apocalyptic SF story, is published today by Elsewhen Press. Please consider picking up a copy in either e-book or paperback. I've blogged about it here:
andrew-hook.blogspot.com/2025/10/body...
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Elsewhen Press
30 days ago
We are delighted today to publish Body and Soul by Andrew Hook. Available in eBook and paperback via all good retailers. Heart is a world recovering from a catastrophe so long ago that inhabitants, unaware of history, live in isolated settlements, their only outside information from lone nomads.
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Available now at your favorite digital store!
Body and Soul by Andrew Hook
https://Books2Read.com/Body-And-Soul
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Always important to keep those indie presses running!
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New blog post on the writing of "Mont Blanc", my short story recently published online at House Magazine
@saltpublishing.com
andrew-hook.blogspot.com/2025/10/mont...
#shortstories
#shortfiction
#jeannemoreau
#julesetjim
#truffaut
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Mont Blanc
My short story titled "Mont Blanc" was recently published online at House Magazine (Salt Publishing) and as usual I'm blogging a few words ...
https://andrew-hook.blogspot.com/2025/10/mont-blanc.html
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www.seanbirnie.com/september-20...
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September 2025: ‘Heavyness’ & a REMAINS magazine discount code
I was very pleased when Andy Cox and Richard Wagner returned to publishing this year with REMAINS, following Andy's retirement in 2024 and the shuttering of TTA Press, longtime stalwart of genre short...
https://www.seanbirnie.com/september-2025-heavyness-a-remains-magazine-discount-code/
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September reading. What did you read?
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Salt Books
about 1 month ago
Whoa! Hey folks, our new October sale has started. A massive 25% off selected items – discount applied automatically in our checkout. Don't miss out!
#BookSky
#WritingCommunity
#bookish
#bibliophile
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Salt Monthly Sale
Don’t miss out! Each month we spotlight a fresh selection of Salt titles at special prices – but only for a limited time. This month there is 25% off sale items! Happy shopping.
https://www.saltpublishing.com/collections/sale
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Unboxing video!
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about 1 month ago
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Very excited to share this news!
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Salt Books
about 1 month ago
A new short story from David Rose in House Magazine.
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Wormsong and Descant
by David Rose I awoke late and moved through the morning tainted with sleep. I prepared a light breakfast then prepared for the day: dressed carefully, a little something for everyone – light worsted ...
https://www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/house-magazine/wormsong-and-descant
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Delighted to advise that my SF novel, "Body and Soul", is now available for pre-order ahead of publication on the 10th October. I hope you'll consider picking up a copy. All possible purchase links (print and e-book) are here:
books2read.com/Body-and-Soul
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2 months ago
It's a terrific story, well worth reading and re-reading.
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Cover reveal! My SF novel, "Body and Soul", will be published by
@elsewhen.press
on the 10th October!
2 months ago
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Salt Books
2 months ago
A new short story by Andrew Hook – Mont Blanc. Read now in House Magazine.
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Mont Blanc
by Andrew Hook ‘Bicyclists understand: the beauty, the simplicity, the feeling of almost flying. Surely, few of man’s inventions have been responsible for as much human happiness as the bicycle.’ from...
https://www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/magazine/mont-blanc
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Very pleased that my short story, "Mont Blanc" (riffing off the 1962 Truffaut film, 'Jules et Jim') has been published by
@saltpublishing.com
today as part of their online House Magazine. This is one for those who enjoyed my "Candescent Blooms" collection, as it plays with similar themes.
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Mont Blanc
by Andrew Hook ‘Bicyclists understand: the beauty, the simplicity, the feeling of almost flying. Surely, few of man’s inventions have been responsible for as much human happiness as the bicycle.’ from...
https://www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/magazine/mont-blanc
2 months ago
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Well that's this evening's entertainment sorted
5 months ago
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Wow! This is the artwork by Richard Wagner accompanying my short story in the next issue of Remains magazine, edited by Andy Cox. Blown away! Pre-order here:
remains.uk/products/iss...
5 months ago
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Just handed in the edits on my 'spiritual dystopian fantasy SF' novel, "Body and Soul", which
@elsewhen.press
will be publishing later this year. I wrote this awhile back and hadn't re-read it for some time, but I've got to confess that I thoroughly enjoyed the edit and I hope you'll enjoy it too!
6 months ago
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Attention
#norwich
folk. We're running this event at the weekend under our
@salopress.bsky.social
banner. Clear your diaries and pop along!
6 months ago
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Great show from Viagra Boys in Brixton Tuesday night. Love this band.
6 months ago
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Short blog post about my article on the film, "Arctic Void", published in "There's Nothing Out There" edited by
@capitanofelixio.bsky.social
for
@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social
andrew-hook.blogspot.com/2025/05/ther...
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There's Nothing Out There
My article on the film, Arctic Void , entitled "Fear and Loathing in the Arctic", has just been published in There's Nothing Out There , edi...
https://andrew-hook.blogspot.com/2025/05/theres-nothing-out-there.html
6 months ago
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Great gig this evening! Panic Shack. Check out the rest of the tour.
6 months ago
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Weird Horror looks great and having read
@andyhumphrey11.bsky.social
's story that's at least one reason to get a copy!
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7 months ago
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Salt Books
8 months ago
Woo hoo! 😍
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New blog post on the writing of my short story, "The Enfilade", recently published in The Best Horror of the Year #16.
andrew-hook.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
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The Best Horror Of The Year #16
My short story titled "The Enfilade" has just been included in The Best Horror Of The Year #16 , edited by Ellen Datlow . Whilst the book ca...
https://andrew-hook.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-best-horror-of-year-16.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawJQ8k9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRo4pFc1OH3LiODucwBgkb2qFLtAdyoubVzoE7Mqv6mh5zdRqAdMUZchOQ_aem_7ihBzmYxEbrMvkAaUplwZA&m=1
8 months ago
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Salò Press
8 months ago
Bookselling at States of Independence in Leicester. Do pop by if you're local 🤩
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I'll be selling books at this FREE event in Leicester today. Pop along!
8 months ago
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Salò Press
8 months ago
Our most recent poetry chapbook is woman | folk by
@karanchambers.bsky.social
"Dark, visceral, and sprinkled with magic..."
salopress.com
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8 months ago
Candescent Blooms is an outstandingly original collection of stories. But then any book by Andrew Hook is like nothing you've read before ... in the best way!
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Salò Press
8 months ago
Happy
#worldbookday
from a tiny independent press based in beautiful Norwich. We're somewhat obsessed with chapbooks 😍 Tell us your favourite shorter-length collection/s of poetry / short stories.
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A reminder I write.
#worldbookday
.
www.saltpublishing.com/products/can...
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Candescent Blooms, Andrew Hook
'Candescent Blooms' is a collection of twelve short stories which form fictionalised biographies of mostly Golden Era Hollywood actors who suffered untimely dea
https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/candescent-blooms-9781784632564?srsltid=AfmBOooT6upNRUTXf_ETgMgj4jPA7dzk-jO8U9F2GEhhDJtsfpHwQ29i
8 months ago
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Work in progress
9 months ago
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9 months ago
February is
#ReadIndies
month - read books from small independent publishers. So… here’s a few to follow:
@renardpress.bsky.social
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@ortacpress.bsky.social
@charcopress.com
@northodoxpress.bsky.social
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
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Grab a bargain!
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9 months ago
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10 months ago
A lot of writers will tell you writing is difficult. It’s hard work. But for me life is difficult. Work is hard work. Writing is escape. That joyous time to get out of my head and into this space where I’m in control of my own mad universe. Join me. In Saltburn
renardpress.com/books/saltbu...
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Saltburn – Renard Press
May the residents of the real Saltburn-by-the-Sea and neighbouring towns forgive my mermaids, my nuclear power stations, my foetus museums and so on and so on. They were written with love. Welcome to ...
https://renardpress.com/books/saltburn/
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🙏🏾Open Country Mag,
@tobiogundiran.com
,
@stephenembleton.bsky.social
@bloomsburylit.bsky.social
,
@aniyonsenga.bsky.social
,
@dilmandila.com.web.brid.gy
,
@nuzo.bsky.social
,
@nerinedorman.bsky.social
,
@suyidavies.com
opencountrymag.com/the-60-notab...
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Salt Books
10 months ago
Hosted by Harriet Tarlo – Ken Evans and Alex Corrin-Tachibana at Sheffield Hallam on Weds 5 Feb for the launch of Ken's brand new Salt book. All welcome, live and in person in Sheffield!
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Salt Books
10 months ago
Congratulations to Neil Campbell on the publication of his new short story collection, Saying Dirty Things in Regional Accents! 🥳🎉🥂#BookSky
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Salt Books
10 months ago
Paul Pickering’s Lucy reviewed in the TLS
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Lucy by Paul Pickering | Book review | The TLS
J. G. Ballard once described Paul Pickering’s work as “truly subversive”. This would certainly be an apt description of his latest novel, in which he
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/in-brief/lucy-paul-pickering-book-review-justin-warshaw
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Hit hard by this one. Have stopped and can't seem to start moving again. RIP David Lynch.
10 months ago
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Eugen Bacon
10 months ago
Ace to see this cli-fi child still pulsing! A story in many forms of itself. Art, poems, essays, translations: Swahili, French, Cantonese, Malay, Vietnamese, Bengali. 💞@stephenembleton.bsky.social,
@andrewhook.bsky.social
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@nuzo.bsky.social
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@sebdoubinsky.bsky.social
www.jaylit.com/an-explorati...
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An Exploration of the Eugen Bacon-Edited Anthology, Languages of Water - JAY Lit
Languages of Water is a work of fusion cutting across countries. This hybrid work of collaboration crosses poems, stories, and essays that pour forth like water. Each work is deliberately woven to sho...
https://www.jaylit.com/an-exploration-of-the-eugen-bacon-edited-anthology-languages-of-water-2/
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Rewatched "The Vanishing" (Dutch: "Spoorloos", 1988, George Sluizer). I've seen this three times since its release and it remains one of the most emotionally devastating films I've ever seen. Incomparable.
10 months ago
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Salò Press
10 months ago
A busy Sunday morning means we have FOUR new titles available for pre-order; a poetry collection, a poetry chapbook, a folk-horror short story, and a literary magazine 😍
salopress.com
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An ongoing thread of 2025 reading: 1. "A hundred times, in the middle of an investigation, he'd had the same feeling of helplessness or, rather, futility."
10 months ago
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Daniel Carpenter
10 months ago
Even more exciting that I share that honour with amazing writers like
@timothyjjarvis.bsky.social
@maudmarianw.bsky.social
@andrewhook.bsky.social
and Teika Marija Smits. Incredible company to be in.
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10 months ago
Hello 2025. And so I can finally say it. I HAVE A BOOK OUT THIS YEAR. Happy New Year everyone.
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I decided to stick all the photos I took at gigs in 2024 in one post. For those who might be mildly curious.
andrew-hook.blogspot.com/2024/12/gigs...
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Gigs - 2024
I don't normally blog a list of gigs I've attended, but as this amounted to 25 this year (more than I've ever done in a single year, even th...
https://andrew-hook.blogspot.com/2024/12/gigs-2024.html
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