Lovely to see so many Palestine themed books at the evidently brilliant @PalasPrint in Caernarfon

Amazing. Many congrats Naseem!!! Awesome news

I was so surprised and honored to see "The Blaze of Abadan," my near-future "nuclear for the rich, oil for the poor" retelling of the tragedy of Cinema Rex starring a trans woman oil bandit in @commapress.bsky.social's Iran+100 anthology, made the shortlist for ECO25!! Congrats to us all!

The Book of Bratislava, A City in Short Fiction, from Comma Press. A secret policeman investigates a library for stocking anti government literature, only to find himself applying for a library card... A man’s dreams are invaded by a dark, unsettling figure, the ghost of a thug who once menaced the neighbourhood… The manager of a theatre bar resorts to fending off violent customers with even more violent security guards… The stories in this anthology reflect the Slovak capital’s many changing incarnations: from a hopeful city newly liberated from the Nazis; to an outpost of communist Czechoslovakia crawling with informants; to the capital of a new, democratic independent state. Bratislava may be a city still shaping its identity, but it is one where creativity blooms, despite – or perhaps because of – its complex and intricate history. From the dive bars of the infamous Petržalka estate, to the lush tree-lined banks of the Danube, the past and present are in continual conversation with each other, striving to recapture what’s lost, while adjusting to the fast pace of change.

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My 30th city in short fiction takes us to the capital of Slovakia, adjusting to life as the capital of an independent nation and to being part of a wider changing world. More short fiction excellence from @commapress.bsky.social
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ANALOG HORROR 📹✍
Short Story Course w/ @bronteschiltz.bsky.social

📍 Online Via Zoom

📅 Wed 6-8pm:
May 6, 20, Jun 3, 17 & Jul 1, 15.

Explore the worlds of found-text and Analog Horror with author Brontë Schiltz, and get your work published in a Comma eBook.

🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/analog-hor...

Has to be one of my all time favourite openings to a story 🤯

I’m thrilled to have my story, ‘The Wild Hunt’, about the horrors of reality TV, published in this collection! ⬇️

I’ve written a story for this new Comma collection, out today.

MONSTER CAPITAL - OUT NOW! 📚🥳

📕 commapress.co.uk/books/monste...

In the spirit of Mark Fisher, we invited writers to explore capitalism through the lens of the gothic & surreal: TV shows built on misery, lab-grown meat with a mind of its own, housing developments spread like a virus & much more...

My pleasure! ☺️

Palestine - 1: Reimagining the Nakba through Speculative Fiction YouTube video by Comma Press

Tune in two hours… 7.30 UK time, 2.30 EDT. Palestinian authors George Abraham, Ibtisam Azem, and Lina Meruane on rebuilding the truth behind the Nakba: www.youtube.com/live/eHng0ED...

Email me (George) at commapublishing(at)yahoo.com and I can get you added with a direct invoice! 👀

ANALOG HORROR 📹✍
Short Story Course w/ @bronteschiltz.bsky.social

📍 Online Via Zoom

📅 Wed 6-8pm:
May 6, 20, Jun 3, 17 & Jul 1, 15.

Explore the worlds of found-text and Analog Horror with author Brontë Schiltz, and get your work published in a Comma eBook.

🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/analog-hor...

The Forest of Saffouryeh, by Yara El-Ghadban, from Palestine Minus One, read by Leila Herandi YouTube video by Comma Press

Ahead of tonight’s PAL-1 event on YouTube, watch actress Leila Herandi read the opening story of Palestine Minus One: The Forest of Saffouriyeh by Yara El Ghadban: youtu.be/WYfBpmYFHLI?...

The Kickstarter for Thyme Travellers 2: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction is now officially a #ProjectWeLove! www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

Analog Horror: Short Story Course with Explore the world of found-text and Analog Horror with author Brontë Schiltz, and get your work published in a Comma eBook.

ANALOG HORROR 📹✍
Short Story Course w/ @bronteschiltz.bsky.social

📍 Online Via Zoom

📅 Wed 6-8pm:
May 6, 20, Jun 3, 17 & Jul 1, 15.

Explore the worlds of found-text and Analog Horror with author Brontë Schiltz, and get your work published in a Comma eBook.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/analog-hor...

WHAT IS ANALOG HORROR? Blog by @gforsterwrites.bsky.social✍

🧾 commapress.co.uk/blog/what-is...

'Whilst firmly a 21st century subgenre... Analog Horror is deeply rooted in earlier traditions, particularly those of found-footage and found-text films and literature.'

ANALOG HORROR COURSE IN THREAD🧵👇

International Awards Round-Up: International Booker Prize, NBCCs, the Nibbies, and More - Publishing Perspectives Publishing Perspectives highlights some recent award announcements from around the world.

Hassan Blasim’s SOLOLAND shortlisted for the EBRD - International Awards Round-Up: International Booker Prize, NBCCs, the Nibbies, and More - Publishing Perspectives publishingperspectives.com/2026/04/inte...

SOLOLAND SHORTLISTED FOR THE @ebrd.bsky.social Literature Prize 2026 🎉📚

We're delighted that Hassan Blasim's latest collection 'Sololand' (Tr. Jonathan Wright) has been shortlisted for the #EBRDLiteraturePrize2026!

📜 Read the Full Shortlist Here: www.ebrd.com/home/news-an...

AND YET, WE WATCH...
Blog by @bronteschiltz.bsky.social ✍️

If we are what we watch, what kind of monster does reality TV make us?

Brontë explores the dark history of reality TV that inspired her story ‘The Wild Hunt’ in the new horror anthology: Monster Capital.

📄 commapress.co.uk/blog/and-yet...

PALESTINE - 1 (2nd Ed.) 📔🎉

📍 Featuring a story-by-story map of historic Palestine

How can literature respond to genocide? Through dreams, djinn, doppelgangers & divided selves, Palestinian writers explore the history of their struggle, rooted in the Nakba.

📚 commapress.co.uk/books/palest...

CELEBRATING MARK FISHER 🤑📚

📍 @cpxmcr.bsky.social
📅 Apr 16 (7 - 9:30pm)

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Featuring a screening of 'We Are Making a Film About Mark Fisher' by Close and Remote, with readings & discussion of Monster Capital with author @bronteschiltz.bsky.social & editor Ra Page.

ICYMI! New online horror course w/ @bronteschiltz.bsky.social starting in May!👀✍️

🎟️A limited number of discounted places available for underrepresented writers & those on low income!

📧 commapublishing(at)yahoo.com to apply, or to book without Eventbrite fees.

Two years after al-Shifa siege, I am glad my mother did not live to witness it My mother’s final years were spent at Gaza's largest hospital. Stepping over severed limbs and rubble, I was glad she was spared the genocide

‘Two years after the al-Shifa siege, I am glad my mother did not live to witness it’ - an extraordinary piece of living testimony by Sondos Sabra in Middle East Eye www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza...

ANALOG HORROR 📹✍
Short Story Course w/ @bronteschiltz.bsky.social

📍 Online Via Zoom

📅 Wed 6-8pm:
May 6, 20, Jun 3, 17 & Jul 1, 15.

Explore the worlds of found-text and Analog Horror with author Brontë Schiltz, and get your work published in a Comma eBook.

🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/analog-hor...

Excellent initiative here by the "Oxford Translates" (formerly "Bristol Translates") literary translation summer school, in cooperation with independent publisher @commapress.bsky.social #XL8

Oxford Translates is delighted that @commapress.bsky.social Press is partnering with us to hold a translation competition for our Urdu workshop participants. The winning translator will be commissioned to translate a story for one of Comma’s forthcoming anthologies.

Queer Fiction Short Story Course w/ Chloe De Lullington Learn the art of writing short stories and explore the world of queer fiction in an inclusive writing group lead by Chloe De Lullington.

THIS WEDNESDAY! ⌛

Explore the world of Queer Fiction with @cdelull.bsky.social & have your work published in a Comma eBook!

📅Mar - Aug
📍 SEESAW, M1 6NG

📧 DM or email commapublishing(at)yahoo.com for a discounted bursary place, or to avoid booking fees

🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-fict...

starting tomorrow! please do get in touch with @commapress.bsky.social if you fancy joining us, a few places still available 🫶

Queer Fiction Short Story Course w/ Chloe De Lullington Learn the art of writing short stories and explore the world of queer fiction in an inclusive writing group lead by Chloe De Lullington.

THIS WEDNESDAY! ⌛

Explore the world of Queer Fiction with @cdelull.bsky.social & have your work published in a Comma eBook!

📅Mar - Aug
📍 SEESAW, M1 6NG

📧 DM or email commapublishing(at)yahoo.com for a discounted bursary place, or to avoid booking fees

🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-fict...