Cover of Geoffrey Robertson's The Tyrannicide Brief.
So I finished R.C. Matheson's Bombyx (it is a short book & v. pacey), review to come. Moved onto historical non-fiction, Geoffrey Robertson's The Tyrannicide Brief.
(This feeds into an era I've researched a lot & which informs some things I've written/planned.)
Cover of Women of the Weird West. Sharp teeth gape wide over a desert canyon scene.
Testament of Youth cover. Image of a WW1 nurse.
Bombyx cover. Drink bottles blending in with vibrant night time cityscape.
My reading has been so varied this past week. Finished Vera Brittain's Testament of Youth (library book club read), @kcgrifant.bsky.social's excellent Women of the Weird West & now I'm about to dive into R.C. Matheson's Bombyx for @horrortree.com 😊
#booksky #amreading
A photo of my book, Living in Cemeteries, held up in front of an old cemetery :)
Living in Cemeteries turns 2 years old today!!!
Huge thanks to everyone who’s wandered through these spooky graveyards with me :)
Ah, now I have a story about Lantern Men in this anthology that I'm still proud of. They are turbo-charged by climate change in a future deluged East Anglia.
Simple, direct graphic proclaims "Support These Data Centers: Schools, Libraries, Bookstores.
Ich did not make thys, but Ich wisshe Ich did. Repost yf you are a proud member of the Gen AI Backlash.
Cover of Harrowfield shown on the right. Blurb on the left from Corinne Pollard, Catherine McCarthy, and Valerie B. Williams.
Thanks, Gabino!
🌳Quiet folk horror
🌳Older female protagonist
🌳Isolated village in the Marches
🌳Pagan v occult clash
The ritual of the green and gold hangs over all.
mybook.to/Harrowfield
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. This little monster is full of bad weather, magic, blood, friendship, vengeance, ghosts, and murder. Oh, and the hardcover is only $14!
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
Right hand side shows Harrowfield cover. Left hand side is BFS Voting Is Now Open flyer. Voting period 16-3rd May and links given. Link is included in main bsky post.
The British Fantasy Awards are now open for voting!
And I have an eligible entry in the Horror novel category with my folk horror, Harrowfield. Vote for the path of green and gold! 😁
Check out the full list of SFFH works available here: britishfantasysociety.org.
Love the lyrics to this one - for all older creatives everywhere!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjzZ...
Hi folx, KA Silva here, writing horror comedy with lots of body horror & cryptids!
Currently reading Ojibway Tales by Basil Johnston. Rewatched the Murderbot tv series last night. Been watching a lot of MST3K & Rifftrax since I need lighter things to combat the daily horrors IRL. #HorrorWritersChat
A few off the top of my head;
@erynmccee.bsky.social is a consistent gem.
@daniel-lorn.bsky.social has this gift(or curse) for stories that will stick with you for years after.
@nocturnalxlight.bsky.social has some fantastic blogs deconstructing horror.
And the Booked podcast.
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#Comingsoon! #anthology, ATLAS OF DEEP ONES. #cthulhumythos #deepones #lovecraft #horrorauthor #horrorwriterschat #horroreditor #tentacles 🦑
Thanks for a great week of hosting!
For promo, I suppose there is this...
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The Shadows That We Carry has a release date!
May 7th
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Thanks, Mary!
Today's the 15th, so my monthly short story has been released for patrons! You can read the first 1000 or so words for free. Check it out here!
www.conquerthyfear.com/blog/b/sacch...
#HorrorWritersChat we are 16 days away from the one-year release anniversary of "Symphony for Walpurgis!" Grab a copy of this scary collection and come celebrate with me!
Amazon: tinyurl.com/5awn78h3
B&N: tinyurl.com/5e9vu3hr
Kobo: tinyurl.com/bdhthesj
Apple Books: tinyurl.com/5ev7cr8k
Hobbling footfalls dragged across the forest floor, a trail of blood at the centre of its pattern. Hitching breaths, pained whimpers. The torch hand was trembling so much that even the earth beneath feared it would fall. Still, Lúðvik (Pronounced LOOTH-vick [strong TH sound) pressed on, deeper into the woods. The lights from his village were waning, the further he walked, but he knew they would be of no help. They never were. He tried to remember how to make communion, but doing anything was too difficult. He just needed a god. Any god. Someone that would intervene and save him from this torment. The autumn chill was seeping into his bones. Still, he pressed on, having lost any ability to feel. It should be a tragedy. It should be something one should avoid. But for Lúðvik, this was his life. And something needed to change. At last, he made it to the centre of the forest, away from eavesdropping ears. His legs gave out, and he dropped to his knees. He curled his fingers into the cold earth. He had to carve into the soil with his nails, creating what he hoped was a suitable circle. His fingers were trembling by the time he tried to replicate the runes. Even with how numb he was to the chill, he wished that it would ease the pain between his legs. The deep, inflamed throbbing. The phantoms of such excruciating pressure. Still trying to hold his torch, he held it up despite his stance. His teeth chattered. “Gods above and below, hear my plea.” He gasped it out, unable to keep his voice even. “Hear my desperate call. I need your help. Send me your strongest, your most worthy. Please. Please, help me.” Nothing seemed to happen, which made him start to break. Would not even the gods help him? Was this truly by their will? Was everyone right all along? Due punishment for a crime he never committed… But surely, that was not true. It *had* to be a mistake. What more could he do to prove himself?
#HorrorWritersChat Thank you for such a fun chat!
No horror stories to promote (YET) but have a snippet from the horrorotica I’m working on.
At the end of his rope, Lúðvik summons a dark entity he’s tried running away from for revenge against an abuser that framed him for murdering his own husband.
Pretty much anything horrific from @stephengrahamjones.com or @chuckwendig.bsky.social gets my vote. And Ryan Coogler and Jordan Peele are the best horror directors right now IMHO. #HorrorWritersChat
EVERYTHING
A lot of what i write is mashup: horror + crime + sci-fi, + whatever else grabs me...
I've written a sapphic con artist trilogy set in 90s London, & a screwball romcom; I have an ongoing series of demon detective novellas that's basically Discworld x Miss Marple...
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Thanks, Mary! Always fun to uplift what’s giving us inspiration.
If people are interested in some true story grief horror, I address a lot of inspiration and growth in my non-fiction, though it has been likened to reading a novel.
Available at your favorite book repository!
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Historical horror with immaculate vibes: @sorenhaxan.bsky.social and @beastcutter.bsky.social
Horror/romance: @morgandante.bsky.social
Wild tales with Slavic lean @ladzwriting.bsky.social
And @bl00dyoz.bsky.social is cooking excellent sapphic historical horror
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Oh COMMENT. I'm tired. lol
Thanks for hosting #horrorwriterschat!
I'll just put up this and say "GO SIGN UP TO BE NOTIFIED OF MY KICKSTARTER LAUNCH THIS SUMMER!"
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Thanks @marywyrd.bsky.social for hosting another delightful #horrorwriterschat! If we're going with historical horror, I'll promote The Blood Gospel and the Order of the Sanguines series. History, vampires, sacred and profane, many things explode. www.amazon.com/Blood-Gospel...
Obsessive deep dives down the internet tubes will do it usually. So much original source material is now available with a few choice key words...And I am especially grateful to my two local library systems for maintaining some amazing online archives...
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Thanks Mary, loved the questions
Giving a shout out to this upcoming anthology put together by the amazing #HorrorWritersChat community, proceeds go to Macmillan cancer care in honour of the Chat's much missed founder #writingcommunity
Burning was more common in Scotland than England. Here, the tendency was for hanging. It's all a sad tale on the whole of trying to either keep women or the poor, or both, in their place.
#HorrorWritersChat Can order elsewhere, but support a small business that put my book, Unfold, out. For readers who like slow burns, but this creature feature has great payoff even if it mostly plays out like a workplace drama. Feed the rich to monsters.
phoenixvoicespublishing.com/tristan-zelden
Thanks Mary
I talked about Horror being an umbrella term for genre for me, so here my books
Check them out
They're good!
"HD Beird's use of visceral and sensual imagery is also a revelation to read and is essential to his writing style."
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www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08W9KRT1...
Thank you for another fun week!
It's me.... again, with my collection. It's my baby, my gross creepy mutant baby full of scary, wondrous, creepy, weird stories. And I would love more readers. Thank you!
#HorrorWritersChat
mybook.to/AllsWell
#HorrorWritersChat The Horror Zine Apr issue is live. THZ is also on hiatus for a few months while the EIC moves.
www.thehorrorzine.com
FOG OVER MONS is in WICKED TALES.
www.amazon.com/Wicked-Tales...
THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR is in THE LIZZIE BORDEN HOUSE ANTHOLOGY
www.amazon.com/Lizzie-Borde...
Thank you for the fun questions!
I just released my new Runner Owen short story today, if a murder mystery set in a queer accepting gaslamp fantasy world (with vampires) sounds like your thing.
bsky.app/profile/vinc...
