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Here's a link to my Collected short fiction book out through @shoreinf.bsky.social. I'll be launching the book at Satellite 9 on May 24th 😎

www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/coll...

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Chris Kelso on “Possession” as Muse I’ve known Chris Kelso for a while now, and we’ve discussed everything from horror fiction to the ups and downs of the Scottish Premier League. This time out, our conversation was about…

Chatted with the esteemed Chris Kelso at @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/04/02/c...

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Chris Kelso on “Possession” as Muse I’ve known Chris Kelso for a while now, and we’ve discussed everything from horror fiction to the ups and downs of the Scottish Premier League. This time out, our conversation was about…

"Their work is prenatal with meaning and subtext. That’s something that makes them worthy of critical analysis. You want to write about these films because they are positively heaving with symbolism." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/04/02/c...

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Cheers, Dave! 🙌

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Shoutout to Chris Kelso, whose non-fiction title POSSESSION (PS Publishing) is nominated for a Rondo Hatton award.

Voting for all categories ends May 1st and the link is YKW.

Congratulations to Chris and all of the other nominees.

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Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity has been nominated for a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award.

Please consider voting for it, although all the nominees are phenomenal.

TO VOTE, simply email David Colton at taraco@aol.com by on Friday night at midnight, May 1, 2026.

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Ex-Cinema and Empathy: In Conversation with Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi – Chris Kelso - ExPat Press Akira Lippit’s notion of ex-cinema idealises a space outside a work of art, one which can only be achieved in the Brechtian form. Located by an ‘exergue’, this space remains exterior (but still indisp...

I wrote this piece for EXPAT, which also features a short input from legendary filmmaker, Caveh Zahedi. This'll also feature in as part of a book further down the line.

expatpress.com/ex-cinema-an...

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Glad they arrived safely, Robin 🙌

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Thank you 😊 🙏 When Shadowspheres comes out in February, I'll get a copy sent your way!

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Since he followed back. I learned of @chris88.bsky.social via Interrogating the Abyss pub @apocalypseparty.bsky.social, after reading got ahold of Terence, Mephisto, and Viscera Eyes. I'll admit I haven't kept up with his writing (or the scene in general for a few years)

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Follow for Now Visit Amazon's Follow for Now Page and shop for all Follow for Now books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Follow for Now

Hey, I also have an interview anthology series called FOLLOW FOR NOW: 80 interviews! 2 decades! 2 books! 💙📚 #booksky www.amazon.com/dp/B0G8HLB2K...

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So stoked to have blurbed SHADOWSPHERES, the excellent new book by Chris Kelso and Ewan Morrison! 💙📚 #booksky
Preorder yours now: www.merigoldindependent.com/shadowspheres

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Proofs are here @merigoldindie.bsky.social @roychristopher.com

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I read a couple Chris Kelso books this month. These things are chaotic in all the best ways. Highly recommend!

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@chris88.bsky.social , details of Shrapnel Apartments just dropped into my head, unbidden.

I appreciate your writing, man. I will always buy your work.

3 months ago 6 1 1 0

Thank you,Tade. That means the world 🙏 You'll continue to inspire my writing, and I hope you're keeping safe and well - and that details of Shrapnel Apartments are soon replaced by warmer, fuzzier thoughts over the festive period 💚

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On Melting: essays against the body is on Dennis Cooper's 'Best of 2025' 😮 Thanks, Dennis 💚

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SHADOWSPHERES | Asterism Books SHADOWSPHERES is a hybrid collection of essays and stories exploring the psychological and cultural fallout of a world accelerating beyond human control. From the rise of AI and the erosion of purpose...

Preorder - asterismbooks.com/product/shad...

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Shadowplays, a collection of essays and fiction in opposition of accelerationism (December 19th through @merigoldindie.bsky.social)

"At the end of humanism, Chris Kelso and Ewan Morrison have given us lenses for the blinding light of the cyborgian future” - @roychristopher.com

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Thanks, Aaron! That means the world! Was pretty intimidating interviewing Paul as I'm pretty sure Blood Incantation is the last 'great' band in modern civilisation 🙌

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AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR A COGNITIVE EMPATHY BROADCAST: AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL RIEDL FROM BLOOD INCANTATION by Chris Kelso Music is the shorthand of emotion. There is something intrinsic to the structure of it – with its overtures, rising crescendos, and authentic cadences – which seem to mirror our temporal patterns so e...

this is one of the coolest things to happen here at X-R-A-Y...

Chris Kelso interviews Paul Riedl of Blood Incantation !!

they discuss Blood Incantation’s latest album, art’s threat to authoritarianism & much more

xraylitmag.com/and-now-its-...

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Thanks, Matt 🙌💛

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Thanks, Amanda. That means the world 💛

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AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR A COGNITIVE EMPATHY BROADCAST: AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL RIEDL FROM BLOOD INCANTATION by Chris Kelso Music is the shorthand of emotion. There is something intrinsic to the structure of it – with its overtures, rising crescendos, and authentic cadences – which seem to mirror our temporal patterns so e...

Here's my interview with Paul Reidl from Blood Incantation for @X-Ray magazine -

xraylitmag.com/and-now-its-...

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It's not often I make these lists, so I'm going to savour it. Thank you to Ash Anjum for including me on her list of 12 fantasy authors pushing the genre 💜

'Kelso’s transgressive weirdness is a reminder that fantasy began as rebellion.'

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The Vigil by Matt Neil Hill Suzanna wears her central nervous system like an exoskeleton now, shrieking the glass shards of bloody murder whenever I even think about touching her. I bring us back suspect materials wrapped in …

A few of my stories that are online, should anyone fancy a read:

syntaxandsalt.com/2017/06/19/t...

cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/cold...

cemeterygatesmedia.com/2021/09/16/c...

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A beautifully produced book, featuring magnificent Artwork The Mad Butterfly's Ball edited by Preston Grassman & Chris Kelso is a horror anthology based around creepy-crawlies from PS Publishing #BFSREview britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-m...

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It was an honour and privilege to speak with @rodge.glass @unistrathclyde.bsky.social. Such a warm and giving host. Thanks to everyone who came (and to Bruce McIntosh for taking the pictures). You can pick up Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity from the @pspublish.bsky.social website.

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It was an honour and privilege to speak with @rodge.glass @unistrathclyde.bsky.social. Such a warm and giving host. Thanks to everyone who came (and to Bruce McIntosh for taking the pictures). You can pick up Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity from the @pspublish.bsky.social website.

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