Post & Courier headline reading 'Trucks filled with SC monkeys travel highways with little oversight' over an image of an industrial park.
It's true. We don't even require the monkeys to have a license.
11.11.2025 11:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
We're now open to publishing enquiries for novellas and short fiction collections, from writers living in the North of England. We're seeking works of strange and literary speculative fiction, of 15,000 to 40,000 words.
Exciting news! We're open to queries for novellas and works of collected short fiction, for our 2026-2027 publishing schedule. We want to receive strange and literary fantasy, horror, sci-fi, and weird fiction from writers living in the North of England.
Find out more: carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions
01.11.2025 10:03 β π 41 π 44 π¬ 0 π 0
B&W illustration of a man running through a wood with a skeletal mummy chasing him. It is captioned βNearer yet sounded the clatter from behind.β
#mummymonday
βLot 249β is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle. An Egyptology student at Oxford reanimates a mummy and sends it after people he believes have wronged him. Published in Harperβs Magazine, September 1892. Doyle wrote a great deal of supernatural horror in addition to Sherlock Holmes
10.11.2025 19:33 β π 19 π 8 π¬ 4 π 0
A painting of a Mari Lwyd in the style of Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night. The Mari is looking up towards the moon.
This year, I challenged myself to create a "Starry Night" inspired Mari Lwyd for the @skullsandsheets.bsky.social charity auction event! This was a lot of fun β€οΈ
Coloured pencils, gouache and micron fineliner.
#marilwyd #welsh #wales #welshfolklore #art #traditionalart
09.11.2025 14:04 β π 71 π 28 π¬ 3 π 0
A very occasional reminder that βPan: the Great Godβs Modern Return,β published by Reaktion Books, is available in paperback through your favorite bookseller.
08.11.2025 16:01 β π 66 π 9 π¬ 6 π 4
From today's GW releases, it looks like anyone who wants to put together an Order of the Fly army for Age of Sigmar is going to get their chance. Now you too can ride out for the Blighted Duchies, and the Lady of Cankerwall...
08.11.2025 20:16 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
It's an interesting film. I don't know that you would feel the same - do we ever, when it comes to formative experiences - but I'd give it a try.
08.11.2025 10:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
The White ReindeerΒ (1952)
A hunter spots his quarry on the snowy, Finnish landscape. The white reindeer stands still, watching as he raises his rifle β takes aim β fires. The rifle explodes; the hunter screams. Through bloodied eyes, he sees that it is no reindeer at all, but rather a beautiful woman who laughs wildly at his misfortune and sends him fleeing across the snow. So goes the pivotal scene of the 1952 Finnish folk horror film, Valkoinen peura or The White Reindeer. The feature film debut of director Erik Blomberg, it was also his only horror film β and one of the first Finnish genre movies.
The White ReindeerΒ (1952)
A hunter spots his quarry on the snowy, Finnish landscape. The white reindeer stands still, watching as he raises his rifle β takes aim β fires. The rifle explodes; the hunter screams. Through bloodied eyes, he sees that it is no reindeer at all, but rather a beautifulβ¦
08.11.2025 10:01 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 3 π 0
YouTube video by BBC Archive
1964: A Curious Case of Black Magic in Norfolk | Tonight | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
BBC Archives : 1964 - A Curious Case of Black Magic in Norfolk
youtu.be/QWTw3xoGhg4
@folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social
31.10.2025 20:00 β π 15 π 5 π¬ 1 π 2
Ad for Season to Be Witched by Susanna Shore.
βSaturday began with my new boyfriend disappearing in front of my eyes. Not a good start for the day, to be honest.β
Season to Be Witched is here! Find it on
Az: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSKQ19D6
Others: books2read.com/u/mqLx91
Sample: www.susannashore.com/seasontobewiched.html
#urbanfantasy #booksky
07.11.2025 21:55 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Screenshot as described.
Screenshot as described.
Bluesky has decided to baby us and auto-hide a bunch of stuff they consider "rude" among other things. The default is set, so you have to change it or you're missing a lot of stuff. Tap the three lines at the top left of your feed, select Moderation, scroll to Bluesky Moderation Service and check.
07.11.2025 06:46 β π 79 π 43 π¬ 1 π 5
Cover of Lavender Jack Volume 1 illustrated by Dan Schkade, Jenn Manley Lee
Reminder: Comic artist @danschkade.bsky.social Webtoon webcomic Lavender Jack comes to Dark Horse in a beautiful print edition! Volume 1 releases in March. Pre-order your copy: bit.ly/3JaIzfn
By Dan Schkade, @jennmanleylee.bsky.social and @dylantodd.bsky.social
06.11.2025 18:00 β π 44 π 12 π¬ 0 π 4
30 Years of Legend of the Five Rings Episode 1 | Legend of the Five Rings | Official Website
β30 Years of Legend of the Five Ringsβ is a series of interviews celebrating 30 years since the debut of L5R.
This is second series of the 'Play to Win Podcast from Aconyte Books', hosted by Katrina Ostrander.
Listen now to the first episode: www.legendofthefiverings.com/30-years-of-...
06.11.2025 20:02 β π 91 π 11 π¬ 2 π 0
Your friendly semi-regular reminder that the single greatest way to help your favorite authors is to rate and review the books you've read. Goodreads, Itch, Kindle, they all give you the opportunity to rate/review and it REALLY helps us get visibility!
06.11.2025 01:46 β π 174 π 109 π¬ 1 π 7
Just tossing this out there...any publishers interested in a collection of Manly Wade Wellman inspired stories about a South Carolina ghostbreaker? Got haints, witches and devils of all stripes. Written by me, obviously, over the course of the last twenty years or so.
06.11.2025 09:38 β π 14 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
Periodic Self Promotion Time
Hello readers both new and old!
Periodic Self Promotion Time open.substack.com/pub/paulleon... A not-so-humble guide to my published works from A to Z. Check it out, please and thank you!
05.11.2025 17:09 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Eleven books on a table. Titles: Grimoire of the Four Impostors, El Grimorio de los Cuatro Impostores, The Hangman Feeds the Jackal, The Promise of Plague Wolves, A Seance for Wicked King Death, The Switchblade Svengali, A Pantheon of Thieves, Deathβs Other Kingdom, Colossus with a Poison Tongue, The Owl Men of Shanidar, and This World of Vile Wonder.
My books so far! Links below. Devilry in Godling Wood coming 2026.
05.11.2025 19:22 β π 50 π 19 π¬ 4 π 2
I enjoyed it. The first season or so at least. I'm not sure how much of it I saw as it came on ridiculously late at night in my area.
06.11.2025 07:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I will pay you five dollars cash money to do this.
05.11.2025 19:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It's a curse. It grows with each new soul it consumes.
05.11.2025 18:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I too know this pain. Did I need to spend hours looking up the average rainfall in Sheffield in September of 1922 for a story? No. Yet I did it anyway.
05.11.2025 13:49 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1
"In Dorothy Sayers' THE NINE TAILORS someone remarks that there's something very queer about cats, bells and mirrors, and it doesn't do to think too long about any of them. Which is a sage truth."
βC. L. Moore to R. H. Barlow, 28 Jul 1936
03.11.2025 14:20 β π 12 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
At the edge of the Restal Waste salt marsh you navigate by the observation towers of the Marsh Ape Research Society (MARS). Become thankful for firm paths that skirt pools flickering with the memories of all the things they've drowned. Folklore howls here. β Dr. M. Benn
03.11.2025 14:03 β π 187 π 20 π¬ 0 π 0
Writer of funny fantasy novels, comics, and computer games. Also writes for Warhammer (Black Library)
New book: Bones & Betrayals: Silence of the Dead out now!
Livio, Italian Comicbook writer and artist.
Loves to write bad jokes, angry women and bullies.
Nsfw sometimes. #comics #art
GALLERY: https://illuminatedcomics.github.io/
SHOP: https://illuminatedcomics.itch.io/
Award-winning comic creator.
NAP COMIX now funding on Kickstarter:
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Writer + Musician.
Dessawander.com
Cinephilia & Beyond is an online treasure trove for film lovers and filmmakers, dedicated to celebrating and preserving the art of cinema: https://cinephiliabeyond.org/
Writer (Nebula finalist, Shirley Jackson finalist X 2), editor & publisher (World Fantasy Award finalist x 2), poet (Rhysling winner X 3), journalist (VPA winner X 4), devoted husband, obedient cat servant, metalhead \m/ \m/ https://mythicdelirum.com
Comic book writer/artist. I desire no higher than the muck and the mire.
Website: joechouinard.com
Patreon: patreon.com/joechoui
Black Sky Thinking since 2008.
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We used to hold regular Fantasy, Science Fiction and other genre events for readers and writers in Sheffield... and we're back!
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Author of BURNT BLACK SUNS. Editor of AICKMAN'S HEIRS. Finalist for four Shirley Jackson Awards, two British Fantasy Awards, and the World Fantasy Award. Probably wonβt follow you back.
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Artist, Scientist, Woodland Ecologist, Statistician, Historian & former Research Scholar at the RIA | Art from Dublin, Ireland π He/Him | SΓ©/Γ©
Buy my work here: https://robbohan.etsy.com
Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford.
Readers: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Visitors: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
NY Timesβbestselling author of novels, comics, and graphic novels for young readers, starting a new chapter with my 1st mystery series for adults! Repβd by @saracrowelit.bsky.social. Research editor at Dance Magazine. More coffee, please!
(Sometimes TucoviΔ)
Comics:
The 7 Deadly Sins/First Knife/Slavic Nihilism/Sharp Eye
Games:
Cantata/Dread Delusion/Entropy
bio.site/ohotnig
OR
patreon.com/ohotnig
ohotnig.itch.io / ohotnig.gumroad.com
inprnt.com/gallery/ohotnig
buymeacoffee.com/ohotnig
TV & standup & improv & podcasts, hardly any movies
paulftompkins.com/live
Archaeologist, classicist, museum curator, runner, tea drinker, cake eater, nature watcher, tired parent.
Curator bod at the Yorkshire Museum. Visiting Fellow at the Open University.
And writing about Roman Magic, Roman Britain, and materiality.
Inaugural issue coming March 2026. Details and subscription: https://crossroadsfolkhorror.my.canva.site/
Edited by @scaryasfolk.bsky.social and @theharvestmaid.bsky.social.
Registered Charity No: 1203418. Patrons: Michael Rosen, Joanne Harris.
Preserving traditional heritage and folklore materials for the future, and delivering these through open access. Focus on at-risk heritage.
Online at www.folklorelibrary.com
Independent Filmmakers behind horror films Bloody Summer Camp, Go Away and The Slasher Nurse.