Acid Bath Publishing

FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY we #published our first #book WAGE SLAVES: An #Anthology of the Underemployed 📦📖

Get your copy on #SpecialOffer in our big spooky #SALE along with all our subsequent #books at www.acidbathpublishing.com 🙌📚

This #Halloween we’re gathering for an evening of voices, stories & spells shared in the dark. A night to revel in the uncanny, the eerie & the unexpected 🎤👻🎃

Hosted by three local forces in #indiepublishing & #writing:
Forge Press, #York #Writers & Acid Bath #Publishing 📚✍️

All the love to @ogre.red @dreich.bsky.social @iambapoet.com @feversof.bsky.social @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social and other independent publishers who have patiently helped me work out that it is ok, I can write things worth sharing. #LiftToTheSky #Poetry

Submissions We are open for submissions for Poems for Protest and The Rough Diamond Poetry Prize We are open for poetry submissions for our next poetry anthology “Poems for Protest” Send us 1-5 poe…

We are OPEN for poetry subs for our our newest anthology - Poems for Protest!
We're going to be going through some today so potential responses going out!

We are also open for our poetry prize - details on the website #poetry

roughdiamondpoetry.com/submissions/

This #Halloween we’re gathering for an evening of voices, stories & spells shared in the dark. A night to revel in the uncanny, the eerie & the unexpected 🎤👻🎃

Hosted by three local forces in #indiepublishing & #writing:
Forge Press, #York #Writers & Acid Bath #Publishing 📚✍️

#Author Brianna Ferguson on the #writing of her 2nd #poetry collection POOR SUBSTITUTE & the concept behind it. Available to #OrderNow from acidbathpublishing.sumupstore.com/product/poor-substitute-by-brianna-ferguson
#poet #indiebook #poetrybook #poetrycollection

#Published 4 years ago today! Get THE WORST BEST YEARS: A #StudentLife #Anthology #OnSale Now at www.acidbathpublishing.com/product/three-anthologies 📖🍺🤮🎓

#OutNow‼️ NIGHT TERRORS: An #Anthology of the Drunk & Debaucherous 📖
The night tempts us to shed the drudgery of our obligations thru ecstatic revelry & sensual indulgences. Who doesn’t struggle w/ the gnawing boredom & intense stress of everyday life?
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Draft front cover for Overboard, a collection of short stories being published by Acid Bath Publishing later this autumn. By me. Inage shows the wake of a large ship spreading to a pastel hued coast at twilight, with the word 'Overboard' in a watery yellow bobbing against the sky.

Subtle. All the action is on the back cover - when you buy the book you'll see what I mean. #BookSky @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social #ShortStories #NotWavingButDrowning

I Got a Job by Carl Burkitt [PRE-ORDER] I got a job as a midwife, a snake charmer, a wedding planner. I got a job polishing John Travolta’s shoes, buttering bread, ironing the Pope’s...

#PreOrderNow I GOT A JOB by @carlburkitt.bsky.social
"His words buzz with the poetry of everyday life, & carry the power to strip back the ordinary so we can see the extraordinary lying beneath." - @brianbilston.bsky.social 💬
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👁️ #CoverReveal 🙌
Carl Burkitt’s NEW #FlashFiction #collection I GOT A JOB “is hilarious, peculiar, well-observed & heartbreaking. It is a mate sharing #stories in the pub. It is @carlburkitt.bsky.social’s attempt at imagining a more colourful, job-hopping life in 100 short #tales.” 💬🖋️

#Book #9 will be I GOT A JOB by Carl Burkitt - our 1st #FlashFiction #collection “imagining a more colourful, job-hopping life in 100 short tales.”

Follow the #author @carlburkitt.bsky.social & @ carlburkittwords on Instagram ✍️

Coming Soon... The next #book from ABP will be #FlashFiction collection I GOT A JOB by @carlburkitt.bsky.social 📖👀

Carl likes telling tales. He likes to tell them online, behind a mic, in #books, in schools & on the sofa with his young family. Carl has only ever had 6 #jobs in his life… for now.

STAY TUNED! We’ll be revealing the cover art for our next collection later today… 👀📖

'And with the eschaton of closing time
they say a great gleam of softest light will fall.
And our children's faceless children
will form a circle around us, holding hands.
And they will watch us all, opaque-eyed,
sinking together, one by one, bubbling down.'

@acidbathpublishing.bsky.social

Our #YorkshireDay #OpenMic starts 7pm at the Black Swan. Grab a drink, sign up to read or just settle in & enjoy the range of local talented #performers #York has to offer. ABP #books & Forge Press #zines will be available to buy. Celebrate the culture & creativity of God's Own Country with us 🎤🍺📖

Happy #YorkshireDay!
We’ll have plenty of small press #books #OnSale at our #OpenMic tonight 🎤

Come along to the Black Swan, #York - 7pm onwards, perform your work & get some great deals on our #fiction & #poetry books 📚👏

Celebrate with us today ➡️ facebook.com/share/1AMYj9rZFN/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Our #Yorkshire Day #OpenMic will be hosted Friday 1st August from 7pm at the Black Swan, #York 🎤🤍💙
Want to perform? Sign up on the night - no need to book. #Performers of all levels of experience welcome. Whether it's your 1st time reading or you're a seasoned #poet, join us this #YorkshireDay!

Wheel of Light by James Rance Invoking the tempestuous spirit of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Wheel of Light traverses uncharted realms of prosperous growth & devastated wastes, in observance of ancient rituals & ...

Published 2 years ago today!
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This #YorkshireDay, we’re coming together to honour the spirit of the #North with words, voices, shared moments & booze. A celebration of place, people & the stories that root us 📖🎤🍺

No need to book. Just turn up, grab a drink & settle in.

Friday 1st August 7pm onwards at the Black Swan, #York 🤍💙

Transgression and Shame: Writing What You’re Not Supposed To - The Broken Spine Transgression isn’t provocation. It’s not about being edgy. It’s about truth-telling when every instinct screams “don’t.” It’s the line that makes your

This isn’t inspiration. It’s a challenge.
A full mini workshop disguised as an article—go deeper, get messier.
thebrokenspine.co.uk...
More on the events page.

NIGHT TERRORS: An #Anthology of the Drunk & Debaucherous

@acidbathpublishing.bsky.social's 5th anthology is a literary orgy of hedonistic pleasures & morning-after penance.

Have you bought your copy yet? 🖤

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Celebrate #YorkshireDay w/ an evening of creativity: join us for an open mic featuring #Yorkshire #poets & #prose #writers! 🙌🎤

Joint hosted by Forge Press & York Writers, our 1st #OpenMic will be held at The Black Swan Inn, #York, on Friday 1st August 7pm onwards.

Carl Burkitt

I got a job as a midwife, a snake charmer, a wedding planner. I got a job polishing John Travolta’s shoes, buttering bread, ironing the Pope’s garments...

What adventures are we missing out on? Who could we have met? What person could we have been?

carlburkitt.bigcartel.com

Coming Soon... The next #book from ABP will be #FlashFiction collection I GOT A JOB by @carlburkitt.bsky.social 📖👀

Carl likes telling tales. He likes to tell them online, behind a mic, in #books, in schools & on the sofa with his young family. Carl has only ever had 6 #jobs in his life… for now.

Photo shows me reading a copy of the anthology Night Terrors: An Anthology of the Drunk and Debaucherous (Acid Bath, Sheffield, UK; 2025).

NIGHT TERRORS!
A copy of the anthology I'm in has arrived in the house and I look forward to getting stuck in and reading all my fellow writers' stories.
If interested, you can pick up your copy direct from the publisher here: acidbathpublishing.com/product/nigh...

There’s no button for Floor 13. But the elevator stops anyway.

Dark Holme is seeking 3 horror novellas (30–50K) for The 13th Floor. £100 + editorial support.
Let your story echo through the walls.

Link in bio.
What’s waiting when the doors open?

#booksky #writingcommunity #horrorcommunity

Happy 1st Birthday to our latest #poetrycollection POOR SUBSTITUTE by Brianna Ferguson - #published #OnThisDay last year 🎈🎂🎉

#SayYesToTheSmallPress 📖🖋️

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About the #Author➡️ briannaferguson.com

Happy #SummerSolstice!

‘The Augur’ #Summer #collage from James Rance’s #poetrycollection WHEEL OF LIGHT 🌞📖👁️

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Photograph of a calm sea at sunset, the wake of a ship visible at the right edge. "Overboard, Sadie Maskery "

A draft idea for a cover for a collection of short stories. #BookSky #Lit #ShortStories @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social