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A Rose O'Neill pen and ink drawing, featuring a giant humanoid embracing a smaller one. It is captioned "Man and the Earth."

A Rose O'Neill pen and ink drawing, featuring a giant female satyr embracing a small human male. She appears to be nuzzling him.

A Rose O'Neill pen and ink drawing, featuring a giant female humanoid nuzzling a tiny male humanoid. It is titled "Besieging the lips of the Earth."

This is your occasional reminder that Rose O'Neill, creator of the Kewpies, first published female cartoonist in the United States, and among the first cartoonists to build a merchandising empire on their work, turned out some absolutely baller, romantic-feeling size-difference monster art.

A Mystery of Remnant | Swan River Press “The death itself was not a bodily thing.” A ghost is an absence defined by its presence, or else a presence defined by its absence. The work of Brian Catling is filled with such visions, intrusions o...

I was hoping to start packing A MYSTERY OF REMNANT this weekend, but I'm now laid up in bed with a fever and wracking cough. Will get to packing as soon as I can. swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/a-...

There are still some available. I just tried it and works fine for me. Perhaps try a different browser, clear cache, etc. If not just email me and we can sort something out.

A Mystery of Remnant | Swan River Press “The death itself was not a bodily thing.” A ghost is an absence defined by its presence, or else a presence defined by its absence. The work of Brian Catling is filled with such visions, intrusions o...

The lion's share of the print run is gone now. If you want a copy, please be sure to order one here: swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/a-...

Exploring the Hollows | Swan River Press A Talk with Victor Rees Conducted by John Kenny, July 2025 Victor Rees is a writer, performer, and academic based in London. His PhD focuses on the work of Brian Catling, exploring his oeuvre through ...

Want to know more about B. Catling's new collection A MYSTERY OF REMNANT?

Here's a new interview with Victor Rees, who co-edited the volume with Iain Sinclair.

swanriverpress.ie/2025/07/expl...

Nightjar Press Nightjar Press publish original short stories as signed, limited-edition chapbooks.

Four new Nightjars now available here nightjarpress.weebly.com by @bookishleels.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social & Joe Stretch

NEWS: Swan River Press publish Brian Catling collection, 'A Mystery of Remnant and Other Absences'. NEWS: Swan River Press publish Brian Catling collection, 'A Mystery of Remnant and Other Absences'.

NEWS: @swanriverpress.bsky.social publish Brian Catling collection, 'A Mystery of Remnant and Other Absences'.
#briancatling #swanriverpress
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It's by Eleanor Crook.

All right, folks. If you've ordered a copy of A MYSTERY OF REMNANT by B. Catling, you should have received an acknowledgement now.

If you've not yet ordered, get yours in. It's a limited edition hardback. Gonna start packing up orders soon enough. swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/a-...

We've received lots of orders for A Mystery of Remnant. I've been working through processing. Once that's done, I'll start replying to the deluge of individual emails I received.

If you've emailed me, there is no need to email again. I'll get to a response. I appreciate your patience.

‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2026. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!

Sid Vicious guarding my @swanriverpress.bsky.social collection.

Thank you!

A Mystery of Remnant | Swan River Press “The death itself was not a bodily thing.” A ghost is an absence defined by its presence, or else a presence defined by its absence. The work of Brian Catling is filled with such visions, intrusions o...

The eagle-eyed will have spotted that we've announced our newest publication:

A MYSTERY OF REMNANT by B. Catling

Foreword: Jack Catling
Introduction: Victor Rees
Afterword: Iain Sinclair
Postcard Texts: Alan Moore
Cover: Eleanor Crook

Order: swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/a-...

YouTube video by Nunkie Films Wits in Felixstowe A Documentary

Nine years after its creation, Nunkie and ThomThom Films' documentary "Wits in Felixstowe" about M R James's masterpiece "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You My Lad" is available free to view on Youtube
Checkidoot!
youtu.be/iYq-MS1790Y

This was a great instalment of a superb series.

Beth Orton and Sam Amidon

Room for one more.

10/10. Weird how that works.

I've had chocolate mousse made from avocado. The texture was really amazing and overall it was delicious.

Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books #Esoteric #OccultSky #esotericbookchallenge

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YouTube video by Brian Eno - Topic pour it out

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a hardcover copy of UNCERTAINTIES 7 by swan river press, plus four colourful bookmarks and a postcard reading THE SWAN RIVER PRESS, on a duvet covered in cat hair

a closer shot of the cover of the anthology, which has a dust jacket on it that looks like a textured oil painting but is smooth

Yesssssss my contributor copy of UNCERTAINTIES 7 came! I LOVE IT omg. Who doesn't love a nice hardcover anthology, AND some of the coolest bookmarks ever? :D

(The dust jacket is not textured but it LOOKS uncannily like it is.)

Book Review: ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES Atmospheric Disturbances Helen Grant Swan River Press (2024) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi I won’t conceal the fact that Helen Grant is one of my favourite authors of dark fiction, so much so that in the past I even read (and reviewed) one of her novels, which represents a notable exception to my personal rule to stick to short fiction to maintain my suspension of disbelief.

Book Review: ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES

Atmospheric Disturbances Helen Grant Swan River Press (2024) Reviewed by Mario Guslandi I won’t conceal the fact that Helen Grant is one of my favourite authors of dark fiction, so much so that in the past I even read (and reviewed) one of her novels, which…

Fitz-James O’Brien short stories from Swan River Press. These are my first books by this author or from this press, and I’m pleased by the quality of the books. I’m far too tardy learning of this Irish #scifi writer! #booksky #Ireland #smallpress