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Independent press dedicated to literature of the gothic, fantastic, strange, and supernatural. Æon House, Dublin, Ireland. Posts by Brian J. Showers. www.swanriverpress.ie

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TREATISES ON DUST | Timothy J. Jarvis

These weird tales are haunted, not by ghosts, but by an obscure volume of French decadent poetry, a seventeenth-century murder ballad, a bone antenna, and by places where “the membrane is thin”.

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26.01.2026 21:24 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

DreamHaven is a great shop. They stock our books and I love stopping in whenever I'm up that way. Always come away with something! Its heartening to see Greg.

26.01.2026 11:16 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Been up to DreamHaven numerous times. Greg's a great bookseller. And a whole lot more. dreamhavenbooks.com

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Where are you going?

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Cheese hats and hot dish are musts.

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The only people allowed to fuck with Minnesotans are Wisconsinites.

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I made multiple overtures for the second, which focuses on Irish women. Little interest, maybe? I tried at least.

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Unearthed this morning copies of two posters that I designed for Dublin City Libraries. Only the one on the right was ever produced.

They're quite cool though, I always thought.

24.01.2026 10:55 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 1

I miss the large screen as well. I think debuts are occasionally still done there, but the Lighthouse now really seems to have cornered that market. It's a pity we don't have a true legacy cinema in Dublin. Ah well. We make our choices, I guess. We have only we ourselves to blame.

22.01.2026 20:06 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I have a certain fondness for the place. Occasionally I prefer it over the Lighthouse or the IFI. It has an older feel to it; it's the dilapidated seaside town of Dublin cinemas.

Cineworld, on the other hand, is dreadful.

22.01.2026 20:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
Talking to the Man Behind Black Shuck Books, Steve J. Shaw || Awesome Indie Presses
YouTube video by Happy Goat Horror Talking to the Man Behind Black Shuck Books, Steve J. Shaw || Awesome Indie Presses

Here's a good interview with Steve J. Shaw of Black Shuck Books. He talks about horror publishing. A lot. If you're at all interested in this stuff, it's worth a listen.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tILw...

22.01.2026 19:59 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The gents in the Savoy cinema, O'Connell Street.

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Ew.

22.01.2026 18:28 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Bad news. Postage is increasing again on 3 February.

We will be absorbing this cost for our hardbacks for the time being.

However, I will need to raise the price of THE GREEN BOOK.

If you want to place an order before prices increase, please do so now.

swanriverpress.ie/green-book-i...

22.01.2026 18:09 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Should be one of the easier ones to come by in this edition.

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I finally assembled, after many years, a complete run of Ghost Story Press publications, including the Lewis reissue.

GSP, their design, and ethos, have long been an inspiration for Swan River.

home.epix.net/~wallison/gs...

21.01.2026 13:54 — 👍 26    🔁 3    💬 4    📌 1

I've know Adam for years and can confirm he's like this in person too.

21.01.2026 10:35 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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