Elliot J Harper

With any luck! I’ll stay shopping it about in 2026 and see what happens. Back to the Slog of Slogs 😵‍💫🤣

Cheers! It’s very disappointing but what can you do 🤷🏼‍♂️

👇🏻Read my latest story here👇🏻

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Just in case you missed this announcement - to confirm The Peculiar Journey of Cecil Tabiner will NOT be published 😕

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It’s been a while - 2 YEARS!? - since I’ve had a story published, but the drought is over!

The wonderful Where Ideas Grow (ran by and for current and former students of York St John) have published my flash piece, titled Why Me?

👇🏻 Give it a read here 👇🏻

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YouTube video by Comma Press Palestine - 1: Yara El-Ghadban on 'The Forest of Saffouryeh'

'A land that produces so many beautiful poets, you can never kill it. We're here, we're not going anywhere.'

We sat down with author Yara El-Ghadban to discuss her story 'The Forest of Saffouryeh' featured in Palestine - 1 🗝️📚

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in case you missed our announcement

We're seeking short stories in Jan 2026 for our upcoming anthology, Modern Decadent, which embraces the fin de siècle literary & arts of the decadents, along with 19th century symbolism and aestheticism. We also welcome stories with a good dash of proto-Weird 🖤

Books of the year 2025 New Statesman writers and guests – including Jonathan Franzen, Jacqueline Rose, Marina Warner and Slavoj Žižek – choose their favourite reading this year

VOICES OF RESISTANCE is one of @newstatesman1913.bsky.social's books of '25 🎉

'This is writing against atrocity, every line a pitch for freedom.' ✍️Jacqueline Rose

📕 Voices of Resistance by Sondos Sabra, Nahil Mohana, Ala'a Obaid & Batool Abu Akleen

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Palestine -1 book review - The Skinny In Comma Press's latest anthology, 12 writers imagine the year leading up to the Palestinian Nakba.

'This is a book of love, in its most courageous and bare form.'

Read Maria Farsoon's 5⭐️ review of Palestine - 1 in @theskinnymag.bsky.social ❤️👇

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Good advice also! I’ve waited a couple of years, 6 months more can’t hurt!

Sound advice! Patience is something have always struggled with but will need to work on!

I still haven’t decided. It seems a shame to not sub it to some agents/publishers after so much work has gone into the novel. But also, I’ve spent so much time on this that I almost just want to self-publish so it exists, rather than the Slog of Slogs that is the submission train 🤔

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December is here! That means you have two-and-a-bit weeks to send us your novella or short story collection for consideration.

We're looking for speculative fiction from writers living in the North of England.

Find out more: carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/

NFA WINTER SHOWCASE 📚⛄

📅 TOMORROW @ 6:30pm
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Join us at Blackwell's for a cosy evening of stories, mince pies and wine 🥧🍷

Submission Update Issue 6: 19 December to 30 January I’ve been excited to share this, and have spent some time thinking through the best way to move forward with our next issue. I’ve also recently started a new job as an assistant editor, so I’m working on finding the right balance as I manage both roles. Thank you in advance for your patience! The submission period for Underbelly Press Issue 6 will run from December 19 to January 30. The editing period will follow throughout February, and Issue 6 is tentatively expected to release in mid to late March. After the success of the first themed issue, I’m still deciding whether this issue will be themed again. I’d love to hear your thoughts! As always, things may shift slightly, but this is the timeline I’m aiming for. I’ll keep you updated as everything progresses. Thank you so much for your continued support. More information will be shared soon. Text is on a black background. In the top right corner is the Underbelly Press logo.

Submission Update!

The submission period for Underbelly Press Issue 6 will run from December 19 to January 30. The editing period will follow throughout February, and Issue 6 is tentatively expected to release in mid to late March.

Thank you so much for your continued support.

We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.

* ANNOUNCING *

Wild Hunt Books are seeking short stories in Jan 2026 for our upcoming anthology, Modern Decadent, which embraces the fin de siècle literary & arts of the decadents, along with 19th century symbolism and aestheticism. We also welcome stories with a good dash of proto-Weird 🖤

Just in case you missed this announcement - to confirm The Peculiar Journey of Cecil Tabiner will NOT be published 😕

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Or the dreaded third and fourth options:

Rewrite?

Ditch?

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Self publish or submissions?
Self publish or submissions?
Self publish ot submissions?….

I think this will take me a month to decide 🫣😵‍💫

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Bollocks to black Friday; @srlpublishing.bsky.social have a sale on!

Both Great Romances of the 20th Century and Belonging are on sale now, right in time for Christmas:

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The Books of #Yorkshire… only available from Comma

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ONLINE SCI-FI COURSE ✍️🚀

🗓️Dec 15 - Feb 23
📍 Online Via Zoom

Learn the art of Sci-Fi with Oliver K. Langmead & get published in a Comma Press eBook! 📚

Bursary discounts available for underrepresented writers & those on low income! DM to apply 🎟️📩

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⚔️ MALENIA HAS FINALLY BEEN VANQUISHED! ⚔️

Things haven't been going my way recently, but today, this was a good day!

#EldenRing #Tarnished

Manuscript Submissions | Fly on the Wall Poetry Searching for politically-engaged short stories and poetry collections for our 2022 catalogue. Opening in Autumn 2021.

2026 submission dates for your diaries - earlier next year than our usual Summer window!

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Are there any publishers or agents out there who like weird books? 🤣🫣

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In light of the recent announcement by Northodox Press, I regret to inform you that The Peculiar Journey of Cecil Tabiner will NOT be published.

Please read below:

www.elliotjharper.com/post/the-jou...

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Finished copies have arrived.

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