Ben Tufnell

PARADISE, the new genre-defying eco-thriller combining elements of noir, folk horror and nature writing by @bentufnell.bsky.social, is published early March!

Interested reviewers please get in touch.

Pre-order here: www.influxpress.com/shop/paradis...

Excited to have a story in the new issue of @the4facedliar.bsky.social
Thanks to Roisin and everyone at the magazine!

Wow, I didn’t know there were two other Laurence Fishburnes…

trefoil stained glass window, an owl perches on w winding branch at the center of the design

an incredible window from the Church of St John in Whitbourne, Herefordshire

The author and their books: Aliya Whiteley, author of THREE EIGHT ONE and THE MISHEARD WORLD The book they'd love for Xmas HAMMER HORROR Their favourite read of 2025 THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS RAKESFALL Their anticipated read of 2026 PARADISE ALSTON MOOR

We asked Aliya Whiteley for her best books of 2025, a book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated reads of 2026.

Read the full article https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @vajra.me @bentufnell.bsky.social & @annecharnock.bsky.social !

https://geni.us/misheardw

Congrats! Loved ‘Father Paul’…

For 2026 let’s remind ourselves what really matters: weird fiction

Great piece by @chuckwendig.bsky.social

Lovely! Thanks for sharing.

Paradise — Influx Press

PARADISE by @bentufnell.bsky.social is published March 2026

www.influxpress.com/paradise

Many thanks to @charlieratpig.bsky.social for these words…..

Pnin - Nabokov
Moravagine - Cendrars
Justine (and Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea too) - Durrell

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‘The Dreary Whiteness of the Anglosphere’ is a good title for an anthology…..

Salvador Dali’s Portrait of Luis Bunuel

Salvador Dali, ‘Portrait of Luis Bunuel’ (1924), Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid

YouTube video by Kieran James Siouxsie & The Banshees • Halloween • Live 1981 [HD remaster]

m.youtube.com/watch?v=XIYj...

Strong wicker man vibes….

Illustration of type of fish owl. The owls have prominent ear tufts and are perched on rocks. In the foreground, a small fish lies on a rock between the two birds. The background includes various plants, such as a palm frond and a cattail-like plant, suggesting a wetland or riverbank environment.

Royal Natural History, Richard Lydekker, originally published in 1893. #OwlishMonday

Copies of ‘The Best Weird Fiction of The Year Vol. 1’, ‘Broken Ground’ and ‘Chalklands’ by Richard Smyth

The back covers of ‘The Best Weird Fiction of The Year Vol. 1’ and ‘Broken Ground’

Excellent book post thanks to @undertow.bsky.social and @uncertainstories.com. Looking forward to these. And
‘Broken Ground’ came with a free single story booklet by @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social!!

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

The cover of the autumn 2025 issue of The Brussels Review. Featured is a painting, ‘Ships 13’ by Pippa Derbyshire

I’ve got a new story in The Brussels Review. It’s about an academic called Ben Tufnell, writing a paper on ‘that bastard, Kant’, haunted by ‘BenTufnell’, his namesake who is doing research on doubles and doppelgängers….

@thebrusselsreview.bsky.social

Interzone #303 In this issue of Interzone: stories by Nathan Brown × Sasha Brown, Rachael Cupp, Eygló Karlsdóttir × Ashley Stokes, Crystal Koo, Giselle Leeb, Humphrey Price, Kat Sedia, Ben Tufnell, Leslie What, and ...

Very happy to have a new story in the ever-brilliant Interzone...

shop.interzone.press/b/E76yw

An image of CLOSE gallery overwritten with info about ‘After Nature’, an exhibition curated by Ben Tufnell, with a list of the artists included…

Now open. Featuring major artists alongside new talent, the show offers a timely exploration of the ways in which artists are looking at and thinking about nature in the 21st century.

Visit www.closeltd.com for more info.

Thurs & Fri 11am-4pm | Sat 11am-3pm | Or by appointment

Many thanks to @seanbirnie.bsky.social for the kind words….

*Very* mixed feelings about Alien: Earth but wtf, this guy is definitely the most terrifying ‘herbivore’ since Black Philip….

Queen.