Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes

I love ruining the world's natural beauty for ppl

the worlds not over
keep taking your meds
keep taking your HRT
keep scheduling surgeries
keep talking to friends
keep eating
keep sleeping
the worlds not over
you're still needed

Bravo!

Time for a belated festival launch for @dancoxon.bsky.social’s Unquiet Guests anthology, alongside contributors @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social, @willmac23.bsky.social & Alison Moore. Does a haunted house story actually have to be a *house*? Or can any building have an unquiet guest?

Ally Wilkes has the goss on writing and selling short stories in this modern age (i.e. don’t try to ape the classics)…

@unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social

Happ day of birth! Being 40 is the tits

Who wants a ghost story these days? These people totally have the answer…

@dancarpenter.bsky.social @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social @willmclean21.bsky.social

this is why the whole “oh, suffering creates great art” thing is bullshit

you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table

you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from

EVENT HORIZON THOUGH

I'm rarely on BSky these days as... well... it's all felt a little too much to handle. Response times will be v v delayed, or you can catch up with me over on Instagram (av_wilkes). Be safe. 🖤

And a belated credit to The World in Stitches for some of the motifs I used!

Haha YES!

Hey BSky, I'm looking for your BOOK RECS on true crime fiction: novels or novellas that read like a true crime non-fiction or a podcast. Think Six Stories by @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social, True Crime Story by Joseph Knox, or Penance by Eliza Clark.

babybel implies the existence of scarybel, sportybel, gingerbel and poshbel

Just a reminder that I block anyone who uses generative AI. Nothing personal. You're just an ass.

We'll be running a Christmas special on tickets for all our upcoming event from today until the end of Boxing Day - you can use the code CHRISTMAS for 10% off any event of your choice at www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis... #christmas #xmas #tickets #discounts #deals #tix #events

A black and white illustration in the style of an old photograph. It's set in Northern Svalbard in the middle of winter - mountainous and icy, and dark. In the foreground is a man in expedition gear of the 1930s. A husky, his only companion, is sat beside him. In the background, out of focus, is a figure of a man.

Spooky Advent day 8: a vengeful ghost may or may not wreak havok in 1930s Svalbard. Yes, it's Michelle Paver's novel Dark Matter, a story of a young man's terrifying descent into madness in one of the most bleak and isolated places on Earth

Here's your second chance to delve deep into the horrors of the past with the ultra-talented Ally Wilkes, as her WRITING HISTORICAL HORROR course returns this March! www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-hi... #horror #historicalhorror #historical #writing #writers #course #courses

Tales of Occult Britain HELLEBORE's first anthology of short fiction features nine new tales by masters of the supernatural and the strange: Nina Antonia, Ramsey Campbell, Steve Duffy, Helen Grant, Verity Holloway, Eóin Murp...

Oops, missed buy link: helleborezine.com/products/tales

Image of a gate covering an old mine shaft. In front is an image of the front cover of Hellebore's Tales From Occult Britain, and a snippet from a review which reads: 'Though the quality is high, the standout is the final story in the collection. Ally Wilkes's 'Wild Edric's Ride' doesn't just update an ancient myth; it imbues it with purpose, asking: if a folkloric hero were summoned today to protect the nation, what would he truly be fighting for?

So thrilled to see @helleborezine.bsky.social's excellent TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN getting a deservedly excellent review in SFX magazine, and basically blown away by this shout-out. Yes, folklore is anti-fascist, yes, RE-ENCHANTMENT IS RESISTANCE, yes, yes, yes ✨

5 ways to give your fave authors free-to-you gifts over the holidays! 💙📚

1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!

"WELL TELL HIM TO PUT IT BACK"

We're in our Sad Beige era

London Weird: a micro-collection London Weird: a micro-collection eBook : Wilkes, AV: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

www.amazon.co.uk/London-Weird...

Picture of Ally's book LONDON WEIRD with cut out pieces of text lovingly overlaid (scissors and glue style, look ma no canva) to highlight the presence in manuscript of things like Christmas trees, fairy lights, hot chocolate, etc.

Hellooooooo BSky, long time no see? I've been lurking around Instagram these days (where yes, I continue to honk about books and authors I like) but thought I'd remind everyone that my micro-collection LONDON WEIRD is totes a Christmas book, look, honest guvnor, and only 0.99 at Amazon.

"Your 9-5 isn't killing your dreams." Said an asshole

Wrote a short thing about that 5-9 nonsense.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/your-9-5-i...

A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006

A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....

Heyyyyyyy just one of my all-time faves (ARARAT, anyone?) enjoying some creepy af stories by yours truly!

You can pick it up for 0.99 here: www.amazon.co.uk/London-Weird...

London Weird: a micro-collection London Weird: a micro-collection eBook : Wilkes, AV: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Thanks Chris! Here's the link for anyone who's interested: www.amazon.co.uk/London-Weird...