@ragemonki
Horror writer/economist from Northern Ireland. Published in Tales of Occult Britain and NI, the First Five Minutes of the Apocalypse, Best Horror of the Year vol 14 and Uncertainties vol 5. Can be occasionally found at eoinmurphywriter.wordpress.com
WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE!
In 700 words or less!
Welcome to all writers both new and old, apply for the chance to have your moment on the stage!
Send submissions to: openmic@norncon.org
Come and join us Friday 8th of May for our open mic at NornCon!
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A critic's pick of unexpected mysteries, ghost tales and adventure novels Michael Dirda's guide to books for the holidays. You probably won't find them on any other list.
Along with Tartarus, numerous other small and independent publishers also focus on the fantastic. Some favorites of mine are Hippocampus Press (Lovecraft and his circle), Valancourt Books (Gothic classics and literature in translation), Centipede Press (collector's editions), Dedalus Books (works of distorted reality), Ramble House (try "His Beautiful Hands: The Short Fiction of Oscar Cook," edited by Johnny Mains), Wakefield Books (strange European literature), Chiroptera Press (Thomas Ligotti, T.E.D. Klein and others), Hellebore Books (a recent highlight: "Tales of Occult Britain and Northern Ireland," edited by Maria J. Perez Cuervo) and Swan River Press. This last, as it happens, has just issued "A Mind Turned in Upon Itself," which reprints essays and a 150-page critical biography of Le Fanu by the aforementioned Jim Rockhill.
Another incredible shoutout! Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda includes TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN in his Christmas roundup @washingtonpost.com.
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Thank you to @sfxmagazine.bsky.social for this wonderful review of TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN!
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It really is!
Got my contributors copy of Tales of Occult Britain and Northern Ireland! It's a really pretty book with great internal art, really looking forward to reading all the other stories in! Thanks @helleborezine.bsky.social!
IT’S HERE! Our first volume of strange and supernatural stories for the darker half of the year. Nine new tales by masters of the genre: Ramsey Campbell, Helen Grant, Reggie Oliver, Ally Wilkes, Steve Toase, Verity Holloway and more.
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An ancient woodland home to witches and healers and an anxious cadet grieving his lover.
A fairy hill and a widower haunted by his late wife.
A lost land swallowed by the sea, a colony of rare flowers, and an academic experiencing visions.
A hill carved with mysterious figures and an eccentric old man who follows the old ways.
An island steeped in legend and a stranger who claims to be its next king.
A church on the marshes and a struggling artist who glimpses its demons.
TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN
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Nine new tales by contemporary masters of the supernatural and the strange: Nina Antonia, Ramsey Campbell, Steve Duffy, Helen Grant, Verity Holloway, Eóin Murphy, Reggie Oliver, Steve Toase and Ally Wilkes.
✨Out next month. Pre-orders now open worldwide✨
An old mine under a rocky outcrop, a ghostly cavalcade, and a lost child.
A Victorian graveyard and a young man led to it by an antique walking-stick.
An ancient cairn said to be the dwelling of a witch and a tight-knit family on their annual mountain climb.
New doc MONSTER GIRLS uncovers the often-overlooked history of women’s contributions to character and creature design, and it's available for preorder now:
Excited to see that Hellebore's first short story anthology is up for pre-order, including my short story Lake of Sorrows!
I wrote a folk horror book called ITCH!
Ants 🐜
Forests 🌲
Women solving crimes together 👭
Gross body horror 😮
A dog called Finn 🐕
Folklore in rural England
The Devil 😈
A (creepy) ritual procession
Small-town drama
A string of unsolved m💀rders
A really old pub 🍺
Preorder:
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Space Unicorn!
ICYMI, PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb
Thanks B. Everything I read around the topic says publishers don't support authors with marketing, & sales are down (it's almost as if there's a direct correlation between the two). Trad publishing doesn't seem worth the effort it takes to get an agent then a publisher given the lack of support.
“In her choice of stories for this collection, Holmes demonstrates clearly that the genre of the uncanny is in rude health. Highly recommended.” – You’re Reading
swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/un...
Issue 2 (April) can be pre-ordered now. 25000-word novella by Rhonda Pressley Veit, stories by Abi Hynes, Sarah Read, Alexander Glass, and more. Nina Allan interviewed by Matt Hill. Colour throughout with more glorious art by Richard Wagner. remains.uk
The first chronicles of Druss the legend by David Gemmell
The first chronicles of Druss the legend by David Gemmell
Some days when nothing is working for you, you just gotta go back to what you love. Nobody did heroic fantasy better than the big man. David Gemmell’s books are underrated gems & i hope more readers discover their richness #EpicFantasy #Booksky #HeroicFantasy #DrusstheLegend
Is it too early to implement a Wicker Man style economic development policy, or should we leave it another week or two?
One to read for anyone who travels to cons in the states...
That's really disappointing. I had high hopes for it.
My work life would be a lot easier if I could remember economics lectures as well as I can 90s song lyrics, RoboCop quotes and the entire plot of Babylon 5...
Speaking for myself, I'd certainly read a couple of those...
Our Shirley Jackson tribute issue opens tomorrow!
Read the guidelines here: bit.ly/4iA6H8u
Hope you like it!
This gorgeous looking volume from @holpublishing.bsky.social was a very apt Xmas present from my brother @ragemonki.bsky.social . Looking forward to getting stuck in!
Save the Date! 22 Feburary 2025 will see the re-launch of the Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies. This free in-person event at TCD will include a keynote by @middleagewitch.bsky.social, panel discussions, and more! For more information and to register: irishgothicjournal.net/coming-soon-...
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