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SOMETHING PECULIAR is coming...

Day eleven, so please join me in welcoming the final author in this year's volume, Mark Morris, with his story "Confetti".

SOMETHING PECULIAR will be released in October, and is available to pre-order now from the Black Shuck Books website.

15.09.2025 19:18 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SOMETHING PECULIAR is coming...

In the home stretch, day ten delivers "The Recollection", from author @danacea.bsky.social.

SOMETHING PECULIAR will be released in October, and is available to pre-order now from the Black Shuck Books website.

14.09.2025 17:27 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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SOMETHING PECULIAR is coming...

Day nine brings "Seven Encounters with Peculiar Hawkins", from author @emmajgibbon.bsky.social.

SOMETHING PECULIAR will be released in October, and is available to pre-order now from the Black Shuck Books website.

13.09.2025 18:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SOMETHING PECULIAR is coming...

Day eight's author is @sarahbrooks.bsky.social, with her tale "Web".

SOMETHING PECULIAR will be released in October, and is available to pre-order now from the Black Shuck Books website.

12.09.2025 17:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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SOMETHING PECULIAR is coming...

Day seven brings @guyadams.bsky.social and his tale "Hollow".

SOMETHING PECULIAR will be released in October, and is available to pre-order now from the Black Shuck Books website.

11.09.2025 18:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SOMETHING PECULIAR is coming...

For day six, please welcome one of the finest writers working today: @johnlangan.bsky.social, and his tale "Acolytes of the Famished Giant".

SOMETHING PECULIAR will be released in October, and is available to pre-order now from the Black Shuck Books website.

09.09.2025 18:07 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SOMETHING PECULIAR is coming...

Day five brings @maudmarianw.bsky.social , and her tale "The Way Through the Woods".

SOMETHING PECULIAR will be released in October, and is available to pre-order now from the Black Shuck Books website.

08.09.2025 19:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SOMETHING PECULIAR is coming...

Day four... please welcome @timjmajor.bsky.social's tale "Urchin Barren".

SOMETHING PECULIAR will be released in October, and is available to pre-order now from the Black Shuck Books website.

07.09.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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SOMETHING PECULIAR is coming...

Day three brings @timothyjjarvis.bsky.social, and his tale "Under the Similitude of a Dream".

SOMETHING PECULIAR will be released in October, and is available to pre-order now from the Black Shuck Books website.

06.09.2025 18:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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SOMETHING PECULIAR is coming...

Today we welcome @alexmilner.bsky.social's"Cemetery Black".

SOMETHING PECULIAR will be released in October, and is available to pre-order now from the Black Shuck Books website.

04.09.2025 17:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SOMETHING PECULIAR is coming...

Over the next two weeks we'll be announcing the authors who have contributed peculiar tales to this year's volume. Today we welcome @lifeofholly.bsky.social, and her story "Forest". SOMETHING PECULIAR is available to pre-order now from the Black Shuck Books website.

03.09.2025 18:21 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Now available... THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE: Essays on the Art of Being Lost, edited by @capitanofelixio.bsky.social , contains sixteen essays on such diverse films as THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, THE DESCENT, WALKABOUT and more.

Available now from Black Shuck Books or your bookseller of choice.

25.04.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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New this week from @timjmajor.bsky.social

24.03.2025 12:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ANNOUNCEMENT! My new story collection contains 16 weird tales of magical and mechanical automatons from history and myth.

GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social in March, and can be preordered now from the website.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...

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30.01.2025 14:03 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
The cover of Dirt Upon My Skin by Steve Toase.

The cover of Dirt Upon My Skin by Steve Toase.

If you’re a new follower and interested in archaeology, I have a new collection of archaeology themed horror out from @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social, inspired by my time in commercial archaeology. blackshuckbooks.co.uk/shadows-37/
The cover has trowels and the colours are from Munsell Soil Charts.

13.11.2024 10:11 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Have you experienced MOOD SWINGS? Out now from @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social

11.11.2024 10:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's good for what ails you...

01.11.2024 13:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜The End’ mini-collection by Kayleigh Dobbs from @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social So good I didn’t want it to, uh, end.

19.10.2024 15:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, and enjoy!

13.10.2024 10:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just arrived from @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social with my latest story β€œUntil the Wheel Comes around Again” plus more from an amazing lineup! Out next week but available for pre-order! blackshuckbooks.co.uk/gbh9/

21.09.2024 15:44 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Huge thanks to @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social for my contributor copy of this beaut! Featuring my story β€˜Versions’ - to get yours…

blackshuckbooks.co.uk/gbh9/

21.09.2024 13:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks to @runalongwomble.bsky.social for interviewing me about my @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social collection Dirt Upon My Skin

18.09.2024 06:34 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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New this week from Maxim Jakubowski – THE EXOPOTAMIA MANUSCRIPT.

Jeffery Deaver calls it "a rich blend of journey, discovery, myth and lore – modern and ancient – told in Jakubowski's masterful, evocative style"

Available now from blackshuckbooks.co.uk/the-exopotam...

30.08.2024 12:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The final author gracing the pages of SOMETHING PECULIAR, and the 100th author to feature in the GREAT BRITISH HORROR series... please welcome one of the best genre writers working today, Grady Hendrix.

SOMETHING PECULIAR can be pre-ordered now from
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/gbh9/

28.08.2024 18:37 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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The penultimate story in this year's GREAT BRITISH HORROR... join @tiffaniangus.bsky.social "Until the Wheel Spins Round Again".

SOMETHING PECULIAR will be released at the end of September, and can now be pre-ordered from blackshuckbooks.co.uk/gbh9/

27.08.2024 14:05 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Stay you a while, and hear @jonolivereditor.bsky.social's tale "This Song is Not For You"...

SOMETHING PECULIAR will be released at the end of September, and can now be pre-ordered from blackshuckbooks.co.uk/gbh9/

26.08.2024 17:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

It is indeed an excellent collection... he's not a bad writer, that Unsworth chap...

25.08.2024 20:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was published online at a Lovecraft ezine, I believe, but other than that only in the original Ash Tree edition of Lost Places.

25.08.2024 18:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Come "Apple Howling" with @bunch.bsky.social... it's just wassailing...
SOMETHING PECULIAR will be released next month, and can be pre-ordered from blackshuckbooks.co.uk/gbh9/

23.08.2024 14:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0