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Single short story chapbooks since 2009. Uncanny, dark, experimental. Manchester/London. Editor @nicholasroyle.bsky.social. Design @johnoakey.bsky.social.

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“I love a dedicated second-hand bookshop as much as the next collector.” #parisfantastique #readindies Confingo Publishing is an indie press based in Manchester, and they have an intriguing list of titles on their books. They’ve appeared on the Ramblings before as they issue Dave Haslam’…

On the Ramblings today for #ReadIndies, a stunning short story collection by @nicholasroyle.bsky.social from @confingopublishing.bsky.social "Paris Fantastique" - so good! More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/i...

25.02.2026 08:33 👍 12 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 1
Front cover of The Building Inspector, a series of short stories by Myriam Frey, published by Nightjar Press. Image shows 6 freestanding pillars/poles in a field against a wooded background

Front cover of The Building Inspector, a series of short stories by Myriam Frey, published by Nightjar Press. Image shows 6 freestanding pillars/poles in a field against a wooded background

Sunday morning reading by @dustynewrose.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social

22.02.2026 10:56 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

Thrilled that my first published story is nearly available 🤓

21.02.2026 20:27 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Paired with @danlockton.com next month, In Splendid Isolation, a debut story by RL Doughty.

21.02.2026 07:22 👍 17 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
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Also coming in March, debut story from @danlockton.com

20.02.2026 09:08 👍 23 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
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Paired with David Rose’s Heimat next month: Murder by the late Paul Green.

19.02.2026 09:18 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

That can be arranged once they’re back from the printers.

18.02.2026 21:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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One of four new Nightjars coming in March.

18.02.2026 14:48 👍 26 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1

Lovely soft light you have there, Lynda.

18.02.2026 14:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Grandchildren by Megan Taylor. The cover is a children's play park under a brooding sky.

The Grandchildren by Megan Taylor. The cover is a children's play park under a brooding sky.

Lovely book post arrived today from @nightjarpress.bsky.social. I look forward to digging in soon!

14.02.2026 21:15 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
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Contemporary Gothic Review 31 is an online literary review.

I spent some time with last year's Nightjar Press chapbooks and ended up writing about creepy birds and the contemporary gothic. Review 31 kindly took it on. Free to read here: review31.co.uk/essay/view/1...

@review31.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social

22.01.2026 07:43 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 2

I've read a lot of books this year; novels, story collections, anthologies and so on, but what I've really enjoyed is finding publishers which have led me to new authors that I've been able to explore, such as @nightjarpress.bsky.social, @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social and @remainsmagazine.bsky.social

13.12.2025 22:47 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Really enjoyed this Nightjar piece “Signals” by Amanda Huggins @troutiemcfish.bsky.social . A new neighbor moves in next door. Very quiet and sinister. I don’t know why, but I always love this use of the mundane and the banal to infer an absolute darkness. @nightjarpress.bsky.social

23.11.2025 20:38 👍 23 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
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New episode tomorrow! @nicholasroyle.bsky.social is a writer of short stories and novels, the editor of the Best British Short Stories and founder of @nightjarpress.bsky.social! I had the pleasure of meeting him and talk about his beautiful short story collection “Paris Fantastique”. Stay tuned!

12.11.2025 14:48 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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My new short story colllection The Building Inspector is now available from @nightjarpress.bsky.social on nightjarpress.weebly.com

01.11.2025 09:32 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you – @carolynstock.bsky.social will be pleased.

01.11.2025 17:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sharon v pleased to hear of you. From you. To hear that you’d commented. You know what I mean.

25.10.2025 13:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Come to @smallpublishers.bsky.social today.

25.10.2025 10:04 👍 30 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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Nightjar publisher @nicholasroyle.bsky.social in conversation with Ma Bibliothèque publisher Sharon Kivland @smallpublishers.bsky.social photo by @emmabolland.bsky.social

24.10.2025 17:30 👍 28 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0
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Due to a bug and a karate injury, there are two spots going at tonight’s launch event at Saul Hay Gallery, 7.30pm, Manchester.

17.10.2025 10:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy publication day to @dustynewrose.bsky.social

17.10.2025 09:21 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1

It’s true. We are publishing a mini-collection by this talented writer. Normally we publish stories singly, in pairs. If that makes sense. Something made us break that pattern.

04.10.2025 20:10 👍 24 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
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27.09.2025 05:41 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

‘This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary.’ Could be one answer to the submissions mountain problem.

23.09.2025 10:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks to @bookishleels.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social for the image I mention in Part 1.

13.09.2025 12:05 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Interesting you call it the Co-op. Younger people generally call it Co-op.

11.09.2025 06:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Front cover of This Area Only, a short story chapbook by Joe Stretch, published by Nightjar Press. Image shows a shopfront with the words Edgeley Disco on a sign above.

Front cover of This Area Only, a short story chapbook by Joe Stretch, published by Nightjar Press. Image shows a shopfront with the words Edgeley Disco on a sign above.

'In Co-op a ghost lingered by the crisps. Another vomited in the pouring rain on the pavement outside Go Local.'

Loved this tale of a woman returning to her home town and finding it both similar to and very different from the place she left. @nightjarpress.bsky.social

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25.08.2025 12:48 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Finally had a few minutes to sit down and read this. Sad, disorienting, and filled with imagery that's lovely and distressing in equal measure. It's limited edition, so point yourself to @nightjarpress.bsky.social and get it while you can.

22.08.2025 21:07 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Nightjar Press: An Interview with Nicholas Royle We’ve just started stocking short story chapbooks from Nightjar Press. If you, like us, are fans of the gothic, the weird, the surreal, and the supernatural, we recommend you check them out here in th...

We’re delighted that @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social is now stocking Nightjars. Little interview about it here deadinkbookshop.com/blogs/requir...

15.08.2025 18:01 👍 26 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
Front cover of Flight Paths, a short story chapbook by David Gaffney, published by Nightjar Press. Image shows a brick building with two windows above a sign saying 'Enigma'.

Front cover of Flight Paths, a short story chapbook by David Gaffney, published by Nightjar Press. Image shows a brick building with two windows above a sign saying 'Enigma'.

I loved @ggaffa.bsky.social's previous @nightjarpress.bsky.social story, and this is as good if not better. A flight path signals something much deeper in the narrator's life, darker and more unsettling

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15.08.2025 14:00 👍 14 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0