The Tiny Bookcase Podcast

A list of award nominations that I'm not truly sure how I got but I'm eternally grateful for. Including best short fiction, best short non fiction, best audio and best younger readers categories.

I'm both overwhelmed and very grateful to have 5 items on the @bsfa.bsky.social award short list.

It's an honour to be nominated against pieces from:
@foxesandroses.bsky.social
@slashnburnett.bsky.social
@drfionamoore.bsky.social
@bethkesh.bsky.social
@emilyinkpen.bsky.social

Congrats all 🙌

# 247- Joined this month by the short-story writer Benjamin Kurt Unsworth, Ben and Nico present stories galore written for the prompt 'Magnitude'! Listen here:

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Benjamin's Collections:

phantasmagoriamag.co.uk/online-store...

blackshuckbooks.co.uk/shadows-21/

Cover of INTO WRACK AND RUIN by Benjamin Kurt Unsworth. The front illustration is all greens, blacks and whites, eerie line drawings of corpses wrought into eldritch patterns. Back cover copy reads: There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things – and one such corner is Little Hodbury. With a haunted tree, mutations in the heart of the British countryside, mythological creatures, and even menaces which plumb the depths of humanity's worst instincts – nobody said living here was easy. Benjamin Kurt Unsworth's Into Wrack and Ruin presents thirteen stories which detail the various shades of the town and its inhabitants' grief, devastation, chaos and anger – the question is who (or what . . . ) shall survive to tell the tale? “Enthusiastically gruesome, viscerally vivid, invigoratingly weird, Unsworth’s collection offers an enviably varied feast to nourish the imagination.” —Ramsey Campbell, author of The Incubations and Ancient Images Cover art: Randy Broecker Cover design: Adrian Baldwin

Who's up for a scare?

If you don't know Ben Unsworth, you're missing a treat, both as a writer and a person. Check out an exciting young writer!

UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FQ2S7Z1J
USA: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQ2S7Z1J

I was a guest on The Tiny Bookcase podcast. It was a lot of fun, and I highly recommend it to any of my author friends.

# 246: @stevemchugh.bsky.social - bestselling author of Urban Fantasy, Historical Fiction, and SF - joins Ben and Nico for a Showcase + Interview! Link in Stories or Listen here:

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Steve McHugh's site: stevejmchugh.wordpress.com

#Riftborn #Hellequin #CrimesAgainstMagic

Season 11 of The Tiny Bookcase has begun! Last season, we introduced Showcase episodes alongside our classic format and we are continuing to shake things up by changing our release schedule. You can read more about it for free here:

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# 245- Luke Jennings is a London-based bestselling novelist. His KILLING EVE novels are the basis for a worldwide hit TV series. In this episode, Luke reads an excerpt from CODENAME VILLANELLE and is interviewed by Ben and Nico. Listen here:

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Luke's site: lukejennings.com

Want a sweet story with a menacing spice? My dear friend and award-winning writer @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social reads a Christmas take written by me.

Shoutout to @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social for organising and Nico @tinybookcase.bsky.social for the prompt ‘gingerbread’!

Happy holidays all. xxx

A very merry Yule to you!

We're excited about the future of the Bookcase in 2026, and you can join our Patreon for free to keep up with the latest news here:

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The Tiny Bookcase will return on Monday, 12th January! Happy New Year!

# 244- Alexandra Beaumont (@abeaumontbooks.bsky.social), author of folklore and gothic fantasy, gives an interview on storytelling. Listen here:

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Alexandra's Site: www.alexandrabeaumontauthor.com

#shortstory #Folklore #Gothic #interview

# 243- The wonderful Alexandra Beaumont (@abeaumontbooks.bsky.social), writer of lyrical folkloric fantasy, joins Ben and Nico for the prompt 'Jurisdiction'. Listen here:

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Alexandra's Site: www.alexandrabeaumontauthor.com

#shortstory #SF #fantasy

It was great to meet you too (cramped as we all were, hiding in that porch with the wind and rain maliciously trying to join the conversation)!

I knew that @rickandwrite.bsky.social and @tinybookcase.bsky.social would be a match made in heaven when in introduced them to each other at World Fantasy in Brighton! Give this a listen people!

# 242- Ben and Nico have an utterly delightful time chatting with Rick Danforth (@rickandwrite.bsky.social), BSFA Winner and champion martial artist. Listen here:

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Rick's Site: rickdanforth.wordpress.com

#fantasy #SF #interview

If you would like to hear my story about unicorn cocaine, followed by me having a lot of fun talking to Ben and Nico.

This is the place to go!

And if that's not enough, you get two cracking stories by the guys themselves. What's not to love?

# 241- The epic Rick Danforth (@rickandwrite.bsky.social), short fiction author and champion martial artist, joins Ben and Nico for the prompt 'Conservation'. Listen here:

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Rick's Site: rickdanforth.wordpress.com

#shortstory #SF #Unicorns #Mythology

Do you want to hear me read the opening chapter from my upcoming fantasy adventure novel This Is Where The Future Bleeds, then talk nonsense? YOU CAN!

Cause @mikebrooks668.bsky.social is awesome, have a listen you won't regret it. #WritingCommunity #BookSky

# 240- Mike Brooks (@mikebrooks668.bsky.social) joins Ben and Nico to showcase the opening to his new book and talk about writing! Listen here:

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Mike Brooks appears this Friday @waterstones.bsky.social in Nottingham:
www.waterstones.com/events/franc...

#author #interview

# 239- Ben and Nico develop two stories to add to the 'Pile'. Listen here:

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#podcasts #shortstory #storytelling

# 238- Ben and Nico perform two new 'Skeleton' stories. Listen here:

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#podcasts #shortstory #storytelling

# 237- The tremendous Athena Stevens gives an interview and chats with Ben and Nico about telling stories on the stage and the page. Listen here:

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Athena's Site: www.athenastevens.com

# 236- Athena Stevens is an Olivier Award-nominated actor, playwright, and author. In this episode, Athena joins Ben and Nico in writing for the prompt "Vintage". Listen here:

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Athena's Site: www.athenastevens.com

# 235- Nico and Ben go in two very different directions with the prompt "Interest". Listen here:

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#podcasts #shortstory #storytelling

# 234- Ben and Nico write and perform a brace of stories for the prompt "Keep". Listen here:

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#podcasts #shortstory #storytelling

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My favourite book-related podcast, with some spooky tales for the Witching Season, including a morsel from yours truly! 👻 🎃 😈

October is here, so get your goth on and join us for a collection of tales of terror from previous episodes! Featuring the work of @najpullen.bsky.social, @markbrandon.bsky.social, @rjbarker.bsky.social, and the terrible twosome Ben and Nico. Listen here:

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#Spooky #Horror

David & Robin chat with Sam K Horton whose 2nd novel Ragwort is out Nov-25. We talk maps, book tour costumes, love of wild places. Dave discovers Friday also is a business day + hear reasons to attend Fantasycon from Ben & Nico of @tinybookcase.bsky.social. britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...