“Well Tester” by @bethkesh.bsky.social from Diabolical Plots, “Theyya Kochamma” by Salini Vineeth from Bourbon Penn, and more short fic recs from Maria Haskins
Diabolical Plots 3/16/26, 3/2/26 Bourbon Penn 2/23/26 Escape Pod 2/26/26, 2/19/26 The two March stories in Diabolical Plots are both science fictional in nature. In Well Tester by E.M. Faulds, we meet Sara who is currently dying, alone, far from Earth. After a life of menial jobs and disappointments, she's been recruited as a well tester, and has been sent to an exoplanet to investigate if the terraforming …Read More
locusmag.com
A lovely summing up of the Cymera vibe and why, if you love SFFH books, you really need to go sometime.
Writers from the ESFF community today at #cymera2026: edinburghsff.com/esff-at-cyme...
Appropriately epic day being had at @cymerafestival 2026. Especially great combinations of writers in conversation this year.
The perfect pairing for discussion of hope in a world of climate collapse.
@catamaroon.bsky.social and @rainewilson.bsky.social
Emphasis on the epic and ruin with @annasmithspark.bsky.social @rtorrubia.com @alexpheby.bsky.social and @clhellisen.bsky.social
What a night at @cymerafestival.co.uk last night. Epic craic with @dan.coxon.author and Tracy Fahey and a packed room for @mkhardywrites.com brilliant interview with Mr @stephengrahamjones.com.
Read Home Sick before you even think about packing your bags.” https://gnofhorror.com/home-sick-by-rhiannon-grist-review/
Locus Magazine
*Opens trench coat* Short stories, get chore short stories heeya!
British Fantasy Award winning story, Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike in it, innit!
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Or Amazon / Kindle ebook if that's easier: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GYJJRSPV
Come to think of it, I’m pretty sure @neilwilliamson.bsky.social thinks you’d like it too…
Rhiannon Grist’s Home Sick is slow-burn folk horror at its finest. Rreview of the debut that makes a thin shared wall feel like the most terrifying thing.
What else…let’s see… @shonak.bsky.social thinks you’d like it…
Ginger Nuts of Horror
E.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes
Hit Cymera Book Festival and came home with lots horror novels: Stephen Graham Jones x2, Sunyi Dean, Charlotte Cross, Amy Jane Stewart. Haunted houses, Kowloon ghosts, vampire reckonings, and a Scottish fairy tale with a body count. Full haul review at.
Ginger Nuts of Horror’s Jim McLeod reviews his five-book horror haul from Cymera Book Festival Dread, ghosts, and a water heater closet to nowhere.
So, why should you preorder my #historicalfantasy Black Doe? Well, for starters, Kirkus think you’d like it…
Angela Cleland / Cleland Smith
Reminder that if you want to preorder Black Doe (print or ebook) without giving money to the Big Bad Wolfazon, you can buy it lots of places - bonus points for asking your local bookshop order it in for you... #fantasy #books 📚💕
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Check out Black Doe - <p><strong>A killer who dreams another's dreams. A mother whose secret will sire a nightmare.</strong></p><p></p><p><em>A heart-wrenching tale of motherhood, identity and fate, s...
