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Fiction editor at Titan Books. Debut collection HUNTING BY THE RIVER out now from Black Shuck Books. https://linktr.ee/dancarpenter85
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Looks like a lotta folks got an ARC for ACQUIRED TASTE today… Yummy in the tummy @titanbooks.bsky.social

Watching the new Jurassic World trailer.

Watching the new Jurassic World trailer.

wife: how was guarding the two paths today, honey? guard: [looking away] fine wife: did something happen? guard: [tearing up] no wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?

'Do or do not, there is no try' is awful advice for a rugby team.

PALPATINE HOLOGRAM: 𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝑾𝑬 𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑲 𝑻𝑶 𝑴𝑬𝑬𝑻 𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑸𝑼𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑳𝒀 𝑲𝑷𝑰𝑺? IMPERIAL BUREAUCRAT: Y-yes my lord. PALPATINE: 𝒀𝑶𝑼’𝑹𝑬 𝑨 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹. 𝑳𝑬𝑻’𝑺 𝑻𝑶𝑼𝑪𝑯 𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑬 𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑹.

I am officially going to be at Stokercon this year! Very excited about meeting about fifty people I've published over the last few years, and a ton of new folk!

The closer Andor gets to Rogue One, the more the Vader/Tarkin/Leia scenes look so out of place in that story.

Now watching.

OOOOH I JUST GOT MY ARCS FOR MY NEW SHORT STORY COLLECTION AND IT CAME WITH A BABY AXOLOTL! I LOVE MY BABY AXOLOTL! HIS NAME IS DANIEL. THANK YOU THANK YOU TITAN BOOKS FOR THESE GORGEOUS ADVANCE COPIES WE ARE GONNA LICK SALAMANDERS ALL NIGHT LONG! @titanbooks.bsky.social

A little insight into what it feels like working with your publisher on the cover of your fantasy debut open.substack.com/pub/philipas... #booksky #writinglife #writing #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #writingcommunity #specultativefiction #fantasy

This week is the first anniversary of my debut collection HUNTING BY THE RIVER. It came out last April from @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social. It's a book ten years in the writing, about uncanny cities and our own personal definitions of home. I'm incredibly proud of it.

Last chance to vote for this! If you can, please do!

Happy publication day to @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social and @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social. This one is absolutely fantastic. You need to read it.

'Who are you?' season 2, episode 8 of Andor is an absolute barnstormer. A masterpiece of tension and political manoeuvring. It's so, so good.

'Who are you?' season 2, episode 8 of Andor is an absolute barnstormer. A masterpiece of tension and political manoeuvring. It's so, so good.

To celebrate ANHPI month, @anovelescape.bsky.social & I are teaming up with our publisher, @titanbooks.bsky.social for a giveaway!! Five winners will receive a hardcover of A PALACE NEAR THE WIND + an ARC of DEMON SONG!! 🥳 To enter, repost and comment recommending a book!

GOOD LUCK!!👀✨🙆🏻‍♀️🌬️🎭

Oh well this looks terrific. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtU...

I need some new podcast recommendations. I love Blank Check, Beef and Dairy Network, Criminal, Comedy Bang Bang. Dislike two blokes bantering, celebrities ogling grisly crimes, and longform narrative stuff (I lose track of stories if I'm listening to stuff). Any recommendations?

Voting still open for this!!

Why not order a copy yourself and watch as the city closes in and reveals it's hungry, hungry eyes... Available from @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social blackshuckbooks.co.uk/hunting-by-t...

A really really difficult week, brightened massively by the first drafts of two brand new books from my authors, both coming in 2026, which are by turns absolutely terrifying and completely marvelous. I kind of love my job.

We're delighted to reveal the cover for The Lighthouse at the End of the World by @felipeazucares.bsky.social! A new fantasy series featuring a young boy washed up into an alternate reality filled with leviathans and competing allegiances from @titanbooks.bsky.social! reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

Love this gorgeous cover! Thanks @titanbooks.bsky.social

The over reliance on CGI in the Now You See Me franchise absolutely baffles me. If ANY series would benefit from real illusions and stagecraft... you think it would be that one.

Since you all loved North American Lake Monsters, here's some news, just for you — THE ATLAS OF HELL 🥀 by Nathan Ballingrud, publishing 27.07.25 Cover design 🎨 Luke Bird PRE-ORDER: deadinkbooks.com/product/the-...

🩸 COVER REVEAL 🩸 Excited to share the UK cover of CABARET IN FLAMES, which will be published by @titanbooks.bsky.social in March 2026. Art by Natasha MacKenzie.

I've added my name to this too.

There is a conversation to be had about trying to get more men reading, and why fewer and fewer of them seem to want to pick up fiction. But launching your own press and opening submissions up to only men is not the way to solve the issue, I feel.

Titan Books sent a gazillion endpapers for a signed special edition of my new story collection ACQUIRED TASTE. Pray for my wrist. @titanbooks.bsky.social

Why not order a copy yourself and watch as the city closes in and reveals it's hungry, hungry eyes... Available from @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social blackshuckbooks.co.uk/hunting-by-t...

Happy birthday to one of the hardest working folks in horror @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social. Why not celebrate by buying his entire @titanbooks.bsky.social back catalogue? It's a good un.

Endpapers for special signed edition of ACQUIRED TASTE are absolutely beautiful…

Happy independent bookstore day, folks! Celebrate by burning down an Amazon warehouse.

Happy book anniversary to... Me!

Excellent book mail — I’m stoked to dive headlong into this collection from @dancarpenter.bsky.social. There’s something uniquely eerie about cracked concrete, and I suspect these stories will have that vibe in spades. 🏢💀🌒

Happy book anniversary to... Me!

One year ago this great horror collection came out exploring the dark side of city life loved it - Hunting By The River by @dancarpenter.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2024/4/....

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This book guys, this book. I can't wait for you to read it.

Horror fans, you are going to NEED this book. One of the best things I've read this year.