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Brain Jar Press

@brainjarpress.bsky.social

Australian publishers of fantasy, horror, science fiction, crime and geeky non-fiction, specialising in chapbooks, novellas, and short novels.

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Alex@random-alex.bsky.social · last yr.

And here's my review! (TL;DR I loved it and you should just buy it.) randomalex.net/2025/05/27/t...

The Fortunate Isles, Lisa L. Hannett

What an amazing, intriguing, occasionally distressing, emotional and beautiful set of stories. Everything I’ve read by Hannett, I have loved. This is not to say I’ve read everything of …

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Brain Jar Press@brainjarpress.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy Book Birthday to Lisa L. Hannett's The Fortunate Isles, coming out in ebook and paperback today! Available everywhere good books are sold, but we always have a special love for folks who buy from Brain Jar Press directly :) Details: www.brainjarpress.com/product/the-...

The front cover of Lisa L. Hannett's The Fortunate Isles displayed over a picture of a storm-wracked sea. There are giant swells in the storm wracked water, but a few hints of sunlight gleaming through the dark clouds.
Brain Jar Press@brainjarpress.bsky.social · last yr.

We've been all about the new books this week, so now is a good moment to remind folks they can read Angela Slatter's NO GOOD DEED chapbook absolute free. Check it out if you love gothic fantasy with folklore vibes, or you dig the Sourdough universe. Details: offers.brainjarpress.com/nogooddeed

Get Your Free Copy of No Good Deed

Angela Slatter’s No Good Deed is a dark fantasy tale of magic, ghosts, and marriage set in her World Fantasy Award-winning Sourdough universe. Isobel assumed her wedding would be the grandest day of h...

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Brain Jar Press@brainjarpress.bsky.social · last yr.

I think the Never Afters Omnibus is the first time I've ever been worried about a stack of our books falling on us and doing some damage. When you pack a book to the gills with seven novelettes, it turns out the final volume is *dense*.

Copies of Kirstyn McDermott's Never Afters stacked fourteen books high, with the cover visible on the top volume.
Brain Jar Press@brainjarpress.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hi Folks! The Brain Jar Press offices are located in Brisbane, Australia , which is about to get hit by a cyclone for the first time in a few decades. We can't predict what's going to happen, but I'm pretty sure that there will be disruptions to our ability to ship physical books this week.

Brain Jar Press@brainjarpress.bsky.social · 2y ago

We're waiting on new print copies of The Night Stair after preorders winnowed our local stock down to just 2 copies, but this is your reminder you can download the ebook free at offers.brainjarpress.com/TheNightStair.

Get your FREE copy of Angela "A.G" Slatter's The Night Stair

Angela Slatter’s The Night Stair is a gothic fantasy tale of vampires, vengeance, and treachery set in the award-winning author’s Sourdough universe. Two of Adlisa’s sisters have been selected to serv...

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Imogen Cassidy@imogenwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

Oh wow please grab these if you've not encountered Angela Slatter's stuff before - I know a lot of folks would only have read her novels - she's one of the masters of short form fiction and you will LOVE these. All of them.

Brain Jar Press@brainjarpress.bsky.social · 2y ago

With a whole bunch of folks discovering @AngelaSlatter for the first time (or realising just how much she's written), we've pulled together a low-cost bundle of all her short story collections and chapbooks folks can pick up for a discounted price. Details: www.brainjarpress.com/angela-slatt...

The covers of five Angela Slatter Books: Red New Day, The Wrong Girl and Other Warnings, Winter Children and Other Chilling Tales, No Good Deed, and The Night Stair. Available as a bundle for 25% off.
Brain Jar Press@brainjarpress.bsky.social · 2y ago

Ordered print copies of The Night Stair, figuring they'd last us a year. Gone in three days. Ordered a second round of print copies, figuring demand would slow. Two copies left after packaging pre-orders to date. Contacting the printer for a third round of books in 5... 4... 3... 2...

Two copies of Angela Slatter's Chapbook, The Night Stair, resting on a white tabletop.
Peter M. Ball@petermball.bsky.social · 2y ago

So @BrainJarPress put out about a dozen reprint titles from my backlist before we started publishing other people. The plan was always using my work to get through the learning curve, so I wasn't fucking up with someone else's book.

Brain Jar Press@brainjarpress.bsky.social · 2y ago

So, real talk: we produce great books, but we suck at social media. Brain Jar's mostly 1 guy and 2 cats doing all the work. We don't have the resources to be good and consistent at socials. That's why we rock a cool-ass newsletter with a kick-ass freebie: offers.brainjarpress.com/nogooddeed

Get Your Free Copy of No Good Deed

Angela Slatter’s No Good Deed is a dark fantasy tale of magic, ghosts, and marriage set in her World Fantasy Award-winning Sourdough universe. Isobel assumed her wedding would be the grandest day of h...

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Brain Jar Press@brainjarpress.bsky.social · 2y ago

A reminder for Brisbane folks! The Crimson Road launches next week. While it's not a Brain Jar Press book, we'll be there cheering Angela on (and might have a few, sneaky copies The Night Stair available on the night). RSVP details: www.angelaslatter.com/book-launch-...

Book Launch: The Crimson Road

It's almost here! Please join me on Tuesday 11th February 2025 at the Queensland Law Society (Level 2, Law Society House, 179 Ann St, Brisbane City). The delightful Helen Marshall will be doing the in...

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Brain Jar Press@brainjarpress.bsky.social · 2y ago

Computers have failed us this week! Everyone is sending through such lovely messages about Angela's chapbooks, but our ISP has decided we can only receive--not send or reply--emails sent to Brain Jar. Fingers crossed tech support will figure out the problem and get it licked today.