Elin Olausson
@elinolausson.bsky.social
Writer | GROWTH (Dark Ink Books), SHADOW PATHS (Tales From Between), SILVER (Bookea), BRUKET (Ravenheart), DALENS DÖTTRAR (Polaris) | Psychological horror, fantasy, historical fiction | 🇸🇪 | www.elinolausson.com
TFB is OPEN to submissions! Our first ongoing fiction opportunity is called RULE OF THREE. We want your short fictions. Full info here: talesfrombetween.wordpress.com/submissions/
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TFB PRESENTS RULE OF THREE WHAT WE WANT Chunks of tasty fiction told across THREE PARAGRAPHS and THREE PARAGRAPHS ONLY. (Kinda up to you how chunky those paras are) (within reason) (don’t be …
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Here's my newest piece! Readers of horror will hopefully get what short story inspired it. This was very challenging for me, but I think I pulled it off. 😈🎨🦇
My story "Aster" from Weird Horror #8 is on Ellen Datlow's recommended list for Best Horror #17! ellendatlow.com/2026/01/03/f...
Full list of BH #17 recommendations part 2
Hogan, Sean “Wassail,” Unquiet Slumbers. Holder, Nancy “The Captain’s Wife,” Where the Silent Ones Watch.Holi, Emily “Buttons,” Mother Knows Best.Hollingsworth, Matt “Zagreb,” Winter in the City.Ho…
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If you want to read my new book for free you can sign up for an ARC 💌🌺 And then maybe leave a review 🖊️ You'll get karma points and my gratitude. 😘 (Details & info about the book in the form) forms.gle/sYRe61QneaqB...
Today is the release day of my new historical novel Syndafall! 🎉🎉🎉 It's a romantic story about life in 18th century rural Sweden, it's the first book in a series, and I just love it so much. This is my first time working with a big publisher, and it feels amazing to have come all this way. ❤️
What's the last 'evil' book you read? 😄
Reminder that all the books we published were meant to be read in Autumn. (I know it's not Autumn yet. But one can dream.) Help a publisher out. undertowpublications.com
Happy release day to me! My third novel is out in the world, and unfortunately for the English speakers, it's another one in Swedish - Förledd, a romantic contemporary fantasy filled with queer characters and Scandinavian folklore. Cover by my dear friend Camilla Boring. 🎉🎉🎉
Very happy to be mentioned among so many fantastic authors! Lots of great recs here.
Ruadán Books@ruadanbooks.bsky.social · last yr.Bright nights, dark tales. 🌲✨ @mariahaskins.com rounds up eerie, myth-infused reads from the Nordic lands full of ghosts, trolls, and unsettling futures. 📖 See her recs for your next summer read ➡️ links.ruadanbooks.com/nordic #BookSky #TBR
A very interesting read, and as a slush reader I definitely agree with a lot of the things listed here!
Interstellar Flight Press@interstellarflight.bsky.social · last yr.At Interstellar Flight Mag, Alex Kingsley reflects on the experience of slush reading and what writers can learn about submitting short fiction from slushing
"“Hans, take her back to the house,” Liesel said. It would be dark sooner than later. Liesel didn’t want Krista to see what she became when the sun was gone and she was hungry." Brigette Stevenson in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
Uncharted Mag@unchartedmag.bsky.social · last yr.New SFF story by Brigette Stevenson! "Liesel felt herself counting them, one, two, three. In and out. In and out. One two three. Counting the breaths made it feel less like waiting and more like expecting." www.unchartedmag.com/stories/lies...
It looks like the magazine I got an acceptance from in the fall has vanished without a trace. Such a letdown every time this happens!
I was just told that my launch event in Glasgow was going to be cancelled because I don't have *enough* tickets sold. Humiliating—not least because I worked my butt off for this book & went to other people's launches. If I could sell a few more today, maybe I could change their minds. Please.
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Cover reveal: SYNDAFALL. My upcoming Swedish novel Syndafall (The Fall) is the first book in historical series Dalens döttrar (Daughters of the Valley) and is published by Bokförlaget Polaris. Out in October! elinolausson.com/svenska/bock...
Syndafall
Elisabet och Ulrika är systrar, prästdöttrar och bästa vänner. Även om de har sina olikheter så är deras band till varandra starkt och tillsammans tar de sig an det strävsamma livet i prästgården o…
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Here's some excellent news from me! I have a new story in this month's issue of The Dark! It's called "His Most Feared Constellation". In a desolate corner of junkspace, a man makes a cup of tea while he waits for his daughter to visit ✨❄️
Tired but happy after a great day at the book fair Bohusläns bokmässa yesterday! Sold a bunch of books, bought a bunch of books 🙈, and had lots of good chats with visitors and colleagues.
Today is the release day of Skogsland, my first ever published short story that has been translated from English to Swedish. It was originally published as Woodland, in Eerie River Publishing's anthology "The Old Ways Vol. 2". Skogsland is published by Kraxa förlag, and I'm really proud of it. 🖤
Did my first ever author panel last night, together with my illustrator and friend Camilla at the Lidköping City Library. Had loads of fun and sold a few books as well!
HERE IT IS! BROKEN DOLLS COMING SEPTEMBER 2025 That quote had me in literal tears. Share and you're in the drawing for copies of all three books.
I've barely subbed any stories in forever, but today I sent seven hopeful submissions out into the world. Really struggling to find a home for those extremely-quiet-and-not-really-speculative horror pieces.
I've wanted to read Paradise Lost for two decades or more, and now I'm finally doing it and ... wow. The imagery, all the monsters and demons and hellish visions. The darkness, the brutality, the beautiful writing. I love the fact that this book exists.
There were SO many awesome stories pub'd last year in SO many brilliant venues and I know it's impossible for people to read everything. BUT! If you are making lists & voting for awards, take a look at the stories published in Gamut last year. FREE to read online! houseofgamut.com/magazine/
