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Nefarious Bat Press
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Nefarious Bat Press
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We're an indie press specialising in queer horror, crime & dark fiction, run by TC Parker & Shauna Mc Eleney (Skeets by TC/N, occasionally SME) We like intersectional feminism. A lot 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇮🇪 No GenAI. No DMs (we can't see them) www.nefariousbatpress.com
We weren't expecting to be posting this quite so soon... but good news: we're reopening to submissions! 🎉
... This Is How The World Ends by Disco Barrington - out yesterday @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social, and Fish Hooks and Other Stories by Kit Power - coming 29 October @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social! Go buy some spooky books!!!! 👻👻👻 #HorrorBooks #BookSky 📚😱
This one's a banger
Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 6d agoToday has been a frankly astonishing release day for @discobooks.bsky.social's THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS. We're absolutely blown away If you've bought the book, read the book, reviewed about the book, talked about the book, seen the cover and recommended it to a friend... THANK YOU ❤️🦇
Today has been a frankly astonishing release day for @discobooks.bsky.social's THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS. We're absolutely blown away If you've bought the book, read the book, reviewed about the book, talked about the book, seen the cover and recommended it to a friend... THANK YOU ❤️🦇
This Is How The World Ends
Run the race. Or die.Britain is at war, isolated by a digital blockade.Dissidents run a deadly race for the public’s entertainment, while the flood-ravaged country falls apart. The Cartwright family t...
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My debut queer dystopian horror novella is out today! In April 2025 I wrote an angry short story about a trans man trying to survive in a broken Britain. That story became a novella, landed with @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social, and is now out in the world! I’m so, so happy. payhip.com/b/lVB7M
This Is How The World Ends
Run the race. Or die.Britain is at war, isolated by a digital blockade.Dissidents run a deadly race for the public’s entertainment, while the flood-ravaged country falls apart. The Cartwright family t...
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Happy Book Birthday to @discobooks.bsky.social! Check out my review and buy their amazing book! @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Anna Orridge@anna-orridge.bsky.social · 6d agoHey! Let's get this trending. Many congratulations to Disco and the Bat ❤️
THE END OF THE WORLD IS HERE! We couldn't be happier to say this: @discobooks.bsky.social's 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ dystopian novella THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS is out... today! Grab a copy, and find out for yourself how everything ends - and what comes next #booksky 📚💙
This Is How The World Ends
Run the race. Or die.Britain is at war, isolated by a digital blockade.Dissidents run a deadly race for the public’s entertainment, while the flood-ravaged country falls apart. The Cartwright family t...
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It’s book launch week! My debut dystopian novella is out on Wednesday, and I have a packed week ahead. Tuesday: launch party Wednesday: social media/official launch Thursday: very exciting meeting about a different project Friday: signing books at Gay’s the Word bookshop I’m nervous but excited!
My debut book launch party is today! Can’t wait to celebrate with my friends. My sibling @jomawest.bsky.social is coming all the way from Glasgow to interview me. I’m a very lucky man.
Disco Barrington 🏳️⚧️ Author@discobooks.bsky.social · last wk.It’s book launch week! My debut dystopian novella is out on Wednesday, and I have a packed week ahead. Tuesday: launch party Wednesday: social media/official launch Thursday: very exciting meeting about a different project Friday: signing books at Gay’s the Word bookshop I’m nervous but excited!
We're incredibly excited to report that @discobooks.bsky.social's queer 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ dystopian novella THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS is out... tomorrow! Hope to see you there, at the end of the world 🌈
But can 20% of all PUBLISHERS be bats? We're hoping so
worm@rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · last wk.20% of all mammals are bats and I don't see anyone posting them. Give bats proper representation!
THE DENIZENS gets a special edition! Feat. artwork from the legendary @francois-art.bsky.social and an intro from the brilliant @claymcleod.bsky.social - you're going to want to grab this limited edition while you can!
Brennan LaFaro@brennanlafaro.bsky.social · last wk.Working with @thunderstormbooks.bsky.social is an amazing experience, and I’m over the moon to be doing it again. This special edition features an introduction from the one and only @claymcleod.bsky.social and a stunning new cover from @francois-art.bsky.social (1/2)
I got to see two of my favorite humans in conversation last night, @rachelharrison.bsky.social and @emilyhughes.bsky.social , and finally grabbed a copy of Kiss Slay Replay. Being able to give Rachel a copy of The Denizens with her blurb on the cover was pretty amazing, as well.
Hit me with the first line of your novel, published/finished or not. "I do not want Blood Moon to go down to the valley of the boars." From Parch Marks. Published just last week :) www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...
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Jax Devora (is writing)@jaxdevora.bsky.social · 2w agoHit me with the first line of your novel, published/finished or not. From Beeslingers: Beneath countless swarms of silver stars, beneath the black disc of a new moon, Honeysuckle led her fellow zizzun out of one of the mine tunnels to the edge of the prairie beyond the border of San Valentino.
THE TOMMY: still free to download at the Bat webstore! Want a quick-read liminal horror novelette inspired by the time I got lost down a hospital corridor while listening to a podcast about Lamashtu? Have at it!
The Tommy: A Liminal Horror Novelette
When she opened her mouth to bare her teeth, I saw a polar desert, cold as eternity…It’s a hot summer night in 1998 when Joey gets the call: his brother Shane’s been in an accident, a bad one, and Joe...
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I’m pinching myself, this is so exciting!! My debut book is a Kobo Best of the Month!
Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 2w agoAmazing news! @discobooks.bsky.social's queer dystopian novella THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS is a Kobo Best of the Month for September!! Have you preordered yet? www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Amazing news! @discobooks.bsky.social's queer dystopian novella THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS is a Kobo Best of the Month for September!! Have you preordered yet? www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
FREE NOVELETTE ALERT! It's not quite Halloween, but thought it might be nice to share a bit of Creepy Season liminal horror anyway So, without further ado: here's The Tommy, free all week at the Nefarious Bat webstore! 🦇📚
The Tommy: A Liminal Horror Novelette
When she opened her mouth to bare her teeth, I saw a polar desert, cold as eternity…It’s a hot summer night in 1998 when Joey gets the call: his brother Shane’s been in an accident, a bad one, and Joe...
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Great thread on how to get more books like ours into bookstores Order us in!
Nino Cipri@ninocipri.bsky.social · 2w agoNearly all stores that sell new books can order a book for you even if they don't have it on their shelves. Here's a quick thread about how that works, and how it's ESPECIALLY helpful for writers who self-publish or have work with small presses.
Are you ready for the end of the world? 10 days to go until @discobooks.bsky.social's 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ dystopian novella THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS emerges kicking and screaming into a brand-new day... But there's still time to preorder: a.co/d/0cBKY5aR
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Good morning! Saddle up with @tcparker.bsky.social and head over to Algorithm Zero, pardners. www.briankeene.com/algorithmzer...
9/2/26 — BRIAN KEENE
So I drove them to the gunsmith, and the mischievous part of me was kind of hoping I’d get pulled over so that when the cop asked, “Are there any weapons in the vehicle” I could grin and wink and say ...
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HOT* LESBIANS IN YOUR AREA** ARE WAITING FOR YOUR QUEER CRIME SUBMISSIONS! *less so since the HRT, but still warmer than you'd want **if your area is Leicester, London or the greater East Midlands region
Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 3mo ago📣 We're opening to QUEER CRIME NOVEL SUBMISSIONS in August! 📣 Details in screenshots - and the🧵 below:
