Looking for Gothic gifts? Look no further. Michelle Tang's DuMort and Rose Biggin's The Belladonna Invitation make a deliciously indulgent duo of sumptuous settings and creeping horror.
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Cambridge, UK-based indie publisher of horror, gothic and supernatural fiction. EIC: Antonia Rachel Ward. ghostorchidpress.com
If you love intelligent dark fantasy with strong characters and fully developed worlds, you can't go wrong with these two sister titles by Jelena Dunato! Dark Woods, Deep Water and Ghost Apparent are standalone stories that take place in the same fictional universe, inspired by Slavic folklore.
I am honored to contribute two book bundles to this fundraiser: EVERY DARK CLOUD @ghostorchidpress.com & RIVERS IN YOUR SKIN, SIRENS IN YOUR HAIR @press-android.bsky.social + stickers, bookmarks, & assorted goodies 🦇 Support below & spread the word!
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Fascinated by mythology? Ioanna Papadopoulou’s “Winter Harvest” tells the story of Demeter and Persephone with unflinching rawness, while “The Castaway and the Witch” is a dream-like journey into myth and romance.
Author Event! Come and join Rose Biggin, author of The Belladonna Invitation, in conversation with Sam Beckbessinger, Joseph Eilliott-Coleman and Alex Beaumont at Waterstones London Islington on 17th September. Tickets available here: www.waterstones.com/events/briti...
Author Event! Come and join Rose Biggin, author of The Belladonna Invitation, in conversation with Sam Beckbessinger, Joseph Eilliott-Coleman and Alex Beaumont at Waterstones London Islington on 17th September. Tickets available here: www.waterstones.com/events/briti...
Huge congratulations to @michelletang.bsky.social on her Shirley Jackson Award nomination! We're incredibly proud to see DuMort nominated for Best Novella. Best of luck to all the nominees!
As of yesterday, EVERY DARK CLOUD has been in the world for one whole year!!! Bringing you luminous mushrooms, numinous apocalypse, and ruinous relations lit by darkness🩶 Out everywhere from @ghostorchidpress.com
Do you like your fantasy tinged with darkness? Check out our beginners' guide to the Dark Fantasy subgenre!
Love some deliciously dark Gothic horror? Find some new or classic reads with our mini-guide to the genre.
Another favourite genre of ours at Ghost Orchid Press is climate fiction, or cli-fi. What other titles would you add to this list?
Details! maybe this one, with many, many mushrooms. Dense detail in the front, fading to glowing particles and fiery skies at back. Why? read it & find out! :-) Pencil, charcoal and digital colour. A book cover for 'Every Dark Cloud' by @marisca.bsky.social out now from @ghostorchidpress.com
Artist! Quote with some of your most detailed art!
Cover reveal time for @comptonwrites.bsky.social's CHIMERA SKIN, a short science-fiction horror novel. First contact. Apocalyptic. A messianic alien. This is unlike anything you've read from Johnny before! Cover design by @alandistro.bsky.social. More info: shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/chim...
📚⚫🗣️ New interview! 🗣️⚫📚 I chat with horror author & EiC of Tenebrous Press, the legendary @alexwoodroe.com, about: ⚰️ Her new book, the Weird apocalypse horror The Night Ship ⚰️What really scares her ⚰️Her work with Tenebrous ⚰️The future of horror ⚰️Why her next novel is her weirdest and more!
INTERVIEW: with author Alex Woodroe
Alex Woodroe is a Romanian writer of dark speculative fiction and Shirley Jackson Award-nominated editor-in-chief of Tenebrous Press. She’s the author of Whisperwood, The Night Ship, and Tatratea, and...
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Are you a fan of gaslamp fantasy? Check out our list of classic genre staples and newer titles in this genre - including a couple of our own publications. Shop our titles at ghostorchidpress.square.site
more! And What Can We Offer You Tonight @premeemohamed.com @neonhemlock.bsky.social Every Dark Cloud @marisca.bsky.social @ghostorchidpress.com The Golden Daughter Dayna Ingram @lethepress.bsky.social Dear Stupid Penpal @rascalhartley.bsky.social @tenebrouspress.bsky.social Go, read them!😊
Book covers I've illustrated Fantasy, horror, sci fi & everything in between! What a Fish looks like by Syr Hayati Beker @stelliform.press Dread Naught Trilogy by @captain-ventris.itch.io The Rider, The Ride, The Rich Man's Wife by @premeemohamed.com Scorpion Girl by Janeen Webb :-) #art #books
"Part enchanting dreamworld, part blistering nightmare, Every Dark Cloud warns us of humanity's worst impulses, and reminds us of its best." -- Stephanie Feldman, author of Saturnalia Buy now from our store: bit.ly/everydarkcloud Or your preferred bookseller: books2read.com/u/4D5Xak
"Seductive to the core. Hold My Heart is an intriguing thrill, its world tinged with noir atmosphere and a passion for grime on skin and tongues on blades.” -- Hailey Piper, author of Queen of Teeth Buy now from our store: bit.ly/4fClGvK Or your preferred bookseller: books2read.com/u/499pPY
“With gorgeous prose and a heart-stopping conclusion, Tang’s debut novella is absolutely unforgettable.” -- Kelsea Yu, Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of Bound Feet and Demon Song Buy now from our store: bit.ly/tangdumort Or your preferred retailer: books2read.com/u/mdxMeR
"A haunting and thought-provoking twist on the fairytale narrative." The Castaway and the Witch is out now. Buy from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/qFC5Dd8
Feast your ears on Transmission zero, and welcome The Night Ship into the world! Released today wherever you can grab it, and ready to be just about the strangest journey into the vast of night you'll ever go through. www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ni...
Sair Back, Sair Banes from @ghostorchidpress.com is my spooky little guy drawing from Scottish folklore ghostorchidpress.square.site/product/sair...
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SAIR BACK, SAIR BANES by Anthony EngebretsonPaperback: 978-1-7399968-2-6E-book: 978-1-7399968-3-3Paperback: £9.99"A dark shape now stood in those choppy dark waters. A horse. A black one, large as...
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Congratulations @jelenawrites.bsky.social for reaching the semi final with Ghost Apparent!
It's time! Here are the 25 novellas that are now semi-finalists in SFINCS3! #booksky💙📚📚 www.sfincscompetition.com/post/sfincs3...
4. Rewired: Divergent Perspectives in Horror by @ghostorchidpress.com The ones that stood out to me in this anthology were: "The Tides of Love" @kojiadae.bsky.social "Fall Preserves" @ronistinger.bsky.social "Russet" @arwyns.bsky.social "The Witches of Christmas Past" by @eeking.bsky.social
DuMort by @michelletang.bsky.social from @ghostorchidpress.com Gaslamp occult horror of seances, forbidden love, diaspora and hauntings with gorgeous gothic prose and a chilling, beating heart
Convincing you to read our books based on their opening lines, part 2: The Extravaganza Eternia by Kristin Osani. Shop here: bit.ly/4diizZZ
Convincing you to read our books by their opening lines, part one: The Belladonna Invitation by Rose Biggin. Tempted to read more? Shop here: bit.ly/3WaoQ45
If you love visceral horror with plenty of gore, check out these titles. In Hold My Heart, a woman with severe depression hires a serial murderer to kill her, with unexpected results, while in The Devil's Gift, a twelve-year-old boy discovers a girl with a dark secret. ghostorchidpress.square.site
Two very different books, both with compelling mysteries and hints of the supernatural. In Neverest, a woman scales Everest to discover the truth behind her husband's death, while in The Extravaganza Eternia, a murder investigation unfolds within a magical circus. ghostorchidpress.square.site
Publishers, editors, authors, send us your favorite speculative ecofiction published this year. This is going to be another bouquet of truly stellar ecofiction ✨🌿🦋
Nominations for ECO25 are OPEN 🌍🌱✨ We look forward to reading your best 2025 ecofiction! Get the full details in our blog post announcement below ⬇️ Full guidelines: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/... Submission Portal: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...