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Welsh author of dark fiction and roamer of ancient paths. Words in Haven Spec, Dark Matter, Gamut Mag and other strange places. Find me @ https://cmccarthywriter.substack.com/

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · Sep 2

If the gorgeous cover doesn't convince you, then how about these review quotes?
Death of a Clown is available direct from @sobelobooks.bsky.social website and all the usual places, including B&N and Waterstones.
#books #booksky

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks, Amethyst.

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you, David.

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

Ty Canol Woods, Pembrokeshire. As featured in my WIP.💚

Native woodland with a carpet of bluebells

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
This struck a chord this morning.🖤

Sarah Perry on the reality of death: ‘It is the most asto...

Following her father-in-law’s death from cancer, nine days after diagnosis, the Essex Serpent author wrote the book she found herself lacking at the time...

observer.co.uk

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

I'm working on the dreaded synopsis.🙄
How many words/pages should it be? The answer is it all depends on who you sub it to.😭

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Anne.😀

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

Such a good year for fungi. I still don't know the species.

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Lucy.

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

Bonkers!🙂

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

We lost a tree in a storm a while back, and my husband turned the stump into a seat.
Look at the crop of fungi to the left. I've never seen anything like it!🍄

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

The nights are drawing in though, Steph.

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

Such a great atmosphere, Eva.

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

The rooks and cathedral bells bid you goodnight. 🖤
#stdavidspembrokeshire

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

It is!☺️

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

St Non's on the Pembrokeshire coastpath.
A great day's walking!💚

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

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Michael Shotter @michaelshotter.com · 6d

I've provided my 3 Favorite Reads of the year to Shepherd. The range for this is Oct. '24 to Sept. '25, so the list is slightly different than if it had been from Jan. to now.

shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/...

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@coyhall.bsky.social @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social @adamhulse.bsky.social

Want to know Michael Shotter's Top 3 Books of 2025?

Michael's top 3 reads of 2025 include Colossus with a Poison Tongue and two other amazing books. Discover what makes these books unmissable!

shepherd.com

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 7d

Rooks at sunset, Bishop's Palace.🖤

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 7d

Sitting in the garden of a gothic mansion, listening to Lovecraft's Witches Hollow while the crows come home to roost.🖤
#stdavidspembs

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 7d

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