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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2h

Exciting to see that two Solaris books - @isabelcanas.bsky.social 's VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE (currently only 99p in the UK across all platforms) and @alexgrecian.bsky.social 's RED RABBIT - are occupying the two top spots in Western Horror Fiction on Amazon right now!

Perfect reads for spooky season!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 5h

For our next Solaris Presents event we've come over all spooky!

On 22/10 at 7pm BST, we'll be welcoming @isabelcanas.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com to talk all things gothic romance &celebrate their latest books:

Watch FREE live or on catch up anywhere in the world geni.us/SPGRICMKH

Against a red background, white text "Solaris Presents... Gothic Romance with Isabel Canas and MK Hardy. Wednesday 22nd October 2025 BST. Free - watch on Crowdcast live or on catch up!

The book covers for THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DIAZ and THE NEEDFIRE next to headshots for the authors.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 7h

🚨 ROLL UP! ROLL UP!🚨

It's a @waterstones.bsky.social preorder sale!

Until 17th Oct, you can grab 25% off a selection of our forthcoming Spring 2026 titles including: @kerstinhall.bsky.social @authortrmoore.bsky.social & the UK special limited run of THE ORB OF CAIRADO from @pennyvixen.bsky.social!

Against a pale yellow background:

14 - 17 October. Online Only. Waterstones 25% off RRP on upcoming books. Preorder now with code OCTOBER25. Selected lines only, Terms and Conditions available on waterstones.com.

Below, 3D books for

THE ORB OF CAIRADO by Katherine Addison
THE GODS MUST BURN by T. R. Moore
THE MISHEARD WORLD by Aliya Whiteley
THE KINGDOM OF ALMONDS by Ariel Kaplan
THE MANY by Sylvain Neuvel
ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall
INTERGALACTIC FEAST by Lavanya Lakshminarayan

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 21h

Jolly good! I'm off to @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social soon, with a panel, a presentation, a party 🍰 and a reading -- so I hope to see some of you there! (Esp. since I plan to debut a bit of my upcoming @solarisbooks.bsky.social "Tune"-iverse novel "We Interrupt This Program" at the reading!) 📚👀

Randee Dawn's World Fantasy Convention 2025 schedule

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Dive back into #theelflands this #spookyseason!

@pennyvixen.bsky.social /Katherine Addison completed her CEMETERIES OF AMALO trilogy following Thara Celehar earlier this year with THE TOMB OF DRAGONS. Now is the perfect time to return to this well loved universe and meet friends old and new!

Against black patterned fabric, four flatlaid UK paperbacks of THE GOBLIN EMPEROR, THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD, THE GRIEF OF STONES, and THE TOMB OF DRAGONS with a silver crown in the middle.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2d

🎃🖤 Just a little teaser...

We've got a big reveal coming for Halloween 2025: a new author is joining Solaris Books!

For fans of dark fantasy romance like RuNyx's GOTHIKANA and, of course, all things spooky - keep an eye on our socials on 31st October.

You're in for a frightfully good treat!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Are you ready to return to the Undermoor?

@samkhorton.bsky.social's Eythin Legacy began with GORSE and continues with RAGWORT - out now!

Tickets are available for multiple events, snap them up before they're gone!👉 geni.us/SKHEvents

14th October 7pm Waterstones Truro
17th October 7pm Black Cat Books, Launceston
23rd October 7pm Rossiter Books, Ross on Wye
7th November Time 7pm @ Spencer Thorn, Bude
20th November 7pm @ Waterstones Glasgow Argyle Street.

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World Fantasy 2025 @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social · 2d

The Programme for World Fantasy 2026 is now live!

worldfantasy2025.co.uk/programme/

Programme – World Fantasy Convention 2025

worldfantasy2025.co.uk

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2d

🚨ICYMI COVER REVEAL!🚨

BARBIE meets SCREAM in DOLLFACE, the new standalone slasher from Lindy Ryan, author of BLESS YOUR HEART & ANOTHER FINE MESS!

Hitting the shelves in the UK in May 2026 with a stunning new UK paperback cover by our very own Sam Gretton.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2d

To celebrate the UK release of @isabelcanas.bsky.social's 3rd standalone Horroromance - THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ - UK readers can grab her second book - VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE - for just 99p for a limited time!

Snap it up now from Kobo, Apple, Google & Amazon! geni.us/VoEN

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Verden Dotnet made an easy living mixing drinks for the creator of all sentient tech in the galaxy—until he decided to kill them.

Now he's carrying a galaxy-shattering secret in his pocket & desperate to get home.

Preorder @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social 's THE GANYMEDAN: geni.us/ganym

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 3d

OUT NOW - @mkhardywrites.com 's Scottish Sapphic Gothic: THE NEEDFIRE!

A new bride arrives at her husband's home to find it oozing with atmosphere and crackling with tension. Nothing is quite what it seems, the roots of the past run deep, and even the earth is angry...

geni.us/needfire

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 3d

For our next Solaris Presents event we've come over all spooky!

On 22/10 at 7pm BST, we'll be welcoming @isabelcanas.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com to talk all things gothic romance &celebrate their latest books:

Watch FREE live or on catch up anywhere in the world geni.us/SPGRICMKH

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 3d

OUT NOW - @edashtonwriting.bsky.social's THE FOURTH CONSORT!

A new, darkly comic, standalone, SciFi novel from from the author of #MICKEY7 - the book behind major new motion picture #mickey17, starring #robertpattinson and directed by #bongjoonho!

geni.us/4thconsort

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

A beautiful review from @libraryjournal.bsky.social for Caskey Russell's debut THE DOOR ON THE SEA, first in a new epic fantasy trilogy inspired by the folklore and culture of the Tlingit tribe

"Astounding...a highly nuanced and complex novel."

Out now: geni.us/doorsea

Against a dark turbulent sea background, the cover for THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell. Below, "Astounding...a highly nuanced and complex novel." Library Journal

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Tomorrow, you can celebrate #bookshopday at your local Waterstones with Double Plus Stamps in store!

So why not snap up some of our latest releases 👇 from @samkhorton.bsky.social Caskey Russell and @isabelcanas.bsky.social?!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

🎂🎉 Happy UK Book Birthday to @isabelcanas.bsky.social 's THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ! Are you ready to be obsessed?

A young woman in 18th Century Mexico becomes haunted by a sinister presence in this historical horror for fans of THE EXORCIST and MEXICAN GOTHIC!

Buy now: geni.us/palbad

Against a background of red fabric with a black lace fan Isabel Cañas' UK Paperback of THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DIAZ.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

“An unsparing look at cycles of violence, this intimate epic fantasy from debut author @artofelaineho.bsky.social racks up a body count worthy of GAME OF THRONES...a brutal but impressive start.” @publisherswkly.bsky.social

CRY, VOIDBRINGER is out next month in the UK geni.us/cryvoi

“An unsparing look at cycles of violence, this intimate epic fantasy from debut author Ho racks up a body count worthy of Game of Thrones...a brutal but impressive start.”

Publishers Weekly

Text on a gold background next to a 3D paperback of CRY, VOIDBRINGER.

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 4d

We had the pleasure of interviewing @ldcolter.com, author of The Perilous Gods series, published by @solarisbooks.bsky.social. We talked about her inspirations, why those mythologies and the process behind it.

Full interview:
jamreads.com/interviews/s...

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JamReads - Making your TBR closer to infinite

In JamReads you will find content about books, and why you should read them more. This content may include reviews, interviews and occasionally, some news of the literary world

jamreads.com

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 5d

🎂🎉Happy UK Book Birthday to RAGWORT, @samkhorton.bsky.social 's much-anticipated sequel to his deliciously dark fantasy GORSE!

Welcome back to 18th century Cornwall, where Keeper Nancy Bligh is still holding the line against the dark...

Buy now - geni.us/ragwort

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 5d

🌊1st in a new epic fantasy series
🛶 Inspired by the culture and folklore of the Tlingit tribe of Alaska
📕 One of Reactor & Indigo's "Most Anticipated" Books of 2025
🐦⬛ Features a REALLY rude Raven

🎂🎉Happy UK Book Birthday to Caskey Russell's THE DOOR ON THE SEA!

Buy geni.us/doorsea

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Fancy a chance to win some FREE Books? We've teamed up with @thestorygraph.com to give away copies of THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell, AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by @voidcricket.bsky.social THE NEEDFIRE by @mkhardywrites.com and GORSE by @samkhorton.bsky.social !

Closes 18th October '25.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 6d

For our next Solaris Presents event we've come over all spooky!

In a fortnight, we'll be welcoming @isabelcanas.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com to talk all things gothic romance and celebrate their latest books:

Watch FREE live or on catch up anywhere in the world: geni.us/SPGRICMKH

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 6d

On Friday 10th October, at @villagebookswa.bsky.social , Bellingham, WA, you can join our very own Caskey Russell (author of THE DOOR ON THE SEA) who will be delivering An Indigenous Peoples' Day Primer with Rena Priest!

Book your tickets 👇

An Indigenous Peoples' Day Primer with Caskey Russell and Rena Priest

Join Village Books and North Cascades Institute in welcoming Rena Priest and Caskey Russell to the Readings Gallery!

www.eventbrite.com

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 6d

For our next Solaris Presents event we've come over all spooky!

In a fortnight, we'll be welcoming @isabelcanas.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com to talk all things gothic romance and celebrate their latest books:

Watch FREE live or on catch up anywhere in the world: geni.us/SPGRICMKH

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