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Writer based in Franconian Forest, Germany Fortean Times comics reviewer published at Tor.com Shimmer 3LBE, Lackington's, Lead writer on Haunt www.stevetoase.co.uk To Drown in Dark Water from Undertow Publications Dirt Upon My Skin from Black Shuck Books

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · May 1

Dirt Upon My Skin, my archaeology themed horror collection, is still available direct from the publisher @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social for the grand total of £5.99 for the paperback, or £1.49 for the ebook.

That’s 59p a story for the dead tree version or less than 15p a story in electrical form!

The cover of Dirt Upon My Skin by Steve Toase

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 5h

I'll be at World FantasyCon in Brighton! You can find me:
- 9pm Thursday, Satirical Fantasy, Edinburgh Panel Room 3
- 1pm Sunday, Writing For That Popular Tabletop Wargame, Balmoral Panel Room 1

...and just, y'know, generally around. I'll probably commit karaoke on Saturday.

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Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 1h

Eeek go listen!! I had so much fun 🥰

Anna Rose Reads @annarosereads.bsky.social · 1h

New author interview with @manylittlewords.bsky.social is now LIVE! We discuss her incredible novel, Itch!, what feminism looks like to us, our relationship with such a thing, and much more. All the love to Gemma for this lovely conversation 🖤 Links to listen can be found below:

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 10h

I mean, a friend had a rescued jackdaw that would fly into neighbours windows and peck their eyes to see if they were asleep, or dead and had become a tasty snack, but "Eyes were out on jackdaws." doesn't scan so well.

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 10h

That would be shocking.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 10h

Novels are just comics consisting of one picture and an overwritten caption.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 10h

Conqueror Challenges are releasing an It challenge. Surely if they were going to do a Stephen King themed challenge, The Long Walk would have been more thematically appropriate... www.theconqueror.events/it/?utm_sour...

The IT™ Virtual Challenge | The Conqueror

Follow the Losers’ Club’s journey as they uncover Derry’s dark history, descend into the sewers, and confront Pennywise, where everyone floats.

www.theconqueror.events

Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 10h

The full programme for @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social is up, and this is where I'll be over the weekend. Really looking forward to reading, and the panels, and thrilled that my @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social collection Dirt Upon My Skin is shortlisted for Best Collection in the British Fantasy Awards.

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Reading Gloucester Reading Room 2
Reading Group 10 (Horror)
Participants:
Steve Toase
Hildur Knútsdóttir
Dave Jeffery
Tags: Horror Reading

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Talk Oxford Main room
Launch: Newcon Press
Newcon Press are launching two exciting titles: Futures to Live By, Ana Sun and Blood in the Bricks edited by Neil Williamson with cover art from Vincent Chong.

Participants:
Ana Sun
Neil Williamson
Vincent Chong
James Bennett
Tim Major
Joanna Corrance
Lyndsey Croal (she/her)
Ellis Saxey
Phil Sloman
Steve Toase
Chair:
Ian Whates
Tags: Collection Launch publishing

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Panel Oxford Main room
The Weird Fiction Panel
Weird fiction creates existential dread by the intrusion of the “impossible” into a representation of the real world. Could this be a horror that lingers beyond the fear? Or a fantasy that remains strange to us? Join us to discuss the unique qualities of Weird Fiction, the historical writers and the current practice.

Participants:
Dan Coxon
Steve Toase
J.S. Breukelaar
Joanna Corrance
Chair:
Dave Jeffery
Tags: fantasy Horror Linge rMyth Scare Weird

7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Ceremony Oxford Main room
British Fantasy Awards & The Aldiss Award.
With the British Fantasy Society and Tim Aldiss

Participants:
David Green
Chair:
Shona Kinsella (she/her)
Tags: Awards fantasy Horror

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 1d

Halloween is near! It's time to post this marvellous articulated Roman skeleton, presumably meant to be a reminder to enjoy life to the fullest, since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
In Petronius’ Satyricon, the host of a dinner party brings out a small skeleton with moveable...🧵1/2

Bronze figurine of a walking skeleton with elongated limbs and detailed ribcage, shown against a dark gradient background.

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Julie C. Day (Essential Dreams Press) is sleepy @thisjulieday.bsky.social · 22h

Two lovely reviews for Storyteller just showed up! I'll be on the Tanith Lee panel at the World Fantasy Convention later this month. If you haven't picked up a copy yet, you can find it at all the usual places, including tanithleestoryteller.com

tanithleestoryteller.com
“Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology is a lovely tribute, indeed. From the first tale to the last, a deep love and admiration for Lee’s life and work shines through in each authors’ interpretation of her distinctive style and voice. These sixteen stories capture the spirit of Tanith Lee’s fiction with their elaborate world-building, complicated consequences, and wild magic everywhere.

It is a wonder to see how unique and yet how familiar this anthology feels.”--Nerdgoblin.com

“Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology is a lovely tribute, indeed. From the first tale to the last, a deep love and admiration for Lee’s life and work shines through in each authors’ interpretation of her distinctive style and voice. These sixteen stories capture the spirit of Tanith Lee’s fiction with their elaborate world-building, complicated consequences, and wild magic everywhere.

It is a wonder to see how unique and yet how familiar this anthology feels.”--Nerdgoblin.com

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 22h

Great news!

Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 1d

Post you from a different era.

These are about 18 months apart.

A teenager in the back of a minibus. He has long hair and is clean shaven. The lake district is visible through the window.

A 17 year old with a head tattoo, goth eyeliner, and a leather jacket. In the background is a black wall and a skull wearing an eye patch.

Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favourite events of the year. Really looking forward to going back in November.

Thought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · 1d

WHO LIKES MAPS?!

Here are the full maps for all four halls of Thought Bubble Comic Convention 2025, including the full listings of all exhibitors, publishers, guests and more!

Take a look: www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/maps

Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 1d

I had a great conversation with @drrachelknightley.bsky.social at The Writers' Gym, talking about writing, being in different worlds, embodiment, rejections, Shimmer Magazine, writing as gardening, and many other topics.
drrachelknightley.podbean.com/e/rachel-kni...

Rachel Knightley in conversation with British Fantasy Award 2025 nominee Steve Toase | The Writers’ Gym Podcast

Steve Toase is a British Fantasy Award 2025 nominated fiction and non-fiction author. He was born in North Yorkshire, England, and now lives in the Frankenwald, Germany. Steve’s debut short story coll...

drrachelknightley.podbean.com

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! I hope it works well as a collection.

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TC Parker Is Horrific Enough Already (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 1d

Don't pay for book reviews, kids

Only scam artists will ask you to

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 1d

🧵Thread. I collect photos that people took of their TV screens (in the days before video) because they wanted to capture a historical moment, or at least something that meant something to them.

1950s/60s? shot of a TV screen. Female presenter

1950s/60s shot of a TV screen. Unknown guitarists

Blurry pink shot of a TV screen. Women in evening dress

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 1d

Me!

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 1d

I do now!

Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 1d

:) I will not be silenced, on the subject of dinosaurs...

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to @rjbarker.bsky.social, Kit Power, @katiebruce.bsky.social and the rest of the folks at @writeopolis.bsky.social for having me on as a guest. What a fun way to spend a Sunday evening!

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 2d

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Writeopolis @writeopolis.bsky.social · 2d

Tonight! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord! With @stevetoase.bsky.social!

Writeopolis @writeopolis.bsky.social · 6d

This Sunday! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord with @stevetoase.bsky.social

Join us for talk of horror, archaeology, motorbikes, vintage cocktails and cake!

discord.gg/TnVuER79

The cover of Dirt Upon My Skin by Steve Toase, featuring a black background and a circle with a pattern made up of brown trowels in the centre

A black and white photo of Steve Toase wearing a biker jacket with bare trees in the background

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 4d

Did you know I wrote the back cover copy for this guy???

“encounter ethical werewolf rearing, murderous tree cults, Weird insectile evolutions, seaside folk horror, corrupt environmental tourism, gothic forest wanderings, eternal plastic pollution, sea-bound cosmic horror..”

How’d I do?

A photograph of the front cover of Haunted Ecologies.

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 3d

Not mad busy so I’m going to do some detailed pencil sketches. First one! JOhn Constantine!

Pencil drawing of John Constantine. A ma looking tired with a cigarette hanging from his mouth. Unshaded with spiked hair and a single earring.

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gm0rk.bsky.social @gm0rk.bsky.social · 4d

I remember someone once said that Reznor sang it with all the angst of the young person that he was, and that Cash lent it all the pain and regret of living sixty years as Johnny fucking Cash.

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