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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 6h

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 7h

With @bansheepress.bsky.social, @bullaunpress.bsky.social, @channel-lit.bsky.social, @cbeditions.bsky.social, @lilliputpress.bsky.social, @newislandbooks.bsky.social, @renardpress.com, @skeinpress.bsky.social, @scratchbooks.bsky.social, @swanriverpress.bsky.social, to name just a handful...

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 7h

Looks like Calque Press has started shipping copies of my pamphlet SOME THOUGHTS ON HORROR: Consideration of an Effect.

Has yours arrived yet?

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Pamphlet Eleven - Some Thoughts on Horror: Consideration of an Effect

Buying from the EU? Please read about shipping from the UK. Limited edition - 100 copies Calque Ideas provides an opportunity for writers to think aloud, using their own experiences and knowledge to a...

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 10h

We'll have a table at the Dublin Small Press Fair at the Pearse Street Library. @dublincitylibs.bsky.social

Friday, 28 November – Saturday, 29 November 2025

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 16h

#31DaysOfHalloween Day 15 - a selection of excellent titles from @swanriverpress.bsky.social - support your local indie publisher, especially when they are bringing out fantastic stuff. Featuring @nunkie.bsky.social!

BENDING TO EARTH * Strange Stories by Irish Women
THE SWAN RIVER PRESS

NOT TO BE TAKEN AT BED-TIME 2
ROSA MULHOLLAND

CURFEW & OTHER EERIE TALES 2 Lucy M. Boston

Ghosts of the Chit-Chat
EDITED BY ROBERT LLOYD PARRY

Dorothy Macardle

EARTH-BOUND

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoy your pdfs!

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 1d

There are great Twilight Zone episodes about grandfather clocks and seemingly sentient slot machines. M. R. James called it the "malice of inanimate objects".

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Melissa Edmundson @melissae.bsky.social · 2d

A few years ago, I edited a collection of Graves/Dehan’s supernatural fiction, A Vanished Hand and Others, published by @swanriverpress.bsky.social

A Vanished Hand | Swan River Press

“Only the dead are faithful to Love—because they are dead.” Clotilde Graves was known for challenging convention. In her early years, she was known as the dramatist “Clo Graves”, but became better kno...

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 2d

I think that's the intention.

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 2d

For shipping to the United States: the lowest value possible will be declared on the customs declaration and marked as a “gift” so as to keep your order below the Trump Tariff threshold.

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Postage | Swan River Press

Postage and Delivery Information All of our prices are inclusive of packing and standard international shipping. If you require tracked or expedited shipping, please enquire about extra costs before o...

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 2d

Good man! I hope you enjoyed it too! The limited hardback is on the low stock report, so anyone who wants to discover John Howard's work oughta act soon! swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/wr...

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 2d

WRITTEN BY DAYLIGHT by John Howard

“Delicate and powerful.” Agony Column

“If there is a unifying theme here it is the transience of existence.” Supernatural Tales

“Existential dislocation stands in lieu of more obvious supernatural mechanisms.” Black Static

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 3d

I'm starting to get some pretty bad feelings about the boiler in the basement of the Overlook.

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 3d

Easily the most memorable line of both book and film. Haunting in the depth of its implications, a crumbling psyche melding with place, soon to become indistinguishable.

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 5d

I really love this adaptation of the classic Bradbury tale for the Ray Bradbury Theater (1986). Terrifying. This one stars Jeff Goldblum.
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"The Town Where No One Got Off" (1986) - Ray Bradbury Theater,

YouTube video by LionHeart FilmWorks

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 5d

Much of the contents of this letter applies to independent presses in Ireland. Good to see it laid out so succinctly. www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...

Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK

The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.

www.thebookseller.com

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 5d

Trump tariffs have caused quite a mess. I'm glad we don't use private courier companies to send our books. Public services, including postal services, are targets for neoliberalism and far-right goons. Defend your rights from these civic vandals. Don't vote like an asshole.

Andrea Bonazzi @andreabonazzi.bsky.social · 5d

And this drastically ends any vague possibility of selling my artworks in the United States again.

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 5d

THE SATYR by Stephen J. Clark

“A poet of the occult.” Adam L. G. Nevill

“These four little mystical thrillers evoke the best of the pulp-era decadents.” Pan Review

“Subtle prose, vivid and disturbing imagery.” Black Static

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 6d

The end of A Clockwork Orange.

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · Jun 23

The shortlist for this year's British Fantasy Awards for Best Independent Press are...

Newcon Press
Black Shuck Books
Flame Tree Press
Luna Press Publishing
Swan River Press

Jurors: Andy Angel, Melanie Bell, Miguel R Peck, Alia McKellar, Bronte Rowan

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John Kenny @johnkenny13.bsky.social · 26d

I've just reviewed an excellent new biography of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, written by James Rockhill and published by Swan River Press. The book also includes a number critical essays that explore different aspects of his life and work. You can read it here: johnrichardkenny.com/2025/09/19/b...

Book Review: A Mind Turned in Upon Itself by Jim Rockhill

For many years, Jim Rockhill has been a staunch advocate for the work of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, most probably Ireland’s premier writer of supernatural tales and the uncanny. Between 2002 and 2005…

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 6d

I don't mind gore so much if it's stylised and fantastical, like Fulci or Argento. I've learnt the closer to realistic or sadistic, the less interested I am. Terrifier all seemed pretty direct.

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 6d

That's a good way of putting it. It's brutal, but that's the point. I'm not up in arms about it for the same reasons I'm not interested in the Friday the 13th series, which strikes me as doing much the same. Terrifier is just a leaner and meaner machine.

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 7d

GHOSTS by R. B. Russell

“Russell’s stories are captivating for their depth of mystery and haunting melancholy.” Thomas Ligotti

“Possibilities beyond the rational.” Rue Morgue

“A book of dark mysteries and subtle psychology.” Highlander’s Book Reviews

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 8d

And what I liked about this boom when I first came across it was it's immediacy. These were ghost stories that happened *near me*. At the time I don't think I made the distinction between the literary and "true ghost story" genres. I do now though. Also a key influence on The Bleeding Horse.

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