Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Eve Smith

@evesmithauthor.bsky.social

430 followers 340 following 160 posts

Author of speculative thrillers published by Orenda Books Repd by Harry Illingworth, DHH THE CURE out now

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · Dec 3

As I write dark thrillers about dark futures that are inspired by the increasingly dystopian events of our present, I thought I'd choose a smiley image to say hi to everyone here.
Looking forward to making new friends & reconnecting with old: authors, readers & anyone who feels like saying hi!

4 5 41

Reposted by Eve Smith

Marco Rinaldi @marcorinaldi.bsky.social · 28d

Here's my winning pitch from @bloodyscotland.bsky.social (still seems mad saying that!)

Sinners meets the gothic unease of Don’t Look Now with the broken investigators of True Detective. At its heart, it's not just about a monster that may destroy a city, but the trauma that can destroy a man.

Mock cover for Dark Waters by Marco Rinaldi - Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect winner 2025, featuring painting of the Grand Canal by Canaletto

A murdered child. A grieving father. A city under siege.

Venice, 1849. The still nascent Republic of San Marco cowers nightly under attack from Austrian artillery. But for Detective Luca Marangon, the battle for the city pales in comparison to the daily battle to just keep going. Only months ago, his daughter died, and he has been drowning ever since.
When he’s called to the scene of an infant’s gruesome murder, he discovers a connection to his own loss: a strange symbol carved at the scene: the same one that has haunted his dreams. Could it be his daughter’s killer? Impossible — that man is already dead by his own hand.

$Ignoring calls to step aside, Luca throws himself into the case, his grief twisting into obsession. A bloody trail of bodies and whispers of forbidden texts and things long forgotten lead him to an asylum on the edge of the Venetian lagoon, where he suspects something more than medical care is being provided. Instead of answers, he stumbles across a girl on the run, and is soon confronted by an eerie vision of his daughter with a warning: something horrifying is awakening in the depths of the lagoon. The murders are but one piece of a larger, terrible jigsaw, with this runaway at its centre. Desperate for some form of absolution, he vows to keep her safe at all costs. But as his sanity fractures, that promise forces him to take lives of his own. Can he save this girl from his daughter’s fate and stop the monstrosity rising from the dark waters of the lagoon before becoming a monster himself?$

1 7 16

Reposted by Eve Smith

Orenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social · 27d

💉#UK #eBook #DEALS!🏥

THREE of @evesmithauthor.bsky.social's high-stakes, eerily prescient #Speculative #Thrillers are ALL on #Sale for #99p each on Apple! 💉

👁️ #ONE - bit.ly/4gt9QpR
👶 #OffTarget - bit.ly/46fY8du
🏥 #TheWaitingRooms - bit.ly/46pl2iW

#BookSky #Dystopian #Thriller

2 3

Reposted by Eve Smith

Literary Loves - Caroline Malcolm-Boulton @literaryloves.bsky.social · Sep 14

About to start The Cure by Eve Smith — a dystopian thriller that explores the dark side of a world obsessed with health and immortality.
I can’t wait to see how this scarily possible one unfolds! 👶💊🧓
Have you read it yet?
#TheCure #DystopianFiction @evesmithauthor.bsky.social

1 2 4

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · 27d

Exciting, let me know what you think!

Reposted by Eve Smith

Literary Loves - Caroline Malcolm-Boulton @literaryloves.bsky.social · Sep 12

What a treat meeting @evesmithauthor.bsky.social at @bloodyscotland.bsky.social. It's inspiring to hear from a talented writer (and a woman) with a creative spin and a commitment to questioning the dark side of our scientific future.
📚 ✍️ 🩸 🔪
Give me time, and I’ll be joining them as an author! 😉

1 1 3

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you, I look forward to that day!

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · Aug 29

ONE WEEK TODAY!
5pm BST noon EST
Join us for 6 fabulous readings from international authors, including one from The Cure.
Grab your lunch (if over the pond) or tee up a tipple to kick off your weekend Brit-style.
Register to reserve your free spot here:
bit.ly/4mZ7KAa

Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · Aug 29

Whhhaaat? We're doing it AGAIN? Grab your lunch and spend an hour with 6 fantastic women & nonbinary authors! Giveaways! Chat with readers & writers! Make new friends!

eventbrite.com/o/strong-women…

Friday, September 5 at 12:00 noon (EDT)
featuring
Aislinn Brophy, Gabriela Houston, Heather Kamins,
Ruth Frances Long, Elaine Pascale, and Eve Smith

3 3

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · Aug 29

Looking forward to this!

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · Aug 27

Oh wow! Thanks for sending. That is seriously good news. (but not the other bits in the book!!)

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · Aug 1

Autumn is going to be busy!
Really looking forward to these festivals & events with other authors.

Come & hear about the inspiration and shocking real life facts behind my latest speculative thriller, The Cure, and you can pick up a signed and dedicated copy.

Head to my website for booking links.

Reposted by Eve Smith

Clive Simpson @cliftop.bsky.social · Jul 23

An inspiring talk at the recent #NewarkBookFestival by
@evesmithauthor.bsky.social of @orendabooks.bsky.social was quite literally 'write' up my dystopian speculative fiction street in so many ways.
Read more here👇
simcomm.blogspot.com/2025/07/dead...

Deadly secrets and dystopian fears

Topical comment and travel writing

simcomm.blogspot.com

1 4 3

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · Jul 21

I know, it's crazy, right?? Bloody Scotland?

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · Jul 21

Harrogate 2025: what a blast. A week in 2 days.
Thanks so much to the committee & volunteers.
So many highlights: my first panel, the murder mystery, signing books at indie bookshop Imagined Things, meeting authors, readers & bloggers & listening to fabulous panels.
Great community!
#theakstonscrime

1 6

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · Jul 16

Omg, it's happening for real..

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · Jul 15

Did they really have advanced biohacking and cryosuite as options?!?

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · Jul 15

Oh fabulous, thanks Clive, will take a look!

Reposted by Eve Smith

Clive Simpson @cliftop.bsky.social · Jul 11

Fascinating insight today into dystopian world of speculative fiction writer @evesmithauthor.bsky.social and her new book 'The Cure' @newarkbookfestival.bsky.social - a great talk, alongside Icelandic crime writer Eva Björg Ægisdóttir with interviewer @drtimrideout.bsky.social asking the q's‬.

1 1 4

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thanks so much for coming along, Clive, and I hope you enjoy The Cure!

Reposted by Eve Smith

TripFiction @tripfiction.bsky.social · Jun 25

Speculative thriller set in OXFORD (and Jamaica)

www.tripfiction.com/speculative-...

The Cure by @evesmithauthor.bsky.social

"..an absolutely gripping read. Not to be missed!.."

@orendabooks.bsky.social

#blueskybooks #booksky

Speculative thriller set in OXFORD (and Jamaica) - TripFiction

The Cure by Eve Smith, speculative thriller set in Oxford (and Jamaica). In her science fiction novel, The Cure, Eve Smith writes about the English city

www.tripfiction.com

1 2 6

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thanks so much for your review, and sorry for my tardy bluesky response!

Reposted by Eve Smith

bookluvvr.bsky.social @bookluvvr.bsky.social · Jun 13

Read @evesmithauthor.bsky.social's "The Cure". Greatly enjoyed this unputdownable speculative thriller. Has long been fascinated by the anti-aging craze (cf Bryan Johnson etc.) and this smartly plotted book works through some plausible consequences of scientific breakthroughs. The (not so) near 1/4

2 1 1

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thanks so much, delighted you enjoyed it!
Apologies for my tardy response, have been head down on next book and a little poor keeping up on the socials!

1 1

Reposted by Eve Smith

Orenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social · May 29

📖👁⠀

Not one BUT THREE of @evesmithauthor.bsky.social's CHILLING #Speculative #Thrillers are on #SALE this month on Kindle!

Pick them all up today!##One: https://amzn.to/4kHUvTB ##OffTarget: https://amzn.to/43hR5zL ##TheWaitingRooms: https://amzn.to/4jVPYfX
##Readers #Books #BookRecs

2 5

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · May 22

Happy Publication Day to @katieallenauthor.bsky.social for her life-affirming new novel #HappyIsTheOne about a man whose destiny is tied to Halley's Comet.
I loved Katie's debut #EverythingHappensForAReason: she writes so beautifully & can't wait to get my paws on this one.
bit.ly/HappyIsTheOne

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · May 21

Here's a little piece I did on #worldbuilding for @writing.ie for those authors out there who want to brush up their skills or who are looking for new ideas to help develop their worlds: past, present or future!
I hope you find it helpful.
#authors #writersky #writesky #writingcommunity

Writing.ie Online Writing Magazine @writing.ie · May 21

Authentic World-Building by Eve Smith

Discover how to devise compelling and authentic new worlds with Eve Smith, author of standalone speculative thrillers

Read more:
www.writing.ie/resources/au...

@evesmithauthor.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social #booksky #writersky

1 5