Lyndsey Croal (she/her)
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social
Scottish SFFH Author | Shirley Jackson Award & BFA Finalist | Latest: LIMELIGHT, Shortwave, DARK CRESCENT, Luna Press | Words in Apex, Analog, Weird Tales, & more | Rep: Michael Mungiello InkWell, Film/TV: Sean Berard https://linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
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✨️Dark Crescent is out today!! Thank you @lunapress.bsky.social for giving the perfect home to this wee dark folklore book of my heart, @jennicoutts.bsky.social for its stunning cover, and anyone who has bought, or plans to read a copy! Let these strange tales set sail...! 🏴🌊✨️ linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
Oooh very exciting Shortwave sale!! Great time to continue or start your Shortwave collection of horrors 👀 I may be biased but you can also check out Limelight and Other Stories & Have You Decided on Your Question for all your dark science fiction needs 👇 shop.shortwavepublishing.com/collections/...
Our biggest holiday sale ever just launched! 35% off almost everything with code HOLIDAY35!
- New releases? 35% off!
- Pre-orders? 35% off!
- Hardcovers? 35% off!
- That book you heard great things about three years ago but haven't picked up yet? 35% off!
shop.shortwavepublishing.com
- New releases? 35% off!
- Pre-orders? 35% off!
- Hardcovers? 35% off!
- That book you heard great things about three years ago but haven't picked up yet? 35% off!
shop.shortwavepublishing.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Oooh very exciting Shortwave sale!! Great time to continue or start your Shortwave collection of horrors 👀 I may be biased but you can also check out Limelight and Other Stories & Have You Decided on Your Question for all your dark science fiction needs 👇 shop.shortwavepublishing.com/collections/...
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Announcement #1:
The Tenebrous 2026 Book Club is open!
💀Get all 9 of our ‘26 *fiction* titles
💀save on shipping
💀exclusive bonus content
💀print+ebook or ebook-only options available
Read more about all nine incredible books:
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
The Tenebrous 2026 Book Club is open!
💀Get all 9 of our ‘26 *fiction* titles
💀save on shipping
💀exclusive bonus content
💀print+ebook or ebook-only options available
Read more about all nine incredible books:
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Announcement #1:
The Tenebrous 2026 Book Club is open!
💀Get all 9 of our ‘26 *fiction* titles
💀save on shipping
💀exclusive bonus content
💀print+ebook or ebook-only options available
Read more about all nine incredible books:
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
The Tenebrous 2026 Book Club is open!
💀Get all 9 of our ‘26 *fiction* titles
💀save on shipping
💀exclusive bonus content
💀print+ebook or ebook-only options available
Read more about all nine incredible books:
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
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UK COVER REVEAL
Job description — Isolation, madness, obsession, (light) cannibalism.
Apply at @torbooksuk.bsky.social. Deadline 14 May 2025.
Job description — Isolation, madness, obsession, (light) cannibalism.
Apply at @torbooksuk.bsky.social. Deadline 14 May 2025.
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
UK COVER REVEAL
Job description — Isolation, madness, obsession, (light) cannibalism.
Apply at @torbooksuk.bsky.social. Deadline 14 May 2025.
Job description — Isolation, madness, obsession, (light) cannibalism.
Apply at @torbooksuk.bsky.social. Deadline 14 May 2025.
A wee ladybird just landed on my hand inside my flat, that has to be a sign of good luck or something 🐞
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A wee ladybird just landed on my hand inside my flat, that has to be a sign of good luck or something 🐞
The last couple years November has been my publishing good news month, there's still time today, right?...no pressure universe😅(I mean I did get some good funding news this month so I'm taking that as a win!!)
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The last couple years November has been my publishing good news month, there's still time today, right?...no pressure universe😅(I mean I did get some good funding news this month so I'm taking that as a win!!)
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I believe I see free standard shipping on Bookshop today! If you were thinking of picking up indie books, you can buy them here and save on shipping while supporting a local indie bookstore. Feel free to pick up Countess or Skin Thief. 😀
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Countess
Check out Countess - <b>A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella in which a betrayed captain seeks revenge on the interplanetary empire that subjugated her people for generations</b><BR> <BR>V...
bookshop.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I believe I see free standard shipping on Bookshop today! If you were thinking of picking up indie books, you can buy them here and save on shipping while supporting a local indie bookstore. Feel free to pick up Countess or Skin Thief. 😀
bookshop.org/p/books/coun...
bookshop.org/p/books/coun...
bookshop.org/p/books/coun...
bookshop.org/p/books/coun...
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BLACK FRIDAY SALE!
Right now, grab 15% off on any signed book in stock at in my online shop with the code SADFOX15. Offer goes from Friday November 28th-Monday December 1st! Support indie horror today!
www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/shop
Right now, grab 15% off on any signed book in stock at in my online shop with the code SADFOX15. Offer goes from Friday November 28th-Monday December 1st! Support indie horror today!
www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/shop
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
BLACK FRIDAY SALE!
Right now, grab 15% off on any signed book in stock at in my online shop with the code SADFOX15. Offer goes from Friday November 28th-Monday December 1st! Support indie horror today!
www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/shop
Right now, grab 15% off on any signed book in stock at in my online shop with the code SADFOX15. Offer goes from Friday November 28th-Monday December 1st! Support indie horror today!
www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/shop
Crochet learning update, Octopus 🐙
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Crochet learning update, Octopus 🐙
Did a recent podcast interview where I was asked if I always wanted to be a writer, and about the first stories I wrote, and my aunt just sent me this that I gifted her when I was 10 - reading it is so funny, all coming back to me...angsty and tropey, but yes, "the beginning of a long journey"... 😅✍️
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Did a recent podcast interview where I was asked if I always wanted to be a writer, and about the first stories I wrote, and my aunt just sent me this that I gifted her when I was 10 - reading it is so funny, all coming back to me...angsty and tropey, but yes, "the beginning of a long journey"... 😅✍️
Saw Chien 51 at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social, part of French Film Fest, an excellent SF thriller, exploring what if AI was developed to oversee law enforcement and city planning...felt quite prescient, but it was gripping and tense with some really cool concepts & visuals - definitely recommend!
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Saw Chien 51 at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social, part of French Film Fest, an excellent SF thriller, exploring what if AI was developed to oversee law enforcement and city planning...felt quite prescient, but it was gripping and tense with some really cool concepts & visuals - definitely recommend!
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One of our rad Cultists just emailed a pic of their updated centerpiece bookshelf & y’all: I am continually humbled that this thing that Alex & I started 5 years ago inspires such loyalty & passion.
Forget the holiday: every day of the year, we’re thankful for you🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com
Forget the holiday: every day of the year, we’re thankful for you🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
One of our rad Cultists just emailed a pic of their updated centerpiece bookshelf & y’all: I am continually humbled that this thing that Alex & I started 5 years ago inspires such loyalty & passion.
Forget the holiday: every day of the year, we’re thankful for you🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com
Forget the holiday: every day of the year, we’re thankful for you🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com
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🍄 ONE MORE WEEK 🍄
This is the last week to back THE BOOK OF SPORES anthology on Kickstarter!!! The campaign officially wraps up on Dec. 4, so make sure to support while you can.
Thank you to all our backers. You’ve helped to make this dream a reality ❤️🍄
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
This is the last week to back THE BOOK OF SPORES anthology on Kickstarter!!! The campaign officially wraps up on Dec. 4, so make sure to support while you can.
Thank you to all our backers. You’ve helped to make this dream a reality ❤️🍄
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🍄 ONE MORE WEEK 🍄
This is the last week to back THE BOOK OF SPORES anthology on Kickstarter!!! The campaign officially wraps up on Dec. 4, so make sure to support while you can.
Thank you to all our backers. You’ve helped to make this dream a reality ❤️🍄
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
This is the last week to back THE BOOK OF SPORES anthology on Kickstarter!!! The campaign officially wraps up on Dec. 4, so make sure to support while you can.
Thank you to all our backers. You’ve helped to make this dream a reality ❤️🍄
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
Sneak attack for 2.0x damage!
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Sneak attack for 2.0x damage!
Also while I'm at it, if you'd potentially be interested in Reviewing/ARC copies for In This City, Where it Rains (and future Luna releases including @aknighton.bsky.social's new novella, also launching Feb 3rd!) you can sign up via the form here! 👇 www.lunapresspublishing.com/reviewersand...
Excellent bookmail today, my author copies for In This City, Where it Rains arrived from @lunapress.bsky.social !! My gothic horror love letter to Edinburgh, ft. ghosts, a cursed city, a gothic house, rituals, family secrets, & weird moths is out Feb 3rd!! Pre-order now! 🏴🖤✨️ linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Also while I'm at it, if you'd potentially be interested in Reviewing/ARC copies for In This City, Where it Rains (and future Luna releases including @aknighton.bsky.social's new novella, also launching Feb 3rd!) you can sign up via the form here! 👇 www.lunapresspublishing.com/reviewersand...
Excellent bookmail today, my author copies for In This City, Where it Rains arrived from @lunapress.bsky.social !! My gothic horror love letter to Edinburgh, ft. ghosts, a cursed city, a gothic house, rituals, family secrets, & weird moths is out Feb 3rd!! Pre-order now! 🏴🖤✨️ linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Excellent bookmail today, my author copies for In This City, Where it Rains arrived from @lunapress.bsky.social !! My gothic horror love letter to Edinburgh, ft. ghosts, a cursed city, a gothic house, rituals, family secrets, & weird moths is out Feb 3rd!! Pre-order now! 🏴🖤✨️ linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
He has a quest for you
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
He has a quest for you
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FICTION
The Matriarchs, by Malena Salazar Maciá
A Cup of Forgetting, by @eleanorglewwe.bsky.social
When You Hit The Poison Ivy Thicket, You've Gone Too Far, by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
Ichthyosis, by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
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The Matriarchs, by Malena Salazar Maciá
A Cup of Forgetting, by @eleanorglewwe.bsky.social
When You Hit The Poison Ivy Thicket, You've Gone Too Far, by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
Ichthyosis, by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
FICTION
The Matriarchs, by Malena Salazar Maciá
A Cup of Forgetting, by @eleanorglewwe.bsky.social
When You Hit The Poison Ivy Thicket, You've Gone Too Far, by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
Ichthyosis, by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
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The Matriarchs, by Malena Salazar Maciá
A Cup of Forgetting, by @eleanorglewwe.bsky.social
When You Hit The Poison Ivy Thicket, You've Gone Too Far, by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
Ichthyosis, by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
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Single braincell working hard
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Single braincell working hard
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I, Rhiannon Grist, am not your boss. I am incapable of making you fill out your timesheet, answer your emails, or preorder my cottagegore horror HOME SICK coming out with @solarisbooks.bsky.social in 2026.
So only do it if you want to. Preorder, I mean.
You should probably do your timesheets.
So only do it if you want to. Preorder, I mean.
You should probably do your timesheets.
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I, Rhiannon Grist, am not your boss. I am incapable of making you fill out your timesheet, answer your emails, or preorder my cottagegore horror HOME SICK coming out with @solarisbooks.bsky.social in 2026.
So only do it if you want to. Preorder, I mean.
You should probably do your timesheets.
So only do it if you want to. Preorder, I mean.
You should probably do your timesheets.
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My eligibility post is really simple this year:
Project Hanuman - an SF novel about building community after disaster with weird (real) physics, diverse characters, explorations of the meaning of survival, immortality, intelligence and hope.
If you've enjoyed it please consider nominating it!
Project Hanuman - an SF novel about building community after disaster with weird (real) physics, diverse characters, explorations of the meaning of survival, immortality, intelligence and hope.
If you've enjoyed it please consider nominating it!
Project Hanuman - Angry Robot
Blending Indian mythology and classic space opera, Project Hanuman is a bold new science-fiction novel from Stewart Hotston, perfect for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky.
angryrobotbooks.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My eligibility post is really simple this year:
Project Hanuman - an SF novel about building community after disaster with weird (real) physics, diverse characters, explorations of the meaning of survival, immortality, intelligence and hope.
If you've enjoyed it please consider nominating it!
Project Hanuman - an SF novel about building community after disaster with weird (real) physics, diverse characters, explorations of the meaning of survival, immortality, intelligence and hope.
If you've enjoyed it please consider nominating it!
Monday news! Super happy to find out I've been awarded a Society of Authors work-in-progress grant under the K Blundell Trust - this will make such a difference in the coming months! (Also second funding this year for my dark and weird SF projects, must be doing something right...!)✨🎉 #SoAGrants
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Monday news! Super happy to find out I've been awarded a Society of Authors work-in-progress grant under the K Blundell Trust - this will make such a difference in the coming months! (Also second funding this year for my dark and weird SF projects, must be doing something right...!)✨🎉 #SoAGrants
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Out now: Magic, Maps, and Mischief 🦉
Read it for:
- strong autistic and ADHD rep 🎉
- queernorm world 😍
- themes of acceptance, kindness and the different kinds of love ☺️
- cozy, feel-good vibes ❤️
Shares greatly appreciated 😁 hope you enjoy the book!
mybook.to/magicmapsand...
Read it for:
- strong autistic and ADHD rep 🎉
- queernorm world 😍
- themes of acceptance, kindness and the different kinds of love ☺️
- cozy, feel-good vibes ❤️
Shares greatly appreciated 😁 hope you enjoy the book!
mybook.to/magicmapsand...
October 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Out now: Magic, Maps, and Mischief 🦉
Read it for:
- strong autistic and ADHD rep 🎉
- queernorm world 😍
- themes of acceptance, kindness and the different kinds of love ☺️
- cozy, feel-good vibes ❤️
Shares greatly appreciated 😁 hope you enjoy the book!
mybook.to/magicmapsand...
Read it for:
- strong autistic and ADHD rep 🎉
- queernorm world 😍
- themes of acceptance, kindness and the different kinds of love ☺️
- cozy, feel-good vibes ❤️
Shares greatly appreciated 😁 hope you enjoy the book!
mybook.to/magicmapsand...
Anyone who has read Dark Crescent, this is how I imagine The Frittening... 👀💁♀️
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Anyone who has read Dark Crescent, this is how I imagine The Frittening... 👀💁♀️
New heated blanket is for sure a hit 🥰 I guess I'll be here all night now...
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
New heated blanket is for sure a hit 🥰 I guess I'll be here all night now...
Really fab to be at the Scottish Christmas Book Fair for #bookweekscotland today @booksfromscotland.bsky.social, doing a signing and chatting to readers with @lunapress.bsky.social! Great to be surrounded by such a vibrant Scottish book scene - thanks to the organisers for having me! ✨️🏴💙
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Really fab to be at the Scottish Christmas Book Fair for #bookweekscotland today @booksfromscotland.bsky.social, doing a signing and chatting to readers with @lunapress.bsky.social! Great to be surrounded by such a vibrant Scottish book scene - thanks to the organisers for having me! ✨️🏴💙