Chiara Mestieri
@mestierious.bsky.social
Writer, horror enthusiast, living embodiment of the “ha ha ha… yes!” sickos meme. Books & comics editor @ Solaris Books, 2000 AD.
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It's official! ROSE OF JERICHO is heading to the UK. And isn't that a gorgeous cover?!?
#BookSky #CoverReveal #WritingCommunity
#bookstagram
#BookSky #CoverReveal #WritingCommunity
#bookstagram
🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT & UK COVER REVEAL!🚨
From @alexgrecian.bsky.social, the NYT bestselling author of RED RABBIT, comes a new supernatural horror!
UK release Summer 2026. Fabulous new cover by Sam Gretton!
UK/BC ex. CAN rights acquired by @mestierious.bsky.social
👉 https://bit.ly/48lGPKh
From @alexgrecian.bsky.social, the NYT bestselling author of RED RABBIT, comes a new supernatural horror!
UK release Summer 2026. Fabulous new cover by Sam Gretton!
UK/BC ex. CAN rights acquired by @mestierious.bsky.social
👉 https://bit.ly/48lGPKh
November 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It's official! ROSE OF JERICHO is heading to the UK. And isn't that a gorgeous cover?!?
#BookSky #CoverReveal #WritingCommunity
#bookstagram
#BookSky #CoverReveal #WritingCommunity
#bookstagram
Thrilled to have acquired ROSE OF JERICHO for the UK! Witches in New England, the walking undead, and (drumroll) BIBLICALLY ACCURATE ANGELS! Come for the sharp prose and vibrant characters, stay for the cosmic conflicts beyond human comprehension
🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT & UK COVER REVEAL!🚨
From @alexgrecian.bsky.social, the NYT bestselling author of RED RABBIT, comes a new supernatural horror!
UK release Summer 2026. Fabulous new cover by Sam Gretton!
UK/BC ex. CAN rights acquired by @mestierious.bsky.social
👉 https://bit.ly/48lGPKh
From @alexgrecian.bsky.social, the NYT bestselling author of RED RABBIT, comes a new supernatural horror!
UK release Summer 2026. Fabulous new cover by Sam Gretton!
UK/BC ex. CAN rights acquired by @mestierious.bsky.social
👉 https://bit.ly/48lGPKh
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thrilled to have acquired ROSE OF JERICHO for the UK! Witches in New England, the walking undead, and (drumroll) BIBLICALLY ACCURATE ANGELS! Come for the sharp prose and vibrant characters, stay for the cosmic conflicts beyond human comprehension
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
It’s that time of the year, and while I’d normally be all “THOUGHT BUBBLE NEXT WEEKEND!”… I am gutted to say cannot be at Thought Bubble this year 😭 So if I was going to see you there, I’ll be there in spirit, haunting the 2000 AD stand
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It’s that time of the year, and while I’d normally be all “THOUGHT BUBBLE NEXT WEEKEND!”… I am gutted to say cannot be at Thought Bubble this year 😭 So if I was going to see you there, I’ll be there in spirit, haunting the 2000 AD stand
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Wishing the biggest congratulations to both @artofelaineho.bsky.social and @rainewilson.bsky.social on publication of Cry, Voidbringer and The Salt Oracle respectively (Lorraine is also celebrating the paperback release of We Are All Ghosts in the Forest!) These are truly amazing books ❤️
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Wishing the biggest congratulations to both @artofelaineho.bsky.social and @rainewilson.bsky.social on publication of Cry, Voidbringer and The Salt Oracle respectively (Lorraine is also celebrating the paperback release of We Are All Ghosts in the Forest!) These are truly amazing books ❤️
Incredible fall day in Berlin today, 10/10 no notes
October 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Incredible fall day in Berlin today, 10/10 no notes
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This year's official Thought Bubble 2025 t-shirt is designed by Anna Readman and printed by Rogue Print!
They will be exclusively available at the Thought Bubble Merch table, in a limited print run of only 100! So make sure to get down early!
Get yours at Comixology Hall, table D1-2.
They will be exclusively available at the Thought Bubble Merch table, in a limited print run of only 100! So make sure to get down early!
Get yours at Comixology Hall, table D1-2.
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This year's official Thought Bubble 2025 t-shirt is designed by Anna Readman and printed by Rogue Print!
They will be exclusively available at the Thought Bubble Merch table, in a limited print run of only 100! So make sure to get down early!
Get yours at Comixology Hall, table D1-2.
They will be exclusively available at the Thought Bubble Merch table, in a limited print run of only 100! So make sure to get down early!
Get yours at Comixology Hall, table D1-2.
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We are DELIGHTED that @vajra.me's RAKESFALL is the winner of the 2025 @ursulakleguin.com Prize for Fiction!
Huge congratulations Vajra and to all of the other finalists!
See Vajra's acceptance speech here: https://geni.us/ursulak25
Buy the book: https://geni.us/rakesfall
Huge congratulations Vajra and to all of the other finalists!
See Vajra's acceptance speech here: https://geni.us/ursulak25
Buy the book: https://geni.us/rakesfall
October 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We are DELIGHTED that @vajra.me's RAKESFALL is the winner of the 2025 @ursulakleguin.com Prize for Fiction!
Huge congratulations Vajra and to all of the other finalists!
See Vajra's acceptance speech here: https://geni.us/ursulak25
Buy the book: https://geni.us/rakesfall
Huge congratulations Vajra and to all of the other finalists!
See Vajra's acceptance speech here: https://geni.us/ursulak25
Buy the book: https://geni.us/rakesfall
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A ghoulishly grand review from @readingtheend.bsky.social in Reactor for THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ!
"We’re in a golden age of Gothic speculative [email protected] continues to fly the Gothic flag in this wonderfully creepy third novel"
Out now! geni.us/palbad
"We’re in a golden age of Gothic speculative [email protected] continues to fly the Gothic flag in this wonderfully creepy third novel"
Out now! geni.us/palbad
Exploring the Potential for Evil in The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas - Reactor
Isabel Cañas' wonderfully creepy third novel is another great recent example of Gothic horror.
geni.us
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A ghoulishly grand review from @readingtheend.bsky.social in Reactor for THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ!
"We’re in a golden age of Gothic speculative [email protected] continues to fly the Gothic flag in this wonderfully creepy third novel"
Out now! geni.us/palbad
"We’re in a golden age of Gothic speculative [email protected] continues to fly the Gothic flag in this wonderfully creepy third novel"
Out now! geni.us/palbad
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SURPRISE! We were thrilled to contribute to Rebellion's Thirteenth Floor anthology, which sends homicidal computer Max all across the world to protect and terrorise.
Better yet, it's available to pre-order in the Waterstones sale. It's due out February 12, 2026 - perfect for Valentine's Day!
Better yet, it's available to pre-order in the Waterstones sale. It's due out February 12, 2026 - perfect for Valentine's Day!
October 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
SURPRISE! We were thrilled to contribute to Rebellion's Thirteenth Floor anthology, which sends homicidal computer Max all across the world to protect and terrorise.
Better yet, it's available to pre-order in the Waterstones sale. It's due out February 12, 2026 - perfect for Valentine's Day!
Better yet, it's available to pre-order in the Waterstones sale. It's due out February 12, 2026 - perfect for Valentine's Day!
best of both worlds: you don’t have to choose between spooky season and yeehaw season 🤠😈
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!
Perfect reads for spooky season!
October 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
best of both worlds: you don’t have to choose between spooky season and yeehaw season 🤠😈
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
This new Conjuring movie… gang, I’m going through an all-time Bad period of anxiety and even then I almost fell asleep several times
September 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This new Conjuring movie… gang, I’m going through an all-time Bad period of anxiety and even then I almost fell asleep several times
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REMINDER!
Next month sees the release of the SCREAM! SPECIALS ARCHIVAL COLLECTION collecting all the specials from 1985-2024 including Anna Readman, George Pooley, @jmstevenson.bsky.social, @mestierious.bsky.social and I's "And His Skin Is Cold" from the 40th Anniversary Special.
Pre-order now!
Next month sees the release of the SCREAM! SPECIALS ARCHIVAL COLLECTION collecting all the specials from 1985-2024 including Anna Readman, George Pooley, @jmstevenson.bsky.social, @mestierious.bsky.social and I's "And His Skin Is Cold" from the 40th Anniversary Special.
Pre-order now!
September 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
REMINDER!
Next month sees the release of the SCREAM! SPECIALS ARCHIVAL COLLECTION collecting all the specials from 1985-2024 including Anna Readman, George Pooley, @jmstevenson.bsky.social, @mestierious.bsky.social and I's "And His Skin Is Cold" from the 40th Anniversary Special.
Pre-order now!
Next month sees the release of the SCREAM! SPECIALS ARCHIVAL COLLECTION collecting all the specials from 1985-2024 including Anna Readman, George Pooley, @jmstevenson.bsky.social, @mestierious.bsky.social and I's "And His Skin Is Cold" from the 40th Anniversary Special.
Pre-order now!
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We are beyond excited to welcome The 2000 AD Hall to Thought Bubble Comic Convention!
Thank you to @2000ad.bsky.social for the support, looking forward to seeing it filled with amazing comic creators this November!
Thank you to @2000ad.bsky.social for the support, looking forward to seeing it filled with amazing comic creators this November!
September 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We are beyond excited to welcome The 2000 AD Hall to Thought Bubble Comic Convention!
Thank you to @2000ad.bsky.social for the support, looking forward to seeing it filled with amazing comic creators this November!
Thank you to @2000ad.bsky.social for the support, looking forward to seeing it filled with amazing comic creators this November!
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this is soft, dude. this is really, really soft.
a few years back, Frank Tieri threatened another critic and myself with violence, directly, at a comic-con over Batman opinions. That dude kept his job. He slid into my DMs with a fake apology.
C. Kirk called for extermination. A joke didn't kill him.
a few years back, Frank Tieri threatened another critic and myself with violence, directly, at a comic-con over Batman opinions. That dude kept his job. He slid into my DMs with a fake apology.
C. Kirk called for extermination. A joke didn't kill him.
Breaking: DC Comics has cancelled the Red Hood comic book series.
www.thepopverse.com/comics-red-h...
www.thepopverse.com/comics-red-h...
DC Comics cancels Red Hood comic book series
The first issue of the 17+-rated Batman spin-off comic book series went on sale September 10, but DC Comics has informed retailers that orders for all future issues have been cancelled.
www.thepopverse.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
this is soft, dude. this is really, really soft.
a few years back, Frank Tieri threatened another critic and myself with violence, directly, at a comic-con over Batman opinions. That dude kept his job. He slid into my DMs with a fake apology.
C. Kirk called for extermination. A joke didn't kill him.
a few years back, Frank Tieri threatened another critic and myself with violence, directly, at a comic-con over Batman opinions. That dude kept his job. He slid into my DMs with a fake apology.
C. Kirk called for extermination. A joke didn't kill him.
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🚨COVER REVEAL & ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨
We've snapped up Lindy Ryan's DOLLFACE for the UK!
This new standalone slasher from the author of BLESS YOUR HEART & ANOTHER FINE MESS, will be hitting the shelves in the UK in May 2026 with a stunning new UK paperback cover by our very own Sam Gretton.
We've snapped up Lindy Ryan's DOLLFACE for the UK!
This new standalone slasher from the author of BLESS YOUR HEART & ANOTHER FINE MESS, will be hitting the shelves in the UK in May 2026 with a stunning new UK paperback cover by our very own Sam Gretton.
September 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨COVER REVEAL & ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨
We've snapped up Lindy Ryan's DOLLFACE for the UK!
This new standalone slasher from the author of BLESS YOUR HEART & ANOTHER FINE MESS, will be hitting the shelves in the UK in May 2026 with a stunning new UK paperback cover by our very own Sam Gretton.
We've snapped up Lindy Ryan's DOLLFACE for the UK!
This new standalone slasher from the author of BLESS YOUR HEART & ANOTHER FINE MESS, will be 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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When I said the various Rowlings and Linehans of Britain were assuming and hoping for the public to act as the unpaid enforcement arm of their crank movement, this is precisely what I meant.
‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse in aftermath of supreme court ruling
Support groups report that women and non-binary people are increasingly being challenged in toilets and changing facilities – but others call it scaremongering
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
When I said the various Rowlings and Linehans of Britain were assuming and hoping for the public to act as the unpaid enforcement arm of their crank movement, this is precisely what I meant.
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This is the first page I turn to when I’m showing people @molcher.bsky.social’s book about Judge Dredd and modern policing: shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB...
August 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is the first page I turn to when I’m showing people @molcher.bsky.social’s book about Judge Dredd and modern policing: shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB...
BRING HER BACK and WEAPONS both rip; some prime Sick and Nasty material in each of them, and they hit some of my personal horror all-timer notes. HORROR SEASON IS HERE. (I’m obviously kidding. It’s always horror season)
August 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
BRING HER BACK and WEAPONS both rip; some prime Sick and Nasty material in each of them, and they hit some of my personal horror all-timer notes. HORROR SEASON IS HERE. (I’m obviously kidding. It’s always horror season)
In relation to various viral discussions on the other Evil app, a) fuck AI and b) I personally love upsetting & depressing & disturbing reads and would love it even more if, say, you were a literary agent and wanted to send them my way 🤓
July 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
In relation to various viral discussions on the other Evil app, a) fuck AI and b) I personally love upsetting & depressing & disturbing reads and would love it even more if, say, you were a literary agent and wanted to send them my way 🤓
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There's currently 20% off 'I Am The Law' in the 2000 AD webshop, if you want to read about how a comic book explains how we ended up with genocide in the name of 'security' and pensioners opposing that genocide getting arrested...
shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB...
shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB...
July 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
There's currently 20% off 'I Am The Law' in the 2000 AD webshop, if you want to read about how a comic book explains how we ended up with genocide in the name of 'security' and pensioners opposing that genocide getting arrested...
shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB...
shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB...
Speaking of demons, devils & the like, I am compelled to share a triptych of X-Men panels I have not stopped thinking about since 2003 (?) in which MVP/blue legend Nightcrawler’s origins are revealed, Mystique throws him off a cliff shortly after birth, and naturally:
July 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Speaking of demons, devils & the like, I am compelled to share a triptych of X-Men panels I have not stopped thinking about since 2003 (?) in which MVP/blue legend Nightcrawler’s origins are revealed, Mystique throws him off a cliff shortly after birth, and naturally: