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Shauna Mc Eleney ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
@shaunamceleney.bsky.social
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Irish writer of dark fiction. Awake in the Night (sapphic haunted house) is on KU, eBook, and paperback. One half of NEFARIOUS BAT PRESS. Female-owned indie publisher specialising in queer horror, crime, and dark fiction. She/her
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3 Image Book Challenge for your Saturday:

Show your book (or the book you're reading) in 3 images

We'll start, with @brennanlafaro.bsky.social's upcoming The Denizens...
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Lu @lu-pa.bsky.social ยท Jul 4
Bought it and wow, I can't recommend it enough!
I'm halfway through and there isn't a single story I didn't enjoy.

Thanks to all the wonderful authors that worked so hard to put together this incredible collection, you're absolutely terrific! ๐Ÿ’™
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Thanks Gabino!

I'd love more people to check out Good For Her: An Anthology of Women's Rage from Nefarious Bat, feat. contributions from some of the best female writers in the business (inc. Hailey Piper, RJ Joseph, Ai Jiang, MJ Mars, SH Cooper, Candace Nola, Leigh Kenny and many more!)
Good For Her: An Anthology of Women's Rage
If you're not angry - you should be.Good For Her: An Anthology of Women's Rage celebrates women's rights - and women's wrongs.Filled with rage, revenge and retribution and featuring stories from write...
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Good For Her edited by @sarahjuleswriting.bsky.social, @tcparker.bsky.social & @shaunamceleney.bsky.social - out now @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social, Chimera by The Shippy Writers - out now Dammaged Productions, and Salt Bones by @jenngivhan.bsky.social - coming 14 August @littlebrown.bsky.social
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Very proud to say, I've also got a story in this, as have my fellow editors @shaunamceleney.bsky.social and @sarahjuleswriting.bsky.social

We'd love you to check it out and help us raise some money for Sisters Uncut - a nonprofit taking direct action against gender-based violence & state violence
Less than 2 weeks to go until the launch of our charity anthology GOOD FOR HER - feat. feminist rage-filled stories from the likes of @rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @leighkenny.bsky.social and our very own @anna-orridge.bsky.social

Preorder now!

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Does anyone have any experience relaunching a book?

We're tempted to rerelease Feathers, a haunted house book I wrote a while back

@kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social did an amazing job w/ the cover - but the bird/wand/witch artwork hasn't aged well, post-TERF wizard lady

Any thoughts/tips?
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Pride Giveaway 2: The Text-Based Microblogging Batch ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ

Since the TT giveaway went... not so well: who (in the UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง) fancies winning a signed copy of @tcparker.bsky.social's angrily sapphic, queer-tastic Hummingbird?

If you do: like, share, follow us... and we'll pick a winner sometime Wednesday!
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It's Pride Bundle Time, Pt. 1! ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐ŸงŸ

This week (3rd-8th June) - buy @anna-orridge.bsky.social's PHENGARIS direct from our ebook store, and get @tcparker.bsky.social's SALTBLOOD half price!

(Keep checking through the month for more queer horror bundles...)

#pridemonth #queerhorror
Phengaris
There's something very wrong in Thurstrop Wood.Mark Warner never noticed it before. He's there to get away from his life, his ailing mother. Out of his head. Not to think about anything.Bird...
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Happy #PrideMonth to all our lovely readers, from the heart of the rainbow-strewn Batcave

We (and our books) are pretty gay all year round... but rest assured, we'll be gaying it up extra hard these next 4 weeks

Keep reading. Keep fighting. And above all... keep it queer ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿฆ‡
PHENGARIS by @anna-orridge.bsky.social
Buy directly from us and get one of our limited edition bookmarks! To celebrate this awesome eco-horror we wanted something a bit different. So, when you're done with the bookmark, soak in water and plant it in your garden for some beautiful UK wild flowers!
200,000 page reads, and it is officially gone from KDP. Good news, though - you can now buy the Awake in the Night ebook direct from NEFARIOUS BAT PRESS!!
We're all Phengaris, all the time tomorrow... but it would be remiss of us not to mention, just this evening, that Awake In The Night is now available direct from us at the Bat webstore

Like Irish horror, haunted houses, sapphic heartbreak and supporting queer indie presses?

Go take a look! ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชโ˜˜๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿš๏ธ
Awake In The Night
Jessica and Nicole think theyโ€™ve finally found their dream house by the sea in the West of Ireland. 17 Montpellier Street has history, characterโ€ฆ and so many rooms you could easily lose your way, if y...
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We're all Phengaris, all the time tomorrow... but it would be remiss of us not to mention, just this evening, that Awake In The Night is now available direct from us at the Bat webstore

Like Irish horror, haunted houses, sapphic heartbreak and supporting queer indie presses?

Go take a look! ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชโ˜˜๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿš๏ธ
Awake In The Night
Jessica and Nicole think theyโ€™ve finally found their dream house by the sea in the West of Ireland. 17 Montpellier Street has history, characterโ€ฆ and so many rooms you could easily lose your way, if y...
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I remember telling @shaunamceleney.bsky.social, when I first started reading Phengaris, that it had some of the weirdest and best body horror I'd ever read

So, since I know a lot of you enjoy a bit of weird body horror...

Why not preorder a copy?
Thanks, Matt.
My cosmic eco-horror novella is out Tuesday next week (eek) with @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social
It's a bit of a treasure trove of geekery, since we were talking about that: bioacoustics, bugs, libraries, local history...
Pre-order link here:
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Phengaris ebook by Anna Orridge - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Phengaris" by Anna Orridge available from Rakuten Kobo. There's something very wrong in Thurstrop Wood. Mark Warner never noticed it before. He's there to get away from his lif...
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TRADWIFE and TOXIC SUBURBIA book recommendations!
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