Steve Toase
@stevetoase.bsky.social
Writer based in Franconian Forest, Germany
Fortean Times comics reviewer
published at Tor.com Shimmer 3LBE, Lackington's, Lead writer on Haunt www.stevetoase.co.uk
To Drown in Dark Water from Undertow Publications
Dirt Upon My Skin from Black Shuck Books
Fortean Times comics reviewer
published at Tor.com Shimmer 3LBE, Lackington's, Lead writer on Haunt www.stevetoase.co.uk
To Drown in Dark Water from Undertow Publications
Dirt Upon My Skin from Black Shuck Books
Pinned
Steve Toase
@stevetoase.bsky.social
· May 1
Dirt Upon My Skin, my archaeology themed horror collection, is still available direct from the publisher @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social for the grand total of £5.99 for the paperback, or £1.49 for the ebook.
That’s 59p a story for the dead tree version or less than 15p a story in electrical form!
That’s 59p a story for the dead tree version or less than 15p a story in electrical form!
This might just like a photo of a bird table with peanuts, but today one of our regular jays took a peanut in the shell up to the tree, opened it, then brought the now shelled peanut back because it wasn’t up to standard, and took a fresh one. Fussy gits, these corvids.
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This might just like a photo of a bird table with peanuts, but today one of our regular jays took a peanut in the shell up to the tree, opened it, then brought the now shelled peanut back because it wasn’t up to standard, and took a fresh one. Fussy gits, these corvids.
Stayed up far too late last night binge watching the first series of Slow Horses, but damn it was worth it. Brilliant characterisation, acting and world building.
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Stayed up far too late last night binge watching the first series of Slow Horses, but damn it was worth it. Brilliant characterisation, acting and world building.
I try not to do too many word count posts, but I started the latest draft of my current WIP, and wrote 8,000 words this week over three days which I’m pretty bloody pleased with.
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I try not to do too many word count posts, but I started the latest draft of my current WIP, and wrote 8,000 words this week over three days which I’m pretty bloody pleased with.
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The city is layers of story. Sometimes it is told in occulted stone symbolism, sometimes in street names and haunted hodology. Thousands of narratives with no editor. Thousands of tales seeping into the city's own strange dreams. No wonder it imagines fabulous things. – #CLNolan
November 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The city is layers of story. Sometimes it is told in occulted stone symbolism, sometimes in street names and haunted hodology. Thousands of narratives with no editor. Thousands of tales seeping into the city's own strange dreams. No wonder it imagines fabulous things. – #CLNolan
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Behold, the Sword of Power! Excalibur! For anyone waiting for things from me, this is why: my brain has been consumed by John Boorman and Excalibur, both of them dear to my heart. The restoration is stunning, and finally presents the film in the right aspect ratio on home video... 🧵1/8
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Behold, the Sword of Power! Excalibur! For anyone waiting for things from me, this is why: my brain has been consumed by John Boorman and Excalibur, both of them dear to my heart. The restoration is stunning, and finally presents the film in the right aspect ratio on home video... 🧵1/8
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For all those braving the retail lines this Black Friday, might I offer you a cautionary tale about the horror and other-worldly shenanigans that might befall those who aren’t careful in said pursuit???
@3lobedmag.com
www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...
@3lobedmag.com
www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...
For When the Night is Behind You and the Depths are Ahead by Corey Farrenkopf
We stood in front of the video game store for the midnight release of Castles Underground III. The crowd wore different homemade versions of the crimson armor featured on the posters, foam swords surp...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
For all those braving the retail lines this Black Friday, might I offer you a cautionary tale about the horror and other-worldly shenanigans that might befall those who aren’t careful in said pursuit???
@3lobedmag.com
www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...
@3lobedmag.com
www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...
Get on this. Gustaffo's work is excellent and highly recommended.
Peruvian Cyberpunk SALE!!!! 😱😱🤖🤖🤖
All my physical and digital books will be on SALE ALL WEEKEND!!! Grab them while you can! Just go to my Online Store www.gustaffovargas.com/store 🔥🤖
This weekend buy from small & self-published creators 😊😎😉
#PeruvianCyberpunk #Sale #GraphicNovels
All my physical and digital books will be on SALE ALL WEEKEND!!! Grab them while you can! Just go to my Online Store www.gustaffovargas.com/store 🔥🤖
This weekend buy from small & self-published creators 😊😎😉
#PeruvianCyberpunk #Sale #GraphicNovels
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Get on this. Gustaffo's work is excellent and highly recommended.
Disappointed to find out that when I click on the little van on the DPD tracking website, it doesn't make the horn in the delivery van sound, just makes the noise on the website.
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Disappointed to find out that when I click on the little van on the DPD tracking website, it doesn't make the horn in the delivery van sound, just makes the noise on the website.
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A late medieval pocket sundial from Freiburg. The portable sundial once contained a small compass in the circular recess, helping to align the sundial along the north–south axis so the correct time could be determined.
📷 @aws-almbarak.bsky.social
📷 @aws-almbarak.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A late medieval pocket sundial from Freiburg. The portable sundial once contained a small compass in the circular recess, helping to align the sundial along the north–south axis so the correct time could be determined.
📷 @aws-almbarak.bsky.social
📷 @aws-almbarak.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen (in recent years)
Heilung
Aurora
First Aid Kit
Slayer
Dropkick Murphies
Heilung
Aurora
First Aid Kit
Slayer
Dropkick Murphies
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Hawkwind
New Model Army
Sisters of Mercy
Blyth Power
Chumbawumba
Hawkwind
New Model Army
Sisters of Mercy
Blyth Power
Chumbawumba
1. Siouxsie and the Banshees/Love and Rockets(1986, Santa Barbara)
2. Dead Can Dance(1990, NYC)
3. Voivod/Faith No More/Soundgarden(1990, NYC)
4. Fugazi(1991, NYC)
5. Ministry/Helmet/Sepultura(1992, LA)
2. Dead Can Dance(1990, NYC)
3. Voivod/Faith No More/Soundgarden(1990, NYC)
4. Fugazi(1991, NYC)
5. Ministry/Helmet/Sepultura(1992, LA)
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen (in recent years)
Heilung
Aurora
First Aid Kit
Slayer
Dropkick Murphies
Heilung
Aurora
First Aid Kit
Slayer
Dropkick Murphies
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Hawkwind
New Model Army
Sisters of Mercy
Blyth Power
Chumbawumba
Hawkwind
New Model Army
Sisters of Mercy
Blyth Power
Chumbawumba
1. Siouxsie and the Banshees/Love and Rockets(1986, Santa Barbara)
2. Dead Can Dance(1990, NYC)
3. Voivod/Faith No More/Soundgarden(1990, NYC)
4. Fugazi(1991, NYC)
5. Ministry/Helmet/Sepultura(1992, LA)
2. Dead Can Dance(1990, NYC)
3. Voivod/Faith No More/Soundgarden(1990, NYC)
4. Fugazi(1991, NYC)
5. Ministry/Helmet/Sepultura(1992, LA)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Jethro Tull
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Colter Wall
Love & Rockets
Mötley Crüe
Jethro Tull
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Colter Wall
Love & Rockets
Mötley Crüe
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Hawkwind
New Model Army
Sisters of Mercy
Blyth Power
Chumbawumba
Hawkwind
New Model Army
Sisters of Mercy
Blyth Power
Chumbawumba
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From @titanbooks.bsky.social , the second novella in the Discreet Eliminators series, The Flesh King by Richard Kadrey blends gritty pulp detective noir with supernatural elements. #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-f...
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
From @titanbooks.bsky.social , the second novella in the Discreet Eliminators series, The Flesh King by Richard Kadrey blends gritty pulp detective noir with supernatural elements. #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-f...
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Neil Williamson is back on his urban folk horror BS at Darkness In The Fields: Midwinter 2.
He's running a panel on new anthology Blood in the Bricks with James Bennett, Tracy Fahey & E. Saxey on 6/12.
@esaxey.bsky.social @jamesbennett.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Ticket link below:
He's running a panel on new anthology Blood in the Bricks with James Bennett, Tracy Fahey & E. Saxey on 6/12.
@esaxey.bsky.social @jamesbennett.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Ticket link below:
Darkness in the Fields - Midwinter 2
Join us for two days of online folk horror events, with workshops and interview from an exciting variety of writers in the genre.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Neil Williamson is back on his urban folk horror BS at Darkness In The Fields: Midwinter 2.
He's running a panel on new anthology Blood in the Bricks with James Bennett, Tracy Fahey & E. Saxey on 6/12.
@esaxey.bsky.social @jamesbennett.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Ticket link below:
He's running a panel on new anthology Blood in the Bricks with James Bennett, Tracy Fahey & E. Saxey on 6/12.
@esaxey.bsky.social @jamesbennett.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Ticket link below:
It’s finally here. The Christmas meat tree is out in German supermarkets. Let the festivities begin!
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It’s finally here. The Christmas meat tree is out in German supermarkets. Let the festivities begin!
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This.
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This.
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Darkness In The Fields is always a fantastic dive into the secretive rituals of folk horror. For the upcoming Midwinter edition, I'll be asking a panel of brilliant Blood In The Bricks contributors about their thoughts on the genre and the inspiritation behind their contributions to the anthology.
Looking forward to my final folk horror event of the year with DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER 2, and a great line-up of talent joining us for the weekend on 6th and 7th December! www.eventbrite.com/e/darkness-i... #folkhorror #folklore #writing #writers #fiction
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Darkness In The Fields is always a fantastic dive into the secretive rituals of folk horror. For the upcoming Midwinter edition, I'll be asking a panel of brilliant Blood In The Bricks contributors about their thoughts on the genre and the inspiritation behind their contributions to the anthology.
As the year turns, here are three things to watch to get you in a wintry mood.
1) The original Rare Exports. The film was okay, but this is excellent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V65z...
1/3
1) The original Rare Exports. The film was okay, but this is excellent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V65z...
1/3
Rare Exports Inc - Part 1
YouTube video by Setitch
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
As the year turns, here are three things to watch to get you in a wintry mood.
1) The original Rare Exports. The film was okay, but this is excellent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V65z...
1/3
1) The original Rare Exports. The film was okay, but this is excellent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V65z...
1/3
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I'm taking a brief break from asking what other writers were thinking, to instead wonder what I was thinking. Come along, it'll be an amazing day.
Darkness In The Fields is always a fantastic dive into the secretive rituals of folk horror. For the upcoming Midwinter edition, I'll be asking a panel of brilliant Blood In The Bricks contributors about their thoughts on the genre and the inspiritation behind their contributions to the anthology.
Looking forward to my final folk horror event of the year with DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER 2, and a great line-up of talent joining us for the weekend on 6th and 7th December! www.eventbrite.com/e/darkness-i... #folkhorror #folklore #writing #writers #fiction
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I'm taking a brief break from asking what other writers were thinking, to instead wonder what I was thinking. Come along, it'll be an amazing day.
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Imagine my disappointment in this place
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Imagine my disappointment in this place
Disappointed by the complete lack of instructions in this book on how to knit a penguin
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Disappointed by the complete lack of instructions in this book on how to knit a penguin
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Good morning, my weirdos 💚✨️
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Good morning, my weirdos 💚✨️
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Hey, hey!
This Saturday 29th November from 4pm I'll be La belle adventure Bookshop, chatting all about my new Graphic Novel ALTIPLANO followed by Q&A and signing! If you're around Edinburgh it'd be great to see you there!
Get your free tickets here! 🤖🤖🐆
my.weezevent.com/event-la-bel...
This Saturday 29th November from 4pm I'll be La belle adventure Bookshop, chatting all about my new Graphic Novel ALTIPLANO followed by Q&A and signing! If you're around Edinburgh it'd be great to see you there!
Get your free tickets here! 🤖🤖🐆
my.weezevent.com/event-la-bel...
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Hey, hey!
This Saturday 29th November from 4pm I'll be La belle adventure Bookshop, chatting all about my new Graphic Novel ALTIPLANO followed by Q&A and signing! If you're around Edinburgh it'd be great to see you there!
Get your free tickets here! 🤖🤖🐆
my.weezevent.com/event-la-bel...
This Saturday 29th November from 4pm I'll be La belle adventure Bookshop, chatting all about my new Graphic Novel ALTIPLANO followed by Q&A and signing! If you're around Edinburgh it'd be great to see you there!
Get your free tickets here! 🤖🤖🐆
my.weezevent.com/event-la-bel...
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Deadlands fiction subs open in December.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Deadlands fiction subs open in December.