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Brain Jar Press
@brainjarpress.bsky.social
Australian publishers of fantasy, horror, science fiction, crime and geeky non-fiction, specialising in chapbooks, novellas, and short novels.
We're now taking pre-orders on a collection of Sourdough themed coffee mugs, featuring characters created by @angelaslatter.bsky.social with illustrations from @tanaudel.bsky.social.

Details: www.brainjarpress.com/product/ag-s...
June 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Happy Book Birthday to Lisa L. Hannett's The Fortunate Isles, coming out in ebook and paperback today!

Available everywhere good books are sold, but we always have a special love for folks who buy from Brain Jar Press directly :)

Details: www.brainjarpress.com/product/the-...
May 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We just got our print run of Lisa L. Hannett's The Fortunate Isles ten days ahead of schedule, so guess whose weekend just got devoted to shipping out pre-orders?

The rest of the world waits until May 27, but we'll be shipping books from Monday.

You in? www.brainjarpress.com/product/the-...
May 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Happy Book Birthday to @fearofemeralds.bsky.social's NEVER AFTERS omnibus, which is out in ebook and trade paperback today.

Brain Jar Press Store: www.brainjarpress.com/product/neve...

Other Retailers: books2read.com/NeverAftersO...
May 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We're extraordinarily pleased to open pre-orders on paperback and ebook editions of Lisa L. Hannett's The Fortunate Isles, out from Brain Jar Press on May 27.

Read a Sample: read.bookfunnel.com/read/em32gw5...
Pre-Order the Book: www.brainjarpress.com/product/the-...
May 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think the Never Afters Omnibus is the first time I've ever been worried about a stack of our books falling on us and doing some damage.

When you pack a book to the gills with seven novelettes, it turns out the final volume is *dense*.
May 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The official release is May 6, but print copies of Never Afters are now shipping from the Brain Jar Press store if you enjoy getting your books earlier than everyone else!

Get your copy here: www.brainjarpress.com/product/neve...
April 29, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Ordered print copies of The Night Stair, figuring they'd last us a year.

Gone in three days.

Ordered a second round of print copies, figuring demand would slow.

Two copies left after packaging pre-orders to date.

Contacting the printer for a third round of books in 5... 4... 3... 2...
February 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
With a whole bunch of folks discovering @AngelaSlatter for the first time (or realising just how much she's written), we've pulled together a low-cost bundle of all her short story collections and chapbooks folks can pick up for a discounted price.

Details: www.brainjarpress.com/angela-slatt...
February 17, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The Night Stair Chapbooks, fresh from the printer.

Not out until March 25, and we’ve already had to go back and order more!
February 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
If you downloaded your free copy of The Night Stair yesterday and still crave an @angelaslatter.bsky.social fix, here's a reminder you can also get a copy of the No Good Deed chapbook by signing up to our newsletter.

Details: offers.brainjarpress.com/nogooddeed
February 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
We're extraordinarily pleased to open pre-orders on Angela Slatter aka AG Slatter's chapbook, The Night Stair, featuring a tale of vampires, vengenace, and treachery set in Angela's Sourdough universe.

Get the free ebook today at offers.brainjarpress.com/thenightstair
January 31, 2025 at 8:14 AM
We've published a few short story projects from @angelaslatter.bsky.social over the last few years.

If you missed all of them, we're now offering all four books at a discounted price in the Angela Slatter Short Fiction Bundle: www.brainjarpress.com/product/ange...
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 PM

What's your favourite line in Kathleen Jennings' Travelogues?

Personally, I find it really hard to go past the memories of home that lead us to "Fall is made-up, like yellow schoolbuses, sororities and American high schools."

Still got to get your copy? We've got you: tinyurl.com/yc62awf8tion/
November 17, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Open the door to some spooky holiday reads this Christmas season. Whether you're a horror reader or a horror writer, Brain Jar Press has some outstanding books from some of Australia's best horror authors.

Details: www.brainjarpress.com/shop/
November 15, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Thinking about your writing goals for next year? Lee Murray's GOAL SETTING (LITERALLY) is packed full of practical advice for scoping out your creative career, setting targets, and charting your development as a writer.

Go here to pick up a copy on sale ---> www.brainjarpress.com/product/goal...
November 15, 2024 at 7:00 AM
We're meant to stop promoting the collections of spooky, gothic speculative fiction just because it's not Halloween anymore?

Yeah, that's not happening. Here's a snipped from @angelaslatter.bsky.social's wonderfully creepy 'Only The Dead and Moonstruck'

Link: www.brainjarpress.com/product/wint...
November 14, 2024 at 8:06 PM
It's a stinking hot day here in Brisbane, so we're dipping into the winter landscapes of Kathleen Jenning's Travelogues poems to cool off.

If you need to find a little moment of chill amid the coming Australian summer, get your copy here: www.brainjarpress.com/product/trav...
November 14, 2024 at 4:58 AM
Jason Nahrung on the inspiration behind his new vampire novella, Cruel Nights, and why this new take on 90s vampire grunge links back to an album by Heart: jasonnahrung.com/2024/04/10/g...
May 9, 2024 at 10:24 PM