Lucie McKnight Hardy
@lmcknighthardy.bsky.social
Author of NIGHT BABIES (2026) @johnmurrays.bsky.social
and DEAD RELATIVES (2021) & WATER SHALL REFUSE THEM (2019) @deadinkbooks.bsky.social
She/her
lmcknighthardy.com
Agent: @donaldwin.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social
and DEAD RELATIVES (2021) & WATER SHALL REFUSE THEM (2019) @deadinkbooks.bsky.social
She/her
lmcknighthardy.com
Agent: @donaldwin.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social
Should you be that way inclined, you can pre-order Night Babies from today until Friday 17th October from Waterstones and get 25% off
Just use code OCTOBER 25
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Just use code OCTOBER 25
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October 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Should you be that way inclined, you can pre-order Night Babies from today until Friday 17th October from Waterstones and get 25% off
Just use code OCTOBER 25
www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...
Just use code OCTOBER 25
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A Personal Anthology, by Niall Griffiths
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A Personal Anthology, by Niall Griffiths
By way of an introduction, what introduction can there be, that you, dear reader, since you’re visiting here, will not have heard before?
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October 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A Personal Anthology, by Niall Griffiths
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Page proofs are in 👀
October 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Page proofs are in 👀
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It's October! Hurrah!
I've specially curated 5 of our spookier titles, and discounted the eBooks to just $2. Grab a couple, or all 5 for $10. It's your choice.
@seanbirnie.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social
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I've specially curated 5 of our spookier titles, and discounted the eBooks to just $2. Grab a couple, or all 5 for $10. It's your choice.
@seanbirnie.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
October 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It's October! Hurrah!
I've specially curated 5 of our spookier titles, and discounted the eBooks to just $2. Grab a couple, or all 5 for $10. It's your choice.
@seanbirnie.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
I've specially curated 5 of our spookier titles, and discounted the eBooks to just $2. Grab a couple, or all 5 for $10. It's your choice.
@seanbirnie.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
We’re in the pub and there’s a middle-aged couple sitting in the corner, not talking, just sipping their drinks and reading their books, and this is what we’re aspiring to now.
September 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We’re in the pub and there’s a middle-aged couple sitting in the corner, not talking, just sipping their drinks and reading their books, and this is what we’re aspiring to now.
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THREAD. A collection of photos I have taken of scarecrows I have stumbled across during walks in the British countryside over the last fifteen years.
September 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
THREAD. A collection of photos I have taken of scarecrows I have stumbled across during walks in the British countryside over the last fifteen years.
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The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout the remainder of 2025. For June, we are delighted to publish a new work by Aideen Henry.
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/06/13/s...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/06/13/s...
Short Story of the Month: ‘Fallen Rocks’ by Aideen Henry
The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout the remainder of 2025. For June, we are delighted to publish a new work by Aideen Henry.
thelonelycrowd.org
June 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout the remainder of 2025. For June, we are delighted to publish a new work by Aideen Henry.
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/06/13/s...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/06/13/s...
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Nicholas Royle’s stories are “immaculately sinister”, according to the TLS.
In these stories he writes about doppelgängers, ghosts, dummies, disconnected body parts, impaired vision, the dead and the prospect of death, not without a macabre sense of humour.
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In these stories he writes about doppelgängers, ghosts, dummies, disconnected body parts, impaired vision, the dead and the prospect of death, not without a macabre sense of humour.
swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/th...
April 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Nicholas Royle’s stories are “immaculately sinister”, according to the TLS.
In these stories he writes about doppelgängers, ghosts, dummies, disconnected body parts, impaired vision, the dead and the prospect of death, not without a macabre sense of humour.
swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/th...
In these stories he writes about doppelgängers, ghosts, dummies, disconnected body parts, impaired vision, the dead and the prospect of death, not without a macabre sense of humour.
swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/th...
Tickets are now on sale for this fantastic book festival in the Lake District (links in comments). I’ll be on a couple of panels, doing a reading and signing, but most excitingly, I get to interview my top-favourite (living) author, Andrew Michael Hurley! 🖤
April 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Tickets are now on sale for this fantastic book festival in the Lake District (links in comments). I’ll be on a couple of panels, doing a reading and signing, but most excitingly, I get to interview my top-favourite (living) author, Andrew Michael Hurley! 🖤
New story just dropped 👇
‘It must be something about going home. To Alison her hometown—for this is how she must still regard it—is a place of Marlboro Lights and Southern Comfort-and-lemonade…’
Read ‘Wild Horses’ by @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social, from Issue 14.
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/03/28/w...
Read ‘Wild Horses’ by @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social, from Issue 14.
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/03/28/w...
‘Wild Horses’ by Lucie McKnight Hardy
Lucie McKnight Hardy (she/her) is the author of the novel Water Shall Refuse Them (2019) and a collection of short stories, Dead Relatives (2021), of which the Guardian said, ‘This short story coll…
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March 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
New story just dropped 👇
Guess which child just landed in America
March 2, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Guess which child just landed in America
At Heathrow and I just went into the unisex toilet as Cillian Murphy came out and I think that means we’re married now, right?
March 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
At Heathrow and I just went into the unisex toilet as Cillian Murphy came out and I think that means we’re married now, right?
Oh, this is going to be SOOOO good 👇
February 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Oh, this is going to be SOOOO good 👇
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Just don't let them see your Dead Ink tattoo!
In all seriousness though, we helped facilitate this and are super happy for Lucie. Night Babies is incredible and you are all going to love it.
In all seriousness though, we helped facilitate this and are super happy for Lucie. Night Babies is incredible and you are all going to love it.
With apologies for dropping a massive photo of my face on your timelines, I have news! My new novel, Night Babies will be out with John Murray in spring next year (although there will always be a place in my horrid black heart for @deadinkbooks.bsky.social 🖤)
www.thebookseller.com/rights/lucie...
www.thebookseller.com/rights/lucie...
Lucie McKnight Hardy moves to John Murray with new folk horror novel
Welsh author Lucie McKnight Hardy is moving to John Murray with a new folk horror novel.
www.thebookseller.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Just don't let them see your Dead Ink tattoo!
In all seriousness though, we helped facilitate this and are super happy for Lucie. Night Babies is incredible and you are all going to love it.
In all seriousness though, we helped facilitate this and are super happy for Lucie. Night Babies is incredible and you are all going to love it.
With apologies for dropping a massive photo of my face on your timelines, I have news! My new novel, Night Babies will be out with John Murray in spring next year (although there will always be a place in my horrid black heart for @deadinkbooks.bsky.social 🖤)
www.thebookseller.com/rights/lucie...
www.thebookseller.com/rights/lucie...
Lucie McKnight Hardy moves to John Murray with new folk horror novel
Welsh author Lucie McKnight Hardy is moving to John Murray with a new folk horror novel.
www.thebookseller.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
With apologies for dropping a massive photo of my face on your timelines, I have news! My new novel, Night Babies will be out with John Murray in spring next year (although there will always be a place in my horrid black heart for @deadinkbooks.bsky.social 🖤)
www.thebookseller.com/rights/lucie...
www.thebookseller.com/rights/lucie...
New short story just dropped in one of my favourite literary journals, The Lonely Crowd 💙
Read ‘Wild Horses’ by @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social in Issue Fourteen.
February 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New short story just dropped in one of my favourite literary journals, The Lonely Crowd 💙
I’m thrilled to be a part of this magnificent line-up for new horror festival, Horror in the Howgills. Check out the link below for more info…
I am Master of Ceremonies at a new horror fest, HORROR IN THE HOGWILLS at Sedbergh, England's Booktown at Midsummer! Featuring Andrew Michael Hurley, Lucie McKnight Hardy, Priya SHarma, Robin Ince and many more! Tickets available from 8th February.
www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
HORROR IN THE HOWGILLS
Ten acclaimed authors, experts in the art of making flesh creep and spines tingle, are gathering in Sedbergh England's Booktown at Midsummer...
www.trybooking.com
February 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I’m thrilled to be a part of this magnificent line-up for new horror festival, Horror in the Howgills. Check out the link below for more info…
Reposted by Lucie McKnight Hardy
I am Master of Ceremonies at a new horror fest, HORROR IN THE HOGWILLS at Sedbergh, England's Booktown at Midsummer! Featuring Andrew Michael Hurley, Lucie McKnight Hardy, Priya SHarma, Robin Ince and many more! Tickets available from 8th February.
www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
HORROR IN THE HOWGILLS
Ten acclaimed authors, experts in the art of making flesh creep and spines tingle, are gathering in Sedbergh England's Booktown at Midsummer...
www.trybooking.com
February 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I am Master of Ceremonies at a new horror fest, HORROR IN THE HOGWILLS at Sedbergh, England's Booktown at Midsummer! Featuring Andrew Michael Hurley, Lucie McKnight Hardy, Priya SHarma, Robin Ince and many more! Tickets available from 8th February.
www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
What a generous and considerate review this is from @davemusson.bsky.social - thank you so much, I'm delighted that people are still enjoying this horrible little monster of mine.
It's time for another book recommendation over on my YouTube channel! This time, an incredible collection of short stories you might have missed...Dead Relatives by @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social 👇
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📚 Spoiler-free review: Lucie McHardy Knight - Dead Relatives (2021) - Dave's Book Club📚
YouTube video by Dave Reads King (Dave Musson)
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January 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
What a generous and considerate review this is from @davemusson.bsky.social - thank you so much, I'm delighted that people are still enjoying this horrible little monster of mine.
It’s happening.
January 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
It’s happening.
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Really tempted to do a deep annotated version of A MAN AT WAR. Be good to have two versions of it out there, one for the nerds who want to know *everything* and those who just want to read a rather good work of fiction.
Anyhoo, it's my best work of fiction and you can order it from the link below.
Anyhoo, it's my best work of fiction and you can order it from the link below.
January 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Really tempted to do a deep annotated version of A MAN AT WAR. Be good to have two versions of it out there, one for the nerds who want to know *everything* and those who just want to read a rather good work of fiction.
Anyhoo, it's my best work of fiction and you can order it from the link below.
Anyhoo, it's my best work of fiction and you can order it from the link below.
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I like this idea, and recommend this dark but delicious book.
Really tempted to do a deep annotated version of A MAN AT WAR. Be good to have two versions of it out there, one for the nerds who want to know *everything* and those who just want to read a rather good work of fiction.
Anyhoo, it's my best work of fiction and you can order it from the link below.
Anyhoo, it's my best work of fiction and you can order it from the link below.
January 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I like this idea, and recommend this dark but delicious book.
Scary stuff coming your way...
Maxine Peake is the resident archivist.
Return to 100 years of unseen horror.
The Eden Book Society is back this February.
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Return to 100 years of unseen horror.
The Eden Book Society is back this February.
vimeo.com/1047933778?s...
The Eden Book Society: Archivist Teaser
The Eden Book Society returns February 2025. With thanks to Maxine Peake.
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January 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Scary stuff coming your way...
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Those who read our books, in particular our hardbacks, will know that we like to hide different artwork underneath the jacket on the boards.
I was just having a look at some photos showing both jacket and board art. I'll post a few in the thread below.
CURFEW by Lucy M. Boston (2011)
I was just having a look at some photos showing both jacket and board art. I'll post a few in the thread below.
CURFEW by Lucy M. Boston (2011)
January 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Those who read our books, in particular our hardbacks, will know that we like to hide different artwork underneath the jacket on the boards.
I was just having a look at some photos showing both jacket and board art. I'll post a few in the thread below.
CURFEW by Lucy M. Boston (2011)
I was just having a look at some photos showing both jacket and board art. I'll post a few in the thread below.
CURFEW by Lucy M. Boston (2011)
Just caught sight of myself in the mirror: long skirt, boots, jumper, three cardigans, two scarves, fingerless gloves. Total Victorian bag lady chic.
January 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Just caught sight of myself in the mirror: long skirt, boots, jumper, three cardigans, two scarves, fingerless gloves. Total Victorian bag lady chic.