Neil Williamson
@neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Words and music. Glasgow, Scotland
he/him https://linktr.ee/neilwilliamson
📚 Latest thing: Blood In The Bricks
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📚 Latest thing: Blood In The Bricks
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📚 Next thing:
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It's officially launch day for Blood In The Bricks! It's folk horror, but right here in our towns and cities, written by some of my absolute favourite contemporary writers. Get it now (or They'll pay you a visit).
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
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I acquired this novel a while ago, and it's a stunning read - it's so clever, and intimate, and downright scary. It was brilliant when I first read it, but with the edits Rhiannon worked through it, it's just amazing. And Katie Klim produced the most perfect cover ❤️
Sorry for the delay.
We had to wait on timezones.
Because HOME SICK just had its cover reveal in People Magazine.
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We had to wait on timezones.
Because HOME SICK just had its cover reveal in People Magazine.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
Rhiannon Grist’s ‘Cottagegore’ Horror 'Home Sick' Will Make Your Skin Crawl — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
Rhiannon Grist is debuting a new psychological horror novel. PEOPLE has an exclusive preview of 'Home Sick', a new book that puts a dark spin on the haunted house story.
people.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I acquired this novel a while ago, and it's a stunning read - it's so clever, and intimate, and downright scary. It was brilliant when I first read it, but with the edits Rhiannon worked through it, it's just amazing. And Katie Klim produced the most perfect cover ❤️
Fricking delight to enjoy BC Camplight at the Classic Grand tonight. Lots of tracks off the new album, A Sober Conversation, but they found room for some deep cuts too.
A bug hug of a show on a cold Glasgow night.
A bug hug of a show on a cold Glasgow night.
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Fricking delight to enjoy BC Camplight at the Classic Grand tonight. Lots of tracks off the new album, A Sober Conversation, but they found room for some deep cuts too.
A bug hug of a show on a cold Glasgow night.
A bug hug of a show on a cold Glasgow night.
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THE SALT ORACLE has been out in the world for one whole week! So here's some nice things some even nicer people said about it!
And thank you to everyone who entered the preorder giveaway - I'm contacting winners today & am very grateful to you all x
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
And thank you to everyone who entered the preorder giveaway - I'm contacting winners today & am very grateful to you all x
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
THE SALT ORACLE has been out in the world for one whole week! So here's some nice things some even nicer people said about it!
And thank you to everyone who entered the preorder giveaway - I'm contacting winners today & am very grateful to you all x
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
And thank you to everyone who entered the preorder giveaway - I'm contacting winners today & am very grateful to you all x
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
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Scottish SF and Fantasy microcon Pictcon has just announced their 2026 Guest of Honour -- it's our own Neil Williamson!
@pictcon.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Pictcon 2 takes place on Sat 17th October 2026 in Perth. Get your tickets (£30/£20/under 18s, childcare, dogcare options) below:
@pictcon.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Pictcon 2 takes place on Sat 17th October 2026 in Perth. Get your tickets (£30/£20/under 18s, childcare, dogcare options) below:
PictCon2
A Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention for everyone who reads, writes and watches.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Scottish SF and Fantasy microcon Pictcon has just announced their 2026 Guest of Honour -- it's our own Neil Williamson!
@pictcon.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Pictcon 2 takes place on Sat 17th October 2026 in Perth. Get your tickets (£30/£20/under 18s, childcare, dogcare options) below:
@pictcon.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Pictcon 2 takes place on Sat 17th October 2026 in Perth. Get your tickets (£30/£20/under 18s, childcare, dogcare options) below:
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A beautifully produced book, featuring magnificent Artwork The Mad Butterfly's Ball edited by Preston Grassman & Chris Kelso is a horror anthology based around creepy-crawlies from PS Publishing #BFSREview britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-m...
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A beautifully produced book, featuring magnificent Artwork The Mad Butterfly's Ball edited by Preston Grassman & Chris Kelso is a horror anthology based around creepy-crawlies from PS Publishing #BFSREview britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-m...
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Our 2025 award eligibility post! If you've liked anything we've done this year, please consider it in your recommendations.
Thank you for your generous consideration.
Thank you for your generous consideration.
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Our 2025 award eligibility post! If you've liked anything we've done this year, please consider it in your recommendations.
Thank you for your generous consideration.
Thank you for your generous consideration.
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Has our Ivor K. Hill got a tale for you! Hiding Under the Leaves (Slab Press) features 'The Crow Who Burned', folk horror about the "terrifying certainty of the mob".
Get yours below:
theslab.press/store/
www.amazon.co.uk/Hiding-Under...
@ivorkhillauthor.bsky.social @theslabpress.bsky.social
Get yours below:
theslab.press/store/
www.amazon.co.uk/Hiding-Under...
@ivorkhillauthor.bsky.social @theslabpress.bsky.social
Store
Our books are available from all good bookshops, but you can also buy from The Slab Press here via our Publisher (UK&US), or direct from us where we have stock (UK only) Vivid Worlds UK £12.99 …
theslab.press
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Has our Ivor K. Hill got a tale for you! Hiding Under the Leaves (Slab Press) features 'The Crow Who Burned', folk horror about the "terrifying certainty of the mob".
Get yours below:
theslab.press/store/
www.amazon.co.uk/Hiding-Under...
@ivorkhillauthor.bsky.social @theslabpress.bsky.social
Get yours below:
theslab.press/store/
www.amazon.co.uk/Hiding-Under...
@ivorkhillauthor.bsky.social @theslabpress.bsky.social
Yes! Steve's performance of this story was absolutely terrifying.
I got to listen to Steve read this story at World FantasyCon and it's one of those ones that keeps floating around your head for a while. Fwaaaaah.
Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
"Jamie found the book in our second year at art school. I remember this because he never made it to the third."
The Charcoal Sovereign published at @bourbonpenn.bsky.social www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/35/the...
"Jamie found the book in our second year at art school. I remember this because he never made it to the third."
The Charcoal Sovereign published at @bourbonpenn.bsky.social www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/35/the...
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Yes! Steve's performance of this story was absolutely terrifying.
Introducing: Pictcon. A celebration of the Scottish genre community.
Pictcon
Off the back of the glorious mayhem that was the World Fantasy Convention down there in windy Brighton, I spent this weekend at an event that was both much cosier and closer to home, spiritually as well as geographically. Pictcon is a brand new convention, celebrating the multi-faceted Scottish genre community. Not just the writers (of which there were many in attendance), but also the artists, the publishers, the book sellers, the academics, the commentators, the crafters and the fans. It was an excellent, chilled affair with many interesting workshops and discussions (the highlight for me being Dr Meg MacDonald's interview with Francesca Barbini of Luna Press Publishing about her incredible career).
neilwilliamson.blog
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Introducing: Pictcon. A celebration of the Scottish genre community.
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Project Hanuman is here. I hope you'll take a look as I think it's a pretty good space opera - no hero's journey here - this is about community, how we build back better and, of course, mind bending space battles in sentient ships.
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
Discover Project Hanuman: A Unique Sci-Fi Adventure
Discover 'Project Hanuman', a thrilling adventure of galactic civilizations, survival, and community. Get your copy now!
stewarthotston.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Project Hanuman is here. I hope you'll take a look as I think it's a pretty good space opera - no hero's journey here - this is about community, how we build back better and, of course, mind bending space battles in sentient ships.
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
Pictcon is a brand new convention, celebrating the rich and multi-faceted Scottish genre community. This year's event was ace and I heartily recommend signing up for next year.
We've sold 26 tickets for PictCon2! I would love to sell 24 more before I pay the deposit next week.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Pictcon is a brand new convention, celebrating the rich and multi-faceted Scottish genre community. This year's event was ace and I heartily recommend signing up for next year.
"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Pictcon is officially up and running in the lovely city of Perth.
Brilliant to see Scottish SF and Fantasy being celebrated by our excellent community.
Brilliant to see Scottish SF and Fantasy being celebrated by our excellent community.
November 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Pictcon is officially up and running in the lovely city of Perth.
Brilliant to see Scottish SF and Fantasy being celebrated by our excellent community.
Brilliant to see Scottish SF and Fantasy being celebrated by our excellent community.
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'A Bram Stoker Award winning novel, The Fisherman is a masterpiece of cosmic horror that contains elements of Lovecraft, Moby Dick and the ghost stories of M.R. James.'
#JohnLangan's The Fisherman is No 16 in The Quietus 25 best pieces of #Horror Fiction of the 21st Century so far
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#JohnLangan's The Fisherman is No 16 in The Quietus 25 best pieces of #Horror Fiction of the 21st Century so far
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November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
'A Bram Stoker Award winning novel, The Fisherman is a masterpiece of cosmic horror that contains elements of Lovecraft, Moby Dick and the ghost stories of M.R. James.'
#JohnLangan's The Fisherman is No 16 in The Quietus 25 best pieces of #Horror Fiction of the 21st Century so far
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#JohnLangan's The Fisherman is No 16 in The Quietus 25 best pieces of #Horror Fiction of the 21st Century so far
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Hello Evening crowd this excellent novel which has digital ghosts, magic and a cat is out now in paperback All The Ghosts In The Forest by Lorraine Wilson www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2024/12...
We Are All Ghosts In The Forest by Lorraine Wilson — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Solaris for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Solaris Published - Out Now Price - £18.99 hardback £7.99 Kindle eBook ...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hello Evening crowd this excellent novel which has digital ghosts, magic and a cat is out now in paperback All The Ghosts In The Forest by Lorraine Wilson www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2024/12...
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Book launch! (Blood launch / brick launch)
A fistful of urban horrors!
My story's about the hope that art will save us, and says: what if it doesn't? What if you get stuck in a horrible mews, with a horrible muse?
Massive thanks to Neil for making it happen, and my co-contributors, who I fear.
A fistful of urban horrors!
My story's about the hope that art will save us, and says: what if it doesn't? What if you get stuck in a horrible mews, with a horrible muse?
Massive thanks to Neil for making it happen, and my co-contributors, who I fear.
It's officially launch day for Blood In The Bricks! It's folk horror, but right here in our towns and cities, written by some of my absolute favourite contemporary writers. Get it now (or They'll pay you a visit).
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Book launch! (Blood launch / brick launch)
A fistful of urban horrors!
My story's about the hope that art will save us, and says: what if it doesn't? What if you get stuck in a horrible mews, with a horrible muse?
Massive thanks to Neil for making it happen, and my co-contributors, who I fear.
A fistful of urban horrors!
My story's about the hope that art will save us, and says: what if it doesn't? What if you get stuck in a horrible mews, with a horrible muse?
Massive thanks to Neil for making it happen, and my co-contributors, who I fear.
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A fantastic episode. Francesca and @lunapress.bsky.social are an amazing part of the Scottish book scene and this interview shows why.
The brilliant Francesca Barbini of @lunapress.bsky.social joins us this week to talk about founding the award-winning small press, how she holds her own against the larger publishers, and how a smaller press can help authors.
Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/1umATPV1Cj8
Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/1umATPV1Cj8
Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A fantastic episode. Francesca and @lunapress.bsky.social are an amazing part of the Scottish book scene and this interview shows why.
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Out soon, containing not one but two stories from our book #BeyondandWithinFolkHorror from @flametreepress ‘Blessed Mary’ by Stephen Volk and ‘Summer Bonus’ by Lee Murray.
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Out soon, containing not one but two stories from our book #BeyondandWithinFolkHorror from @flametreepress ‘Blessed Mary’ by Stephen Volk and ‘Summer Bonus’ by Lee Murray.
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IT’S HERE! Our first volume of strange and supernatural stories for the darker half of the year. Nine new tales by masters of the genre: Ramsey Campbell, Helen Grant, Reggie Oliver, Ally Wilkes, Steve Toase, Verity Holloway and more.
👉🏼 Get your copy on www.helleborezine.com
👉🏼 Get your copy on www.helleborezine.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
IT’S HERE! Our first volume of strange and supernatural stories for the darker half of the year. Nine new tales by masters of the genre: Ramsey Campbell, Helen Grant, Reggie Oliver, Ally Wilkes, Steve Toase, Verity Holloway and more.
👉🏼 Get your copy on www.helleborezine.com
👉🏼 Get your copy on www.helleborezine.com
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You really want to get in on this. Delightful world building and thrilling stories.
✨It's Double Publication Day!✨
If you like science fantasy, folklore with a twist, digital ghosts, nature having opinions, and ghost cats/orcas living their best lives please do give these books a go?
geni.us/weallghostsPB
geni.us/saltorac
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
If you like science fantasy, folklore with a twist, digital ghosts, nature having opinions, and ghost cats/orcas living their best lives please do give these books a go?
geni.us/weallghostsPB
geni.us/saltorac
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
You really want to get in on this. Delightful world building and thrilling stories.
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Go read it, it's a quality book!
If you've been waiting for the right time to jump into The Eidyn Saga, now's your moment! The Lost War is just 99p all through November on Amazon. It's a #Scottish #EpicFantasy #mystery #conspiracy #thriller found family road trip with a #DnD vibe and a twist. Go, go, go! #FantasyBooks
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Go read it, it's a quality book!
If you're in Central Scotland and fancy a day of scifi and fantasy chat, come and join us at Picton on Saturday!
It's Pictcon this weekend, a one day science fiction convention in Perth, Scotland. Guest of Honour is @lunapress.bsky.social's Francesca Barbini. The chair is @effjayem.bsky.social . We're really looking forward to it.
See you there?
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See you there?
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PictCon1
A one day, science fiction convention in Perth, Scotland. A chance to talk about books, games, films etc. Emphasis on Scottish writers
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
If you're in Central Scotland and fancy a day of scifi and fantasy chat, come and join us at Picton on Saturday!
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Happy Book Birthday to Blood In The Bricks (NewCon Press), the new anthology edited by our own Neil Williamson!
Read on for how you can nab the special edition! (1/3)
@donredwood.bsky.social @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @dancoxon.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social
Read on for how you can nab the special edition! (1/3)
@donredwood.bsky.social @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @dancoxon.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social
Blood in the Bricks
Blood in the Bricks eBook : williamson, Neil, Slatter, Angela, Bennett, James, Whates, Ian, Major, Tim, Fahey, Tracy, Cluley, Ray, Coxon, Dan, Lakin, Kim, Jones, Penny: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Happy Book Birthday to Blood In The Bricks (NewCon Press), the new anthology edited by our own Neil Williamson!
Read on for how you can nab the special edition! (1/3)
@donredwood.bsky.social @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @dancoxon.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social
Read on for how you can nab the special edition! (1/3)
@donredwood.bsky.social @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @dancoxon.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social
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Happy Publication Day to Blood in the Bricks, an urban folk horror anthology edited by @neilwilliamson.bsky.social with New Con Press!! Delighted to have my story When the Blood Runs Dry included, in which a true crime podcaster meets a folkloric monster...🩸🏴 www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Happy Publication Day to Blood in the Bricks, an urban folk horror anthology edited by @neilwilliamson.bsky.social with New Con Press!! Delighted to have my story When the Blood Runs Dry included, in which a true crime podcaster meets a folkloric monster...🩸🏴 www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
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Containing my story Gerädert Fühlen, which features old motorbike factories, tattoos, and horror lurking in the backstreets of a German city.
It's officially launch day for Blood In The Bricks! It's folk horror, but right here in our towns and cities, written by some of my absolute favourite contemporary writers. Get it now (or They'll pay you a visit).
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Containing my story Gerädert Fühlen, which features old motorbike factories, tattoos, and horror lurking in the backstreets of a German city.