Nicholas Royle
@nicholasroyle.bsky.social
Writer. Latest: Shadow Lines (Salt). Also runs @nightjarpress.bsky.social nightjarpress.weebly.com
I wonder if Avanti West Coast’s delay repay portal crashes on a day like today under sheer weight of traffic, or if they take it down in the hope that a good percentage of today’s frustrated passengers will forget to claim tomorrow.
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I wonder if Avanti West Coast’s delay repay portal crashes on a day like today under sheer weight of traffic, or if they take it down in the hope that a good percentage of today’s frustrated passengers will forget to claim tomorrow.
Tears flowing in Storm Claudia-tossed Manchester, not for @iancritchley.bsky.social’s choosing Colette de Curzon’s @nightjarpress.bsky.social story in his Personal Anthology hosted by @jonathangibbs.bsky.social, nor for his kind words about me & The Cast, but for *his* story about his twin brother.
November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Tears flowing in Storm Claudia-tossed Manchester, not for @iancritchley.bsky.social’s choosing Colette de Curzon’s @nightjarpress.bsky.social story in his Personal Anthology hosted by @jonathangibbs.bsky.social, nor for his kind words about me & The Cast, but for *his* story about his twin brother.
I’m doing ‘cosy Friday’ at @notquitelight.bsky.social Creative Weekend, 21 Nov. Tkts still available notquitelight.com/nql-creative...
NQL CREATIVE WEEKEND NOVEMBER 2025 - notquitelight.com
WELCOME TO THE 2ND NQL CREATIVE WEEKEND EVENT! FRI 21st – SUN 23rd NOVEMBER 2025 NQL HQ ISLINGTON MILL JAMES STREET, SALFORD M3 5HW FRIDAY 21st STORIES & MUSIC AN EVENING OF FINE FOOD, GOOD CONVERSAT...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I’m doing ‘cosy Friday’ at @notquitelight.bsky.social Creative Weekend, 21 Nov. Tkts still available notquitelight.com/nql-creative...
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New Episode!
Listen to @nicholasroyle.bsky.social talk about his latest short story collection “Paris Fantastique” (@confingopublishing.bsky.social), his passion for second-hand books and much more!
Listen here: www.spreaker.com/episode/like...
Listen to @nicholasroyle.bsky.social talk about his latest short story collection “Paris Fantastique” (@confingopublishing.bsky.social), his passion for second-hand books and much more!
Listen here: www.spreaker.com/episode/like...
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
New Episode!
Listen to @nicholasroyle.bsky.social talk about his latest short story collection “Paris Fantastique” (@confingopublishing.bsky.social), his passion for second-hand books and much more!
Listen here: www.spreaker.com/episode/like...
Listen to @nicholasroyle.bsky.social talk about his latest short story collection “Paris Fantastique” (@confingopublishing.bsky.social), his passion for second-hand books and much more!
Listen here: www.spreaker.com/episode/like...
I chatted to @smallgoodpodcast.bsky.social about short stories www.spreaker.com/episode/like...
Like Old Photographs in Second-hand Books (With Nicholas Royle) - A Small, Good Thing
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November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I chatted to @smallgoodpodcast.bsky.social about short stories www.spreaker.com/episode/like...
Sighting at Islington cafe of @serpents-tail.bsky.social edition of The Course of the Heart @mjohnharrison.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Sighting at Islington cafe of @serpents-tail.bsky.social edition of The Course of the Heart @mjohnharrison.bsky.social
It was twenty years ago today. I can’t remember how it happened.
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It was twenty years ago today. I can’t remember how it happened.
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Edited by novelist and short story writer @nicholasroyle.bsky.social, Manchester-based @nightjarpress.bsky.social publishes limited edition single short-story chapbooks by individual authors. Browse and buy their titles at #smallpublishersfair25, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct
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October 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Edited by novelist and short story writer @nicholasroyle.bsky.social, Manchester-based @nightjarpress.bsky.social publishes limited edition single short-story chapbooks by individual authors. Browse and buy their titles at #smallpublishersfair25, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct
smallpublishersfair.co.uk
smallpublishersfair.co.uk
Lovely review of Best British Short Stories 2025 up at @manchesterreview.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=13063
Best British Short Stories 2025, edited by Nicholas Royle, reviewed by Paul Anthony Knowles and Sam Cassells - The Manchester Review
A timely reminder of the ability of the contemporary short form to move, shock and surprise its reader in a myriad of ways. Best British Short Stories 2025 | edited by Nicholas Royle | Salt Publishing...
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October 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lovely review of Best British Short Stories 2025 up at @manchesterreview.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=13063
Remarkable essay in the form of marker posts, a haunting record of a walk through landscape, encountering nature, human activity & industrial archeology & recording evidence of personal endurance & the menace of nationalism & reflecting grief for a lost friend.
A walk from Leeds to Goole, via the River Aire, the Aire and Calder Navigation, the Knottingley and Goole Canal, the New Junction Canal and the Dutch River, 6.45am to 9.52pm Friday 26 September.
An improvised, illustrated thread of indeterminate length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/
An improvised, illustrated thread of indeterminate length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/
October 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Remarkable essay in the form of marker posts, a haunting record of a walk through landscape, encountering nature, human activity & industrial archeology & recording evidence of personal endurance & the menace of nationalism & reflecting grief for a lost friend.
Whenever I come across child-killers’ literature in book exchanges, I take it away – and recycle it.
October 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Whenever I come across child-killers’ literature in book exchanges, I take it away – and recycle it.
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Very happy see my story ‘Helium’ in here alongside so many great stories and writers. Many thanks to @nicholasroyle.bsky.social and @saltpublishing.com and @fictivedream.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Very happy see my story ‘Helium’ in here alongside so many great stories and writers. Many thanks to @nicholasroyle.bsky.social and @saltpublishing.com and @fictivedream.bsky.social
On a TGV, running a slight delay, which could affect my connection. SNCF have emailed me, saying they’ve booked me on the next one should that be the case. Just sitting here, watching the French countryside fly past, trying to imagine that happening in the UK.
September 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
On a TGV, running a slight delay, which could affect my connection. SNCF have emailed me, saying they’ve booked me on the next one should that be the case. Just sitting here, watching the French countryside fly past, trying to imagine that happening in the UK.
About time too @mjohnharrison.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
About time too @mjohnharrison.bsky.social
Every morning, the dustbins would form a semi-circle under her apartment just off the Champs-Elysées & serenade her.
Did this image make it into Paris Fantastique? Oui ou non?
Pre-order from @confingopublishing.bsky.social for free b&w photo postcards.
Did this image make it into Paris Fantastique? Oui ou non?
Pre-order from @confingopublishing.bsky.social for free b&w photo postcards.
September 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Every morning, the dustbins would form a semi-circle under her apartment just off the Champs-Elysées & serenade her.
Did this image make it into Paris Fantastique? Oui ou non?
Pre-order from @confingopublishing.bsky.social for free b&w photo postcards.
Did this image make it into Paris Fantastique? Oui ou non?
Pre-order from @confingopublishing.bsky.social for free b&w photo postcards.
Weary traveller entering suspiciously smart-looking charity shop in Chelsea: Hi. Do you not sell books?
Volunteer (half amused, half confused): Books? Not at the moment.
Volunteer (half amused, half confused): Books? Not at the moment.
September 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Weary traveller entering suspiciously smart-looking charity shop in Chelsea: Hi. Do you not sell books?
Volunteer (half amused, half confused): Books? Not at the moment.
Volunteer (half amused, half confused): Books? Not at the moment.
Did anyone else not receive the emergency alert who wanted to receive it?
September 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Did anyone else not receive the emergency alert who wanted to receive it?
Thank you to @dustynewrose.bsky.social for new Paris Fantastique-themed profile pic.
September 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Thank you to @dustynewrose.bsky.social for new Paris Fantastique-themed profile pic.
What a difference a single word can make.
August 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
What a difference a single word can make.
Paris Fantastique, follow-up to London Gothic & Manchester Uncanny, announced for 6 Nov, now available to pre-order from @confingopublishing.bsky.social at special price of £9.50 + p&p & with three free b&w postcard photos taken by the author www.confingopublishing.uk/shop
August 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Paris Fantastique, follow-up to London Gothic & Manchester Uncanny, announced for 6 Nov, now available to pre-order from @confingopublishing.bsky.social at special price of £9.50 + p&p & with three free b&w postcard photos taken by the author www.confingopublishing.uk/shop
I spoke to Liam Nolan for @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social about @nightjarpress.bsky.social & he wrote it up here deadinkbookshop.com/blogs/requir...
Nightjar Press: An Interview with Nicholas Royle
We’ve just started stocking short story chapbooks from Nightjar Press. If you, like us, are fans of the gothic, the weird, the surreal, and the supernatural, we recommend you check them out here in th...
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August 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I spoke to Liam Nolan for @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social about @nightjarpress.bsky.social & he wrote it up here deadinkbookshop.com/blogs/requir...
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Read one of the new run of Nightjars last night. David Gaffney is one of my favourite short story writers. ‘Flight Paths’ feels like a puzzle. I don’t know if I want it to click completely. I particularly loved the dialogue. Big up Stockport too. @ggaffa.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Read one of the new run of Nightjars last night. David Gaffney is one of my favourite short story writers. ‘Flight Paths’ feels like a puzzle. I don’t know if I want it to click completely. I particularly loved the dialogue. Big up Stockport too. @ggaffa.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social
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Huge thanks to Rob Redman for originally publishing 'Ghost Walks' in @thefictiondesk.com and to @nicholasroyle.bsky.social for selecting the story for the forthcoming Best British Short Stories anthology.
July 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Huge thanks to Rob Redman for originally publishing 'Ghost Walks' in @thefictiondesk.com and to @nicholasroyle.bsky.social for selecting the story for the forthcoming Best British Short Stories anthology.
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Amazingly, one of my short stories made it into this anthology — thanks to @saltpublishing.com and the editor @nicholasroyle.bsky.social for picking it up. You can preorder at discount of 25% to the end of July
Pre-order our flagship anthology, ‘BEST BRITISH SHORT STORIES 2025’, with a massive 25% discount from Waterstones today – head to bit.ly/4l4lZT4
You will need to enter “SUMMER25” at the checkout to redeem the offer to receive 25% off RRP
Offer ends 31 July.
#WPreorder #BookSky
You will need to enter “SUMMER25” at the checkout to redeem the offer to receive 25% off RRP
Offer ends 31 July.
#WPreorder #BookSky
July 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Amazingly, one of my short stories made it into this anthology — thanks to @saltpublishing.com and the editor @nicholasroyle.bsky.social for picking it up. You can preorder at discount of 25% to the end of July
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Tonight! Help us celebrate the launch of Sightings by David Bevan, with images by Maya Sharp, at the Saul Hay gallery. David will be discussing the book with
@nicholasroyle.bsky.social. Starts 7.30 p.m. Free entry/glass of wine.
@nicholasroyle.bsky.social. Starts 7.30 p.m. Free entry/glass of wine.
July 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Tonight! Help us celebrate the launch of Sightings by David Bevan, with images by Maya Sharp, at the Saul Hay gallery. David will be discussing the book with
@nicholasroyle.bsky.social. Starts 7.30 p.m. Free entry/glass of wine.
@nicholasroyle.bsky.social. Starts 7.30 p.m. Free entry/glass of wine.