Nick Badot
@nickbadot.bsky.social
Irish-Belgian writer of things macabre and fantastical. Words in Factor Four, Solstitia, Andromeda Spaceways, Impossible Worlds, and more.
I'm querying a dark fantasy novel partly set in early 1900s Dublin
I'm querying a dark fantasy novel partly set in early 1900s Dublin
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Nick Badot
@nickbadot.bsky.social
· Jul 13
ANNIHILATION X FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM X MALAZAN
INFERNAMUS has
🐛Bizarro liminal spaces
😱Gothic horror
🧭Realm-hopping
👽CREATURES
👬Gay male protagonists
🦊Irish mythology (and others)
🪳Ancient mysteries and cults
🐱Cat-people
🧛♂️IRA fighting a vampire
🌃 Lost cities
🐪Magical desert warfare
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INFERNAMUS has
🐛Bizarro liminal spaces
😱Gothic horror
🧭Realm-hopping
👽CREATURES
👬Gay male protagonists
🦊Irish mythology (and others)
🪳Ancient mysteries and cults
🐱Cat-people
🧛♂️IRA fighting a vampire
🌃 Lost cities
🐪Magical desert warfare
Pitch thread:
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Twas brillig,
Until the sithey toves did
Artificially drive the price of gyre and gimballing up so that insurance companies could give apparent value for money on their policies across the wabe,
This meant the borrogroves couldn't afford mimsy, and had to work two jobs to pay Jub Jub Bird vet bills.
Until the sithey toves did
Artificially drive the price of gyre and gimballing up so that insurance companies could give apparent value for money on their policies across the wabe,
This meant the borrogroves couldn't afford mimsy, and had to work two jobs to pay Jub Jub Bird vet bills.
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Twas brillig,
Until the sithey toves did
Artificially drive the price of gyre and gimballing up so that insurance companies could give apparent value for money on their policies across the wabe,
This meant the borrogroves couldn't afford mimsy, and had to work two jobs to pay Jub Jub Bird vet bills.
Until the sithey toves did
Artificially drive the price of gyre and gimballing up so that insurance companies could give apparent value for money on their policies across the wabe,
This meant the borrogroves couldn't afford mimsy, and had to work two jobs to pay Jub Jub Bird vet bills.
Happy book birthday to Mike Salinas, EIC of @darkdeadthings.bsky.social
I got an ARC copy: easy recommend for folks who want fast-paced, character-driven, infernal horror with a strong sense of humour.
My full review here somewhere:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
I got an ARC copy: easy recommend for folks who want fast-paced, character-driven, infernal horror with a strong sense of humour.
My full review here somewhere:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
I Live in Hell
The inferno comes calling in this genre-bending epic of…
www.goodreads.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Happy book birthday to Mike Salinas, EIC of @darkdeadthings.bsky.social
I got an ARC copy: easy recommend for folks who want fast-paced, character-driven, infernal horror with a strong sense of humour.
My full review here somewhere:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
I got an ARC copy: easy recommend for folks who want fast-paced, character-driven, infernal horror with a strong sense of humour.
My full review here somewhere:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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*Attention Canadian authors!*
BOOSTING
BOOSTING
Canadian author friends: If you did not get the email update last week about the AI class action suit against Anthropic here in Canada, you may want to contact the firm that's running it to get future updates. (See next post! 🚨)
#CanLit #CanKidLit
➡️ www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
#CanLit #CanKidLit
➡️ www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
*Attention Canadian authors!*
BOOSTING
BOOSTING
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
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Book announcement + cover reveal!
My first book, Nostalgic Futures: The Reactionary Fantasies of Speculative Fiction Fandoms, hits physical and digital shelves on July 14, 2026!
My first book, Nostalgic Futures: The Reactionary Fantasies of Speculative Fiction Fandoms, hits physical and digital shelves on July 14, 2026!
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Book announcement + cover reveal!
My first book, Nostalgic Futures: The Reactionary Fantasies of Speculative Fiction Fandoms, hits physical and digital shelves on July 14, 2026!
My first book, Nostalgic Futures: The Reactionary Fantasies of Speculative Fiction Fandoms, hits physical and digital shelves on July 14, 2026!
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Flash Point SF is one of the best micro & flash markets for science fiction and fantasy. Help them fund another year!
Today's the day! Our 2025 Kickstarter is live!
Any and all support is deeply appreciated.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
Any and all support is deeply appreciated.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
Flash Point SF 2025
An online literary publication for science fiction & fantasy short stories under 1000 words.
www.kickstarter.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Flash Point SF is one of the best micro & flash markets for science fiction and fantasy. Help them fund another year!
Flash Point is good people, and I'm honoured to be one of their first readers - gwan and drop them some coins if you love speculative flash fiction and want places like FPSF to keep publishing it
Today's the day! Our 2025 Kickstarter is live!
Any and all support is deeply appreciated.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
Any and all support is deeply appreciated.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
Flash Point SF 2025
An online literary publication for science fiction & fantasy short stories under 1000 words.
www.kickstarter.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Flash Point is good people, and I'm honoured to be one of their first readers - gwan and drop them some coins if you love speculative flash fiction and want places like FPSF to keep publishing it
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Delighted to have received my contributor’s copy of @bansheepress.bsky.social’s 20th issue.
ECHOES ON THE SEA is the final piece in the anthology — a post-Lovecraftian story about failing to end the world. Many thanks to @clarakiyoko.bsky.social for her excellent edits here. I’m proud of this one.
ECHOES ON THE SEA is the final piece in the anthology — a post-Lovecraftian story about failing to end the world. Many thanks to @clarakiyoko.bsky.social for her excellent edits here. I’m proud of this one.
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Delighted to have received my contributor’s copy of @bansheepress.bsky.social’s 20th issue.
ECHOES ON THE SEA is the final piece in the anthology — a post-Lovecraftian story about failing to end the world. Many thanks to @clarakiyoko.bsky.social for her excellent edits here. I’m proud of this one.
ECHOES ON THE SEA is the final piece in the anthology — a post-Lovecraftian story about failing to end the world. Many thanks to @clarakiyoko.bsky.social for her excellent edits here. I’m proud of this one.
They're not very active in Bluesky, but Sci Fi Ireland (Ireland's first paid SF mag afaik) are looking for first readers and Irish language translators!
I've met the editors and they seem like a decent bunch
Gowan give it a go if you fancy getting involved
I've met the editors and they seem like a decent bunch
Gowan give it a go if you fancy getting involved
Ready to go interstellar with space control Sci-Fi-I on our journey to the future of Irish Science Fiction?!?
We're still taking applications for readers and translators but applications will close end of December!!
Check out the "Team" page on our website for info.
#sciencefiction #ireland
We're still taking applications for readers and translators but applications will close end of December!!
Check out the "Team" page on our website for info.
#sciencefiction #ireland
November 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
They're not very active in Bluesky, but Sci Fi Ireland (Ireland's first paid SF mag afaik) are looking for first readers and Irish language translators!
I've met the editors and they seem like a decent bunch
Gowan give it a go if you fancy getting involved
I've met the editors and they seem like a decent bunch
Gowan give it a go if you fancy getting involved
My safety net right now is that I work full-time and have a friend who rents me his spare room below market rates - which means the days of me writing a thousand words a day are long gone.
I'm lucky if I can manage 1k a week and that's with no time for finding agents/submitting to magazines etc.
I'm lucky if I can manage 1k a week and that's with no time for finding agents/submitting to magazines etc.
My safety nets:
My partner works full time driving a truck for a big company that treats him poorly but he does it to keep our family cared for
What little money I pull in as a writer and ttrpg creative supplements our bills or helps with extras like KidCreepy's birthday and Christmas.
My partner works full time driving a truck for a big company that treats him poorly but he does it to keep our family cared for
What little money I pull in as a writer and ttrpg creative supplements our bills or helps with extras like KidCreepy's birthday and Christmas.
Here's mine:
I worked full time until my epilepsy kept me from working.
Work requirements in my state prevent me from getting government assistance, but I haven't yet been approved for disability.
I get by with help from family and what I can make from viewer donations and editing work.
I worked full time until my epilepsy kept me from working.
Work requirements in my state prevent me from getting government assistance, but I haven't yet been approved for disability.
I get by with help from family and what I can make from viewer donations and editing work.
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My safety net right now is that I work full-time and have a friend who rents me his spare room below market rates - which means the days of me writing a thousand words a day are long gone.
I'm lucky if I can manage 1k a week and that's with no time for finding agents/submitting to magazines etc.
I'm lucky if I can manage 1k a week and that's with no time for finding agents/submitting to magazines etc.
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Wild that it’s already November, but that does mean the Trans People Take on the World bundle is live! Songs of Broken Bells is in here with a ton of other fantastic books by trans authors all of which have trans main characters! Get 32 trans books for just $35! ⬇️
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
November 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Wild that it’s already November, but that does mean the Trans People Take on the World bundle is live! Songs of Broken Bells is in here with a ton of other fantastic books by trans authors all of which have trans main characters! Get 32 trans books for just $35! ⬇️
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
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“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
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Whose land this is I do not know
The statue fell down long ago;
No one will mind me stopping here
To watch the sand o’er ruins blow.
My camel friend must think it queer
To rest with no oasis near
And precious little shade these days
Gives Ozymandias, I fear.
(1/2)
The statue fell down long ago;
No one will mind me stopping here
To watch the sand o’er ruins blow.
My camel friend must think it queer
To rest with no oasis near
And precious little shade these days
Gives Ozymandias, I fear.
(1/2)
This is just to say
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
October 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Whose land this is I do not know
The statue fell down long ago;
No one will mind me stopping here
To watch the sand o’er ruins blow.
My camel friend must think it queer
To rest with no oasis near
And precious little shade these days
Gives Ozymandias, I fear.
(1/2)
The statue fell down long ago;
No one will mind me stopping here
To watch the sand o’er ruins blow.
My camel friend must think it queer
To rest with no oasis near
And precious little shade these days
Gives Ozymandias, I fear.
(1/2)
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Happy Halloween and welcome to 718. First, we meet the four runners-up and one winner of our first ever Halloween Flash Fiction Contest. Then, a classic tale about a man who inherits a house and the dark history that comes with it.
talestoterrify.com/episodes/718-halloween-flash-contest-e-f-benson
talestoterrify.com/episodes/718-halloween-flash-contest-e-f-benson
October 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy Halloween and welcome to 718. First, we meet the four runners-up and one winner of our first ever Halloween Flash Fiction Contest. Then, a classic tale about a man who inherits a house and the dark history that comes with it.
talestoterrify.com/episodes/718-halloween-flash-contest-e-f-benson
talestoterrify.com/episodes/718-halloween-flash-contest-e-f-benson
I found a playground in the wastelands
behind my house, in Donaghmede
mighty humble and far from grand
a battered, tattered sign there reads
"I am OZYMANDIAS King of Swings
Sit upon my teeter totter and despair"
but the seesaw lies a broken thing
recalling joys no longer there
behind my house, in Donaghmede
mighty humble and far from grand
a battered, tattered sign there reads
"I am OZYMANDIAS King of Swings
Sit upon my teeter totter and despair"
but the seesaw lies a broken thing
recalling joys no longer there
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I found a playground in the wastelands
behind my house, in Donaghmede
mighty humble and far from grand
a battered, tattered sign there reads
"I am OZYMANDIAS King of Swings
Sit upon my teeter totter and despair"
but the seesaw lies a broken thing
recalling joys no longer there
behind my house, in Donaghmede
mighty humble and far from grand
a battered, tattered sign there reads
"I am OZYMANDIAS King of Swings
Sit upon my teeter totter and despair"
but the seesaw lies a broken thing
recalling joys no longer there
If any of ye are around Wexford, I'll be doing a reading from my wee cosmic horror story THE TOWER, INVERTED in TALES FROM BEYOND VOL 2 at the launch event in Red Books Wexford @ 7pm
Love to see more Irish SFF zines and anthologies coming out this year!
Love to see more Irish SFF zines and anthologies coming out this year!
Tales from Beyond volume 2
Tales from Beyond volume 2 is published by Steve Barnes and features content from Michael Carroll, Ruby O’ Connor, Susana Silva, Patrick J.A. Nolan, Rose M. Cullen, Conn McIntyre, Nick Badot, Sharon K...
theirishbookshop.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
If any of ye are around Wexford, I'll be doing a reading from my wee cosmic horror story THE TOWER, INVERTED in TALES FROM BEYOND VOL 2 at the launch event in Red Books Wexford @ 7pm
Love to see more Irish SFF zines and anthologies coming out this year!
Love to see more Irish SFF zines and anthologies coming out this year!
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The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle is on #sale for Hallowe'en over on Itchio!: itch.io/s/165181/hal...
If you're looking for a queer horror read for the season and are tired of the usual stuff, it might be worth a look!
#horror #booksale #indiehorror #spookyreads #transhorror #queerhorror
If you're looking for a queer horror read for the season and are tired of the usual stuff, it might be worth a look!
#horror #booksale #indiehorror #spookyreads #transhorror #queerhorror
October 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle is on #sale for Hallowe'en over on Itchio!: itch.io/s/165181/hal...
If you're looking for a queer horror read for the season and are tired of the usual stuff, it might be worth a look!
#horror #booksale #indiehorror #spookyreads #transhorror #queerhorror
If you're looking for a queer horror read for the season and are tired of the usual stuff, it might be worth a look!
#horror #booksale #indiehorror #spookyreads #transhorror #queerhorror
So there's a movie called the Velocipastor about a priest who - get this - turns into a dinosaur to fight crime, and it might be the greatest movie I've ever seen
October 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
So there's a movie called the Velocipastor about a priest who - get this - turns into a dinosaur to fight crime, and it might be the greatest movie I've ever seen
I was an ARC reader for this, and it's good stuff, especially if you want something that's kinda cozy and dark at the same time
The woman with a hungry flame in her chest, the potion maker determined to save his friend, the saint of truth’s loyal follower, and the god of entropy’s daughter band together to fight back against the dark plans of a rogue saint.
Read Songs of Broken Bells today!
buy.bookfunnel.com/rktaq3muij
Read Songs of Broken Bells today!
buy.bookfunnel.com/rktaq3muij
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I was an ARC reader for this, and it's good stuff, especially if you want something that's kinda cozy and dark at the same time
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Book launch news! Tomorrow, DREAD MONDAYS will be published by @whisperhousepress.bsky.social. Among many other great stories will be my own KOSCHEI'S THREAD. It's a terrific anthology by a terrific editor 🖤🎃🧠🧟
#WhisperHousePress #Horror #CostsOfLiving #DreadMondays #BookLaunch #booksky #horrorsky
#WhisperHousePress #Horror #CostsOfLiving #DreadMondays #BookLaunch #booksky #horrorsky
October 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Book launch news! Tomorrow, DREAD MONDAYS will be published by @whisperhousepress.bsky.social. Among many other great stories will be my own KOSCHEI'S THREAD. It's a terrific anthology by a terrific editor 🖤🎃🧠🧟
#WhisperHousePress #Horror #CostsOfLiving #DreadMondays #BookLaunch #booksky #horrorsky
#WhisperHousePress #Horror #CostsOfLiving #DreadMondays #BookLaunch #booksky #horrorsky
I hate to give the Brits credit for anything, but I've yet to try a brown sauce other than HP that doesn't taste like actual death
October 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I hate to give the Brits credit for anything, but I've yet to try a brown sauce other than HP that doesn't taste like actual death
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COVER REVEAL AND RELEASE
WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
October 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
COVER REVEAL AND RELEASE
WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
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Violet Lichen Books (@apexmag.bsky.social's sister imprint) is open to novella queries until the witching hour on Halloween! 🖤🎃🌿
We're looking for speculative ecofiction, folk horror, Weird & New Weird, and surreal SF.
Guidelines violetlichen.com/submissions
Portal querytracker.net/query/Violet...
We're looking for speculative ecofiction, folk horror, Weird & New Weird, and surreal SF.
Guidelines violetlichen.com/submissions
Portal querytracker.net/query/Violet...
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Violet Lichen Books (@apexmag.bsky.social's sister imprint) is open to novella queries until the witching hour on Halloween! 🖤🎃🌿
We're looking for speculative ecofiction, folk horror, Weird & New Weird, and surreal SF.
Guidelines violetlichen.com/submissions
Portal querytracker.net/query/Violet...
We're looking for speculative ecofiction, folk horror, Weird & New Weird, and surreal SF.
Guidelines violetlichen.com/submissions
Portal querytracker.net/query/Violet...