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Sam K Horton
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Author based on Eythin Island, GORSE out now from @Solarisbooks

Founder, Granite and Glitter. He/him rep’d by John Baker & Julie Gourinchas at Bell Lomax Moreton

www.graniteandglitter.com
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Book launch for @shonak.bsky.social and @samkhorton.bsky.social in Glasgow tonight.
L-R: Dr Meg McDonald interviews authors Shona Kinsella and Sam K Horton
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Love a @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social event on Thursday night.
Tonight @shonak.bsky.social talking about Daughters Of Nicnevin and @samkhorton.bsky.social on Ragwort, interviewed brilliantly by @megintransition.bsky.social.
Meg, with long dark hair in a blue pullover, interviews Shona, also with dark hair in a black dress with white spots, and Sam, wearing a chunky dark blue sweater over a white shirt with long cuffs. Pictures of flowers and birds and circular mirrors adorn a green wall behind them.
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Good night at Waterstones tonight for the launch of @shonak.bsky.social Daughters of Nicniven and @samkhorton.bsky.social Ragwort, interviewed by @megintransition.bsky.social
Good to see a crowd out, despite hiw cold it was and train issues. (was - 5°C by time I got home from the pub after!)
Argyle St Waterstones events space. Meg McDonald, a white woman with long dark hair on left, hosting event. On right, authors Shona Kinsella (white woman with dark hair) and Sam K. Horton (white man with red hair). Standing to the side, D (non-binary person), introduces the event and runs through safety guidance. Shona reads from her book Daughters of Nicniven. Sam reads from his book Ragwort. Meg asks a question while Shona and Sam listen intently.
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Really excited for this! If you’re in the Glasgow area come and hear us!
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Take a look at @samkhorton.bsky.social 's RAGWORT, gracing the front cover of @thebookseller.com 's South West focus issue!

Explore the deliciously dark folkloric fantasy world of Nancy Bligh, the Keeper of Mirecombe in 18th Century Cornwall.

Buy now: https://geni.us/ragwort
A splayed out selection of THE BOOKSELLER mags with Sam K. Horton's RAGWORT on the cover.
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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A very satisfying Solaris Stack of all the hardback novels we're releasing in 2025!

Featuring:
THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY @roannelau.bsky.social
THE NEEDFIRE @mkhardywrites.com
RAGWORT @samkhorton.bsky.social
THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell
THE SALT ORACLE @rainewilson.bsky.social

Buy now!
A stack of Solaris Harbacks balanced on an open hand against a background of winter jasmine. Featuring: THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY @roannelau.bsky.social THE NEEDFIRE @mkhardywrites.com RAGWORT @samkhorton.bsky.social THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell THE SALT ORACLE @rainewilson.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Happy Book Birthday Week to Shona Kinsella's Daughters of Nicnevin (Flame Tree Press)!

Learn about these Jacobite witches from the woman herself in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fort William at these special events:

Glasgow (with Sam K. Horton) - 20/11
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k... (1/2)
Sam K. Horton and Shona Kinsella In Conversation | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Sam K. Horton and Shona Kinsella In Conversation today.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Spotted in Lancaster Waterstones: @samkhorton.bsky.social 's RAGWORT, the much anticipated sequel to GORSE, takes us back to the moors (& Undermoor) of 18th century Cornwall where Nancy Bligh is fighting to hold the line against the dark.

Buy:
https://geni.us/ragwort
https://geni.us/gorse
A hardback copy of RAGWORT by Sam K. Horton in a bookshop.
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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If you’re a small business selling book-related shizzle I am very happy to share your info from now through to Xmas. Never been more important to buy indie and local. @ me any time.
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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rainewilson.bsky.social
✨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
Photo of the paperback of We Are All Ghosts In The Forest and hardback of The Salt Oracle with a lamp, some flower stems & blue glass buoys
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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If you've not read Gorse by @samkhorton.bsky.social you totally should as its bloody great. Perfect for this time of the year, and currently only 99p on Kindle (and other providers).

amzn.eu/d/48RSe2S
Gorse (The Eythin Legacy Book 1) eBook : Horton, Sam K.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Gorse (The Eythin Legacy Book 1) eBook : Horton, Sam K.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Really looking forward to this!
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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@rainewilson.bsky.social 's THE SALT ORACLE is out next month!

Here's what @bingewriting.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @ianthegreen.bsky.social @garethjohnbrown.bsky.social @stewarthotston.com & more thought!

https://geni.us/saltorac
“written with reckless beauty and a finger on the heart” -Stewart Hotston “blends sci fi, the gothic, and folklore with such skill that I lost myself ” Angie Spoto “dark academia done right!.” Gareth Brown “There is nobody else writing like this, nobody creating such rich and thoroughly innovative worlds.” Sam K. Horton “an absolute treat.” Nick Binge “evocative, elegiac, and beautifully stylish.” Aliya Whiteley “wraps a crackling mystery in layers of fog and shadow.” MK Hardy “Heart-wrenching and hopeful.” Angela “A.G.” Slatter “a novel as haunting as the flickering ghosts within its pages.” Sarah Brooks “Masterfully balanced.” ian Green Against a textured gold background, text arrayed around a 3D hardback of THE SALT ORACLE by Lorraine Wilson
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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We've just turned the clocks back in the UK to try & embrace some brighter mornings as the year draws to a close. So, how about a selection of Solaris Books with historical and historically inspired settings ft. @natania.bsky.social @maryrobinettekowal.com @emmanewman.bsky.social & more!?
A compilation of Book covers: GORSE and RAGWORT by Sam K. Horton THE NEEDFIRE by MK Hardy NETHERFORD HALL and THE VISCOUNT ST ALBANS by Natania Barron THE VENGEANCE by Emma Newman A THEORY OF HAUNTING by Katherine Addison THE WATER OUTLAWS by S. L. Huang THE POMEGRANATE GATE, THE REPUBLIC OF SALT and THE KINGDOM OF ALMONDS by Ariel Kaplan QUEEN OF NONE, QUEEN OF FURY and QUEEN OF MERCY by Natania Barron THE DARK BETWEEN THE TREES by Fiona Benson MASQUERADE by O. O. Sangoyomi SNOWBLOODED by Emma Sterner-Radley WHILE THE GODS SLEEP by L. D. Colter THE HIDDEN LEGION and THE SILENT EMPEROR by Snorri Kristjansson THE CALCULATING STARS, THE FATED SKY, THE RELENTLESS MONN and THE MARTIAN CONTINGENCY by Mary Robinette Kowal. White text: "Solaris Books to Turn back the Clock.
October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Featuring:

GORSE and RAGWORT (#1 & 2 THE EYTHIN LEGACY) @samkhorton.bsky.social
THE NEEDFIRE @mkhardywrites.com
NETHERFORD HALL and THE VISCOUNT ST ALBANS (#1 & 2 NETHERFORD IN LOVE), QUEEN OF NONE, QUEEN OF FURY and QUEEN OF MERCY (The QUEENS OF FATE trilogy) by @natania.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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I have the most incredible Jacket for this. A portion of @mkhardywrites.com might think they have a better one but they don’t.
solarisbooks.bsky.social Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 26d
Next week, it's @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social! And we've got a very special event for you...

On Sunday 2nd November 10 am in Oxford Main Room; come to the Solaris Book Party for Chat, caffeine, wine, cake & books!

Catch @mkhardywrites.com @rainewilson.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social and more!
Promo graphic for Solaris' Book Party at World Fantasy Con.
October 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Snap up a bargain!

For a limited time, UK readers can grab two spooky Solaris books for only 99p each across all platforms!

Buy now:
@isabelcanas.bsky.social's VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE https://geni.us/VoEN
@samkhorton.bsky.social GORSE (#1 The Eythin Legacy) https://geni.us/gorse
Against a desert background, the UK cover for VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE by Isabel Canas on an eReader. The white Solaris logo is in the top left corner. The bottom right corner has a blue circle with white text "99p". Against a moor background, the cover of GORSE by Sam K. Horton on an eReader. The white Solaris logo is in the top left corner. The bottom right corner has a blue circle with white text "99p".
October 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Fancy a chance to win some FREE Books? We've teamed up with @thestorygraph.com to give away copies of THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell, AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by @voidcricket.bsky.social THE NEEDFIRE by @mkhardywrites.com and GORSE by @samkhorton.bsky.social !

Ends tomorrow! 18th October 2025.
Against a gold confetti background, "Storygraph Giveaways! Win a free copy of these books!" Below, 3D books of THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell, AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by Ren Hutchings, THE NEEDFIRE by MK Hardy and GORSE by Sam K. Horton. The first two titles are available to entrants from the UK, Canada and the US only. The second are available to UK only. Terms and conditions apply, closes 18th October 2025. The Storygraph and Solaris logos are at the top.
October 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Too many new books being published this October to choose from? This time of year is a bit overwhelming, even for booksellers!

Here are my personal top picks: the ones I'm most excited to see emerge into the wild ❤️

#Booksky
📚🪐
#SFF
#Horrorsky
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October 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Are you ready to return to the Undermoor?

@samkhorton.bsky.social's Eythin Legacy began with GORSE and continues with RAGWORT - out now!

Tickets are available for multiple events, snap them up before they're gone!👉 geni.us/SKHEvents
14th October 7pm Waterstones Truro 17th October 7pm Black Cat Books, Launceston 23rd October 7pm Rossiter Books, Ross on Wye 7th November Time 7pm @ Spencer Thorn, Bude 20th November 7pm @ Waterstones Glasgow Argyle Street.
October 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Tomorrow, you can celebrate #bookshopday at your local Waterstones with Double Plus Stamps in store!

So why not snap up some of our latest releases 👇 from @samkhorton.bsky.social Caskey Russell and @isabelcanas.bsky.social?!
October 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Happiest of publication days to this beautiful book & the possibly-fae @samkhorton.bsky.social 🖤🖤🖤
bookishsff.bsky.social Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · Oct 9
If you like dark folklore you must check out @samkhorton.bsky.social's Gorse and its sequel Ragwort, which is out today!

Gorgeous inside and out, it's a haunting tale of love, madness, loss, and mysterious secrets, set in Cornwall amid the clash of Enlightenment with the old magical ways

💙📚🪐
A banner from Solaris with a picture of the book and a quote from Lorraine Wilson reading "brimming with love for the wild places, for the folklore and for the fallibility and generosity of the human heart. Horton is a storyteller outside of time, I suspect he may be fae"
October 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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🎂🎉Happy UK Book Birthday to RAGWORT, @samkhorton.bsky.social 's much-anticipated sequel to his deliciously dark fantasy GORSE!

Welcome back to 18th century Cornwall, where Keeper Nancy Bligh is still holding the line against the dark...

Buy now - geni.us/ragwort
Against a gold fabric background, a splayed hardback stack of GORSE and RAGWORT by Sam K. Horton. The white Solaris logo is in the bottom right corner.
October 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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If you like dark folklore you must check out @samkhorton.bsky.social's Gorse and its sequel Ragwort, which is out today!

Gorgeous inside and out, it's a haunting tale of love, madness, loss, and mysterious secrets, set in Cornwall amid the clash of Enlightenment with the old magical ways

💙📚🪐
A banner from Solaris with a picture of the book and a quote from Lorraine Wilson reading "brimming with love for the wild places, for the folklore and for the fallibility and generosity of the human heart. Horton is a storyteller outside of time, I suspect he may be fae"
October 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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It's release day for the delicious follow-up to Gorse!! Highly highly encourage you nab a copy from the inimitable worldly wordsmith @samkhorton.bsky.social ✨
Ragwort
Check out Ragwort - A year on from the loss of Lord Pelagius Hunt of Mirecoombe, new Keeper Nancy Bligh is still struggling. She can banish the spirits and keep peace between the spriggans and piskies...
uk.bookshop.org
October 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM