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Shauna Mc Eleney 🇮🇪 🏳️‍🌈
@shaunamceleney.bsky.social
Irish writer of dark fiction. Awake in the Night (sapphic haunted house) is on KU, eBook, and paperback.
One half of NEFARIOUS BAT PRESS. Female-owned indie publisher specialising in queer horror, crime, and dark fiction.


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Delighted to release this into the world via our beloved Nefarious Bat Press 🥳🦇💙
A surprise ebook drop from the Batcave - @tcparker.bsky.social's first story collection, THE NINE O'CLOCK HORSES!

No ARCs, no blurbs, not so much as a whisper of PR for this one... we're going all-in on word of mouth

Check it out - and help us spread the word!

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November 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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3 Image Book Challenge for your Saturday:

Show your book (or the book you're reading) in 3 images

We'll start, with @brennanlafaro.bsky.social's upcoming The Denizens...
October 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Bought it and wow, I can't recommend it enough!
I'm halfway through and there isn't a single story I didn't enjoy.

Thanks to all the wonderful authors that worked so hard to put together this incredible collection, you're absolutely terrific! 💙
July 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Thanks Gabino!

I'd love more people to check out Good For Her: An Anthology of Women's Rage from Nefarious Bat, feat. contributions from some of the best female writers in the business (inc. Hailey Piper, RJ Joseph, Ai Jiang, MJ Mars, SH Cooper, Candace Nola, Leigh Kenny and many more!)
Good For Her: An Anthology of Women's Rage
If you're not angry - you should be.Good For Her: An Anthology of Women's Rage celebrates women's rights - and women's wrongs.Filled with rage, revenge and retribution and featuring stories from write...
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July 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Good For Her edited by @sarahjuleswriting.bsky.social, @tcparker.bsky.social & @shaunamceleney.bsky.social - out now @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social, Chimera by The Shippy Writers - out now Dammaged Productions, and Salt Bones by @jenngivhan.bsky.social - coming 14 August @littlebrown.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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The book // the dialogue
June 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Very proud to say, I've also got a story in this, as have my fellow editors @shaunamceleney.bsky.social and @sarahjuleswriting.bsky.social

We'd love you to check it out and help us raise some money for Sisters Uncut - a nonprofit taking direct action against gender-based violence & state violence
Less than 2 weeks to go until the launch of our charity anthology GOOD FOR HER - feat. feminist rage-filled stories from the likes of @rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @leighkenny.bsky.social and our very own @anna-orridge.bsky.social

Preorder now!

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June 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Does anyone have any experience relaunching a book?

We're tempted to rerelease Feathers, a haunted house book I wrote a while back

@kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social did an amazing job w/ the cover - but the bird/wand/witch artwork hasn't aged well, post-TERF wizard lady

Any thoughts/tips?
June 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Pride Giveaway 2: The Text-Based Microblogging Batch 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Since the TT giveaway went... not so well: who (in the UK 🇬🇧) fancies winning a signed copy of @tcparker.bsky.social's angrily sapphic, queer-tastic Hummingbird?

If you do: like, share, follow us... and we'll pick a winner sometime Wednesday!
June 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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It's Pride Bundle Time, Pt. 1! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🧟

This week (3rd-8th June) - buy @anna-orridge.bsky.social's PHENGARIS direct from our ebook store, and get @tcparker.bsky.social's SALTBLOOD half price!

(Keep checking through the month for more queer horror bundles...)

#pridemonth #queerhorror
Phengaris
There's something very wrong in Thurstrop Wood.Mark Warner never noticed it before. He's there to get away from his life, his ailing mother. Out of his head. Not to think about anything.Bird...
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June 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Happy #PrideMonth to all our lovely readers, from the heart of the rainbow-strewn Batcave

We (and our books) are pretty gay all year round... but rest assured, we'll be gaying it up extra hard these next 4 weeks

Keep reading. Keep fighting. And above all... keep it queer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🦇
June 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
PHENGARIS by @anna-orridge.bsky.social
Buy directly from us and get one of our limited edition bookmarks! To celebrate this awesome eco-horror we wanted something a bit different. So, when you're done with the bookmark, soak in water and plant it in your garden for some beautiful UK wild flowers!
May 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Good For Her - coming next month!!!
May 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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PHENGARIS lives!!

@anna-orridge.bsky.social's cosmic eco-horror (with bugs!) is out today... and you can grab it direct from us!
Phengaris
There's something very wrong in Thurstrop Wood.Mark Warner never noticed it before. He's there to get away from his life, his ailing mother. Out of his head. Not to think about anything.Bird...
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May 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
200,000 page reads, and it is officially gone from KDP. Good news, though - you can now buy the Awake in the Night ebook direct from NEFARIOUS BAT PRESS!!
We're all Phengaris, all the time tomorrow... but it would be remiss of us not to mention, just this evening, that Awake In The Night is now available direct from us at the Bat webstore

Like Irish horror, haunted houses, sapphic heartbreak and supporting queer indie presses?

Go take a look! 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇪☘️👻🏚️
Awake In The Night
Jessica and Nicole think they’ve finally found their dream house by the sea in the West of Ireland. 17 Montpellier Street has history, character… and so many rooms you could easily lose your way, if y...
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May 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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We're all Phengaris, all the time tomorrow... but it would be remiss of us not to mention, just this evening, that Awake In The Night is now available direct from us at the Bat webstore

Like Irish horror, haunted houses, sapphic heartbreak and supporting queer indie presses?

Go take a look! 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇪☘️👻🏚️
Awake In The Night
Jessica and Nicole think they’ve finally found their dream house by the sea in the West of Ireland. 17 Montpellier Street has history, character… and so many rooms you could easily lose your way, if y...
payhip.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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I remember telling @shaunamceleney.bsky.social, when I first started reading Phengaris, that it had some of the weirdest and best body horror I'd ever read

So, since I know a lot of you enjoy a bit of weird body horror...

Why not preorder a copy?
Thanks, Matt.
My cosmic eco-horror novella is out Tuesday next week (eek) with @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social
It's a bit of a treasure trove of geekery, since we were talking about that: bioacoustics, bugs, libraries, local history...
Pre-order link here:
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#HorrorWritersChat
Phengaris ebook by Anna Orridge - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Phengaris" by Anna Orridge available from Rakuten Kobo. There's something very wrong in Thurstrop Wood. Mark Warner never noticed it before. He's there to get away from his lif...
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May 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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TRADWIFE and TOXIC SUBURBIA book recommendations!
More in the Alt text!
May 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Ebook sale on RIGHT NOW at the Nefarious Bat webstore!
Because we'd really, really like you to buy direct from us...

We're offering 50% off all my ebooks for the next week when you purchase them at the Nefarious Bat webstore (and not that other place)

So come in! Look around!

See something you fancy?

Grab it for your mother-in-law - she'll love it!
Nefarious Bat Press
We're a female-owned independent publisher specialising in queer horror, crime and dark fiction
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May 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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*FREE WEEKEND READ*

If the return of Andrea Jenkyns wasn't horror enough for you... here's PRISON COOKING: A NOVELETTE OF STRANGE APPETITES

Inspired by The Magnus Archives, ASMR and Greenaway's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - Prison Cooking is free to download all weekend*
Prison Cooking: A Novelette of Strange Appetites
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May 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Now on to... AWAKE IN THE NIGHT from @shaunamceleney.bsky.social!

If you like haunted houses, sapphic grief horror, neo-gothic vibes & Irish feminist history... this could be for you

Paperback here (from us): tinyurl.com/2acpsp2y
Ebook: tinyurl.com/5aac6n9u

... or order it from your local store!
May 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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It's Indie Press Day! So: can we tempt you to some of our wares?

(Here follows a 🧵 of us trying to sell you books you might like)
May 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM