Tenebrous Texts aka Steven C. Davis
@tenebroustexts.bsky.social
Author, artist, creative, publishing house
And just like that it was October, and we had published 15 books.
15.
Voices you won't hear in the mainstream.
Talent the "big names" would love to have.
Working class. Independent. Alternative.
Orderable from any good bookshop.
15.
Voices you won't hear in the mainstream.
Talent the "big names" would love to have.
Working class. Independent. Alternative.
Orderable from any good bookshop.
October 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
And just like that it was October, and we had published 15 books.
15.
Voices you won't hear in the mainstream.
Talent the "big names" would love to have.
Working class. Independent. Alternative.
Orderable from any good bookshop.
15.
Voices you won't hear in the mainstream.
Talent the "big names" would love to have.
Working class. Independent. Alternative.
Orderable from any good bookshop.
A #bloody retelling of #robinhood
In 1,000 years nothing has changed #religiouswar #racewar #classwar #resistance #revolution #defiance
Revisit the past write the future #workingclass #fuckthepatriarchy
Lore of the Sælvatici
Hurnungaz
Hurnungaz the Dark Breath of Earth
Hurnungaz Dissever me Never
In 1,000 years nothing has changed #religiouswar #racewar #classwar #resistance #revolution #defiance
Revisit the past write the future #workingclass #fuckthepatriarchy
Lore of the Sælvatici
Hurnungaz
Hurnungaz the Dark Breath of Earth
Hurnungaz Dissever me Never
August 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A #bloody retelling of #robinhood
In 1,000 years nothing has changed #religiouswar #racewar #classwar #resistance #revolution #defiance
Revisit the past write the future #workingclass #fuckthepatriarchy
Lore of the Sælvatici
Hurnungaz
Hurnungaz the Dark Breath of Earth
Hurnungaz Dissever me Never
In 1,000 years nothing has changed #religiouswar #racewar #classwar #resistance #revolution #defiance
Revisit the past write the future #workingclass #fuckthepatriarchy
Lore of the Sælvatici
Hurnungaz
Hurnungaz the Dark Breath of Earth
Hurnungaz Dissever me Never
Two very different kinds of books: 'All the Colours of the Night', Lorna Rose, and 'Feral Dreaming', Steven C. Davis. The first is poetry, the second is semi-autobiographical. With time travel. And spirit guides. Both are deeply personal. Both are worth picking up from any good independent bookshop.
July 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Two very different kinds of books: 'All the Colours of the Night', Lorna Rose, and 'Feral Dreaming', Steven C. Davis. The first is poetry, the second is semi-autobiographical. With time travel. And spirit guides. Both are deeply personal. Both are worth picking up from any good independent bookshop.
Book 7 of the 'Less than Human' series - Seven by Seven is here! In which Natalayiana Harewood, social worker and Were-Squirrel becomes Were Matriarch and everything changes. NSFC. Adult themes.
June 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Book 7 of the 'Less than Human' series - Seven by Seven is here! In which Natalayiana Harewood, social worker and Were-Squirrel becomes Were Matriarch and everything changes. NSFC. Adult themes.
In which I do an interview for the wonderful Harvey Duckman press: harvey-duckman-is-alive.ghost.io/stevencdavis...
"Our visions come from madness and passion and nightmares..."
Steven C. Davis is the creator of ‘The Sælvatici’ series, a dark Pagan, retelling of the Robin Hood mythos. We catch up to find out more...
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June 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
In which I do an interview for the wonderful Harvey Duckman press: harvey-duckman-is-alive.ghost.io/stevencdavis...
We don't just say "We stand for Trans" .. we actually stand (that's Tenebrous in the green hair) and for our whole LGBT+ family, for the Roma community and more .. Tenebrous is a publishing community with an ethos, with pride, with honour ... and with talent.
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June 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We don't just say "We stand for Trans" .. we actually stand (that's Tenebrous in the green hair) and for our whole LGBT+ family, for the Roma community and more .. Tenebrous is a publishing community with an ethos, with pride, with honour ... and with talent.
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Celebrating 15 years of Tenebrous Texts and 32 publications! In between creating this microvideo and uploading it, that number is now 33.
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Tenebrous Texts: from 2010 to 2025, so far ...
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June 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Celebrating 15 years of Tenebrous Texts and 32 publications! In between creating this microvideo and uploading it, that number is now 33.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yzK...
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What has Tenebrous Texts published this year?
Constructing Churchill, Jon Hartless
Tenebrosian Ekphrasticity, anthology
Freshly dipped and bleeding love, Steven C. Davis
From Earth and Sky, Sadie Kaye
Hurnungaz Dissever me Never, SCD
The Green Boy, Laura Liptrot
Crown Her With Ivy, Lorna Rose
Phew
Constructing Churchill, Jon Hartless
Tenebrosian Ekphrasticity, anthology
Freshly dipped and bleeding love, Steven C. Davis
From Earth and Sky, Sadie Kaye
Hurnungaz Dissever me Never, SCD
The Green Boy, Laura Liptrot
Crown Her With Ivy, Lorna Rose
Phew
May 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
What has Tenebrous Texts published this year?
Constructing Churchill, Jon Hartless
Tenebrosian Ekphrasticity, anthology
Freshly dipped and bleeding love, Steven C. Davis
From Earth and Sky, Sadie Kaye
Hurnungaz Dissever me Never, SCD
The Green Boy, Laura Liptrot
Crown Her With Ivy, Lorna Rose
Phew
Constructing Churchill, Jon Hartless
Tenebrosian Ekphrasticity, anthology
Freshly dipped and bleeding love, Steven C. Davis
From Earth and Sky, Sadie Kaye
Hurnungaz Dissever me Never, SCD
The Green Boy, Laura Liptrot
Crown Her With Ivy, Lorna Rose
Phew
The 'Hurnungaz' trilogy is now available on the big river site and from all good bookshops. Chronicling a dark mythological-inspired/ visceral dark Pagan retelling of the Robin Hood cycle, this is the peoples' hero - but not as you might have read about before.
May 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The 'Hurnungaz' trilogy is now available on the big river site and from all good bookshops. Chronicling a dark mythological-inspired/ visceral dark Pagan retelling of the Robin Hood cycle, this is the peoples' hero - but not as you might have read about before.
Join us! Two #book #booklaunch for the price of one!
'Hurnungaz Dissever me Never' by Steven C. Davis and 'The Green Boy' by Laura Liptrot. Tenebrous Texts!
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'Hurnungaz Dissever me Never' by Steven C. Davis and 'The Green Boy' by Laura Liptrot. Tenebrous Texts!
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Tenebrous Texts launches
Two book launches for the cost of one!
We're excited to host the launch of Tenebrous Texts authors Steven Davis 'Hurnungaz Dissever me Never' and Laura Liptrot 'The Green Boy'
Hurnungaz Dissever me ...
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April 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Join us! Two #book #booklaunch for the price of one!
'Hurnungaz Dissever me Never' by Steven C. Davis and 'The Green Boy' by Laura Liptrot. Tenebrous Texts!
wegottickets.com/event/658147
'Hurnungaz Dissever me Never' by Steven C. Davis and 'The Green Boy' by Laura Liptrot. Tenebrous Texts!
wegottickets.com/event/658147
Tenebrous Texts - see our gigs list for book launches, events, sales etc and why not join us on Sat 6th September in Wednesbury Library for our first mini-festival - 4.5 hours of plays, storytelling, music, art, poetry and more - all free!
March 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Tenebrous Texts - see our gigs list for book launches, events, sales etc and why not join us on Sat 6th September in Wednesbury Library for our first mini-festival - 4.5 hours of plays, storytelling, music, art, poetry and more - all free!
Our first three publications of the year - 'Constructing Churchill' by Jon Hartless, my 'Freshly dipped and bleeding love' (debut poetry collection) and 'Tenebrosian Ekphrasticity' an ekphrastic collection featuring the talents of Brendan Hawthorne, Al Monde, Jason Fullwood, Ian Henery and myself.
March 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Our first three publications of the year - 'Constructing Churchill' by Jon Hartless, my 'Freshly dipped and bleeding love' (debut poetry collection) and 'Tenebrosian Ekphrasticity' an ekphrastic collection featuring the talents of Brendan Hawthorne, Al Monde, Jason Fullwood, Ian Henery and myself.
Something for World Poetry Day 2025.
March 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Something for World Poetry Day 2025.
Happy 'World Book Day 2025' from Tenebrous Texts.
March 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Happy 'World Book Day 2025' from Tenebrous Texts.
Tenebrous Texts. We bring the dark, speculative, alternative fiction and poetry, including carrying Hopeless, Maine books and art at events.
Dark Pagan Robin Hood retelling; space-fantasy-romance; poetry; shape-shifter tales examining society ... and a new website soon!
Dark Pagan Robin Hood retelling; space-fantasy-romance; poetry; shape-shifter tales examining society ... and a new website soon!
February 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Tenebrous Texts. We bring the dark, speculative, alternative fiction and poetry, including carrying Hopeless, Maine books and art at events.
Dark Pagan Robin Hood retelling; space-fantasy-romance; poetry; shape-shifter tales examining society ... and a new website soon!
Dark Pagan Robin Hood retelling; space-fantasy-romance; poetry; shape-shifter tales examining society ... and a new website soon!
'Tenebrosian Ekphrasticity' is a collaborative work of art and poetry by Jason Fullwood, Ian Henery, Al Monde, Brendan Hawthorne and Steven C. Davis.
Presented in glorious full colour (internal as well as cover) and in hardback only, this is wonderfully different from anything we've done before ...
Presented in glorious full colour (internal as well as cover) and in hardback only, this is wonderfully different from anything we've done before ...
February 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
'Tenebrosian Ekphrasticity' is a collaborative work of art and poetry by Jason Fullwood, Ian Henery, Al Monde, Brendan Hawthorne and Steven C. Davis.
Presented in glorious full colour (internal as well as cover) and in hardback only, this is wonderfully different from anything we've done before ...
Presented in glorious full colour (internal as well as cover) and in hardback only, this is wonderfully different from anything we've done before ...
Tenebrous Texts has a fantastic and very busy year ahead of them - potentially a couple of dozen publications - and our first is already out - Constructing Churchill, by Jon Hartless. If you like snark taking a swipe at the predator class (they like to think they rule, but no) then this is for you.
January 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Tenebrous Texts has a fantastic and very busy year ahead of them - potentially a couple of dozen publications - and our first is already out - Constructing Churchill, by Jon Hartless. If you like snark taking a swipe at the predator class (they like to think they rule, but no) then this is for you.
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Hurnungaz (the novel) now available in @scripthavenltd.bsky.social in Worcester!
Hurnungaz (the novel) now available in @scripthavenltd.bsky.social in Worcester!
January 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Hurnungaz (the novel) now available in @scripthavenltd.bsky.social in Worcester!
Hurnungaz (the novel) now available in @scripthavenltd.bsky.social in Worcester!
Good to see Laura Liptrot smashing it at this morning's Poetry Breakfast at the Court House in Dudley as well as the opportunity to perform (for the first time) 'On a declaration of independence', & 'Transformation' w/Laura Jane Round, the first poem we ever delivered together as Poetic Malevolence.
January 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Good to see Laura Liptrot smashing it at this morning's Poetry Breakfast at the Court House in Dudley as well as the opportunity to perform (for the first time) 'On a declaration of independence', & 'Transformation' w/Laura Jane Round, the first poem we ever delivered together as Poetic Malevolence.
Happy new year - 2025 will be better! And what does everyone's favourite goth/dark/alternative publisher have planned? Well, see below, this is only what's coming up in the first half of the year or so.
January 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Happy new year - 2025 will be better! And what does everyone's favourite goth/dark/alternative publisher have planned? Well, see below, this is only what's coming up in the first half of the year or so.
Coming soon - 'Seven by Seven', the 7th in a Were-series set in the UK.
WereSquirrels.
Feral writing.
Social commentary.
Books 1-6 from me, good bookshops or the big rainforest company.
No one can tell if you're a Were by looking at you.
A series about identity, about being true to yourself.
WereSquirrels.
Feral writing.
Social commentary.
Books 1-6 from me, good bookshops or the big rainforest company.
No one can tell if you're a Were by looking at you.
A series about identity, about being true to yourself.
December 31, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Coming soon - 'Seven by Seven', the 7th in a Were-series set in the UK.
WereSquirrels.
Feral writing.
Social commentary.
Books 1-6 from me, good bookshops or the big rainforest company.
No one can tell if you're a Were by looking at you.
A series about identity, about being true to yourself.
WereSquirrels.
Feral writing.
Social commentary.
Books 1-6 from me, good bookshops or the big rainforest company.
No one can tell if you're a Were by looking at you.
A series about identity, about being true to yourself.
The third novel in the 'Hurnungaz' series will be launched in May '25.
Are you interested in folk lore?
Dark Paganism?
Myths and legends?
Robin Hood?
Reinterpreted Norse mythology?
Tales of defiance of authority?
Visceral, bloody, tales.
Check out 'Hurnungaz' and 'Hurnungaz the Dark Breath of Earth'
Are you interested in folk lore?
Dark Paganism?
Myths and legends?
Robin Hood?
Reinterpreted Norse mythology?
Tales of defiance of authority?
Visceral, bloody, tales.
Check out 'Hurnungaz' and 'Hurnungaz the Dark Breath of Earth'
December 31, 2024 at 9:50 AM
The third novel in the 'Hurnungaz' series will be launched in May '25.
Are you interested in folk lore?
Dark Paganism?
Myths and legends?
Robin Hood?
Reinterpreted Norse mythology?
Tales of defiance of authority?
Visceral, bloody, tales.
Check out 'Hurnungaz' and 'Hurnungaz the Dark Breath of Earth'
Are you interested in folk lore?
Dark Paganism?
Myths and legends?
Robin Hood?
Reinterpreted Norse mythology?
Tales of defiance of authority?
Visceral, bloody, tales.
Check out 'Hurnungaz' and 'Hurnungaz the Dark Breath of Earth'
Tenebrous Texts and 2024: VoidHeart, The Croviss Girls, Hurnungaz, I am not a padlock, Synapse, Hurnungaz the Dark breath of Earth, Dreamcatchers in paperback.
And William and the Dancer, William and the Manticoras, Maelmoth the Wanderer, The Hel-Boar of Kedbyy and Elu of Keadby kindle tales.
And William and the Dancer, William and the Manticoras, Maelmoth the Wanderer, The Hel-Boar of Kedbyy and Elu of Keadby kindle tales.
December 6, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Tenebrous Texts and 2024: VoidHeart, The Croviss Girls, Hurnungaz, I am not a padlock, Synapse, Hurnungaz the Dark breath of Earth, Dreamcatchers in paperback.
And William and the Dancer, William and the Manticoras, Maelmoth the Wanderer, The Hel-Boar of Kedbyy and Elu of Keadby kindle tales.
And William and the Dancer, William and the Manticoras, Maelmoth the Wanderer, The Hel-Boar of Kedbyy and Elu of Keadby kindle tales.
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True tales of the Hel-Boar - Hopeless Vendetta
Sometimes Hopeless lays strange eggs in other people's realities. This is a story about a story and about Hel-Boars.
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December 6, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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