Sliced Up Press

Review by Lee Murray for A Fragile Thing. On the right, cover of A Fragile Thing, image of a pocket watch hanging on a chain and misty street. On the left, the blurb: One of the most versatile and talented horror writers of our day, Stephanie Ellis shines again, this time with A Fragile Thing, a darkly chilling novel of madness, mind games, and manipulation. Channelling Jekyll and Hyde in Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel, where science and spiritualism seduce the upper classes and the streets stink of nightwalkers and nightcrawlers, ambitious Isaac Bercow attempts to root out the shadowy manifestations that plague his own psyche. Blurring the lines between illusion and reality, one thing is clear, Ellis dangles our darkest fears before us with mesmerising skill.”—Lee Murray, five-time Bram Stoker Award®-winning author of Grotesque: Monster Stories

Thank you, @leemurraywriter.bsky.social!

A snippet will adorn the cover but I just had to share the brilliant blurb!

Pre-order here www.watertowerhill.com

#booksky #horrorwriting #gothic #horror

Specimen #6: Mongolian Death Worm Venom. The Centre for Creature Studies was first to investigate the existence of Palmetto Boy (featured in my book PALMETTO BOY out March 24th with @timberghostpress.bsky.social). I'm excited to share the Centre’s evidence collection! #HorrorBooks #cryptid #horror

Before I put these up for general sale here'st stock levels, pls DM if interested!
Cosmic Dykes: 8
Flesh of the sea (out of print): 4
Goop troop (temp. OOP): 2
Bound in flesh: 10

Tradwife Family. Community. Tradition.Annihilation.Everyone remembers the Heart of Solomon murders: three young married couples slaughtered around the dinner table, their bodies desecrated, in the UK's first a...

Thanks Gabino!

I'm especially mad about the horrors of white Christian Nationalism today, so would love it if more people read Tradwife and got (constructively) angry with me

(*possibly I mean "destructively," but why split hairs...?)

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Photo of multiple figurines being held. The figurines are eel inspired creatures with legs

Eel guys! This limited edition batch is inspired by the Dragon Moray. They will be available in my shop in the upcoming Ocean Guys update :)

SPLIT SCREAM Vol. 8: CURSED PLACES - Two Novelettes (print + eBook) *p This a preorder. This book is expected to ship on or before April 21st, 2026. “Evocative and evil, a powerful one-two punch of horror” Tamika Thompson, THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS This is not a place ...

Thanks Gabino! We’re less than 2 months away from the release of SPLIT SCREAM VOL. 8: CURSED PLACES, featuring novelettes from myself and @matthewtpritt.bsky.social! Preorders are open with @tenebrouspress.bsky.social. #FridayReads

Guys StimuWrite has a patreon now!! I've been working getting this ready for months, and really hope it takes off so I can dedicate more time to updating the app and keep it free. Also I could really use the $$ tbh. If you're able to support, please join! There are rewards! bsky.app/profile/stim...

Photo of a figurine being held. The figurine is a shark with legs

Photo of multiple figurines being held. The figurines are sharks with legs

Shark Guys! 🦈 This limited edition batch is inspired by the Tiger Shark. Coming soon to my shop as part of the Ocean Guys collection :)

This #WorldBookDay consider IS MY CHAINSAW A HEART: 13 CENTOS. 1300 lines of found poetry from @sgj.bsky.social s MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW with foreword by same. I poured my chainsaw heart into this little book, a great pick for #WomenInHorror month if you need some final girls to carry you through.

Did you know my English work was translated once? The Loneliness of Malabron initially published by @sliceduppress.bsky.social appeared in Malpertuis XVI in France.

I’m featuring a woman in horror with a new release each week through March!

@vlatinalondon.bsky.social’s
new book, Maria the Wanted is available now! I also asked Castro to recommend a fellow woman in horror, and she suggests you read the awesome @manylittlewords.bsky.social 🖤

Happy Women in Horror Month!

Here's a roundup of some of the fabulous interviews, spotlight series, and events that are happening throughout March and beyond!

www.gwendolynkiste.com/Blog/roundup...

This doesn't mean we would nuke your story for shitposting or anything like that! The clause was meant to weed out bad actors - and it has done in the past, ahead of publication.

This is the first and hopefully last time we've had to enforce it post-publication and it fucking sucks to be honest.

For those curious, the clause basically says that we reserve the right to remove pieces from past anthologies (or refuse the offer to publish) if a contributor displays abusive or harmful behaviour to individuals or online communities.

Or the "anti-arsehole" clause if you like.

If you see any of our paperbacks/ebooks temporarily unavailable for sale this week, it's because we've decided to make a minor change to some lineups after enacting a contract clause re. harmful behaviour toward the writing community.

Not something we ever thought we'd have to do, but here we are.

Silk and Foxglove anthology, a BIPOC erotic eco-horror anthology, with a collaged artwork of a red circle, a dragonfly, and a sensual rear end!

Due to the sudden closure of the small press publishing our anthology, we're looking for a new home!

"Silk and Foxglove" is a BIPOC anthology of 13 stories of erotic-eco-horror! It's weird, gorgeous, evocative, & unnerving as hell!

Please boost! If any small presses are interested, let me know!

a cartoon of a robot with a shield on it Alt: One the Centurions from the cartoon The Centurions getting their armour put on for them like a big boy

It's Monday, edits for SMT are going nicely (only a couple more to go!) and the cover art has been mostly resurrected.

Time to start thinking about locking in a release date, I reckon.

"A Woman Is Screaming" is now free to read in The Deadlands.

I would love for folks to seek out and read the brilliant, hilarious, caring, wonderful @cindyphanauthor.com's work especially this piece. Cindy is a talented scribe and deserves her flowers 💐💐💐And a final note/wish for more projects that showcase BIPOC artists and elevate them!

only $50 received on this #UrgentNeed #BlackCrowdFund #MutualAidRequest

In honor of black horror month & women in horror month (March), I’m kicking off my weekly WIHM features a week early!

1st up is @lmariewood.bsky.social Her book, The Tryst: The Red Thread Saga Book One, is available now! Wood also recommends you check out @rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social
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(🔗s in 🧵)

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An upcoming publisher closure means that 3 of my books are now currently unavailable. The best way to support me rn is to get Cosmic Dykes or Bound In flesh from ghoulish.rip , lil guts via lil ghosts, or directly thru ko-fi.com/lormaggot 💖

Arley's "By the Numbers" columns as well as his articles, discussions during panels, and overall contributions to the necessary conversations about the experiences of people of colour in the publishing industry, particularly genre fiction, are an invaluable resource and deserve a ton of support

the natural engines duology complete 👀🤍🏰🌊🍃🌬️

🍃🌬️🏰A PALACE NEAR THE WIND🏰🌬️🍃
🌊🌬️A RIVER FROM THE SKY🌊🌬️

@titanbooks.bsky.social april 2025 & april 2026🌿

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#naturalengines #fantasy #bookstagram #apalacenearthewind #ariverfromthesky

From the (Wagged-Clean) Desk of Risa Wolf/Killerpuppytails The monthly musings of a science fiction and fantasy writer, with bonus dog pic in every mail

Drafting tomorrow's newsletter with my brain half-slushed & somehow I decided it would be a good idea to post an excerpt of my floofy romance AND a chunk of a story draft.

Will it be confusing? I hope not.

You can sub to my newsletter (monthly! free! no spamming!) here: buttondown.com/risawolf

The move to Proton for our email provider seems to be going well (despite a couple of hiccups attributed solely to me being a bit dim)!

Just a reminder that we'll be emailing from Proton from now on, but you can still use the gmail for a bit if you need to (and the contact form on our website too).

*save as: SMTcoverart_final_v5_rev2a.png*

a cartoon duck is hanging upside down on a beach . Alt: psyduck flexing

Amusing that on this, the 5th or 6th iteration of the cover art, I've managed to align the title logo within a few pixels of its previous position like muscle memory's kicked in or something.

Thanks Basile, I've had worse setbacks for sure!

a close up of a dog 's face with its eyes closed and looking at the camera . Alt: weeping chihuahua gif

Welp, made an accidental, irreversible change to the SMT cover art and now I have to start all over again, how's your Saturday going?