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cecil fenn

@cecilfenn.bsky.social

writer + designer • former funeral professional • author of queer contemporary gothic embalming novel THE RESTORATIVE ARTIST (17.09) • he/him • 🏳️‍⚧️🥀🪦🌑 linktr.ee/cecilfenn

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ Huh. This feels like something y'all should be preordering, reposting, & generally losing your minds over🖤☠️ YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM, companion to our beloved YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY 40~ 🏳️‍⚧️+GNC creators deliver the best Weird Cosmic Horror of the year. Out Oct 6. Get: store.tenebrouspress.com

Publisher holding a test print of YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM

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cecil fenn @cecilfenn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

ARC readers! The Restorative Artist is on NetGalley for just ONE more week. If you'd like to be one of the first to do a post-mortem on my novel, go check it out.

A graphic that reads: The Restorative Artist is available on NetGalley now. An
embalmer haunted by the death of his lover pulls apart his relationship and his funeral home to escape the pain of grief-but who is he without the dead? Adult - Literary Fiction x Gothic Horror - Bisexual & Transgender Rep - debut novel from a former funeral professional

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cecil fenn @cecilfenn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Extremely happy to have my seiðr-inspired short story “One Who Helps” in this issue of Penumbric. Recommended for lovers of tragedy, Norse god cameos, and the intersection of queerness, criminality and shamanism in the Viking era. Hope you’ll check it out!

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cecil fenn @cecilfenn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Excited to have a book coming out in Q3…and to have discovered more horror titles I’ll be putting on my TBR pile before summer is over!

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Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · 01/07/2026

The first #SmallBooks lists are coming out tomorrow! Subscribe to them in your inbox 👇

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Small Press New Releases Subscribe and receive all the lists of quarterly new releases in your inbox Have an upcoming small press SFFH book? Fill out the form. For now, we only list science fiction…

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cecil fenn @cecilfenn.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Very grateful to Gavagai for featuring “Station-Keeping”. This is a story for my fellow nerds, and anyone who has ever felt that the orbit of their life has gone off course.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 13/01/2026

Small presses and self-published authors are still writing queer books. Support indies, because publishing sure isn't.

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cecil fenn @cecilfenn.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Haunted by the loss of his first love, an accomplished mortician pulls apart his relationships and his funeral home to escape the pain of grief — but who is he without the dead? 👻 #GhostPit #A #G #LF #LGBT #IP

“A reader’s guide to The Restorative Artist”” is written against a background featuring an anatomical illustration.

The cover of the book with synopsis: Embalmer Graham Creer has spent his life helping others face loss, but when he's struck down by a corpse-carried illness, he is forced to confront his own mortality. Trapped convalescing inside his funeral home and plagued by fevered visions of his recently deceased lover, Graham attempts to escape the pain of grief. But who is he without the dead?

An anatomical diagram of a heart with identifications based on elements of the novel: contemporary gothic, grief & memory, trans main character, funeral home setting, split timeline, haunting & body horror, growth & recovery

Comp titles with cover images: for fans of intertwining grief and horror (like This Thing Between Us); queer contemporary gothic (like Summer Sons); funeral home drama (like Six Feet Under); exploring trauma and recovery (like A Little Life)

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Lucent Dreaming @lucentdreaming.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

An accomplished mortician haunted by the death of his first love pulls apart his relationships and funeral home in an attempt to escape the pain of loss. ‘The Restorative Artist’ a debut novel by @cecilfenn.bsky.social is available for preorder on Amazon! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1916632246/

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Lucent Dreaming @lucentdreaming.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

‘A dissection of memory and mortality…’ 🥀 We are excited to announce the publication of our third novel, ‘The Restorative Artist’, a stunning debut by @cecilfenn.bsky.social coming to you September 17th 2026. Available to preorder on our website now! lucentdreaming.com/product/the-...

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cecil fenn @cecilfenn.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The Restorative Artist - my debut novel - is coming September 2026. An accomplished mortician haunted by the death of his first love pulls apart his relationships and funeral home in an attempt to escape the pain of loss. Preorder here: shorturl.at/x7oWg

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cecil fenn @cecilfenn.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Reject society, escape to the dungeons!

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‘It makes you feel like the hero of your own quest’: the dark, delightful magic of the dungeon synth scene

Amid dinosaurs, swords and leather armour, we visit the UK’s first festival for dungeon synth – a fast-growing black metal spinoff dedicated to fantasy and escape

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cecil fenn @cecilfenn.bsky.social · 24/07/2024

I’m Cecil: writer and cross-media designer. Recovered funeral professional turned creative. Follow me for goth academia aesthetics and queer stories—plus a dash of death and just a pinch of body anxiety. Here’s what I’m working on. A 🧵:

A photo of me—a white, lean man with chin length wavy hair, wearing black, a scalpel earring, and a silver necklace. The photo is heavily red filtered except for a black and white streak over my eyes.

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