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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 · 24/08/2026

That is so kind of you! Thanks so much for spending this time with my work and for the absolutely lovely review. It means so much to me that it’s landing especially with other queer readers. 🖤

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

Would love for you to check it out! The Restorative Artist is queer literary fiction with elements of gothic horror. It follows an embalmer who questions the foundations of his career after he's haunted by the death of his lover, and it draws on my own experience in the funeral industry.

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

Ooooh, yes please. Had me at heart-eating. 😌

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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

Preorder link is in my pinned post — Lucent Dreaming will be publishing The Restorative Artist in the UK in Sept 2026! Just getting started here on Bluesky. I would love to connect with readers & other writers - so please say hi. Seeking a US publisher & agent, querying next book!

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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 · 24/07/2024

My doppelgänger horror story “House & Helvete” appeared in issue 3.3 of The Dread Machine. Pick up a copy of the issue here: thedreadmachine.com/product/issu...

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Issue 3.3 Epub

Order the paperback edition of Issue 3.3! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us!

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

“Sideshow” —my technoir novelette—appeared in Palisatrium’s Short Story Substack. Queer, near-future cyberpunk navigating the ragged edges of health inequality and the death-throes of freedom under capitalism. shortstory.substack.com/p/sideshow

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SIDESHOW

by Cecil Fenn

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

“Holy Land” is online at Scrawl Place after originally appearing in Canthius and being shortlisted for the Aurora Prize for Fiction. A young funeral director follows his artist crush to an abandoned religious theme park. It’s free to read here: scrawlplace.com/2024/06/04/h...

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Holy Land - Scrawl Place

WATERBURY, Conn. — A story by Cecil Fenn, inspired by Holy Land USA, a Bible-themed amusement park, when it was in disrepair.

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

Short(er) fiction from the past year:

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

If you like pen & pencil games, A SACRIFICE is a minimalist dark fantasy TTRPG for two, with world building shared between the players. At its heart, it’s a story about trust and dependency. Free or PWYW to download. cecilfenn.itch.io/a-sacrifice

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A Sacrifice by cecil fenn

A minimalist dark fantasy TTRPG for two players.

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

This year, I’m looking to home THE RESTORATIVE ARTIST, my queer literary novel with a dash of body horror. An embalmer haunted by the death of his lover pulls apart his relationship & his funeral home to escape the pain of grief. Think 6 FEET UNDER x A LITTLE LIFE. #amquerying #writingcommunity

Moodboard inspired by THE RESTORATIVE ARTIST. Romantic and gothic funeral home imagery in cool colours, shot through with red anatomical imagery.

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

You can always find more about my work on my website cecilfenn.com

A collage of images from my website: gothic text, Polaroid photos, a fallen cross, a reccord cover with a screaming mouth. They are all heavily stylised in black, white and reds.

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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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