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Chris Kelso

@chris88.bsky.social
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Angry writer, eager editor, devoted dad

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The third Dawn Seliger* story, "Let Us Create Nothing but GOD!" will appear in Through a Glass Darkly: An Anthology of Occult Investigations, Chris Kelso and Preston Grassmann, eds., in the first half of2027.
Mock up of a thick book in forest green with a darkly expressionist bit of cover art suggestive of a landscape. Artist unknown, at least to me.
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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have a story coming out in this anthology -- Through a Glass Darkly -- from PS, edited by Preston Grassman and Chris Kelso, cover art by Myrtle Van Damitz. Some of the other contributors are -- Kaaron Warren, Brian Evenson, Jeffrey Thomas, Eugen Bacon, Jonathan Maberry, Paul Di Filippo, etc.
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Coming soon: Through a Glass Darkly is the largest anthology of its kind, twenty seven widely acclaimed writers take us into the darkest territories of the occult. Edited with my brother, Preston Grassmann.
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Finally got the chance to meet my Children of the New Flesh co-editor, David Leo Rice. What a guy, and what a lovely evening. @1111press.bsky.social
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Another festival nomination for our shirt film Metympsychosis
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My pal Bruce sent me a picture or The Folger Variation in the window of Transreal Fiction! @miketransreal.bsky.social
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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 19/08/2026
Pleased to say my sort-of essay "Chestbursting" will be included! It's about *that* scene in Alien (1979), and watching it then and now as a transgender man.
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
What an honour to visit the Alasdair Gray Archives today with the family 💚💜❤️
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The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Wonderful to welcome Chris Kelso and his family to the Archive! 📚✨ Scottish fantasy writer, illustrator and editor, Chris is a two-time Ginger Nuts of Horror Novel of the Year winner. A pleasure to have them visit!
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Meerkat Press @meerkatpress.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
LIBERATION NOW! by Seb Doubinsky is ON SALE NOW! “Liberation Now! is an antidote to our modern malaise ... bold, stylish, and impossible to put down.” ~Chris Kelso, author of The Dregs Trilogy zurl.co/WVP1y @sebdoubinsky.bsky.social @chris88.bsky.social
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The following books are now sold out or out of print. Not included, The Dissolving Zinc Theatre. Which disappeared into obscurity some years ago.
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Excited to announce The Human Costume (On Selfhood, Alienation, and the Body We Borrow). Edited with my bud, @roychristopher.com , and coming out through Anti-OedipusPress. Slated for a 2027 release 🙌
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Excited to announce The Human Costume (On Selfhood, Alienation, and the Body We Borrow). Edited with my bud, @roychristopher.com , and coming out through Anti-OedipusPress. Slated for a 2027 release 🙌
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KDS 📖 🎲 🎮 @kdsbooks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This arrived from Black Shuck publishing. No idea what it’s about, but it was recommended by a potentially angry ginger Scotsman with a beard and his two warhounds ( @gnofhorror.com ), and even I know that’s a line you don’t cross.. The Dregs Trilogy by @chris88.bsky.social #booksky
The dregs trilogy by Chris Kelso
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Eric LaRocca @ericlarocca.com · 18/08/2025
Thank you to Chris Kelso for the beautiful gifted copy of a book that surely was written just for me 😭❤️ This remains my favorite film of all time… (next to Martyrs and The Baby of Macon)
Holding a copy of Chris Kelso’s analysis of POSSESSION (1981)
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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 24/07/2024
Nova Scotia Vol 2 anthology, edited by Neil Williamson and Andrew J. Wilson, is now available for pre-order! @neilwilliamson.bsky.social www.lunapresspublishing.com/post/chris-k...
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Chris Kelso: Nova Scotia Vol 2 Anthology. Pre-Order Available Now!
Nova Scotia Vol 2 anthology, edited by Neil Williamson and Andrew J. Wilson, is now available for pre-order!
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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
Nova Scotia 2: Discover our contributors! www.lunapresspublishing.com/post/chris-k...
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Chris Kelso: Nova Scotia Vol 2 Anthology. Order Now!
Nova Scotia Vol 2 anthology, edited by Neil Williamson and Andrew J. Wilson, is now available to order!
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sjxsjc @sjxsjc.bsky.social · 09/04/2021
LISTENING TO @ChrisKelso5 ON THE @WakeIslandPod open.spotify.com/episode/4fIPXejBuj…
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Chris Kelso - Burroughs and Scotland: Dethroning the Anci...
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Longtail News @longtail-news.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Feed: "DC's" By: DC on Friday, February 14, 2025
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Chris Kelso presents … VANTABLACK
Vantablack is the sonic cross-frequency brainchild of Chris Kelso, Nick Hudson, and Stuart Dahlquist. It is dedicated to the invisible obstacle within all of us. An album for the amputated. Featuring the voices of Elle Nash, Timothy Jarvis, Graham Rae, and Brian Evenson. NICK HUDSON – COMPOSITION, PIANO, PERCUSSION, CIGAR BOX SETAR, VOCALS, PROGRAMMING, STRING […]
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ergot. @ergot.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
We have an essay up today on ergot.: 'On Fuckedness or The New Empthy' by Chris Kelso www.ergot.press/authors/Chri...
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CHRIS KELSO : ——– | Official
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Yiannis Kalaitzis @yianniskalaitzis.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
"SHADOWSPHERES is a hybrid collection of essays & stories exploring the psychological and cultural fallout of a world accelerating beyond human control. Blending dystopian nonfiction, speculative fiction, and philosophical reflection, SHADOWSPHERES examines what remains human when society fractures"
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Chris Kelso & Ewan Morrison - SHADOWSPHERES — Merigold Independent
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KDS 📖 🎲 🎮 @kdsbooks.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
And some more to summarise recs so far. Two of which I own, but thanks to @gnofhorror.com for the third which I ordered direct from the publisher
There is no anti memetics division
Gnomon
The Dregs Trilogy
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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 04/07/2026
The Unger House Radicals by Chris Kelso
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Meerkat Press @meerkatpress.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
LIBERATION NOW! coming Aug 4th. “Liberation Now! is an antidote to our modern malaise—a fierce and fast-moving dystopian thriller that’s whip-sharp and brimming with anti-fascist energy. ... bold, stylish, and impossible to put down.” ~Chris Kelso, author of The Dregs Trilogy zurl.co/QD1v2
book endorsement quote by Chris Kelso for Liberation Now!cover of Liberation Now!
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Excited for this 🙌 @tadethompson.bsky.social
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Shoreline of Infinity @shoreinf.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Collected by Chris Kelso available now! From the hallucinatory margins of Scottish fiction comes a career-defining retrospective of collected short stories. "Visceral, rotten, funny, mind-expanding," says Chris McQueer. paperback and digital formats. www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/coll...
Book cover with title and author. The cover is a collection of collectable postage stamps, slightly worn and torn.
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Very humbled that Andrew Coulthard wrote a critical analysis of my early Slave State books. Coming soon.
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Very humbled that Andrew Coulthard wrote a critical analysis of my early Slave State books. Coming soon.
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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Why does horror, as a genre, have to keep proving itself? Oscars, box office success, literary success, AND YET.
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Extra Teeth @extrateethmag.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Summer is finally here and with it comes ISSUE ELEVEN! ☀️ FICTION Suad Kamardeen Deborah Chu Margaux Vialleron @erisyoung.bsky.social Joni Morris Jacob Parker Jack Lennon Hamish Gray NONFICTION @jencalleja.bsky.social Chika Jones @rachelashenden.bsky.social @clarepatterson.bsky.social
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Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Hand-Me-Downs Absolutely beside myself to announce that my new short story collection, Hand-Me-Downs, will be published very soon. In the past, the contents of my collections have been a mixed bag of genres and styles selected from everything I'd published in the previous decade or so, but…
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Hand-Me-Downs
Absolutely beside myself to announce that my new short story collection, Hand-Me-Downs, will be published very soon. In the past, the contents of my collections have been a mixed bag of genres and styles selected from everything I'd published in the previous decade or so, but Hand-Me-Downs is different in a couple of ways. It's my first purely horror collection and it's the first time I've written the stories to a theme with the aim of having enough for a book.
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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Mate, you are an awesome and fearless writer. As far as I'm concerned, people like you keep the landscape fresh, dangerous, and exciting.
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Kyler Fey vs Destoroyah @kylerfey.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
This is good book news. Kelso is really good.
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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Want.
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Nice to meet @robinince.bsky.social tonight. What a gentleman!
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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 07/05/2026
Random 'shelfie'. Pick your poison!
A collection of books:

"The Secret of Ventriloquism", Jon Padgett.
"Gateways to Abomination", Matthew M. Bartlett.
"The Latham-Fielding Liaison", Matthew M. Bartlett & Jon Padgett.
"The Architect of Sleep", Steven R. Boyett.
"Punktown", Jeffrey Thomas.
"Tales of the Grand Guignol", Maurice Level.
"The Mad Butterfly's Ball", ed. Preston Grassmann & Chris Kelso.
"Blood of the Impaler", Jeffrey Sackett.
"Hellstone", Steven Spruill.
"The Horrible and Others", Guy de Maupassant.
"Collected Ghost Stories", M.R. James.
"Glass Stories", Ivy Grimes.
"The Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions", Oliver Onions.
"Strangers and Pilgrims", Walter de la Mare.
Crime novels of the 1960s (Library of America edition.)
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Shoreline of Infinity @shoreinf.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Spanning fifteen years of nightmares, time crimes, and transgressive visions, COLLECTED gathers the essential short fiction of Chris Kelso – one of the most singular voices in contemporary cult literature. to be published 28th May Available for pre-order www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/coll...
Cover with title and author. The image is a random collection of postage stamps from around the world.  There are quotes about the book: “Fascinating to watch the development through these stories of an original, wry and dystopic fantasy voice” - Frankie Boyle`  and ‘What a privilege to have the evolution of a brilliant writer laid out right there in front of you.’ - Chris McQueer
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Last chance to give Possession a nomination for this year's Rondo Hatton 'book of the year' Award!
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Madeleine Swann @madeleineswann.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
🐙🎉
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Here's a link to my Collected short fiction book out through @shoreinf.bsky.social. I'll be launching the book at Satellite 9 on May 24th 😎 www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/coll...
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Tobias Carroll @tobiascarroll.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Chatted with the esteemed Chris Kelso at @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/04/02/c...
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Chris Kelso on “Possession” as Muse
I’ve known Chris Kelso for a while now, and we’ve discussed everything from horror fiction to the ups and downs of the Scottish Premier League. This time out, our conversation was about…
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Vol. 1 Brooklyn @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"Their work is prenatal with meaning and subtext. That’s something that makes them worthy of critical analysis. You want to write about these films because they are positively heaving with symbolism." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/04/02/c...
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Chris Kelso on “Possession” as Muse
I’ve known Chris Kelso for a while now, and we’ve discussed everything from horror fiction to the ups and downs of the Scottish Premier League. This time out, our conversation was about…
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Dave Jeffery @davebjeffery.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Shoutout to Chris Kelso, whose non-fiction title POSSESSION (PS Publishing) is nominated for a Rondo Hatton award. Voting for all categories ends May 1st and the link is YKW. Congratulations to Chris and all of the other nominees.
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity has been nominated for a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award. Please consider voting for it, although all the nominees are phenomenal. TO VOTE, simply email David Colton at taraco@aol.com by on Friday night at midnight, May 1, 2026.
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I wrote this piece for EXPAT, which also features a short input from legendary filmmaker, Caveh Zahedi. This'll also feature in as part of a book further down the line. expatpress.com/ex-cinema-an...
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Ex-Cinema and Empathy: In Conversation with Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi – Chris Kelso - ExPat Press
Akira Lippit’s notion of ex-cinema idealises a space outside a work of art, one which can only be achieved in the Brechtian form. Located by an ‘exergue’, this space remains exterior (but still indisp...
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Just received these from Chris Kelso and I’m very excited to read both
Two books - on melting and a midnight movie monograph on Possession
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Cassian @binxeth.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Since he followed back. I learned of @chris88.bsky.social via Interrogating the Abyss pub @apocalypseparty.bsky.social, after reading got ahold of Terence, Mephisto, and Viscera Eyes. I'll admit I haven't kept up with his writing (or the scene in general for a few years)
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Roy Christopher @roychristopher.com · 20/12/2025
Hey, I also have an interview anthology series called FOLLOW FOR NOW: 80 interviews! 2 decades! 2 books! 💙📚 #booksky www.amazon.com/dp/B0G8HLB2K...
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Follow for Now
Visit Amazon's Follow for Now Page and shop for all Follow for Now books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Follow for Now
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Roy Christopher @roychristopher.com · 08/01/2026
So stoked to have blurbed SHADOWSPHERES, the excellent new book by Chris Kelso and Ewan Morrison! 💙📚 #booksky Preorder yours now: www.merigoldindependent.com/shadowspheres
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Chris Kelso & Ewan Morrison - SHADOWSPHERES — Merigold Independent
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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Proofs are here @merigoldindie.bsky.social @roychristopher.com
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