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Lovely to see Waterstones getting behind Unhallowed Gifts. Officially published tomorrow! #horror #horrorbooks #horrorcommunity

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 17h

Join us tomorrow night at 7pm UK time on YouTube and meet the amazing contributors of Collective! youtu.be/Lu2RX8mgfTc?... @dancoxon.bsky.social

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Collective: The Collaborative Art of the Anthology - Launch

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Unhallowed Gifts is a collection of spine-chilling tales exploring haunted and malignant objects and gifts... from possessed brooch to bloodthirsty needle, from some of our favourite terrifying authors (see cover's alt txt for the list!) & edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social Out 1st Oct #Horrorsky 🪐📚💙

A plain red cover with a simple image in black of a doll. Featuring stories by: Paul Tremblay, Charlie Higson, Evelyn Hollow, Eric LaRocca, Daisy Johnson, Laura Purcell, Jeremy Dyson, Muriel Gray, Robert Shearman, Lucie McKnight Hardy, John Langan, and Matt Hill.

A green banner reading BookishSFF's 2026 watchlist: scifi fantasy horror and spec fic publishing

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Lord Samper @lordsamper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

While I try and bend today to my (waning) will, you get my thoughts on @dancoxon.bsky.social's very readable ‘Come Sing For The Harrowing' collection. Erm, want to swap? @clashbooks.bsky.social lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/09/come...

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‘Come Sing For The Harrowing: Stories by Dan Coxon’ (Clash Books)

Page Count: 218 Pages I know that ‘Folk Horror’ books are a thing and that they are very likely to be my thing (I enjoyed ‘The Wicker Man’...

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If anyone's looking for Death Cab for Cutie tickets, I have a pair up for sale on Twickets for Saturday at the Troxy. Wish I could still make it: twckts.com/gwQj #DeathCabForCutie

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Twickets

Twickets is an ethical ticket resale marketplace, enabling fans to sell spare tickets at no more than face value (plus fees)

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Rick Danforth @rickandwrite.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I had an absolute blast on the short fiction panel at Edge Lit yesterday. Had the privilege of being on with some great people which makes it very easy work! Thanks to @dancoxon.bsky.social for moderating and @alexdavis1981.bsky.social for having me. Edge Lit was probably my top con experience!

Five panelists sat at a wooden table with microphones.
Left to right, Dan coxon, Tim Major, Priya Sharma, Megan Taylor and yours truly.

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The first Amazon review of UNEARTHED is in... and it's a banger. Very happy with that.

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Christopher Golden @cgolden.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Happy pub day to editors @dancoxon.bsky.social and @pfracassi.bsky.social and all of the contributors to UNEARTHED: NEW HORROR OF ANCIENT RUINS. I had an absolute blast writing "Radio Kraken," my story in this anthology. I hope you all enjoy it!

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

UNEARTHED is out today! Join me in celebrating by indulging my video for a minute. Really proud of this anthology, co-edited with the great @pfracassi.bsky.social - available now from pretty much anywhere you buy books. titanbooks.com/72519-uneart... #booklaunch #horror #horrorbooks

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Cavan Scott @cavan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Out today! UNEARTHED, edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social & @pfracassi.bsky.social and featuring REHISTORY, a new story with a difference from me. Find out how QUATERMASS and DOCTOR WHO: THE DAEMONS influenced my tale of midwinter Stonehenge shenanigans here - www.cavletter.com/behind-the-s...

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Happy book birthday to us! The latest anthology of writing craft essays edited by Richard V. Hirst and myself is out today from Dead Ink! Writing the Real focuses on creative non-fiction. Out now wherever you buy books - or direct from Dead Ink below: deadinkbooks.com/products/wri...

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Can someone make this happen?

how about a website where authors have profiles we follow for announcements, tour schedules, cover reveals, merch, and links to buy books with zero notifications or socializing to manage

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Watch out for this new #horror anthology inspired by ancient ruins: caverns, catacombs, ruined temples and monoliths, authored by a whole host of your favourite horror writers (see alt txt) & edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social and @pfracassi.bsky.social. Unearthed is out 15/9! #SFF #Horrorsky 🪐📚💙

The cover of the book. Piles of green and orange rubble with strange distorted statues or faces within, skeletons below. Text reads Unearthed. New horror of ancient ruins. Then lists the editors Dan Coxon and Philip Fracassi, and a selection of the authors, but here's the full list:
Tananarive Due
Christopher Golden
Josh Malerman
Tim Lebbon
Eric LaRocca
A.M. Shine
Jonathan Maberry
Hildur Knutsdottir
Ai Jiang
A. G. Slatter
Mark Chadbourn
Priya Sharma
Benjamin Percy
V. Castro
Gemma Amor
Cavan Scott
Premee Mohamed
Hache Pueyo
Steve Toase

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Cavan Scott @cavan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Fancy a free book event? Of course you do. Join me, @dancoxon.bsky.social @manylittlewords.bsky.social and @timlebbon.bsky.social at Bristol Folk House on Thursday 5th November as we celebrate the launch of UNEARTHED from @titanbooks.bsky.social

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Bristol folk! Come join me, Cavan Scott, Gemma Amor and Tim Lebbon at The Folk House on November 5th, launching my new anthology UNEARTHED and discussing all things horror! Tickets are free but make sure you book one - link below: www.bristolfolkhouse.co.uk/live-music/e... #horror #bristol

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Richard V. Hirst @richardvhirst.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I have arrived home from holiday to a box of bouncing, beautiful copies of Writing the Real. This is a collection of essays on crafting creative nonfiction which is edited by me and @dancoxon.bsky.social and is published by Dead Ink next month. deadinkbooks.com/products/wri...

Writing the Real edited by Dan Coxon and Richard V. Hirst.

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

For those who owned iSpy Birds growing up (as I did), here's a photo of the wild hoopoe I saw today.

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Another unboxing video! This time for WRITING THE REAL, the brand-new collection of essays on crafting Creative Non-Fiction, coming 10 September from Dead Ink. Grab a copy below - and keep it real... deadinkbooks.com/products/wri...

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Cay @caymanwent.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

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Horror DNA @horrordna.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

@jonezyboy.bsky.social says @dancoxon.bsky.social's WHERE ONCE HE STOOD "...cleverly morphs into a mystery that blends missing-person crime fiction with paranormal horror." Now out from @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social! #horror #amreading #amreadinghorror #booksky www.horrordna.com/books/where-...

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Where Once He Stood

Remember to keep one eye on your neighbours!

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Just a quick blog post today on winning the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology, and the current offer from Dead Ink on all pre-orders of the follow-up volume, Unhallowed Gifts. Get ordering! www.dancoxon.com/2026/08/unqu... #horror #horrorbooks

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Unquiet Guests wins a Shirley Jackson Award!

You may have already seen the news a couple of weeks ago that my anthology for Dead Ink last year, Unquiet Guests , won a Shirley Jackson Aw...

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Briana Morgan @brianamorganbooks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

What's your favorite writing craft book?

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Fantastic review of my collection Come Sing For The Harrowing in the Ancillary Review of Books, alongside Enriquez & Wilkinson. "In all three of these books, the intrusions of the weird upend both metaphor and mimesis to confuse the boundaries between them" ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2026/08/11/p...

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Profane Illuminations IV: Mariana Enriquez’s A Sunny Place for Shady People, Dan Coxon’s Come Sing for the Harrowing, and Charles Wilkinson’s The Water Bells

Zachary Gillan Intrusion is a cornerstone of weird fiction. The weird itself intrudes to unsettle a narrative, one genre intrudes into another, irrealism intrudes into the real. We might also think…

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Shirley Jackson Award unboxing video! (Well, almost...) My physical award finally arrived, but in my hurry to open it I forgot to record an unboxing video. Fortunately, time is malleable in 2026 - so here's my reverse reboxing video of the award. #unboxing #ShirleyJacksonAwards

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I don’t work in archaeology anymore. I still like to potter in the veg patch. I anticipated clay pipe & a bit of ceramic but got something pretty unexpected. Unnerving to see my own name in there. @dancoxon.bsky.social and @pfracassi.bsky.social , you’re in there too. Can you shed any light on this?

A finds tray with a piece of clay pipe, a bird bone, a piece of pottery, a flint, and a copy of the Unearthed anthology. To one side is a context sheet with a trowel, leaf trowel, a couple of bulldog clips and a hand tape. There is also a soul sieve.

A finds tray with a piece of clay pipe, a bird bone, a piece of pottery, a flint, and a copy of the Unearthed anthology.

The contents page of the Unearthed anthology listing stories by Tananarive Due
Christopher Golden
Josh Malerman
Tim Lebbon
Eric LaRocca
A.M. Shine
Jonathan Maberry
Hildur Knútsdóttir
Ai Jiang
A. G. Slatter
Mark Chadbourn
Priya Sharma
Benjamin Percy
V. Castro
Gemma Amor
Cavan Scott
Premee Mohamed
Hache Pueyo
Steve Toase

The first page of Composite by Steve Toase in the Unearthed anthology.

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Cavan Scott @cavan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Excited to receive an early author's copy of UNEARTHED edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social & @pfracassi.bsky.social It features a standing stone-inspired short story by me. ReHistory is something a little bit different that I hope you’ll enjoy, inspired by Quatermass & Doctor Who’s The Daemons.

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Lovely 4.5-star review of Where Once He Stood by Tony Jones over at Horror DNA. Really pleased that he managed not to give away too many spoilers, too! www.horrordna.com/books/where-...

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Where Once He Stood

Remember to keep one eye on your neighbours!

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Amidst new rumours that he'll be playing Eisenhorn in the forthcoming Warhammer Amazon series, here's another look at my Henry Cavill mini. #warhammer #warhammer40k

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Copies of Unearthed are here! Except I seem to have been sent a box full of dirt... Unearthed is out on 15 Sept from @titanbooks.bsky.social, edited by myself and @pfracassi.bsky.social. Enjoy the video, and preorder via the link below. titanbooks.com/72519-uneart... #horror #horrorbooks #unboxing

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Just a reminder that you can find me here on Monday evening (UK time). I'll drop a link to the YouTube live stream below! youtube.com/live/Ivml0Wu...

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I know I've already posted one of these for my other autumn anthology, Unearthed... but if you pre-order anything in the Waterstones offer, it should be this. Published in a deluxe hardback edition, the pre-order code gets you a pocket-busting £5 off. www.waterstones.com/book/unhallo...

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

UNEARTHED ed. by Dan Coxon and Philip Fracassi is currently 25% off in the Waterstones Books Coming Soon Promotion! #WPreorder Use the code SUMMER26 on their website or app, now until 23:59 July 24. bit.ly/4fc6Kql

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

For those who weren't at Readercon for the Shirley Jackson Awards (or didn't tune into the livestream at 1.30am, like I did), here's my acceptance speech that was played when they announced Unquiet Guests as joint winner of Best Edited Anthology alongside Ellen Datlow's Night and Day.

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It's 1.30am here and England just went through to the World Cup semi-finals and I just won a Shirley Jackson Award and I'm not sure if it's the beer or the salty snacks but I'm wide awake and buzzing.

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Unfortunately I can't be at Readercon this weekend for the Shirley Jackson Awards, but best of luck to all my friends and colleagues, and especially those of you on the Anthology shortlist with me. It's a fantastic shortlist this year - you'd all be worthy winners! #Readercon #ShirleyJacksonAwards

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Both Nina Allan and Sarah Pinborough were winners in absentia at tonight's CWA Dagger Awards - but I'm taking that as a (double) win for the horror community! #cwadaggers #cwa

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Has anyone among my geeky friends played Trench Crusade? Our eldest as shown an interest - at first glance it looks VERY dark, but interesting lore and a decent game system.

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

In case you missed it at the end of last week, here's the updated Cover Reveal bingo card with WRITING THE REAL added. There's still a mystery book scheduled for next month... I'm not going to lie, at this stage it might get knocked back to August. But it's coming...

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

23. Come Sing for the Harrowing by @dancoxon.bsky.social this is an excellent, eerie collection of new-weird folk horror short stories. my personal favourites were The Wives of Tromisle, A Broken Vessel, Our Sister of Blackthorn, The Darkness Below, and Long Gone (Slight Return)

Laura’s hand holding the book Come Sing for the Harrowng by Dan Coxon, featuring a woodcut image of a face peering out of a winter wood

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Richard V. Hirst @richardvhirst.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New book! The fifth in the series @dancoxon.bsky.social and I edit for Dead Ink. Guidance and reflections on creative non-fiction from the likes of @jennashworth.bsky.social, @adamjfarrer.bsky.social, @tracyking.bsky.social, @noreenmasud.bsky.social and more! deadinkbooks.com/products/wri...

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Coming 10th September - the FIFTH book in our Writing... series for Dead Ink Books! This one's on creative non-fiction, including memoir, autofiction and personal essays, from the likes of Kit de Waal, Kirsty Logan, Nikesh Shukla & many more Open for preorders now: deadinkbooks.com/products/wri...

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I've been working on these two bad boys for the last few weeks. Two Boomdakka Snazzwagons, made from the same kit but with pieces swapped/modded from the remains of an Ork Trukk (note the crushed Fanta cans in the interior if you zoom in!) #warhammerpainting #warhammer40k #armageddon #orks

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Everyone was out last night so I finally got around to watching this. Can't help thinking it would make an interesting double bill with A Dark Song. Might wreck me though.

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

20km walked. Don't have the official time yet, but around 4hrs 20 (including stops). Tired, but good. Also, I still need £10 to hit my sponsorship target. I can rely on you, right? mightyhikesfundraising.macmillan.org.uk/fundraising/...

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