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Fucking hell! @davidmbarnett.bsky.social has absolutely knocked it out of the park with this one. Scratch Moss had been my favourite read of the year so far. Until now. And the Author's Note at the end suggests there may be more to come. Bring it on!

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Aickman next up, I think, but can't decide which collection to re-read.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

October reads #1: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Shirley Jackson

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Leah Moore @leahmoore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Liverpool people! Come and say hello! Im not sure how 20 years has elapsed, but we are really thrilled with the new edition, and reading it again, we are super proud of it. 😁❤️ #Albion

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In case you missed it - though I'm not sure how you would, as I was an absolute bore about it - my fourth folk horror novel TWISTED PIKE was released yesterday: www.canelo.co/books/twiste...

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Twisted Pike by David Barnett | Canelo

Paperback and Ebook

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Dyn Hysbys @dynhysbys.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yesssssss! Twisted Pike by @davidmbarnett.bsky.social just dropped through my front door, perfect folk horror to get October started. #booksky #folklore #folkhorror

A copy of Twisted Pike lies on a patterned sofa cushion.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh my word, BLACK TOWER: THE RAVEN CONSPIRACY by @therightram.bsky.social, @mikeperkinsart.bsky.social, @mikespicer-pd.bsky.social and @andworld.bsky.social, from @dcoffical.bsky.social's resurgent Vertigo imprint, is QUITE the fucking joyous occult caper I absolutely needed to read right now.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Next week is both New York Comic Con and Frankfurt Book Fair so I guess various editors will be having a rest from my emails for a bit.

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's spooky month! Last October 1st, we started Emberlings. One a day, through October. And here they all are, in a wee book. @hookland.bsky.social even did us a foreword! thomas-brown-1.sumupstore.com/product/embe...

a mud larking witch under a full moon. Pencil drawing with white highlights.

young witch with wellies stomping through puddles.

a witch appearing in an arch of branches and candles. Pencil drawing with white highlights.

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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Before very long you people are going to be wondering what the hell to buy your dad or your aunty or your weird cousin for Christmas. And when that day comes - and believe me it will - you will wish you had ordered a custom crossword from me.

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Ian Duff @ianduff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Putting Stephen King's It aside for the moment as I simply have to read this one right now. Twisted Pike - @davidmbarnett.bsky.social #CurrentlyReading #AmReading #BookSky

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

NEW WHITE RABBIT! Including book news, comic news, Nepo Corner, My Favourite Shops, Tales from the Longbox, and ruminations on ten years of a dead dad. www.patreon.com/DavidBarnett...

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The White Rabbit: Issue #2 | David Barnett

Welcome to issue 2 of THE WHITE RABBIT, my first-of-the-month ramble and scamper through things of little consequence. While meteorological

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Aaaaand we're off. TWISTED PIKE published today. www.canelo.co/books/twiste...

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Been asked to do a video for Spotify Wrapped. Had to ask my daughter what Spotify Wrapped is.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Well, this is great from @idwpublishing.com's IDW Crime imprint. Smart, funny, violent and thrilling. And a whopping 40 pages of dense, immersive storytelling...that's how you do a #1. W: @amythunderjam.bsky.social A: Savanna Mayer C: James Fenner L: Sandy Tanaka Editor: @rileysauruss.bsky.social

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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 30/09/2026

Authors if you have a newsletter why not boost it here?

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Not sure why but I feel this car should belong to either @kierongillen.bsky.social or @mckelvie.bsky.social. Or perhaps be the car they both drive around in, solving mysteries and that.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New plums in the icebox just dropped.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We only got a HERNE & SHUCK cover on this week's 2000AD! Part three of STORMING THE STONE written by me, art by Lee Milmore (who also did the cracking Moloch cover), colours Quinton Winter, letters Annie Parkhouse. Out Wednesday.

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Nick Barreto @nick-barreto.com · 29/09/2026

The whole "breaks containment" narrative itself is such an absolute fiction in itself. It's not like we haven't for decades had ways to completely block network requests entirely when we want to. I guess "I didn't set up an appropriate environment for my tests and they broke" doesn't make the news

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's never "AI agent breaks containment, cures cancer, does a bit of tidying up and puts the kettle on", is it?

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's 2026 and we still don't know if anybody had any Veras for Mr C.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just noticed that Bod and Bond have the same title sequence.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Who remembers back in the 1970s wearing a mask like this from the corner shop, with a bit of slack elastic at the back, dressing in a black bin bag and hollowing out a turnip for a lantern? Not for Halloween or anything, just because we couldn't afford clothes or electricity, and were so ugly.

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𝕄𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕨 ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕘 @ashcanpress.com · 28/09/2026

If you're near NYC this weekend, you should definitely enter the @rooftopfilms.bsky.social treasure hunt! Test your knowledge of NYC history, indie film lore, and perhaps win $5000! And you support one of the best arts organizations in the world.

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Rooftop Treasure Hunt

Solve puzzles, unlock clues, and explore the city through Rooftop Films’ 30-year history, with a $5,000 grand prize waiting at the finish line!

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Very much enjoying MINOTAUR from @ignitionpress.bsky.social. Just when I think Si Spurrier's big brane is confounding me he suddenly makes me go "ahhh, right, I get it". W: @sispurrier.bsky.social A: Mike Dowling C: Sofie Dodgson L: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

The first two issues of the comic MINOTAUR published by Ignition Press.

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Man, Ultimate X-Men was weird sometimes

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Extremely not very sure what I feel about this. I mean, Chip Zdarsky's a great writer, so I trust him a little, but still. Miracleman. Or Marvelman to us old farts. Which is weird given why he had to change his name. www.marvel.com/articles/com...

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Miracleman Makes His Marvel Universe Debut in 'Avengers: Armageddon' #4

Learn more about the big reveal from 'Avengers: Armageddon' #4 by Chip Zdarsky, Delio Diaz and Frank Alpizar, on sale now!

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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

2000 AD Prog 2502 is out on 30th September - featuring HERNE & SHUCK: STORMING THE STONE, Part Three by: 📝 Script: @davidmbarnett.bsky.social ✏️ Art: @drawninthemargins.bsky.social 🎨 Colours: Quinton Winter 💬 Letters: Annie Parkhouse Subscribe now and get zarjaz free gifts ➡️ bit.ly/2Ws04uc

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“…and whatever walked there, walked alone.” Spooky season reading is underway.

First page of Shirley Jackson’s THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE.

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oh! Tis #Caturday. Have I got a cat for you! thomas-brown-1.sumupstore.com/products?cat... (also, a solution for your yule card choice)

A vast shaggy black cat towers over an old Icelandic village in the snow. At the bottom of the composition, Viking/Celtic zoomorphic knotwork. Pencil and mixed media on toned paper. Colour applied.

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Caroline G 📚 @loopyk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🧵 Twisted Pike by @davidmbarnett.bsky.social ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A welcome, creepy return to the village where it all began. They've come to make a movie, but will they be allowed to leave? 🦊 See my review on www.goodreads.com/loopykaz and hardcover.app/books/twiste... Thanks to @canelobooks.bsky.social (1/2)

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James_AL_Downs @magiclantern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's been a good summer of folk horror reading thanks to @davidmbarnett.bsky.social and now autumn brings a close (possibly?) to this uniquely wonderful quartet

Photo of four paperback books, three piled horizontally with their titles - Withered Hill, Scuttler's Cove and Scratch Moss - visible on the spines, with the fourth, Twisted Pike, standing upright and showing the red shape of a dog-like creature on the front cover

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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 25/09/2026

If you’ve not seen me rave about this series before 1) where have you been? 2) buy the lot and just plough through, you won’t regret it

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TWISTED PIKE is published by @canelobooks.bsky.social on October 1st. Back to where it all began. The cycle is complete.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pre-order a copy of TWISTED PIKE from Bookshop.org between 23-27 September and save 20% with the code: SEPT20 Every sale supports real independent bookshops across the UK

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is great, get it ordered now.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It’s looking like my next horror novel will be set in Maine, are there any other writers who’ve done this or am I treading new ground?

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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

2000 AD Prog 2501 is out on 23rd September - featuring HERNE & SHUCK: STORMING THE STONE, Part Two by: 📝 Script: @davidmbarnett.bsky.social ✏️ Art: @drawninthemargins.bsky.social 🎨 Colours: Quinton Winter 💬 Letters: Annie Parkhouse Subscribe now and get zarjaz free gifts ➡️ bit.ly/2Ws04uc

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Strange bedfellows the Kindle chart makes.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One day Kindle deal! WITHERED HILL only 99p for Friday September 18th only! Grab it while it’s hot and cheap. www.amazon.co.uk/Withered-Hil...

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Withered Hill: A dark and unsettling British folk horror novel

Withered Hill: A dark and unsettling British folk horror novel eBook : Barnett, David: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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