Why does the writer have to be subservient to the reader? David Rose | Heimat | Nightjar Press: £3.75Reviewed by Paul Kavanagh    ‘All my memories gather ’round her,’ sings John Denver. David Rose sin...

​At Nightjar, we have published 97 authors since 2009. That’s 110 individual titles (some authors have appeared more than once, and one publication,  The Invisible Collection , featured more...

In my post on Nicholas Royle’s “Finders, Keepers” I mentioned that he was the man behind Nightjar Press, publishers of some very striking little chapbooks. I’ve read a few o…

Although we published four new titles in March, we couldn’t wait any longer than a month to publish two more. ‘Green Dress’ is another debut short story, this one by Siobhan McKeown , and...

Spring is here – although it appears to be snowing in Manchester as we write these words – bringing with it four new Nightjars: we welcome back David Rose with a new story, ‘Heimat’ , and we...

Confingo Publishing is an indie press based in Manchester, and they have an intriguing list of titles on their books. They’ve appeared on the Ramblings before as they issue Dave Haslam’…

Review 31 is an online literary review.

We’ve just started stocking short story chapbooks from Nightjar Press. If you, like us, are fans of the gothic, the weird, the surreal, and the supernatural, we recommend you check them out here in th...

Flight Paths David Gaffney Author bio Cover photograph: Nicholas Royle ISBN 978-1-917965-01-9 ​ Publication date: June 2025