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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We have a wonderful guest line up for you at ILF26, some of the top Lovecraftian authors, artists, game designers, film makers and more. Grab your seat on the bus at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innsmouth-...

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Next weekend! Indie Horror Chapter 4, the Liner, Liverpool. April 11th. 😱📚💙📚🩸

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Guests of Honour for ILF26 have been announced: Author/editor Stephen Jones and artist Les Edwards! Plus, more authors are to be announced, and panels, talks, traders, gaming, and Innsmouth After Dark! Early bird tickets and trader details are available at www.innsmouthgold.com/innsmouth-li...

Innsmouth Literary Festival, September 19th 2026, King's House Bedford

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

We are delighted to announce our Guests of Honour for ILF26. Author/editor Stephen Jones and artist Les Edwards! Plus our usual panels, talks, traders, gaming and Innsmouth After Dark! Early bird tickets and trader details now available at www.innsmouthgold.com/innsmouth-li... 😱📚💙📚🩸

INNSMOUTH LITERARY FESTIVAL, Saturday September 19th, King's House, Bedford

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

THIS MONTH, we begin with a birthday treat for a little horror. A sinister tree conceals a terrifying secret. Journalists ponder whether a new exercise regime is part of preparations for global war. A woman becomes obsessed with digging holes. schlock.co.uk Also available in paperback/Kindle.

schlock webzine cover, a woman in silver sci-fi armour.

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Join us... 50 Indie Horror Authors - far too many to tag ! Featuring Special Guest Author, the formidable Ramsey Campbell 😱 Activities throughout the day, and an eye-watering number of event exclusives. Free to attend, and no need to book. Dare you join us? 👻 😱📚💙📚🩸

11th April, The Liner, Liverpool 11:00-16:00

Free entry.

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

It's a year old this month. Why not give it a go? ;-) Out now in paperback, Kindle and Kindle Unlimited. UK Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/author/simon... USA Amazon: a.co/d/coLs8om UK Amazon: amzn.eu/d/fsZ1uWL See a review at: www.monsterlibrarian.com/TheCirculati... 💙📚😱📚🩸

THE EMPIRE OF THE MOON AND STARS By Simon Bleaken out now in paperback, Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The man murdered today by ICE has been identified as 37-year-old Alex Pretti of South Minneapolis.

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

feles dormit et stertit. (While some of us are trying to learn...) :-)

Tiffin, a tuxedo cat, asleep on some Latin textbooks

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Just a reminder... The Empire of the Moon and Stars and Other Stories It's waiting for you. 🩸📚😱📚💙

Cover of The Empire of the Moon and Stars and Other Stories by Simon Bleaken

Back cover of The Empire of the Moon and Stars and Other Stories by Simon Bleaken

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Thrilled to announce I'll be at IHC4 in April. 🩸📚😱📚💙

Attending author Simon Bleaken, Liverpool Horror Book Con. The Liner, Liverpool 11th April, 11am to 4pm. Free entry.

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Halloween is drawing slowly closer, but I have what you need. Available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited or in paperback. If you live in the UK you can get them through the Foyles or Waterstones websites, or Amazon. Stay spooky. 👻🎃 😱📚🩸📚💙

The Empire of the Moon and Stars and Other Stories

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

PRE-ORDER I have a story in this anthology, also available with an accompanying CD/download of dark ambient music. Codex Of Pleasure And Pain – A Tribute to Clive Barker’s Hellraiser (published by Eighth Tower Records, dl + Cd + Book). eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/codex-... 💙📚😱📚🩸

Codex Of Pleasure And Pain – A Sonic Tribute to Clive Barker’s Hellraiser (published by Eighth Tower Records, dl + Cd + Book).

Codex Of Pleasure And Pain – A Tribute to Clive Barker’s Hellraiser (published by Eighth Tower Records, dl + Cd + Book).

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Back on the 6th of September, IHC3 was unleashed on Weston-super-Mare. I should have taken more photos, but here are a few...

Back on the 6th of September, Indie Horror Chapter 3 was unleashed on Weston-super-Mare. - Group shot of all attending authors

Back on the 6th of September, Indie Horror Chapter 3 was unleashed on Weston-super-Mare. Picture shows authors Simon Bleaken and Chris Harrison.

Back on the 6th of September, Indie Horror Chapter 3 was unleashed on Weston-super-Mare. Picture shows Simon Bleaken standing by his banner

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Had a blast at the Innsmouth Literary Festival 2025

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I had the absolute honour of being in the first two books of the series, and it was an amazing experience. Now, book three is due out next month, and book four is being planned, and I'm so excited to see what they come up with. The authors they have lined up are incredible. 😱📚💙📚🩸

House of Haunts (2023), Hospital of Haunts (2024) and Hotel of Haunts (2025)

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Books are all packed for next Saturday. Are you coming? INDIE HORROR CHAPTER 3 Saturday 6th September, The Royal Hotel, Weston-super-Mare. 11am-4:30pm. Free entry. 💙📚🩸📚😱

INDIE HORROR CHAPTER 3

Saturday 6th September, The Royal Hotel, Weston-super-Mare.

11am-4:30pm.

Free entry.

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

OUT NOW Within the Empire of the Moon and Stars the old world has fallen away, civilisation crumbles as strange shadows stir, and unseen things awake from ancient sleep. THE EMPIRE OF THE MOON AND STARS AND OTHER STORIES By Simon Bleaken 🩸📚😱📚💙

THE EMPIRE OF THE MOON AND STARS AND OTHER STORIES By Simon Bleaken - review by Catriona Mowat

THE EMPIRE OF THE MOON AND STARS AND OTHER STORIES
By Simon Bleaken

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Innsmouth Literary Festival 2025 in King’s House Centre, Bedford, UK - 27th September. 🩸📚💙📚😱 Tickets on sale now. innsmouthgold.com/innsmouth-li...

Innsmouth Literary Festival 2025 in Bedford, UK - 27th September. Tickets on sale online now.

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

We lost a talented writer back in March. Let's keep his stories alive. GHOSTS WILL HAUNT MY BONES 19 TALES OF HORROR EBook: baynambooks.co.uk/product/ghos... Paperback: baynambooks.co.uk/product/ghos... 😱📚💙📚🩸

Ghosts will Haunt My Bones by Patrick Winters

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Are you ready, UK? 🇬🇧 Just 2 weeks until Chapter 3: Weston Horror Book Con featuring over 40 authors from the UK and Europe 😱 Free to attend, with activities throughout the day and lots and lots of books 👻 🩸📚💙📚 😱

Weston Horror Book Con, 6th September, The Royal Hotel, free entry.

Weston Horror Book Con, 6th September, The Royal Hotel, free entry from 11am

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

OUT NOW Available as: music CD and book - book only - music CD only - or digital download. Stories by: Chris McAuley, Edwin J. Buja, Michael F. Housel, Nora Peevy, Paolo L. Bandera, RDJ Armstrong, Scott J. Couturier, Simon Bleaken. 🩸📚💙📚😱

Bio-Mechanik stories inspired by H R Giger’s art

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Stories born from a lifelong love of classic horror fiction and atmospheric weird tales, as well as contemporary horror. All available on Kindle Unlimited, or in paperback. Available from Amazon, Foyles, and Waterstones. 🩸📚💙📚😱

A Touch of Silence and Other Tales, The Basement of Dreams and Other Tales, Within the Flames and Other Stories and the Empire of the Moon and Stars and Other Stories, all by Simon Bleaken

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Welcome to Hotel Ethel. The last reservation you'll ever need. 23 Floors. 23 Ghosts. 23 Stories. Hotel of Haunts (2025) pre-orders are live on the Watertower Hill website! 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 $29.99 www.watertowerhill.com/product-page... 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 $19.99 www.watertowerhill.com/product-page... 🩸📚💙📚😱

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Stories evoking the haunted environment, with elements of MR James, Campbell, and Lovecraft. Even a little Colin Dexter…. amzn.eu/d/elRwu5r Silence Next the Sea and Other Stories 💙📚😱📚🩸

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

My latest book is now six months old. The door is always open for you... THE EMPIRE OF THE MOON AND STARS by Simon Bleaken UK Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/author/simon... USA Amazon: a.co/d/coLs8om UK Amazon: amzn.eu/d/fsZ1uWL 😱📚🩸📚💙

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

The official Innsmouth Literary Festival 2025 T-shirt is here!You can pre-order at a discount price and collect on the day. Order here for collection at Innsmouth Literary Festival 25. www.innsmouthgold.com/innsmouth-li... Tickets for the ILF are available via the website or Eventbrite! 😱📚💙📚🩸

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

US friends, From August 5th to August 12th, the Kindle version of my second short story collection, The Basement of Dreams, will be on sale! a.co/d/a3SE1R0 💙📚😱📚🩸

The Basement of Dreams and Other Tales by Simon Bleaken, Kindle version on sale from August 5th to 12th, on Amazon.com

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

OUT NOW Available as: music CD and anthology, anthology only, music CD or digital download. Stories by: Chris McAuley, Edwin J. Buja, Michael F. Housel, Nora Peevy, Paolo L. Bandera, RDJ Armstrong, Scott J. Couturier, Simon Bleaken. eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bio-me... 😱📚💙📚🩸

BIO-MECHANIK. TRIBUTE TO THE ART OF H.R. GIGER
(music CD and book available from Eighth Tower Publications)

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

OUT NOW Available as: CD and book - book only - CD only/digital download. Stories by: Chris McAuley, Edwin J. Buja, Michael F. Housel, Nora Peevy, Paolo L. Bandera, RDJ Armstrong, Scott J. Couturier, Simon Bleaken. eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bio-me... 😱📚💙📚🩸

Bio-Mechanik from Eighth Tower Publications

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Three recent reads that I highly recommend. 'Ashes of August Manor’ by Blaine Daigle and ‘The Home’ by Judith Sonnet and Catriona Mowat’s debut ‘Beyond the Smoke and Shadow’. These are superb books. Atmospheric and chilling, and beautifully written. Seriously, look them up. 💙📚😱📚🩸

Catriona Mowat’s debut ‘Beyond the Smoke and Shadow’.

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

UK friends, from the 19th to the 26th July, you can grab a Kindle copy of my latest book for a reduced price on Amazon. This collection contains 16 tales, all previously published, together for the first time in one collection. Amazon link: amzn.eu/d/cgS6t5w 💙📚🩸📚😱

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Indie Horror Chapter at Weston-super-Mare on the 6th of September. Free entry. See you there? 🩸📚😱📚💙

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

INNSMOUTH LITERARY FESTIVAL 25 - Saturday 27th Sept, King’s House Centre, Bedford. Current confirmed guests: Mike Mason, John Houlihan, Paul Fricker, Anna Smith-Spark, David Hambling, Ally Wilkes, CJ Hooper, Matthew Wood, Zoe Burgess, Simon Bleaken, with more TBA. Tickets are available now. 💙📚🩸📚😱

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Shadow of Chaos by Tim Mendees is out today from Eerie River Publishing Paperbacks are available anywhere books are sold. eBook available on Amazon and always free with Kindle Unlimited. books2read.com/shadowofchaos/ 💙📚😱📚🩸

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

It's hot out there... looking for some chills? THE EMPIRE OF THE MOON AND STARS & Other Stories 16 stories, previously published, gathered together for the first time. Out now in paperback, Kindle and on Kindle Unlimited. 💙📚🩸📚😱

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

16 tales of horror… Strange entities, body horror, gothic horror, folk horror, Cthulhu Mythos, Sci-Fi horror, terrible experiments, ancient mysteries, and cosmic forces unleashed. THE EMPIRE OF THE MOON AND STARS & Other Stories Out now in paperback, Kindle and on Kindle Unlimited. 💙📚🩸📚😱

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Have you visited Lychhurst Hospital? 23 stories. One haunted hospital. 🩸📚😱📚💙

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

The Kindle version of this little beauty is on sale for US readers until May 20th. The 16 stories within have all been previously published and are gathered together here for the first time. Go on. You know you want to... The Empire of the Moon and Stars and Other Stories: a.co/d/4rDy898 😱📚🩸📚💙

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Tales of Folk Horror is out now! Christopher Stagg and Red Cape Publishing invite you to endure the unsettling Tales of Folk Horror within this terrifying anthology. mybook.to/Folk2 📚🩸📚😱💙

Cover of Tales of Folk Horror from Red Cape Publishing

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Look at that cover... you know you want it. And inside? 16 tales of terror that have previously graced the pages of the Horror Zine, Lovecraftiana, Schlock Webzine and have also haunted the ears of listeners on the NoSleep and Creepy Podcasts. Available from Amazon, Foyles or Waterstones. 😱📚🩸📚💙

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Coming tomorrow... 🩸📚💙📚😱

Tales of Folk Horror from Red Cape Publishing

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Looking for something new to read? My four collections of short stories are all available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and in Paperback. Why not treat yourself? (If you'd rather avoid Amazon you can order via Foyles or Waterstones in the UK, or Waterstones or Thriftbooks in the USA). 🩸📚😱📚💙

Covers of The Basement of Dreams and Other Tales, A Touch of Silence and Other Tales, Within the Flames and Other Stories, and The Empire of the Moon and Stars and Other Stories, all by Simon Bleaken

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Available now Kindle Unlimited, or in paperback. 16 tales of terror await, from gothic horror to cosmic, folk, body, and sci-fi. USA Amazon: a.co/d/coLs8om UK Amazon: amzn.eu/d/fsZ1uWL Also, available from Foyles or Waterstones. 🩸📚💙📚😱

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Blaine Daigle has a new book out soon, and I'm so excited for this one! 🩸📚😱📚💙

Cover preview for Ashes of August Manor by Blaine Daigle, releasing June 10th

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Simon Bleaken @simonbleaken.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I have a collection of gothic, weird, cosmic, and sci-fi horror stories out. It's on Kindle Unlimited if of interest.

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