Catherine McCarthy
@catherinemccarthy.bsky.social
Welsh author of dark fiction and roamer of ancient paths.
Words in Haven Spec, Dark Matter, Gamut Mag and other strange places.
Find me @ https://cmccarthywriter.substack.com/
Words in Haven Spec, Dark Matter, Gamut Mag and other strange places.
Find me @ https://cmccarthywriter.substack.com/
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Two of my widest read books are available on #KindleUnlimited as well as #audible.
Links👇
Mosaic: mybook.to/hhDt
Lacelean Street: mybook.to/LaceleanStreet
Links👇
Mosaic: mybook.to/hhDt
Lacelean Street: mybook.to/LaceleanStreet
Imagine having had your stories accepted by the iconic Weird Tales Mag 28 times. This beauty of a collection from Tanith Lee contains every single one of them.🖤
It took me a while to get through them all, but the journey was well worth it.
#booksky
It took me a while to get through them all, but the journey was well worth it.
#booksky
February 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Imagine having had your stories accepted by the iconic Weird Tales Mag 28 times. This beauty of a collection from Tanith Lee contains every single one of them.🖤
It took me a while to get through them all, but the journey was well worth it.
#booksky
It took me a while to get through them all, but the journey was well worth it.
#booksky
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Atmosphere full of dread and trepidation, what at first seems like a deadly outbreak of an infectious disease in a small town turns into something much more horrifying. In McGregor's hands, every detail is beautifully crafted and the slow burn reveal of what is happening is worth the wait. 📚💙
February 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Atmosphere full of dread and trepidation, what at first seems like a deadly outbreak of an infectious disease in a small town turns into something much more horrifying. In McGregor's hands, every detail is beautifully crafted and the slow burn reveal of what is happening is worth the wait. 📚💙
If you consider folk music and folktales too twee, I encourage you to try this beauty by Polly Paulusma.
Dark themes, a great performance, and I love the animation too.🖤
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUIL...
Dark themes, a great performance, and I love the animation too.🖤
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUIL...
Polly Paulusma - The Maid & The Palmer
YouTube video by Polly Paulusma
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:58 PM
If you consider folk music and folktales too twee, I encourage you to try this beauty by Polly Paulusma.
Dark themes, a great performance, and I love the animation too.🖤
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUIL...
Dark themes, a great performance, and I love the animation too.🖤
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUIL...
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A young palliative care nurse gets a dream-job at a big city hospital. An evil presence commands her to leave the place. If she yields, come the blood moon an ancient plague would ravage Earth. Would she risk her soul and confront the beast or take the easier route? amazon.com/dp/B0FLMM8LKG
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
A young palliative care nurse gets a dream-job at a big city hospital. An evil presence commands her to leave the place. If she yields, come the blood moon an ancient plague would ravage Earth. Would she risk her soul and confront the beast or take the easier route? amazon.com/dp/B0FLMM8LKG
Author copies of my Gothic novella in da house!😄
Thanks, @sobelobooks.bsky.social for re-publishing this beauty and for sending them my way!
Link: mybook.to/Immortelle2n...
#booksky
Thanks, @sobelobooks.bsky.social for re-publishing this beauty and for sending them my way!
Link: mybook.to/Immortelle2n...
#booksky
February 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Author copies of my Gothic novella in da house!😄
Thanks, @sobelobooks.bsky.social for re-publishing this beauty and for sending them my way!
Link: mybook.to/Immortelle2n...
#booksky
Thanks, @sobelobooks.bsky.social for re-publishing this beauty and for sending them my way!
Link: mybook.to/Immortelle2n...
#booksky
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My last publisher closed, but The Innocents Mysteries Series has a new home, fresh edits, and new covers. Find part one of a series of 19th century mysteries here www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBPFVDR6
Link to author page for the rest of the series
www.amazon.com/stores/C.-A....
It's exciting to be back.
Link to author page for the rest of the series
www.amazon.com/stores/C.-A....
It's exciting to be back.
January 23, 2026 at 12:28 AM
My last publisher closed, but The Innocents Mysteries Series has a new home, fresh edits, and new covers. Find part one of a series of 19th century mysteries here www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBPFVDR6
Link to author page for the rest of the series
www.amazon.com/stores/C.-A....
It's exciting to be back.
Link to author page for the rest of the series
www.amazon.com/stores/C.-A....
It's exciting to be back.
My contributor's copy of the Poisoned Soup anthology has arrived!😍
Can't wait to read all the wonderful stories and essays inside!
Thank you, @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social!🙏💙
Yet again, it's been an honour to work with you.
Can't wait to read all the wonderful stories and essays inside!
Thank you, @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social!🙏💙
Yet again, it's been an honour to work with you.
February 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
My contributor's copy of the Poisoned Soup anthology has arrived!😍
Can't wait to read all the wonderful stories and essays inside!
Thank you, @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social!🙏💙
Yet again, it's been an honour to work with you.
Can't wait to read all the wonderful stories and essays inside!
Thank you, @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social!🙏💙
Yet again, it's been an honour to work with you.
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I've been talking about @armandauthor.bsky.social's Kickstarter recently (kck.st/4bBxNuJ). Here's another. Both authors are wildly creative and productive, and most of all, generous with their time. So, please back them, and share. They aren't asking for much. #WritingCommunity #Crime #Horror
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I've been talking about @armandauthor.bsky.social's Kickstarter recently (kck.st/4bBxNuJ). Here's another. Both authors are wildly creative and productive, and most of all, generous with their time. So, please back them, and share. They aren't asking for much. #WritingCommunity #Crime #Horror
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Some lovely words from @mothfrenzy.bsky.social for Rat-She.
Gave me an excuse to start playing with graphics. And, as always, no AI involved in any of this. Book cover by me.
mybook.to/Rat-She
Gave me an excuse to start playing with graphics. And, as always, no AI involved in any of this. Book cover by me.
mybook.to/Rat-She
February 4, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Some lovely words from @mothfrenzy.bsky.social for Rat-She.
Gave me an excuse to start playing with graphics. And, as always, no AI involved in any of this. Book cover by me.
mybook.to/Rat-She
Gave me an excuse to start playing with graphics. And, as always, no AI involved in any of this. Book cover by me.
mybook.to/Rat-She
Looking forward to my copy!
JUST OUT: Issue 172 of Philosophy Now looks at the Roman Philosophy, from Machiavelli’s take on the Roman Republic to Cicero’s ideal of virtus, Quintilian’s surprisingly modern educational insights, and Stoic reflections that still speak to how we live today. philosophynow.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Looking forward to my copy!
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If of interest to anyone, I've shared (possibly temporarily) a talk I made for a Bronte course on adapting Wuthering Heights.
It's based on an earlier talk I gave called 'Adapting Heathcliff; or The Gothic has an Anti-Romani racism problem.'
youtu.be/gfxLTB2IBvo?...
It's based on an earlier talk I gave called 'Adapting Heathcliff; or The Gothic has an Anti-Romani racism problem.'
youtu.be/gfxLTB2IBvo?...
Adapting Heathcliff: Romani Representation and Adaptations of Wuthering Heights with Sam Hirst
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 10:03 AM
If of interest to anyone, I've shared (possibly temporarily) a talk I made for a Bronte course on adapting Wuthering Heights.
It's based on an earlier talk I gave called 'Adapting Heathcliff; or The Gothic has an Anti-Romani racism problem.'
youtu.be/gfxLTB2IBvo?...
It's based on an earlier talk I gave called 'Adapting Heathcliff; or The Gothic has an Anti-Romani racism problem.'
youtu.be/gfxLTB2IBvo?...
As a child, I would have loved to receive this. Still love it as an adult.👇
🎺Beautiful book alert!
Out in March, six collections of classic children's short stories in beautiful clothbound hardback editions!
Available for pre-order separately or as a bundle on the website right now! - Michael
bertsbooks.co.uk/product-tag/...
Out in March, six collections of classic children's short stories in beautiful clothbound hardback editions!
Available for pre-order separately or as a bundle on the website right now! - Michael
bertsbooks.co.uk/product-tag/...
February 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
As a child, I would have loved to receive this. Still love it as an adult.👇
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SCRATCH MOSS is out in four weeks. Post-industrial folk horror. I think you might quite like it.
Details and purchase links here:
www.canelo.co/books/scratc...
Details and purchase links here:
www.canelo.co/books/scratc...
Scratch Moss by David Barnett | Canelo
Paperback and Ebook
www.canelo.co
February 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
SCRATCH MOSS is out in four weeks. Post-industrial folk horror. I think you might quite like it.
Details and purchase links here:
www.canelo.co/books/scratc...
Details and purchase links here:
www.canelo.co/books/scratc...
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Over 50 calls for literary competitions & submissions incl. poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - with deadlines in February 2026. Please share & best of luck! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
Writing & Poetry Competitions & Submissions – February 2026 — WORDBOX
Over 40 calls for literary competitions and submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, and more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - with dead...
www.thisiswordbox.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Over 50 calls for literary competitions & submissions incl. poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - with deadlines in February 2026. Please share & best of luck! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
Two of my widest read books are available on #KindleUnlimited as well as #audible.
Links👇
Mosaic: mybook.to/hhDt
Lacelean Street: mybook.to/LaceleanStreet
Links👇
Mosaic: mybook.to/hhDt
Lacelean Street: mybook.to/LaceleanStreet
February 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Two of my widest read books are available on #KindleUnlimited as well as #audible.
Links👇
Mosaic: mybook.to/hhDt
Lacelean Street: mybook.to/LaceleanStreet
Links👇
Mosaic: mybook.to/hhDt
Lacelean Street: mybook.to/LaceleanStreet
This guy here judges every word I write.
February 1, 2026 at 9:37 PM
This guy here judges every word I write.
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@tomsbrown.bsky.social, thought this might interest you.
New horror movie RABBIT TRAP crosses the veil between film and Welsh #folklore
www.buzzmag.co.uk/rabbit-trap-...
www.buzzmag.co.uk/rabbit-trap-...
New horror movie RABBIT TRAP crosses the veil between film and Welsh folklore
Russ Williams, author of the book Where The Folk, brings his knowledge to bear on new Tylwyth Teg-themed horror movie Rabbit Trap.
www.buzzmag.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 6:42 PM
@tomsbrown.bsky.social, thought this might interest you.
Sadly, this beautiful building no longer exists, but it did up until a few years ago. As a child I attended Brownies and Girl Guides here. There was a huge snooker hall upstairs, and an atmospheric library downstairs. I can still smell the place!👃
January 29, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Sadly, this beautiful building no longer exists, but it did up until a few years ago. As a child I attended Brownies and Girl Guides here. There was a huge snooker hall upstairs, and an atmospheric library downstairs. I can still smell the place!👃
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I write in all genres, but here's a a smattering of the comedy novels I hope to put out this year. No fixed dates, because when I do that, I almost always get hit by a metaphorical bus, and sometimes a literal one too. 😁
#booksky 📚
#booksky 📚
January 28, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I write in all genres, but here's a a smattering of the comedy novels I hope to put out this year. No fixed dates, because when I do that, I almost always get hit by a metaphorical bus, and sometimes a literal one too. 😁
#booksky 📚
#booksky 📚
Immortelle had me wrapped in ceramics research, Mosaic in stained glass. It's not intentional, yet I often end up writing about arts and crafts.🎨
With my current novella WIP, it's all about woodcarving.😄
With my current novella WIP, it's all about woodcarving.😄
January 28, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Immortelle had me wrapped in ceramics research, Mosaic in stained glass. It's not intentional, yet I often end up writing about arts and crafts.🎨
With my current novella WIP, it's all about woodcarving.😄
With my current novella WIP, it's all about woodcarving.😄
Happy pub day, friend!
Snowmane ebook is released today!
If you like fairy tales like Bluebeard and The Snow Queen, and you are looking for a short, magical fantasy, this is the book for you.
Illustrated pocket sized print book coming soon!
🔗⬇️⬇️⬇️
📢📚
If you like fairy tales like Bluebeard and The Snow Queen, and you are looking for a short, magical fantasy, this is the book for you.
Illustrated pocket sized print book coming soon!
🔗⬇️⬇️⬇️
📢📚
January 27, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Happy pub day, friend!
Last night we re-watched Blade Runner for the ???? time. One of my favourite settings is Sebastian the Toy Maker's apartment, a truly fascinating place. I would love to write a story based on it one day. Truly inspirational!
#movie #bladerunner
#movie #bladerunner
January 27, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Last night we re-watched Blade Runner for the ???? time. One of my favourite settings is Sebastian the Toy Maker's apartment, a truly fascinating place. I would love to write a story based on it one day. Truly inspirational!
#movie #bladerunner
#movie #bladerunner
It's St Dwynwen's Day here in #Wales (our equivalent of St Valentine's Day), and it's finally stopped raining!
We'll be celebrating with a spooky church walk, a flask of tea, and a Tregroes chocolate waffle. They're the absolute best!😀❤️
We'll be celebrating with a spooky church walk, a flask of tea, and a Tregroes chocolate waffle. They're the absolute best!😀❤️
January 25, 2026 at 1:17 PM
It's St Dwynwen's Day here in #Wales (our equivalent of St Valentine's Day), and it's finally stopped raining!
We'll be celebrating with a spooky church walk, a flask of tea, and a Tregroes chocolate waffle. They're the absolute best!😀❤️
We'll be celebrating with a spooky church walk, a flask of tea, and a Tregroes chocolate waffle. They're the absolute best!😀❤️
Final round rejection from a much admired lit mag today that stated, '...there is much to admire in this piece...please know it came down to the wire.'
Shortlisted rejections are harder to swallow, but at least it shows you're on track. Don't give up, friends!
#writingcommunity
Shortlisted rejections are harder to swallow, but at least it shows you're on track. Don't give up, friends!
#writingcommunity
January 24, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Final round rejection from a much admired lit mag today that stated, '...there is much to admire in this piece...please know it came down to the wire.'
Shortlisted rejections are harder to swallow, but at least it shows you're on track. Don't give up, friends!
#writingcommunity
Shortlisted rejections are harder to swallow, but at least it shows you're on track. Don't give up, friends!
#writingcommunity