Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Dead Ink Books

Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 3d

With the addition of UNQUIET GUESTS (out 30th Oct from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social ed. @dancoxon.bsky.social) I have finally outgrown my brag shelf and now have a... brag stack, WTAF??
2020 - early October 2025.

A stack of books making up all the physical, well, books that my writing has been in since 2020. All The White Spaces, Where The Dead Wait, the best of Three Crows vol 2, It Calls From The Doors, The Earth Bleeds at Night, Darkness Beckons, FOUND: an anthology of found footage horror, Something Peculiar, Jamie Hallow and the End of the World, Cloisterfox zine, London Weird, Boreal: an anthology of Taiga Horror, and Unquiet Guests.

2 17

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Always great to see Water Shall Refuse Them getting some love!

1

Reposted by Dead Ink Books

Turnaround Books @turnarounduk.bsky.social · 5d

When a mysterious illness strips them of their memories, a group of strangers must re-learn how to navigate the world. 'The Definitions' is a hauntingly prescient tale of oppression, the policing of language, and human connection! 📚🍂

OUT NOW from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social

buff.ly/Re5Cizw

1 2

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Wouldst thou step across the threshold, and dwell where walls do whisper and shadows keep their counsel?

These pages do not comfort. Ten voices, dark and diabolical, do bid thee enter… and once thou art inside, thou shalt not depart unchanged.

deadinkbooks.com/product/unqu...

1 11

Reposted by Dead Ink Books

hallionmaenad.bsky.social @hallionmaenad.bsky.social · 9d

excuse the dog-earedness, but never has the phrase 'well-loved' been more apt. I was sent a gratis copy of this by the fantastic team at @deadinkbooks.bsky.social and it's easily in my books of the year (perhaps no. 1!)

thank you, Jordan Prosser, for this 'timely' work- hilarious and heartfelt.

1 4

Reposted by Dead Ink Books

Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 14d

In brief with a review of BIG TIME by Jordan Prosser in @irishtimes.com last week @deadinkbooks.bsky.social

Check out 👍

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

1 3

Reposted by Dead Ink Books

Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 22d

it’s a double bill of book post from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social today!

Two books taken from above: one, Writing the Magic, essays on crafting fantasy fiction is an anthology of essays. The other is The Definitions by Matt Greene

1 9

Reposted by Dead Ink Books

The Fantasy Hive @thefantasyhive.bsky.social · 27d

Jonathan reviews Jordan Prosser's gonzo dystopian BIG TIME, out now from Dead Ink Books:

"Prosser’s unique approach to the speculative has created a delightful masterpiece."

Read more: tinyurl.com/yc8h7u7s

@deadinkbooks.bsky.social

1 2 6

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

Get yours here!
deadinkbooks.com/product/big-...

Big Time - Dead Ink Books

In the not-too-distant future, Australia’s eastern states have become the world’s newest autocracy – a place where pop music is propaganda, science is the enemy and moral indecency is punished with in...

deadinkbooks.com

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

Happy publication day to this wild, punkish, narcotic-fuelled trip of a novel!

Big Time is a riotous delight from start to finish with an ending that made me say, out loud, "that was DIABOLICAL" [complimentary]. I cannot WAIT for you lot to get your hands on it.

2 1 7

Reposted by Dead Ink Books

LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · Sep 4

On the blog today, read an extract from BIG TIME, the wild and addictive debut novel from one of Australia’s most exciting new novelists, Jordan Prosser, published today by @deadinkbooks.bsky.social

Read here: lrb.me/va3

1 5

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you loved Make a Home of Me, there's some great news in The Bookseller today:
www.thebookseller.com/rights/dead-...

Dead Ink to publish Vanessa Santos' 'haunting' Gothic debut

Dead Ink Books is set to publish Vanessa Santos' "haunting" Gothic debut "steeped in Scottish folklore".

www.thebookseller.com

4

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Sep 2

Pre-order your copy of The Definitions here: deadinkbooks.com/product/the-...

The Definitions - Dead Ink Books

The Definitions examines the limits of language, the power of human connection, and the ways the human spirit can flourish even under the most oppressive conditions.

deadinkbooks.com

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hey up, that's our Matt Greene! Come to visit us in Liverpool for our general charm and stimulating conversation, but also to sign a great big pile of The Definitions for our Patreon subscribers.

It's such a delicious, wickedly clever little book. Cannot WAIT for you to read it!

1 7

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Aug 27

Pre-order your copy here:
deadinkbooks.com/product/a-be...

A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing - Dead Ink Books

Spanning decades and continents, get ready for a dark, magical realist family saga of war and revolution told amidst stunningly rendered folklore.

deadinkbooks.com

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Aug 27

A BEAST SLINKS TOWARDS BEIJING 🐇 by Alice Evelyn Yang is coming 19.02.26 and is available to pre-order now!

A dark, magical realist family saga of war and revolution told amidst stunningly rendered folklore, this is a completely unforgettable debut novel.

Cover 🎨 Luke Bird & Cindy Luan

1 2 3

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Aug 20

Pre-order available here!
deadinkbooks.com/product/the-...

The Leather Boys - Dead Ink Books

Gillian Freeman’s The Leather Boys is a groundbreaking classic of gay fiction that both it and its 1964 film adaptation played a vital part in liberalising British attitudes towards homosexuality.

deadinkbooks.com

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Aug 20

Introducing the next title under our new imprint Outsider Classics — Gillian Freeman's THE LEATHER BOYS 🏍️

A novel originally published in 1962 that played a key part in liberalising British society's regard of homosexuality, about queer, working class lads and motorcycle gangs.

Cover 🎨 Luke Bird

1 3 7

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Aug 19

Don't forget to grab a ticket for a night discussing Fantasy fiction with Dan Coxon, Alex Pheby and R.J. Barker at Dead Ink Bookshop! We're celebrating the launch of WRITING THE MAGIC ✨

Date: 18.09.25
Time: 6 - 8 PM
Tickets: £5 entry // £13 entry & book
deadinkbookshop.com/products/sep...

SEPT 18 - Book Launch: WRITING THE MAGIC

Date: 18 SeptemberTime: 6 PM - 8 PMDead Ink Books, 375 Smithdown Road, L15 3JJTickets from £5 WRITING THE MAGIC is the fourth in Dead Ink's award winning series of genre writing guides. Following on f...

deadinkbookshop.com

2 5

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Aug 15

Read more and pre-order yours here: deadinkbooks.com/product/baby...

Baby Driver - Dead Ink Books

Introduction by Amanda Fortini THIS IS A PRE-ORDER. PUBLISHING 23.10.25 Was it January or February? The coconut fronds waving, shining like green hair in the sun, gave no clue. Fifteen-year-old Jan is...

deadinkbooks.com

1

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Aug 15

Available to pre-order now! Our first title on Outsider Classics, Jan Kerouac's semi-autobiographical novel BABY DRIVER 📚

Jan lived a spirited and colourful but tragically short life. We're publishing Baby Driver to keep her legacy and her story, both of which she defined on her own terms, alive.

1 1 5

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Aug 14

Get yours here! I'll even send you stickers:
deadinkbooks.com/product/no-b...

No Body, No Crime - Dead Ink Books

From the bestselling author Tess Sharpe comes a new action packed, love-soaked thriller about two women whose lives—and hearts—are destined for each other.

deadinkbooks.com

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Aug 14

Happy Publication Day to Tess Sharpe and NO BODY, NO CRIME! 🥳 🎉

It's been a real delight seeing this sapphic, heart-pounding riot of a thriller find its readers and I can't wait to see her out in the wild.

2 4 12

Reposted by Dead Ink Books

Stuart Evers @stuartevers.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is so exciting - can't wait to explore these.

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Aug 13

We've been sitting on a secret...

Delighted to announce our brand-new imprint, Outsider Classics 📚 Books for readers pursuing stories fallen by the wayside, from the voices history left in the margins.

Read more here: www.thebookseller.com/news/dead-in...

1 4

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Aug 13

And you can pre-order the inaugural title publishing 23.10.25, BABY DRIVER by Jan Kerouac, right here!
deadinkbooks.com/product/baby...

Baby Driver - Dead Ink Books

Introduction by Amanda Fortini THIS IS A PRE-ORDER. PUBLISHING 23.10.25 Was it January or February? The coconut fronds waving, shining like green hair in the sun, gave no clue. Fifteen-year-old Jan is...

deadinkbooks.com

6