Lyndsey Croal (she/her)
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social
Scottish SFFH Author | Shirley Jackson Award & BFA Finalist | Latest: LIMELIGHT, Shortwave, DARK CRESCENT, Luna Press | Words in Apex, Analog, Weird Tales, & more | Rep: Michael Mungiello InkWell, Film/TV: Sean Berard https://linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
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✨️Dark Crescent is out today!! Thank you @lunapress.bsky.social for giving the perfect home to this wee dark folklore book of my heart, @jennicoutts.bsky.social for its stunning cover, and anyone who has bought, or plans to read a copy! Let these strange tales set sail...! 🏴🌊✨️ linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
Single braincell working hard
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Single braincell working hard
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I, Rhiannon Grist, am not your boss. I am incapable of making you fill out your timesheet, answer your emails, or preorder my cottagegore horror HOME SICK coming out with @solarisbooks.bsky.social in 2026.
So only do it if you want to. Preorder, I mean.
You should probably do your timesheets.
So only do it if you want to. Preorder, I mean.
You should probably do your timesheets.
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I, Rhiannon Grist, am not your boss. I am incapable of making you fill out your timesheet, answer your emails, or preorder my cottagegore horror HOME SICK coming out with @solarisbooks.bsky.social in 2026.
So only do it if you want to. Preorder, I mean.
You should probably do your timesheets.
So only do it if you want to. Preorder, I mean.
You should probably do your timesheets.
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My eligibility post is really simple this year:
Project Hanuman - an SF novel about building community after disaster with weird (real) physics, diverse characters, explorations of the meaning of survival, immortality, intelligence and hope.
If you've enjoyed it please consider nominating it!
Project Hanuman - an SF novel about building community after disaster with weird (real) physics, diverse characters, explorations of the meaning of survival, immortality, intelligence and hope.
If you've enjoyed it please consider nominating it!
Project Hanuman - Angry Robot
Blending Indian mythology and classic space opera, Project Hanuman is a bold new science-fiction novel from Stewart Hotston, perfect for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky.
angryrobotbooks.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My eligibility post is really simple this year:
Project Hanuman - an SF novel about building community after disaster with weird (real) physics, diverse characters, explorations of the meaning of survival, immortality, intelligence and hope.
If you've enjoyed it please consider nominating it!
Project Hanuman - an SF novel about building community after disaster with weird (real) physics, diverse characters, explorations of the meaning of survival, immortality, intelligence and hope.
If you've enjoyed it please consider nominating it!
Monday news! Super happy to find out I've been awarded a Society of Authors work-in-progress grant under the K Blundell Trust - this will make such a difference in the coming months! (Also second funding this year for my dark and weird SF projects, must be doing something right...!)✨🎉 #SoAGrants
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Monday news! Super happy to find out I've been awarded a Society of Authors work-in-progress grant under the K Blundell Trust - this will make such a difference in the coming months! (Also second funding this year for my dark and weird SF projects, must be doing something right...!)✨🎉 #SoAGrants
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Out now: Magic, Maps, and Mischief 🦉
Read it for:
- strong autistic and ADHD rep 🎉
- queernorm world 😍
- themes of acceptance, kindness and the different kinds of love ☺️
- cozy, feel-good vibes ❤️
Shares greatly appreciated 😁 hope you enjoy the book!
mybook.to/magicmapsand...
Read it for:
- strong autistic and ADHD rep 🎉
- queernorm world 😍
- themes of acceptance, kindness and the different kinds of love ☺️
- cozy, feel-good vibes ❤️
Shares greatly appreciated 😁 hope you enjoy the book!
mybook.to/magicmapsand...
October 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Out now: Magic, Maps, and Mischief 🦉
Read it for:
- strong autistic and ADHD rep 🎉
- queernorm world 😍
- themes of acceptance, kindness and the different kinds of love ☺️
- cozy, feel-good vibes ❤️
Shares greatly appreciated 😁 hope you enjoy the book!
mybook.to/magicmapsand...
Read it for:
- strong autistic and ADHD rep 🎉
- queernorm world 😍
- themes of acceptance, kindness and the different kinds of love ☺️
- cozy, feel-good vibes ❤️
Shares greatly appreciated 😁 hope you enjoy the book!
mybook.to/magicmapsand...
Anyone who has read Dark Crescent, this is how I imagine The Frittening... 👀💁♀️
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Anyone who has read Dark Crescent, this is how I imagine The Frittening... 👀💁♀️
New heated blanket is for sure a hit 🥰 I guess I'll be here all night now...
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
New heated blanket is for sure a hit 🥰 I guess I'll be here all night now...
Really fab to be at the Scottish Christmas Book Fair for #bookweekscotland today @booksfromscotland.bsky.social, doing a signing and chatting to readers with @lunapress.bsky.social! Great to be surrounded by such a vibrant Scottish book scene - thanks to the organisers for having me! ✨️🏴💙
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Really fab to be at the Scottish Christmas Book Fair for #bookweekscotland today @booksfromscotland.bsky.social, doing a signing and chatting to readers with @lunapress.bsky.social! Great to be surrounded by such a vibrant Scottish book scene - thanks to the organisers for having me! ✨️🏴💙
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Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! In This City, Where it rains by
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! In This City, Where it rains by
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
Bought myself a heated blanket, got up to get a tea, safe to say it's now Pippin's heated blanket 🙈
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Bought myself a heated blanket, got up to get a tea, safe to say it's now Pippin's heated blanket 🙈
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You may know Shona as our much-loved chair but she's also an excellent author. From Flame Tree Press Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella "a powerful, feminist tale of female independence against the backdrop of the Jacobite war" #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/daugh...
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
You may know Shona as our much-loved chair but she's also an excellent author. From Flame Tree Press Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella "a powerful, feminist tale of female independence against the backdrop of the Jacobite war" #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/daugh...
Curses on whichever entity gave me subluxing joints 🥲
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Curses on whichever entity gave me subluxing joints 🥲
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🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
Enjoy the confidence of this garden centre wooden duck
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Enjoy the confidence of this garden centre wooden duck
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I am stoked to see The Shape of Monsters has finally got its #LGBTQ+ and #LGBTIA+creators tags!
And unexpected Best of 2025 tag too
Great way to wind down a work week
And unexpected Best of 2025 tag too
Great way to wind down a work week
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I am stoked to see The Shape of Monsters has finally got its #LGBTQ+ and #LGBTIA+creators tags!
And unexpected Best of 2025 tag too
Great way to wind down a work week
And unexpected Best of 2025 tag too
Great way to wind down a work week
Submission Grinder life (a couple these I'm just going to close now, though from querying a couple are still under consideration 😅🙈)
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Submission Grinder life (a couple these I'm just going to close now, though from querying a couple are still under consideration 😅🙈)
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Preorders are open for HOME SICK 👀🪓🐑
* Cottagegore
* Unhinged women
* Female rage
* Creepy folktales
* I tHiNk I'm GoNnA dIe In ThIs HoUsE
geni.us/homesick
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
* Cottagegore
* Unhinged women
* Female rage
* Creepy folktales
* I tHiNk I'm GoNnA dIe In ThIs HoUsE
geni.us/homesick
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Preorders are open for HOME SICK 👀🪓🐑
* Cottagegore
* Unhinged women
* Female rage
* Creepy folktales
* I tHiNk I'm GoNnA dIe In ThIs HoUsE
geni.us/homesick
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
* Cottagegore
* Unhinged women
* Female rage
* Creepy folktales
* I tHiNk I'm GoNnA dIe In ThIs HoUsE
geni.us/homesick
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
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New author interview up on the Patreon today! We spoke to Lyndsey Croal @lyndseycroal.bsky.social, author of the excellent short story collection "Dark Crescent"
We talk about Scottish folklore, eco-fiction, malevolent sea blobs and Lyndsey gives us her essential folklore reading recommendations!
We talk about Scottish folklore, eco-fiction, malevolent sea blobs and Lyndsey gives us her essential folklore reading recommendations!
Lyndsey Croal on Scottish ghost stories, ambiguity in folklore, and her book Dark Crescent | Seize The Press Magazine
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November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New author interview up on the Patreon today! We spoke to Lyndsey Croal @lyndseycroal.bsky.social, author of the excellent short story collection "Dark Crescent"
We talk about Scottish folklore, eco-fiction, malevolent sea blobs and Lyndsey gives us her essential folklore reading recommendations!
We talk about Scottish folklore, eco-fiction, malevolent sea blobs and Lyndsey gives us her essential folklore reading recommendations!
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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Oh hey! My story "My Mother is the Water" is available to read online in F(r)iction latest issue. This is a story inspired by the lakes of my hometown, about a girl called to the water yet doesn't want to leave the aunt who raised her.
frictionlit.org/my-mother-is...
frictionlit.org/my-mother-is...
My Mother is the Water - F(r)iction
My Mother is the Water by Lyndsie Manusos explores a young woman's relationship (and magical connection to) the lake.
frictionlit.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Oh hey! My story "My Mother is the Water" is available to read online in F(r)iction latest issue. This is a story inspired by the lakes of my hometown, about a girl called to the water yet doesn't want to leave the aunt who raised her.
frictionlit.org/my-mother-is...
frictionlit.org/my-mother-is...
Been putting final touches on my dark tech SF/cyberpunk novella this week ready for sending off to my agent tomorrow 🤞 I think it's probably one of my favourite projects, slightly weird, dark and experimental, dystopian but equally about resistance and rebellion - really hope it finds a home! ✨️ 🖤
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Been putting final touches on my dark tech SF/cyberpunk novella this week ready for sending off to my agent tomorrow 🤞 I think it's probably one of my favourite projects, slightly weird, dark and experimental, dystopian but equally about resistance and rebellion - really hope it finds a home! ✨️ 🖤
Got Pippin a second window hammock perch, now Pippin is a supervillain
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Got Pippin a second window hammock perch, now Pippin is a supervillain
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Fancy some bargains?
In our big eBook sale, you can snap up 36 titles inc @premeemohamed.com's BENEATH THE RISING trilogy & her novella THESE LIFELESS THINGS for just 0.99 each!
geni.us/Solarissale
*full list of titles will vary by your country of origin. DRM free. Website exclusive.
#booksky💙📚
In our big eBook sale, you can snap up 36 titles inc @premeemohamed.com's BENEATH THE RISING trilogy & her novella THESE LIFELESS THINGS for just 0.99 each!
geni.us/Solarissale
*full list of titles will vary by your country of origin. DRM free. Website exclusive.
#booksky💙📚
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Fancy some bargains?
In our big eBook sale, you can snap up 36 titles inc @premeemohamed.com's BENEATH THE RISING trilogy & her novella THESE LIFELESS THINGS for just 0.99 each!
geni.us/Solarissale
*full list of titles will vary by your country of origin. DRM free. Website exclusive.
#booksky💙📚
In our big eBook sale, you can snap up 36 titles inc @premeemohamed.com's BENEATH THE RISING trilogy & her novella THESE LIFELESS THINGS for just 0.99 each!
geni.us/Solarissale
*full list of titles will vary by your country of origin. DRM free. Website exclusive.
#booksky💙📚
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It’s time to wrap-up Season 1! Join us to celebrate and find out who won our stoically fun games, listen on your favourite podcast platform! 🎧
We talk @lyndseycroal.bsky.social, @aptshadow.bsky.social, Zoe Gilbert, @benaaronovitch.bsky.social, @timhardieauthor.bsky.social, RJ Bailey, 👇👇👇
We talk @lyndseycroal.bsky.social, @aptshadow.bsky.social, Zoe Gilbert, @benaaronovitch.bsky.social, @timhardieauthor.bsky.social, RJ Bailey, 👇👇👇
November 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It’s time to wrap-up Season 1! Join us to celebrate and find out who won our stoically fun games, listen on your favourite podcast platform! 🎧
We talk @lyndseycroal.bsky.social, @aptshadow.bsky.social, Zoe Gilbert, @benaaronovitch.bsky.social, @timhardieauthor.bsky.social, RJ Bailey, 👇👇👇
We talk @lyndseycroal.bsky.social, @aptshadow.bsky.social, Zoe Gilbert, @benaaronovitch.bsky.social, @timhardieauthor.bsky.social, RJ Bailey, 👇👇👇
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My short story course is filling up nicely! Still places available if you'd like to do some deep reading and thinking about a short story each week at the start of next year - and write your own, of course. Early bird discount (10%, so £225 instead of £250) applies until 30th Nov. #ShortStories ✒️📚
Short story writers! I am running my 8-week online course again in 2026: 'What can a short story do?', exploring the possibilities of this wonderful form. We'll read 8 contemporary short stories and use them as a launchpad for our own writing. More details ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My short story course is filling up nicely! Still places available if you'd like to do some deep reading and thinking about a short story each week at the start of next year - and write your own, of course. Early bird discount (10%, so £225 instead of £250) applies until 30th Nov. #ShortStories ✒️📚