Stephen Howard
@stejhoward.bsky.social
Writer, drinker, meandering thinker. THIS HOUSE ISN’T HAUNTED BUT WE ARE out now from Wild Hunt Books. he/him
https://linktr.ee/stejhoward
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Fabulous novel. Just go read it.
January 28, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Fabulous novel. Just go read it.
Going down a Voynich Manuscript Reddithole as research for a short story. Could be stuck down here a while.
January 19, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Going down a Voynich Manuscript Reddithole as research for a short story. Could be stuck down here a while.
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I read 123 books in 2025 and these are my top ten!
Featuring @drewgum.bsky.social, @ruthmadievsky.bsky.social, @minjinlee.bsky.social, @emiliahart.bsky.social, @torreypeters.bsky.social, @hallierubenhold.bsky.social, and more!
Featuring @drewgum.bsky.social, @ruthmadievsky.bsky.social, @minjinlee.bsky.social, @emiliahart.bsky.social, @torreypeters.bsky.social, @hallierubenhold.bsky.social, and more!
December 31, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I read 123 books in 2025 and these are my top ten!
Featuring @drewgum.bsky.social, @ruthmadievsky.bsky.social, @minjinlee.bsky.social, @emiliahart.bsky.social, @torreypeters.bsky.social, @hallierubenhold.bsky.social, and more!
Featuring @drewgum.bsky.social, @ruthmadievsky.bsky.social, @minjinlee.bsky.social, @emiliahart.bsky.social, @torreypeters.bsky.social, @hallierubenhold.bsky.social, and more!
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*New Post*
In my latest post I revisit the subject of witchcraft in Shropshire and discuss its historic and folkloric legacy. This is my most comprehensive study of the subject so far! I hope you enjoy!
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2024/01/witc...
#witchcraft #history #folklore #witch
In my latest post I revisit the subject of witchcraft in Shropshire and discuss its historic and folkloric legacy. This is my most comprehensive study of the subject so far! I hope you enjoy!
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2024/01/witc...
#witchcraft #history #folklore #witch
December 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
*New Post*
In my latest post I revisit the subject of witchcraft in Shropshire and discuss its historic and folkloric legacy. This is my most comprehensive study of the subject so far! I hope you enjoy!
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2024/01/witc...
#witchcraft #history #folklore #witch
In my latest post I revisit the subject of witchcraft in Shropshire and discuss its historic and folkloric legacy. This is my most comprehensive study of the subject so far! I hope you enjoy!
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2024/01/witc...
#witchcraft #history #folklore #witch
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I’m so excited that I sold 30 copies of both Good Boy by @talkscaredpod.bsky.social and This house isn’t haunted but we are by @stejhoward.bsky.social !! This is unprecedented for me especially with them being indie published by @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social . The others have also sold VERY well!
December 31, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I’m so excited that I sold 30 copies of both Good Boy by @talkscaredpod.bsky.social and This house isn’t haunted but we are by @stejhoward.bsky.social !! This is unprecedented for me especially with them being indie published by @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social . The others have also sold VERY well!
Got a new story up at @daikaijuzine.bsky.social
Episode Twelve is a lost media story about a journalist pursuing the mysterious missing episode of a cancelled kids TV show. Check it out 👇
www.daikaijuzine.org/stephenhowar...
Episode Twelve is a lost media story about a journalist pursuing the mysterious missing episode of a cancelled kids TV show. Check it out 👇
www.daikaijuzine.org/stephenhowar...
December 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Got a new story up at @daikaijuzine.bsky.social
Episode Twelve is a lost media story about a journalist pursuing the mysterious missing episode of a cancelled kids TV show. Check it out 👇
www.daikaijuzine.org/stephenhowar...
Episode Twelve is a lost media story about a journalist pursuing the mysterious missing episode of a cancelled kids TV show. Check it out 👇
www.daikaijuzine.org/stephenhowar...
I’ve enjoyed so many of the books I’ve read this year, but these are my absolute unputdownable favourites.
Honourable mentions are full of my fellow Northern Weirdoes.
Honourable mentions are full of my fellow Northern Weirdoes.
December 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I’ve enjoyed so many of the books I’ve read this year, but these are my absolute unputdownable favourites.
Honourable mentions are full of my fellow Northern Weirdoes.
Honourable mentions are full of my fellow Northern Weirdoes.
Just had the pleasure of shouting “get a life” at a group of losers waving flags outside a hotel housing asylum seekers. Not only is it daft and fuelled by racism, but it’s Friday night, so perhaps it’s you who should ‘go home’.
December 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Just had the pleasure of shouting “get a life” at a group of losers waving flags outside a hotel housing asylum seekers. Not only is it daft and fuelled by racism, but it’s Friday night, so perhaps it’s you who should ‘go home’.
A few edits on one story done. A contract signed for another story coming *very* soon. Things are happening. Now cracking on reading The Shining (which, somewhat obviously, is very good!).
December 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A few edits on one story done. A contract signed for another story coming *very* soon. Things are happening. Now cracking on reading The Shining (which, somewhat obviously, is very good!).
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Here is my TOP READS of 2025!
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C. J. Daley’s Top Reads of 2025 | FanFiAddict
Another year is coming to a close if you can believe it…and I have once again read some books! As always, it’s a trial narrowing it down for me. All of them ...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The brilliant & unique NORTHERN WIERD PROJECT series of novellas from @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social is broken down & analysed in my latest long form article for @horrordna.bsky.social. All winners & no duffers! Perfect for Christmas gifts. www.horrordna.com/features/the...
The Northern Weird Project
Take a journey into the uncanny with the Northern Weird Project.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The brilliant & unique NORTHERN WIERD PROJECT series of novellas from @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social is broken down & analysed in my latest long form article for @horrordna.bsky.social. All winners & no duffers! Perfect for Christmas gifts. www.horrordna.com/features/the...
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20. This house isn’t haunted but we are by @stejhoward.bsky.social
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December 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
20. This house isn’t haunted but we are by @stejhoward.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/review/show/... 20/20
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There are very few films that get to me the way the Horror in the High Desert films do. Brilliant found footage work that’s building its own mythos, number 4 really starts tying a few things together. But it’s also as wildly tense as the first three instalments. Loved it.
December 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
There are very few films that get to me the way the Horror in the High Desert films do. Brilliant found footage work that’s building its own mythos, number 4 really starts tying a few things together. But it’s also as wildly tense as the first three instalments. Loved it.
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This morning, @dutchmarich.bsky.social surprise dropped HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT 4: MAJESTY on Amazon and Apple TV. I was lucky enough to get an early peek.
Here's my @dreadcentral.bsky.social review of another great piece of this found footage puzzle:
Here's my @dreadcentral.bsky.social review of another great piece of this found footage puzzle:
'Horror in the High Desert 4: Majesty' Review — Frightening and Effective Return for the Found Footage Franchise
'Horror in the High Desert 4: Majesty' delves deeper than ever into the mysteries of this frightening found footage series.
www.dreadcentral.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This morning, @dutchmarich.bsky.social surprise dropped HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT 4: MAJESTY on Amazon and Apple TV. I was lucky enough to get an early peek.
Here's my @dreadcentral.bsky.social review of another great piece of this found footage puzzle:
Here's my @dreadcentral.bsky.social review of another great piece of this found footage puzzle:
I feel like I want to tackle vampires in a novel length work soon. No ideas yet, but definitely more of the grungey, underground sort than rich aristocrats.
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I feel like I want to tackle vampires in a novel length work soon. No ideas yet, but definitely more of the grungey, underground sort than rich aristocrats.
A cheeky anthology acceptance in my inbox this morning 👀 Details when allowed. 🧟♂️🧟♀️🌳🚕
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A cheeky anthology acceptance in my inbox this morning 👀 Details when allowed. 🧟♂️🧟♀️🌳🚕
December 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Some pretty cool news re This House Isn’t Haunted But We Are 👀
December 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Some pretty cool news re This House Isn’t Haunted But We Are 👀
First ever awards eligibility post! If you’ve read something of mine this year and enjoyed it, please keep it in mind. 🖤
And big thanks to my publishers @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social @infestedpublishing.bsky.social too. 🖤
And big thanks to my publishers @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social @infestedpublishing.bsky.social too. 🖤
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
First ever awards eligibility post! If you’ve read something of mine this year and enjoyed it, please keep it in mind. 🖤
And big thanks to my publishers @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social @infestedpublishing.bsky.social too. 🖤
And big thanks to my publishers @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social @infestedpublishing.bsky.social too. 🖤
My latest profound contribution to literary discourse: the Milky Way Crispy Roll is to chocolate what Shakespeare is to literature.
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
My latest profound contribution to literary discourse: the Milky Way Crispy Roll is to chocolate what Shakespeare is to literature.
So the best wife ever got me the best birthday present ever… here we come, My Chemical Romance!
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
So the best wife ever got me the best birthday present ever… here we come, My Chemical Romance!
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Delighted to see That This House Isn't Haunted But We Are by @stejhoward.bsky.social has made the long list!
Have you read it yet? Ghost stories are perfect for winter time 🎄👻
Have you read it yet? Ghost stories are perfect for winter time 🎄👻
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Delighted to see That This House Isn't Haunted But We Are by @stejhoward.bsky.social has made the long list!
Have you read it yet? Ghost stories are perfect for winter time 🎄👻
Have you read it yet? Ghost stories are perfect for winter time 🎄👻
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A surprise ebook drop from the Batcave - @tcparker.bsky.social's first story collection, THE NINE O'CLOCK HORSES!
No ARCs, no blurbs, not so much as a whisper of PR for this one... we're going all-in on word of mouth
Check it out - and help us spread the word!
tinyurl.com/4z45pbb9
No ARCs, no blurbs, not so much as a whisper of PR for this one... we're going all-in on word of mouth
Check it out - and help us spread the word!
tinyurl.com/4z45pbb9
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A surprise ebook drop from the Batcave - @tcparker.bsky.social's first story collection, THE NINE O'CLOCK HORSES!
No ARCs, no blurbs, not so much as a whisper of PR for this one... we're going all-in on word of mouth
Check it out - and help us spread the word!
tinyurl.com/4z45pbb9
No ARCs, no blurbs, not so much as a whisper of PR for this one... we're going all-in on word of mouth
Check it out - and help us spread the word!
tinyurl.com/4z45pbb9
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My debut folk horror audio drama is now available! Enter a world immersed in Shropshire Folklore, ruled by Devil Himself. There's something very strange afoot up the stiperstones!
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September 18, 2023 at 4:26 PM
My debut folk horror audio drama is now available! Enter a world immersed in Shropshire Folklore, ruled by Devil Himself. There's something very strange afoot up the stiperstones!
buzzsprout.com/411730/12499890
buzzsprout.com/411730/12600423
buzzsprout.com/411730/12499890
buzzsprout.com/411730/12600423
Gosh this was so good! Looking forward to chatting about it at book club next week.
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Gosh this was so good! Looking forward to chatting about it at book club next week.