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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · 5d

This #Halloween we’re gathering for an evening of voices, stories & spells shared in the dark. A night to revel in the uncanny, the eerie & the unexpected 🎤👻🎃

Hosted by three local forces in #indiepublishing & #writing:
Forge Press, #York #Writers & Acid Bath #Publishing 📚✍️

Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · 11d

#Author Brianna Ferguson on the #writing of her 2nd #poetry collection POOR SUBSTITUTE & the concept behind it. Available to #OrderNow from acidbathpublishing.sumupstore.com/product/poor-substitute-by-brianna-ferguson
#poet #indiebook #poetrybook #poetrycollection

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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · 11d

#Published 4 years ago today! Get THE WORST BEST YEARS: A #StudentLife #Anthology #OnSale Now at www.acidbathpublishing.com/product/three-anthologies 📖🍺🤮🎓

Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · 18d

#OutNow‼️ NIGHT TERRORS: An #Anthology of the Drunk & Debaucherous 📖
The night tempts us to shed the drudgery of our obligations thru ecstatic revelry & sensual indulgences. Who doesn’t struggle w/ the gnawing boredom & intense stress of everyday life?
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Sadie Maskery @saccharinequeen.bsky.social · 19d

Subtle. All the action is on the back cover - when you buy the book you'll see what I mean. #BookSky @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social #ShortStories #NotWavingButDrowning

Draft front cover for Overboard, a collection of short stories being published by Acid Bath Publishing later this autumn. By me. Inage shows the wake of a large ship spreading to a pastel hued coast at twilight, with the word 'Overboard' in a watery yellow bobbing against the sky.

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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · Sep 6

#PreOrderNow I GOT A JOB by @carlburkitt.bsky.social
"His words buzz with the poetry of everyday life, & carry the power to strip back the ordinary so we can see the extraordinary lying beneath." - @brianbilston.bsky.social 💬
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I Got a Job by Carl Burkitt [PRE-ORDER]

I got a job as a midwife, a snake charmer, a wedding planner. I got a job polishing John Travolta’s shoes, buttering bread, ironing the Pope’s...

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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · Aug 25

👁️ #CoverReveal 🙌
Carl Burkitt’s NEW #FlashFiction #collection I GOT A JOB “is hilarious, peculiar, well-observed & heartbreaking. It is a mate sharing #stories in the pub. It is @carlburkitt.bsky.social’s attempt at imagining a more colourful, job-hopping life in 100 short #tales.” 💬🖋️

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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · Aug 25

#Book #9 will be I GOT A JOB by Carl Burkitt - our 1st #FlashFiction #collection “imagining a more colourful, job-hopping life in 100 short tales.”

Follow the #author @carlburkitt.bsky.social & @ carlburkittwords on Instagram ✍️

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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · Jul 6

Coming Soon... The next #book from ABP will be #FlashFiction collection I GOT A JOB by @carlburkitt.bsky.social 📖👀

Carl likes telling tales. He likes to tell them online, behind a mic, in #books, in schools & on the sofa with his young family. Carl has only ever had 6 #jobs in his life… for now.

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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · Aug 25

STAY TUNED! We’ll be revealing the cover art for our next collection later today… 👀📖

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Paul Nash | Paul atten Ash @northseanavigator.bsky.social · Aug 10

'And with the eschaton of closing time
they say a great gleam of softest light will fall.
And our children's faceless children
will form a circle around us, holding hands.
And they will watch us all, opaque-eyed,
sinking together, one by one, bubbling down.'

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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · Aug 1

Our #YorkshireDay #OpenMic starts 7pm at the Black Swan. Grab a drink, sign up to read or just settle in & enjoy the range of local talented #performers #York has to offer. ABP #books & Forge Press #zines will be available to buy. Celebrate the culture & creativity of God's Own Country with us 🎤🍺📖

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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · Aug 1

Happy #YorkshireDay!
We’ll have plenty of small press #books #OnSale at our #OpenMic tonight 🎤

Come along to the Black Swan, #York - 7pm onwards, perform your work & get some great deals on our #fiction & #poetry books 📚👏

Celebrate with us today ➡️ facebook.com/share/1AMYj9rZFN/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · Jul 31

Our #Yorkshire Day #OpenMic will be hosted Friday 1st August from 7pm at the Black Swan, #York 🎤🤍💙
Want to perform? Sign up on the night - no need to book. #Performers of all levels of experience welcome. Whether it's your 1st time reading or you're a seasoned #poet, join us this #YorkshireDay!

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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · Jul 29

Published 2 years ago today!
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Wheel of Light by James Rance

Invoking the tempestuous spirit of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Wheel of Light traverses uncharted realms of prosperous growth & devastated wastes, in observance of ancient rituals & ...

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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · Jul 27

This #YorkshireDay, we’re coming together to honour the spirit of the #North with words, voices, shared moments & booze. A celebration of place, people & the stories that root us 📖🎤🍺

No need to book. Just turn up, grab a drink & settle in.

Friday 1st August 7pm onwards at the Black Swan, #York 🤍💙

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Jul 22

This isn’t inspiration. It’s a challenge.
A full mini workshop disguised as an article—go deeper, get messier.
thebrokenspine.co.uk...
More on the events page.

Transgression and Shame: Writing What You’re Not Supposed To - The Broken Spine

Transgression isn’t provocation. It’s not about being edgy. It’s about truth-telling when every instinct screams “don’t.” It’s the line that makes your

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Paul Nash | Paul atten Ash @northseanavigator.bsky.social · Jul 21

NIGHT TERRORS: An #Anthology of the Drunk & Debaucherous

@acidbathpublishing.bsky.social's 5th anthology is a literary orgy of hedonistic pleasures & morning-after penance.

Have you bought your copy yet? 🖤

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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · Jul 19

Celebrate #YorkshireDay w/ an evening of creativity: join us for an open mic featuring #Yorkshire #poets & #prose #writers! 🙌🎤

Joint hosted by Forge Press & York Writers, our 1st #OpenMic will be held at The Black Swan Inn, #York, on Friday 1st August 7pm onwards.

Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · Jul 6

I got a job as a midwife, a snake charmer, a wedding planner. I got a job polishing John Travolta’s shoes, buttering bread, ironing the Pope’s garments...

What adventures are we missing out on? Who could we have met? What person could we have been?

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Carl Burkitt

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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · Jul 6

Coming Soon... The next #book from ABP will be #FlashFiction collection I GOT A JOB by @carlburkitt.bsky.social 📖👀

Carl likes telling tales. He likes to tell them online, behind a mic, in #books, in schools & on the sofa with his young family. Carl has only ever had 6 #jobs in his life… for now.

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Anthony Kane Evans @anthonykaneevans.bsky.social · Jul 4

NIGHT TERRORS!
A copy of the anthology I'm in has arrived in the house and I look forward to getting stuck in and reading all my fellow writers' stories.
If interested, you can pick up your copy direct from the publisher here: acidbathpublishing.com/product/nigh...

Photo shows me reading a copy of the anthology Night Terrors: An Anthology of the Drunk and Debaucherous (Acid Bath, Sheffield, UK; 2025).

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DarkHolmePublishing @kerry767.bsky.social · Jun 24

There’s no button for Floor 13. But the elevator stops anyway.

Dark Holme is seeking 3 horror novellas (30–50K) for The 13th Floor. £100 + editorial support.
Let your story echo through the walls.

Link in bio.
What’s waiting when the doors open?

#booksky #writingcommunity #horrorcommunity

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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · Jun 22

Happy 1st Birthday to our latest #poetrycollection POOR SUBSTITUTE by Brianna Ferguson - #published #OnThisDay last year 🎈🎂🎉

#SayYesToTheSmallPress 📖🖋️

acidbathpublishing.com/product/poor-substitute-by-brianna-ferguson

About the #Author➡️ briannaferguson.com

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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · Jun 21

Happy #SummerSolstice!

‘The Augur’ #Summer #collage from James Rance’s #poetrycollection WHEEL OF LIGHT 🌞📖👁️

#SupportTheSmallPress ➡️ acidbathpublishing.com

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