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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 1d

Join me in November for a writing workshop at Bard Books, #London! We'll be discussing some general theory on using play and experimentation in your writing practice, before applying it using Alice Sielle's artworks as inspiration.

Tickets here: www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail...

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 2d

Unboxing UNQUIET GUESTS, my new anthology of haunted house stories. Chuck Palahniuk! Grady Hendrix! Kirsty Logan! Will Maclean! and so many more!! #horror

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 2d

Copies of UNQUIET GUESTS are here! And, just in time, this unboxing video has materialised in the ether. If you preordered a copy, it should be with you soon - they're in some bookshops already too. Remember to post pics on social media - I want to see your books!

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 3d

A little #BookPost from me to me my copy of Unquiet Guests edited by Dan Coxon and a host of interesting authors

Cover shows a window with a spider web in it
And UNQUIET GUESTS
ed. DAN COXON
GRADY HENDRIX KIRSTY LOGAN IRENOSEN OKOJIE
ALLY WILKES
CLAY McLEOD CHAPMAN
CHUCK PALAHNIUK MATTHEW HOLNESS
CLAIRE FULLER
WILL MACLEAN ALISON MOORE

A HOUSE IS MORE THAN JUST A PLACE TO LAY YOUR HEAD AT NIGHT.
SOMETIMES, THE WALLS REMEMBER
Gathering ten modern masters of the strange and unsettling, Unquiet Guests sets fire to the blueprints and reimagines the haunted house from the foundations up.
From dreamlike visions of an abandoned future mansion to a sentient building grown tired of its owners, these rooms echo with whispers of the

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 3d

New Review - today on the blog a look at the way different writers write fantasy with Writing The Magic - Essays on Crafting Fantasy Fiction edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social and @richardvhirst.bsky.social out now and strongly recommended! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/10...

Writing The Magic - Essays On Crafting Fantasy Fiction edited by Dan Coxon and Richard V Hirst — Runalong The Shelves

Publisher – Dead Ink Books Published – Out Now Price – £10.99 paperback £5.99 ebook From Lord of the Rings to Game of Thrones , over the last hundred years few genres have captured the publi...

www.runalongtheshelves.net

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 6d

He 100% was the character from start to finish. I repeatedly had to remind myself that it was Penn. Stole every scene, whether he was speaking or not.

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 6d

Carved out some time to see One Battle After Another last night, and I'm glad I did. It felt curiously timeless and yet very much of its time; hilariously funny and yet deeply serious. Absolutely loved it - it reminded me of the Coen Brothers at their very best. Sean Penn deserves an Oscar, too.

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 9d

I'm back on the Fantasy Hive today, talking about our new book WRITING THE MAGIC, curating anthologies, and what's next on the horizon. Thanks to Jonathan Thornton for the interview!

fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/09/inte...

Interview with Dan Coxon (WRITING THE MAGIC) | Fantasy-Hive

Jonathan interviews Dan Coxon on the latest in the Writing The series, WRITING THE MAGIC: "I’ve had two writers comment already that it was nice to be able to tackle Fantasy as a subject for serious s...

fantasy-hive.co.uk

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Jonathan Thornton @jonathanthornton.bsky.social · 9d

Today on @thefantasyhive.bsky.social I’m interviewing the wonderful @dancoxon.bsky.social about his latest anthology Writing The Magic and more! fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/09/inte...

Interview with Dan Coxon (WRITING THE MAGIC) | Fantasy-Hive

Jonathan interviews Dan Coxon on the latest in the Writing The series, WRITING THE MAGIC: "I’ve had two writers comment already that it was nice to be able to tackle Fantasy as a subject for serious s...

fantasy-hive.co.uk

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 9d

One month to go until we bring our haunted stories to #Glasgow! Be sure to grab a ticket if you're planning on coming. Warning: may contain spookiness.

Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/celeb...

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 14d

This is an excellent collection of wide-ranging essays. My contribution looks at what Tolkien's creative process can offer writers today.

Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 14d

Writing the Magic is out now! The sequel to our British Fantasy Award-winning books on the Uncanny, the Future and Murder. 13 essays on crafting fantasy fiction, published by Dead Ink Books:
deadinkbooks.com/product/writ...

Writing the Magic - Dead Ink Books

Pulling together a fellowship of some of the best writers of modern fantasy fiction, Writing the Magic invites you to step through the portal...

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 14d

I'd offer to send you one, but I think I'm all out... I have one with a rip on the spine that you're welcome to, but you know, not pretty...

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 14d

Writing the Magic is out now! The sequel to our British Fantasy Award-winning books on the Uncanny, the Future and Murder. 13 essays on crafting fantasy fiction, published by Dead Ink Books:
deadinkbooks.com/product/writ...

Writing the Magic - Dead Ink Books

Pulling together a fellowship of some of the best writers of modern fantasy fiction, Writing the Magic invites you to step through the portal...

deadinkbooks.com

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J.L. Worrad @worrad.bsky.social · 15d

jamesworrad.com/2025/09/23/e... Quick notes about my day out to EdgeLit

Edgelit Was A Fine Ass Day!

The libertine farrago that was the raffle. RJ Barker left, me in the middle, Alex Davies right. I was invited as a guest to Derby’s wonderful EdgeLit convention last Saturday and I had a blast. I’l…

jamesworrad.com

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 15d

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Writing The Magic With Lucy Holland and Dan Coxon

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 15d

deadinkbooks.com/product/writ...

Writing the Magic - Dead Ink Books

Pulling together a fellowship of some of the best writers of modern fantasy fiction, Writing the Magic invites you to step through the portal...

deadinkbooks.com

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 15d

I was on the road promoting WRITING THE MAGIC last week, but in case you missed our launch events - it's OUT NOW! Thirteen fantastic essays on the craft of writing fantasy fiction. Link in the thread, as well as a link to the podcast Lucy Holland and I did to promote it (if you missed the panels).

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 16d

Hope you enjoy it!

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 19d

Back in Derby! Just passing the QUAD building, where I'll be for Edge-Lit tomorrow. It's starting to feel like a home away from home.

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 19d

If you haven't got your hands on a copy of WRITING THE MAGIC already, you can read an excerpt from RJ Barker's essay at The Fantasy Hive today: You Do Not Need to Know How to Write a Book (Or How to Embrace Ignorance and Run with It).

fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/09/writ...

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 19d

www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/edgel...

Edge-Lit 11 | Derby QUAD

View our latest event: Edge-Lit 11. See what the available times are for this event.

www.derbyquad.co.uk

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 19d

Ta-ra, Liverpool. Back on the train again, heading down to Derby for Edge-Lit tomorrow. I'll be running a workshop on using play and experimentation in your writing, then launching WRITING THE MAGIC after lunch. It's not too late to grab a ticket!

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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 19d

I won't make it to the panel unfortunately, but hope to catch you around

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