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Lucie McKnight Hardy

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Author of NIGHT BABIES (2026) @johnmurrays.bsky.social and DEAD RELATIVES (2021) & WATER SHALL REFUSE THEM (2019) @deadinkbooks.bsky.social She/her lmcknighthardy.com Agent: @donaldwin.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social

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Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · 1d

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Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · 1d

Page proofs are in 👀

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 7d

It's October! Hurrah!

I've specially curated 5 of our spookier titles, and discounted the eBooks to just $2. Grab a couple, or all 5 for $10. It's your choice.

@seanbirnie.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social

undertowpublications.com/ebooks

5 book covers: Shadows & Tall Trees, Vol. 8 (Michael Kelly, ed.) - Finalist for the World Fantasy; Shirley Jackson; and British Fantasy Awards. Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Featuring Kay Chronister, Krisit DeMeester; Brian Evenson, M. Rickert, and more.

Aickman's Heirs (Simon Strantzas, ed.) - Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. Finalist for the World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Awards. Reprints in 5 'Best Ofs'. Featuring Nadia Bulkin, Brian Evenson, John Langan, Lynda E. Rucker, and more.

The Ghost Sequences, by A.C. Wise - Finalist for the World Fantasy; Locus; Bram Stoker; and British Fantasy Awards.

To Drown in Dark Water, by Steve Toase - Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Praise from Booklist, and Rue Morgue.

I Would Haunt You if I Could, by Seán Padraic Birnie - Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Praise from The Toronto Star, and Library Journal.

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Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · 26d

Mine is going tomorrow! 😢😊

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Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · 28d

We’re in the pub and there’s a middle-aged couple sitting in the corner, not talking, just sipping their drinks and reading their books, and this is what we’re aspiring to now.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Sep 2

THREAD. A collection of photos I have taken of scarecrows I have stumbled across during walks in the British countryside over the last fifteen years.

A scarecrow who has just watched Monty Python's The Holy Grail for the first time

A scarecrow who is feeling pleased with himself after forming a 1950s sci-fi themed surf rock band, of which he is the sole member

A scarecrow who is dolled up and ready for a night out in the fanciest part of Newcastle

A very pleasant and well-meaning scarecrow who will paint your house for a competitive rate while rhapsodising about the beauty of the land

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Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thanks, Jez - and I agree about Lost in the Garden!

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Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Aug 5

We've had a red kite who has been very ooh-reeee today

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Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Aug 5

Happy, happy birthday!

Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Aug 3

Thanks, Stephanie!

Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Jun 18

Definitely worth a detour

Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Jun 18

I just finished The Dead House by Billy O'Callaghan - a beautifully lyrical modern ghost story. Now halfway through Tessa Hadley's The Past - she can do no wrong :)

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The Lonely Crowd @thelonelycrowd.bsky.social · Jun 13

The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout the remainder of 2025. For June, we are delighted to publish a new work by Aideen Henry.

thelonelycrowd.org/2025/06/13/s...

Short Story of the Month: ‘Fallen Rocks’ by Aideen Henry

The Lonely Crowd will feature a new short story by a different author each month throughout the remainder of 2025. For June, we are delighted to publish a new work by Aideen Henry.

thelonelycrowd.org

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Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Jun 6

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Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Jun 6

Fantastic, Laura - and very well deserved!

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · Apr 28

Nicholas Royle’s stories are “immaculately sinister”, according to the TLS.

In these stories he writes about doppelgängers, ghosts, dummies, disconnected body parts, impaired vision, the dead and the prospect of death, not without a macabre sense of humour.

swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/th...

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Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Apr 26

Schedule:
www.sedbergh.org.uk/view-event/h...

Tickets
www.trybooking.com/uk/EKLV

Horror in the Howgills Book Festival - Day 1 - Visit Sedbergh

Nine acclaimed authors, experts in the art of making flesh creep and spines tingle, are gathering here at Midsummer. 9:45 – 10:00 Introduction With Master of Ceremonies Johnny Mains 10:00 – 11:00 Pane...

www.sedbergh.org.uk

Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Apr 26

Tickets are now on sale for this fantastic book festival in the Lake District (links in comments). I’ll be on a couple of panels, doing a reading and signing, but most excitingly, I get to interview my top-favourite (living) author, Andrew Michael Hurley! 🖤

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Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Apr 15

Ah, Elri, you’re going to love this one!

Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Apr 10

Happy birthday, youngster!

Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Apr 2

How lovely - happy anniversary!

Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Apr 1

Ian, thank you so much. That's very kind of you, and has made my day!

Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Mar 29

Sarah, thank you!

Lucie McKnight Hardy @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social · Mar 29

Thank you 😊