SJ Townend
@sjtownend.bsky.social
A writer. A reader. A bit of a daydreamer.
Here for the horror.
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My review of This Way Lies Madness from Flame Tree Press
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November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My review of This Way Lies Madness from Flame Tree Press
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Whizzed through this collection by Alison Moore today. So bleak. Loved it.
October 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Whizzed through this collection by Alison Moore today. So bleak. Loved it.
October not haunted enough for you yet?
After some spooky stuff?
There's a creepy story in here by me called GIVE AND TAKE that might unsettle you nicely:
After some spooky stuff?
There's a creepy story in here by me called GIVE AND TAKE that might unsettle you nicely:
October 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
October not haunted enough for you yet?
After some spooky stuff?
There's a creepy story in here by me called GIVE AND TAKE that might unsettle you nicely:
After some spooky stuff?
There's a creepy story in here by me called GIVE AND TAKE that might unsettle you nicely:
AVAILABLE NOW!
PATTERNS - an anthology of pattern-themed HORROR.
All 2025 profit to NAPS, a menstrual disorder charity.
Paperback and e-book purchase link: t.co/zIAly7U1Dp
PATTERNS - an anthology of pattern-themed HORROR.
All 2025 profit to NAPS, a menstrual disorder charity.
Paperback and e-book purchase link: t.co/zIAly7U1Dp
July 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
AVAILABLE NOW!
PATTERNS - an anthology of pattern-themed HORROR.
All 2025 profit to NAPS, a menstrual disorder charity.
Paperback and e-book purchase link: t.co/zIAly7U1Dp
PATTERNS - an anthology of pattern-themed HORROR.
All 2025 profit to NAPS, a menstrual disorder charity.
Paperback and e-book purchase link: t.co/zIAly7U1Dp
Alas, I cannot write today. I have a bad case of clingy foot-cattitis.
May 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Alas, I cannot write today. I have a bad case of clingy foot-cattitis.
Proud and humbled to say that a creepy story of mine will appear in Behind the Shadows vol 3: Dark Secrets.
Thanks to all at Inkd Publishing.
Can't wait to read the rest of the tales in this anthology!
Thanks to all at Inkd Publishing.
Can't wait to read the rest of the tales in this anthology!
May 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Proud and humbled to say that a creepy story of mine will appear in Behind the Shadows vol 3: Dark Secrets.
Thanks to all at Inkd Publishing.
Can't wait to read the rest of the tales in this anthology!
Thanks to all at Inkd Publishing.
Can't wait to read the rest of the tales in this anthology!
New collection from me out this July.
Your Final Sunset - some very grim tales - published by Sley House Press!
Your Final Sunset - some very grim tales - published by Sley House Press!
May 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New collection from me out this July.
Your Final Sunset - some very grim tales - published by Sley House Press!
Your Final Sunset - some very grim tales - published by Sley House Press!
Today, I'm reading this absolute treat from Timber Ghost Press - Dead Stars and Stone Arches, a collection of Utah horror.
Never been to Utah, thought I wanted to visit, but now it's a definite no-go for me. Did you know the place is full of cosmic cryptids?!!! Shiver my timbers.
Never been to Utah, thought I wanted to visit, but now it's a definite no-go for me. Did you know the place is full of cosmic cryptids?!!! Shiver my timbers.
March 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today, I'm reading this absolute treat from Timber Ghost Press - Dead Stars and Stone Arches, a collection of Utah horror.
Never been to Utah, thought I wanted to visit, but now it's a definite no-go for me. Did you know the place is full of cosmic cryptids?!!! Shiver my timbers.
Never been to Utah, thought I wanted to visit, but now it's a definite no-go for me. Did you know the place is full of cosmic cryptids?!!! Shiver my timbers.
What a mind-blowing review of Sick Girl Screams... Mark compares my book to the work of Lynch and Cronenberg and Kafka...
My work here is done 🤣 (Nuffink ain't ever gonna top that feedback!)
**pen drop**
(((Thank you so much, Mark Peters!)))
My work here is done 🤣 (Nuffink ain't ever gonna top that feedback!)
**pen drop**
(((Thank you so much, Mark Peters!)))
February 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
What a mind-blowing review of Sick Girl Screams... Mark compares my book to the work of Lynch and Cronenberg and Kafka...
My work here is done 🤣 (Nuffink ain't ever gonna top that feedback!)
**pen drop**
(((Thank you so much, Mark Peters!)))
My work here is done 🤣 (Nuffink ain't ever gonna top that feedback!)
**pen drop**
(((Thank you so much, Mark Peters!)))
Mine are doing some sort of standoff death stare 🤣
February 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Mine are doing some sort of standoff death stare 🤣
It may've taken me threety-nine hundred and seventy gamillion days, but I've done it.
I've managed to get my boys in the same bloody photo!
Catbeantastic!
I've managed to get my boys in the same bloody photo!
Catbeantastic!
January 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It may've taken me threety-nine hundred and seventy gamillion days, but I've done it.
I've managed to get my boys in the same bloody photo!
Catbeantastic!
I've managed to get my boys in the same bloody photo!
Catbeantastic!
Looking for something dark to read?
May I tempt you with my debut horror collection?
Purchase links can be found here: brigidsgatepress.com/product/sick...
May I tempt you with my debut horror collection?
Purchase links can be found here: brigidsgatepress.com/product/sick...
January 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Looking for something dark to read?
May I tempt you with my debut horror collection?
Purchase links can be found here: brigidsgatepress.com/product/sick...
May I tempt you with my debut horror collection?
Purchase links can be found here: brigidsgatepress.com/product/sick...
Just me and Brian Evenson reading some Brian Evenson!
Have a lovely Sunday, peeps 😘
Have a lovely Sunday, peeps 😘
January 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Just me and Brian Evenson reading some Brian Evenson!
Have a lovely Sunday, peeps 😘
Have a lovely Sunday, peeps 😘
Brian, my kitten, has taken to scaling up the curtains. I have to wait at the bottom to catch him, and then he starts again. Hours. It goes on for hours. Help me escape this Sisphyean nightmare!
January 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Brian, my kitten, has taken to scaling up the curtains. I have to wait at the bottom to catch him, and then he starts again. Hours. It goes on for hours. Help me escape this Sisphyean nightmare!
After subtracting the payments we made to our authors, we managed to raise £250 in profit on our SKIN anthology.
After a public vote (on X), we split the donation:
£150 to Cancer Research UK, £100 to Melanoma UK.
What a smashing way to end the year!
After a public vote (on X), we split the donation:
£150 to Cancer Research UK, £100 to Melanoma UK.
What a smashing way to end the year!
December 30, 2024 at 7:43 PM
After subtracting the payments we made to our authors, we managed to raise £250 in profit on our SKIN anthology.
After a public vote (on X), we split the donation:
£150 to Cancer Research UK, £100 to Melanoma UK.
What a smashing way to end the year!
After a public vote (on X), we split the donation:
£150 to Cancer Research UK, £100 to Melanoma UK.
What a smashing way to end the year!
Message from BoB:
Thank you again to all writers and readers who made our SKIN anthology possible.
Purchase links:
mybook.to/PAPERBACKSKIN (paperback)
mybook.to/EBOOKSKIN (e-book)
(Writers: please visit our website for our current call!)
Thank you again to all writers and readers who made our SKIN anthology possible.
Purchase links:
mybook.to/PAPERBACKSKIN (paperback)
mybook.to/EBOOKSKIN (e-book)
(Writers: please visit our website for our current call!)
December 30, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Message from BoB:
Thank you again to all writers and readers who made our SKIN anthology possible.
Purchase links:
mybook.to/PAPERBACKSKIN (paperback)
mybook.to/EBOOKSKIN (e-book)
(Writers: please visit our website for our current call!)
Thank you again to all writers and readers who made our SKIN anthology possible.
Purchase links:
mybook.to/PAPERBACKSKIN (paperback)
mybook.to/EBOOKSKIN (e-book)
(Writers: please visit our website for our current call!)
Five stories in and very much enjoying this collection by Penny Jones.
If you're a fan of dark twists, you'll love Behind a Broken Smile!
If you're a fan of dark twists, you'll love Behind a Broken Smile!
December 27, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Five stories in and very much enjoying this collection by Penny Jones.
If you're a fan of dark twists, you'll love Behind a Broken Smile!
If you're a fan of dark twists, you'll love Behind a Broken Smile!