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SJ Townend
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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
October 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Whizzed through this collection by Alison Moore today. So bleak. Loved it.
October 11, 2025 at 9:00 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:
October 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
September 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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
July 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
June 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
June 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Alas, I cannot write today. I have a bad case of clingy foot-cattitis.
May 11, 2025 at 12:47 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!
May 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New collection from me out this July.
Your Final Sunset - some very grim tales - published by Sley House Press!
May 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
May 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
April 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
March 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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.
March 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
March 1, 2025 at 12:12 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!)))
February 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Mine are doing some sort of standoff death stare 🤣
February 8, 2025 at 12:44 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!
January 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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...
January 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Just me and Brian Evenson reading some Brian Evenson!

Have a lovely Sunday, peeps 😘
January 5, 2025 at 8:01 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!
January 5, 2025 at 2:07 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!
December 30, 2024 at 7:43 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!)
December 30, 2024 at 7:41 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!
December 27, 2024 at 1:55 PM