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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW!

@therelphian.bsky.social

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Cumbrian writer. Loves cats, tea, apocalypses and dark botany. Noms for Pushcart, BOTN, Best Small Fics and Best Microfics, Wigleaf longlisted Short fic collection, Know That We Held on Amazon Website, socials and stuff: https://linktr.ee/JPRelph

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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 7d

Here are universal links to my two new collections, the novella I wrote with @matgost.bsky.social which is currently only £6.50!, and the cracking anthology from @trashcatlit.bsky.social 🦝

mybook.to/SickInkColle...
mybook.to/OneForSorrow...
mybook.to/WatcherNovella mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 1d

Honoured to be part of anyone’s spooky reading list 😊🖤

LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻 @lorifontanes.bsky.social · 1d

my #October #spooky #story #reading list on tap

@therelphian.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social

photo of book spines from The Shadow in the Corner & Other Classic Ghost Stories, Haunted House Stories, Out There Screaming, A Darker Shade, Gothic Short Stories and Sick Ink

JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much, hope you enjoy 🖤

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MatGost @matgost.bsky.social · 1d

Three amazing charity anthology projects just landed...
My own Silent Screams antho, plus collections from @sasharavitch.bsky.social & @therelphian.bsky.social of @trashcatlit.bsky.social
Read all about them here:
matgost.substack.com/p/silent-scr...

A promo image for my blog post on substack, showing the cover of my Silent Screams anthology, with a word cloud, and the post title: "Silent Screams for Halloween"

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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 2d

Signed up!

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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 2d

Funerary Racoons?? Could this be what breaks my writing slump? 🙀🦝

Rat Bag @ratbaglit.bsky.social · 7d

Submissions open untill we reach our cap.
Micros up to 300 words: no theme.
Drabbles: theme "funerary raccoons" (do with that what you will!).

🐀

#ratbaglit #ratbag #fiction #microfiction #flashfiction #drabble #writingcommunity #writers #writer #writer #submissioncall #opensubmissions #litmag

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MatGost @matgost.bsky.social · 2d

Silent Screams is out now.
It's the first anthology I've edited and I love every single story inside it.
If you prefer your #Halloween scares quiet and filled with creeping dread, then this is the book for you.
eBook and paperback:
mybook.to/SilentScream...
#Horror #ShortStories #WritingCommunity

The cover wrap for Silent Screams, An Anthology of Quiet Horrors - featuring a striking, surreal illustration by Eric Brenner, depicting a screaming face with far too many eyes. The book blurb states:
The most terrifying horror stories don't churn your stomach. They creep like shadows, chilling with a touch. They build dread through atmosphere and emotion, rather than splatter and gore.

Welcome to Silent Screams, an anthology of quiet horror stories.

Within these pages, you will face strange and twisted scenes, dark and demonic characters, nightmares great and small, written by a host of talented authors from around the world.

These are shattering tales of grief and loss, visitations from strange folk, troubled dreams, and cursed artefacts.

These are whispers to make your skin crawl and your toes curl. Words to catch your breath and smother screams.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 7d

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

An image of Jane Goodall and a chimpanzee, from 1965. Photo courtesy CBS Photo Archive / Getty.

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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 7d

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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 7d

Impress a badger and save your friends! 😝

JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 10d

Very proud of this beautiful baby! 🦝
If you love short fiction and want to read 27 amazing writers' interpretation of "treasure in unexpected places", then please do grab a copy and help raise money for UK wildlife 🦡🦊🦢🦌

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 10d

We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you Junebug 💚💚

JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 11d

If you read anything today, read this. Gorgeous soil and fungi prose, masterful worldbuilding 💚

Sarah Royston @sarahkat.bsky.social · 11d

In the shadow of the Reserve of Persisting Complexity, a rag-tag community finds that webs are stronger than walls...

I'm thrilled to introduce my Grubbers to the world, with such beautiful illustrations by Manon Cezaro!

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 11d

Read the new short story written by Sarah Royston (@sarahkat.bsky.social) and illustrated by Manon Cezaro, live today on Tractor Beam! 💫

And subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) get the last half of Issue 3's stories in your inbox as they drop on site 💌

#soilpunk #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting

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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 14d

Thrilled to be part of this absolute stunner with my dialogue-driven dystopia, The Book of Anna.
Congrats on your first issue guys 🌟

Rawhead @rawheadjournal.bsky.social · 14d

Issue One of Rawhead is live!
rawheadjournal.org
#litmag #artandlit #rawheadjournal #newwriting #issueone #writingcommunity #artcommunity

JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 14d

Love this story so much 💚

JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 18d

2/2
So excited to share pages with writers I love -
@sarahkat.bsky.social
@terryholland.bsky.social @heatherbooknook.bsky.social
@lindzmcleod.bsky.social
and others I can't wait to get familiar with (in a readerly sense, obvs 😀)

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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 18d

@matgost.bsky.social has curated an incredible collection of quiet horror - I'm still blown away to be part of it with my short, Rockabye.
Stunning cover by Eric W. Brenner, don't miss out on this one - preorder for spooky season 🖤

mybook.to/SilentScream...

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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 24d

This is wonderful! Thrift n Write needs to be a thing 😀

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The Molotov Cocktail @molotovlitzine.bsky.social · Sep 5

Can't wait to see what will emerge in our #FlashMonster contest. Deadline is October 15th.

We like literary approaches but also dig genre & pulpy takes as well. Art house or grindhouse. Subvert the usual monster tropes or create something nobody’s ever seen.

themolotovcocktail.com/flash-monste...

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ALT: a black and white photo of a body of water with a few waves

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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 29d

Those moments are the best because every now and then it pops in your head, and you think ‘ohmygod, I did that’ 😀

JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · 29d

Fantastic achievement 🤩

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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · Sep 7

He’s heard you’re helping raise money for wildlife and is looking for an advance 😆🧡

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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · Sep 6

Oh fantastic Joyce 🌟

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Underbelly Press @underbellypress.bsky.social · Sep 4

Prompts to get you thinking:
Shorter days, longer nights, what memories come to mind when the dark creeps in?
What rotten thing lurks beneath the surface?
As trees lose their leaves, what do people lose, willingly, or not?
What does it mean to have autumn without abundance?

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JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · Sep 4

Awesome! Thank you so much you absolute star 🖤🖤

JP Relph - Novella OUT NOW! @therelphian.bsky.social · Sep 4

This was a LOT of work, but I think you'll agree, worth it. I will be lying down now for several days while you get stuck in and read these 25 imaginative, amazing prompted stories 😀💜

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · Sep 4

We pushed and we pushed and we have delivered a pair of delightful flashy collections 🦝🦝

Thirteen flash from all new Trash Family:
trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto...
Twelve flash from repeat bin offenders:
trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto...

A bumper read of amazing prompted stories - ENJOY!

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