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One of the most amazing experiences :,) Absolutely incredible to visit @penguinukbooks headquarters today in London and meet so many cool people who are working on my book!! And so many people who said “I loved your book!” to which I go “omg thanks who are you!!” And so fun meeting my agent and editor in person for the first time 🥹🥹 makes all the struggle worthwhile Swipe to see all the books they foisted upon me. I’m in heaven ________ Hi, I’m Samantha! I write obsessive and evil FMCs and pretty boys with dark secrets! My debut gothic horromance GUILEWRIGHT comes out in 2028 with @harvillbooks! When Lavinia Clarke accepts the apprencticeship of a lifetime under the celebrated clockwork artisan Gomery Oswald, she never expects to be so desperately fascinated and entranced with his enigmatic, charming son Sterling. Or for their strange workshop to be hiding horrific secrets. For fans of 💀 Descent into madness 🩸 Gothic horror ⛓️‍💥 Women going batshit 🗡️ Weird girl lit fic tags and key: #horror #debut #gothic #bookish debut novel, agented, horror novel, literary horror, upmarket, rivals to lovers, romance, romantasy, gothic books, books, horror romance, steampunk, historical fiction, villain romance, history, fantasy, books, bookish, fantasy novel, fiction
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BEHOLD me posting a video! Take pity on me - I'm gen X, I hate videoing myself, so this is my not-having-to-record-myself unboxing video for all you introverts out there equally allergic to this! It's clunky but it exists, so I am taking that as a win! #unboxing #newbook #thesaltoracle #authorlife
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Harvill @harvillbooks have acquired @samanthalindberg gothic horror-romance GUILEWRIGHT 🎉 Congratulations Samantha!
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🚨 NEW DEAL ALERT! 🚨 Orbit has acquired two new untitled horror novels from Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author Bitter Karella ( @bitterkarella ), to be published on the Run For It list starting in Winter 2028. World English language rights were acquired from Julie Gourinchas ( @literary.fey ) jointly by Angelica Chong and Jenni Hill of Orbit US and U.K., respectively. Congratulations, BK! 🧛🏻‍♀️ 📚 🩸 First up is a Gothic horror novel where a tourist on a pilgrimage to uncover the mystery of his family’s shrouded past finds himself trapped in an abandoned castle in Bavaria, only to discover a clan of inbred aristocratic vampires dwelling in the catacombs, eager for fresh blood, perfect for fans of The Starving Saints and Blood on Her Tongue. The second book will be a campus horror novel where an enterprising student journalist’s roommate goes missing, and, fearing the worst, she infiltrates a secretive fraternity where her roommate was last seen, and uncovers a cult-like conspiracy at the heart of the school, perfect for fans of Camp Damascus and Cuckoo. Bitter Karella is the writer and horror aficionado behind the twice Hugo-nominated microfiction comedy account @Midnight_pals, which asks what if all your favorite horror writers gathered around the campfire to tell scary stories. His work has appeared in Seize the Press, Tenebrous Press’s Your Body in Not Your Body, and Ghoulish Books’ Bound in Flesh. She also dabbles in cartooning and text game design.
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@cnvair featured in The Guardian's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror roundup, and also in Bookbrunch about how horror is meeting the moment!
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I can’t believe I finally get to share this news... The Spearcrest Kings series is officially coming to audiobook! I am thrilled, honoured and grateful to be announcing that @podiumentertainment will be bringing the gorgeous, scandalous, and often chaotic world of Spearcrest to life. I know you’ve all been waiting a long time for this—I for one can’t wait to binge the entire series while moodily crossing some windy moors in the north of england for the ambience. Thank you as always to the peerless @literary.fey, the most hard-working, patient, gracious and talented agent any author could ever ask for. The hallowed halls of Spearcrest shall soon be opening their gates to listeners, so I hope you have all done your revision and ironed your uniforms. In the meantime… Which book are you most excited to listen to?
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am trying to get comfortable again with uncertainty and failure. to face into avoidance and fear. to remember my purpose and desire and dissolve the boundary between art and my life. i am very lucky and so happy that 𝙽𝚄𝙳𝙴𝚂 and my early two novels Animals Eat Each Other and Gag Reflex will find new homes with my current publisher Verve. air is fresh, grass is green, the sand is warm beneath my feet. i am who i am when i’m on top and when i’m not. my cup is full.
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🐈 🐈‍⬛ THE CAT IS OUT THE BAG! 🐈‍⬛ 🐈 It brings this catgirl great pleasure to announce that my second novel LOVERS, REVERSED will be released in Autumn 2027 with @verve_books Lovers, Reversed is my queer autistic witchcraft novel, a literary romance novel for the new age! I have worked harder on this novel than any other creative project in my 27 years. It’s about a sex worker who discovers love and tarot cards. I really think you’ll like it nyah! 🐈 @verve_books will also be re-rereleasing my freaky vampire novel, Fragile Animals, since @404ink has closed its doors due to the inhospitable publishing industry and the pains of being a little guy! Little guys are important. I miss 404, but I’m glad to be partnered with another pioneering indie press that lets me embraces my weirdo instincts. Uwu uwu uwu! I can’t wait to be back on my bullshit!!! 📸 Photos: 1. My sexy publishers marketplace screenshot 2. Me and Cheeby, shot by @rhianonnestone 3. @_thebookseller 4. Punchy the fictional cat, as needle felted by @moongatti 5. @_thebookseller 6. The original Punchy - honour thy roots 7. Proof of manuscript im not lying swear down 8. Lovers, Reversed fanart, as painted by me! 9. The magick Glaswegian tree that started it all - photographed by @quandilfaudra for his short film, Spell Tree #catgirlsarethebest
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There's 1 month to go until the Arthur C. @clarkeaward ceremony! So, now's the perfect time to pick up @raine_clouds_writes ' Clarke finalist - THE SALT ORACLE! A genre-bending science fantasy with a locked-boat mystery in a world rife with digital ghosts and vengeful seas... Buy now from all good bookshops! "It's been seventeen years since the internet crashed and left the world broken... On the Bellwether, a huge floating college safe from the politics and war of the mainland, Auli is part of a research team studying the Oracle - a strange, uncanny girl who channels dangerous ghosts. The scientists notate everything she says, using her to piece together maps, weather forecasts, and anything else that might make the region’s hazardous waters a little safer for shipping cartels and local fishermen alike. Auli is horrified when her beloved mentor, Boudain, reveals his scheme to create more human Oracles, seeking to leverage the power of this unique girl into security for the Bellwether and perhaps even a return to a new, warped digital age. The very next day, she finds him dead. Reluctantly promoted to lead her team, Auli begins an investigation into Boudain's death. Her scrutiny reveals the corrupt heart of the institute she has dedicated herself to, and as the ghosts and even the very seas around them start to mutate, she is forced to wrestle with a life-changing decision: save the Oracle or save the Bellwether - and all the lives that depend on it." #thesaltoracle #lorrainewilson #weareallghostsintheforest #thelasttodrown #saveourseas #saveouroceans #clifi #climatefiction #scifi #sciencefantasy #murdermystery #darkacademia #sciencefantasy #clarkeaward #arthurcclarkeaward #clarkeawardfinalist
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TWO IN ONE! 💫 COVER REVEAL AND 🚨 NEW DEAL ALERT! 🚨 We are so excited to share that STARFALL by Jamie Cass ( @jamiecassauthor ) will be published by @hodderscape and @podiumentertainment early next year! UK & Commonwealth rights were acquired by Calah Singleton, at auction, with Delayna Spencer publishing; North American rights were acquired in a six-figure deal, at auction, by Chelsea Villareal. Julie Gourinchas ( @literary.fey ) and John Baker ( @agentbakerbooks ) negotiated both deals. Rights have also been sold in Russian and Spanish languages, via Katherine West at ILA. Huge congratulations, Jamie! We’re so excited to finally yell about this with you! ✨ 🩸 🔥 Oxford, 1830. London is a smouldering ruin. Tension is rising between humans and fae. And a red star burns overhead. War has left the British empire broken and bleeding. The Industrial Revolution has driven the fae courts into the light. Oxford, now the capital, is a city on the brink, haunted by whispers of apocalypse. Aria came to study magick under the brilliant Professor Ashcroft. But her hunger for knowledge is dangerous, and her power even more so. When attacks erupt across the city, Aria and Ashcroft are pulled into a conspiracy that could shatter the fragile peace between human and fae, and unleash a dark magick which could bring the country to its knees. Aria’s powers may be the kingdom’s last hope... or its ruin.
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We are DELIGHTED to say that @raine_clouds_writes ' genre-bending climate science fantasy THE SALT ORACLE has been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2026! Huge congratulations to Raine and the other finalists! You can buy THE SALT ORACLE now from all good bookstores! "It's been seventeen years since the internet crashed and left the world broken... On the Bellwether, a huge floating college safe from the politics and war of the mainland, Auli is part of a research team studying the Oracle - a strange, uncanny girl who channels dangerous ghosts. The scientists notate everything she says, using her to piece together maps, weather forecasts, and anything else that might make the region’s hazardous waters a little safer for shipping cartels and local fishermen alike. Auli is horrified when her beloved mentor, Boudain, reveals his scheme to create more human Oracles, seeking to leverage the power of this unique girl into security for the Bellwether and perhaps even a return to a new, warped digital age. The very next day, she finds him dead. Reluctantly promoted to lead her team, Auli begins an investigation into Boudain's death. Her scrutiny reveals the corrupt heart of the institute she has dedicated herself to, and as the ghosts and even the very seas around them start to mutate, she is forced to wrestle with a life-changing decision: save the Oracle or save the Bellwether - and all the lives that depend on it." #thesaltoracle #lorrainewilson #weareallghostsintheforest #thelasttodrown #saveourseas #saveouroceans #clifi #climatefiction #scifi #sciencefantasy #murdermystery #darkacademia #sciencefantasy #clarkeaward #arthurcclarkeaward #clarkeawardfinalist
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We are so excited to share that the brilliant Emma Davies ( @emma.lou.d ) has won the Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers Prize, with her stunning medieval Gothic horror novel, THE HOLLOW SAINT. Congratulations, Emma! 👻 ⛪ 🐀 Davies wins a publishing contract with @michaeljbooks, which has acquired world all-language rights to the novel, and joins Julie Gourinchas’s ( @literary.fey ) list. The prize seeks new writers from backgrounds that are under-represented in publishing, including ethnicity, sexuality, gender identity, disability or socio-economic background. In its third year, it has focused on horror fiction. This year the prize was judged by a panel featuring bestselling author CJ Tudor, Waterstones range manager Adeela Badshah, literary agent Julie Gourinchas and influencer Sinead Hanna, headed up by PMJ commissioning editor Jorgie Bain. Davies is a PhD researcher in English Literature at the University of Bristol, where she specialises in studying peatlands in Gothic and horror fiction. THE HOLLOW SAINT follows a devout religious woman, an anchoress, who encloses herself in a cell as the Black Death nears her village, told through fractured voices that blur miracle, madness and monstrosity. She said: “I’m thrilled to be working with Julie and the team at PMJ to bring my medieval anchoress to life, and I can’t wait for readers to walk into the darkness with her. Horror is the genre closest to my heart, and it feels more vital than ever right now, so to have been chosen in a year that celebrates it is surreal and wonderful.” Bain commented: “Emma stood out in an exceptionally strong field. Her storytelling, both haunting and deeply nuanced, left a lasting impression, and The Hollow Saint carries extraordinary depth. For under-represented communities, horror is a space where experimentation creates visibility and confronts social realities – so it was an honour to celebrate this genre in this year’s PMJ Undiscovered Writers’ Prize.”
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