Lyndsey Croal (she/her)
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social
Scottish SFFH Author | Shirley Jackson Award & BFA Finalist | Latest: LIMELIGHT, Shortwave, DARK CRESCENT, Luna Press | Words in Apex, Analog, Weird Tales, & more | Rep: Michael Mungiello InkWell, Film/TV: Sean Berard https://linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
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✨️Dark Crescent is out today!! Thank you @lunapress.bsky.social for giving the perfect home to this wee dark folklore book of my heart, @jennicoutts.bsky.social for its stunning cover, and anyone who has bought, or plans to read a copy! Let these strange tales set sail...! 🏴🌊✨️ linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
Traded Highland hillsides for North East Coast, woke to a glorious sunrise 🌅
November 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Traded Highland hillsides for North East Coast, woke to a glorious sunrise 🌅
A fab wee event at the lovely But n' Ben Books in Stonehaven today with @mkhardywrites.com, chatting folklore and the gothic and finding our books have plenty in common 🖤🤗 A lovely local bookshop, especially great SFFH selection, so if you find yourself in the area do pop in!! 🏴📚✨️
November 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A fab wee event at the lovely But n' Ben Books in Stonehaven today with @mkhardywrites.com, chatting folklore and the gothic and finding our books have plenty in common 🖤🤗 A lovely local bookshop, especially great SFFH selection, so if you find yourself in the area do pop in!! 🏴📚✨️
Finally reunited with the giant Pip and heading home to Edinburgh tomorrow 🥰💙
November 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Finally reunited with the giant Pip and heading home to Edinburgh tomorrow 🥰💙
Every day I get less and less convinced I can call the stories in Limelight and Other Stories science fiction...🥲
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Every day I get less and less convinced I can call the stories in Limelight and Other Stories science fiction...🥲
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I swear I posted this before but apparently not. Better late than never... super excited to be heading to But n Ben books in Stonehaven for a signing and chat with @lyndseycroal.bsky.social this afternoon! Hope to see folk there!
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I swear I posted this before but apparently not. Better late than never... super excited to be heading to But n Ben books in Stonehaven for a signing and chat with @lyndseycroal.bsky.social this afternoon! Hope to see folk there!
Moniack Mhor magic has struck again, dark health tech SF cyberpunk rebellion and resistance novella/short novel is done and ready to send to my agent! It's a Black Mirror-esque tale of lives intersecting in an alternative future I'm describing as Gotham City meets Panem - excited for next steps 🤞👁️
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Moniack Mhor magic has struck again, dark health tech SF cyberpunk rebellion and resistance novella/short novel is done and ready to send to my agent! It's a Black Mirror-esque tale of lives intersecting in an alternative future I'm describing as Gotham City meets Panem - excited for next steps 🤞👁️
This is sort of the plot of my story Hush, Little Sister (except AI dead sister) in OBSOLESCENCE from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social, also in collection Limelight and Other Stories! OBSOLESCENCE also has other haunting and dark tales of tech terror...👀
You could literally do a horror anthology based on the different ways this can go wrong.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
What if AI dead mom ends up neglected just like one of those digital picture frames. Sold at a digital goodwill for $2.50.
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This is sort of the plot of my story Hush, Little Sister (except AI dead sister) in OBSOLESCENCE from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social, also in collection Limelight and Other Stories! OBSOLESCENCE also has other haunting and dark tales of tech terror...👀
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November 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Rhiannon is an amazing writer and I am so deliriously excited for this 🤩
Sorry for the delay.
We had to wait on timezones.
Because HOME SICK just had its cover reveal in People Magazine.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
We had to wait on timezones.
Because HOME SICK just had its cover reveal in People Magazine.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
Rhiannon Grist’s ‘Cottagegore’ Horror 'Home Sick' Will Make Your Skin Crawl — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
Rhiannon Grist is debuting a new psychological horror novel. PEOPLE has an exclusive preview of 'Home Sick', a new book that puts a dark spin on the haunted house story.
people.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Rhiannon is an amazing writer and I am so deliriously excited for this 🤩
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I'm beyond excited for everyone to get their hands on this book next summer! I can't remember the last time I had to put a horror novel down for a little bit in the middle of reading because it hit too close to home (sick).
HOME SICK is a phenomenal debut and it's available to preorder now! 🏘️
HOME SICK is a phenomenal debut and it's available to preorder now! 🏘️
Sorry for the delay.
We had to wait on timezones.
Because HOME SICK just had its cover reveal in People Magazine.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
We had to wait on timezones.
Because HOME SICK just had its cover reveal in People Magazine.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
Rhiannon Grist’s ‘Cottagegore’ Horror 'Home Sick' Will Make Your Skin Crawl — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
Rhiannon Grist is debuting a new psychological horror novel. PEOPLE has an exclusive preview of 'Home Sick', a new book that puts a dark spin on the haunted house story.
people.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm beyond excited for everyone to get their hands on this book next summer! I can't remember the last time I had to put a horror novel down for a little bit in the middle of reading because it hit too close to home (sick).
HOME SICK is a phenomenal debut and it's available to preorder now! 🏘️
HOME SICK is a phenomenal debut and it's available to preorder now! 🏘️
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Sorry for the delay.
We had to wait on timezones.
Because HOME SICK just had its cover reveal in People Magazine.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
We had to wait on timezones.
Because HOME SICK just had its cover reveal in People Magazine.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
Rhiannon Grist’s ‘Cottagegore’ Horror 'Home Sick' Will Make Your Skin Crawl — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
Rhiannon Grist is debuting a new psychological horror novel. PEOPLE has an exclusive preview of 'Home Sick', a new book that puts a dark spin on the haunted house story.
people.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Sorry for the delay.
We had to wait on timezones.
Because HOME SICK just had its cover reveal in People Magazine.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
We had to wait on timezones.
Because HOME SICK just had its cover reveal in People Magazine.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
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Best day ever because I get to post the COVER REVEAL for my amazing CP @danaiwrites.bsky.social's sapphic fantasy VILE LADY VILLAINS!
Cover artist: Audrey Benjaminsen
Publisher: Penguin Michael Joseph
Pub date: April 02, 2026
Preorder: www.penguin.co.uk/bo...
To retell is to rebel 🔪🩸👀
Cover artist: Audrey Benjaminsen
Publisher: Penguin Michael Joseph
Pub date: April 02, 2026
Preorder: www.penguin.co.uk/bo...
To retell is to rebel 🔪🩸👀
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Best day ever because I get to post the COVER REVEAL for my amazing CP @danaiwrites.bsky.social's sapphic fantasy VILE LADY VILLAINS!
Cover artist: Audrey Benjaminsen
Publisher: Penguin Michael Joseph
Pub date: April 02, 2026
Preorder: www.penguin.co.uk/bo...
To retell is to rebel 🔪🩸👀
Cover artist: Audrey Benjaminsen
Publisher: Penguin Michael Joseph
Pub date: April 02, 2026
Preorder: www.penguin.co.uk/bo...
To retell is to rebel 🔪🩸👀
Watching the wintery fog roll in, this atmospheric view as I write is just bliss...makes me want to come up with a ghostly tale
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Watching the wintery fog roll in, this atmospheric view as I write is just bliss...makes me want to come up with a ghostly tale
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New Review - an excellent tale of digital ghosts, seers, scientists and ethics await in the brilliant The Salt Oracle by @rainewilson.bsky.social out now - very strongly recommended! Huge thanks to @solarisbooks.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Solaris for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Solaris Published – Out Now Price – £18.99 hardback £7.99 Kindle ebook ...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
New Review - an excellent tale of digital ghosts, seers, scientists and ethics await in the brilliant The Salt Oracle by @rainewilson.bsky.social out now - very strongly recommended! Huge thanks to @solarisbooks.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
Fire on, snowy view, cosy writing set up at Moniack Mhor today, time to finish the novella ❄️
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Fire on, snowy view, cosy writing set up at Moniack Mhor today, time to finish the novella ❄️
Oh hi snowww ❄️ (maybe don't stick around tomorrow when I'm travelling though 😅)
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Oh hi snowww ❄️ (maybe don't stick around tomorrow when I'm travelling though 😅)
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🍄 THE BOOK OF SPORES anthology is officially LIVE ON KICKSTARTER 🍄
From stem to cap, we’ve put so much love (and spores) into this project, so we hope you’ll back it. There are a variety of awesome reward tiers available too.
Now, go back The Book of Spores: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
From stem to cap, we’ve put so much love (and spores) into this project, so we hope you’ll back it. There are a variety of awesome reward tiers available too.
Now, go back The Book of Spores: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🍄 THE BOOK OF SPORES anthology is officially LIVE ON KICKSTARTER 🍄
From stem to cap, we’ve put so much love (and spores) into this project, so we hope you’ll back it. There are a variety of awesome reward tiers available too.
Now, go back The Book of Spores: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
From stem to cap, we’ve put so much love (and spores) into this project, so we hope you’ll back it. There are a variety of awesome reward tiers available too.
Now, go back The Book of Spores: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
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22 ghost stories for $4? And they're dark and scary?? And the anthology won a Shirley Jackson Award??? You better believe it!
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/why-...
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/why-...
Why Didn't You Just Leave ebook | Cursed Morsels Press
It's the question asked of any story about a haunting: why didn't you just leave? But if accounts of people who have stayed in haunted houses are any indication … it's never that simple.In...
www.cursedmorselspress.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
22 ghost stories for $4? And they're dark and scary?? And the anthology won a Shirley Jackson Award??? You better believe it!
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/why-...
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/why-...
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Rejoice, sophont observers, for a new original story is upon us: "Baron Quits The Payloaders" by @renanbernardo.com. Because while space is mostly emptiness, a lot of what isn't emptiness is !!ROCK!!
Escape Pod 1019: Baron Quits The Payloaders
This story starts with a gig. Half a million people from all corners of the galaxy, hands in the air, heads banging to our vibrant noise. You probably saw the venue on some feed already.
escapepod.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Rejoice, sophont observers, for a new original story is upon us: "Baron Quits The Payloaders" by @renanbernardo.com. Because while space is mostly emptiness, a lot of what isn't emptiness is !!ROCK!!
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New Deal Announcement!
We're thrilled to be working with Tyler Jones again!
This time with NIGHT OF THE GLASS KNIVES, a novel about a paranormal investigator who is hired by a wealthy man to track down an ancient artifact responsible for some of the darkest days throughout history.
Spring 2027.
We're thrilled to be working with Tyler Jones again!
This time with NIGHT OF THE GLASS KNIVES, a novel about a paranormal investigator who is hired by a wealthy man to track down an ancient artifact responsible for some of the darkest days throughout history.
Spring 2027.
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New Deal Announcement!
We're thrilled to be working with Tyler Jones again!
This time with NIGHT OF THE GLASS KNIVES, a novel about a paranormal investigator who is hired by a wealthy man to track down an ancient artifact responsible for some of the darkest days throughout history.
Spring 2027.
We're thrilled to be working with Tyler Jones again!
This time with NIGHT OF THE GLASS KNIVES, a novel about a paranormal investigator who is hired by a wealthy man to track down an ancient artifact responsible for some of the darkest days throughout history.
Spring 2027.
That moment getting near the end of revisions, when a previously minor character does something surprising, and opens the possibility for...a sequel? Or simply ambiguous ending? (I am a standalone writer, what is this alchemy...) 👀👁🤖
Very happy to have been awarded Creative Scotland funding to expand a dark SF project (similar vibes to Limelight)! A multi-POV tale of lives intersecting in a dystopian city run by a nefarious corporation (think Gotham meets Panem) with dark health tech, a heist, and an assassination plot...✨👁️
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
That moment getting near the end of revisions, when a previously minor character does something surprising, and opens the possibility for...a sequel? Or simply ambiguous ending? (I am a standalone writer, what is this alchemy...) 👀👁🤖
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Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! In This City, Where it rains by
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! In This City, Where it rains by
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
I've had six AI emails this morning offering various review/author services (I assume, I didn't open all of them), but the most frustrating thing is just imagining the absolute waste of resources in generating these emails, sending them out to no doubt hundreds of other authors, other creatives.
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I've had six AI emails this morning offering various review/author services (I assume, I didn't open all of them), but the most frustrating thing is just imagining the absolute waste of resources in generating these emails, sending them out to no doubt hundreds of other authors, other creatives.
Only have seven and I'm already flummoxed 😅
Booklovers, your favourite game is back! 📚🔎
Guess all 20 books in the #HiddenBooksGame and you could win a £500/€500 National Book Token to spend in your local bookshop (the best gift ever, in our opinion).
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Guess all 20 books in the #HiddenBooksGame and you could win a £500/€500 National Book Token to spend in your local bookshop (the best gift ever, in our opinion).
Play now: buff.ly/460M0aR
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Only have seven and I'm already flummoxed 😅
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On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...