Nightjar Press
@nightjarpress.bsky.social
Single short story chapbooks since 2009. Uncanny, dark, experimental. Manchester/London. Editor @nicholasroyle.bsky.social. Design @johnoakey.bsky.social.
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New episode tomorrow! @nicholasroyle.bsky.social is a writer of short stories and novels, the editor of the Best British Short Stories and founder of @nightjarpress.bsky.social! I had the pleasure of meeting him and talk about his beautiful short story collection “Paris Fantastique”. Stay tuned!
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
New episode tomorrow! @nicholasroyle.bsky.social is a writer of short stories and novels, the editor of the Best British Short Stories and founder of @nightjarpress.bsky.social! I had the pleasure of meeting him and talk about his beautiful short story collection “Paris Fantastique”. Stay tuned!
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My new short story colllection The Building Inspector is now available from @nightjarpress.bsky.social on nightjarpress.weebly.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
My new short story colllection The Building Inspector is now available from @nightjarpress.bsky.social on nightjarpress.weebly.com
Come to @smallpublishers.bsky.social today.
October 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Come to @smallpublishers.bsky.social today.
Nightjar publisher @nicholasroyle.bsky.social in conversation with Ma Bibliothèque publisher Sharon Kivland @smallpublishers.bsky.social photo by @emmabolland.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Nightjar publisher @nicholasroyle.bsky.social in conversation with Ma Bibliothèque publisher Sharon Kivland @smallpublishers.bsky.social photo by @emmabolland.bsky.social
Due to a bug and a karate injury, there are two spots going at tonight’s launch event at Saul Hay Gallery, 7.30pm, Manchester.
October 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Due to a bug and a karate injury, there are two spots going at tonight’s launch event at Saul Hay Gallery, 7.30pm, Manchester.
Happy publication day to @dustynewrose.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Happy publication day to @dustynewrose.bsky.social
It’s true. We are publishing a mini-collection by this talented writer. Normally we publish stories singly, in pairs. If that makes sense. Something made us break that pattern.
My first collection of short stories is out this month (17 October) on @nightjarpress.bsky.social ! Very excited. And nervous. But mostly excited.
October 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It’s true. We are publishing a mini-collection by this talented writer. Normally we publish stories singly, in pairs. If that makes sense. Something made us break that pattern.
‘This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary.’ Could be one answer to the submissions mountain problem.
September 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
‘This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary.’ Could be one answer to the submissions mountain problem.
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Thanks to @bookishleels.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social for the image I mention in Part 1.
New episode!
Meet @ailsacox.bsky.social, short story writer and Professor Emerita at Edge Hill University (UK). In this episode, we discuss famous claims about short fiction and short story writing… are they facts or fiction?
Listen here to find out: www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
Meet @ailsacox.bsky.social, short story writer and Professor Emerita at Edge Hill University (UK). In this episode, we discuss famous claims about short fiction and short story writing… are they facts or fiction?
Listen here to find out: www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
September 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Thanks to @bookishleels.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social for the image I mention in Part 1.
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'In Co-op a ghost lingered by the crisps. Another vomited in the pouring rain on the pavement outside Go Local.'
Loved this tale of a woman returning to her home town and finding it both similar to and very different from the place she left. @nightjarpress.bsky.social
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Loved this tale of a woman returning to her home town and finding it both similar to and very different from the place she left. @nightjarpress.bsky.social
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August 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
'In Co-op a ghost lingered by the crisps. Another vomited in the pouring rain on the pavement outside Go Local.'
Loved this tale of a woman returning to her home town and finding it both similar to and very different from the place she left. @nightjarpress.bsky.social
nightjarpress.weebly.com
Loved this tale of a woman returning to her home town and finding it both similar to and very different from the place she left. @nightjarpress.bsky.social
nightjarpress.weebly.com
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Finally had a few minutes to sit down and read this. Sad, disorienting, and filled with imagery that's lovely and distressing in equal measure. It's limited edition, so point yourself to @nightjarpress.bsky.social and get it while you can.
It’s been a good week at the mailbox, book-wise. Just received an eagerly awaited copy of @rlsummerling.bsky.social ‘s “Through Narrowing Veins”.
August 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Finally had a few minutes to sit down and read this. Sad, disorienting, and filled with imagery that's lovely and distressing in equal measure. It's limited edition, so point yourself to @nightjarpress.bsky.social and get it while you can.
We’re delighted that @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social is now stocking Nightjars. Little interview about it here deadinkbookshop.com/blogs/requir...
Nightjar Press: An Interview with Nicholas Royle
We’ve just started stocking short story chapbooks from Nightjar Press. If you, like us, are fans of the gothic, the weird, the surreal, and the supernatural, we recommend you check them out here in th...
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August 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We’re delighted that @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social is now stocking Nightjars. Little interview about it here deadinkbookshop.com/blogs/requir...
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I loved @ggaffa.bsky.social's previous @nightjarpress.bsky.social story, and this is as good if not better. A flight path signals something much deeper in the narrator's life, darker and more unsettling
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August 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I loved @ggaffa.bsky.social's previous @nightjarpress.bsky.social story, and this is as good if not better. A flight path signals something much deeper in the narrator's life, darker and more unsettling
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Looking forward to getting stuck into these chapbooks from @nightjarpress.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Looking forward to getting stuck into these chapbooks from @nightjarpress.bsky.social
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Ghosts await a man heading back to his home town for his mother's funeral. Emotions and memories jostle in his mind as he heads inexorably towards his past and his future.
Superb sense of gathering dread in this story by @bookishleels.bsky.social pubbed by @nightjarpress.bsky.social
Superb sense of gathering dread in this story by @bookishleels.bsky.social pubbed by @nightjarpress.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Ghosts await a man heading back to his home town for his mother's funeral. Emotions and memories jostle in his mind as he heads inexorably towards his past and his future.
Superb sense of gathering dread in this story by @bookishleels.bsky.social pubbed by @nightjarpress.bsky.social
Superb sense of gathering dread in this story by @bookishleels.bsky.social pubbed by @nightjarpress.bsky.social
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'Shortly after the end of things, the electrical appliances began humming.'
I loved this story about a grieving character's disintegration. Stark images: a radio broadcasting a strange message; the corpse of a young girl floating down a river
@rlsummerling.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social
I loved this story about a grieving character's disintegration. Stark images: a radio broadcasting a strange message; the corpse of a young girl floating down a river
@rlsummerling.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
'Shortly after the end of things, the electrical appliances began humming.'
I loved this story about a grieving character's disintegration. Stark images: a radio broadcasting a strange message; the corpse of a young girl floating down a river
@rlsummerling.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social
I loved this story about a grieving character's disintegration. Stark images: a radio broadcasting a strange message; the corpse of a young girl floating down a river
@rlsummerling.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social
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A new story by David Gaffney is always something to celebrate. Flight Paths, published by @nightjarpress.bsky.social, is one of his most intriguing – tautly edgy, deftly organised. nightjarpress.weebly.com/flight-paths.html
Flight Paths
Flight Paths David Gaffney Author bio Cover photograph: Nicholas Royle ISBN 978-1-917965-01-9 Publication date: June 2025
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August 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A new story by David Gaffney is always something to celebrate. Flight Paths, published by @nightjarpress.bsky.social, is one of his most intriguing – tautly edgy, deftly organised. nightjarpress.weebly.com/flight-paths.html
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I have a new story out on Nightjar! Its called Flight Paths and its a ghostly tale of aeroplanes and romance fraud...you can use the link below to buy one for £3
Four new Nightjars now available here nightjarpress.weebly.com by @bookishleels.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social & Joe Stretch
Nightjar Press
Nightjar Press publish original short stories as signed, limited-edition chapbooks.
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August 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I have a new story out on Nightjar! Its called Flight Paths and its a ghostly tale of aeroplanes and romance fraud...you can use the link below to buy one for £3
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Super excited my short story chapbook "Kodavision" has been published by @nightjarpress.bsky.social today! It's paired with "Through Narrowing Veins" by @rlsummerling.bsky.social nightjarpress.weebly.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Super excited my short story chapbook "Kodavision" has been published by @nightjarpress.bsky.social today! It's paired with "Through Narrowing Veins" by @rlsummerling.bsky.social nightjarpress.weebly.com
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Publication day for my Nightjar Press chapbook! Through Narrowing Veins is a story of illness through the lens of cosmic horror. You can buy it now through the @nightjarpress.bsky.social website, alongside many other excellent titles (I've read loads and I love them)
July 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Publication day for my Nightjar Press chapbook! Through Narrowing Veins is a story of illness through the lens of cosmic horror. You can buy it now through the @nightjarpress.bsky.social website, alongside many other excellent titles (I've read loads and I love them)
Four new Nightjars now available here nightjarpress.weebly.com by @bookishleels.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social & Joe Stretch
Nightjar Press
Nightjar Press publish original short stories as signed, limited-edition chapbooks.
nightjarpress.weebly.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Four new Nightjars now available here nightjarpress.weebly.com by @bookishleels.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social & Joe Stretch
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It's #worldsnakeday! My dad, a herpetologist, didn't read much fiction but I think he would've enjoyed this, the snakes' oral history of their expulsion from Ireland. - from @nightjarpress.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It's #worldsnakeday! My dad, a herpetologist, didn't read much fiction but I think he would've enjoyed this, the snakes' oral history of their expulsion from Ireland. - from @nightjarpress.bsky.social
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Mega excited about this! I love Nightjar Press and can't believe I get to have one of my very own
Not yet on the website, but going out to subscribers.
June 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Mega excited about this! I love Nightjar Press and can't believe I get to have one of my very own