Steven Patchett
@stevenpatchett.bsky.social
Yeah, it's me, Stevie P. Engineer, Husband, Father. Writer in the Northeast of England. Anti-AI. Kindness matters.
I don't reply to random DMs.
Reader for the Small Spec Book Awards.
Published here and there. Nominated for BNW 4!
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I don't reply to random DMs.
Reader for the Small Spec Book Awards.
Published here and there. Nominated for BNW 4!
Linktr.ee/stevenpatchett
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Goodbye, Good Riddance
Looking back at 2025 with a jaundiced eye That was the year that was. And pardon my Klatchian, what an arse of a year it turned out to be. It was a year of increased stress and responsibility at wo…
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My round up of 2025, focusing on my writing (mostly), wins and rejections.
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850 words in a 30 minute writing sprint.
And now I must sleep.
And now I must sleep.
a baby is sitting on a couch with a pillow on it .
Alt: A Baby literally falling asleep. You could shout "Timber!" As the little guy falls over.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM
850 words in a 30 minute writing sprint.
And now I must sleep.
And now I must sleep.
Spot on review. I loved this one so many levels.
New Review - today I am on the blog tour for #TheNightShip a great thoughtful and delightfully darkly weird horror novel from @alexwoodroe.com that I highly recommend - many thanks to Flame Tree Press and Random Things Tours www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...
The Night Ship by Alex Woodroe — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Flame Tree Press and Random Things Tours for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Flame Tree Press Published - Out Now Pric...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
February 2, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Spot on review. I loved this one so many levels.
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New Review - today I am on the blog tour for #TheNightShip a great thoughtful and delightfully darkly weird horror novel from @alexwoodroe.com that I highly recommend - many thanks to Flame Tree Press and Random Things Tours www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...
The Night Ship by Alex Woodroe — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Flame Tree Press and Random Things Tours for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Flame Tree Press Published - Out Now Pric...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
February 2, 2026 at 7:30 AM
New Review - today I am on the blog tour for #TheNightShip a great thoughtful and delightfully darkly weird horror novel from @alexwoodroe.com that I highly recommend - many thanks to Flame Tree Press and Random Things Tours www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...
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For publishers who have submitted nominations to the SSBA, you can expect emails from us in the upcoming days about special opportunities for your writers. All of these opportunities are free & offered to you by our incredible influencers. Stay tuned for more information.
#SSBA #SSBA2026
#SSBA #SSBA2026
February 1, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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It's no surprise that a seaside bloke always manages to pull off seaside stories with precision. Lit fic. Horror. Lit tinged horror. Doesn't matter, Steven does it right.
🖤 Trembling With Fear – new issue 🖤
Featuring “The Ocean Sings And I Must Go” by Steven Patchett, plus drabbles from Nicolette M. Ward, Don Tucker, and F.M. Scott.
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Featuring “The Ocean Sings And I Must Go” by Steven Patchett, plus drabbles from Nicolette M. Ward, Don Tucker, and F.M. Scott.
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February 1, 2026 at 4:12 PM
It's no surprise that a seaside bloke always manages to pull off seaside stories with precision. Lit fic. Horror. Lit tinged horror. Doesn't matter, Steven does it right.
Huge thanks to Horror Tree for publishing one of my favourite pieces!
Glad it's found a home at TWF.
Glad it's found a home at TWF.
🖤 Trembling With Fear – new issue 🖤
Featuring “The Ocean Sings And I Must Go” by Steven Patchett, plus drabbles from Nicolette M. Ward, Don Tucker, and F.M. Scott.
🔗 horrortree.com/trembling-wi...
🖋️ @stevenpatchett.bsky.social
🖋️ @shadowsbetween.bsky.social
🖋️ @fmscottauthor.bsky.social
Featuring “The Ocean Sings And I Must Go” by Steven Patchett, plus drabbles from Nicolette M. Ward, Don Tucker, and F.M. Scott.
🔗 horrortree.com/trembling-wi...
🖋️ @stevenpatchett.bsky.social
🖋️ @shadowsbetween.bsky.social
🖋️ @fmscottauthor.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Huge thanks to Horror Tree for publishing one of my favourite pieces!
Glad it's found a home at TWF.
Glad it's found a home at TWF.
Tell me five classes you took in university
- Thermodynamics
- Metallurgy
- Building and Environmental Science
- Engineering Commece
- English for Engineers
- Thermodynamics
- Metallurgy
- Building and Environmental Science
- Engineering Commece
- English for Engineers
Tell me five classes you took in college:
* International Economics & Globalization
* Existential Philosophy
* Documentary Production
* Grant Writing
* Art of Film: Beginning to 1950s
* International Economics & Globalization
* Existential Philosophy
* Documentary Production
* Grant Writing
* Art of Film: Beginning to 1950s
Tell me five classes you took in college:
• Emergence of The Embodied Mind
• War or Peace
• Misfits and Miscreants
• The Literature of Dreams
• Physics and Emergent Complexity
• Emergence of The Embodied Mind
• War or Peace
• Misfits and Miscreants
• The Literature of Dreams
• Physics and Emergent Complexity
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Tell me five classes you took in university
- Thermodynamics
- Metallurgy
- Building and Environmental Science
- Engineering Commece
- English for Engineers
- Thermodynamics
- Metallurgy
- Building and Environmental Science
- Engineering Commece
- English for Engineers
Didn't make the cut, but you can read my piece published by @darkharbormagazine.bsky.social here. share.google/c2DB2dPlflZq....
Looking forward to BNW4, I trust these guys to give me something that makes me go "WTF did I just read?"
Looking forward to BNW4, I trust these guys to give me something that makes me go "WTF did I just read?"
January 31, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Didn't make the cut, but you can read my piece published by @darkharbormagazine.bsky.social here. share.google/c2DB2dPlflZq....
Looking forward to BNW4, I trust these guys to give me something that makes me go "WTF did I just read?"
Looking forward to BNW4, I trust these guys to give me something that makes me go "WTF did I just read?"
Honoured to have been nominated, but really anticipating this when it comes out!
January 30, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Honoured to have been nominated, but really anticipating this when it comes out!
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💀PREORDERS OPEN!💀
THIS IS NOT A PLACE OF HONOR. THIS PLACE IS CURSED.
These two New Weird Horror novelettes from @sonorataylor.bsky.social & @matthewtpritt.bsky.social are a danger to the Body & to the Mind, & they can Kill.
Preorder SPLIT SCREAM: CURSED PLACES now:
store.tenebrouspress.com
THIS IS NOT A PLACE OF HONOR. THIS PLACE IS CURSED.
These two New Weird Horror novelettes from @sonorataylor.bsky.social & @matthewtpritt.bsky.social are a danger to the Body & to the Mind, & they can Kill.
Preorder SPLIT SCREAM: CURSED PLACES now:
store.tenebrouspress.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:15 PM
💀PREORDERS OPEN!💀
THIS IS NOT A PLACE OF HONOR. THIS PLACE IS CURSED.
These two New Weird Horror novelettes from @sonorataylor.bsky.social & @matthewtpritt.bsky.social are a danger to the Body & to the Mind, & they can Kill.
Preorder SPLIT SCREAM: CURSED PLACES now:
store.tenebrouspress.com
THIS IS NOT A PLACE OF HONOR. THIS PLACE IS CURSED.
These two New Weird Horror novelettes from @sonorataylor.bsky.social & @matthewtpritt.bsky.social are a danger to the Body & to the Mind, & they can Kill.
Preorder SPLIT SCREAM: CURSED PLACES now:
store.tenebrouspress.com
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The acclaimed twin-novelette series is back...and it is CURSED.
Preorders are open: store.tenebrouspress.com
Preorders are open: store.tenebrouspress.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:41 PM
The acclaimed twin-novelette series is back...and it is CURSED.
Preorders are open: store.tenebrouspress.com
Preorders are open: store.tenebrouspress.com
Yesss!
Hey, you can preorder Split Scream Volume 8 right now, with my story, "Lash Egg," as well as Sonora Taylor's "Passing Glance." If you've ever read a Split Scream, you know how cool this series is, and I'm so excited to be included in this volume!
💀PREORDERS OPEN!💀
THIS IS NOT A PLACE OF HONOR. THIS PLACE IS CURSED.
These two New Weird Horror novelettes from @sonorataylor.bsky.social & @matthewtpritt.bsky.social are a danger to the Body & to the Mind, & they can Kill.
Preorder SPLIT SCREAM: CURSED PLACES now:
store.tenebrouspress.com
THIS IS NOT A PLACE OF HONOR. THIS PLACE IS CURSED.
These two New Weird Horror novelettes from @sonorataylor.bsky.social & @matthewtpritt.bsky.social are a danger to the Body & to the Mind, & they can Kill.
Preorder SPLIT SCREAM: CURSED PLACES now:
store.tenebrouspress.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Yesss!
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This was a really fun listen. Congratulations to the winners!
January 29, 2026 at 3:14 AM
This was a really fun listen. Congratulations to the winners!
Why does this cover make me squirm? 😁
Something to look forward to.
Something to look forward to.
Frankly we’re all rather amused that ‘splatire’ hasn’t already been claimed, but screw it, we hereby coin it for @dangerslater.bsky.social ‘s WE ARE GOOD PEOPLE.
Splatire coming your way later this year🖤☠️
Splatire coming your way later this year🖤☠️
January 27, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Why does this cover make me squirm? 😁
Something to look forward to.
Something to look forward to.
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This cover is wild and incredible and I’m very excited to read it!
"A prismatic puzzle-box coyly interfolding the creepy & the melancholy...unfurls not as a linear story but thru episodes—some grisly, some eerie, some heavy w/emotion—which feel like rooms in a non-Euclidian house connected by concealed extradimensional corridors" - @stromberg.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
This cover is wild and incredible and I’m very excited to read it!
Pre-ordered! I'm very intrigued by this one, sounds very much my wheelhouse.
"A prismatic puzzle-box coyly interfolding the creepy & the melancholy...unfurls not as a linear story but thru episodes—some grisly, some eerie, some heavy w/emotion—which feel like rooms in a non-Euclidian house connected by concealed extradimensional corridors" - @stromberg.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Pre-ordered! I'm very intrigued by this one, sounds very much my wheelhouse.
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There is nothing like a warm meal on a cold day...
Speaking of, check out my chat with @mhofmeyer.bsky.social about BONES AND ALL, one of the inspirations for my book, CERULEAN SKY, from Polymath Press.
We answer the big question: Are zombies cannibals?
open.spotify.com/episode/6byV...
Speaking of, check out my chat with @mhofmeyer.bsky.social about BONES AND ALL, one of the inspirations for my book, CERULEAN SKY, from Polymath Press.
We answer the big question: Are zombies cannibals?
open.spotify.com/episode/6byV...
Episode 682 - Bones and All (2022), Taylor Russell and Romantic Horror Films
open.spotify.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:42 PM
There is nothing like a warm meal on a cold day...
Speaking of, check out my chat with @mhofmeyer.bsky.social about BONES AND ALL, one of the inspirations for my book, CERULEAN SKY, from Polymath Press.
We answer the big question: Are zombies cannibals?
open.spotify.com/episode/6byV...
Speaking of, check out my chat with @mhofmeyer.bsky.social about BONES AND ALL, one of the inspirations for my book, CERULEAN SKY, from Polymath Press.
We answer the big question: Are zombies cannibals?
open.spotify.com/episode/6byV...
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One week left to nominate books or sign up as a reader for the @specawards.bsky.social. We’re still looking for more book reviewers/podcasters/YouTubers as well.
Nominees announced and books distributed to readers on February 1!
#SSBA #SSBA2026
Nominees announced and books distributed to readers on February 1!
#SSBA #SSBA2026
January 24, 2026 at 2:48 PM
One week left to nominate books or sign up as a reader for the @specawards.bsky.social. We’re still looking for more book reviewers/podcasters/YouTubers as well.
Nominees announced and books distributed to readers on February 1!
#SSBA #SSBA2026
Nominees announced and books distributed to readers on February 1!
#SSBA #SSBA2026