Steven Patchett
@stevenpatchett.bsky.social
Yeah, it's me, Stevie P. Engineer, Husband, Father. Writer in the Northeast of England. Anti-AI. Kindness matters.
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Published here and there.
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Heat and Light
July and August 2025 I hope this finds you well. That you’re well within yourself, that your loved ones are hale and hearty, that those mental terrors that haunt you at night are nothing more…
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My account of the last two months in the writing adventure is now on my website.
Meandering, rambling thoughts, stupid things depression does to me, and another year older.
Heat and Light – Steven Patchett – Adventures in Writing share.google/xzY971ztEcbl...
Meandering, rambling thoughts, stupid things depression does to me, and another year older.
Heat and Light – Steven Patchett – Adventures in Writing share.google/xzY971ztEcbl...
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3k words added in revisions today, and simultaneously thinking it's the most heartbreaking thing I've ever written, but also maybe one of the best things...I've worked really hard on this one and really hope it will find the perfect home when the time comes!!👀✨
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 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
3k words added in revisions today, and simultaneously thinking it's the most heartbreaking thing I've ever written, but also maybe one of the best things...I've worked really hard on this one and really hope it will find the perfect home when the time comes!!👀✨
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What is that feeling? You've felt it before. A visceral tug, threatening to fragment every bit of your being. A desire to performatively read what you please. Attention-starved Others judge you while you mind your goddamn business. It doesn't bother you. You've given into the abyss, and it is trve.
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
What is that feeling? You've felt it before. A visceral tug, threatening to fragment every bit of your being. A desire to performatively read what you please. Attention-starved Others judge you while you mind your goddamn business. It doesn't bother you. You've given into the abyss, and it is trve.
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RELEASE DAY!!
Take a look at what's inside CERULEAN SKY, an action-romance-horror genre blender that follows a woman as she attempts to traverse an America that's been torn apart by a disease that turns people incorporeal.
polymathpress.com/products/cer...
#horror #newrelease #booksky
Take a look at what's inside CERULEAN SKY, an action-romance-horror genre blender that follows a woman as she attempts to traverse an America that's been torn apart by a disease that turns people incorporeal.
polymathpress.com/products/cer...
#horror #newrelease #booksky
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
RELEASE DAY!!
Take a look at what's inside CERULEAN SKY, an action-romance-horror genre blender that follows a woman as she attempts to traverse an America that's been torn apart by a disease that turns people incorporeal.
polymathpress.com/products/cer...
#horror #newrelease #booksky
Take a look at what's inside CERULEAN SKY, an action-romance-horror genre blender that follows a woman as she attempts to traverse an America that's been torn apart by a disease that turns people incorporeal.
polymathpress.com/products/cer...
#horror #newrelease #booksky
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Genre breakdown:
Devil is Fine- Weird West/Horror
# E0E0E0 Sky- SF/surreal
Never Odd or Even- Weird SF/Horror/Slipstream
Complete Collapse- SF/Cyberpunk
Lunar Wilderness- Weird SF
Counter Offer- Weird SF
Drabble Set- Cyberpunk/tech-noir
Traced in Air- SF/ecohorror
Cat-SF/Cyberpunk
Jesus&Joker-CNF
Devil is Fine- Weird West/Horror
# E0E0E0 Sky- SF/surreal
Never Odd or Even- Weird SF/Horror/Slipstream
Complete Collapse- SF/Cyberpunk
Lunar Wilderness- Weird SF
Counter Offer- Weird SF
Drabble Set- Cyberpunk/tech-noir
Traced in Air- SF/ecohorror
Cat-SF/Cyberpunk
Jesus&Joker-CNF
It's already getting to be that time of year. I've got a handful of stories eligible for awards this year. I appreciate any consideration.
💚💀🤘
Also, enjoy my best dog, Laser-Clover.
💚💀🤘
Also, enjoy my best dog, Laser-Clover.
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Genre breakdown:
Devil is Fine- Weird West/Horror
# E0E0E0 Sky- SF/surreal
Never Odd or Even- Weird SF/Horror/Slipstream
Complete Collapse- SF/Cyberpunk
Lunar Wilderness- Weird SF
Counter Offer- Weird SF
Drabble Set- Cyberpunk/tech-noir
Traced in Air- SF/ecohorror
Cat-SF/Cyberpunk
Jesus&Joker-CNF
Devil is Fine- Weird West/Horror
# E0E0E0 Sky- SF/surreal
Never Odd or Even- Weird SF/Horror/Slipstream
Complete Collapse- SF/Cyberpunk
Lunar Wilderness- Weird SF
Counter Offer- Weird SF
Drabble Set- Cyberpunk/tech-noir
Traced in Air- SF/ecohorror
Cat-SF/Cyberpunk
Jesus&Joker-CNF
Congratulations to David, and I can't wait to get my copy! 🎉🥳
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Congratulations to David, and I can't wait to get my copy! 🎉🥳
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Zombie miners 🧟
Dark Fantasy 🐉
X-Files vibes 👽
Romance 🌹
Sometimes you can have all four of those. Not always, but sometimes.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
Dark Fantasy 🐉
X-Files vibes 👽
Romance 🌹
Sometimes you can have all four of those. Not always, but sometimes.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Zombie miners 🧟
Dark Fantasy 🐉
X-Files vibes 👽
Romance 🌹
Sometimes you can have all four of those. Not always, but sometimes.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
Dark Fantasy 🐉
X-Files vibes 👽
Romance 🌹
Sometimes you can have all four of those. Not always, but sometimes.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
Long weekend off, time to get things done in the house, read, hopefully relax enough to keep on writing the new project.
a black and white drawing of mountains and waves
ALT: a black and white drawing of mountains and waves
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November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Long weekend off, time to get things done in the house, read, hopefully relax enough to keep on writing the new project.
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Thank you @michaelboulerice.bsky.social for the blurb!
Cerulean Sky is out Monday, Nov. 10!
polymathpress.com/products/cer...
Cerulean Sky is out Monday, Nov. 10!
polymathpress.com/products/cer...
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Thank you @michaelboulerice.bsky.social for the blurb!
Cerulean Sky is out Monday, Nov. 10!
polymathpress.com/products/cer...
Cerulean Sky is out Monday, Nov. 10!
polymathpress.com/products/cer...
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2025 so far🔥 With one more book to come.
This has been our most ambitious, heartburn-y year so far, & only most of it was self-induced.
But no one died. That's key.
If you missed any of these badass titles, well you know they're gonna be Weird. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.
store.tenebrouspress.com
This has been our most ambitious, heartburn-y year so far, & only most of it was self-induced.
But no one died. That's key.
If you missed any of these badass titles, well you know they're gonna be Weird. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.
store.tenebrouspress.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
2025 so far🔥 With one more book to come.
This has been our most ambitious, heartburn-y year so far, & only most of it was self-induced.
But no one died. That's key.
If you missed any of these badass titles, well you know they're gonna be Weird. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.
store.tenebrouspress.com
This has been our most ambitious, heartburn-y year so far, & only most of it was self-induced.
But no one died. That's key.
If you missed any of these badass titles, well you know they're gonna be Weird. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.
store.tenebrouspress.com
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If you're around Lincoln, NE swing by the Southpointe Barnes & Noble this Saturday from 11-4 for this year's author fest. There will be a bunch of us hanging out. I'll be doing a horror/thriller panel at 3. #LNK
November 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
If you're around Lincoln, NE swing by the Southpointe Barnes & Noble this Saturday from 11-4 for this year's author fest. There will be a bunch of us hanging out. I'll be doing a horror/thriller panel at 3. #LNK
In my drabble, it's time for a round at Sophie's Bar. And around, and around, and...
November 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Yo, Tenebrous Cult!
Friend o'the press Wendy Wagner has been busy pulling together a great fundraiser to support the Oregon Food Bank, which is in (even more) desperate need these days.
Tenebrous will be on site, helping out in any way we can. Come join us next Monday at the Rose City Book Pub🖤☠️
Friend o'the press Wendy Wagner has been busy pulling together a great fundraiser to support the Oregon Food Bank, which is in (even more) desperate need these days.
Tenebrous will be on site, helping out in any way we can. Come join us next Monday at the Rose City Book Pub🖤☠️
PDX peeps! What are you doing next Monday? How about attending STORYTELLING AGAINST HUNGER, a 5-hour marathon of author readings & open mic fun that's a fundraiser for the @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social ????
Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D
Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Yo, Tenebrous Cult!
Friend o'the press Wendy Wagner has been busy pulling together a great fundraiser to support the Oregon Food Bank, which is in (even more) desperate need these days.
Tenebrous will be on site, helping out in any way we can. Come join us next Monday at the Rose City Book Pub🖤☠️
Friend o'the press Wendy Wagner has been busy pulling together a great fundraiser to support the Oregon Food Bank, which is in (even more) desperate need these days.
Tenebrous will be on site, helping out in any way we can. Come join us next Monday at the Rose City Book Pub🖤☠️
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"Big swings, sticky images & absolute rippers...for readers who enjoy weird, intimate brutality." - The Blog Without a Face
Read Horror All Year Long. @momoshaty.bsky.social's vicious collection CLAIRVIOLENCE: TALES OF TAROT AND TORMENT is out now!
store.tenebrouspress.com
Read Horror All Year Long. @momoshaty.bsky.social's vicious collection CLAIRVIOLENCE: TALES OF TAROT AND TORMENT is out now!
store.tenebrouspress.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"Big swings, sticky images & absolute rippers...for readers who enjoy weird, intimate brutality." - The Blog Without a Face
Read Horror All Year Long. @momoshaty.bsky.social's vicious collection CLAIRVIOLENCE: TALES OF TAROT AND TORMENT is out now!
store.tenebrouspress.com
Read Horror All Year Long. @momoshaty.bsky.social's vicious collection CLAIRVIOLENCE: TALES OF TAROT AND TORMENT is out now!
store.tenebrouspress.com
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I have no idea how much longer this Kindle sale will last but right now you can grab my Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES for $1.99.
Any signal boosts are much appreciated!
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
Any signal boosts are much appreciated!
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
November 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I have no idea how much longer this Kindle sale will last but right now you can grab my Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES for $1.99.
Any signal boosts are much appreciated!
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
Any signal boosts are much appreciated!
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
In my drabble, it's time for a round at Sophie's Bar. And around, and around, and...
November 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In my drabble, it's time for a round at Sophie's Bar. And around, and around, and...
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Thanks to all #writers for their support of Paragraph Planet through the years. If anyone would like to make a donation for website and marketing costs - or maybe buy me a coffee - then there's a ko-fi page www.ko-fi.com/paragraphpla...
Support Paragraph Planet
Support Paragraph Planet
www.ko-fi.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Thanks to all #writers for their support of Paragraph Planet through the years. If anyone would like to make a donation for website and marketing costs - or maybe buy me a coffee - then there's a ko-fi page www.ko-fi.com/paragraphpla...
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Fun to wake up with a new story going live! I hope y'all dig this one and get ready for Vol. 1 of @sluggerfiction.bsky.social to drop soon! Shoutout to Emma for the awesome interior artwork too!
A Cat Walked Across the Keyboard by Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social is our first story in SLUGGER Vol. 1! It's free to read and posted on our website (sluggerfiction.com/horror-ficti...) Interior art by Emma Fujikawa!
November 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Fun to wake up with a new story going live! I hope y'all dig this one and get ready for Vol. 1 of @sluggerfiction.bsky.social to drop soon! Shoutout to Emma for the awesome interior artwork too!
Spread the cult!
Also, oh hey bookstores and shop owners! If you wanna carry Tenebrous books without all the hidden markups that In**amSp**k adds, all the deets are here:
tenebrouspress.com/wholesaledis...
Better % for you; better % for us and our authors🖤☠️
tenebrouspress.com/wholesaledis...
Better % for you; better % for us and our authors🖤☠️
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Spread the cult!
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"Offerings" by Kelly Louise Balliu is today's 75-word #Halloween #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com
Creative writing website for authors and readers. 75 words, changing daily. Submit your
paragraph today.
A flash fiction website for writers and readers. One 75 word tale published daily. Plus author interviews and writing group map
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October 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Offerings" by Kelly Louise Balliu is today's 75-word #Halloween #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com
Third times the charm?
The portal to the pain dimension has squidged open once more. We seek more sacrifices to sign up for the TL;DR Press 2K Terrors short story horror competition!
Enter by November 28th for a chance to win $150 top prize ($650 total prizes) + be featured in a charity collection.
Enter by November 28th for a chance to win $150 top prize ($650 total prizes) + be featured in a charity collection.
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Third times the charm?
Well deserved. Look forward to getting my copy.
Every once in a while, my brain does this sort of thing, and every once in a while, it turns into something, and I couldn't be more thrilled that @clashbooks.bsky.social is behind this thing 100% with so much enthusiasm. Here's to a something slithering your way soon 🐍🤎🤘
Once in awhile very important literature crosses your path and you must look in the mirror and ask: am I going to publish a book about a guy who shits snakes? Yes I am. Yes I am. Very excited for @beardedbetts.bsky.social wtf bizarro body horror novel to come out Jan 2027. 🐍 💩 🧑⚕️
October 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Well deserved. Look forward to getting my copy.
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Sharing seasonal Dark Crescent excerpts this week in the lead up to Halloween! This one from a fairytale-esque story about Daughter Death, and her journeys in the world below...✨💀🖤
@lunapress.bsky.social linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
@lunapress.bsky.social linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Sharing seasonal Dark Crescent excerpts this week in the lead up to Halloween! This one from a fairytale-esque story about Daughter Death, and her journeys in the world below...✨💀🖤
@lunapress.bsky.social linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
@lunapress.bsky.social linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
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If you're a reviewer and willing to do a girl a solid, there's definitely something on this list for calls for reviews that would treat you right.
And also there's my hoodlum of a book
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/10/02/c...
And also there's my hoodlum of a book
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/10/02/c...
Calls for Reviews & Essays: January 2026
The Ancillary Review of Books publishes reviews and essays with an emphasis on utopian impulses and systemic injustices. ARB seeks to build a community of radical thinkers writing about amazing, sp…
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October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If you're a reviewer and willing to do a girl a solid, there's definitely something on this list for calls for reviews that would treat you right.
And also there's my hoodlum of a book
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/10/02/c...
And also there's my hoodlum of a book
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/10/02/c...