Steve Toase
@stevetoase.bsky.social
Writer based in Franconian Forest, Germany
Fortean Times comics reviewer
published at Tor.com Shimmer 3LBE, Lackington's, Lead writer on Haunt www.stevetoase.co.uk
To Drown in Dark Water from Undertow Publications
Dirt Upon My Skin from Black Shuck Books
Fortean Times comics reviewer
published at Tor.com Shimmer 3LBE, Lackington's, Lead writer on Haunt www.stevetoase.co.uk
To Drown in Dark Water from Undertow Publications
Dirt Upon My Skin from Black Shuck Books
Pinned
Steve Toase
@stevetoase.bsky.social
· May 1
Dirt Upon My Skin, my archaeology themed horror collection, is still available direct from the publisher @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social for the grand total of £5.99 for the paperback, or £1.49 for the ebook.
That’s 59p a story for the dead tree version or less than 15p a story in electrical form!
That’s 59p a story for the dead tree version or less than 15p a story in electrical form!
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I'm absolutely delighted to announce that my book on the 1980 film, "Union City", starring Deborah Harry of Blondie, is now available to pre-order. This work was a labour of love for me, and contains predominantly original interviews with most of the cast and crew. #blondie
Union City [hardcover] by Andrew Hook
MIDNIGHT MOVIE MONOGRAPH by Andrew Hook SERIES EDITOR Guy Adams CATEGORY Gritty Neo Noir Drama PUBLICATION DATE February 2026 COVER ART DESIGN Neil
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January 30, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I'm absolutely delighted to announce that my book on the 1980 film, "Union City", starring Deborah Harry of Blondie, is now available to pre-order. This work was a labour of love for me, and contains predominantly original interviews with most of the cast and crew. #blondie
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I made this for @kjsoar.bsky.social back on the old site
January 30, 2026 at 11:08 AM
I made this for @kjsoar.bsky.social back on the old site
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Whilst I’m in my photos of the National Museum in Copenhagen, you’d better have this 360 of the Gundestrup Cauldron. Found in 1891 in a Jutland peat bog, there are more questions hanging over this silver Iron Age vessel than answers…only its shocking beauty is uncontested.
#FindsFriday
#FindsFriday
January 30, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Whilst I’m in my photos of the National Museum in Copenhagen, you’d better have this 360 of the Gundestrup Cauldron. Found in 1891 in a Jutland peat bog, there are more questions hanging over this silver Iron Age vessel than answers…only its shocking beauty is uncontested.
#FindsFriday
#FindsFriday
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january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 AM
january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing
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A wriggling infestation of Bronze Age lurs for #FindsFriday (not fair the #carnyx gets all the glamour…) all found in bogs in Denmark, c.1200-700BC.
National Museum, Copenhagen.
National Museum, Copenhagen.
January 30, 2026 at 10:22 AM
A wriggling infestation of Bronze Age lurs for #FindsFriday (not fair the #carnyx gets all the glamour…) all found in bogs in Denmark, c.1200-700BC.
National Museum, Copenhagen.
National Museum, Copenhagen.
Here’s something random I found a couple of years ago in the back of a German discount store - the type of place that sells cheap buckets and Christmas decorations.
They had a huge tray of paperbacks and I found this German language novelisation of Wild Palms by Oliver Stone.
They had a huge tray of paperbacks and I found this German language novelisation of Wild Palms by Oliver Stone.
January 30, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Here’s something random I found a couple of years ago in the back of a German discount store - the type of place that sells cheap buckets and Christmas decorations.
They had a huge tray of paperbacks and I found this German language novelisation of Wild Palms by Oliver Stone.
They had a huge tray of paperbacks and I found this German language novelisation of Wild Palms by Oliver Stone.
Seriously, get to this if you can. David is a star a pillar of the weird/Forteana community.
If you have ever wanted to hear me talk about the role of Forteana and folklore within Hookland in an East End pub …. April is your lucky month.
Events at The Bell in 2026
Feb - April
Feb 24 – Stevyn Colgan – A Policeman’s Progress from Law to Lore
Mar 31 – Dr Kate Cherrell – Celebrity Séances
Apr 28 – David Southwell – The Fortean and Folklore Origins of Hookland
Web: forteanlondon.blogspot.com or newsletter: eepurl.com/hV9OAr
Feb - April
Feb 24 – Stevyn Colgan – A Policeman’s Progress from Law to Lore
Mar 31 – Dr Kate Cherrell – Celebrity Séances
Apr 28 – David Southwell – The Fortean and Folklore Origins of Hookland
Web: forteanlondon.blogspot.com or newsletter: eepurl.com/hV9OAr
January 30, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Seriously, get to this if you can. David is a star a pillar of the weird/Forteana community.
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Still on sale, still $3.99 (for 4 more days!) and still one of the best things I've ever written -- a brief wild howl of injustice, revenge, and survivor's guilt! :)
Also pls admire the goth/acid wave/goth cover by the amazing @carlydraws.bsky.social !
Also pls admire the goth/acid wave/goth cover by the amazing @carlydraws.bsky.social !
And What Can We Offer You Tonight Audiobook on Libro.fm
In a far future city, where you can fall to a government cull for a single mistake, And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed tells the story of Jewel, established courtesan in a luxurious H...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Still on sale, still $3.99 (for 4 more days!) and still one of the best things I've ever written -- a brief wild howl of injustice, revenge, and survivor's guilt! :)
Also pls admire the goth/acid wave/goth cover by the amazing @carlydraws.bsky.social !
Also pls admire the goth/acid wave/goth cover by the amazing @carlydraws.bsky.social !
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I mean, I don't know.
You might like it?
(most uninspired book promo ever)
You might like it?
(most uninspired book promo ever)
An epic revisitation of the myth of Cupid and Psyche as seen through the eyes of a memory-wiped storytelling mermaid-siren living in a house-share with an automaton-building Javanese engineer with a traumatic past. 🧜♀️
#Booksky 💙 📚 #Romancelandia
mythopoetica.com/2024/09/01/p...
#Booksky 💙 📚 #Romancelandia
mythopoetica.com/2024/09/01/p...
January 29, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I mean, I don't know.
You might like it?
(most uninspired book promo ever)
You might like it?
(most uninspired book promo ever)
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Dammit, sousaphone, who wrote a short story about a sousaphone. I've a feeling it was Anthony Burgess, but, the memory has a more US feel. This will be a curse. What an instrument.
January 29, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Dammit, sousaphone, who wrote a short story about a sousaphone. I've a feeling it was Anthony Burgess, but, the memory has a more US feel. This will be a curse. What an instrument.
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Doing a little more digging. It's from 1921.
January 29, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Doing a little more digging. It's from 1921.
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List of theaters showing Rabbit Trap from tomorrow:
Picturehouse Central
Hackney Picturehouse
Finsbury Park Picturehouse
Ritzy Picturehouse
Ealing Picturehouse
Lumiere, Romford
Epsom Picturehouse
Chester Picturehouse
Showcase Cardiff
Chapter Cardiff
Gwyn Hall, Neath
Showroom, Sheffield
Vue Dublin
Picturehouse Central
Hackney Picturehouse
Finsbury Park Picturehouse
Ritzy Picturehouse
Ealing Picturehouse
Lumiere, Romford
Epsom Picturehouse
Chester Picturehouse
Showcase Cardiff
Chapter Cardiff
Gwyn Hall, Neath
Showroom, Sheffield
Vue Dublin
If you're in the UK, Rabbit Trap hits theaters this Friday, January 30. Recommended if you're interested in folk horror, the fae, hauntology, and things of that nature. A totally trippy time, starring Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen. Here's the trailer:
January 29, 2026 at 7:18 PM
List of theaters showing Rabbit Trap from tomorrow:
Picturehouse Central
Hackney Picturehouse
Finsbury Park Picturehouse
Ritzy Picturehouse
Ealing Picturehouse
Lumiere, Romford
Epsom Picturehouse
Chester Picturehouse
Showcase Cardiff
Chapter Cardiff
Gwyn Hall, Neath
Showroom, Sheffield
Vue Dublin
Picturehouse Central
Hackney Picturehouse
Finsbury Park Picturehouse
Ritzy Picturehouse
Ealing Picturehouse
Lumiere, Romford
Epsom Picturehouse
Chester Picturehouse
Showcase Cardiff
Chapter Cardiff
Gwyn Hall, Neath
Showroom, Sheffield
Vue Dublin
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Born #OnThisDay 29 Jan 1919 Marina Ginestà in Toulouse to politicised working class exiled Catalan parents. Family returned to Barcelona 1928, prewar communist youth and war. 1939 escaped Franco's Spain, exile in LatAm, later France, 1970s won Cat literary award for one of her novels. Died Paris2014
January 29, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Born #OnThisDay 29 Jan 1919 Marina Ginestà in Toulouse to politicised working class exiled Catalan parents. Family returned to Barcelona 1928, prewar communist youth and war. 1939 escaped Franco's Spain, exile in LatAm, later France, 1970s won Cat literary award for one of her novels. Died Paris2014
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(If this confuses you, I do occasionally review keyboards and other writing tools at www.moorereppion.com/writingtools )
Keyboard reviews | moorereppion
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January 29, 2026 at 6:50 PM
(If this confuses you, I do occasionally review keyboards and other writing tools at www.moorereppion.com/writingtools )
Paging @scarygorgon.bsky.social
If you like really cute little frogs and you like really posh keyboards, then I've got a new review you will want to read.
www.moorereppion.com/phantom81-li...
www.moorereppion.com/phantom81-li...
Review: KiiBOOM Phantom81 Lite keyboard – frogging adorable | moorereppion
KiiBOOM have very generously sent me one of their Phantom81 Lite keyboards to try out. It was not what I was expecting when I opened the box. The version I was sent is a collaboration with cosydiaries...
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January 29, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Paging @scarygorgon.bsky.social
Most instruments I get. Press the keys. Strum the strings. Play the keys while squeezing the squeezy airbag.
The trombone? Blow down this adjustable exhaust pipe and estimate how much you need to extend it. Keys? They’re for people who want certainty. (Absolutely in awe but very confused)
The trombone? Blow down this adjustable exhaust pipe and estimate how much you need to extend it. Keys? They’re for people who want certainty. (Absolutely in awe but very confused)
January 29, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Most instruments I get. Press the keys. Strum the strings. Play the keys while squeezing the squeezy airbag.
The trombone? Blow down this adjustable exhaust pipe and estimate how much you need to extend it. Keys? They’re for people who want certainty. (Absolutely in awe but very confused)
The trombone? Blow down this adjustable exhaust pipe and estimate how much you need to extend it. Keys? They’re for people who want certainty. (Absolutely in awe but very confused)
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There's this one deer out there somewhere with all the knowledge of the universe, if you eat it you'll know everything. Unfortunately it is also armed with a death ray so it's up to you if you want to risk it
January 28, 2026 at 8:56 PM
There's this one deer out there somewhere with all the knowledge of the universe, if you eat it you'll know everything. Unfortunately it is also armed with a death ray so it's up to you if you want to risk it
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January 29, 2026 at 12:35 AM
I talked about the late night influence on me of Moviedrome. From a little later, this was another. Passengers was part of the same 'Youth' programming as The Word, but always felt a little more insightful. A proto Vice? This is the last episode and real time capsule. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WDC...
Passengers 1994 final episode part 1
Channel 4 Youth Programming Reportage Show 1994. Featuring:
A 26 year old Kylie Minogue discusses Movies, Music and Muscles.
A visit to Canada to meet Keanu Reeves on the set of his new movie Johnny ...
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January 29, 2026 at 10:18 AM
I talked about the late night influence on me of Moviedrome. From a little later, this was another. Passengers was part of the same 'Youth' programming as The Word, but always felt a little more insightful. A proto Vice? This is the last episode and real time capsule. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WDC...
Some mornings I just need to put Agnes Obel on before work, and write.
January 29, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Some mornings I just need to put Agnes Obel on before work, and write.
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New episode of Monstrosities Mon Amour. See the National Theatre through the eyes of an archaeologist: @reblambert.bsky.social explains how it’s like a henge. Also her love for Dolph Lundgren’s Masters of the Universe! johngrindrod.substack.com/p/monstrosit...
Monstrosities Mon Amour: The National Theatre with Rebecca Lambert
#14. John Grindrod meets archaeologist Rebecca Lambert to discuss the neolithic echoes of the National Theatre and the camp absurdity of the 1987 film Masters of the Universe
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January 28, 2026 at 7:55 AM
New episode of Monstrosities Mon Amour. See the National Theatre through the eyes of an archaeologist: @reblambert.bsky.social explains how it’s like a henge. Also her love for Dolph Lundgren’s Masters of the Universe! johngrindrod.substack.com/p/monstrosit...
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Get a taste of my short fiction reviews in LOCUS! You can read my thoughts on Fantasy Magazine, Bourbon Penn, and Tasavvur online at the Locus website.
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Fantasy Autumn, Bourbon Penn, and Tasavvur Fall: Review by Maria Haskins
Fantasy Autumn ’25 Bourbon Penn 11/25 Tasavvur Fall ’25 Issue #98 of Fantasy Magazine is the second issue since the magazine came under Psychopomp’s publishing umbrella with Shingai Njeri Kagunda …
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January 29, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Get a taste of my short fiction reviews in LOCUS! You can read my thoughts on Fantasy Magazine, Bourbon Penn, and Tasavvur online at the Locus website.
locusmag.com/review/fanta...
locusmag.com/review/fanta...
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Steve is right. Listen to Steve.
(Image credit @in-otter-news.bsky.social and In Otter News on Facebook)
(Image credit @in-otter-news.bsky.social and In Otter News on Facebook)
![[Drawing shows an otter with mug of coffee.]
Do not seize the day. That only startles it, and nobody wants to deal with an aggressive day before coffee.
Approach it slowly. Avoid eye contact.
Maybe offer a polite nod. Act casual.
If the day growls, starts making demands, or mentions shenanigans back away quietly and return to bed.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:icsm7hd2dok5lxddyrig4gbt/bafkreianw6okyqnxfvzhe3fjyjh2gr3d555dsm6c2v6lxx73kglbudxavy@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Steve is right. Listen to Steve.
(Image credit @in-otter-news.bsky.social and In Otter News on Facebook)
(Image credit @in-otter-news.bsky.social and In Otter News on Facebook)
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recently learned about “dek bass”, a sound system culture in rural West Bengal, using cassette decks and homemade systems, and it’s remarkable because 1) the music and equipment are sick and 2) the DJ always looks like he’s being briefed on a national security issue
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 AM
recently learned about “dek bass”, a sound system culture in rural West Bengal, using cassette decks and homemade systems, and it’s remarkable because 1) the music and equipment are sick and 2) the DJ always looks like he’s being briefed on a national security issue
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If the world has you struggling to find meaning in your writing, work, or usual activities, I've got a short essay for you:
www.patreon.com/posts/149273...
www.patreon.com/posts/149273...
Goggles in one hand, coin in the other | Wendy N. Wagner
Get more from Wendy N. Wagner on Patreon
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January 27, 2026 at 7:49 PM
If the world has you struggling to find meaning in your writing, work, or usual activities, I've got a short essay for you:
www.patreon.com/posts/149273...
www.patreon.com/posts/149273...