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We publish quirkier sorts of books! Science Fiction. Horror. Fantasy.
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The Slab Press @theslabpress.bsky.social · Dec 6
We have a few copies of all our paperbacks in stock, so you can still order in time for Christmas. Last date for posting from our stocks is December 18th (UK only).
US readers can order from our POD links, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble.
E-books also available!
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Bedsocks and biscuits. Fire. Christmas tree. Cold Outside? Stay indoors, stay cosy. And read some creepy folk horror. Hiding Under the Leaves. “excellent tales and very much worthy of anyone’s time” Horror Tree “Highly Recommended” Run Along the Shelves
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A first look at the cover for The Slab Press's dark space anthology Obsidian. The submission window is still open, but the sooner you submit, the better. theslab.press/calls-for-su...
Black book cover, Obsidian edited by Donna Scott with stories by TBA
January 9, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'tired'. This extract is from a story by CJ Hooper and is available in Vivid Worlds #BookQW #BookSky
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Back at the hall there was more noise. Dafydd Adren was trying to address the crowd. “Yes, we have heard from the government this afternoon. They noted the drop in power as one of the turbines collapsed into the sea. We informed them that this was the result of a Cetaceous attack, which they do not believe. We have been accused of failing to maintain the farm, and therefore the grid. We know that this is wrong and have suggested that they send someone out to check if they do not believe us. They are sending out some inspection boats.” Finally, Dafydd had been met with approval, though he himself just looked tired. Daniel had been analysing his findings with help from Mary and was frustrated that they had not been able to operate the sonar radar and the recorder at the same time. “I’m not sure there’s a correlation between that low hum and the approach of the storm.” “What are you getting at, Mary?” “I first thought it was the wind farm, but it’s not. I think there’s something else.” Mary waved various different pads of notes at each of them. “That extra hum is always there but something must vary. We need more info. We need to go out again.” CJ Hooper “The Cymric Sea” in Vivid Worlds from The Slab Press
December 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Still got some copies in stock if anyone needs a great book gift, but don't wait too long...
theslabpress.bsky.social The Slab Press @theslabpress.bsky.social · Dec 6
We have a few copies of all our paperbacks in stock, so you can still order in time for Christmas. Last date for posting from our stocks is December 18th (UK only).
US readers can order from our POD links, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble.
E-books also available!
theslab.press/store/
Bedsocks and biscuits. Fire. Christmas tree. Cold Outside? Stay indoors, stay cosy. And read some creepy folk horror. Hiding Under the Leaves. “excellent tales and very much worthy of anyone’s time” Horror Tree “Highly Recommended” Run Along the Shelves
December 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Massive thanks to @sjtownend.bsky.social for reviewing this anthology and singling out my story as the reason for picking it up in the first place!

Hiding Under the Leaves is still available from @theslabpress.bsky.social as a great Chrissy pressie for the folk horror fan in your life...
December 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'blue' #BookQW
Our latest anthology Hiding Under the Leaves is full of spooky reads, perfect for Christmas.

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December 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
theslabpress.bsky.social
We have a few copies of all our paperbacks in stock, so you can still order in time for Christmas. Last date for posting from our stocks is December 18th (UK only).
US readers can order from our POD links, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble.
E-books also available!
theslab.press/store/
Bedsocks and biscuits. Fire. Christmas tree. Cold Outside? Stay indoors, stay cosy. And read some creepy folk horror. Hiding Under the Leaves. “excellent tales and very much worthy of anyone’s time” Horror Tree “Highly Recommended” Run Along the Shelves
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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A fantastic review of Hiding Under the Leaves from Stephanie Ellis in Horror Tree. I'm very happy with this. 😀

Featuring shout-outs for @kevrooney.bsky.social @laurenwrites.bsky.social @ivorkhillauthor.bsky.social Tom Wren and Matt Thompson!
Epeolatry Book Review: Hiding Under the Leaves, ed. Donna Scott - The Horror Tree
Book Review: Hiding Under the Leaves, ed. Donna Scott from publisher The Slab Press. Released on November 3rd, 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Last chance to buy paperbacks online from Waterstones for Double/Triple stamps today. They sell The Slab Books too!
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December 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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A dark Old-Fashioned pairs well with dark magic and folk horror. Read my murdr-ballad inspired story Muddy Water here. This anthology is widely available, including Barnes & Noble! @theslabpress.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Stories that need to be read. Featuring @singingtotigers.bsky.social @liamjhogan.bsky.social @davidcleden.bsky.social @coreyjwhite.com @rickandwrite.bsky.social @rosemaxwell.bsky.social and many more. payhip.com/b/LNWd2
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November 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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New blog post with another call for submissions, World Fantasycon report and bargain ebook offer. theslab.press/2025/11/24/w...
World Fantasycon Report and Open Call News
World Fantasycon The Slab Press had a great time in Brighton earlier this month for World Fantasycon. The weather was extremely blustery, so we didn’t much venture out of the hotel except to …
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November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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First up, books I'm in. (Anthologies full of other brilliant authors as well, so hush now!)

@theslabpress.bsky.social "Hiding Under the Leaves", for folk horror: payhip.com/b/HNdvM

@aanpress.bsky.social "Our Dust Earth" for dying planet Sci-fi aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Awards Eligibility Post: I published a novella, 12 stories, & 5 flash in 2025!

Huge thanks to all the publishers, editors, readers, & reviewers who spent their time with my writing this year. 🖤🎈🦇
Graphic displaying cover for EVERY DARK CLOUD, 2025 novella by Marisca Pichette from Ghost Orchid Press. Graphic listing 2025 stories by Marisca Pichette published in the following magazines: One More Song Goblins and Galaxies #0 Upon a Vast, Velvet Veil Fusion Fragment #25 In Her Tower of Scales Worlds of Possibility, June 2025 The House of Us DreamForge Magazine #16 Naked They Cling Cosmic Horror Monthly #58 The Last Harvest Phano #2 Graphic listing 2025 stories by Marisca Pichette published in the following anthologies: Where Walls Once Rose Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology Soft Fire BOREAL: An Anthology of Taiga Horror The Watercolor Room The Midnight Labyrinth How Not to Swallow a Dragon Behind the Revovling Door Nature Morte Hiding Under the Leaves Appleseed Spirit of the Wolf Graphic listing the 2025 flash pieces published by Marisca Pichette: Nine Acre Corner Anomaly Press Release from a Utopia on the Way Down Simultaneous Times #84 This is Not a Fiction Full House Literary, Spring 2025 One, Two, We, Our Tales & Feathers, Vol. 3 What the Boys Lost MYRIAD Digital Zines: Nocturnal
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Sharing this for NewCon Press and our mutual editor.
wishusdonna.bsky.social Donna Scott @wishusdonna.bsky.social · Nov 12
Just over a month left on the submissions window for Best of British Science Fiction 2025. Don't forget, we're closing earlier this year. If you've already had an eligible story published this year, send it as soon as you can.

www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
Best of British Science Fiction 2025, Donna Scott - Books - Best of British Science Fiction 2025
NewCon Press is a multiple award-winning independent publisher specialising in science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy and horror.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'girl' #BookQW and this is an extract from a story by @laurenwrites.bsky.social in Hiding Under the Leaves.
Book cover and extract reading: “No one would’ve thought you could last this long in the wilderness. Too much of a city girl. You’ve never even camped at a music festival, preferring to find a local B&B within commuting distance. Back then, you didn’t listen to the talk of “missing the full experience”; you’d rather have a real shower to warm you up at the end of those long days. You can’t deal with mud caked on your skin, not even for a beauty treatment. It’s too much sensory overload. Yet here you are: no shower since you left civilisation, crouching on your haunches and stoking a campfire, alone in the middle of an ancient woodland and covered in dust. Senses both dulled and heightened. You tell yourself it was your only choice, really. You needed space. You needed time to think. Life is too, too noisy. How are you meant to figure out who you are and what you’re meant to do if you’re surrounded by the noise of London all the damn time? You told yourself that a week in the woods would clear your mind, help you figure out what a woman should be at this age, past 40 yet without the expected trappings and baggage. When there’s no man, no kids, no career… Nothing but a whole big pile of steaming nothing. LJ McMenemy “No One Knows The Old Ways Anymore And It Will Be The End of Everything” - Hiding Under the Leaves theslab.press released 3rd November 2025
November 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Has our Ivor K. Hill got a tale for you! Hiding Under the Leaves (Slab Press) features 'The Crow Who Burned', folk horror about the "terrifying certainty of the mob".

Get yours below:

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Our books are available from all good bookshops, but you can also buy from The Slab Press here via our Publisher (UK&US), or direct from us where we have stock (UK only) Vivid Worlds UK £12.99 …
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November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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#922 in Occult Suspense Rankings on Amazon. Yes we sell there but people have been finding alternative ways to purchase - including direct! Gets me out the house posting parcels. You pay the same price, you get it just as quick with a thank you card from me and I get some exercise. 🦡
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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UK readers - we understand our distributors are currently having trouble with getting our books ordered through independent book shops.
P&P included direct from us via this link while stocks last! www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
Hiding Under the Leaves - UK
Hiding Under the Leaves is an anthology of original folk horror short fiction, seeking beyond the boundaries of this fascinating sub-genre. From lonesome moors to dark woods, and the mysterious ocean ...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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New submission call announcement!
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Open Calls for Submission
The Rock-Horror Anthology Screams and Wails, to be published November 2026, will be an anthology of horror short stories with music at their still-beating heart. Think cursed instruments; songs tha…
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November 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Following on from our amazing launch it's our book birthday for Hiding Under the Leaves!
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
November 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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#WorldFantasy book launches, @stewarthotston.com with novel Project Hanuman, talking with Peter F. Hamilton. @theslabpress.bsky.social launches Hiding Under the Leaves, reading by @laurenwrites.bsky.social with @wishusdonna.bsky.social watching on.
A host (sadly didn't catch name) introduces author Stewart Hotston behind a panel table, sitting next to Peter F. Hamilton Lauren (LJ) McMenemy reads from a book behind a panellist table next yo Donna Scott.
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Time for a launch! Here’s editor Donna Scott of @theslabpress.bsky.social showing off Hiding Under the Leaves, which also happens to feature a story by yours truly 🥳
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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New Review - still need some horror then coming next week is this collection of folk horror I can recommend - Hiding Under The Leaves edited by @wishusdonna.bsky.social is out via @theslabpress.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
Hiding Under The Leaves edited by Donna Scott — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank The Slab Press for an advance copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - The Slab Press Published - 5/11 Price - £18.99 paperback £5....
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November 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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#hidingundertheleaves Halloween folk horror book launch at #wfc2025 Brighton was fab! Cake, wine, readings (& in one case, singing!) &many books were sold &signed. Pleasure to meet Donna & Neil from @theslabpress.bsky.social, fellow authors, & all who came along! Cheers! 🎃 mybook.to/hidingundert...
Convention guests listen to author readings in the packed Balmoral room at Brighton Metropole Hotel. Convention guests enjoying a book launch presentation in the packed Balmoral room at Brighton Metropole Hotel. Hiding Under the Leaves book cover shows a badger skeleton and falling autumnal leaves, next to the World Fantasy Convention programme booklets and a Slab Press gift bag lovingly handcrafted by editor extraordinaire Donna Scott. a “DANGER, rough seas, no swimming, stay well back” sign on pebbly Brighton seafront with ruined pier, crashing waves, and setting sun in the background.
November 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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We confused the lovely Johanna from Johanna Me My Dog and Books when we sent her a copy of Hiding Under the Leaves, so much did the "wild" cover look like something she would have picked up from Waterstones. youtu.be/2tJGh41wSj0?...
Another big fan of Spooky Season!
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October 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM