Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes
@unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social
Stoker Award-nominated horror author.
rep: Oli Munson
she/they, bi, polyam, vegan, a bit witchy, very crafty
Trans rights are human rights
End the genocide in Gaza 🍉
Posting from Greenwich, London
www.allywilkes.com
rep: Oli Munson
she/they, bi, polyam, vegan, a bit witchy, very crafty
Trans rights are human rights
End the genocide in Gaza 🍉
Posting from Greenwich, London
www.allywilkes.com
Pinned
Pssst... can I interest you in a tasty little micro-collection of three of my short stories for 99p / 99c or FREE on Kindle Unlimited?
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Just a reminder that I block anyone who uses generative AI. Nothing personal. You're just an ass.
December 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Just a reminder that I block anyone who uses generative AI. Nothing personal. You're just an ass.
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We'll be running a Christmas special on tickets for all our upcoming event from today until the end of Boxing Day - you can use the code CHRISTMAS for 10% off any event of your choice at www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis... #christmas #xmas #tickets #discounts #deals #tix #events
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We'll be running a Christmas special on tickets for all our upcoming event from today until the end of Boxing Day - you can use the code CHRISTMAS for 10% off any event of your choice at www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis... #christmas #xmas #tickets #discounts #deals #tix #events
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Spooky Advent day 8: a vengeful ghost may or may not wreak havok in 1930s Svalbard. Yes, it's Michelle Paver's novel Dark Matter, a story of a young man's terrifying descent into madness in one of the most bleak and isolated places on Earth
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Spooky Advent day 8: a vengeful ghost may or may not wreak havok in 1930s Svalbard. Yes, it's Michelle Paver's novel Dark Matter, a story of a young man's terrifying descent into madness in one of the most bleak and isolated places on Earth
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Here's your second chance to delve deep into the horrors of the past with the ultra-talented Ally Wilkes, as her WRITING HISTORICAL HORROR course returns this March! www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-hi... #horror #historicalhorror #historical #writing #writers #course #courses
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Here's your second chance to delve deep into the horrors of the past with the ultra-talented Ally Wilkes, as her WRITING HISTORICAL HORROR course returns this March! www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-hi... #horror #historicalhorror #historical #writing #writers #course #courses
So thrilled to see @helleborezine.bsky.social's excellent TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN getting a deservedly excellent review in SFX magazine, and basically blown away by this shout-out. Yes, folklore is anti-fascist, yes, RE-ENCHANTMENT IS RESISTANCE, yes, yes, yes ✨
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
So thrilled to see @helleborezine.bsky.social's excellent TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN getting a deservedly excellent review in SFX magazine, and basically blown away by this shout-out. Yes, folklore is anti-fascist, yes, RE-ENCHANTMENT IS RESISTANCE, yes, yes, yes ✨
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5 ways to give your fave authors free-to-you gifts over the holidays! 💙📚
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
5 ways to give your fave authors free-to-you gifts over the holidays! 💙📚
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
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"WELL TELL HIM TO PUT IT BACK"
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"WELL TELL HIM TO PUT IT BACK"
Hellooooooo BSky, long time no see? I've been lurking around Instagram these days (where yes, I continue to honk about books and authors I like) but thought I'd remind everyone that my micro-collection LONDON WEIRD is totes a Christmas book, look, honest guvnor, and only 0.99 at Amazon.
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Hellooooooo BSky, long time no see? I've been lurking around Instagram these days (where yes, I continue to honk about books and authors I like) but thought I'd remind everyone that my micro-collection LONDON WEIRD is totes a Christmas book, look, honest guvnor, and only 0.99 at Amazon.
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Wrote a short thing about that 5-9 nonsense.
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"Your 9-5 isn't killing your dreams."
Said an asshole
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November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Wrote a short thing about that 5-9 nonsense.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/your-9-5-i...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/your-9-5-i...
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A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
Heyyyyyyy just one of my all-time faves (ARARAT, anyone?) enjoying some creepy af stories by yours truly!
You can pick it up for 0.99 here: www.amazon.co.uk/London-Weird...
You can pick it up for 0.99 here: www.amazon.co.uk/London-Weird...
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Heyyyyyyy just one of my all-time faves (ARARAT, anyone?) enjoying some creepy af stories by yours truly!
You can pick it up for 0.99 here: www.amazon.co.uk/London-Weird...
You can pick it up for 0.99 here: www.amazon.co.uk/London-Weird...
Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see
if you were gonna get a tramp stamp of a line from a horror movie what would you get?
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see
ALL battles for bodily autonomy are connected.
No way I’m sharing Stock’s UnHerd article. But I am going to point to this bit which amply demonstrates the anti-trans=>anti-women’s rights pipeline. “Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes.”
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
ALL battles for bodily autonomy are connected.
When you take a break from a short story you're writing to read short stories by a bunch of talented people...
a picture of a worm with the words me no i 'm just a worm on it
ALT: a picture of a worm with the words me no i 'm just a worm on it
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November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
When you take a break from a short story you're writing to read short stories by a bunch of talented people...
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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Bonjour winter, it's 12 degrees in my bathroom with the heating on
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Bonjour winter, it's 12 degrees in my bathroom with the heating on
This is the first year I've had enough short fiction out to want to do one of those eligibility posts! Truly grateful for all the opportunities I've had in 2025 🖤
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This is the first year I've had enough short fiction out to want to do one of those eligibility posts! Truly grateful for all the opportunities I've had in 2025 🖤
Hello! I've just done my taxes and as always am gripped with both incipient poverty and existential dread. Can I interest you in a short collection CHOCK FULL of dread?
LONDON WEIRD is 0.99 on Amazon! www.amazon.co.uk/London-Weird...
LONDON WEIRD is 0.99 on Amazon! www.amazon.co.uk/London-Weird...
London Weird: a micro-collection
London Weird: a micro-collection eBook : Wilkes, AV: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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November 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Hello! I've just done my taxes and as always am gripped with both incipient poverty and existential dread. Can I interest you in a short collection CHOCK FULL of dread?
LONDON WEIRD is 0.99 on Amazon! www.amazon.co.uk/London-Weird...
LONDON WEIRD is 0.99 on Amazon! www.amazon.co.uk/London-Weird...
A beautiful and thoughtful piece.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The haste feels contagious … I fear it’: a Xipaya journalist on attending Cop30
An Indigenous journalist’s experience of entering the belly of Cop where time does not flourish, it is consumed
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A beautiful and thoughtful piece.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A late schedule change for Winter Haunts - unfortunately Hollie Starling won't be able to join us, but we have the awesome Ally Wilkes stepping in to take on the 12pm interview! A very talented author and can't wait to chat about her tremendous books... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-hau...
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A late schedule change for Winter Haunts - unfortunately Hollie Starling won't be able to join us, but we have the awesome Ally Wilkes stepping in to take on the 12pm interview! A very talented author and can't wait to chat about her tremendous books... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-hau...
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Our Piper at the Gates of Dawn jumper stirred a bit of Satanic Panic! Thank you, @davidmbarnett.bsky.social, for covering this story for The Guardian.
By popular demand, you can get the jumper that got banned from Westminster Abbey here: everpress.com/hellebore-pi...
By popular demand, you can get the jumper that got banned from Westminster Abbey here: everpress.com/hellebore-pi...
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Our Piper at the Gates of Dawn jumper stirred a bit of Satanic Panic! Thank you, @davidmbarnett.bsky.social, for covering this story for The Guardian.
By popular demand, you can get the jumper that got banned from Westminster Abbey here: everpress.com/hellebore-pi...
By popular demand, you can get the jumper that got banned from Westminster Abbey here: everpress.com/hellebore-pi...
Ravenous is simply a perfect movie.
one of the many many reasons Ravenous is so good is that it doesn't give a stupid choice about But The Drawbacks Of Vampirism. You're not all tortured or sallow or unable to see sunlight or garlic. It just makes you better and healthier in every way, and then asks "so. why might you not want this?"
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Ravenous is simply a perfect movie.
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A reader told me she was asked to take off her Hellebore “Wind in the Willows” jumper before entering Westminster Abbey. The reason given was that it depicts the devil and might offend people. The reader explained it was the Greek god Pan, but the security guard didn’t backtrack. Satanic panic 2025.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A reader told me she was asked to take off her Hellebore “Wind in the Willows” jumper before entering Westminster Abbey. The reason given was that it depicts the devil and might offend people. The reader explained it was the Greek god Pan, but the security guard didn’t backtrack. Satanic panic 2025.