Darren Kerr
@xdkerr.bsky.social
Associate Professor and Head of School of Art, Film and Media at Bath Spa University, UK. Co-director of screeningsex.com. Series Editor for EUP's Screening Sex book series. And a quiet author of short fiction inc NoSleep Podcast. Personal acc.
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Darren Kerr
@xdkerr.bsky.social
· Feb 2
New Episode S22E06
Will you endure the fear long enough to make it out? Or will you remain trapped with us forever?
Stories ✍️ Matthew Owen Jones, Manen Lyset, Darren Kerr, Venita Bonds, & EV Deal
🎧 www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s22...
@hasaniwalker.bsky.social
@brandonboone.bsky.social
Will you endure the fear long enough to make it out? Or will you remain trapped with us forever?
Stories ✍️ Matthew Owen Jones, Manen Lyset, Darren Kerr, Venita Bonds, & EV Deal
🎧 www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s22...
@hasaniwalker.bsky.social
@brandonboone.bsky.social
Absolutely delighted to have written my first piece for @thenosleeppodcast.bsky.social Let me know what you think ⬇️
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The big thing I did this year and haven't been able to say much about up until now is that I was SOMEHOW asked to illustrate the new Folio Society edition of A Christmas Carol, introduced by Simon Callow. Bit of a dream job. www.foliosociety.com/uk/a-christm...
October 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The big thing I did this year and haven't been able to say much about up until now is that I was SOMEHOW asked to illustrate the new Folio Society edition of A Christmas Carol, introduced by Simon Callow. Bit of a dream job. www.foliosociety.com/uk/a-christm...
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The Guardian asked me and a bunch of amazing horror authors about the stories that scared us the most. I love any opportunity I’m able to talk about THE AUCTIONEER by Joan Samson.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
‘It’s insanely sinister’: horror writers on the scariest stories they’ve ever read
Bloodthirsty ghosts, sadistic supercomputers, creepy childhood games ... Mariana Enríquez, Paul Tremblay, Daisy Johnson and others on the tales that kept them up at night
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The Guardian asked me and a bunch of amazing horror authors about the stories that scared us the most. I love any opportunity I’m able to talk about THE AUCTIONEER by Joan Samson.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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Wouldst thou step across the threshold, and dwell where walls do whisper and shadows keep their counsel?
These pages do not comfort. Ten voices, dark and diabolical, do bid thee enter… and once thou art inside, thou shalt not depart unchanged.
deadinkbooks.com/product/unqu...
These pages do not comfort. Ten voices, dark and diabolical, do bid thee enter… and once thou art inside, thou shalt not depart unchanged.
deadinkbooks.com/product/unqu...
October 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Wouldst thou step across the threshold, and dwell where walls do whisper and shadows keep their counsel?
These pages do not comfort. Ten voices, dark and diabolical, do bid thee enter… and once thou art inside, thou shalt not depart unchanged.
deadinkbooks.com/product/unqu...
These pages do not comfort. Ten voices, dark and diabolical, do bid thee enter… and once thou art inside, thou shalt not depart unchanged.
deadinkbooks.com/product/unqu...
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Hey @canconsffh.bsky.social pals-
We have something extra special for you this weekend!
Wet Screams, our monstrously erotic anthology, doesn’t drop until Nov.1st… HOWEVER we have pre-release copies sliding their way onto our table in Ottawa!
Come by and cozy up with this in your hotel room.
😈🔥💦🥵
We have something extra special for you this weekend!
Wet Screams, our monstrously erotic anthology, doesn’t drop until Nov.1st… HOWEVER we have pre-release copies sliding their way onto our table in Ottawa!
Come by and cozy up with this in your hotel room.
😈🔥💦🥵
October 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hey @canconsffh.bsky.social pals-
We have something extra special for you this weekend!
Wet Screams, our monstrously erotic anthology, doesn’t drop until Nov.1st… HOWEVER we have pre-release copies sliding their way onto our table in Ottawa!
Come by and cozy up with this in your hotel room.
😈🔥💦🥵
We have something extra special for you this weekend!
Wet Screams, our monstrously erotic anthology, doesn’t drop until Nov.1st… HOWEVER we have pre-release copies sliding their way onto our table in Ottawa!
Come by and cozy up with this in your hotel room.
😈🔥💦🥵
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Kicking off this November, I'll be taking a look at the world of WRITING SHORT STORIES for four weeks - and it's all happening online, so you can join us from anywhere! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-sh... #shortstories #shortstory #writing #writers #authors #fiction
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Kicking off this November, I'll be taking a look at the world of WRITING SHORT STORIES for four weeks - and it's all happening online, so you can join us from anywhere! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-sh... #shortstories #shortstory #writing #writers #authors #fiction
Hurrah! Finally... the finest bok club is back ⬇️
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 S5 E1 Join me and the brilliant Julia Armfield as we discuss 'Honeysuckle Cottage' by P.G. Wodehouse. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
October 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Hurrah! Finally... the finest bok club is back ⬇️
Such a great idea but a missed opportunity. Rich pickings from Kid A and Amnesiac as a score but instead it played out like random jukebox cinema. Desperately wanted to love this being a big fan of both. Oh well, got to support indie cinema in the meantime.
October 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Such a great idea but a missed opportunity. Rich pickings from Kid A and Amnesiac as a score but instead it played out like random jukebox cinema. Desperately wanted to love this being a big fan of both. Oh well, got to support indie cinema in the meantime.
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Hey, the ebook of Devil is only $2.99 for a limited time! It’s a Stoker and Shirley Jackson winner and nominee for a bunch of cool stuff, but I know that’s not enough to convince folks, so here are some 1-star reviews. Hope they help. Have an awesome day!
www.amazon.com/Devil-Takes-...
www.amazon.com/Devil-Takes-...
August 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Hey, the ebook of Devil is only $2.99 for a limited time! It’s a Stoker and Shirley Jackson winner and nominee for a bunch of cool stuff, but I know that’s not enough to convince folks, so here are some 1-star reviews. Hope they help. Have an awesome day!
www.amazon.com/Devil-Takes-...
www.amazon.com/Devil-Takes-...
The Leftovers
The Outsider
Channel Zero - Candle Cove
The Outsider
Channel Zero - Candle Cove
Take away all the GOAT candidates: The Wire, Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Lost.
What’s the best show outside of that group?
What’s the best show outside of that group?
August 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The Leftovers
The Outsider
Channel Zero - Candle Cove
The Outsider
Channel Zero - Candle Cove
Might not be your typical choice for a holiday read on the shores of Lake Garda but hey, horror is for all seasons. And what a belting opener! Thanks @johnlangan.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Might not be your typical choice for a holiday read on the shores of Lake Garda but hey, horror is for all seasons. And what a belting opener! Thanks @johnlangan.bsky.social
I need a good audio book recommendation... something that was a surprise, a shocker, a treat. Have recently enjoyed @briankeene.bsky.social, @pfracassi.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social so if you have a suggestion of something that reeeeally works on audio, send it on!
June 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I need a good audio book recommendation... something that was a surprise, a shocker, a treat. Have recently enjoyed @briankeene.bsky.social, @pfracassi.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social so if you have a suggestion of something that reeeeally works on audio, send it on!
I love it when a book has you in the first couple of pages. Looking forward to what's to come @lphernandez.bsky.social !
May 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I love it when a book has you in the first couple of pages. Looking forward to what's to come @lphernandez.bsky.social !
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OUR NEXT ONLINE EVENT: Join us Weds 18 June for a live-streamed performance of two original short ghost stories 'Girl, Dancing' and 'Plagued'. The event is Pay What You Feel. Tickets at 2ghoststories.eventbrite.com
Two Ghost Stories - a live-streamed event
Join Adam Z. Robinson for two live-streamed original ghost stories - 'Girl, Dancing' and 'Plagued'
2ghoststories.eventbrite.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
OUR NEXT ONLINE EVENT: Join us Weds 18 June for a live-streamed performance of two original short ghost stories 'Girl, Dancing' and 'Plagued'. The event is Pay What You Feel. Tickets at 2ghoststories.eventbrite.com
Wonderful to see Carys Davies' fab book Clear win the Odaatje prize. Stunning stuff.
May 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Wonderful to see Carys Davies' fab book Clear win the Odaatje prize. Stunning stuff.
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In S2 E8, recorded in 2021, I was joined by writer and academic @bronteschiltz.bsky.social
and we discussed Television Ghost Stories. Do you have any favourites? Listen and subscribe to The Ghost Story Book Club wherever you get your podcasts 👻
open.spotify.com/episode/7BpN...
and we discussed Television Ghost Stories. Do you have any favourites? Listen and subscribe to The Ghost Story Book Club wherever you get your podcasts 👻
open.spotify.com/episode/7BpN...
April 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In S2 E8, recorded in 2021, I was joined by writer and academic @bronteschiltz.bsky.social
and we discussed Television Ghost Stories. Do you have any favourites? Listen and subscribe to The Ghost Story Book Club wherever you get your podcasts 👻
open.spotify.com/episode/7BpN...
and we discussed Television Ghost Stories. Do you have any favourites? Listen and subscribe to The Ghost Story Book Club wherever you get your podcasts 👻
open.spotify.com/episode/7BpN...
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Woo! NIGEL KNEALE AND HORROR just arrived, exciting to see my chapter! And I now have a pile of actual things that have my work in! It still feels early days for me as a researcher, so this is a nice reminder that I have Done Some Stuff that's out in the world. And I work with some amazing folk!
April 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Woo! NIGEL KNEALE AND HORROR just arrived, exciting to see my chapter! And I now have a pile of actual things that have my work in! It still feels early days for me as a researcher, so this is a nice reminder that I have Done Some Stuff that's out in the world. And I work with some amazing folk!
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Why should you buy direct from an independent publisher?
- Higher royalties (we don't have to give a 50-60% discount to retailers)
- Paid right away (otherwise we wait 60-90 days for payment from retailers)
- You get a groovy bookmark with your book post! (in the UK at least)
- We pay our taxes
- Higher royalties (we don't have to give a 50-60% discount to retailers)
- Paid right away (otherwise we wait 60-90 days for payment from retailers)
- You get a groovy bookmark with your book post! (in the UK at least)
- We pay our taxes
April 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Why should you buy direct from an independent publisher?
- Higher royalties (we don't have to give a 50-60% discount to retailers)
- Paid right away (otherwise we wait 60-90 days for payment from retailers)
- You get a groovy bookmark with your book post! (in the UK at least)
- We pay our taxes
- Higher royalties (we don't have to give a 50-60% discount to retailers)
- Paid right away (otherwise we wait 60-90 days for payment from retailers)
- You get a groovy bookmark with your book post! (in the UK at least)
- We pay our taxes
Fab weekend on a self-directed collaborative writing retreat in the Cotswolds with my brother, working on an exciting horror project. Ended with a first draft of the first short story, which felt great.
April 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Fab weekend on a self-directed collaborative writing retreat in the Cotswolds with my brother, working on an exciting horror project. Ended with a first draft of the first short story, which felt great.
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Hey people, I need help.
I am looking for an authenticity reader to help with a comic that involves a teenage girl with a prosthetic leg.
The ideal reader would:
1) regularly use a prosthesis
2) be female and at moderately concerned with fashion
3) be South Asian/Indian-American.
Any recs?
I am looking for an authenticity reader to help with a comic that involves a teenage girl with a prosthetic leg.
The ideal reader would:
1) regularly use a prosthesis
2) be female and at moderately concerned with fashion
3) be South Asian/Indian-American.
Any recs?
March 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hey people, I need help.
I am looking for an authenticity reader to help with a comic that involves a teenage girl with a prosthetic leg.
The ideal reader would:
1) regularly use a prosthesis
2) be female and at moderately concerned with fashion
3) be South Asian/Indian-American.
Any recs?
I am looking for an authenticity reader to help with a comic that involves a teenage girl with a prosthetic leg.
The ideal reader would:
1) regularly use a prosthesis
2) be female and at moderately concerned with fashion
3) be South Asian/Indian-American.
Any recs?
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We 🖤 the crass degenerates over at @deadlanguagespod.bsky.social
We always love to check out @scaresshapedus.bsky.social
And @talkscaredpod.bsky.social is the big-gun go-to.
Who are some other podcasts currently in production that focus on Horror WRITERS?
Sound off, we wanna know!
We always love to check out @scaresshapedus.bsky.social
And @talkscaredpod.bsky.social is the big-gun go-to.
Who are some other podcasts currently in production that focus on Horror WRITERS?
Sound off, we wanna know!
March 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
We 🖤 the crass degenerates over at @deadlanguagespod.bsky.social
We always love to check out @scaresshapedus.bsky.social
And @talkscaredpod.bsky.social is the big-gun go-to.
Who are some other podcasts currently in production that focus on Horror WRITERS?
Sound off, we wanna know!
We always love to check out @scaresshapedus.bsky.social
And @talkscaredpod.bsky.social is the big-gun go-to.
Who are some other podcasts currently in production that focus on Horror WRITERS?
Sound off, we wanna know!
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It is #womeninhorrormonth
Help me to shine a light on the amazing women and female-identifying authors writing in the horror genre...
Are you one? Do you have a recommendation for one?
Get in touch with me and let's celebrate the genre. The podcast is open for reviews, features and more.
Help me to shine a light on the amazing women and female-identifying authors writing in the horror genre...
Are you one? Do you have a recommendation for one?
Get in touch with me and let's celebrate the genre. The podcast is open for reviews, features and more.
March 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It is #womeninhorrormonth
Help me to shine a light on the amazing women and female-identifying authors writing in the horror genre...
Are you one? Do you have a recommendation for one?
Get in touch with me and let's celebrate the genre. The podcast is open for reviews, features and more.
Help me to shine a light on the amazing women and female-identifying authors writing in the horror genre...
Are you one? Do you have a recommendation for one?
Get in touch with me and let's celebrate the genre. The podcast is open for reviews, features and more.
Reeeeally trying to take my time reading @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social's The Lamb as I know when I finish it I'll be desperate to find something as exquisitely dark and beautifully written (and will probably fail).
Recommendations would be very welcome!
Recommendations would be very welcome!
March 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Reeeeally trying to take my time reading @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social's The Lamb as I know when I finish it I'll be desperate to find something as exquisitely dark and beautifully written (and will probably fail).
Recommendations would be very welcome!
Recommendations would be very welcome!
Very pleased with my latest for this weekend's #Frome #WindowWanderland
February 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Very pleased with my latest for this weekend's #Frome #WindowWanderland
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The Hosking Houses Trust
supports women writers, artists and creative practitioners, usually over the age of 40 to develop their work through short-term residencies at Church Cottage nr Stratford-upon-Avon.
Details in link.
Please share :)
hoskinghouses.org.uk
supports women writers, artists and creative practitioners, usually over the age of 40 to develop their work through short-term residencies at Church Cottage nr Stratford-upon-Avon.
Details in link.
Please share :)
hoskinghouses.org.uk
February 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Hosking Houses Trust
supports women writers, artists and creative practitioners, usually over the age of 40 to develop their work through short-term residencies at Church Cottage nr Stratford-upon-Avon.
Details in link.
Please share :)
hoskinghouses.org.uk
supports women writers, artists and creative practitioners, usually over the age of 40 to develop their work through short-term residencies at Church Cottage nr Stratford-upon-Avon.
Details in link.
Please share :)
hoskinghouses.org.uk