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Cat Mowat
@catmowat.bsky.social
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If you could order Elvira on Temu, I’m what would turn up. Museum goblin by day, goth goblin 24-7
Horror writer and reviewer: indie author supporter and collector of skulls (not of the indie authors…)

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/165772577
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On 6th September 40 indie horror authors will be gathering in the Royal Hotel, Weston-Super-Mare! I’ll be there selling signed copies of Beyond The Smoke And Shadow, plus I’ll be launching my new novella, Fragments at an exclusive price. Come and see us, it’s going to be an epic day! 💀🩸📚💙📚😱📚
A poster advertising the Weston Horror Book Con with Author Q&As, book signings, quizzes and prizes. 6th September at The Royal Hotel, Weston-Super-Mare A post for the book Con with the list of authors attending A poster advertising me as an attending author A banner advertising the event in Weston-Super-Mare
August 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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The Voyeur by Jim Ody is a fun-filled psychological/erotic thriller. As the mystery unfolds, the characters take you on a journey through a seedy underworld, carefully curated through the eyes of a voyeur. But what if someone else is watching? @jimodyauthor.bsky.social has nailed it again 📚💙🩸📚
Luke is not like other men. Luke is always watching. And he will stop at nothing to get what he wants…no matter the consequences. But what happens when the tables are turned? What happens when someone watches the voyeur? The Voyeur is part thriller, part erotica, all with an undertone of Jim Ody’s trademark humour and urban tone. It is gritty, graphic, and complicated. Luke as a main character is incredibly unlikeable, yet as a reader you can’t pull away, and want him to succeed. It is an incredible testament to the skill of the writer that Luke works. He is unreliable as a narrator, but you hang on his every thought and word. The characters are complicated throughout, and you find yourself questioning everything you think you know. Jim Ody continues to branch out in his style and here he once again proves that he is an accomplished multi-genre author, which is a rare skill to have. His writing never fails to make me laugh, make me think, and consistently throws in twists that I never see coming. The Voyeur is no exception to this: a wonderfully curated journey through the seedy eyes of the voyeur.
August 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Beyond The Smoke And Shadow has been nominated in eight categories in the BookTok Indie Author Awards!
Any votes would be massively appreciated ☺️💙

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The cover of Beyond The Smoke And Shadow by Catriona Mowat (an open book with skulls, ravens and gothic houses coming out of it), beside the following text BookTok Indie Author Award Nominee Best Horror Best Poetry Best Prose Best standalone novel/book Best book to binge in one night Plot twists that made me yell MommaD’s Reader’s Choice Award Best Hidden Gem
July 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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I’ve been working on a new release! Coming 6th of September: Fragments. A gothic novella about treachery, paranoia, a missing actress, murder and ghosts on the London stage…
ARC sign ups and preorders below

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Fragments, by Catriona Mowat. Cover image is of a beautiful woman with white hair and dark lips looking out at the viewer. She is touching her gold and ruby necklace
July 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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A collection of nine gothic tales and poetry to haunt the darkest of nights. From the distant past to the far-off future, horrors lurk, and there are no happy endings. Darkness and death: what will you find waiting for you Beyond The Smoke And Shadow?

Released today! 🩸📚💙📚😱📚💀📚💙
mybook.to/BTSAS
The cover for Beyond The Smoke And Shadow by Catriona Mowat (cover is a large open book, with skulls, ravens, gothic houses and bats flying out from it). It sits next to a skull with a candle on top. Text reads “Now Available” with the kindle unlimited logo
June 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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The countdown is on. Two days to go until you can step beyond the smoke and shadow…

4.81 stars on Goodreads, with 9 stories and 10 poems to twist and turn the shadows, and send chills down your spine. What are you waiting for?

Beyond The Smoke And Shadow, coming Friday 13th June 💙📚🩸📚😱📚
A smoke-filled graphic that says “Two days to go…Happy Friday 13th beside an image of the cover for Beyond The Smoke And Shadow by Catriona Mowat. The cover is a large book with skulls, gothic houses, bats and ravens flying out of it
June 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Beyond The Smoke And Shadow is now live on the ACX.com marketplace! If you are an audiobook narrator, head on over to check out the audition script!
With 9 stories & 10 poems, this collection will give any narrator a heap of characters and atmosphere changes to enjoy. It should be a lot of fun 💙📚🩸📚
Front cover of Beyond The Smoke And Shadow, with a caption that reads “Auditions open for audiobook narration”. The logo for ACX.com and audible are there
June 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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I have been very lucky to read some phenomenal ARCs of books coming soon. Here are some of my recent ones!
Credenza drops June 13th
Phobophobia drops June 30th
The Secrets of Blackthorn House drops in August
The Bloodvein Wand drops June 14th

All 4-5 star reads from me! 💙📚🩸📚😱📚
A 4 star review of Credenza by Wendy Dalrymple (releases June 13th). The review praises the character development and twists and turns in the unique story. Cosy gothic horror about a cursed object A 5 star review of Phobophobia by Jyl Glenn and Savannah R. Fischer. An anthology of stories featuring weird and wonderful phobias, including fear of amputation, fear of nail varnish, fear of moths, and fear of bellybuttons. This is an incredible anthology from a stellar list of indie horror authors A 4 star review of The Secrets of Blackthorn House by Marie McWilliams. A rich, cosy gothic horror that reminded me of Crimson Peak A 5 star review of The Bloodvein Wand by Elizabeth J. Brown. The third instalment of The Brimstone Chorus, picking up after The Laughing Policeman and The Fractured Few. This is full of gore, humour, brilliant characters and twists.
June 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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A collection of 9 gothic tales and poetry to haunt the darkest of nights. From the distant past to the far-off future, horrors lurk, and there are no happy endings. Pirates, witches, ghosts, cryptids, and death: what will you find waiting for you Beyond The Smoke And Shadow? 📚🩸💙📚😱 #indiehorrorbooks
An advert for Beyond The Smoke And Shadow by me (Catriona Mowat), coming on Friday 13th June
May 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Pre-orders for Beyond The Smoke And Shadow are live! You can order the kindle version on the ‘zon, and signed copies on my online store. I also have this exclusive mystery box, with exclusive merch, and a sneak peek at the cover of my next release! Limited to 50
catrionamowat.sumupstore.com 🩸📚💙📚😱📚
A picture of the mystery box with a wrapped book, bookmarks, prints, stickers and other trinkets and merchandise
May 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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I’m very excited to reveal the full cover for Beyond The Smoke And Shadow! The incredible @grimpoppydesign.bsky.social did an amazing job that exceeded my dreams on this one.
Preorders will be up next week, release is set for 13th June! 📚🩸📚😱📚💙
The full cover for Beyond The Smoke And Shadow, Catriona Mowat. From cover is a book with skulls, gothic houses and bats flying from it. The back cover image is of plague doctors, pirate ships and monsters over the book. Blurb reads “A collection of 9 gothic tales and poetry to haunt the darkest of nights. From the distant past to the far-off future, horrors lurk and there are no happy endings. Pirates, witches, ghosts, cryptids and death: what will you find waiting for you beyond the smoke and shadow?”
April 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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This September, @indiehorrorchapter.bsky.social is back with Chapter 3! Over 40 horror authors from the UK and Europe will be at in Weston-Super-‘Mare for signings, panels and readings. This will be my first official event as an author: I can’t wait! It will be amazing, and it’s free!! 😍🖤💙📚🩸📚😱📚
Poster advertising the Indie Horror Chapter Book Con in Weston-Super-‘Mare: 6th September 2025, 11am-4:30pm at The Royal Hotel. Free entry! Readings, Book Signings and Author Panels
April 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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@jimodyauthor.bsky.social has a brilliant deal for the next week: A Lifetime Ago is down to 99p/c in ebook! It’s a stunning crime thriller 💙📚

mybook.to/LifetimeAgo
A Lifetime Ago by Jim Ody. A blue butterfly on a cloudy background with the black silhouette of a child in front. Image shows a laptop, kindle and phone version of the cover, with text to show it is 99p/99c this week only
April 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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“She had been beautifully tragic, with dark flowing hair that could not be tamed, with large crystal blue eyes the colour of forget-me-nots which stood out even more against her otherwise small featured.”
No idea where the inspiration for that character came from… 🩸📚💙😱📚
#authorcameo #horrorsky
A picture of myself, matching the description in the text.
March 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Boo by Christy Aldridge releases on April 9th and is one to check out. Creepy and haunting, it will stay with you, just like that imaginary friend you forgot about, too….
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A 5 star review of Boo by Christy Aldridge. Text reads: “The story of Boo unfolds perfectly with alternating timelines of adult and child Joe, with chapters seamlessly running from one to the other. It really helps the full story unravel one sinister moment at a time, and makes the shocking moments even more disturbing. Boo is suitably creepy, magnified by his childlike innocence. The human characters are all superbly built up: the trauma, baggage, addictions and love glare at your from the pages and really draws you in. The story is an easy read, with a slow and intense build of suspense, and yes, that chill will permanently run down your spine…”
March 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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The Staircase In The Woods by @chuckwendig.bsky.social releases on April 29th and is definitely one to look out for. Creepy, terrifying and beautiful all at once 💙📚💀 #Booksky #arcreview
4 star review of The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig. Review reads “A literal house of horrors, the world beyond the staircase is beautifully described, and absolutely terrifying. When the actual world is against you and you can’t get out, what can you do to survive? Angst, trauma and mental health are all under the spotlight in this story: I would say that this is psychological horror just as much as it is fantasy or cosmic horror. Beautiful world building, real characters and a shocking ending all merge to make a story as solid as the staircase in the woods.”
February 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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We Met in the Forums by Rob Ulitski: a brilliant story that claws under your skin. Full reviews on GR and my socials now! 💙📚💀🦋 #Booksky #indiehorror
A 5 star review of We Met in the Forums by Rob Ulitski. Text reads: “Sci-fi, viral, cult and psychological horror all work together here to make a story that you will absolutely not see coming. The relationship between Josh and Leo is heartwarming and will break you, the mystery is gross, visceral and complex. Cerebral and grim, this story weaves under your skin, keeping you guessing right up to the last page. The gore is intense but just at the right moments, there are equal moments of quiet brilliance that build suspense and help with the world-building. A sophisticated horror, I am seriously impressed”
February 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Beyond The Smoke And Shadow: a collection of dark stories and poetry. Each story is taken from a poem I wrote years ago, to make a matching set. From plague doctors and witches to wartime slashers, historical fiction to science fiction, this collection serves as a taster of my style. Coming 2025! 💙📚
A marketing image of the cover for Beyond The Smoke And Shadow. Cover image is an open book with skulls, bats and gothic houses coming out of it in a green-tinged light. Next to the cover is my author picture on a background of smoke
February 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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My end of month reading wrap-up: I had some amazing reads this month and was really lucky with some incredible advanced copies! 💙📚💀 #booksky full list is in the image caption/ALT text
A tiled image of the following book covers: 1. Harvested, various. Ed. RJ Roles 2. Rural Decay, Jason Nickey 3. Something Truly Dreadful, Matthew Salinas 4. Diavola, Jennifer Thorne 5. Love Wanes, Fear Is Forever, Justin Boote 6. Stories I Forgot, Chaz Williams 7. We Used To Live Here, Marcus Kliewer 8. Senseless, Ronald Malfi (ARC) 9. Jones 1993, Devin Cabrera (ARC) 10. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones (ARC) 11. The Haunting of Braeburn Manor, E.R. Vickers (Beta) 12. Do Not Unlock, C S Jones (ARC) 13. Dancing Through The Shadows, Lula Von Goth (various) (ARC) 14. You’re Not Supposed To Be Here, Mike Salt (ARC)
January 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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“ You will ache, you will feel this in your soul. And you will be horrified.” Review of You’re Not Supposed To Be Here by Mike Salt is live: I loved this haunting story. Releases in 14th feb! #booksky 💙📚💀
You’re Not Supposed to Be Here by Mike Salt. Cover image is a skeleton with purple flowers next to its head. Accompanied by a 5 star review which reads “ You’re Not Supposed To Be Here is a story of regret, grief, second chances and the horror of humanity. The prose is beautiful, the characters are painfully human, and the story will sweep you away on a path of purple flowers. The horror is both gentle and hard-hitting, because what is more haunting that the knowledge that you’re not supposed to be here?”
January 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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“The hardest horror to read is the horror that is true, that any of us could deal with at any point.”
Some of the stories are true, some are imagined: all of them are real horrors. Full review of Dancing Through the Shadows is live now, all sales go to an amazing DV charity 💙📚💀 #booksky #survive
Dancing Through the Shadows, edited by E R Vickers, featuring stories by Lula Von Goth, D E McCluskey, Justin Boote, Matt Stone, Cici Perkins, C S Jones, Jimmy Blaze, Matt Wildasin and Ali Jane Sweet. Image is of a black and white picture of a woman’s face: she looks sad. Image is paired with a 5 star review that reads “Dancing Through the Shadows takes a harrowing subject and deals with it sensitively as well as creatively. Every facet of abuse is covered, with twists and turns, grisly truth and a lot of soul. You will feel discomfort, you will feel rage, you will experience heartbreak over and over again. And we as reader all should feel that way”
January 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Do Not Unlock by @csjonesauthor.bsky.social releases at the end of March: grim, grotesque and genius, it is his best work yet 💙📚💀 full review on Goodreads now
Cover image of Do Not Unlock, by C S Jones. A man’s screaming face with another man’s screaming face inside his mouth. Image is accompanied by a 5 star rating and a caption of “from the very first page you are drawn into a dark world of creatures and terrifying violence. And if there is one place you don’t want to be isolated, it is in a prison. Masterful horror from the slightly disturbed mind of C S Jones”
January 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Very happy to reveal the cover for my debut collection! Now I just have to finish writing it…
Beyond The Smoke And Shadow, coming this year! #booksky #indiehorror #darkpoetry #shortstories #debut 💙📚💀
Cover of Beyond the Smoke and Shadows by me! Tag line reads “coming in 2025”. Cover image is of an open book with a gothic house, skulls and bats all being released from the pages
January 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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I was lucky to get a cheeky Beta read of this one, and it is a great cosy horror! Ghosts, mansions, isolated island, black magic: it is quite the party! Releasing next month, it’s a quick and easy read with a lot of soul(s). E.R. Vickers is a new author and really on the rise 💙📚💀
Advert for The Curse of Braeburn Manor by E.R. Vickers. Release date coming soon (mid February) Cover image is a large mansion hidden in some woods, with a storm overhead
January 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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“Part historical horror, epistolary horror and creature horror, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is haunting, lyrical and sophisticated. You will be uncomfortable reading this, and you should be uncomfortable”. Review of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter @sgj.bsky.social is now live on my GR 💙📚💀
Book cover of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. Image is of a buffalo’s head
January 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM