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David Barnett
@davidmbarnett.bsky.social
Writer.
Journalism: www.authory.com/davidbarnett
Latest books:
SCUTTLER'S COVE (Feb 13th): https://www.canelo.co/books/scuttler-s-cove-david-barnett/
WITHERED HILL: https://www.canelo.co/books/withered-hill-david-barnett/
What a time to be stuck on a liquid diet.
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Revisiting WYTCHES as a Saturday comfort read. Was there ever volume 2?
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I see absolute nothing sinister in these robots marching on to stage and Elon Musk pocketing a trillion dollars to provide a million more of them. And everyone cheering like maniacs.
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I’m not quite sure why it’s taken me so long to get a copy of @thefence.bsky.social but oh my god. It’s full of words. Big, beautiful words. Thousands of ‘em. What a magazine.
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Scratch Moss sneak peek.
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“We want arrrr country back!”
November 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Here we are again.
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It’s Halloween. Kiki is snuggling up with Withered Hill and Scuttler’s Cove. Be more Halloween. Be more Kiki.

www.canelo.co/authors/davi...
October 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A pair of surprise charcoal originals came from son Charlie Barnett to cheer us up for Halloween - witch and mermaid.

You can see more of his work here, with links to his online shop at Sailors Jail gallery in Falmouth www.charliebarnettworks.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Great event with the always fabulous @joe-hill.bsky.social at Waterstones Leeds tonight.
October 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Oh, good morning, little orange bestseller flag for Scuttler’s Cove.
October 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Woodland walk. This late-18th Century folly is known as St David’s Ruin.
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I just fucking love comics, me.
October 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Robotic Martians form less than 0.0001% of this country’s population. I am sick of seeing TV ads like this.
October 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Hey! It’s Halloween week! Buy some spooky folk horror by me!

www.canelo.co/authors/davi...
October 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Somehow I deleted this when I posted earlier. Here’s my (shite) news again for anyone who hasn’t seen it elsewhere.
October 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Well, hello SCRATCH MOSS proofs...
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Google AI is full of shit but I’d be happy if it was right about this.
October 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Autumn woodland walk.
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Today would be a good day to buy one of my folk horror books. WITHERED HILL and SCUTTLER’S COVE out now, SCRATCH MOSS available to pre-order for a March release.
Link in comments.
October 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Picked up BOG PEOPLE at @bookcornerhx.bsky.social and can’t wait to dive in (at the same time as being slightly annoyed I’m not in it haha)
October 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Can writers play in #PortfolioDay? Dunno. Anyway, I've written BOOKS OF MAGIC for DC, EVE STRANGER and PUNKS NOT DEAD for IDW, SOUTHSIDE SERPENTS for Archie, and a pile of stuff for 2000AD including HERNE & SHUCK, LOWBORN HIGH and DEADTOWN. Give me some work. davidbarnett.wordpress.com/contact/
October 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
You could, if you wished, read my folk horror novels WITHERED HILL & SCUTTLER'S COVE this spooky season, and thus be prepared for the third, SCRATCH MOSS, published in March. All standalones but subtly linked. Paperback, ebook and audiobook formats from all good (and possibly some rubbish) vendors.
October 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
9) RITES AND RIOTS: FOLK CUSTOMS OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE by Bob Pegg (Blandford Press, 1981)
October 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Not sure I’ve ever been happier than that time I held a stepladder steady so Kenny “R2D2” Baker could point at an empty birdbox.
October 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM