Forest Publications
@forestpublications.bsky.social
A non-profit independent literary and arts publisher based in Scotland.
https://www.forestpublications.co.uk
https://www.forestpublications.co.uk
Forest Publications is going to be at Edinburgh Zine Fair with some amazing zines that we've published over the past few years! Come check them out, whether to purchase or to say hello! More info on all vendors at edinburghzinefair.com or @typewronger.bsky.social!
#ezf #edinburghzinefair #ezf2025
#ezf #edinburghzinefair #ezf2025
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Forest Publications is going to be at Edinburgh Zine Fair with some amazing zines that we've published over the past few years! Come check them out, whether to purchase or to say hello! More info on all vendors at edinburghzinefair.com or @typewronger.bsky.social!
#ezf #edinburghzinefair #ezf2025
#ezf #edinburghzinefair #ezf2025
Reminder! Register for free to come hear some spooky readings next week at the Waverley! Or if you want to participate, sign up for the open mic on the day of! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spooky-rea...
#ShadowsOnTheStage #openmic #livereading #prose #poetry #horror #genre #fantasy #scifi #spooky
#ShadowsOnTheStage #openmic #livereading #prose #poetry #horror #genre #fantasy #scifi #spooky
September 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Reminder! Register for free to come hear some spooky readings next week at the Waverley! Or if you want to participate, sign up for the open mic on the day of! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spooky-rea...
#ShadowsOnTheStage #openmic #livereading #prose #poetry #horror #genre #fantasy #scifi #spooky
#ShadowsOnTheStage #openmic #livereading #prose #poetry #horror #genre #fantasy #scifi #spooky
Didn't get a chance to hear some of the stories from #ShadowsOnTheStage? We're having one more event on October 2 at the Waverley in Edinburgh! It's also an open mic - details on Eventbrite - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spooky-rea... hope to see you there!
September 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Didn't get a chance to hear some of the stories from #ShadowsOnTheStage? We're having one more event on October 2 at the Waverley in Edinburgh! It's also an open mic - details on Eventbrite - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spooky-rea... hope to see you there!
#ShadowsOnTheStage is available to purchase at local Edinburgh bookstores. Now available at Toppings on Leith Walk!
#toppingsedinburgh #anthology #genrefiction #prose #poetry
#toppingsedinburgh #anthology #genrefiction #prose #poetry
July 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
#ShadowsOnTheStage is available to purchase at local Edinburgh bookstores. Now available at Toppings on Leith Walk!
#toppingsedinburgh #anthology #genrefiction #prose #poetry
#toppingsedinburgh #anthology #genrefiction #prose #poetry
This past Wednesday, we launched our collection #ShadowsOnTheStage at the Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh. Thank you to everyone who joined us, but most of all our talented writers who made this collection possible! We're honoured to publish you!
#anthology #shortstory #poetry #genre #prose #performance
#anthology #shortstory #poetry #genre #prose #performance
July 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This past Wednesday, we launched our collection #ShadowsOnTheStage at the Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh. Thank you to everyone who joined us, but most of all our talented writers who made this collection possible! We're honoured to publish you!
#anthology #shortstory #poetry #genre #prose #performance
#anthology #shortstory #poetry #genre #prose #performance
Emily Arnold-Fernandez @emilyaf47.bsky.social (she/they) is a poet from California who resides in Scotland. Inspiration for 'After the Rescue' comes from a childhood love of the song 'Puff the Magic Dragon' to fairytales to the performances of femininity demanded of women. Read in #ShadowsOnTheStage
June 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Emily Arnold-Fernandez @emilyaf47.bsky.social (she/they) is a poet from California who resides in Scotland. Inspiration for 'After the Rescue' comes from a childhood love of the song 'Puff the Magic Dragon' to fairytales to the performances of femininity demanded of women. Read in #ShadowsOnTheStage
Claudia Wysocky (she/her) is a Polish writer and poet based in New York. 'Unfinished Exit' came to her when she was sitting at her desk in Poland while it rained. 'And just like that, it clicked, and I began writing,' she says. Read her work in #ShadowsOnTheStage and join us for our launch July 2!
June 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Claudia Wysocky (she/her) is a Polish writer and poet based in New York. 'Unfinished Exit' came to her when she was sitting at her desk in Poland while it rained. 'And just like that, it clicked, and I began writing,' she says. Read her work in #ShadowsOnTheStage and join us for our launch July 2!
Gabriel Munro (any pronouns) is a Canadian writer and composer. On ‘Tomorrows Problem’ they said, 'This was inspired by a chapter in my life…I was new to the big city and its queer scene. Elements of this story were plucked from one date.’ Find Gabriel at gabrielmunromusic.weebly.com/stories.html
June 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Gabriel Munro (any pronouns) is a Canadian writer and composer. On ‘Tomorrows Problem’ they said, 'This was inspired by a chapter in my life…I was new to the big city and its queer scene. Elements of this story were plucked from one date.’ Find Gabriel at gabrielmunromusic.weebly.com/stories.html
Douglas Thompson (he/him) is an internationally published writer and poet. The inspiration for Fabian Dysart came to him in a dream, including the title, and he wrote it down when he woke up. Douglas is online at douglasthompson.wordpress.com or @glasgowsurrealist.bsky.social #ShadowsOnTheStage
June 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Douglas Thompson (he/him) is an internationally published writer and poet. The inspiration for Fabian Dysart came to him in a dream, including the title, and he wrote it down when he woke up. Douglas is online at douglasthompson.wordpress.com or @glasgowsurrealist.bsky.social #ShadowsOnTheStage
Barlow Crassmont (he/him) is a writer who has lived in mutiple countries. His inspiration for 'Contemporary Companion' comes from people's over-dependency on their smart phones. You can find him on FB at www.facebook.com/profile.php?.... Read his work in #ShadowsOnTheStage out this month! #anthology
June 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Barlow Crassmont (he/him) is a writer who has lived in mutiple countries. His inspiration for 'Contemporary Companion' comes from people's over-dependency on their smart phones. You can find him on FB at www.facebook.com/profile.php?.... Read his work in #ShadowsOnTheStage out this month! #anthology
We're pleased to announce our launch date on July 2 at the Voodoo Rooms! Head over to book your ticket at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#booklaunch #anthology #performance #prose #poetry #shortfiction #shadowsonthestage #genre
#booklaunch #anthology #performance #prose #poetry #shortfiction #shadowsonthestage #genre
June 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We're pleased to announce our launch date on July 2 at the Voodoo Rooms! Head over to book your ticket at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#booklaunch #anthology #performance #prose #poetry #shortfiction #shadowsonthestage #genre
#booklaunch #anthology #performance #prose #poetry #shortfiction #shadowsonthestage #genre
We're so pleased to present the cover art for Shadows on the Stage, an upcoming #anthology featuring #genre #prose & #poetry centred around the theme of #performance. Designed by Salvor Solnes, the anthology will be out very soon! Launch details to be announced shortly!
June 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We're so pleased to present the cover art for Shadows on the Stage, an upcoming #anthology featuring #genre #prose & #poetry centred around the theme of #performance. Designed by Salvor Solnes, the anthology will be out very soon! Launch details to be announced shortly!
R.M. McRitchie (she/her) is a Scottish speculative fiction writer. Her inspiration for 'The Audient Void' came from Antonin Artaud. 'I felt some of Artaud's writings about his theatre of cruelty sounded spookily close to cosmic horror.' #ShadowsOnTheStage #ShortStory #Genre #CosmicHorror #Anthology
June 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
R.M. McRitchie (she/her) is a Scottish speculative fiction writer. Her inspiration for 'The Audient Void' came from Antonin Artaud. 'I felt some of Artaud's writings about his theatre of cruelty sounded spookily close to cosmic horror.' #ShadowsOnTheStage #ShortStory #Genre #CosmicHorror #Anthology
Milly Sweeney (she/her) is a poet, playwright, and performer based in Glasgow. She wrote her poem while being involved in an all-female production of Macbeth. She says 'I was inspired by the treatment of female political leaders in Scotland, especially in comparison to their male counterparts.'
June 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Milly Sweeney (she/her) is a poet, playwright, and performer based in Glasgow. She wrote her poem while being involved in an all-female production of Macbeth. She says 'I was inspired by the treatment of female political leaders in Scotland, especially in comparison to their male counterparts.'
Sofia Reyes Valencia (she/her) is a queer Mexican-American writer. Her inspiration for 'Witching Hour Radio' comes from the classic Mexican radio show, La Mano Peluda. Sofia is currently raising money for her niece's cancer treatment. If you would like to learn more, please visit gofund.me/86fed91e
June 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Sofia Reyes Valencia (she/her) is a queer Mexican-American writer. Her inspiration for 'Witching Hour Radio' comes from the classic Mexican radio show, La Mano Peluda. Sofia is currently raising money for her niece's cancer treatment. If you would like to learn more, please visit gofund.me/86fed91e
C. H. Lei (he/him) @hpl0veshack.bsky.social is a writer originally from San Francisco who now lives in a forest on an island. On his inspiration for 'White Picket Smiles' he says: 'Sometimes you reconnect with friends you haven't seen in a awhile, and they're very different from what you remember.'
June 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
C. H. Lei (he/him) @hpl0veshack.bsky.social is a writer originally from San Francisco who now lives in a forest on an island. On his inspiration for 'White Picket Smiles' he says: 'Sometimes you reconnect with friends you haven't seen in a awhile, and they're very different from what you remember.'
Fiona Black (she/her) is poet and playwright living in the highlands of Scotland. Her inspiration for 'A Volunteer Calls' came from a home for young unmarried mothers in Glasgow. Read her work in #ShadowsOnTheStage, soon to be released this summer! #shortstory #anthology #genre #fiction #performance
June 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Fiona Black (she/her) is poet and playwright living in the highlands of Scotland. Her inspiration for 'A Volunteer Calls' came from a home for young unmarried mothers in Glasgow. Read her work in #ShadowsOnTheStage, soon to be released this summer! #shortstory #anthology #genre #fiction #performance
Vampires enter the fray in Love Bite by Lis Maestrelo (she/her) in #ShadowsOnTheStage! Her story comes from growing up in Brazil in the '90s. 'AIDS was a heavily stigmatized topic. HIV-positive people were painted as the devil. One day, watching Blade, my story about stigmatized vampires was born.'
June 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Vampires enter the fray in Love Bite by Lis Maestrelo (she/her) in #ShadowsOnTheStage! Her story comes from growing up in Brazil in the '90s. 'AIDS was a heavily stigmatized topic. HIV-positive people were painted as the devil. One day, watching Blade, my story about stigmatized vampires was born.'
Olivia Thomakos (She/Her) is a teacher and writer from Ohio. On her poem Sonata Form, she says 'I love the idea of the body being holy. There is a saying that the body is a temple. I like the idea of the body being a space for life, music, joy, creation.' Read her work in #ShadowsOnTheStage #Poetry
May 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Olivia Thomakos (She/Her) is a teacher and writer from Ohio. On her poem Sonata Form, she says 'I love the idea of the body being holy. There is a saying that the body is a temple. I like the idea of the body being a space for life, music, joy, creation.' Read her work in #ShadowsOnTheStage #Poetry
Marco Etheridge (He/Him) is a writer based in Vienna. His inspiration for 'Splinters' (which you can read in #ShadowsOnTheStage) came while imagining an image of Pinocchio onstage doing a one-man show in a tawdry theatre. He's online at marcoetheridgefiction.com and facebook.com/SerialZtheNovel
May 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Marco Etheridge (He/Him) is a writer based in Vienna. His inspiration for 'Splinters' (which you can read in #ShadowsOnTheStage) came while imagining an image of Pinocchio onstage doing a one-man show in a tawdry theatre. He's online at marcoetheridgefiction.com and facebook.com/SerialZtheNovel
@journalingirl.bsky.social Lily M. Frenette (She/They) is a writer & artist originally from Minnesota. She lives in Edinburgh and is the founder of Alba Writing Club. The inspiration for their story 'An Amputation' came to them from a dream. Read it in #ShadowsOnTheStage #anthology #shortstory
May 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
@journalingirl.bsky.social Lily M. Frenette (She/They) is a writer & artist originally from Minnesota. She lives in Edinburgh and is the founder of Alba Writing Club. The inspiration for their story 'An Amputation' came to them from a dream. Read it in #ShadowsOnTheStage #anthology #shortstory
Megan Nicholls (she/her) is a writer in the North East of England. Her inspiration for 'The Fairies of the Forest' came from a prompt to write a story from the perspective of a non-human life form. Megan said, 'It gave me a chance to try something new while giving it my own spin.' #ShadowsOnTheStage
May 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Megan Nicholls (she/her) is a writer in the North East of England. Her inspiration for 'The Fairies of the Forest' came from a prompt to write a story from the perspective of a non-human life form. Megan said, 'It gave me a chance to try something new while giving it my own spin.' #ShadowsOnTheStage
Bob Beagrie's poem 'On the Road' will be featured in #ShadowsOnTheStage! Bob (he/him) is a published poet living in Middlesbrough. His inspiration for this piece came from the Hand of Glory relic in the Whitby Museum's collection. You can find Bob at bobbeagrie.co.uk or facebook.com/bbbeagrie
May 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bob Beagrie's poem 'On the Road' will be featured in #ShadowsOnTheStage! Bob (he/him) is a published poet living in Middlesbrough. His inspiration for this piece came from the Hand of Glory relic in the Whitby Museum's collection. You can find Bob at bobbeagrie.co.uk or facebook.com/bbbeagrie
Eleanor McMahon (she/her) is a queer Scottish writer and actor based in Edinburgh. Her inspiration for 'Mina' came from watching a documentary about fungi and how she found it equally fascinating and terrifying. Read her in #ShadowsontheStage, out this summer! #shortstory #anthology #eleanormcmahon
May 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Eleanor McMahon (she/her) is a queer Scottish writer and actor based in Edinburgh. Her inspiration for 'Mina' came from watching a documentary about fungi and how she found it equally fascinating and terrifying. Read her in #ShadowsontheStage, out this summer! #shortstory #anthology #eleanormcmahon
Jo Marjoribanks (she/her) is a Scottish writer working in publishing. Says Jo, 'I have two chronic illnesses and long-term mental health issues. This story explores how it feels to live with the isolation of those things and the desire for escape.' #shortstory #shadowsonthestage #anthology
May 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Jo Marjoribanks (she/her) is a Scottish writer working in publishing. Says Jo, 'I have two chronic illnesses and long-term mental health issues. This story explores how it feels to live with the isolation of those things and the desire for escape.' #shortstory #shadowsonthestage #anthology