Frank Duffy
@frankduffy13.bsky.social
Published horror author and sometimes amateur filmmaker.
Author of The Resurrection Children.
Loves fiction by Ramsey Campbell, Joel Lane, and Shirley Jackson.
Loves films by Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson.
Massive fan of Joy Division and Actors.
Author of The Resurrection Children.
Loves fiction by Ramsey Campbell, Joel Lane, and Shirley Jackson.
Loves films by Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson.
Massive fan of Joy Division and Actors.
I bought this earlier in the year, and I'd been saving it for this season in particular. An absolute belter of a book. It reminded me in many ways of It and The Stand because of the sheer size and scope of the story. No wonder it comes with a list of characters. Mesmerizing fiction from both Kings.
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I bought this earlier in the year, and I'd been saving it for this season in particular. An absolute belter of a book. It reminded me in many ways of It and The Stand because of the sheer size and scope of the story. No wonder it comes with a list of characters. Mesmerizing fiction from both Kings.
Nestled within it, among wayward roots, and stiffened by a thin layer of ice, a body of impossible size lay in repose.
A Ceremony In A Place Best Forgotten
A Ceremony In A Place Best Forgotten
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Nestled within it, among wayward roots, and stiffened by a thin layer of ice, a body of impossible size lay in repose.
A Ceremony In A Place Best Forgotten
A Ceremony In A Place Best Forgotten
Another favourite English-language horror film is Christopher Smith's Triangle (2009), starring Melissa George. For people who have already seen it, they should resist giving any description of the plot. Going into this one cold rewards the viewer tenfold. At least it did with me.
September 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Another favourite English-language horror film is Christopher Smith's Triangle (2009), starring Melissa George. For people who have already seen it, they should resist giving any description of the plot. Going into this one cold rewards the viewer tenfold. At least it did with me.
For one day only! Demain Publishing are offering free ebook copies of my fifth collection, Distant Frequencies. So, if you've ever been curious about my fiction, now is the perfect time to grab yourself a copy.
www.amazon.co.uk/Distant-Freq...
www.amazon.co.uk/Distant-Freq...
September 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
For one day only! Demain Publishing are offering free ebook copies of my fifth collection, Distant Frequencies. So, if you've ever been curious about my fiction, now is the perfect time to grab yourself a copy.
www.amazon.co.uk/Distant-Freq...
www.amazon.co.uk/Distant-Freq...
I'm currently looking for more reviewers for my upcoming collection, We Take Them When You're Not Looking, due out from Uncomfortably Dark Horror in March 2026. If anyone is interested, DM me, and I'll send a PDF copy. Many thanks.
A bit more info about me in the comments section:
A bit more info about me in the comments section:
September 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I'm currently looking for more reviewers for my upcoming collection, We Take Them When You're Not Looking, due out from Uncomfortably Dark Horror in March 2026. If anyone is interested, DM me, and I'll send a PDF copy. Many thanks.
A bit more info about me in the comments section:
A bit more info about me in the comments section:
Demain Publishing will be launching a 'Free eBook Day' for my collection, Distant Frequencies.
You can get the book on the following date:
Distant Frequencies – 7th September 2025.
You can get the book on the following date:
Distant Frequencies – 7th September 2025.
September 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Demain Publishing will be launching a 'Free eBook Day' for my collection, Distant Frequencies.
You can get the book on the following date:
Distant Frequencies – 7th September 2025.
You can get the book on the following date:
Distant Frequencies – 7th September 2025.
In October, Uncomfortably Dark Horror and I'll be kicking off the promotional build-up to my sixth collection, We Take Them When You're Not Looking.
I've a request for any reviewers interested in an advance PDF copy. If anyone would like one, just DM me, and I'll send one out. Many thanks.
I've a request for any reviewers interested in an advance PDF copy. If anyone would like one, just DM me, and I'll send one out. Many thanks.
August 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
In October, Uncomfortably Dark Horror and I'll be kicking off the promotional build-up to my sixth collection, We Take Them When You're Not Looking.
I've a request for any reviewers interested in an advance PDF copy. If anyone would like one, just DM me, and I'll send one out. Many thanks.
I've a request for any reviewers interested in an advance PDF copy. If anyone would like one, just DM me, and I'll send one out. Many thanks.
Lauren Beukes has to be one of the most imaginative genre writers of her generation. Her novel The Shining Girls, like Zoo City and Broken Monsters, is so finely calibrated on every level, it's like peering into the back of a Swiss luxury watch and admiring how it all comes together.
August 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Lauren Beukes has to be one of the most imaginative genre writers of her generation. Her novel The Shining Girls, like Zoo City and Broken Monsters, is so finely calibrated on every level, it's like peering into the back of a Swiss luxury watch and admiring how it all comes together.
Locked, a remake of the Argentinian film 4 x 4. It looks great, the camera work is fantastic, and the script is tight as a snare drum. Despite a limited amount of space to move around, the story excels because of Bill Skarsgård's stellar performance, and Anthony Hopkins is a pure joy.
August 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Locked, a remake of the Argentinian film 4 x 4. It looks great, the camera work is fantastic, and the script is tight as a snare drum. Despite a limited amount of space to move around, the story excels because of Bill Skarsgård's stellar performance, and Anthony Hopkins is a pure joy.
This morning it's an Isaac Hayes and Richard Roundtree kind of day.
August 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
This morning it's an Isaac Hayes and Richard Roundtree kind of day.
My band are making their tri-monthly pilgrimage to Warsaw next weekend. I've alerted the city to their impending arrival – imagine the stargate scene in 2001, and then multiply that tenfold.
Our mission: to undo the space-time continuum and to defy all earthly expectations.
Our mission: to undo the space-time continuum and to defy all earthly expectations.
August 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
My band are making their tri-monthly pilgrimage to Warsaw next weekend. I've alerted the city to their impending arrival – imagine the stargate scene in 2001, and then multiply that tenfold.
Our mission: to undo the space-time continuum and to defy all earthly expectations.
Our mission: to undo the space-time continuum and to defy all earthly expectations.
The Resurrection Children.
Set in Liverpool during the coldest winter on record, a young teacher searches for his missing sister. Pitted against a supernatural entity and a serial killer, the question is how far will he go to uncover the truth?
Set in Liverpool during the coldest winter on record, a young teacher searches for his missing sister. Pitted against a supernatural entity and a serial killer, the question is how far will he go to uncover the truth?
July 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The Resurrection Children.
Set in Liverpool during the coldest winter on record, a young teacher searches for his missing sister. Pitted against a supernatural entity and a serial killer, the question is how far will he go to uncover the truth?
Set in Liverpool during the coldest winter on record, a young teacher searches for his missing sister. Pitted against a supernatural entity and a serial killer, the question is how far will he go to uncover the truth?
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.
July 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.
The face hovered above the pavement with a disorienting horizontal flatness. There was a gradual right-hand rotation of the neck, a clockwork key was turning and lengthening the trapezius muscles. How could they maintain the position without toppling forward?
They Cannot Know Until It Is Too Late
They Cannot Know Until It Is Too Late
July 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The face hovered above the pavement with a disorienting horizontal flatness. There was a gradual right-hand rotation of the neck, a clockwork key was turning and lengthening the trapezius muscles. How could they maintain the position without toppling forward?
They Cannot Know Until It Is Too Late
They Cannot Know Until It Is Too Late
Simon Kurt Unsworth's latest book has arrived. A Gathering of the Morose, published by Black Shuck Books, is part of the micro-collection series Black Shuck Shadows.
July 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Simon Kurt Unsworth's latest book has arrived. A Gathering of the Morose, published by Black Shuck Books, is part of the micro-collection series Black Shuck Shadows.
I stood there, refusing to incriminate myself in whatever lurked behind her words, waiting for her to continue. She turned to somebody I could barely see, a figure in the smoke behind her—someone unanchored, somebody whose mouth opened and closed in soundless agreement.
The No Longer Lost
The No Longer Lost
July 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I stood there, refusing to incriminate myself in whatever lurked behind her words, waiting for her to continue. She turned to somebody I could barely see, a figure in the smoke behind her—someone unanchored, somebody whose mouth opened and closed in soundless agreement.
The No Longer Lost
The No Longer Lost
This is an excerpt/sentence from a novel I have yet to submit.
Like your teenage nephew, whose anxiety has resurfaced to alarming levels, emanating out of him like a warning to stay away, here lies human radioactivity.
Interior Lives
Like your teenage nephew, whose anxiety has resurfaced to alarming levels, emanating out of him like a warning to stay away, here lies human radioactivity.
Interior Lives
July 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is an excerpt/sentence from a novel I have yet to submit.
Like your teenage nephew, whose anxiety has resurfaced to alarming levels, emanating out of him like a warning to stay away, here lies human radioactivity.
Interior Lives
Like your teenage nephew, whose anxiety has resurfaced to alarming levels, emanating out of him like a warning to stay away, here lies human radioactivity.
Interior Lives
The river was perfect at distracting me from my late-night wanderings, a cliché that I enjoyed and one which I played with consummate ease.
Mountains of Smoke
Mountains of Smoke
July 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The river was perfect at distracting me from my late-night wanderings, a cliché that I enjoyed and one which I played with consummate ease.
Mountains of Smoke
Mountains of Smoke
His eyes searched the misted surface beyond, where lifebuoys tipped back and forth like a dozen disembodied heads in unison to the metrical lapping of the waves against their round metal bodies.
The Resurrection Children (Demain Publishing).
The Resurrection Children (Demain Publishing).
July 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
His eyes searched the misted surface beyond, where lifebuoys tipped back and forth like a dozen disembodied heads in unison to the metrical lapping of the waves against their round metal bodies.
The Resurrection Children (Demain Publishing).
The Resurrection Children (Demain Publishing).
Paul Tremblay's best novel yet.
July 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Paul Tremblay's best novel yet.
Reread:
It's been a decade since one of my favourite biographies was published, Jolly Lad by John Doran.
Available from Strange Attractor Press and Amazon.
It's been a decade since one of my favourite biographies was published, Jolly Lad by John Doran.
Available from Strange Attractor Press and Amazon.
July 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Reread:
It's been a decade since one of my favourite biographies was published, Jolly Lad by John Doran.
Available from Strange Attractor Press and Amazon.
It's been a decade since one of my favourite biographies was published, Jolly Lad by John Doran.
Available from Strange Attractor Press and Amazon.
A wailing banshee of outrage, vulnerability wielded like a sledgehammer.
Interior Lives: Four Walls
Interior Lives: Four Walls
June 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A wailing banshee of outrage, vulnerability wielded like a sledgehammer.
Interior Lives: Four Walls
Interior Lives: Four Walls
I revamped an old trailer and outtake from my short film Response Time to accompany a story from my upcoming sixth collection, We Take Them When You're Not Looking, due out in March 2026 from Uncomfortably Dark Horror.
June 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I revamped an old trailer and outtake from my short film Response Time to accompany a story from my upcoming sixth collection, We Take Them When You're Not Looking, due out in March 2026 from Uncomfortably Dark Horror.