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Malcolm Devlin
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Bookmail! October sale pickups! From Influx Press! They arrived over a week ago but the cats liked sitting on the parcel and it is illegal to move them!
Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand, Engines Beneath Us by Malcolm Devlin, and Fizz the cat who is about 13 years old and has still not written a single book
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Groke AI
Boy cocking his head watching The Groke show up in the 90s Moomin cartoon.
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Fantastic news, this. Nina Allan wins the Prix Médicis étranger for The Good Neighbours.
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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As if by magic, this review (the Swift one, aka read this everyone) is now online. locusmag.com/review/when-...
October 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Feb 2026 brings a new standalone novel from the Queen of Speculative Fiction: Arthur C. Clarke award-nominated Aliya Whiteley!

Here's what @oliverklangmead.bsky.social @manuscriptgal.bsky.social @timjmajor.bsky.social & @catamaroon.bsky.social thought of it!

Preorder geni.us/misheardw
Preorder Now! February 2026 “Riveting, weird, unpredictable, and magnificent.” - Oliver K. Langmead “Whiteley never puts a foot wrong... another triumph to add to her list of many.” - Tim Major “Taut and surprising...A stunning achievement.” - Helen Marshall “Artfully woven and humming with the power and possibilities of the spoken word.” - E. J. Swift Against a black sandy background white and lilac text surrounding a 3D Hardback of THE MISHEARD WORLD by Aliya Whiteley.
October 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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15% off all Cloisterfox zines from now until Halloween! We've got stories by Robert Shearman, Ally Wilkes, Malcolm Devlin, and many more. Give one to a child instead of sweets and completely derail their psychological development.

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Sale graphic featuring a sassy skeleton
October 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Half price for Halloween. You Will Grow Into Them, Engines Beneath Us and a whole lot of other excellent Influx paperbacks including Joel Lane, Elizabeth Hand and more.
You Will Grow Into Them and Engines Beneath Us by Malcolm Devlin and a Lego haunted house. Oooooooooh.
October 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Half price for Halloween. You Will Grow Into Them, Engines Beneath Us and a whole lot of other excellent Influx paperbacks including Joel Lane, Elizabeth Hand and more.
You Will Grow Into Them and Engines Beneath Us by Malcolm Devlin and a Lego haunted house. Oooooooooh.
October 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Indie presses in ‘existential crisis’ call for trade support
More than 20 independent publishing houses – including Bluemoose Books, Tilted Axis Press and Influx Press – have written an open letter calling for the trade to “work together to ensure the longevity...
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October 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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When There Are Wolves Again is out in the UK today! I wrote something about the book, and keeping going, and some personal stuff I dithered over but, well, it's been A Year.

I'm so glad the book is out there and thank you so much to everyone who has supported it 🐺🤍

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Hardback edition of When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. Swift, with cover featuring a wolf and branch/leaf/flower design, photographed in the garden with the author's cat in the background being dramatic
October 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Like Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita? The Lady, The Tiger, and the Girl Who Loved Death weaves together magic, political spectacle, and the power of storytelling in a world where reality and illusion blur dangerously together. Out from @titanbooks.bsky.social now!

#DarkFantasy #CircusBooks
October 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Thanks to @argonautbooks.bsky.social for sending M home with this one last month; she inhaled it this evening in the pub with a soundtrack of 90s and 00s Britpop, which was apparently "A++ vibes" for this unsettling little read.
malcolmdevlin.bsky.social Malcolm Devlin @malcolmdevlin.bsky.social · Sep 24
Gottle of gears. Very happy that this one has had a new lease of life.
Engines Beneath Us by Malcolm Devlin (published by Influx Press). Folk horror! (Ish) But in a housing estate with a weird bit in a cellar.
September 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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This is absolutely wonderful news.
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Gottle of gears. Very happy that this one has had a new lease of life.
Engines Beneath Us by Malcolm Devlin (published by Influx Press). Folk horror! (Ish) But in a housing estate with a weird bit in a cellar.
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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💙📚🩸 You will start & finish this in a day. It's equally chilling and heartfelt, immediately grabs you, and has much to say on reality and perception. An incredibly relevant, compelling, and scary book ⬇️
malcolmdevlin.bsky.social Malcolm Devlin @malcolmdevlin.bsky.social · Sep 18
Just putting this here. Again.
And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin. Frustratingly still topical. I mean, really. Come on. Seriously though.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Just putting this here. Again.
And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin. Frustratingly still topical. I mean, really. Come on. Seriously though.
September 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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These are some of my favorite films and if you love them too, my novel is absolutely made for you! THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH has all the magic, drama, and political edge you crave🔥

Out from @titanbooks.bsky.social (and thanks to @cathtrechman.bsky.social for the fab edits!)
Featuring The Death of Stalin, The Prestige, La Strada and Moulin Rouge!
September 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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“At its core, THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH is a story about stories.” @mondyboy74.bsky.social reviews @manuscriptgal.bsky.social
The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death by Helen Marshall: Review by Ian Mond
The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death, Helen Marshall (Titan 978-1-80336-951-8, $18.99, 368pp, tp) June 2025. I’m a big fan of Helen Marshall’s fiction, both short and long, including he…
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August 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Life imitating art: Reading about Moscow’s surreal detachment from war while people live in carefully constructed unrealities reminds me why I wrote The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death—a story about power, illusion, and the lies we tell ourselves
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/w...
Croquet, Anyone? Making Moscow a Vast Fun Zone to Divert Minds From War.
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Come for the three glorious stories, stay for the exquisite tailoring on the trenchcoat.
tanaudel.bsky.social Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social · Aug 21
In which I write a story by stacking three stories and wrapping them in a trenchcoat.
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Aug 20
A woman returning to her family’s home town discovers why people in Connorville might be more than they seem.

"In Connorville" by @tanaudel.bsky.social is now available to read for free at Reactor!

Art by @armandoveve.bsky.social
Edited by @datlow.bsky.social

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August 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Free delivery, though, so that's nice.
Amazon listing for 'Unexpected Places to Fall From, Unexpected Places to Land' by Malcolm Devin. A snip at a mere $1783.96
August 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Nina Allan on Jonathan Buckley's excellent One Boat: www.ninaallan.co.uk?p=7111
Summer of Booker #2: One Boat by Jonathan Buckley – The Spider's House
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August 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Glorious book, this one.
tashanmehta.bsky.social Tashan Mehta @tashanmehta.bsky.social · Aug 5
It’sss pub day! MAD SISTERS OF ESI is now out in the US and Canada.

To celebrate, Alap and I took a series of truly ridiculous photos at Brooklyn Bridge Park. My baby* is now in New York!

(*Technically an ARC of my baby. The final is a beautiful, beautiful hardcover.)
August 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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At the launch of @manuscriptgal.bsky.social ‘s THE LADY, THE TIGER, AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH! Kris Knees introducing. @angelaslatter.bsky.social and Helen, at Avid Reader
Under vines in front of a twig fence, by night
July 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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mondyboy74.bsky.social
Rant ahoy. Not about the book. I loved the book.
Books Read: The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death by Helen Marshall
A rant that has next to nothing to do with the excellent novel that you should definitely read.
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July 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM