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Author: Jekyll & Hyde, Sherlock Holmes, Hope Island, Snakeskins. https://linktr.ee/timjmajor
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New Review - still need some horror then coming next week is this collection of folk horror I can recommend - Hiding Under The Leaves edited by @wishusdonna.bsky.social is out via @theslabpress.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
Hiding Under The Leaves edited by Donna Scott — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank The Slab Press for an advance copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - The Slab Press Published - 5/11 Price - £18.99 paperback £5....
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November 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for #SFF, #horror and #mystery writers! This one features fabulism, tarot, terrifying humans and cheerful apocalypses.

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Open submission calls for writers: October 2025
Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. Strange PilgrimsT…
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October 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Happy book birthday to JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT by @timjmajor.bsky.social! In festive instalment of the series, the Jekyll & Hyde detective agency must solve a locked-room mystery. ❄️

Out now! https://tinyurl.com/2jdvnut9
October 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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OUT TODAY!

JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT is a country house murder mystery at an artists’ retreat with comedians, actors, magicians, inventors. Plus detectives Muriel Carew & Henry Jekyll… and uninvited guest Edward Hyde.

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October 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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If you haven't got your hands on a copy of WRITING THE MAGIC already, you can read an excerpt from RJ Barker's essay at The Fantasy Hive today: You Do Not Need to Know How to Write a Book (Or How to Embrace Ignorance and Run with It).

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September 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Available on NetGalley now!
titanbooks.bsky.social Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · Sep 10
JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT by @timjmajor.bsky.social

The Jekyll & Hyde detective agency must solve a locked-room mystery in this tribute to classic Golden Age crime novels which is perfect for fans of Stuart Turton and Lucy Foley.

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September 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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I'm so happy to have a story in the upcoming tenth volume in this amazing series!
blackshuckbooks.bsky.social Black Shuck Books @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social · Sep 7
SOMETHING PECULIAR is coming...

Day four... please welcome @timjmajor.bsky.social's tale "Urchin Barren".

SOMETHING PECULIAR will be released in October, and is available to pre-order now from the Black Shuck Books website.
September 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The Jekyll & Hyde detective agency must solve a locked-room mystery in JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT by @timjmajor.bsky.social! This festive instalment of the series is a tribute to classic Golden Age crime novels, and hits shelves on October 21st! ❄️
September 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for #SFF, #horror and #mystery writers! Featuring criminal cats, atomic science, festive horror and B-movie pulp.

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Open submission calls for writers: September 2025
Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. QuestIn the words…
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September 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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The paperback of Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives is out in the US! Order your copy today from Barnes & Noble: bit.ly/423NzsG
Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives|Paperback
Dr Jekyll and his monstrous alter-ego join forces with his ex-fiancée to solve a series of disappearances across Victorian London in this thrilling mystery, perfect for readers of Stuart Turton...
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September 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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I've had the honour of being interviewed by the Womble, talking about the inspiration behind The Executioner's Blade, what's coming next for that series, & some other cool books I've been reading lately.
August 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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My British Fantasy Award nominated collection* is available at UK Amazon for £2.90. I’m sure you’ve got a copy, but here’s a perfect chance to buy a cheap present for the archaeological horror fan in your life www.amazon.co.uk/Dirt-Upon-My...

*this still hasn’t sunk in.
Dirt Upon My Skin: 37 (Black Shuck Shadows): Amazon.co.uk: Toase, Steve: 9781917173995: Books
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August 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for #SFF, #horror and #mystery writers! Featuring solar SF, nature-fueled magic, the SETI Institute and cliffhanging pulp fiction.

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Open submission calls for writers: August 2025
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August 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for #SFF & #horror writers! Featuring folklore, memory manipulation, romantic fantasy, neurodiversity, cemetery cats and DNA data storage.

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Open submission calls for writers: July 2025
Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. MmeoryI love this…
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July 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Not sure how I missed this until now, but last week my collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY featured in the Financial Times as one of the ‘best SF summer books of 2025’, with this wonderful write-up!
July 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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How is it possible that we’ve reached the halfway point of the year? But as that’s the case, here are my favourite albums released in 2025 so far.

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Favourite albums of the first half of 2025
How is it possible that we’ve reached the halfway point of the year? But as that’s the case, here are my favourite albums released in 2025 so far. Indie / Rock / Post-rock A new Richard Dawson albu…
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June 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Delighted that I'll have a story in folk horror anthology 'Hiding Under the Leaves', edited by the excellent @wishusdonna.bsky.social. My story's called 'Rumours Overheard in the School Playground Relating to Miss Angeline Holst', and the book will be released at World FantasyCon in October.
June 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for #SFF & #horror writers! Featuring Dracula and Doctor Who, thrutopias and soilpunk… inc four exciting writing contests.

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Open submission calls for writers: June 2025
Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. Dracula Beyond St…
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June 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for #SFF & #horror writers! Featuring monsters of folklore, powerful artefacts, haunted Saturday morning TV and grimdark SF.

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Open submission calls for writers: May 2025
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May 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Delighted to find my collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY reviewed in the Financial Times today!

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April 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY has been reviewed on Runalong the Shelves, and it's really positive!

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Great Robots of History by Tim Major — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank the author and Black Shuck Books for an advance copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Black Shuck Books Published – out Now Price ...
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April 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for #SFF, #mystery & #horror writers! Featuring last girls, weird westerns, sudden transformations and monstrous angels.

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Open submission calls for writers: April 2025
Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. The Morning After…
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March 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY is published today!

Sixteen weird tales of robots and robot-like figures from history and myth, including ‘The Brazen Head of Westinghouse’, which won the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction 2024.

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March 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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This month’s email newsletter will be going out a few hours from now, featuring publication news and 11 open submission calls for #SFF/#horror/#mystery short stories!

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March 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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My weird-fiction collection Great Robots of History is out tomorrow! This final author testimonial is from the incomparable @timothyjjarvis.bsky.social, whose own collection Treatises on Dust is staggeringly good.

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March 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM