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UnderbellyBooks
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Indie publisher that explores the dark underbelly of fiction. Currently closed to submissions.
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The whole collection was beautifully written and satisfying. Not relying singularly on linguistic ability, storytelling, emotions or creativity, but he pulled it together in a way not many people can.
@jayslaytonjoslin.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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The Skin We Feel Most Comfortable In highlights an author truly at the top of his game. It's a veritable banquet of horrors, all told in his own inimitable style, as he wields a pen like a scalpel, opening a vein with his words, rendering you speechless with his talent.
@beverleylee.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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THE SKIN is filled with fantastic frights, fables, and fascinations; Craig Wallwork's talent ensures that it applies to both sides of this collection, the dark and the light. That deftness is impressive- even more so with the amount of heart also contained within. @stinasdemons.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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“This is a fantastic collection. Craig has such an original voice. You never know where the stories are headed. Compelling work.
Can't recommend him enough.” @waynefenlon.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Free for a limited time! Craig Wallwork’s HUMAN TENDERLOIN!

“These stories don’t just leave you moving through the world differently, they leave you moving through your own head differently.”

Bestselling author, Stephen Graham Jones.

amzn.eu/d/hDUCBgL #BookSky #FreeBook
Zombie hand riding from a grave to help promote Human Tenderloin by Craig Wallwork.
September 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Here’s more endorsements for Craig’s stories (HUMAN TENDERLOIN)…
August 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Let’s pick up the slack here. THE SKIN WE FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IN is a great collection of stories. Currently it’s 4.78 on Goodreads. But it needs more 👀. Help us push this to others, please. Don’t let this book sink into obscurity.
U.K. amzn.eu/d/ibfaJoh
US: a.co/d/00cmHAt #booksky
Black and white book cover showing a girl in a pretty white dress missing her head. Where her head should be is the o in comfortable. The title of the book is The Skin We Feel Most Comfortable In. In pink lettering is the author’s name: Craig Wallwork. There’s a quote also in the cover from author Kealan Patrick Burke that says, One of the most impressive books I’ve read in years.
August 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Is #FridayReads a thing here? If so, get yourself some Wallwork. #BookSky
July 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Happy Friday, everyone. If you’re into horror and literary stories with magical realism elements, why not add Craig Wallwork’s THE SKIN WE FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IN to your To Read List.

U.K. amzn.eu/d/ibfaJoh
US: a.co/d/00cmHAt
Black and white book cover showing a girl in a pretty white dress missing her head. Where her head should be is the o in comfortable. The title of the book is The Skin We Feel Most Comfortable In. In pink lettering is the author’s name: Craig Wallwork. There’s a quote also in the cover from author Kealan Patrick Burke that says, One of the most impressive books I’ve read in years.
July 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Thanks, Gabino!

Craig Wallwork’s fourth collection of short stories THE SKIN WE FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IN is now out!

A blend of horror & traditional, all executed in that Wallwork way.

£1.99/$2.99 Kindle
£7.99/$10.99 paperback
£12.99/$17.99 hardback

U.K. amzn.eu/d/ibfaJoh
US: a.co/d/00cmHAt
Black and white book cover showing a girl in a pretty white dress missing her head. Where her head should be is the o in comfortable. The title of the book is The Skin We Feel Most Comfortable In. In pink lettering is the author’s name: Craig Wallwork. There’s a quote also in the cover from author Kealan Patrick Burke that says, One of the most impressive books I’ve read in years. "Every now and again comes a collection that marks the arrival of a spectacular voice in horror fiction. THE SKIN WE FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IN is such a collection. Like a nightmarish fusion of Poe, James Herbert, and Clive Barker, Craig Wallwork executes his stories with a ruthless, surgical precision, resulting in a veritable Grand Guignol of visceral delights that will truly get under your skin, and it'll do so with protracted glee. One of the most impressive books I've read in years." - Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of KIN and SOUR CANDY “The Skin We Feel Most Comfortable In showcases a writer at the very peak of their undeniable talent, who weaves story after story of inescapable and insidious horror. Wallwork has the uncanny ability to write stories that not only leave you horrified, moved and forever changed, but ultimately render you awed at his gift as a raconteur. This collection further cements Wallwork as one of the best short story writers of our times, a national treasure and a true master of the genre.” - Ross Jeffery, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Metamorphosis and The Devil’s Pocketbook “From the Gothic to the grotesque, this collection taps into the psyche with a hammer and chisel, leaving the reader raw from the flailing. There's heart here too though, heart and dark humour.” - Catherine McCarthy, author of Mosaic and Death of a Clown.
July 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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If you didn’t already know, @craigwallwork.bsky.social’s fourth short story collection THE SKIN WE FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IN is now available to buy! Grab a copy today. It’ll really get under your skin.

Happy pub day, Craig!
Black and white book cover showing a girl in a pretty white dress missing her head. Where her head should be is the o in comfortable. The title of the book is The Skin We Feel Most Comfortable In. In pink lettering is the author’s name: Craig Wallwork. There’s a quote also in the cover from author Kealan Patrick Burke that says, One of the most impressive books I’ve read in years.
June 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Due to an admin error (fat fingers), our recent post for a free digital ARC of The Skin We For Most Comfortable In has been pulled because it had the wrong email address.

If you are a reviewer still wanting an ebook for an honest review, please email: underbellypublishing@gmail.com

Apologies.
Black and white book cover showing a girl in a pretty white dress missing her head. Where her head should be is the o in comfortable. The title of the book is The Skin We Feel Most Comfortable In. In pink lettering is the author’s name: Craig Wallwork. There’s a quote also in the cover from author Kealan Patrick Burke that says, One of the most impressive books I’ve read in years.
June 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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“From a boy raised by a mother with the power to light up the sky, to stories of sea monsters, ghosts, Greek mythology, aliens, Elvis, suicide pandemics, and a girl born without a head, Wallwork holds your hand through each line on the page, guiding you out of the dark and back into the light.”
Black and white book cover showing a girl in a pretty white dress missing her head. Where her head should be is the o in comfortable. The title of the book is The Skin We Feel Most Comfortable In. In pink lettering is the author’s name: Craig Wallwork. There’s a quote also in the cover from author Kealan Patrick Burke that says, One of the most impressive books I’ve read in years.
June 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Happy Monday everyone. Time to get your preorders in for Craig Wallwork’s new collection of stories: THE SKIN WE FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IN. These stories will change you.

£1.99/$2.99 Kindle
£7.99/$10.99 paperback
£12.99/$17.99 hardback

Preorders:
U.K. amzn.eu/d/ibfaJoh
US: a.co/d/00cmHAt
#BookSky
Black and white book cover showing a girl in a pretty white dress missing her head. Where her head should be is the o in comfortable. The title of the book is The Skin We Feel Most Comfortable In. In pink lettering is the author’s name: Craig Wallwork. There’s a quote also in the cover from author Kealan Patrick Burke that says, One of the most impressive books I’ve read in years.
May 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Another author quote for The Skin We Feel Most Comfortable has come in from the gifted author Catherine McCarthy! Check it out!

Available now to reorder for only £1.99/$2.99. #BookSky #WritingCommunity
Photo of author Catherine McCarthy. Next to her is a quote for the book The Skin We Feel Most Comfortable In by Craig Wallwork. It reads: “From the Gothic to the grotesque, this collection taps into the psyche with a hammer and chisel, leaving the reader raw from the flailing. There's heart here too though, heart and dark humour.” - Catherine McCarthy, author of Mosaic and Death of a Clown.
May 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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In case you missed it… THE SKIN WE FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IN by Craig Wallwork will be released 06/27/25. It’s an incredible collection. Don’t believe us? Just read these author endorsements. #BookSky
May 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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We have another amazing author endorsement for Craig Wallwork’s new short story collection, THE SKIN WE FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IN. This time from @rossjefferyauthor.bsky.social! Release date: June 27th.
Photo of author Ross Jeffery. Best to him are the words: “The Skin We Feel Most Comfortable In showcases a writer at the very peak of their undeniable talent, who weaves story after story of inescapable and insidious horror. Wallwork has the uncanny ability to write stories that not only leave you horrified, moved and forever changed, but ultimately render you awed at his gift as a raconteur. This collection further cements Wallwork as one of the best short story writers of our times, a national treasure and a true master of the genre.” - Ross Jeffery, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Metamorphosis and The Devil’s Pocketbook.
May 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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We’ll be offering digital ARCs of Craig Wallwork’s THE SKIN WE FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IN very soon. If you’re a reviewer into horror and literary tales, some with elements of magical realism, let us know.

Here’s some previous praise for Craig Wallwork’s stories featured in Human Tenderloin.
Photo montage of authors Stephen Graham Jones, Paul Tremblay, Laurel Hightower, Tyler Jones, Beverley Lee, and Sarah Read, all praising the short story collection Human Tenderloin by Craig Wallwork.
April 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Here’s the first author quote for Craig Wallwork’s new short story collection THE SKIN WE FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IN. Amazing words from the outstanding @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social Release date June 27th 2025. #BookSky #HorrorCommunity
April 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Thanks to everyone who downloaded a copy of Human Tenderloin: Horror Stories by Craig Wallwork, which has been FREE this weekend.

Don’t worry if you missed out, you still have today to grab the Kindle version.

U.K. amzn.eu/d/3O0uKii

U.S. a.co/d/3BJGmzs

Here’s what the authors say:
A collection of six author photographs in black and white endorsing the book Human Tenderloin by Craig Wallwork. They are: Stephen Graham Jones. Paul Tremblay. Laurel Hightower. Tyler Jones. Sarah Read. And Beverly Lee.
April 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Happy Sunday everyone. Don’t forget that Human Tenderloin: A Collection of Horror Stories by Craig Wallwork is FREE this weekend only. Grab it now.

U.K. amzn.eu/d/3O0uKii

U.S. a.co/d/3BJGmzs

Author @beverleylee.bsky.social knows how it feels to have Craig crawl into her head. Do you?
Black and white photo of author Beverly Lee praising the short story horror collection by Craig Wallwork called Human Tenderloin. Beside the photo are the words: “Wallwork has the ability to crawl inside your head and deliver the horror of his tales in such a beautiful way. He chills with the art of a praying mantis, oh so calm before administering the killing bite.” - Beverley Lee, author of The House of Little Bones. The book is free this weekend on kindle.
April 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Happy Sunday everyone. Don’t forget that Human Tenderloin: A Collection of Horror Stories by Craig Wallwork is FREE this weekend only. Grab it now.

U.K. amzn.eu/d/3O0uKii

U.S. a.co/d/3BJGmzs

Need to change your emotional geography like Sarah Read? Download Human Tenderloin. #BookSky
Black and white photo of author Sarah Read talking about Craig Wallwork’s horror short story collection with is free this weekend. The text beside her says: "Craig Wallwork's Human Tenderloin will carve new paths in your heart. Straight through the meat, to dark pockets you didn't even know were there. It will change your emotional geography, and there's no changing back." -Sarah Read, Bram Stoker Award-Winning author of The Bone Weaver’s Orchard.
April 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Happy Sunday everyone. Don’t forget that Human Tenderloin: A Collection of Horror Stories by Craig Wallwork is FREE this weekend only. Grab it now.

U.K. amzn.eu/d/3O0uKii

U.S. a.co/d/3BJGmzs

It cut through Tyler Jones’ skin. Will it go the same to you? #BookSky
A black and white photo of author Tyler Jones promoting Craig Wallwork’s horror short story collection Human Tenderloin. Beside him are the words: "These stories will slice through the skin, slip into your bloodstream, and shape your nightmares. Craig Wallwork is your curator and guide through this wonderfully macabre gallery of sharp tales. Ranging from the tragic to the mythic, to the heartbreaking and horrific, this collection is sure to leave you unsettled." - Tyler Jones, author of Burn the Plans.
April 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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FREE THIS WEEKEND ONLY!

Human Tenderloin: A Collection of Horror Stories by Craig Wallwork

U.K. amzn.eu/d/3O0uKii

U.S. a.co/d/3BJGmzs

Care to settle down for a slice of tenderloin with Paul Tremblay?
Black and photo of Paul Tremblay bestselling author of Horror movie. There’s a quote beside him for the book Human Tenderloin which says; Human Tenderloin features a wide range of stories from old school in-your-face horror to quiet dread-fueled chamber pieces. Through it all Wallwork infuses a uniquely absurd, macabre sense of humor as well as a sense of the humane. Bon appetite. Human Tenderloin is currently free.
April 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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FREE THIS WEEKEND ONLY!

Human Tenderloin: A Collection of Horror Stories by Craig Wallwork

U.K. amzn.eu/d/3O0uKii

U.S. a.co/d/3BJGmzs

Will you follow that bony finger into Craig’s haunted mind, just like @laurelhightower.bsky.social did? #Booksky
April 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM