Stephen Howard

Pre-orders are LIVE. You know what to do 👇 tinyurl.com/3vzuufwn

I won’t be giving up the day job to pursue a career in graphic design… but hey, it’s a neat enough encapsulation of An Invincible Summer (out through @infestedpublishing.bsky.social). If these match your ‘vibes’, then give it a go. Available wherever you buy your books, so go get it! #scifibooks

A story of mine has been produced by the @creepypod.bsky.social - The House of the Witch. Never gets old hearing someone perform and interpret my words. Go check it out. shows.acast.com/creepy/episo...

Art created by a human, flaws and all. I guarantee you at least one person has liked it so far. #scifi #scifibooks #indiebooks

Well, tomorrow's @thisishorror.bsky.social news is all set but, #ICYMI, here are last week's new/forthcoming scares: www.thisishorror.co.uk/news-round-u... An Invincible Summer by @stejhoward.bsky.social - out now @infestedpublishing.bsky.social ... 1/?

Remember recently when I mentioned about how fantastic my sales figures are? I'm still, very frustratingly, stuck on 98 ratings on Goodreads! I'd love to reach 100. I mean, I'd love to reach 100 million, but let's be realistic! www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Got the launch event for An Invincible Summer tonight and I’m currently in Stage 2 of Launch Prep: Trying to remember what I meant when I wrote it.

A story of mine has been produced by the @creepypod.bsky.social - The House of the Witch. Never gets old hearing someone perform and interpret my words. Go check it out. shows.acast.com/creepy/episo...

We’re nearing the next issue of Boundary Shock Quarterly, but you can always get the Galactic Gastronomy from a number of sources. My story A Dish Best Served garnishes this collection with revenge well planned. www.klforslund.com/post/galacti...

80 reviews on Amazon today! and while I can't say for sure anymore, I think 100 unlocks something in the algo and people's minds... who knows? But if you've read it and haven't thought to review there, go fuck around and find out on my behalf, won't you? a.co/d/0jepSjkZ Thanks @gabino.bsky.social 🖤

Thanks Gabino, Welcome to Cemetery is a police procedural with dark disappearances & murders for a crime thriller/horror feel A young det. determined to earn her spot and her older partner that’s jaded by time on the force Character led and fast paced books2read.com/u/b5Kn0l

A blood-spattered journey of survival! Ry and Erin are struggling with life when something starts creeping towards their trailer, knocking, whistling, mocking…

Lock your doors. Trust the dog. Don’t answer the voices. mybook.to/WildcatThicket

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books & boost all signals. Repost this & let us know what to repost for you. Flying back to Austin tomorrow, so I’m a bunch of feelings in a blender and just want folks to read about home, my friends, magic, storms…and it’s only $13! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

It’s RELEASE DAY for my sci-fi novel, An Invincible Summer, out through @InfestedPub It’s 1984 on Mars with a splash of Haruki Murakami-esque surrealism. A slice of cerebral science fiction. Go check it out 👇 tinyurl.com/2s43jwwj

Headlights by CJ Leede might be my favourite read of the year so far. A brilliant supernatural horror thriller that I think fans of John Connolly’s Charlie Parker series will love, it also has one of my favourite secondary characters maybe ever. Highly recommended.

Watching Marble Hornets for the first time and I’m actually maybe glad I didn’t see this when it came out because it would have blown my tiny little mind. 🤯

Currently starting AN INVINCIBLE SUMMER, a sci-fi by @stejhoward.bsky.social !

The cover for our next release which is a sci-fi mastercalls by @stejhoward.bsky.social We'll throw in a blurb because we're cool rats 🐁🪐🐀 #sci-fi

I’m thrilled to announce that my latest book will publish this August from @sobelobooks.bsky.social !!! This will be my second book with them, and I’m pumped for everybody to read it!

Wonderful to hear my story, An Anonymous Source, performed on the Nocturnal Transmissions podcast by Kristin. One of my more gruesome stories… 👀🐸🥤 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

THIS HOUSE ISN'T HAUNTED BUT WE ARE by @stejhoward.bsky.social A tense and sorrowful tale of grief and what it does to you, set in a house that isn't quite what it seems. A short and intense read that had me both creeped out and choked up. Highly recommended!

A weekend well spent! Blurb for An Invincible Summer by @stejhoward.bsky.social done! Coming June from @infestedpublishing.bsky.social.

I am thrilled to have received an ARC and a blurb request from @infestedpublishing.bsky.social for @stejhoward.bsky.social's upcoming AN INVINCIBLE SUMMER. This book is one of my most anticipated of 2026, I can't wait to get into it.

So cool to see my little novella pop up on this Horror DNA list - very grateful!

Hedone was run by perpetual non-payer Caitlin Marceau. Avoid this editor when they inevitably launch their next project. To all Hedone authors affected, you have my sympathies and I’m sorry this is happening to you.

We are very pleased to unveil our exclusive edition of A River From the Sky by Ai Jiang in collaboration with Titan 🌸

It’s RELEASE DAY for With Teeth, an awesome wolfy anthology from Radical Books. Contains my story, Duds, about why it sucks to be a non-werewolf in a werewolf family. Check it out here or wherever books are sold: tinyurl.com/har8dhmn

Good morning, sinners! It’s the last day to nab the ebook of WITHERED HILL for 99p/$1.99 on Kobo or Kindle! Cheaper than something from the pound shop! www.amazon.co.uk/Withered-Hil... www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

Fabulous novel. Just go read it.

Going down a Voynich Manuscript Reddithole as research for a short story. Could be stuck down here a while.

I read 123 books in 2025 and these are my top ten! Featuring @drewgum.bsky.social, @ruthmadievsky.bsky.social, @minjinlee.bsky.social, @emiliahart.bsky.social, @torreypeters.bsky.social, @hallierubenhold.bsky.social, and more!

*New Post* In my latest post I revisit the subject of witchcraft in Shropshire and discuss its historic and folkloric legacy. This is my most comprehensive study of the subject so far! I hope you enjoy! nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2024/01/witc... #witchcraft #history #folklore #witch

Got a new story up at @daikaijuzine.bsky.social Episode Twelve is a lost media story about a journalist pursuing the mysterious missing episode of a cancelled kids TV show. Check it out 👇 www.daikaijuzine.org/stephenhowar...

I’ve enjoyed so many of the books I’ve read this year, but these are my absolute unputdownable favourites. Honourable mentions are full of my fellow Northern Weirdoes.

Just had the pleasure of shouting “get a life” at a group of losers waving flags outside a hotel housing asylum seekers. Not only is it daft and fuelled by racism, but it’s Friday night, so perhaps it’s you who should ‘go home’.

A few edits on one story done. A contract signed for another story coming *very* soon. Things are happening. Now cracking on reading The Shining (which, somewhat obviously, is very good!).

Here is my TOP READS of 2025! Featuring @adrianmgibson.bsky.social @elfordalley.bsky.social @kermichele.bsky.social @stejhoward.bsky.social @mikemollman.bsky.social @toddkeisling.com @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @jamesldulin.bsky.social #FanFiAddict fanfiaddict.com/c-j-daleys-t...

The brilliant & unique NORTHERN WIERD PROJECT series of novellas from @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social is broken down & analysed in my latest long form article for @horrordna.bsky.social. All winners & no duffers! Perfect for Christmas gifts. www.horrordna.com/features/the...

There are very few films that get to me the way the Horror in the High Desert films do. Brilliant found footage work that’s building its own mythos, number 4 really starts tying a few things together. But it’s also as wildly tense as the first three instalments. Loved it.

This morning, @dutchmarich.bsky.social surprise dropped HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT 4: MAJESTY on Amazon and Apple TV. I was lucky enough to get an early peek. Here's my @dreadcentral.bsky.social review of another great piece of this found footage puzzle:

I feel like I want to tackle vampires in a novel length work soon. No ideas yet, but definitely more of the grungey, underground sort than rich aristocrats.

A cheeky anthology acceptance in my inbox this morning 👀 Details when allowed. 🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🌳🚕