JP Relph - Novella "Watcher" out now
@RelphJp
Cumbrian writer. Loves cats, zombies, microbes, forensics. Editor of @trashcatlit, an online lit mag Websites, socials and stuff: https://linktr.ee/JPRelph
I won't boycott A'Zon while indie writers try to sell their books there (including me and Mat!) Know That We Held (Alien Buddha Press) is my post-apocalyptic collection of short fiction. Watcher (Wolf Park Press) is a 26K word collab novella with @MatGost Links in comments 🖤
This anthology is going to be 🔥
We're back in the bin after a superb weekend @FlashFicFest where we met Trash Family in the flesh! 🦝 With Trash Family in mind, as promised here are the contributors for the upcoming charity print anthology. Twenty-seven stunning stories we can't wait to share 🤩
AVAILABLE NOW! PATTERNS - an anthology of pattern-themed HORROR. All 2025 profit to NAPS, a menstrual disorder charity. Paperback and e-book purchase link: mybook.to/patternspaperb…
Submissions are still open for Issue 9: Echoed Howls. This theme is about longing, connection, isolation, and the unknown. What does it mean to speak into the void? To call for someone who may not be there? To hear only yourself echoed back? More: buff.ly/SVflZZ2
Love being in an Underbelly issue 🖤💛
All the Crazy Shit We Did That Last Summer by @RelphJp What begins as a nostalgic glimpse into youthful rebellion soon unfolds into a tender reflection on the beauty & tragedy of growing up. Brimming with grief, humour, & heart, this is a raw, candid piece that lingers.
Huge congratulations to this amazing team for a year of the magazine. I’m so happy to be part of this anniversary issue with my story All the Crazy Shit We Did That Last Summer 😀 Here’s to another year, Underbelly 💛🖤
I’m delighted to share the fourth issue of Underbelly Press! Our website features a PDF copy to download or read as a flipbook: underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/copy-of-i…
The quality of submissions this summer was something else - hence a bumper issue! 😀 What a fantastic group of writers - existing and new Trash Family - I'm thrilled to share their work. Grab a big brew and a packet of your favourite biccies and enjoy......
HERE IT IS! 🦝 Celebrating one year of publishing with this Summer Issue. TWELVE flash and NINE shorts - our biggest issue ever. Make sure to bookmark both links and get stuck into incredible short fiction 💜 trashcatlit.com/general-issue-… trashcatlit.com/general-issue-…
The feets must be cleaned with a certain level of violence 🤍
This is my biggest issue to date - I have never found selection harder! 🦝 There are three repeat bin offenders but everyone else is new to Trash Cat 😀 Excited to share this one 💜
HERE THEY ARE! Our 19 contributors to the 1st Anniversary Issue (coming July 1st) 🦝 We can't wait to share their words 💜 @SophiaA_writes @ColemanBigelow @lilysslave @Madeleine_write @lmbayley @10kandalatte @MEProctor3 @cake_girl__ @judepickledplum @bsherm36 @angela_joynes
You can see that right? Get this tremendous collection for FREE! Your brain wants it, feed it, feed it now
My book is free right now on Kindle mybook.to/6tth (I finally worked out how to do a promo!) 12 dark tales FOR FREE! #FreeBook #Horror Please grab it, share the link, and drop a review if you get the chance. Help me get the word out.
Congratulations to the worthy winners. I’m very happy to have been shortlisted. Well done Propelling team for another comp and raising money for charity 💜
Congratulations to the winners of our Spring 2025 Charity Flash Competition in aid of @cftrust We gave @judehwriter a tough job. You can read the winning stories here. Bad luck to the other shortlisted stories - they were all fab thepropellingpencil.com/spring-2025-co…
Here she is - the second of my upcoming short fiction collections. This is the darker sister, the one with a maniacal laugh and way too many teeth. Huge thanks to @MatGost and @sjtownend for their amazing blurbs. I'm excited to unleash this one 🖤
This is one of TWO collections I am publishing this year! One for Sorrow takes the reader on a journey forward and back between the extremes of human truth. Seeking connection. Sorrow and joy. Dark and light. Life and death.
I can’t recommend this collection enough. Every flavour of horror for the discerning palate. Stories driven by character and Mat’s desire to discombobulate the reader. Grab a copy now 🖤
It's unleashed! An Ill-Stitched Menagerie. 12 strange tales of horror and imagination. mybook.to/JSQxd Works first published by @bone_exposed @BlackGlassPages @AcidBathPub @thewingedmoon @punk_magazine @BagBonesPress @darkwinterlit @kerryholme30196 & more
Submissions for Issue 10 are open until August 1st! #callforsubmissions #poetry #fiction #art #photography #publishing #litmag
Two days!
An Ill-Stitched Menagerie. My second short story collection, featuring 12 strange tales of horror and imagination. Released on Saturday 7th June 2025.