Catherine McCarthy🏴
@serialsemantic
Welsh author of dark fiction and roamer of ancient paths. Words in Haven Spec, Dark Matter Mag, Gamut Mag and other strange places.
IT'S PUB DAY FOR DEATH OF A CLOWN!🥂🤡 Join Chester as he begins his tour of Europe in search of...himself!😄 Huge thanks to @SobeloBooks for publishing this genre misfit of a book.🙏 Think dark fairy tale Think alternate reality Think metamorphosis (Link👇) Shares appreciated🙏
Grab your FREE copy of Formulation NOW on Booksprout. Details can be found in my pinned post. Have a truly terrifying evening. 🕷️🕸️🩸😱
Just subbed a short to a tricky market, but why not?😅
My new dark fantasy novel 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒 is now available in ebook and paperback. If you're looking to read about graverobbing, night hags and magical palindromes, this book might be for you! #newrelease #fantasybooks #darkfantasy #theknaveofgraves
Great opportunity here for Netgalley readers!👇
My collection is up on Netgally. Stuff's gettin' real, y'all! Here's the link! Reviewers wanted! netgalley.com/catalog/book/6…
My short horror story collection “Tales From The Parkland” and my horror/dark fantasy/mystery “The Candy Witch” are now available as audiobooks. I would really like to thank, Sean Drc Cordry, @VeloxBooks , and @SpokenRealms for bringing my books to life. amazon.com/stores/Ronald-…
My next read has arrived.🙂
IT'S PUB DAY FOR DEATH OF A CLOWN!🥂🤡 Join Chester as he begins his tour of Europe in search of...himself!😄 Huge thanks to @SobeloBooks for publishing this genre misfit of a book.🙏 Think dark fairy tale Think alternate reality Think metamorphosis (Link👇) Shares appreciated🙏
Woke to a hold notice on a short, so that was a nice start to the day. Wishing you all a great weekend!💙
I encourage every outlet that lists journals, interviews editors, or profiles particular journals to join me!
New policy at Lit Mag News: If a magazine charges over $5.00 in submission fees, I will not be interviewing the editors.
It's sunny here in Wales today, and better still, it's Friday! I'll be walking the long and winding road, armed with a picnic. Happy Friday, all!🏴
✨Packing My Records for Mars ✨ is now available for ebook pre-order (£0.99/$0.99) 🪐 A speculative sci-fi poetry collection exploring the end of the world & what comes after, partially told through the eyes of one family at the end of time 🔗 👇 to be released 1st Sep
Gosh, look at this!❤️
An Art Nouveau styled gargoyle lamp in Budapest, Hungary commissioned in 1894.
Blazing images on canvas, brought to blistering life in reality. 03.10.2025 #Pyres #HorrorBooks #HorrorFiction
I have a new cover artist, J.Wilki. He’s working on a cover for an upcoming story. But in the meantime, I’m re-releasing A Space Craft Built for One with a new cover. Great work, Mr.Wilki. Looking forward to more! amazon.com/Spacecraft-Bui…
I was today years old when I learned that 1 KDP page read means someone's downloaded it. I always thought it meant, 'read a page and thought, nah!' 😅
If you love your horror with an 80s vibe, served with a huge dollop of dark humour, you'll love this! 👇
📢📢📢COVER REVEAL!!!!!! I'm excited to share the cover of my upcoming collection, "All's Well That Ends Well". It's everything! When the links are ready for pre-order, I'll post them. A big thank to cover artist, Ruth Anna Evans and Brigids Gate Press. C'mon October!🎃
Deep in the woods of West Wales today, magic still lives... Gwal-Y-Filiast Neolithic chambered tomb, on a lonely ridge above Afon Taf that its capstone points toward. Pic by me this morning.
The colours in this beauty. #InsectThursday
I swear my proofreading skills stem from my love of those 'Spot the Difference' pics in the newspaper when I was a kid.😂
Writing a little article on my editing process for an indie magazine today. 😄
Rush, Wembley Arena, 1980s.
What was your first concert? 🎸⚡🤘