Dan Coxon
@dancoxon
He/him. World Fantasy Award, Shirley Jackson Award and British Fantasy Awards winner (twice). Collection COME SING FOR THE HARROWING out now.
Copies of Unearthed are here! Except I seem to have been sent a box full of dirt... Unearthed is out on 15 Sept from @titanbooks.bsky.social, edited by myself and @pfracassi.bsky.social. Enjoy the video, and preorder via the link below. titanbooks.com/72519-uneart... #horror #horrorbooks #unboxing
Just a reminder that you can find me here on Monday evening (UK time). I'll drop a link to the YouTube live stream below! youtube.com/live/Ivml0Wu...
I know I've already posted one of these for my other autumn anthology, Unearthed... but if you pre-order anything in the Waterstones offer, it should be this. Published in a deluxe hardback edition, the pre-order code gets you a pocket-busting £5 off. www.waterstones.com/book/unhallo...
For those who weren't at Readercon for the Shirley Jackson Awards (or didn't tune into the livestream at 1.30am, like I did), here's my acceptance speech that was played when they announced Unquiet Guests as joint winner of Best Edited Anthology alongside Ellen Datlow's Night and Day.
Unfortunately I can't be at Readercon this weekend for the Shirley Jackson Awards, but best of luck to all my friends and colleagues, and especially those of you on the Anthology shortlist with me. It's a fantastic shortlist this year - you'd all be worthy winners! #Readercon #ShirleyJacksonAwards
Both Nina Allan and Sarah Pinborough were winners in absentia at tonight's CWA Dagger Awards - but I'm taking that as a (double) win for the horror community! #cwadaggers #cwa
In case you missed it at the end of last week, here's the updated Cover Reveal bingo card with WRITING THE REAL added. There's still a mystery book scheduled for next month... I'm not going to lie, at this stage it might get knocked back to August. But it's coming...
Coming 10th September - the FIFTH book in our Writing... series for Dead Ink Books! This one's on creative non-fiction, including memoir, autofiction and personal essays, from the likes of Kit de Waal, Kirsty Logan, Nikesh Shukla & many more Open for preorders now: deadinkbooks.com/products/wri...
I've been working on these two bad boys for the last few weeks. Two Boomdakka Snazzwagons, made from the same kit but with pieces swapped/modded from the remains of an Ork Trukk (note the crushed Fanta cans in the interior if you zoom in!) #warhammerpainting #warhammer40k #armageddon #orks
Everyone was out last night so I finally got around to watching this. Can't help thinking it would make an interesting double bill with A Dark Song. Might wreck me though.
20km walked. Don't have the official time yet, but around 4hrs 20 (including stops). Tired, but good. Also, I still need £10 to hit my sponsorship target. I can rely on you, right? mightyhikesfundraising.macmillan.org.uk/fundraising/...
I have a couple of review copies of my new novella WHERE ONCE HE STOOD, if anyone would like one. A strange tale of a missing child, time travel, and Satanic worship in suburbia. Message me if you want one, with details of where you review, and I'll do my best to get one to you.
It's exactly a week until I undertake a 20km hike with our 14-year-old, raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. If you can give a few pounds to a wonderful charity (and two pairs of aching feet), please follow the link. mightyhikesfundraising.macmillan.org.uk/fundraising/...
TONIGHT'! It's not too late to grab a ticket: www.foyles.co.uk/events/10-ye...
If you want to write strange and unsettling stories like Backrooms, you should probably grab a ticket to my workshop at Cymera Festival on Saturday. Just saying.
Where Once He Stood is out today from @blackshuckbooks! A weird novella about hauntings, suburban Satanism, and a missing child. Really proud of this one, and the positive reaction it's already received. Grab a copy direct from Black Shuck below: blackshuckbooks.co.uk/where-once-h...
Just a reminder that this is coming out NEXT WEEK, but it's not too late to pre-order a copy. Aliya Whiteley liked it, I think you will too. Details and pre-orders below. blackshuckbooks.co.uk/where-once-h...
Well that's a good way to kick off the bank holiday weekend! WRITING THE MAGIC has been shortlisted for this year's British Fantasy Awards!! Thanks to all the contributors, @deadinkbooks.bsky.social, and congratulations to all the other shortlistees across all categories. You're all amazing!
If you're at Cymera Festival in a couple of weeks, I'm teaching a workshop on the Saturday. We'll be looking at the Weird and the Uncanny, and how we can use them to create atmosphere in our fiction. Full details and tickets via the link! #writing www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...
Okay, I take it back - *this* is my favourite Amazon review so far. The book still doesn't have many reviews, though, so if you've read it then please do leave your thoughts for Mr Bezos.
We're in the window at Waterstones Islington for our event tonight, and I'm happy.
Tomorrow night!! The Tube strikes have been postponed, so you have no excuse for not making it along to the ONLY London event that I'm doing for COME SING FOR THE HARROWING. Also - Will Maclean and Lucie McKnight Hardy with my two favourite books of this year so far. Tickets still available below!
Plus I get to appear alongside writers like Ramsey Campbell, Adam Nevill, Lucy Rose, Matt Hill and Naomi Booth. Check out that bundle too, and get your pre-orders in. It's going to be beastly... deadinkbooks.com/pages/beasts...
MASSIVE news from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social this Monday morning! They've announced this beautiful new anthology, Beasts of England, coming this September - and I'm in it! Such a great lineup, and some amazing illustrations by Michael Lacey to accompany the book...
The updated 2026 cover reveals bingo card! I know you've been waiting for this... COME SING FOR THE HARROWING (@clashbooks.bsky.social) and the NEVER LAND chapbook (@salopress.bsky.social) are out now, WHERE ONCE HE STOOD (@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social) is out at the end of the month...
Only a couple of weeks until this is out! A strange story of lost children, time travel, and suburban dark magic. Pre-orders open now at Black Shuck Books (link below)! @unamccormack.bsky.social blackshuckbooks.co.uk/where-once-h...