David Barnett
@davidmbarnett
Writer of things Journalism: www.authory.com/davidbarnett Books: www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0034PY7ZW Comics: leagueofcomicgeeks.com/people/16810/david-barnett/comics Agent: Laura Williams, Greene & Heaton greeneheaton.co.uk/clients/david-m-barnett
#HorrorWritersChat I’m David Barnett, British writer of folk horror including Withered Hill, Scuttler’s Cove and Scratch Moss. Most recent plant/forest book I’ve loved is ITCH by Gemma Amor.
"If I find you took the plums from the icebox I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."
I did some books, if you wanted to check them out, maybe for your holidays or just to read at home, or on the bus, perhaps in the garden, on a long train ride. They're very versatile. Some details and links etc: www.canelo.co/authors/davi...
Did a 10-hour round-trip to Bungay in Suffolk yesterday, where they are all about the Shuck.
This cat-person has started hanging round the house the last couple of weeks. Not sure if a girl or boy. Our cats hate it (it keeps coming into the house). I’ve named it Greymalkin.
That's some Nevil Shute shit going down on the front page of the Times.
There's been a long tradition in British comics and magazines of issuing a hardback annual every year, which is often -- or certainly was back in the 1970s and 1980s -- given as a Christmas present. The books were released in the run up to Christmas with the following year's date... 1/
Look at this AMAZING mask of Owd Hob from Withered Hill, made by Lucas Perez of Massachusetts from paper mache, paper clay, shrub branches and small stones. Lucas doesn't have any social media or website I can point you to, unfortunately.
Holding a step-ladder steady so Kenny "R2-D2" Baker could be photographed pointing at an empty birdbox in his garden.
TWISTED PIKE is in the new Waterstones promo... pre-order between now and Friday using the code SUMMER26 and get 25% off the cover price. Link here: www.waterstones.com/book/twisted...
If anyone who uses Meta smartglasses thinks they look like anything other than this to the rest of us they need to give their head a wobble.
Would actually have liked to have seen this. Strong "Heil, Honey, I'm Home" vibes, I reckon.
I've a feeling this is all going to go a bit A Very British Coup before the year's out.
Not enough people are talking about the Electric Mayhem Band’s performance at the #worldcupfinal
Ever see a photo of yourself when you were younger and think, I want to reclaim that energy?
Do you have a copy of the Reader's Digest Folklore, Myths and Legends? I've written about it for the @theobserveruk.bsky.social this weekend. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Final proofread notes for TWISTED PIKE sent back to @canelobooks.bsky.social today. All set for October 1st publication. It all ends here… with a return to Withered Hill. Pre-order links: www.canelo.co/books/twiste...
Introduced my son to this King-esque Lovecraftian banger in honour of Sam Neill.
“It is 2026. I am leaving my job as Prime Minister. That have given me a carriage clock. I love precision engineering, and my father loved clocks. He was a toolmaker.”