Ian Critchley

@iancritchley

Writer and Editor | Winner Hammond House, HISSAC | Stories in Best British Short Stories, Mechanics Institute Review, Structo, Lighthouse, Litro, Fiction Desk and others | Short story chapbook published by Nightjar Press iancritchley.com

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Ian Critchley@iancritchley· 14d

New arrival! Very much looking forward to reading these short stories by @guyware.bsky.social in @saltpublishing.com's brilliant Modern Stories series

Front cover of A Day Like Any Other, a collection of short stories by Guy Ware, published by Salt. Image is a painting of a man sitting in an armchair

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· 17d

A nice acknowledgement for copyeditors in The Safekeep - though I might have suggested a question mark.

'Good bless copyeditors, where would we be without you.' From the Acknowledgements in The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· 20d

A fantastic haul of eight horror novellas from the mighty Eden Book Society! (Or maybe from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social?)

Eight horror novellas from the Eden Book Society (or is it Dead Ink Books?). Spines facing outwards between two mini vases.

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· 22d

Still hoping the cat will wipe her feet when she comes in

A photo of a cat flap with a mat in front of it

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· 26d

"Embrace your own naivety and idiocy and you might end up somewhere different." - Mark Haddon

Front cover of Magic and Mechanics, a collection of short stories and interviews with their authors, published by Scratch Books

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Jul 8

More fabulous #bookpost, this time the new anthology from @uncertainstories.com together with a story by @daveyfrankel.bsky.social

Perfect Circle, the new anthology from Uncertain Stories, plus a separate story, The Crossing by David Frankel.

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Jul 7

Top #bookpost just arrived: the latest addition to @scratchbooks.bsky.social's brilliant Reverse Engineering series in which writers discuss their own #shortstories. And what a great roster of contributors!

Front cover of Magic & Mechanics, the latest in Scratch Books' Reverse Engineering series in which writers discuss their own short stories

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Jul 4

Lovely view out to Robin Hood's Bay

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Jun 7

Sunday morning re-reading

Front cover of 1969 edition of The Owl Service by Alan Garner. Image is a still from the Granada TV adaptation showing the three main actors

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Jun 6

New delivery! A new and very welcome collection of short stories by @polyscribe70.bsky.social #shortstories

Front cover of Blurred Edges, a collection of short stories by Mike Fox, published by Ballerini Book Press

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Jun 5

(Song)writing

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· May 29

New issue of @extrateethmag.bsky.social looks great!

Front cover of Extra Teeth issue 11 shows two faces on their side looking up, one pink, the other purple

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· May 11

Delivery of these stunning short story chapbooks by @andrewhook.bsky.social, @dancoxon.bsky.social and Aliya Whiteley. Part of @salopress.bsky.social's new Infidelities series

Short story chapbooks by Andrew Hook, Dan Coxon and Aliya Whiteley. Published by Salò Press

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· May 2

Came home from a week away to find these beauties waiting for me. I was expecting the new @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com but the two new @nightjarpress.bsky.social titles were a very welcome surprise!

Front cover of Finders, Keepers by Nicholas Royle, published by Salt; and two new Nightjars: Green Dress by Siobhan McKeown and The Store by Michael Marshall Smith

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Apr 19

Sunday morning re-reading

Front cover of The Children of Men by PD James. Image is a kind of X-ray of a child

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Mar 31

Very sorry to hear that Glen Baxter has died. One of my favourite cartoonists

Glen Baxter cartoon. Picture shows a batsman, wicketkeeper and fielder on a perilous mountain path. Caption reads: One or two of the grounds were not quite up to test match standard

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Mar 23

New Nightjars! @nightjarpress.bsky.social

Four new short story chapbooks from Nightjar Press: Murder by Paul Green; Heimat by David Rose; Halls of Residence by Dan Lockton; and In Splendid Isolation by RL Doughty

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Mar 21

New arrival! Have heard lots of good things about this so very much looking forward to reading @stuhennigan.bsky.social @ortacpress.bsky.social

Front cover of Keshed by Stu Hennigan, published by Ortac Press. Image shows a man's silhouetted head and shoulders in a mirror image

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Mar 7

New arrival! Part of my subscription to the British Library Tales of the Weird series

The New Flesh: Tales of Shapeshifters and Strange Transformations, edited by Mark Morris, part of The British Library's Tales of the Weird series

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Feb 28

I was just wondering what to read next when this popped through the door. Will read straightaway! @bentufnell.bsky.social @influxpress.bsky.social

Front cover of Paradise by Ben Tufnell, published by Influx Press. Cover shows a dense forest under an apocalyptic sky.

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Feb 22

Sunday morning reading by @dustynewrose.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social

Front cover of The Building Inspector, a series of short stories by Myriam Frey, published by Nightjar Press. Image shows 6 freestanding pillars/poles in a field against a wooded background

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Feb 15

Sunday morning reading

Cover of Departure(s) by Julian Barnes. Cover image is the painting Evening by Howard Hodgkin, swathes of green and black earth with a pinkish sky

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Feb 12

An honour to attend last night's launch of @adrianwoolfson.bsky.social's important new book @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Front cover of On the Future of Species by Adrian Woolfson. Yellow background with a semi pixellated picture of a bird

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Feb 8

Rereading this. I remember being blown away by it when I first read it in my 20s.

The Course of the Heart by M John Harrison, the Flamingo paperback edition from 1993. Cover image is abstract in shades of red and orange

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Jan 31

This year's favourite birthday gift: a subscription to the British Library's Tales of the Weird series

Cover of Bird of Ill Omen: The Gothic Tales of Catherine Crowe, part of the British Library's Tales of the Weird series. Cover shows a crow in the foreground and a castle on a mountain in the background, all in hues of red and black

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Jan 30

Finally getting around to reading this. Not sure why it's taken me so long #shortstories

Front cover of A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders. White and yellow text on a blue background with images of people swimming/drowning

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Jan 19

Just finished this enthralling, hypnotic novella. Set in the Namibian desert, it charts the consequences of a woman's ill-fated decisions. Highly recommended @roadsongbooks.bsky.social

Front cover of Gentle November, a novella by Alan Edward Roberts. Image shows a desert landscape with a few animals and in the foreground a lion attacking another animal, an antelope or similar

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Jan 13

Recently subscribed to @extrateethmag.bsky.social and just received my first copy - a beautiful thing! Looking forward to reading

Front cover of the literary journal Extra Teeth. Image shows a chair against a dark background with abstract shapes

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Jan 11

Sunday morning reading. Short stories by @bradleybooks.bsky.social @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

Cover of Maps of Imaginary Towns, a collection of short stories by SJ Bradley, published by Fly on the Wall Press. Image shows a young girl wearing flying goggles and homemade wings, holding her arms out wide

Ian Critchley@iancritchley· Jan 10

Just read this excellent novella by @dlgladwin.bsky.social - set in Eyam and Chatsworth during the 1666 Great Plague, it draws on history and folklore and has a brilliantly distinctive narrative voice @roadsongbooks.bsky.social