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A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· May 25

Help us celebrate our Fifth Birthday! Until 15th June 2026, we're giving away a FREE GIFT with each paperback purchased via our shop! That's one per paperback, not one per customer! INCLUDING PREORDERS FOR OUR NEW NOVELLA #readersofbsky #Booksky 🌈📚 acoupofowls.com/shop/

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· May 16

Other & Different (2023): thirteen story anthology from prehistory to the not-too-distant future. Feat. #folklore #fantasy #gothic #speculativefiction #supernatural #sci-fi #weirdfiction #horror, and #contemporaryfiction exploring what it is to be other or different. 👑📺🌑🧜‍♀️🧙‍♀️🍓🔥 #readersofbsky #Booksky

Snippet of Other & Different cover.
Image features a person with braided hair and red face paint around their eyes and on their forehead. They are wearing neon earrings shaped as a crescent and a triangle, and armour shaped like bones that goes up their throat. Behind them are ruins of a building.
Text on the image reads: on sale now.

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· May 16

Other Worlds (2024): twelve story anthology from distant lands to the distant future. Feat. #folklore, #fantasy, #speculativefiction, #horror, #contemporaryfiction, and #scifi exploring places, communities, and situations that are othered. 🤖🏝️🪐🚄🥊🏹🌳 #readersofbsky #Booksky 🌈📚

Snippet from the cover of Other Worlds
Features a stylised image of a city street with street signs in an alien language and the sun setting in the distance.
Text on the image reads: Other Worlds on sale now

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· May 16

Dark Paths (2025): four novelette queer horror romance collection (explicit). Feat: 😈 🌑 🌳 🌓🧛 🌕🐝 This is a perfect horror for those looking for a collection that combines introspection and humour. #queerhorror #horror #erotichorror

Snippet of the cover of Dark Paths.
The image shows a large wasp in the foreground, behind it is a long winding road at sunset, lined with fruit trees. A beat up yellow taxi cab drives along the road.
Text on the image reads: Dark Paths A Queer Horror Romance Collection

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· May 16

Light Paths (2026): two novelette queer romantasy collection (mature). Feat: 🐆 ✨👁️✨ 🤴 ✨🃏 With intriguing world-building and mysterious pasts, this collection is perfect for curling up in front of the fire on a cold night. #romantasy #queerromantasy #queerromance

Snippet of the cover of Light Paths.
The image shows a large sabre toothed cat on a rocky outcrop looking down over arched entrances to a market inside town walls. A masked, cloaked figure is making their way towards the town.

Text on the image reads: Light Paths A Queer Fantasy Romance Collection

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· May 16

Celebrate our birthday, support an Indie Press AND get a free bookish lucky dip gift bag with every paperback you purchase! Check out our current paperbacks 🧵 #readersofbsky #Booksky 🌈📚 #indiepress #supportindie #bookish

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A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· May 16

Help us celebrate our Fifth Birthday! Until 15th June 2026, we're giving away a FREE GIFT with each paperback purchased via our shop! That's one per paperback, not one per customer! Check out our amazing short story and novelette collections! #readersofbsky #Booksky 🌈📚 www.acoupofowls.com

Image of a black gift box with a gold ribbon. Text on the gift label reads: Five Years June 2026

Text on image reads:
Happy Birthday to Us!
To celebrate our Fifth Birthday we will be including a FREE GIFT with every paperback purchase from our shop
15th May to 15th June 2026
www.acoupofowls.com

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· May 14

Do you like to read and review queer romance? If so, we would love to hear from you via this form > tally.so/r/Ek0Kdo We still have some ARC spots left for Summer Nights, Cigarettes & Spearmint Toothpaste and can't wait to share it with you!! #arcreviewer #readersofbsky #Booksky 🌈📚

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· May 8

Happy Birthday to Us! 15th May to 15th June 2026 Pick up a paperback and get a FREE GIFT! That's one per paperback, not one per customer! To celebrate our Fifth Birthday, we will be including a FREE GIFT with every paperback purchase from our shop www.acoupofowls.com

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Mar 21

COVER REVEAL: We're thrilled to share the amazing cover art for our upcoming novella - Summer Nights, Cigarettes & Spearmint Toothpaste by @jecwrites.bsky.social. Cover art by the wonderful @pangaea.bsky.social

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Jan 24

Do you enjoy the works of @johannestevans.co.uk, @cinnamaldeide.bsky.social, Leigh V Twersky, Clinton Seiter, @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social & @amandamblake.bsky.social? We sure do! In fact we've published them in our two recent novelette collections! Shop: acoupofowls.square.site/s/shop #Booksky 🌈📚

promo image for upcoming novelette collection "Dark Paths: A Queer Horror Romance Collection". In the middle of the image is the cover art for the book - a road disappearing into the darkness along which drives a dirty yellow taxi. At the side of the road are fruit trees and a sign that reads "Strangers don't let the sun set on you here". Above the title text at the top of the cover hovers a large wasp.
There is a jagged flash shape on which is text reading "FOUR! Queer! Horror! Romance! Novelettes!"
There are circles on the image containing text, with arrows pointing towards the cover. The text in each reads:
"Vampires that SUCK!"
"This Goddess has CLAWS!"
"Road Trip ENCOUNTERS!"
"Were-Wasp REVENGE!"

promo image for upcoming novelette collection "Light Paths: A Queer Fantasy Romance Collection". In the middle of the image is the cover art for the book - a cobblestone road disappearing under the full moon. Along the left side of the path is a desolate plateau and in the foreground is a large manned sabre tooth cat. On the right side of the path is a walled city with archways into a market place, in the foreground is a mysterious figure in a long blue cloak and white mask covering his entire face.
There is a jagged flash shape on which is text reading "TWO! Queer! Fantasy! Romance! Novelettes!"
There are rounded squares along the side of the image containing text. The text in each reads:
"Could you bite off more than you can chew?"
"Dare you gamble in a game of chance?"
"PLUS! A little Extra from A Coup of Owls"

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Jan 24

You can grab a copy from Amazon, or directly via our shop! Pick up a copy of Dark Paths too, to complete your collection!

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Jan 24

AVAILABLE NOW! - acoupofowls.square.site/s/shop 🎇 Light Paths: A Queer Fantasy Romance Collection 🎇 #Booksky #queerfiction #Fantasy #Romantasy #queerhorror #queerromance 🌈📚

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Jan 19

AVAILABLE 24 January 2026 PREORDER NOW - acoupofowls.square.site/s/shop 🎇 Light Paths: A Queer Fantasy Romance Collection 🎇 #Booksky #queerfiction #Fantasy #Romantasy #queerhorror #queerromance 🌈📚

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Jan 5

AVAILABLE 24 January 2026 🎇 Light Paths: A Queer Fantasy Romance Collection 🎇 #Booksky #queerfiction #Fantasy #Romantasy #queerhorror #queerromance 🌈📚

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Dec 26

We're really excited to share with you the cover of Light Paths, releasing soon! The artwork is by Marika Bailey, an Afro-Caribbean illustrator, designer, and author. She illustrates book covers for indie authors. Her art has also been featured in Khoreo magazine.

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Nov 12

Have you got your copy of Dark Paths yet? Want to extend the spoopy season? Or just love a bit of queer horror? You can purchase paperback or digital formats directly from our shop! acoupofowls.square.site/s/shop #Booksky #queerfiction #Horror #queerhorror #queerromance 🌈📚

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Oct 28

Check out our latest update: We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications. Latest - Underneath The Unblemished Mask by @cinnamaldeide.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth... #queerfiction #queerfantasy #romantasy #booksky 🌈📚

image of two white dice on a shiny black surface flecked with gold glitter. The dice have both landed on the number one - snake eyes.

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Oct 26

Check out our latest update: We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications. Latest - Eyes of Magic by @johannestevans.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth... #queerfiction #queerfantasy #romantasy #booksky 🌈📚

Image looking upwards in a forest through a circle of tall trees, behind which is a tall, dark tower.

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Oct 25

Two of our team! Having a great day chatting with people about A Coup of Owls at the Norwich Book Festival Book Fair (org by @salopress.bsky.social)- thanks for having us!

Selfie of Max and Leonie of the Owls team in front of the A Coup of Owls book stall at Norwich Book Fest Book Fair.

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Oct 21

Check out our latest update: We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications. Latest - The Sphecanthrope by Leigh V Twersky www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth... #queerfiction #queerhorror #horrorromance #booksky 🌈📚

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Oct 18

Check out our latest update: We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications. places where you cannot be: an afro-american travel guide by @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth... #queerfiction #queerhorror #booksky 🌈📚

Painting of a man standing at the crossroads of a dirt road, he is holding a guitar and the shadow he casts is of a horned demon.

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Oct 14

We're super excited to share with you the cover of Dark Paths, releasing later this month. The artwork is by Elliott Cassel, an illustrator, writer, and graphic designer with a passion for the macabre. His work explores the intersection of queerness, sex and violence. He lives in California.

Cover of upcoming book - Dark Paths
Cover art is of a winding dark road along which a yellow taxi cab is driving. The road disappears into the background and is lined with trees. In the foreground, there is a yellow sign that reads "Strangers - don't let the sun set on you here." In the top left, hovering over the title is a wasp.
The text reads - Dark Paths A Queer Horror Romance Collection
quote at the bottom of the cover reads - "Queer stories that are sincere, poignant, and more important not than they have ever been." - Cat Voleur, author of Revenge Arc.

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Oct 7

Check out our latest update: We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications. Glory to God by @amandamblake.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth... #queerfiction #vampires #vampire #vampiregoddess #queerhorror #gayvampires #booksky 🌈📚

A photo of a sandy path at the edge of a desert featuring multiple cacti and other desert brush.

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Sep 28

Check out our latest update: We're posting regular focus posts on each of the upcoming stories in our 2025-2026 publications. Up first - Vampire Joe by Clinton Seiter www.kickstarter.com/projects/oth... #gayfiction #queerfiction #vampires #vampire #gayvampires #booksky #queerwriters 🌈📚

Photo of San Francisco Pier 39 Fisherman's Wharf at night. A wooden walkway stretching into the distance with black water to the side, across which can be seen lights of boats and docklands.

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Aug 19

Coming February 2026 Summer Nights, Cigarettes & Spearmint Toothpaste by @jecwrites.bsky.social is a sweet friends-to-lovers, 90s rom-com style novella, set over multiple childhood summers and an unexpected adult reunion. #TransRomance #Transfiction #Queerfiction #Romance

Temporary cover image.
A stylised graphic design of 5 green trees in an off-centre circle pointing towards the centre of the image. At the centre is the moon, which is surrounded by a glowing white-ish circle in a black sky.

Text over it reads Summer Nights, Cigarettes and Spearmint Toothpaste, James Edward Cook. Coming February 2026.

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Aug 19

Coming December 2025 Dungeons, princes, thieves and games of chance in Light Paths: A Queer Fantasy Romance Collection With novelettes by @cinnamaldeide.bsky.social and @johannestevans.bsky.social #Fantasy #Romance #FantasyRomance #Romantasy

Temporary cover image.
A stylised graphic design of a snow-capped mountain in shades of blues and whites with a mid-blue background as the sky. Off-centre, rising behind the mountain is a moon made of different shades of blue to white-ish blue rings.

Text over it reads Light Paths: A Queer Fantasy Romance Collection with novelettes by Cinnamaldeide and Johannes T Evans. Coming December 2025

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Aug 19

Coming October 2025 Crossroad visitations, gods, vampires and werewasps in Dark Paths: A Queer Horror Romance Collection With novelettes by @amandamblake.bsky.social @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social, Clinton Seiter and Leigh V Twersky #horror #romance #horrorromance

Temporary cover image.
A stylised graphic design of jagged mountains in shades of brown with a lighter brown background as the sky. In the centre is a sun made of different shades of yellow and orange rings.

Text over it reads:
Dark Paths: A Queer Horror Romance Collection with novelettes by Amanda M. Blake, TT Madden, Clinton Seiter and Leigh V Twersky. Coming October 2025

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Apr 26

We were so spoiled for choice with all the amazing submissions for our recent Othered Romance novelette call that we have decided to publish SIX of them! These six stories, each with a romantic element, will be split across two collections publishing in October and December 2025.

A Coup of Owls Press | Summer Nights OUT NOW!@acoupofowls· Mar 16

We're joined for a Q&A by photographer, poet and literary enthusiast Ojo Victoria Ilemobayo to talk about self-acceptance and personal journeys in art and poetry. Her art was featured on the cover of a Winter 2023 issue Check it out: www.patreon.com/posts/q-with...