Nefarious Bat Press

@nefariousbatpress

We're an indie press specialising in queer horror, crime & dark fiction, run by TC Parker & Shauna Mc Eleney (Skeets by TC/N, occasionally SME) We like intersectional feminism. A lot 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪 No GenAI. No DMs (we can't see them) www.nefariousbatpress.com

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Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jul 7

THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS by @discobooks.bsky.social - coming this September Preorder now: www.amazon.com/This-World-E...

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jul 5

Van Gogh's Starry Night, with a hidden Bat surprise

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jul 5

Dali's Persistence of Memory, with a hidden Bat surprise

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jul 5

Picasso's Guernica, with a hidden Bat surprise

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jul 5

Kandinsky's On White II, with a hidden Bat surprise

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jul 5

A Jan Van Weel study of insects and butterflies, with a hidden Bat surprise

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jul 5

Caravaggio's Inspiration of St Michael, with a hidden Bat surprise

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jul 5

Bruegel's TRIUMPH OF DEATH, with a hidden Bat surprise

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jul 3

Incredible new blurb for @drewhuff.bsky.social's THE EXODONTISTS from the wonderful Chris Panatier THE EXODONTISTS will see you this October... but you can book your appointment now www.amazon.com/Exodontists-...

"A DISTURBING, DISGUSTING, AND TRAGIC FEAT OF IMAGINATION.
WITHIN THE WORLD OF THE EXODONTISTS, DREW HUFF HAS CREATED A TRULY NEW AND TERRIFYING KIND OF CREATURE. I'LL NEVER SKIP FLOSSING AGAIN"
- Chris Panatier,
Author of DAYTIDE and WORRY BOX

Promo image for Drew Huff's THE EXODONTISTS, showing the book cover (featuring translucent grey-green monstrous entities with disturbingly long fingers) surrounded by red-tinged teeth

Copy reads: THE EXODONTISTS - coming this October from Nefarious Bat Press

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jul 3

Continuing our 10 Good Reasons promo series... Here are 10 good reasons to read @tcparker.bsky.social's A PRESS OF FEATHERS (You have to imagine these promo images set to the soundtrack of Jason Donovan's Too Many Broken Hearts) payhip.com/b/jHS8G

10 GOOD REASONS YOU SHOULD READ
A PRESS OF FEATHERS

1. YOU LIKE MONSTER BIRDS
2. YOU LIKE HAUNTED HOUSES
3. YOU LIKE CREEPY COMMUNITIES &
SUBURBAN NIGHTMARES
4. YOU LIKE ABANDONED VICTORIAN
ASYLUMS AND THE HORRORS THEREIN
5. YOU LIKE ANGRY FEMINISM
6. YOU LIKE COSMIC FEARS AND THE GREAT, VAST UNKNOWABLE
7. YOU LIKE BODY HORROR AND M*RDER MYSTERY
8. YOU HAVE STRONG VIEWS ABOUT SOCIAL INEQUALITY
9. YOU LOVED THE SHINING
10. MONSTER BIRDS

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jul 2

Presenting... 10 good reasons you should read @brennanlafaro.bsky.social's THE DENIZENS! payhip.com/b/I1rKM

Promo image showing cover of Brennan LaFaro's THE DENIZENS

Text reads: 10 good reasons you should read THE DENIZENS

1. You like zombies
2. You like grief horror
3. You're afraid of the woods
4. You like witches (but also, very sensibly, fear them)
5. You like beautiful prose
6. You like gore and horrific death scenes
7. Rachel Harrison, Clay Mcleod Chapman, Ai Jiang, Cina Pelayo and a lot of other very talented people have said nice things about it
8. You like cats (that survive!)
9. You like women getting even
10. Zombies

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jul 1

Our Year of Noir has yet to begin... but if you want a preview of the kind of crime fic we've got coming up next year, check out @tcparker.bsky.social's heist trilogy THE LONG CON With a blurb from @laurelhightower.bsky.social, no less! (We love you, Laurel!) payhip.com/b/zWiZv

Promo image for TC Parker's THE LONG CON

Text reads:
Be Gay. Do Crime.
Often.

"FANTASTIC HEIST WITH HEART"
- LAUREL HIGHTOWER, AUTHOR OF CROSSROADS
AND BELOW

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jun 30

Appeal "Sexually Suggestive" label
This appeal will be sent to @moderation.bsky.app.

It's the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen harbour

Submit
Back

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jun 30

And finally... TC Parker's Tradwife, in what is perhaps its natural habitat payhip.com/b/TDowG

Sheela na gig statue, Hertfordshire

Sheela clutches a copy of Tradwife to her open vagina

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jun 30

We'd be remiss not to mention @discobooks.bsky.social's THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS www.amazon.com/This-World-E...

Statue: Apollo and Daphne, from Ovid's Metamorphosis

A copy of THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS falls from Apollo's fingers

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jun 30

And @anna-orridge.bsky.social's PHENGARIS! payhip.com/b/58paC

Statue: locust fountain, Chapultepec

The locust holds a copy of PHENGARIS

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jun 30

A two-hander: @shaunamceleney.bsky.social's AWAKE IN THE NIGHT and TC Parker's HUMMINGBIRD! payhip.com/b/tWUlI & payhip.com/b/Ed5bX

Statue: Christ The Redeemer, Rio

Christ holds copies of Awake In The Night and Hummingbird on the open palms of his outstretched hands

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jun 30

And... @drewhuff.bsky.social's THE EXODONTISTS! www.amazon.com/Exodontists-...

Statue: Rodin's The Kiss

An open copy of Drew Huff's THE EXODONTISTS rests on the thigh of one of the kissers

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jun 30

Next: @tcparker.bsky.social's SALTBLOOD! payhip.com/b/wm14g

Statue: The Little Mermaid, Copenhagen

A copy of TC Parker's SALTBLOOD sits beside the mermaid on the rock

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jun 30

We've heard the call! Behold, therefore: a 🧵 of (some of) our books in unexpected contexts! Beginning with... @brennanlafaro.bsky.social's THE DENIZENS! payhip.com/b/I1rKM

Statue: Perseus With The Head of Medusa

Instead of a decapitated gorgon head, Perseus holds aloft a copy of Brennan LaFaro's THE DENIZENZ

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jun 28

📣 We're opening to QUEER CRIME NOVEL SUBMISSIONS in August! 📣 Details in screenshots - and the🧵 below:

WE'RE OPENING TO SUBMISSIONS!

OUR YEAR OF NOIR
OPENS
1ST TO 31ST AUGUST 2026

2027 is our Year of Noir.
We've got hardboiled supernatural crime fic coming up trom Brennan
LaFaro, T Parker working on a near-future dystopia procedural, and Shauna MC Eleney's Where The Bluebells Lie set to finally hit the shelves.
But we want more.
Between 1st and 31st August, we're opening to QUEER CRIME NOVEL SUBMISSIONS of 50,000 words or more.

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jun 28

A reminder, if ever one were needed 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️👻📚

Keep Reading Queer!
(because queer horror is for life, not just for Pride Month)

NEFARIOUS BAT:
SHOVING QUEERNESS IN THE FACE OF
CISHETERONORMATIVITY
SINCE 2023

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jun 24

Need something to take your mind off the heat? Here - have some zombies, courtesy of our own @brennanlafaro.bsky.social... payhip.com/b/I1rKM

READ. MORE. ZOMBIES.

THE DENIZENS

"THE DENIZENS DESTROYS YOU FROM THE GET -GO, THEN HAS THE AUDACITY TO RESUSCITATE YOU WITH A SIMPLE FLIP OF THE PAGE" - CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN, AUTHOR OF WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jun 19

Still searching for queer reads for this year's Pride Month? Look no further!

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jun 16

NEW BOOK DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! We're very excited to reveal our latest signing: @brennanlafaro.bsky.social's CHAMBER THE ROUND, a supernatural noir crime story that reads like Fever House meets Don Winslow, coming summer 2027... You're going to love it 🦇📚

NEW BOOK DEAL

BRENNAN LAFARO
CHAMBER THE ROUND

SUMMER 2027

COVER TO BE REVEALED

KEITH ROSSON'S FEVER
HOUSE MEETS DON
WINSLOW'S CITY ON FIRE IN CHAMBER THE ROUND: A SUPERNATURAL NOIR STORY WHERE A MOB ENFORCER AND HIS PROTEGE COMB THE DEPTHS OF PROVIDENCE IN SEARCH OF A TRAITOR, AND INSTEAD DISCOVER SOMETHING MUCH MORE ANCIENT AND EVIL HAS BEEN PULLING THEIR STRINGS ALL ALONG...

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· Jun 9

Wonderful blurb for @drewhuff.bsky.social's THE EXODONTISTS from the ever-talented Steve Stred (We love you, Steve!) THE EXODONTISTS will be with you this October - but you can preorder now... www.amazon.com/Exodontists-...

"HUFF'S THE EXODONTISTS ANSWERS THE QUESTION: HOW WOULD SHAKESPEARE WRITE FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S?
VISCERAL, COMPULSIVE AND EMOTIONALLY BRUTAL, THIS ONE'S GOING TO CATCH A LOT OF READERS OFF GUARD!" -
Steve Stred, author of MASTODON and
CHURN THE SOIL

Promo image showing front cover of Drew Huff's THE EXODONTISTS, surrounded by images of human teeth

Text reads: THE EXODONTISTS - coming this October from Nefarious Bat Press

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· May 28

@drewhuff.bsky.social's THE EXODONTISTS will see you in October - but you can book your appointment now... www.amazon.com/Exodontists-...

Ad-style promo image showing a bloody, nitrile-gloved hand holding bloodstained dental implements, and the cover of Drew Huff's upcoming THE EXODONTISTS

Text reads:

Toothache? Cavities?
Gum disease?
THE EXODONTISTS are waiting for you!

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· May 27

Happy first birthday to @anna-orridge.bsky.social amazing (and grotesque) PHENGARIS! 🎉🪲🎉 How you read it yet? payhip.com/b/58paC

Promo image for Phengaris, showing the book's cover and a vector image of a bug in a red circle with a red line through it

Text reads: Troubled by bugs? You should be.

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· May 26

Tonight we'd like to tempt you with @tcparker.bsky.social's Saltblood: a near-future-dystopia island-isolation horror starring lesser-known (but no less horrifying for it) sea monster, the Nuckelavee... payhip.com/b/wm14g

Image showing cover of TC Parker's Saltblood, next to an image of a Nuckelavee: skinless half man/half horse sea monster of legend

Above the images, in fonts connoting the Now! That's What I Call Music albums, text reads:

Now That's What I Call A Sea Monster You Don't See Often

Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress· May 25

Same old zombie stories bringing you down? Get happy with @brennanlafaro.bsky.social's THE DENIZENS! payhip.com/b/I1rKM