Ben Tufnell

Thanks Ian! Don't worry, it really tails off towards the end....

@dancoxon.bsky.social !!!

The cover of ‘Paradise’ by Ben Tufnell, depicting a dense forest

'An unsettling novel of juxtapositions and surprises, Paradise moves between city and forest, bringing both to teeming, violent life. Tufnell creates landscapes that work upon us on the deepest level.' - Aliya Whiteley, author of The Beauty and Skyward Inn

'A powerful novel of psychogeography set between two landscapes, urban and rural, in a world palpably on the brink of collapse. Febrile with paranoia and alienation, Paradise confronts the crucial, intimate matter of our time: how 'to be' at the end of all things.' - Charlotte Tierney, author of The Cat Bride

'Paradise begins as an engrossing neo-noir before pivoting into something considerably stranger, in a manner that recalls a peculiar array of other works: Ben Wheatley's Kill List, Neil Jordan's The Crying Game, Michael Ende's children's novel Momo. A Kafkaeseque end-times parable of acceleration and collapse, violence and repair, it is a resonant page-turner fit for the Capitaloscene. ' - Séan Padraic Birnie, author of I Would Haunt You If I Could

It is here!

Huge thanks to @influxpress.bsky.social @dan.coxon.belly.social @charlotteseymour.bsky.social, Luke Bird and Vince Haig, and profound gratitude to the blurbers: @aetwigg.bsky.social @charlieratpig.bsky.social @seanbirnie.bsky.social, James Miller and Aliya Whiteley

In bookshops now!

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

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

White Poppy against a blue background

'Poppy' c.1852 by Anna Atkins, UK pioneer in botany and photography whose photographs created by the cyanotype process were the first ever to be published #womensart #WomensHistoryMonth

Vampire cat. Or really a simple drawing of a black cat with a couple of long canines sticking out Should a cat's canines be called felines?

Enikö Eged

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THE NORTH SHORE TO PARADISE

@bentufnell.bsky.social will be appearing at the Norfolk & Norwich Festival in May, in conversation with Tracee Findlater about his two books, THE NORTH SHORE and his brilliant new novel, PARADISE.

Thursday 14 May
6pm
🎟️ £15

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PARADISE, the new genre-defying eco-thriller combining elements of noir, folk horror and nature writing by @bentufnell.bsky.social, is published early March!

Interested reviewers please get in touch.

Pre-order here: www.influxpress.com/shop/paradis...

Excited to have a story in the new issue of @the4facedliar.bsky.social
Thanks to Roisin and everyone at the magazine!

Wow, I didn’t know there were two other Laurence Fishburnes…

trefoil stained glass window, an owl perches on w winding branch at the center of the design

an incredible window from the Church of St John in Whitbourne, Herefordshire

The author and their books: Aliya Whiteley, author of THREE EIGHT ONE and THE MISHEARD WORLD The book they'd love for Xmas HAMMER HORROR Their favourite read of 2025 THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS RAKESFALL Their anticipated read of 2026 PARADISE ALSTON MOOR

We asked Aliya Whiteley for her best books of 2025, a book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated reads of 2026.

Read the full article https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @vajra.me @bentufnell.bsky.social & @annecharnock.bsky.social !

https://geni.us/misheardw

Congrats! Loved ‘Father Paul’…

For 2026 let’s remind ourselves what really matters: weird fiction

Great piece by @chuckwendig.bsky.social

Lovely! Thanks for sharing.

Paradise — Influx Press

PARADISE by @bentufnell.bsky.social is published March 2026

www.influxpress.com/paradise

Many thanks to @charlieratpig.bsky.social for these words…..

Pnin - Nabokov
Moravagine - Cendrars
Justine (and Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea too) - Durrell

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‘The Dreary Whiteness of the Anglosphere’ is a good title for an anthology…..

Salvador Dali’s Portrait of Luis Bunuel

Salvador Dali, ‘Portrait of Luis Bunuel’ (1924), Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid

Siouxsie & The Banshees • Halloween • Live 1981 [HD remaster] YouTube video by Kieran James

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Strong wicker man vibes….

Illustration of type of fish owl. The owls have prominent ear tufts and are perched on rocks. In the foreground, a small fish lies on a rock between the two birds. The background includes various plants, such as a palm frond and a cattail-like plant, suggesting a wetland or riverbank environment.

Royal Natural History, Richard Lydekker, originally published in 1893. #OwlishMonday