OUR BOOKS
The complete collection of books currently available from Nefarious Bat Press.
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CRIME SECTION
MEET THE BATS
We are a female-owned independent publisher specialising in queer horror, crime and dark fiction.
TC Parker is Nefarious Bat's Editor-in-Chief.
The author of 13 books (... and counting...) including Saltblood, Salvation Spring, the Long Con trilogy and the Hummingbird series, she's worked in editorial in various capacities for almost 20 years: freelance, and in-house as lead copywriter and editor for a UK comms agency.
For the last decade, when not otherwise occupied with writing and publishing things, she's been the Managing Director of a semiotics, discourse analysis and cultural insight consultancy: a job that mostly entails her asking, "what does [x] mean, and how is it changing?" And then going off into the world to find out.
She has two kids, an audiobook habit and a PhD in media, politics and cultural studies; she likes critical theory, Terry Pratchett and the Ancient Near East, and dislikes conservatism in almost every form.
She's especially interested in hearing from queer writers, BIPOC British writers, neurodivergent writers, and any and all combinations of the above.
Hers is a salted caramel cheesecake.
Shauna Mc Eleney is the Managing Director of Nefarious Bat Press.
The author of Awake in the Night and the upcoming Where the Bluebells Lie, she hails from county Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. She holds a degree in English Lit, a degree in Business, and a masters in Film.
She likes designing book covers, listening to sad music and stressing about things that will likely never happen. She dislikes badly run small presses and people taking advantage of indie authors.
She enjoys reading strong female MCs, slow-burn dread, grief and nuanced characterisation; small towns, dark comedy and horror with heart. She's a total sucker for a seaside setting.
If you're at the bar, hers is a gin and tonic and a wee box of Pringles, thanks.
Coming soon from Nefarious Bat Press
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FAMILY. COMMUNITY. TRADITION.
ANNIHILATION.
Everyone remembers the Heart of Solomon murders: three young married couples slaughtered around the dinner table, their bodies desecrated, in the UK's first and only purpose-built Tradwife community.
And no suspect ever charged.
Four years have passed since then. A slew of articles have been written, and a string of true crime documentaries commissioned - most of them about the murders and the aftermath. The mutilations; the body parts; the mystery that's never been close to solved.
But what really happened that night?
Writer Gina Lewis wants to know. Her plan: talk to the people who knew the three dead couples best, and try to understand what brought them to the Heart of Solomon. Puzzle out why they died - and how the "traditional marriage" Arcadia they were promised turned so dangerous, so quickly.
And she'll keep going until she finds the truth. No matter what it costs her.
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