Nefarious Bat Press

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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

Poster showing an anxious-looking bat against a completely generic yellow background Text reads: Batrooms Starring Drew Huff, TC Parker, Brennan LaFaro, Anna Orridge, Shauna Mc Eleney, Disco Barrington and more
Short video showing the cover of Disco Barrington's THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS against shifting backgrounds of fire, flood, snow/ice and decay, and finally images of rewilded human-made architecture overtaken by sand and foliage Text, referencing Eliot's Hollow Men, reads: This is how the world ends This is how the world ends This is how the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper
Van Gogh's Starry Night, with a hidden Bat surprise
Dali's Persistence of Memory, with a hidden Bat surprise
Picasso's Guernica, with a hidden Bat surprise
Kandinsky's On White II, with a hidden Bat surprise
A Jan Van Weel study of insects and butterflies, with a hidden Bat surprise
Caravaggio's Inspiration of St Michael, with a hidden Bat surprise
Bruegel's TRIUMPH OF DEATH, with a hidden Bat surprise
"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
10 GOOD REASONS YOU SHOULD READ A PRESS OF FEATHERS
Promo image showing cover of Brennan LaFaro's THE DENIZENS Text reads: 10 good reasons you should read THE DENIZENS
Promo image for TC Parker's THE LONG CON Text reads: Be Gay. Do Crime. Often.
Appeal "Sexually Suggestive" label This appeal will be sent to @moderation.bsky.app. It's the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen harbour Submit Back
Sheela na gig statue, Hertfordshire Sheela clutches a copy of Tradwife to her open vagina
Statue: Apollo and Daphne, from Ovid's Metamorphosis A copy of THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS falls from Apollo's fingers
Statue: locust fountain, Chapultepec The locust holds a copy of PHENGARIS
Statue: Christ The Redeemer, Rio Christ holds copies of Awake In The Night and Hummingbird on the open palms of his outstretched hands
Statue: Rodin's The Kiss An open copy of Drew Huff's THE EXODONTISTS rests on the thigh of one of the kissers
Statue: Perseus With The Head of Medusa Instead of a decapitated gorgon head, Perseus holds aloft a copy of Brennan LaFaro's THE DENIZENZ
WE'RE OPENING TO SUBMISSIONS! OUR YEAR OF NOIR OPENS 1ST TO 31ST AUGUST 2026
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
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
Promo video titled: Our Pride Reads By Genre Frame 1: Horror Featuring covers of The Exodontists and Hummingbird Frame 2: Dystopian Featuring covers of This Is How The World Ends and Saltblood Frame 3: Haunted House Featuring Awake In The Night and A Press of Feathers Frame 4: Weird Fic Featuring Phengaris and Salvation Spring Frame 5: Crime Featuring Tradwife and The Long Con Final frame is titled: Catch 'Em All!
NEW BOOK DEAL BRENNAN LAFARO CHAMBER THE ROUND SUMMER 2027 COVER TO BE REVEALED
"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
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!
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.
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
2 panels side by side: Left panel shows a morose looking zombie, with text reading: same old zombie stories getting you down? Right panel shows a claymation-style zombie dancing, surrounded by balloons, with text reading: get happy with The Denizens!
Image of cover of TC Parker's Saltblood, with the text: BLACK MIRROR, WITH CRYPTIDS FIVE STARS ~ SCREAM MAGAZINE
"WITH THE GRACE AND CARE OF A CHAINSAW JUGGLER, DREW HUFF BALANCES THE COMPLICATIONS OF FAMILY WITH THE TERRIFYING NATURE OF CHANGE, WRAPPING IT ALL IN A SMALL TOWN HORROR SKIN- THE EXODONTISTS REVELS IN ITS OWN WEIRDNESS, WRITTEN WITH A CONFIDENCE AND CLARITY THAT PUSHES THE READER TO ACCEPT THE TEETH, GLEAMING FROM THE DEPTHS OF A DARK WAREHOUSE. THE PERFECT SPOOKY SEASON READ" BRENNAN LAFARO, AUTHOR OF THE DENIZENS
Promo image, featuring cover of The Exodontists (showing spindly, translucent humanoid figures with branch-like fingers and flowing gold eyes) and the text: DREW HUFF'S THE EXODONTISTS OUT OCTOBER 13TH FROM NEFARIOUS BAT PRESS
Promo image, featuring cover of This Is How The World Ends (a human eye overlaid with blue electrical currents, framed by flames and vibrant Caribbean colours) Text reads: THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS COMING THIS SEPTEMBER FROM NEFARIOUS BAT PRESS
Short promo video showcasing the covers of a selection of titles published by Nefarious Bat Press, from authors Brennan LaFaro, Disco Barrington, Drew Huff, Anna Orridge, Sarah Jules, Shauna Mc Eleney and TC Parker
Parody poster of The Graduate A (nefarious) bat head is superimposed on the body of a young man in a suit A pale leg in a black stocking bisects the foreground NBP book titles are arranged, seductively, along the leg Title reads: THE BAT Strapline reads: This is the bat. They're a little worried about your TBR
"THROUGH APOCALYPSE, DYSTOPIA, AND RENEWAL, THE THROUGHLINE OF EMPATHY, LOVE, AND HUMAN DETERMINATION IN BARRINGTON'S THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS KEEPS THE STORY PROFOUNDLY HUMAN. AN IMPRESSIVE DEBUT THAT LEAVES THE READER WITH A BITTERSWEET, HARD-WON HOPE THAT FEELS ESPECIALLY RESONANT IN OUR UNCERTAIN POLITICAL MOMENT" - Seth Haddon, author of VOLATILE MEMORY and REFORGED
Parody movie poster of 00s blockbuster I Am Legend A roosting, grumpy bat stands in a ruined dystopian cityscape next to an enthusiastic looking German Shepherd. Neither of them are Will Smith Text reads: Nefarious Bat The last bat on earth is not alone Title reads: I Am Bat
Promo image for The Nine O'Clock Horses, with the book (artwork: a horse's face in closeup, its eye rendered to connote a camera lens) presented on a plate below the line: A LITTLE BOOK OF STRANGE APPETITES
Parody of the movie poster for The Thing, featuring a bat in a snow suit surrounded by ice crystal and light beams, and scattered NBP book titles Text reads: The BAT The ultimate in chiropteran terror
Parody poster of 1990 TV movie IT, with a (Nefarious) bat as Pennywise the clown, complete with wig, red nose and claws Text reads: The Nefarious BAT The masters of horror unleash everything you were ever afraid of Below BAT is a panel of Nefarious Bat book covers: Disco Barrington's This Is How The World Ends, Drew Huff's The Exodontists, TV Parker's Tradwife, Brennan LaFaro's The Denizens, Anna Orridge's Phengaris, Shauna Mc Eleney's Awake In The Night, TC Parker's Hummingbird
Promo image for The Nine O'Clock Horses, showing the book cover presented on a dinner plate with the headline, A Little Book of Strange Appetites
Promo video showcasing current NBP titles, bracketed into Small Town Scares (The Denizens, Hummingbird), Haunted Houses (Awake In The Night, A Press of Feathers), Dystopian Nightmares (This Is How The World Ends, Saltblood), Creature Features (The Exodontists, The Nine O'Clock Horses), Cosmic Weirdness (Phengaris, Salvation Spring) and Feminist Rage (Good For Her, Tradwife)
Short video parody of the Hellraiser poster Here a grumpy looking bat is cast in the role of Pinhead. It holds several Nefarious Bat titles, and declares (per the Hellraiser strapline): We have such sights to show you Clip ends on the line: Angel to some. Demons to others. Nefarious Bat to all
Parody Jaws poster, showing a bat - dragging NBP book titles - up from the ocean to attack a clearly vacationing bookshelf wearing sunglasses and holding an elaborate cocktail
Parody of the poster for The Exorcist movie Poster shows a grumpy looking bat standing in shadow under a lamppost A handful of recent NBP books - The Exodontists, The Denizens, Tradwife, The Nine O'Clock Horses - line up in a row at the bottom of the frame Title reads: The Nefarious BAT Strapline reads: The scariest books of all time return to your shelves this spring
"HOLY ****! YOUVE NEVER READ ANYTHING LIKE THE EXODONTISTS. ABSOLUTELY BONKERS AND SO, SO GOODI A TRANSCENDENT TALE OF REDEMPTION, FAMILY, AND TEETH, THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE - PREPARE TO BE BORN AGAIN INTO A BRAND NEW SKIN" - BITTER KARELLA AUTHOR OF MOONFLOW
Promo video for Hummingbird, showing: Frame 1: Hummingbird book cover (featuring a skull superimposed on a humanoid body made of tree branches and roots) and the strapline: "hate is a parasite" Frame 2: the same image of the Hummingbird book cover, with a pull quote from the wonderful Hailey Piper* reading, "A Pulp Fiction-esque horror show" *seriously, she's great. Read her books
Promo image of THE DENIZENS, showing the cover of the book and the text: REST IN PEACE? NOT IN THIS TOWN
Promo image for Drew Huff's THE EXODONTISTS, showing the cover of the book (featuring several thin, long fingered, semi-translucent monster monstrous figures) and text reading: FAMILY IS EVERY THING The Exodontists will see you this October 13th
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A spam email from Amazon, asking us to review (out of 5 stars) Brennan LaFaro's The Denizens A book we just published
Promo banner for The Denizens FB Live event, showing an image of the book cover and the words THE DENIZENS LIVE!
Promo image for launch event, showing cover art of THE DENIZENS Text reads: THE DENIZENS ARE HERE JOIN AUTHOR BRENNAN LAFARO, NEFARIOUS BAT'S TC PARKER & SPECIAL GUEST DREW HUFF TOMORROW (6PM UK/1PM EST) FOR THE VIRTUAL LAUNCH EVENT!
One of those arrow-laden book promo images for Salvation Spring Image, titled Salvation Spring: Deconstructed, shows a thumbnail cover of the book in the centre, with arrows shooting off it promising: Weird West Memory loss Big twists Twin Peaks meets Blake Crouch Very sapphic Pull quote from author Ross Jeffery reads: "a western-horror Memento"
Promo image for The Nine O'Clock Horses & Other Stories Central image is the book cover, with arrows promising: - Horror Story Collection - Magnus Archives Vibes - Seriously Creepy - Body Horror - Urban Legend Meets Suburban Paranoia Quote at the bottom reads: "Tense, gruesome horror that keeps you on the edge of your seat"
Promo image showing a green zombie-like hand rising from the earth, clutching a copy of Brennan LaFaro's THE DENIZENS Strapline reads: Next week, they rise Text reads: Lock your doors. Seal your windows. The Denizens are coming
Cover image of Brennan LaFaro's THE DENIZENS - showing an aerial view of a forest and the town it encloses. Together, from up high, the town and forest form the shape of a skull Text reads: COMING FEBRUARY 2026
One of those "here are the tropes" promo image for Brennan LaFaro's The Denizens, promising: - small town setting - Salem's Lot Vibes - Zombies! - grief horror - witchcraft! With a quote from Rachel Harrison, reading: "Mesmerizing, with a quiet but profound sense of dread"