I write weird prose, comic books, plays, and non-fiction. My substack newsletter posts weekly essays. Useful links here: splinister.com/easylinks/
Joined April 2008
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Huzzah! @pspublishinguk has announced my novella, 'House of Wyrd', with a limited edition hardback out first. You can pre-order it now. Thanks to artist Lisa Laughy for the outstanding cover and editor @Marie_O_Regan for her wise oversight!
pspublishing.co.uk/house-of-โฆ
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May 22
As announced by @pspublishinguk today - the latest titles from #absinthebooks! #stealme by @helengrantsays, #houseofwyrd by @splinister and #thelampinthewindow from @tommeadauthor To order, head to pspublishing.co.uk/absinthe-โฆ
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Feb 4
Klarion pages, Iron Man roughs, portraits and paintings all at 20% off this week in my bigcartel store. Use code FRAZER26 at checkout. Frazerirving.bigcartel.com
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25 Dec 2025
A sunny Christmas Day
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We're hosting a live event on Wednesday, Nov. 19 to share the latest images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, collected by several NASA missions.
Tune in for the detailsโand send in your questions for the livestream with #AskNASA: go.nasa.gov/44fnibY
ALT An image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, as captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on July 21, 2025. The bluish-white comet shines bright among a handful of bluish streaks. Credit: NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
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9 Nov 2025
Our #crime anthology #DeathComesatChristmas out now in paperback - the perfect gift at the link below ๐ ๐
amazon.co.uk/Death-Comes-Chrโฆ
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7 Nov 2025
Interview and Exclusive Preview at @TheComicon! Talking Judge Anderson And โThe 2000 AD Annualโ With @splinister And Joe Currie โถ๏ธ bit.ly/3XbH3xk
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I'm so pleased to win the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction for 'Raptor', which appeared in the Heartwood anthology, edited by Dan Coxon... who also won a WFA. A double win for @pspublishinguk Thanks to the jurors for this honour!
2 Nov 2025
Huge congrats to the winners of the WFAs, especially @splinister @dan.coxon.author & @blackshuckbooks - all well deserved!
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I'm so pleased to be be part of a panel discussion on 'Comics at the National Library of Ireland: Discovering Irish comic book history' on Friday, 8 Aug from 1pm-2.30pm at the National Library of Ireland, Dublin.
Free, but ticketed. Do come along!
nli.ie/exhibitions-events/coโฆ
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26 Jun 2025
Just time for my occasional series "ladies who love accordions!"
Squeezy does it...
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23 Jun 2025
Revealing the Trifid and Lagoon Nebula as never seen before, by NSFโDOE @VRubinObs
This ๐ท combines 678 separate exposures in over 7 hours of observing time.
Rubin captures huge images fast, thanks to its ultra-wide view and unmatched speed
๐ทRubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA
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I'm so pleased that I have a video essay in the fabulous limited edition Blu-ray release of the Irish-Filipino horror film, Nocebo (2022), directed by Lorcan Finnegan and written by Garret Shanley, and released by @viavisionent
Buy here: viavision.com.au/shop/noceboโฆ
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23 Apr 2025
A BEAUTIFUL VAMPIRE Lady Deverish drains the life force of her entire family including her dog to remain young and beautiful. Amazingly this little known #Vampire story was published as early as 1896 by Arabella Kenealy, it predates #Dracula.
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27 Mar 2025
Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries is OUT NOW on Nintendo Switch!
Paris, 1921, French artist Jennifer Chevalier becomes embroiled in death, espionage and revolution with the ghost of Oscar Wilde.
A Point & Click adventure with a unique comic book inventory design.
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27 Feb 2025
Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries is coming to Nintendo Switch!
You can solve the supernatural, detective adventure on March 27th, and pre-orders are open now on the Nintendo eStore!
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7 Feb 2025
Honoured to have been invited to write for @empiremagazine on what David Lynch meant to me. It was very moving to write. And proud to be included alongside Nicholas Cage, Dexter Fletcher and others who worked with Lynch in this beautiful 12-page spread in Empireโs new issue โค๏ธ
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3 Feb 2025
Outset Gallery has announced a brand new exhibition opening in just a couple of weeks ๐คฉ๐
'Next Wave' launches on Friday 14th Feb 6-9pm and presents the work of eight graduates selected from Outsetโs 2024 Graduate Open Call. Find out more here: thisisgalway.ie/event/next-wโฆ
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6 Jan 2025
Today is the birthday of legendary illustrator Gustave Dorรฉ. Let's take a look back at his work...
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2 Nov 2024
Extremely detailed view of Mars by Curiosity Rover.
That's actual sound on Mars recorded by Perseverance Rover.
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3 Nov 2024
The Legend of Luther Arkwright US edition finally published!
Delayed because of contractual complications, The North American edition is finally going to be published on the 3rd of December by @DarkHorseComics !
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