Acid Bath Publishing

04/10/2025

This we’re gathering for an evening of voices, stories & spells shared in the dark. A night to revel in the uncanny, the eerie & the unexpected 🎤👻🎃

No sign-up, no fuss. Come along, take the mic if you dare, or just sink into the atmosphere with a drink in hand 🍻☕️

Festivities commence 7pm on Tuesday 21st October at The Black Swan Inn 💀🍸👏

Hosted by three local forces in & :
Forge Press, & Acid Bath 📚✍️

DON’T FORGET to bring your own work for the . We’ll have plenty of Forge Press & ABP available if any or would like to join in 📚

28/09/2025

28/09/2025

Brianna Ferguson on the of her 2nd collection POOR SUBSTITUTE & the concept behind it. Available to from acidbathpublishing.sumupstore.com/product/poor-substitute-by-brianna-ferguson

27/09/2025

4 years ago today! Get THE WORST BEST YEARS: A Now at www.acidbathpublishing.com/product/three-anthologies 📖🍺🤮🎓

20/09/2025

‼️ NIGHT TERRORS: An of the Drunk & Debaucherous 🍷🕺💀

The night tempts us to shed the drudgery of our obligations through ecstatic revelry & sensual indulgences. Who doesn’t struggle with the gnawing boredom & intense stress of everyday life?

Catharsis comes with a price, however – the Dionysian call of intoxication can just as easily lead to suffering & addiction.

Get your copy today at www.acidbathpublishing.com/product/night-terrors 📖👏

16/09/2025

06/09/2025

for the upcoming I GOT A JOB by Carl Burkitt 📖📣

"I love the stories of Carl Burkitt which are, by turns, funny & moving, surreal & yet all too human. His words buzz with the poetry of everyday life, & carry the power to strip back the ordinary so we can see the extraordinary lying beneath."
- Brian Bilston 💬

🔗 www.acidbathpublishing.com/product/i-got-a-job

I got a job as a midwife, a snake charmer, a wedding planner. I got a job polishing John Travolta’s shoes, buttering bread, ironing the Pope’s...

25/08/2025

👁️ 🙌
Carl Burkitt’s NEW I GOT A JOB… Coming Soon 🚁⬇️

“I got a as a midwife, a snake charmer, a wedding planner. I got a job polishing John Travolta’s shoes, buttering bread, ironing the Pope’s garments. I got a job as a magician in the local curry house.

We spend upwards of 50 years , yet the average person has only 12 in their lifetime. What adventures are we missing out on not trying more roles? Who could we have met? What person could we have been?

I GOT A JOB is hilarious, peculiar, well-observed & heartbreaking. It is a mate sharing in the pub. It is Carl Burkitt’s attempt at imagining a more colourful, job-hopping life in 100 short .” 💬🖋️

Thanks to Carl, Mike & James for their creative input!

25/08/2025

#9 will be I GOT A JOB by Carl Burkitt - our 1st “imagining a more colourful, job-hopping life in 100 short tales.”

Follow the on Instagram @ carlburkittwords ✍️

25/08/2025

STAY TUNED! We’ll be revealing the cover art for our next collection later today… 👀📖

24/08/2025

🍂 Submissions are now open for Forge Zine’s Autumn Edition 2025! 🍂

Theme: POISON

We are calling for submissions inspired by substances which can cause harm, or explore literal or metaphorical toxins.

This might include:
– Antidotes, medicines, healing from poison
– Venomous plants and animals, invasive species
– Potions, elixirs, spells, the beauty in decay
– Psychological decay, forbidden desires, poisonous ideas

We welcome playful, weird and unexpected angles, but please note, we will not publish anything relating to or depicting self-harm or su***de.

📅 Deadline: 12 October 2025 (23:59 GMT)
📧 Submit to: [email protected]

✨ Seeking:
• Short stories, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, and mixed media
• Work tied to nature, decay, and the uncanny

Step into the season of shadows. We can’t wait to see what you conjure. 🕷️

Full guidelines in bio.