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# pawandclawink.co.uk

York's Home of Indie Horror

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## Posts

- [Station 3's Book Launch!](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/station-3-book-launch/) - July was a very exciting month for Paw&Claw Ink, although we can't actually share a lot of the reasons why. A lot of moments from behind the scenes that won't come to fruition for a few months (and some not for years), but there is one we can share. It's probably one of the most
- [The Spider Has Promised It Will Not Descend](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/the-spider-has-promised-it-will-not-descend/) - We swore the spider into office as mayor today. Quite the turnout at Town Hall, but that's to be expected. The first female mayor in town history. That's progress for you!She campaigned on ridding our town of undesirables, and it was that promise that clinched her election. A return to conservative values. She's already made
- [Enter the Bog](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/enter-the-bog/) - Welcome to the Bog We here at Paw&Claw Ink are delighted to announce the launch of our blog, The Bog! It's been nearly two years since Paw&Claw Ink escaped into reality; since then, we've grown a lot in many ways, including growing our little two-person team to something slightly more substantial. We figured the best
- [What the Hell Even is Analog Horror Anyways?](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/what-the-hell-even-is-analog-horror-anyways/)
- [Shepherd's Warning](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/shepherd-s-warning/) - It all began this morning, when I woke up to tend to my herd, and was left bewildered on my front doorstep. The sun had bled all over the morning sky as it clawed its way out from the horizon. All I could do was watch it with a heavy pit in my stomach. It
- [What Made You](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/what-made-you/) - You awaken. Or, more accurately, you are activated. Rise and shine, he says. A cruel joke that loses its sting only marginally every night. There is no ascension from this hell. No light. As your limbs twitch to life, muscles spasming taut against machinery, he gleefully describes your evening’s hunt.Fit, tall and muscular, he says. Excellent
- [Metamorphic](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/metamorphic/) - I’m stretched out across a page. My words in full view of the watchful eyes—the assessing eyes that stare at my bare being, ready with a pen shaped to scalpel. My joints are snapped, twisted, and removed. My tendons lay exposed, splattered with red ink across paper. Trinkles of meaning roll away, dripping to a
- [The Whisperer](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/the-whisperer/) - Frankie felt numb. He couldn’t sleep, couldn’t eat. He was just existing. “It’ll get better, you just need time.” The therapists said to him, “It’s normal to feel this way after such a big event. It’s grief.” Grief. That funny word, such a small number of letters yet has so much impact in anyone’s life.
- [Kaiser](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/kaiser/) - "What the Sea wants, the Sea takes."
- [When the Humming Starts](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/when-the-humming-starts/) - As a child, your imagination runs wild. Imagining stories of dragons that breath fire and goblins that stand under bridges—but then you grow up; and it stops. Or maybe it just fades into a tiny voice that speaks up when you close your eyes, just for a few seconds. I want to believe this is
- [Mr. D and I](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/mr-d-and-i/) - When Mr D comes calling, there's always the same questions rolling around in my head.What sound will I come back to?How long will I have been out for?And what things did Mr D do while I was out?Yesterday, the answers to those questions were:The last 30 seconds of Phil Collins and Maryln Martin’s “Separate Lives”.
- [Horns & Spines](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/horns-and-spines/) - The only thing worse than the dusty ocean of prickly cacti was the uncertainty that came with nightfall.The goat knew this well. When its herder failed to return prior to sundown, survival became the animal’s primary objective.I can hear the howls already. I only hope they’re few in numbers.Hungry and in need of hydration, the
- [Depression Dishes](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/depression-dishes/) - My ex once said he could tell how depressed I was by the amount of hair stuck to my shower wall. We lasted another year after that. I’m still not sure why. The truth was, he was exhausting—just like the pile of dishes currently staring at me.I have no doubt that undiscovered organisms fester within
- [On the Dock](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/on-the-dock/) - October 6, 1929 “Jack Marshall”I recall it being the last hour of my shift. I’ll tell you now, I was sick of all the customers coming in at the last minute asking for fish. You would think the sign saying ‘closed’ on the dock would suggest something, but clearly not. It was pissing it down,
- [Sonnet For A January Nightmare/Dream-Moose Replies](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/sonnet-for-a-january-nightmare/) - Sonnet for a January Nightmare It takes your eyes a moment to adjustThere’s nothing to hold onto but the starsYou grab a handful of that astral dustAnd make your way through night as black as tar.You enter in a strange familiar sceneAn animal whose eyes do not reflectOn the path that appears to you in
- [Follow the Leader](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/follow-the-leader/) - There are around 1,500 malls in the United States. Over 300 of them are completely abandoned, being left to rot and collapse in on themselves as time shreds their presence from existence.The Animas Forks Mall is one of these places. The entrance, once featuring a manicured set of planters and an ornate stone arch, is
- [A Terra Ad Caelus](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/a-terra-ad-caelus/) - Day 1Not really the first day. Fourth, maybe.Still nothing. No cars, no helicopters (makes sense), no people. Still chucking it down outside.Nosh is running low. Think this must have been the final lot to be shipped to the food bank. Just cans of green beans and fuck all else.Found this notepad and pen in the
- [The Valley](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/the-valley/) - The rusted curves of blemished steel roofed the stretching valley, mutating the once captivating Emerald Slade into a minefield. Their edges were piercing yet brittle; chunks snapped, fell, and embedded into the broken layers of the unfortunate.In the wind, they squeaked, swinging back and forth in a cacophony of death.In the wind, they shrilled, dancing
- [Rejoin & Rejoice](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/rejoin-and-rejoice/) - There was the loud crunch of a cicada being crushed. She winced and carried on, grinding her sneaker against the asphalt as she did. Crack. She grimaced and carried on, eyes turned to the sidewalk while she wiped her shoes in the damp grass of her neighbour's front yard. Dead and dying cicadas littered the

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- [About](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/about/) - Paw&Claw Ink is an independent publishing house founded in York in October 2024. We dedicate ourselves to being a love letter to horror and all things monstrous.
- [Submit](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/submit/) - Paw&Claw Ink is currently closed for both general submissions and Paw&Claw Anthology submissions.
- [The Bog](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/the-bog/) - Welcome to the blog, the Bog. Featuring essays, reviews, creative nonfiction, and flash fiction by and for horror enthusiasts.
- [Submission Guidelines](https://pawandclawink.co.uk/submission-guidelines/) - SUBMISSIONS CLOSED Submission Guidelines We are looking for works in the horror genre only. Prose must be written in the English language. Paw&Claw Ink takes submissions through Google Forms; submissions sent via any other method will not be accepted. Simultaneous submissions are accepted; we simply ask that you tell us if your piece has been

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