Lyndsey Croal

Lyndsey is a Scottish author of strange and speculative fiction. Her work has appeared in over eighty magazines and anthologies, including with Apex, Analog, Weird Tales, Shoreline of Infinity, and PseudoPod. She’s a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee, British Fantasy Award Finalist, and former Hawthornden Fellow. Her novelette Have You Decided on Your Question (2023) and collection of dark science fiction tales Limelight and Other Stories (2024) are published with Shortwave Publishing. Her novelette The Girl With Barnacles for Eyes appeared in Tenebrous Press’ Split Scream Volume Five, and her second collection of Scottish folklore-inspired tales Dark Crescent is forthcoming in 2025 from Luna Press. She lives in Edinburgh with her giant cat Pippin and has a background in climate and environment policy and comms. She’s currently working on a number of longer projects in the sci fi, eco fiction, and horror space, and is represented by Michael Mungiello at InkWell Management. Find out more via www.lyndseycroal.co.uk.