We've reached the generation of actors where they actually grew up with the stuff I did and it's freaking me out. Also IS THAT A SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT REFERENCE LET'S GO WE'VE BROKEN CONTAINMENT!

I ALWAYS SAID JACOB ELORDI HAS GREAT TASTE IN BOOKS!

Dammit, trying to post a cool video and NOTHING IS WORKING

Well... Frankenstein is poetry on the screen, as only @realgdt.bsky.social can manage, and Jacob Elordi is magnificent as the monster, full of brooding menace with a wonderful voice.

Christmas is approaching, and what do you get for the Skulduggery reader in YOUR life? (Or what do you get YOURSELF, if no one else is gonna?) A card! A stocking! MAY THE MERRY BELLS OF CHRISTMAS CLANG! shop.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/products/chr...

As a Halloween treat, BEHOLD THREE NEW COVERS! Brought to you by the pen of Matt Taylor and released on January 1, YOUR PUNY MINDS SHALL DRIBBLE OUT OF YOUR EARHOLES!!

Laura was funny just now, in a way that only makes sense to those who understand the difference between Irish and English accents. “Do you pronounce ‘wrath’ like ‘bath’ or ‘wrath’ like ‘bath?’”

Okay, we've extended the competition by twelve hours because of the unexpectedly high amount of entries — and we've also worked out how to expand it to include Ireland! So readers from IRELAND and the UK who haven't entered yet, ENTER! And maybe win!

UK readers! This little competition of ours ends at midnight tonight! This is your last chance to enter! YOUR LAST CHANCE!!

Dammit. Took the dog for a walk, intending to figure out a plot in my head, and spent the entire time looking at leaves and loving how warm my jacket was and wondering if I had a hole in my sock (I hadn't) and now I'm back at the computer with the exact same problem as before.

Picked up the new @joe-hill.bsky.social today, shown here beside Maeve Fly (by CJ Leede) for size comparison…! Can’t wait to get to it, but first I have to finish Maeve and Black Sheep (by Rachel Harrison) and Coffin Moon (by @keithrosson.bsky.social) which I am reading simultaneously.

UK readers- here’s a quick and easy Halloween competition to maybe win some stuff! Sign up for the newsletter to be entered, or just enter if you’ve already signed up! Over 18s (because of data stuff!) gleam.io/TKXLu/win-th...

To celebrate this most momentous of days, the world has conspired to release Skulduggery Pleasant: A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe for your reading pleasure. Just another way that I make your life bearable.

This day, 51 years ago, the darkest timeline was averted with the birth of He Who Will Be Awesome. Yes- as bad as this timeline is, it would have been SO MUCH WORSE without ME. You are welcome.

On one hand, it is immensely satisfying to read a social media post by a friend/peer, write a reply, think about it, then delete it — figuring why add my words to someone else's thoughts? On the other hand — aren't they INVITING comment simply by writing the post? But on the THIRD hand... meh.

The final episode of A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe is out today! Thank you EVERYONE for listening- we passed 100,000 impressions on Spotify (whatever that means) a few days ago so my publisher is delighted with how it’s gone…!

You can tell Halloween and Christmas are coming up because suddenly we have a load of new releases in the shop…! shop.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/products/tri...

The only problem with having Matt Taylor's extraordinary book covers in this calendar is that it makes you wish there were a lot more months in a year...

Looking for a calendar-shaped present for the Skulduggery reader in YOUR life this Christmas? LOOK NO MORE! shop.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/products/sku...

I am loving these little polls we’re running after every episode of ASMOIC…

I just deleted a post about preordering A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe for 25% off, because it turned out that it was for the paperback, released 6 months from now, as opposed to the hardback, released next week, but when they explained it all I got confused so I just deleted it... Ahem.

The results of our latest poll! I’m actually surprised by this one. When I was 20, I liked SOME songs by Prince, but I never gave him much thought. Then, because a girl I fancied LOVED him, I said yeah, big fan… and within weeks I WAS a big fan. But, like, that’s Prince, so..

Books! For some reason I only ever read the first arc of this X-Men run, despite it coming from a favourite writer and artist - and I only read a few issues of Strikeforce Morituri as a 12 yr old… but the nihilistic vibe of it stayed with me. Now to find out how it ends…

Oh by the way… It’s Friday! That means a new episode has dropped! Tune in for important conversations about plot! Clues! And ugly babies!

The A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe podcast is now available on Apple!! Grab a slice! (of Apple) (an Apple slice)

Some behind the scenes stuff we recorded for A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe…

We’re conducting interesting little polls to accompany each podcast episode- the latest of which being: do you think sorcerers should have guided humanity throughout history? 76% of you reckon that would have been a good idea… I mean, I wish I could argue, but…

Passed by a jumble sale of sorts and just had to stop in… FINALLY! A book of euphemisms!

Episode 2 of A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe has landed! The investigation deepens! The Cold War gets colder! Someone makes jokes! This episode has EVERYTHING!! www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/podcast/

Doing a continuity read of A Heart Full of Hatred now, in preparation for the paperback release (er, whenever that is) and I have a chance to correct errors! Attentive readers, what typos/errors have you noticed in AMFOM and AHFOH that I might have missed? Let the deluge begin!

Getting a wonderfully warm and enthusiastic response to the first episode of A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe, available on Spotify, Audible, and Amazon Music (we’re working on Apple but there’s new software and it’s WEIRD)- so as a little bonus, this is where we recorded!

We’re trying to figure out why Apple won’t let us post the 1st episode of A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe (conspiracy?? Or something WORSE??*) but here it is on Spotify! emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... *neither.

The Skulduggery podcast has RETURNED! The first episode, like ALL the podcast episodes, is free to listen to! Treat Your Ears! www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/podcast/

A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe starts tomorrow wherever you get your podcasts- and it’s all free!

Awwwww!

Just saw the rough cover sketches for the reissues of Seasons of War, Dead Or Alive, and Until The End. Oh my WORD they kick ass. I wish I could show you, but soon! Matt Taylor is going to blow your tiny little MINDS.

Once again I shake my fist at the tiresome restrictions of writing for "younger readers"... Give me a PG, one-word insult that can be shouted in anger in the middle of a fight to the death! Like "jerk" only... less American!

World, meet Obi-Wan

The first trailer for the new podcast, sliding into your earholes on September 12...! creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

I love Fridays, because Fridays are when I get to the bookshops- and even though I have a book of my own to finish, Alexis Henderson and @StephenKing (by way of a MURDER of authors riffing on The Stand) are beckoning…

"I'm a meat puppet controlled by strange biological impulses," said Skulduggery. "Aren't we all, dear?" China replied.

Getting through the Until The End continuity edit. Reached the chapter where Flanery takes a Splash of pure intelligence instead of pure strength, and his world opens up... and then it fades and he sabotages himself by choosing pure strength again. Nasty little man.

Continuity edit of UTE, and I'm going yep, this was written during lockdown... "The streets were quiet and dark... After a month of terror and monster attacks, most mortal businesses around the world were closed and shuttered— apart from supermarkets and restaurants."

Making my way through the continuity edit of Until The End (definitely making fewer changes in the later books than the earlier books) and I have come to Omen and the "Filament Derp" moment, which remains one of my favourite, sillier scenes where I let myself go full comedy...

Irish artists/ supporters of the arts, please check out and fill in this short survey. The Gript/ far right dudes are already sharing it on X and I'd be worried it'll get brigaded. If we want it to be retained and expanded we gotta drown them out.

The stop motion sequence in the opening episode of Wednesday season 2 was just GLORIOUS. The rest of the episode is looking like the majority of season 1, in that it might be difficult to get through.

It's Friday, and you know what THAT means: brand new Skulduggery posters from the pen of Matt Taylor! Revel in the splendour! Adorn your walls with the beauty! Luxuriate in the coolness! shop.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/products/min...

And here we have the last book of the trilogy to get a reissue on Sept 25- again with glorious Matt Taylor artwork.

Just look at this artwork by Matt Taylor- the first full body shot of Val in her necronaut suit. This reissue is out 25 September!