It’s always emotional

Re-reading the opening chapters of the mystery I’m writing, and it’s very different from the sparse, fast moving prose of my science fiction novels. It might just be my best work to date.

The restaurant two doors up from the bookshop has fired up its outdoor BBQ and now the shop is filled with the delicious aroma of frying onions and it’s making me HUNGRY

Apparently today marks the 40th anniversary of the release of the movie ALIENS. I saw it in the cinema as a 15 year old, and it literally changed the whole trajectory of my life

Working in the bookshop all day today The local schools began their summer break yesterday, so it’s going to be a busy one, judging by previous years. Lots of families coming in to stock up on new reads for their holidays

I think we’ve made enough lemonade. Can life now please quit it with the lemons.

Hot and stuffy in the bookshop this afternoon. Dreaming about a holiday on Hoth

If you’ve yet to read my Ack-Ack Macaque novels, you need to stay tuned for an update in October…

Today, I'm working the afternoon shift in the bookshop, so I'm fortifying myself with a hearty brunch of homemade chorizo eggs and a large mug of tea.

On August 11, my weird #horror and #darkfantasy novella Godfestation releases! @aptshadow.bsky.social calls it “Intriguing and creepy, a dive into folk horror and family history full of twists and shocks.” Preorder your copy: jendiagammon.com/godfestation/ Out via @sleyhouseeditor.bsky.social.

Hey, thanks for following. I know a lot of you aren't here to buy and read my books, but I appreciate you being here anyway.

Sushi time

It's getting to the point where I'll watch almost anything AppleTV makes because I know it's going to be of a certain quality, and is unlikely to get summarily cancelled within weeks of being released. I'd *love* for them to adapt one of my books

Two new anthologies ready to transport you!

Having to drive carefully tonight in Bristol as disconsolate England supporters spill out of the pubs and into the streets.

Hi all. There's a massive Thrones & Bones Bundle up at Bundle of Holding now. Pretty much all of our Scandinavian themed #TTRPG campaign setting and adventure material. For #Dungeonsanddragons and #talesofthevaliant. Please check it out: bundleofholding.com/presents/Thr...

Doing my bit to fight the literacy crisis by writing addictive, thriller-paced science fiction with relatable human characters caught up in wild, high stakes adventures #books

📖 While it’s neither far-flung nor bizarre (I’m in a garden hammock) I have started reading “Jitterbug” by @garethlpowell.bsky.social and @titanbooks.bsky.social It has a highly scene setting prologue - I think even I heard the noise he made 🫢 📚🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #HammockTime 😎

Celebrating one year of Bram Stoker Award Winner @pedroiniguez.bsky.social's Echoes and Embers: Speculative Stories! Order your copy of this mesmerizing collection of 21 tales weaving fantasy and science fiction, Latinx themes, and traditional pulp stylings. #books #SFF #sffbooks

I really love when I reach the point in the book where the characters start taking on a life of their own and I know them well enough by now to know exactly how they'll react in any situation I throw at them.

It’s a lot cooler in the bookshop than it has been of late, which is a relief. Just warm and sunny enough to be pleasant.

An excellent review of our new #horror anthology, OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM, out now!

Happy Monday, friends. Whatever you're doing this week, I wish you the strength and opportunity to endure and flourish 🖖

"When ninety percent of the solar system's wealth belongs to only one percent of its inhabitants, you only have so many options if you want to survive" Happily working my way through @garethlpowell.bsky.social 's Jitterbug, & feeling the (welcome) Iain Banks influence #books #livres

Hello! Today I am dipping into a couple of magnificent short story collections. We All Hear Stories in the Dark by @robertshearman.bsky.social and Who Will You Save? by @garethlpowell.bsky.social

A very good book.

I just read there's a feature film under development starring an AI-generated actor and I think it's time we called the blade runners

Next up is Who Will You Save? by @garethlpowell.bsky.social This has been on my TBR pile for a bit and looking forward to it

Trying to decide if the bookshop where I work is haunted, because every morning when I open up I find that overnight, at least one book has hurled itself off the shelves and onto the floor.

M e l t i n g . . . 🥵🫠☀️

Today's travelling companions on the train to see dad are @garethlpowell.bsky.social 's Jitterbug, and Gabriel Yared's soundtrack for Betty eon the earphones (yes, quite a contrast, but working). . #music #musique #books #livres #ScienceFiction #film

The world would be a better place if more people read books

While some of us prepare reading by the seaside

New dinosaur just dropped www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Preparing to spend the whole day working in the bookshop in 30+ degree celsius heat with no air-con 🥵

This is what 25 years of work looks like. Many more in the pipeline! #booksky

Finishes one book, of course he has a spare in his satchel. Thoroughly enjoyed Emily St John Mandel's Exit Party (coming Sept from @panmacmillan.bsky.social ), now starting Jitterbug by the fine @garethlpowell.bsky.social , the choice for our #Edinburgh SF Book Group in July. #books #livres

We've got more cover reveals ahead for our 2026 books! GUTTERSPACE by @justinenortonkertson.com (out in October) THE HYENA by @quantick.bsky.social (out in November) WHEN THE FOREST CALLS by @cassnewbould.bsky.social (out in December) Find all our books at starsandsabers.com/books! #books

We are delighted to reveal the fabulous cover art for @cornellwriter.bsky.social's debut short story collection, The Astronaut Among the Flowers and Other Stories! Cover art by Loreto Salinas Retamal. Learn more: www.starsandsabers.com/2026/07/10/c... #books #SFF #sffbooks #coverreveal

Happy Friday, friends. After a hectic couple of weeks, I finally have a day to myself, and I'm spending it working on my mystery novel-in-progress. Whatever you're doing, have a great day!

"She Ebbs for Us" is awesome! Angela also has a story in Of Enchantment, Enigma, and the Infinite.

Received my contributor copy of Of Dread, Decay, and Doom (@starsandsabers.bsky.social), which contains my piece "Gravefisher"! Akela craves what corpses hold: the remnants of souls. With them, she can numb herself of what she dreads the most… Memories about the Children.

This is what 25 years of work looks like. Many more in the pipeline! #booksky

Unexpectedly, this mystery I'm writing contains some of the very best prose I have ever written. It's going to be a hell of a book.

I’m posting stuff on Instagram and Threads and TikTok that I just can’t paste here because Bluesky won’t support it 😢

New Advice Post: Taming Your Writing Dragons

I’m sitting in a driving test centre waiting room, waiting for my daughter to return from her test and I’m so nervous for her 😬

If you happen to be on TikTok you can find me here: www.tiktok.com/@gl.powell

The slop that the Dunning-Kruger machine excretes is Soylent Green, except that instead of being made from ground-up human bodies, it's made from the liquidised remains of their stolen art.

"Don't make me put you in the crab cupboard..."