A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule

Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all

My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com

LONDON/BRIGHTON folks! In TWO WEEKS I'm hosting Can You Solve the Murder? Live at Waterstones Piccaddilly (Mon 24) and Brighton (Tues 25). It's a NEW ✨festive edition✨ of the interactive game, so come along and see if you'd make a good detective… 🎄🔍

I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme. So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”

Garden visitor 🐿 (Excuse the crappy-phone-camera-zoomed-in quality, I was keeping my distance so as not to spook it)

Garden visitor 🐿 (Excuse the crappy-phone-camera-zoomed-in quality, I was keeping my distance so as not to spook it)

Think you misspelled “lied” there, Forbes

The making of Blood Bowl! My latest video is live a little later than planned, but there’s always extra time for the great fantasy sports game ever! #WarhammerCommunity youtu.be/PFzvFV1zyvQ

The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.

Another Christmas read gifted by @allisonandbusby.bsky.social #TheDogSittersDetectivesChristmasTail by @antonyjohnston.bsky.social 🐾🎁 Perfect for curling up under a blanket on a cold December day! 📚 Publishing on the 20th November! Review coming up in early December 💙📚

So they're going to do this for one, maybe two games. It'll be full speed ahead until it's 6 months from release and the game is falling apart, at which point they'll pay an insane overtime rate for a QA studio to do it last minute which won't be enough. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-...

A CANINE CHRISTMAS MYSTERY! Gwinny returns with a new dog, a new season, and a new murder to solve in The Dog Sitter Detective’s Christmas Tail – on sale later this month, just in time for a stocking-filler 🎄🐶🔍 www.allisonandbusby.com/book/the-dog...

AIPT becomes AITP, as ADVENTURES IN THRILL-POWER launches! A regular column exploring the world of 2000 AD, we're starting with an all-hands roundtable on the new Judge Death Mega-Special - don't miss it! https://bit.ly/478U0hn

We've just launched the Kickstarter for my gamebook saga 'The Curse of Cthulhu Books 1 & 2'! Travel to a remote Scottish island, infiltrate a deadly cult and find the idol - or die trying! Art by @willirobertsart.bsky.social & @lyndondraws.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/sim...

"Don’t listen to pundits, listen to practitioners" is great advice for life in general, I find. Good piece here from @naomialderman.bsky.social. (Also, as one of those trad-to-QuarkXPress designers back in the ’90s, I can confirm that's all true 😂) naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...

Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day. Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...

The Roosevelt Institute was honored to present @teenvogue.com with the 2025 Freedom of Speech Medal because their team understood that freedom is about both speaking truth to power and the capacity to build power. Read our full statement: rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...

Found my brand

POSTER: In my post I invented the Don’t Misunderstand the Torment Nexus Metaphor as a cautionary tale CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor

It's hard to believe, but 2025 means Romanitas has been in print for 20 years. A modern world where the Roman Empire never fell. If that sounds good to you, the ebook's just £0.99 for the anniversary all this month! www.amazon.co.uk/Romanitas-1-...

NEW CRIME WRITING FESTIVAL! Next Feb sees the first ever Bloody Barnes, held at the OSO Theatre on the Green. I'll be there, along with a host of other crime authors. Tickets on sale from today: www.bloodybarnes.com #BloodyBarnes #CrimeFestival

FARSLEY LIT FEST CRIME DAY is this Sunday! Catch Tom Hindle, JM Hall, Rachel North, and more – then finish off the day with me hosting a special edition of Can You Solve the Murder? Live! 😊🔍 Tickets: trumanbooks.co.uk/event/crime-... or direct from @trumanbooks.bsky.social

ladies and gentlemen...we got him

Recommended: THE WORD FOR WORLD, an exhibition of Ursula K Le Guin's maps and other artwork at the Architectural Association gallery until Dec 6. Small but well curated, and there's an accompanying book too. www.aaschool.ac.uk/publicprogra...

Did a quick dash around central London this morning: there are now signed copies of Can You Solve the Murder? in Waterstones Piccadilly, WS Trafalgar Square, and WS Covent Garden for you to find 🔍 (I'm joking, they're not hidden 😅)

Love to see this wall of brain-teaser and interactive books when you walk in to Waterstones Piccadilly. And oh, look… 🕵️ 🔍

Off to London to sign copies of The Dog Sitter Detective’s Christmas Tail (on sale next month!) and take a few meetings… #TrainLife

Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for. Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.

Busy relaxing 🛰

Most of the time I'm trucking along writing my unprofitable little books, just trying to keep my eyes on my own paper and not spiral, and then I see a writer making excuses about why they can't finish their book they did a KS that made $95K and I have no idea what I am even doing with my life.

Cackling at @mikeflanaganfilm.com trying to remain composed as Garth Marenghi describes the plot to his script for Bitchfinder General 🤣

CAN YOU SOLVE THE MURDER… LIVE?! I’m back on tour hosting a series of NEW CYSTM? Live events – with a new, Christmas-themed murder for YOU to solve, so even if you did an earlier one you can take part again. The first event is just over a week away, so book now! 😁🔍

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast' 10/10 response, no notes

Eight of Cups 🍷

LOL, I literally wrote "PLEASE NOTE SPELLING" on my answers for this, as I regularly do, and they still misspelt my name in the intro. Le sigh…

Featuring insights from creators @alexdecampi.bsky.social, @antonyjohnston.bsky.social, @taziobettin.bsky.social, @kekw-writer.bsky.social, and more: aiptcomics.com/2025/10/23/2...

But it’s finally in, so I’m off back to bed to re-listen to a favourite. @antonyjohnston.bsky.social has created a marvellous protagonist in Gwinny Tuffel - strong, whipsmart, and yet vulnerable. I love her. The Dog Sitter Detective is a fabulous cosy mystery, like a comfort blanket #booksky 📚💙⚡️

The JUDGE DEATH MEGA SPECIAL is on sale today! Featuring new short comics focusing on the four Dark Judges – mine is a Judge Mortis 💀 story, beautifully rendered by @mrleecarter.bsky.social. Available at all good newsagents, comic shops, or direct from @2000ad.bsky.social

Our Comic of the Week is Judge Death Mega-Special 2025 from @2000ad.bsky.social by @kekw-writer.bsky.social @opipop.bsky.social @agentofweird.bsky.social @simonbowland.bsky.social @antonyjohnston.bsky.social and more - Celebrating 45 years of the undead superfiend ^KB wp.me/p8WCuG-3Ow

My author copies of The Dog Sitter Detective’s Christmas Tail have just been delivered! Another fabulous cover by David Wardle, and another baffling murder for Gwinny to solve inside – this time with a festive twist 🎄 On sale next month! 🐶🔍 @allisonandbusby.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social

It's here!! THE SECRET OF THE SAPPHIRE SENTINEL is now available! Written by me as J. Dianne Dotson, this is the sequel to my Nebula & BSFA finalist novel, THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN. Order from your favorite bookseller! #scifi #fantasy #sff #newbooks jendiagammon.com/the-secret-o...

Great series. A crime that it didn’t last longer. Give it a listen!

COVER REVEAL for my epic fantasy debut, THE VALE OF SEVEN DRAGONS! Art by @scribeofhades.bsky.social . Out April 7, 2026 via @sleyhouseeditor.bsky.social . Preorders coming soon! Read more about the book and learn more about the cover: #books #fantasy #fantasybooks jendiagammon.com/2025/10/20/c...

Guys new scamming method on bluesky. Please share this around. Dont fall for this stuff Block, move on.

I had a blast writing this story. Look out for the Judge Death Mega Special this Wednesday!

The Judge Death Mega-Special loomsssss 22nd October - featuring JUDGE MORTIS: FADE TO GREY, by: 📝 Script: @antonyjohnston.bsky.social ✏️ Art: @mrleecarter.bsky.social 💬 Letters: Rob Steen Buy now if you dare... https://bit.ly/3V5LLvL

Good lord police you're looking for someone who robbed an art museum the guy is RIGHT THERE

If you haven't read Rachael's "Nap Comix" pieces, you should check them out; by turns funny, sad, and heartwarming, they're an unflinchingly honest (but also hilarious) look at parenthood. This promises to be a great book, and probably a great gift idea too!

DARK HORIZON is a "superb, propulsive read" - thanks to @antonyjohnston.bsky.social for recommending my latest action thriller this on @theincomparable.com podcast!