A group of strangers win invites to a hotel on a remote island paradise, most of them unaware they’re entertainment for a serial killer reality show live-streamed on the dark web. Hotel Murder will be available wide from the 30th of Sept.

Surely this makes techbro claims of 'training' their generative AIs on illegally obtained copyright work inaccurate to the point of lying. 'Training' implies retention of knowledge/skill. If genAIs retain nothing and search copyright work afresh for every query, that's ongoing use and exploitation

The Law of Mischief, a new anthology, is out now. Magic has rules, but mischief was made to bend them. Content Warning: Contains my writing. May cause a mild rash. books2read.com/u/4jjpzY

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Note to brain: 'Everything we Pass was Once Stardust' does not work as a title for a (relatively) serious science fiction story.

The Law of Mischief, a new anthology, is out now. Magic has rules, but mischief was made to bend them. Content Warning: Contains my writing. May cause a mild rash. books2read.com/u/4jjpzY

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A group of strangers win invites to a hotel on a remote island paradise, most of them unaware they’re entertainment for a serial killer reality show live-streamed on the dark web. US www.amazon.com/dp/B0FDCNNWZH UK www.amazon.co.uk/Hotel-Murder... Be 1st to post a 1-star review. Or, ideally, not.

It's so rare to see a politician in the UK fighting back against scapegoating of immigrants and refugees. Let's see more of it.

If you'd like to run away to the 1660s and have an adventure featuring sapphic romance, sword fights, pirates, werewolves, and vampires, instead of thinking about... [gestures widely], the ebook of THE VENGEANCE is currently on sale for 99p! geni.us/Solarissale Any boosts gratefully received!

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A group of strangers win invites to a hotel on a remote island paradise, most of them unaware they’re entertainment for a serial killer reality show live-streamed on the dark web. Hotel Murder is now available at books2read.com/u/47A7Zq

How long is too long to spend deleting and restoring the last line of a short story?

Righto, time for a #giveaway! To celebrate reaching 3000 followers, I'm giving away two pb copies of Airship Shape and Bristol 2, published by @wtpress.bsky.social and signed by myself and @rozc.bsky.social . UK only (sorry!) Reply with Yes Please if you want one and I'll randomly pick recipients!

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Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie. LX

A sneak preview of the contents of the next Law Anthology - "The Law of Mischief & Magic" out in July. Containing many talented authors - 20 in total - and at current total 115k words. #BookRecommendation #ComingSoon #Booksky

I have a story on the Longlist of the Writers' & Artists' Short Story Competition 2025. www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/longl...

The bigger problem highlighted by Substack, X, Meta etc is that the rest of the world just hopped on America's bandwagon, built our lives around services made by the same US-billionaire mindset, & so when they all fail in the same way it weakens us too. Diversity in approach is an essential strength

Battle Royale x And Then There Were None x Glass Onion A group of strangers win invites to a hotel on a remote island paradise, unaware they’re the entertainment at a serial killer reality show live-streamed on the dark web. #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #A #T

Here's my review of SPSFC Quarterfinalist The Ghost Gun by Gareth Lewis. davedobsonbooks.com/spsfc4-quart...

The article is interesting. It is certainly difficult out to see how President Trump could be acting in a more pro-Moscow way if he were a Russian agent.

Peripheral Prospectors has chosen The Ghost Gun by @gdlewis23.bsky.social as an SPSFC 4 quarterfinalist. tinyurl.com/ghostgareth onereadingnurse.com/2024/11/26/s... Judge: "I was trying extremely hard to finish The Ghost Gun before my eye surgery because I wanted to know how it ended."

This.

Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous. I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them. 🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

A cross-party joint statement from LGBT+ Liberal Democrats, Rainbow Greens, LGBTQIA+ Greens, and Out for Independence on Wes Streeting’s engagement with anti-trans organisations and call for his resignation. Read and share the full statement here: lgbt.libdems.org.uk/news/article...

Yaasss!!

Hahahahaha. Owned!

Morning all. This one for authors at the early stages of your career, I've been working with a start-up called Libraro, and they've created a platform that aims to help with the querying process. As a rule, I don't recommend start ups unless I'm really confident with what they offer authors ....

A group of strangers win invites to a hotel on a remote island paradise, unaware they’re the entertainment at a serial killer reality show live-streamed on the dark web. Battle Royale x And Then There Were None x Glass Onion #MiseryPit #A #CT #Q

A remote American town is resettled several years after every living inhabitant vanished. Part of the FBI investigation that failed to provide answers, Theresa becomes sheriff, determined to uncover the truth before it happens again. #2025pit #A #SPF #M

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

A group of strangers win invites to a hotel on a remote island paradise, unaware they’re the entertainment at a serial killer reality show live-streamed on the dark web. Battle Royale x And Then There Were None x Glass Onion #2025pit #A #T

When her father falls into a poisoned sleep, Princess Cybal's quest to save him pits her against bounty hunters, a genie, and the stories that guide people. Worse still, she has to work with her hated stepmother, Queen Ellan. Maleficent x Lethal Weapon #2025pit #A #F

I don’t care if you’re a relative, a fantasy novelist, or an elected official, transphobia is manufactured outrage and transphobe are trash. None of America’s problems are cause by trans people. None. But a LOT are caused by bigots.

🚨SCOOP: Starmer's ‘AI opportunities’ advisor didn't publicly declare numerous AI business interests - while he was writing key AI 'action plan' he's now charged with delivering Concerns gov't AI policy “could be directed by vested interests” New: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmers-t...

Finished the first draft of novel 37(ish). This is not THE ONE.

Helpful!

UM, I had NO idea facebook was tracking everything I did on the internet. EVERYTHING. I have diligently blocked and followed all ways to try to stop this messed up social media from taking from me, but this is the final straw… THESE JERKS! AGH! [screenshots on how to do it in the comments]

This is to affirm that the search I just did on 'how to remove the smell of a decomposing body' is totally for writing research. Just in case it's ever questioned.

The UK government's "pivot to AI" is going to be a disaster for the public finances. They'll spend billions on foreign-owned bullshit, give away all our personal data (Palantir is bidding for NHS England's records—biggest medical data trove in history), but that's not the worst bit. /1

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When I was a young writer, I received a LOT of rejections. Now, after decades of hard work, I am no longer young.

And Then There Were None x Battle Royale x Glass Onion A group of strangers win invites to a hotel on a remote island paradise, most of them unaware they’re the entertainment for a serial killer reality show live-streamed on the dark web. #MiseryPit #A #CT #Q