Me writing the first Holly Trinity novel: Holly and Mira come into the church at night singing a song that celebrates their friendship, and that resonates with Erin's loneliness, and which is kind of spooky, and which the reader will get lodged in their head all day. Bonnie Tyler: Ahem. #BookSky

If Holly chose to sing karaoke at your bar, you'd remember her, and her perfectly normal friend too. Mira had always said she felt obliged to be Holly when Holly wasn't around. This wasn't exactly what she meant. #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

Once you start tinkering, you can always find new things to tinker with, he says republishing Devilish Preludes to fix a typo and add a To Be Continued on the last page... #authorllife #BookSky #Bookcommunity

Creating Monsters at the Gate's new cover art. #authorblog #BookSky ##urbanfantasy #bookcommunity bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2026/07/07/r...

Introducing the brand new cover art for Monsters at the Gate, courtesy of The Masque of the Mummers and Harvey Duckman Presents artist Nick Jenkinson. #coverreveals #UrbanFantasy #BookSky #coverart #bookcommunity

A look at the new map of York accessible through my website, and charting the various real locations featured in the Holly Trinity stories. #York #BookSky #Maps ##UrbanFantasy

Inspirational words from Holly Trinity and another sneaky glimpse at the new Monsters at the Gate cover art. #BookSky #UrbanFantasy #bookcommunity #coverart #coverreveals

Old Monsters, new look, coming soon... #coverart #UrbanFantasy #herebemonsters #BookSky #bookcommunity

The Holly Trinity stories are set in York, which I am quite sure is a real place. So I've made you a map... #York #urbanfantasy #bookcommunity #authorblog #BookSky #fantasyreads bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2026/06/25/g...

#newbookrelease #BookSky #authorblog #shortstories bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/o...

The Trinity litany... #ShamelessSelfPromoTuesday #BookSky #Bookcommunity #Books #Ghosts #Fantasybooks #UrbanFantasy #FantasyReads #Readingcommunity

She charged through the writhing foliage, following the roaring to where a stench like rotting fish flooded her brain. And there it was. How big could it be, she'd said... #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Gjallarhorn Is Sounded. #BookSky #FantasyReads #UrbanFantasy #Books #Herebemonsters #Comingsoon

A to-do list has landed. One of these things will take longer than the others, but new developments are drawing near. #BookSky #authorlife #bookcommunity #authorgoals #books

He was so unassuming, so normal, so disappointing. He forced himself to recall someone else's account of meeting this man, long ago. She had said he was all these things until he wasn't... ##wipsnips #writingcommunity #booksky #WritingPrompts

#wipsnips ##WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity Time was not a thing to be mastered, even if you knew the places where the hours went away or scurried in unexpected directions.

#wipsnips #writesky #Writingcommunity #WritingPrompts "Holly assures me I was invisible at the time. I have elected to believe her."

#WIPSnips The word for May 11th is "nothing" "I have given them an opportunity to do nothing, which they will seize greedily." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#Awesomecharacters for Mothers Day Homicide detective, single mother and queen of snark Caroline sat out the third novel in the Holly Trinity series, but right now I'm enjoying bringing her back for book 4 and revisiting her back story. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Happy International Short Story Month from the strange worlds of Harvey Duckman Presents. Nine volumes of fantastical tales are waiting to be discovered... #shortreads #fantasyreads #booksky #shortstories #bookcommunity

Free Harvey Duckman, doing rather well for itself. Congratulations to all the authors who contributed to this 29-story high and completely free in ebook volume of fantastical tales. #newbook #shortstories #anthology #fantasybooks #scifi #bookcommunity

Details of the two new Harvey Duckman Presents anthologies due out this month - one for free and one from the future... #shortstories #newbookalert #bookcommunity #booksky #scifibooks #fantasybooks bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/d...

Joining a host of other authors in York this weekend for Jupiter Cloud's first book festival. Tickets available now from www.eventbrite.com/e/jupiter-cl... #bookevent #yorkevent #authorevent #bookfestival #bookcommunity

Pondering what's next for Holly Trinity. #amwritingfantasy #booksky #authorcommunity #writingsequels #bookcommunity

A second #Christmas reading in the #boughsofholly series, this time with A Winter Came Quickly from the Devilish Preludes anthology. #christmasghoststories #fantasybooks #books ##bookreading #spookybooks

Realised I have published quite a few #Christmas stories over the years, so decided to record a few readings. First up, Holly Trinity's Victorian ghost story The Burning Bride. Link in comments. #boughsofholly #Christmasghoststories #Ghosts #books #fantasyreads

New supernatural urban fantasy novel The Masque of the Mummers is out now in paperback and ebook. #Halloween ##urbanfantasy #newbookalert #fantasybooks #ghosts bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/t...

3 Turns Widdershins, the latest anthology from Harvey Duckman Presents is out today, featuring 18 terrifying tales of dark urban fantasy and gothic horror. #newbook #fantasy #shortstories #bookrelease #DarkFantasy #gothichorror www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FSLJRW4C

Devilish deals to be made! Until the end of October, Devilish Preludes is available at half price in paperback to coincide with the new Holly Trinity novel. #shortstories #halloween2025 #bookdeals #bookbargain #fantasy #horror #SpookySeason #darkfantasy #UrbanFantasy

Introducing the latest Harvey Duckman Presents anthology. bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/3...

The latest news on the third Holly Trinity and the Ghosts of York brigs sinister government operatives to Holly's haunted stomping ground. #newbookalert #fantasy #urbanfantasy #Halloween #theshowmustgoon #book

Holly Trinity returns to the pages of Harvey Duckman Presents in two weeks, to do battle with one of the classics... #fantasy #darkfantasy #harveyduckmanpresents #Halloween ##spookyseason #newbook #shortstories

Presenting the cover art for The Masque of the Mummers, the third novel in the Holly Trinity and the Ghosts of York series, out in time for #Halloween #spookyseason #newbookalert #urbanfantasy #fantasyreads ##fantasybooks Art by Nick Jenkinson.

Introducing the latest recruit to the Holly Trinity roadshow as talk turns to cover art and a bold new direction... #booksky #urbanfantasy #theshowmustgoon bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/t...

Gjallahorn is sounded.

More on the incoming third Holly Trinity novel. Of local colour, to-do lists and heavy metal wasps... #booksky #authorblog #fantasyreads #newbookalert #theshowmustgoon bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/t...

The third Holly Trinity and the Ghosts of York Novel is on its way... #booksky #newbookalert #fantasyreads

Events afoot in York... #booksky #yorkevents #Halloween #convention bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/u...

"Why do you put cheese in a mousetrap?" "To catch mice." "Why do you put a rope swing in a tree?" The answer you've probably guessed lies in Devilish Preludes... #booksky #shortstories #urbanfantasy #darkfairytale #horror #darkfantasybooks Link in comments.

What to do with an ever-growing supporting cast - with a little help from #Hilda #fantasybooks #writingcommunity #authorlife #authorblog bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/t...

The story of broken laptops and old CDs behind the latest Holly Trinity tale in the pages of Harvey Duckman Presents. #althistory #shortstories #authorblog #newbookalert bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com?p=2108

Harvey Duckman Presents tales from alternative history. #newbook #althistory

History is written by the writers... ##newbookalert bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/o...

The journey to the third Holly Trinity novel begins here. ##urbanfantasy #authorblog bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com?p=1958

A duck in a bobble hat. It can only mean one particular malevolent supporting character is about to meet one particular series of short story anthologies... ##newbookalert ##comingsoon

Despite not being on #Tiktok, I am currently live on Tiktok. #yorkhorrorfest

The stories behind and within the new Holly Trinity mini anthologies. #newbook #urbanfantasy bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2025/05/27/t...

Pleased to announce the release of Devilish Preludes, a trio of short stories from the world of Holly Trinity and the Ghosts of York. Characters new and familiar embark on terrifying rites of passage ahead of the third novel in the series. #fantasy #shortstories #quickread

"There's summat living in this tree. And this thing eats kids." Something new is coming very soon from the world of Holly Trinity... #newbookalert #booksofinstagram #shorttstories #fantasyreads #fantasybooks #horrorbooks #quickreads #comingsoon #booksbooksbooks

Today we are contemplating how to blow up a steam train. #research ##authorlife