WHAT A SIGNOFF

right that's enough arguing on the internet for the week! See you dirty animals at Eastercon for more.

My review of The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes.

To the Awards! Today on the blog I have a look at The British Science Fiction Association’s Best Novel shortlist! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/3/...

This is an excellent analysis that picks up on stuff I didn't see in my own review. Well worth your time.

Black Doe is now live for ARC downloads on Booksirens. If you love #historicalfantasy featuring female assassins, fierce mothers, warlords, clan politics, kelpies, and bloodythirsty faerie pine martens, go have a look and read a sample now! 📚 🖤 booksirens.com/book/I033FFT....

⚡ CYBERPUNK LONDON IS BACK ⚡ New characters, New Venue, New Setting Date: 24th of October 2026 Location: Lowerdecks, Greenwich, London Price: from £150, with discounted tickets for groups of 4 More information on the website www.cyberpunklondon.com Take your place in the Cyber Zone! ⚡🩷⚡

Anime Review: Sentenced to Be a Hero An intriguing fantasy premise that would benefit from deeper character development says @annmichelleharris.bsky.social at the NOAF blog. Review here: www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/anim...

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

Project Hail Mary – I feel two contradictory feelings about this film I saw Project Hail Mary the week before Andy Weir told the world on a far right podcast how he doesn't do politics or even symbolism (thereby letting us know quite a lot about his politics and the symbols he thinks are normative…

No kings. That goes for Britain too.

Forget the rest - look what’s happening to Reform.

I think I did pretty well in this review in showing you why Free Planet is on my Hugo Ballot.

Pagans by James Alistair Henry Pagans is something so fresh it feels like it has existed forever. It's a story where Christianity never took root in the UK, nor the rest of the world for that matter. As a result of the Norman robber barons not invading in 1066, the UK never wound up being united…

And just like that Frieren season 2 is over after just 10 episodes. I am bereft.

Thanks @georgesandison.bsky.social. Very excited to get into these!

This is a really interesting review that captures a lot of what I was trying for - especially the subversion of the hero’s journey and the satirisation of the now.

Today's the last day of the Barnes & Noble preorder sale, including my forthcoming novel The Riven Kingdom, coming 26th October from Angry Robot. @barnesandnoble.com Premium and Reward members can get 25% off preorders of this and many other great titles #BNPreorder And isn't this cover fabulous?!

"The Dead Man's Empire" is published today! An epic tale of faith, intrigued and dark magic, continuing the story begun in "The Last Blade Priest". Please do check it out! share.google/ReTStbCeqvx6...

This whole post is a thing but that point about the hatred you get when asking people to step up. From ‘good’ people? Yeah, that’s a thing.

Happy book birthday to Spec Fic for Newbies Vol 3 🥳🥳🥳 and congratulations to the fabulous @tiffaniangus.bsky.social and @vallescurarule.bsky.social for this incredible journey! linktr.ee/specficforne...

Holy crap - after sitting on it for two years Disney's renewing it! This is obviously good news.

🚨 Goodreads giveaway alert 🚨 Enter below for a change to win an early copy of THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY from Saga Press. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Long covid has led to me no longer working in finance and stopping actively larping - at least until I recover. I'm having big feelings today about the people who've reached out and those who haven't. it's a thing to discover what you thought were friendships were actually functional acquaintances

@adamroberts.bsky.social @kierongillen.bsky.social since I know you both enjoy a pun.

Video Game Review: Ghost of Yōtei by Sucker Punch Productions Let the wind gently guide your hand to the purchase button says Joe DelFranco at the blog: www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/vide...

The suggestions list for this year’s British Fantasy Awards is now open! Anyone can add their favourite SFF titles first published in 2025! forms.gle/YcGUjcbU99R5...

IT and Jaws.

Our latest episode of Writing Worlds, our podcast about the art of world building, features novelist and short fiction writer @stewarthotston.com Join Chris and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social of Alt Stories to listen and subscribe here. pod.link/1812994751

I'd forgotten the last line of this song and it made me laugh hard this morning.

@wangleberry.bsky.social full program here

Nature is healing.

An excellent piece in @alphaville.ft.com today. ‘Demand destruction has begun’

Amanda and the whole @solarisbooks.bsky.social team do such excellent work.

TV Review: One Piece Live Action – Season Two a fun adventure that manages to capture some moments of emotional storytelling and manages to showcase some appealing new characters. @annmichelleharris.bsky.social has our review at the NOAF blog www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/tv-r...

GB News has turned into the Reform channel. After a New World investigation found hundreds of breaches of the rules on accuracy and impartiality, Ofcom has failed to do its job and act. We've seen what Fox News has done to politics in the US. We can't let it happen here.

This was a lot of fun. Go give it a listen

I have a busier @easterconuk.bsky.social than I anticipated! I am very excited to be there and the inevitable fatigue the following week will be worth it :-/ See below (or the alt text) for where I'll be and when!

Review: Leonard and Hungry Paul Leonard and Hungry Paul (see trailer here) is a 6 episode show currently airing on the BBC. You can watch the entire thing on their streaming service. Based on the novel of the same name by Rónán Hession and adapted for television by Richie Conroy and Mark…

Michael B. Jordan at In-N-Out after the Oscars 🏆🍔 🎥 deisysuarez | IG

there is so much joy in this it makes me cry.

@gavingsmith.bsky.social hahahahha. We really need to make some guillotines.

The Alt Stories weekly newsletter is available to read now over on our Patreon This week we’re looking forward to our Writing Worlds #worldbuilding chat with novelist @stewarthotston.com

@ursulakleguin.com Hi I'm trying to submit a novel for the prize but the captcha isn't working and so I cannot complete the nomination. I've tried twice now to no avail.

Always delightful to see Your book in your local store :-) @waterstones.bsky.social

finished Between Two Fires last night by Christopher Buehlman. Outstanding work. Review coming for Parsec magazine.

solutions to getting oil out of the straights of hormuz. Alt text for more detail

Fuck @officialgrammarly.bsky.social

"Indeed, no one asked me for permission to use my name in this way, much less compensate me for whatever expert-reviewing labor my AI clone was apparently now doing on my behalf. (An annual subscription to Grammarly costs $144.)"

The Misheard World feels, at every moment, intensely carefully crafted, and it is a delight to be left unsettled by it, all the way to the last says @chloroformtea.bsky.social at the NOAF blog: www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/book...